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Alrik Fassbauer
November 19th, 2010, 13:30
Hello, everyone,

by now, Gray Matter by Jane Jensen (Gabriel Knight series) is out.

It's a game about … Well, I don't really get it. I think it's about paranormality, so to say, and experiments with humans - with human brains ?

dtp has once again proved that they are primarily an adventure games company. Which could explain the poor support they did for Drakensang and the other RPGs.

They have launched quite a marketing campaign, and a new web site regarding the game : http://www.graymatter-game.com/index.php?lang=en
It is released for the xbox and the PC - plus in a Collector's Edition for the PC, too.
http://shop.dtp-entertainment.com/index.php?link=detail/B003ZHIDL8

The game comes out here in Germany in both German and English languages; this mostly, as I understand it, because Mrs. Jensen was also responsible for the sound of the games - and therefore for spoken dialogues as well, I guess.

I played a tiny fraction of it at the Games Com this year, but it was too tiny to really enable me to tell enough about the game.

The oddest think in it is its interface : The "menu on strings" you can see on the left side of the web page is in a similar form part o the interface within the game, too.

dtp tries/does everything to make this gme THE experience for adventure gamers.

Me, I'm not that sure, since I never like the rather dark and a bit horror-themed Gabriel Knight series of adventures. Which means that I'm ot sure whether I'll bu it or not. But I guess yes … Some time.

Alrik

P.S. : Sorry if my posting sounds too much like a marketing blurb. I'm jut fond of adventure games in general. ;)

skavenhorde
November 22nd, 2010, 10:44
Thanks Alrik for bringing this to my attention. It's been ages since I played a good horror game that wasn't just complete action or freaked me out just to even look at the quickstart button (I'M LOOKING AT YOU AMNESIA!!!!) This one sounds right up my alley.

Hey! Those menu strings are cool ;) I spent a minute or so just pulling them back and forth. I must have been a cat in a former life. :P

Alrik Fassbauer
November 26th, 2010, 23:50
Link to the demo (about 1.7 GB) : http://demos.dtp-entertainment.ag/gray-matter/GrayMatter-DEMO_efigs.zip

Alrik Fassbauer
May 2nd, 2011, 19:15
An interview with Jane Jensen : http://alternativemagazineonline.co.uk/2011/04/29/interview-in-conversation-with-jane-jensen-game-designer-gabriel-knight-trilogy-gray-matter/

DoctorNarrative
May 2nd, 2011, 23:45
Like many adventure games recently I have bought this but not yet played it. The box in the US is quite lovely though.

snowflake
May 13th, 2011, 15:27
thank you for the link! they were really helpfull

GothicGothicness
May 13th, 2011, 15:40
That is an indie game???? it looks fantastic....... going to try the demo.

Gorath
May 16th, 2011, 20:18
Not an indie game. Normal adventure with a reasonably big budget.

skavenhorde
May 17th, 2011, 04:23
Moved back to Non-RPG.