[Kazmajik]

I'm glad to see a new trailer! Anything new at this point is most welcome. Yes, the style reminds me of the cut scenes from Gabriel Knight 1 and also from the graphic novel intro to GK3. Very mysterious.

I'm already sold on the game, but I wonder what kind of impact the trailer would have on someone who knows nothing about the game?

[nomadsoul]

Loved the music and yes it sounds like GK, the GK3 novel intro you mentioned is right. But 2010 with no gameplay bits....

[ozzie]

2010? Gray Matter is officially the Duke Nukem Forever of adventure games then.

On the plus side, Robert Holmes soundtrack is as great as always.

[Intrepid Homoludens]

Originally Posted by Lucien21

Cheap trailer.

Take some concept art pan slowly past it with some moody music.

Tells me nothing apart from this game is no where near finished if they can't even put in game shots in the trailer.

Unless those were ingame cutscenes in which case....LAME.

Right? It struck me as something that a 1st year design student would put out. It drips of cliches, and it looks like it was just slapped together the night before the deadline. Nothing original or creative about it.

In the end one term that floated in my head was "artistically lazy".

Another term was: FAIL.

[3rdFloor]

The music in the new trailer is just the official website's looping track we've been hearing for years. It is a beautiful piece, but I was hoping to hear something new this time.

[tsa]

Originally Posted by ozzie

2010? Gray Matter is officially the Duke Nukem Forever of adventure games then.

On the plus side, Robert Holmes soundtrack is as great as always.

Why don't we just consider this game dead? We all know what happened to Duke Nukem Forever.

[ozzie]

I agree. Especially, since like with Duke Nukem Forever, we seem to see less and less of the game. The last trailer showed at least some gameplay. Which was nothing more than the main characters walking through rooms, but still.

[tsa]

I was just going to say that. The new trailer not only looks unprofessional, but it also seems to show that progress on the game has been going backwards during the last two years.

[AndreaDraco83]

I can assure you that the game is in the final stage of production. So, no: it won't be the DNF of adventures. With this being said, I don't know if the trailer is a "concept trailer" or if the cutscenes from the game will look this way.

EDIT: Scratch that. I've just been informed that, with other tweaks and twitches, this graphic novel style will indeed be the one used in the actual game.

[Ascovel]

I don't know why so many people got obsessed with the idea that Gray Matter's eventual release was ever uncertain. Lets face it, all the time we see releases of adventure games that were up to 10 years in the making. Why not release something that will make profit, even if took years to complete?

[3rdFloor]

Originally Posted by AndreaDraco83

I've just been informed that, with other tweaks and twitches, this graphic novel style will indeed be the one used in the actual game.

Well that's good news! While I'm not exactly sure this "animated sketch" style worked for the trailer, it sure would be awesome for cutscenes or cinematic sequences.

[ozzie]

I think it's a cheap technique to save money, so I'm not impressed.
And pushing the release date back again and again doesn't make the release very certain. Especially since you don't get to see much of the game.
This trailer was nothing more than some concept sketches with music that was already on the website for eternity.
I wanted to see more of the game, not less.
If the game is nearly finished, why do they show something that suggests that they just started production? The answer maybe very incompetent marketing, but I'm not sure.

[AndreaDraco83]

Unfortunately I don't have an answer and I can't even say for sure that this trailer wasn't improvised just for the sake of showing something at GamesCom. But that the game is in the final stage of production is true.

[inm8#2]

I hope all the Duke Nukem Forever similarities don't follow through to the end.

Gray Matter could be the mother of all adventure games!

[kadji-kun]

Except Duke Nukem Forever isn't dead or cancelled.

[ozzie]

Actually, Duke Nukem Forever is dead.
It's true that Take 2 assigned the project to another team. But it started over from scratch, so it's not the same game.

[kadji-kun]

Originally Posted by ozzie

Actually, Duke Nukem Forever is dead.
It's true that Take 2 assigned the project to another team. But it started over from scratch, so it's not the same game.

No it hasn't. Take-2 is doing a totally different game with the Duke Nukem franchise.

http://gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=23681

3d Realms didn't close. Something everyone misunderstood. They had to let go of the development team due to budget cuts. It's not canceled or dead, but this will set the game back some time.

[rtrooney]

Jane makes too much money on her Oberon games projects to give a hoot whether Grey Matter ever hits the streets.

[ozzie]

Originally Posted by kadji-kun

No it hasn't. Take-2 is doing a totally different game with the Duke Nukem franchise.

http://gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=23681

3d Realms didn't close. Something everyone misunderstood. They had to let go of the development team due to budget cuts. It's not canceled or dead, but this will set the game back some time.

Right. I guess Duke Nukem Forever is undead then.
"Some time" may also mean "for eternity".

[D.C.]

I thought the trailer was decent. Atmosphere and mystery a-plenty, but I agree it might not be the greatest introduction to the game for those who know nothing about it.