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04-08-2012, 01:47 PM | #402 | |
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I'm just glad to see Box Office Bust might not have irreversibly damaged the franchise after all. What a disaster of a game. Jensen's in a similar situation, since Gray Matter sales were pretty bad (because the marketing budget was in the double digits and, at least in the US, it was in stores for maybe a week and shoved onto one digital distribution service and forgotten about). Last edited by flamedrake; 04-08-2012 at 01:55 PM. |
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04-08-2012, 03:33 PM | #403 |
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Gray Matter flopped? Oh, I actually though it did well in the european market. I mean, DTP is an european publisher after all, right? I wasn't surprised that they screwed up distribution in north america.
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04-08-2012, 03:45 PM | #404 |
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So, the flop can't have anything to do with the game itself?
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04-08-2012, 03:56 PM | #405 |
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I don't think it was that. Anyone would be hard pressed to point more than 4 or 5 better adventure games made in the last decade or so, and even that would depend on opinion.
Sure, after a decade the expectations on a new Jane Jensen were stellar and some people were set to be disappointed with anything outside of GK level of quality... but these disappointed people still bought the game. Disconsidering filthy pirates off course. |
04-08-2012, 04:55 PM | #406 |
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"Anyone would be hard pressed to point more than 4 or 5 better adventure games made in the last decade or so, and even that would depend on opinion."
Which, pardon me for pointing it out, is an opinion. "Sure, after a decade the expectations on a new Jane Jensen were stellar and some people were set to be disappointed with anything outside of GK level of quality... but these disappointed people still bought the game." Well, no. Not all of them. |
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And on a side note, it's not perfect but I think people painting it as this unspeakable disaster are laying it on a bit thick. |
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04-08-2012, 11:48 PM | #408 |
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04-09-2012, 07:27 AM | #409 | ||
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There is a tendency among most adventure gamers to forgive Jane Jensen almost anything based on the GK series and the quality of those, IMO, was uneven, the first being the best in my opinion. They forgave her taking forever to finish Grey Matter but perhaps they didn't like the format or perhaps they weren't interested in a new story but were hoping (rather foolishly) that it would be a continuation of GK. I seriously doubt anyone paints GM as an "unspeakable disaster". It may simply not have appealed to them. |
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04-09-2012, 07:46 AM | #410 |
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I honestly believe that all 3 GK games are the best 3 adventure games I've ever played. I wouldn't be near as big of an adventure game fan if it wasn't for Jane Jensen. But that's just me.
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04-09-2012, 09:45 AM | #411 |
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day 5 continued the slide to 130 backers gained.
However its looking like the decline is going to keep slowing and we'l probably get around 130 today too. (or at least not lower than 100 yet)
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04-09-2012, 09:59 AM | #412 |
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I think there should be a nice spike when they finalize which game will be worked on first, cause hopefully that will generate another round of press releases and such.
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04-09-2012, 10:07 AM | #413 |
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^we'l see some sortv boost im sure... but we already know the announcement is going to be "x wins but we're working on y too even with 300k!!!" (x and y being some combination of moebius and GM2 )
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04-09-2012, 10:26 AM | #414 | |
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That would be a nice announcement to get an added boost later on, if they're struggling to reach the 300k mark. Could lead to a lot of the $16 people upping their pledge to $50 too. |
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04-09-2012, 12:08 PM | #415 | |
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I hope this kickstarter does well. I love all games by Jane Jensen. Even Gray Matter was one of my favorites. |
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04-09-2012, 01:19 PM | #416 |
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04-09-2012, 01:20 PM | #417 |
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So what's the final verdict on the community playthrough idea? I'd love to do it with any of the GKs or Gray Matter.
Never been involved with a playthrough. I tried reading along with the one for GK1 while replaying it, but it wasn't the same as being able to share your thoughts on everything. |
04-09-2012, 05:59 PM | #418 |
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Just got a $5000 supporter.
$117k now.
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04-10-2012, 01:41 AM | #419 |
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Gray Matter was a really good game. I guess what mostly hucked people was the fact that Sam and Dr. Styles compare very unfavorably to Gabe and Grace. They just don't have the same charisma. That and the fact that people had unrealistic expectations about it... 13 years without a Jane Jensen adventure hurts. Plus all the development setbacks it had.
2 and 3 are personal favorites, but I would make a case for GK1 being the best adventure game ever. That game was incredible on all levels. There is nothing else as original and well written in the adventure genre. |
04-10-2012, 04:03 AM | #420 | |
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GK2 is my favorite game ever, but I think the whole trilogy is a masterpiece in adventure gaming. |
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