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Posted March 27, 2014
Empire Rising

Moebius, a contemporary metaphysical adventure from the master storyteller Jane Jensen, the creator of Gabriel Knight and Grey Matter, is available 20% off for pre-order for Windows and Mac OS X on GOG.com. That's only $23.99 until April 15, when the game is expected to arrive. Pre-order now, and play the 2-chapter GOG.com exclusive demo while you wait for the release!

When a secretive government agency enlists Malachi Rector to determine whether a murdered woman in Venice resembles any particular historical figure, he is left with nothing but questions. Why would the U.S. government hire him--a dealer of high-end antiques--to look into a foreign murder? Why does David Walker, a former Special Forces operative he meets in his travels, feel like someone Malachi’s known all his life? And how come everytime Malachi lets his guard down, someone tries to kill him?

Moebius is a contemporary adventure that merges classic point-and-click puzzle solving with Jane Jensen’s sophisticated storytelling. Travel the world using Malachi’s unique deductive powers to analyze suspects, make historical connections, and uncover the truth behind a theory of space and time the government will defend at any cost. This thrilling new adventure game from master storyteller Jane Jensen (Gabriel Knight, Gray Matter) and Phoenix Online Studios (Cognition, The Silver Lining) introduces Malachi Rector, an expert in antiquities whose photographic memory and eye for detail transform people and clues into interactive puzzles.

If you miss the times when adventure games were played mostly for the great and immersive storytelling, not just for the puzzles, humor, and views, be sure to pre-order Moebius for $23.99 on GOG.com. That's 20% off the full post-release price, and you'll get to set the mood for the game with the full soundtrack (MP3/FLAC), available instantly. You can also jump right in to action with the GOG.com-exclusive demo, covering the first two chapters of the game! The 20% off special pre-order discount offer lasts until April 15, when the game is set for launch.
Posted March 27, 2014
I just played the demo through. Writing is definetly the best part of it judging from the small snippet the demo gives out. The puzzles are pretty much standard adventure game stuff, nothing too complex but the deduction puzzles are pretty fun. Music is solid as well.

The art work is mediocre, as is character art. Animation is pretty stiff as well. Voice acting ranges from good to poor. All in all it's a low budget affair as you could assume from the Kickstarter budget they managed to haul.

(I'm saying this all as a Kickstarter backer.)
Post edited March 27, 2014 by tomimt
Posted March 27, 2014
Forget about how it looks, what matters in a game by Jane Jensen is the writing, the ideas. I can hardly wait to finish it.
Posted March 27, 2014
""Moebius, a contemporary metaphysical adventure from the master storyteller Jane Jensen, the creator of Gabriel Knight and Grey Matter,""

Its Gray Matter. Cant wait for this game. Im a backer. Jane Jensen is a queen. Im a backer at her court.
Posted March 27, 2014
Pre-ordered here on GOG. I haven't played the demo yet, but the 'public' demo listed on the POS website (PC and Mac) was showing as 950MB. The GOG demo (PC only?) is apparently 1.2GB in comparison. So, it does seem that the GOG demo has more content.

EDIT: Let me just say, I am so excited for this. I really loved all of the Jane Jensen-designed games I've played - GK1-3, KQ6, Gray Matter - and I haven't been so excited for an adventure game in a long time, even though it's my favorite genre and I don't hesitate to play appealing new adventures (unlike a surprising number of genre fans!).
Post edited March 27, 2014 by HoneydewHuey
Posted March 27, 2014
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RadonGOG: Any Beta-Testers that would recommend preordering it?
Eh... its not a bad game. I wasnt real happy with the story conceptually. And the puzzles had issues (though that might be smoothed out for the final release). But it does have that "jane jensen" feel to it, and its a decent length game (maybe 8-10 hours), If youre a big fan you might as well grab it. Otherwise maybe wait for sales.
Posted March 27, 2014
Got a reply on the Pinkerton Road forums: They're apparently not sure at the moment whether they can supply backers with a gog key. I guess I might as well send an inquiry about this to gog support.
Posted March 27, 2014
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Tarhiel: Don´t want to nitpick, GOG, but when do you plan to release Risen 1&2?
I am really waiting for these two, since I know thy will land here.
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011284mm: All the time they know you and I are coming back to try and pick them up they will just keep holding them back.
GOG are treating us a little like the donkey by holding them out like a carrot on a stick.
Well, I wouldn´t call it carrot on the stick, its just... I am really looking forward to them :)
And I thought they would be here by this time already.
Posted March 27, 2014
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fronzelneekburm: Got a reply on the Pinkerton Road forums: They're apparently not sure at the moment whether they can supply backers with a gog key. I guess I might as well send an inquiry about this to gog support.
Also comes down to how much money they have left over from the kickstarter and whatever funding sources they had. Since they would have to pay something to GOG for the redemption codes to cover GOGs costs on downloads and give GOG a cut (normally for a game sale GOG gets 30%, no idea what the negotiated rate is for a lined up customer).
Posted March 28, 2014
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fronzelneekburm: Got a reply on the Pinkerton Road forums: They're apparently not sure at the moment whether they can supply backers with a gog key. I guess I might as well send an inquiry about this to gog support.
That's interesting. Given that Broken Sword has provided all backers with gog keys (and I'm pretty sure Wasteland 2 is going to as well.. maybe some others too), I would be pretty surprised if they actually couldn't do that. They might not want to, but it would seem like it is definitely possible.

The Banner Saga devs haven't even responded to requests for gog keys so at least the Pinkerton Road people have one up on them there.
Posted March 28, 2014
I wasn't able to get a GOG key for another Kickstarter I backed (Volgarr the Viking), hopefully this doesn't turn out the same way.

Game looks great though, I love the style it shows in the trailer, you can tell the designer of GK is beyond it. Also voice-acting sounds surprisingly decent for low-budget-ish production, it's day-time soap-ish but fitting.

It almost makes me have hope for the Gabriel Knight remake, I'm still down that they couldn't use the original voices with Tim Curry etc.
Post edited March 28, 2014 by Crosmando
Posted March 28, 2014
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fronzelneekburm: Got a reply on the Pinkerton Road forums: They're apparently not sure at the moment whether they can supply backers with a gog key. I guess I might as well send an inquiry about this to gog support.
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htown1980: That's interesting. Given that Broken Sword has provided all backers with gog keys (and I'm pretty sure Wasteland 2 is going to as well.. maybe some others too), I would be pretty surprised if they actually couldn't do that. They might not want to, but it would seem like it is definitely possible.

The Banner Saga devs haven't even responded to requests for gog keys so at least the Pinkerton Road people have one up on them there.
Shadowrun Returns and Lilly looking through also did this (considering the kind of budget LLT had, I'd be surprised if they had to cough up some unreasonable sum to cover for the keys). The Tex Murphy people are distributing their beta via gog, so it's safe to say they'll provide gog keys as well. Can't say I'm surprised at the Banner Saga devs not providing keys. The more I learn about how they treated their backers (those among the DRM-free-crowd, anyway), the less I'm inclined to buy their product even at a discount.
Posted March 28, 2014
I think the thing is, that GOG doesn't let devs give out keys freely, there's obviously been plenty of exceptions where they do, but it's not like Steam when devs can do it without much restriction. I think GOG should look into loosening up a bit in this regard, especially with many many Kickstarter games coming to completion this year and next, many backers are going to be GOGers and will want keys here.
Posted March 28, 2014
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Crosmando: I think the thing is, that GOG doesn't let devs give out keys freely, there's obviously been plenty of exceptions where they do, but it's not like Steam when devs can do it without much restriction. I think GOG should look into loosening up a bit in this regard, especially with many many Kickstarter games coming to completion this year and next, many backers are going to be GOGers and will want keys here.
I can understand them not giving out keys for free though, downloads cost money whatever way you look at it, sure gog have better rates for bandwidth I'd assume due to scale but it's still not free. Any game given out for free is one not sold I guess.
I thought there were restrictions with steam. From what I'd heard of steam devs get something like 100 free keys for giveaway then additional free keys depending on sales. To get a whole lot at once for backers I'd have to think some money exchanges hands.
Perhaps I'm wrong, I'm pretty sure no one from steam will be clarifying it here :)
Posted March 28, 2014
Missed the Kickstarter, but definetely gonna support Jane by pre-ordering.
Posted March 28, 2014
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Crosmando: Games like Moebius, Tex Murphy - Tesla Effect, the Shadowgate remake, Asylum, STASIS, Quest for Infamy, Armikrog are going to blow away casualized 3-hour "games" like Broken Age away.
The first act of Broken Age is roughly 4 hours long and there's still a second act coming (for free for those who bought/Kickstarted it).

I see you're still on your anti-DF crusade. What's the matter? Sad that it didn't flop like you hoped? http://wasteland.inxile-entertainment.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=4279#p71951
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