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Adventure Game Scene of the Day — Tuesday 9 October 2012

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Tex Tuesday continues with Martian Memorandum. That was my first Tex game; we played with my parents at the time of its release. I remember thinking that that mysterious woman on the box looked like an interesting character… And then you meet her in person and she’s just someone’s mum with horrible 80s hair(*) and a tacky shirt.

(*) I know, I know… “Horrible 80s anything” is a pleonasm. But I felt that in this case it was worth insisting.

I have a certain fondness for MM, though it’s hard to say whether it’s because it does indeed do some things right or just nostalgia. The conversation puzzles are definitely obnoxious, as are the various dead-ends. And the gameplay is poorly balanced, with a first half on Earth that’s just talking, talking and more talking, and a second half on Mars that’s almost only standard adventure stuff with little progress on the story front. But I liked the mystery, and the way the story mixed classic noir investigation, the idea of a mysterious, advanced Martian civilization, and other themes such as the mutants and the way they’re treated.

To me, Tex is one part Sam Spade, one part Indiana Jones and one part Guybrush Threepwood, and I feel like MM was starting to get the balance right, even if there were some gameplay problems here and there.

     

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Ahhh! It’s still MONDAY? I just KNEW this week was going to suck.

     
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What? I have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about…  Innocent

     

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Well, that’s a relief. Grin

This week is still probably going to suck, though. For me at least… Frown

     

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