The Goat in the Grey Fedora review

Ariel Type · 09-11-2005, 06:33 AM

Nice review, but I just want to point out two things:

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the graphics in The Goat in the Grey Fedora are full 3D

They are not full 3D, just 2.5D, with 3D characters on 2D backgrounds, like in Grim Fandango and Ko.

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The Goat in the Grey Fedora is a great medium-length (with maybe an hour's play-time) game

I think that "an hour adventure" should be called "short adventure"

. And yes, it overs too quickly.

***Jackal*** · 09-11-2005, 07:38 AM

Good catch, AT. Even the characters are only a pseudo-3D, according to the game's developer. So 0 out of 2. We were close.

Maquisard · 09-11-2005, 08:01 AM

Yup. The game is actually true 2D. Both the backgrounds and characters are 2d, but with the appearance of 3D (pre-rendered). Meaning, none of it is real time rendered, which would qualify it as 3D.

***fov*** · 09-11-2005, 08:33 AM

As for the length, I think he meant it's medium length for an underground game. At least, that's how I read it.

Ariel Type · 09-11-2005, 02:33 PM

Wow, I thought characters were in real 3D

This is a nice touch I must say..

But as for the length - if you, for example, go to the "Game" section of the AGS site, and watch for the "Medium length" adventures, there are such games like 5 Days a Stranger, Apprentice, Ben Joradan (part 3 especcially), Cirque De Zale and so on - they all need at least several hours to complete..

09-11-2005, 07:38 AM	#2
*Jackal* Hopeful skeptic Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Toronto Posts: 7,743	Good catch, AT. Even the characters are only a pseudo-3D, according to the game's developer. So 0 out of 2. We were close. Share Share this post on Twitter

09-11-2005, 08:01 AM	#3
Maquisard Citizen of Bizarro World Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Htrae Posts: 4,219	Yup. The game is actually true 2D. Both the backgrounds and characters are 2d, but with the appearance of 3D (pre-rendered). Meaning, none of it is real time rendered, which would qualify it as 3D. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ By no rocket’s blue shade am no shells dead down there, Gave no proof all day long that the flag was unwhere! No say does am spar-strangled shroud hang limply! Under land of no free! Am us home coward-leeee! ~Excerpt from the Bizarro Anthem

09-11-2005, 08:33 AM	#4
*fov* Rattenmonster Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 10,404	As for the length, I think he meant it's medium length for an underground game. At least, that's how I read it. Share Share this post on Twitter

09-11-2005, 02:33 PM	#5
Ariel Type LA-S-LE Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Snow Country Posts: 549	Wow, I thought characters were in real 3D This is a nice touch I must say.. But as for the length - if you, for example, go to the "Game" section of the AGS site, and watch for the "Medium length" adventures, there are such games like 5 Days a Stranger, Apprentice, Ben Joradan (part 3 especcially), Cirque De Zale and so on - they all need at least several hours to complete.. Share Share this post on Twitter

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