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jaap - 11 September 2014 02:08 PM

As a backer, in theory I could have checked it myself, but I rather wait until it is completely finished :p
I was wondering if and how they are doing the code breaking / messaging in the remake?
That was one of the most ridiculous puzzles

i dont think its fully compe up yet in the beta, other than using the sketchbook on the symbols. I believe that is pretty much the same so far.

It’s the exact text that’s the really difficult part. But I assume there is something to help with that.

(It’s been too long for me to remember if it was clear for me otherwise (what I have to do))

Maybe they could do something similar as the spliced tape message in GK2. While composing the right message, Gabriel gave hints to let you know if you were on the right track and (as far as I remember) you knew if the tape was right, because otherwise you’d leave the tape interface without a new tape in your inventory.

But I fully agree that the original puzzle in GK1 was very hard as you had no idea on whether your text was exactly right or not (even if you fully understood the puzzle)
That coupled with no way of rectifying the mistake is not a very good example of puzzle design.

They have a great opportunity to solve that now.

Bogi - 21 August 2014 08:35 PM

I’m sure Jane didn’t tell them to draw Barbiel, it is unfortunately just a pure lack of skill.
I don’t want to bash them, but it’s clear that they [Phoenix Online Studios] are biting more than they can chew.

I agree. I would not want to throw Jane Jensen under the bus here. My guess is that the Phoenix Online Studios development team wouldn’t like seeing that either. For all we know, Phoenix Online Studios is proud of, and stands by, the art and animation in this game. I don’t hear Phoenix Online Studios making excuses/playing the blame game when it comes to the quality of the Gabriel Knight remake. It is what it is.

I confess that I don’t have much enthusiasm for this remake, but one good thing is that perhaps the remake will inspire new players, who hopefully aren’t too off-put after playing, to give the wonderful original version a try. Rather than focus on the failure of the remake, I want to look on the bright side and think about the increased exposure the Gabriel Knight world might get now.

OrionO - 14 September 2014 05:39 AM

I agree. I would not want to throw Jane Jensen under the bus here.

I dont really want to either. But there were a couple story oversights in the beta that were so bad.. i dont know who to blame.

tomimt - 14 September 2014 06:46 AM

I think in this case the final quality is pretty much the result of the old saying “you get what you pay for.”

And we get what we pay for too. Preorders of the game are selling for $17 on GOG, so it looks like they were targeting this for a budget release.

I just preordered the game on GOG and quickly previewed the soundtrack. While I seem to be an outlier here in that I find the graphics to be pretty decent, I am slightly disappointed with the soundtrack. I guess with Robert Holmes remastering it himself I had high expectations, and I was hoping that he’d introduce a lot more live instrumentation similar to what Jesse Harlin did with the Monkey Island soundtracks in the Monkey Island Special Editions. However, I guess that was outside the scope of this project as the music still relies quite heavily on synthesized instruments.

Still looking forward to playing the full game though, if only for an excuse to revisit one of my favorite game series.

GoG, in their recent update, just started using regional pricing.

Bt

Blackthorne - 14 September 2014 07:00 PM

GoG, in their recent update, just started using regional pricing.

Bt

I was convinced that the evil POS had strong-armed GoG into changing their pricing policies for this one single game.