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Article #351095

Gray Matter First (and second :) impressions

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From: Rudi
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 08:36
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Been working with Gray Matter now for a couple of nights. General
overall feeling is very similar to Moebius: Empire Rising. Rather
logical since both are Jane Jensen's adventures, from her company.

Very obviously they also share the graphics and inventory engines.

All little but annoying quirks are there, such as:
-overall slugginesh of movement, heroes looks like he/she is
  really ice skating instead of walking
-unnecessary slow animation in detail (such as "pick up" command:
  it is really *not necessary* to take few sidesteps, turn around
  and then come back, so that the hero would pick up a glass from
  a table)
-thankfully you can skip dialogue lines by left-clicking, to speed up
  the interaction
-You cannot pick up stuff to inventory until proper time.
  Just like in Moebius, you have to backtrack to pick up stuff you
  have already discovered.
-Moebius puzzles were way more interesting than here. And like in
  Moebius, story arc seems to be going thru the roof:
  I am right now in Chapter 3, and already I am getting vibes
  that we are going to end up in serious weirdness... :/

Well, so far so good, worth the 1,99 I paid. Will report back
for more.

Cheers,
R.
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