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Posted May 07, 2014
Tex Murphy has entered the building!

Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure marks the triumphant return of everyone's favorite trenchcoat wearing, fedora bearing private detective, Tex Murphy! Thanks to the power of Kickstarter and legions of devoted fans, Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure is available now--DRM-free on GOG.com--for $19.99! (We're so happy about this that some of us are squeeing like little girls!)

The year is 2050. The place: New San Francisco. Someone has made sure that our rough-around-the-edges hero has forgotten the events of the last seven years. What appears to be the world's worst hangover is just the beginning of Tex's troubles as he tries to recollect just what the hell happened. Stuck in a maze of unsolved murders and hidden agendas, Tex must solve the mystery of his own past and that of the lost technologies of Nikola Tesla. Can Tex regain his memory in time to restore what's been lost and stop a terrifying future?

If you have a hankering for old-fashioned FMV with a modern flavor, sleuthing while dropping some pithy one-liners, then look no further than Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure available NOW on PC and Mac, DRM-free for $19.99 on GOG.com!

Important notice!
The Tex Murphy Video Contest is now CLOSED. We are drowning under a torrent of awesome entries and we will announce the winners soon!
Posted May 07, 2014
Awesome, welcome back Tex!
Posted May 07, 2014
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StingingVelvet: They never promised GOG keys to backers, only DRM free versions. The Steam version is DRM free.
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fronzelneekburm: It's not, it still requires me to download their client, sign up, accept their bullshit EULA and jump through all sorts of hoops to get my hands on my supposedly DRM-free game. Thanks, but no thanks!
Damn right. I am so mad I could spit. I pledge way more than I should have to see this game made and now they toss me a Steam key and tell me it's DRM free. Like hell it is. The blasted client itself is a form of DRM and as far as I'm concerned, if they don't send me a code redeemable on GOG, they can keep the game and stick it where the sun don't shine.

I will NEVER frust a developer to keep his word again or back anything on Kickstarter.
Posted May 07, 2014
I'd love to buy you, Tex Murphy, but I'm just awful at adventure games like this. Hell I can't even get past half an hour of Downfall before I'm stuck. Maybe it's all that exposure to terrible mainstream fps games that has killed some important thinky things in my head.
Posted May 07, 2014
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micktiegs_8: I'd love to buy you, Tex Murphy, but I'm just awful at adventure games like this. Hell I can't even get past half an hour of Downfall before I'm stuck. Maybe it's all that exposure to terrible mainstream fps games that has killed some important thinky things in my head.
All the Tex Murphy games (the FMV ones, at least) have a hint system. If you get stuck, you can easily get help getting pointed in the right direction. This was especially useful in the days before the internet and gamefaqs.
Posted May 07, 2014
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fronzelneekburm: It's not, it still requires me to download their client, sign up, accept their bullshit EULA and jump through all sorts of hoops to get my hands on my supposedly DRM-free game. Thanks, but no thanks!
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irondog: Damn right. I am so mad I could spit. I pledge way more than I should have to see this game made and now they toss me a Steam key and tell me it's DRM free. Like hell it is. The blasted client itself is a form of DRM and as far as I'm concerned, if they don't send me a code redeemable on GOG, they can keep the game and stick it where the sun don't shine.

I will NEVER frust a developer to keep his word again or back anything on Kickstarter.
That's not the Tesla Effect but the Daedelic Effect.
Posted May 07, 2014
I love and support GOG but I am not really against Steam either...I would love a free key for this game if anyone is given theirs away... (and you can all laugh at me when I lose 500+ games because Steam shuts it's doors.. :) )

edit - fixed a typo is all... X2...tired, long day at work...
Post edited May 07, 2014 by Russonc
Posted May 07, 2014
Good to see a game release that is not dlc or an upgrade this week. Probably should checkout the Tex Murphy games next.
Posted May 07, 2014
Damn this game is great. I was ignoring trailers and info to try and remain spoiler free so I had no idea it was full WASD movement around all of Chandler Ave. Freaking awesome! And the video is SO high quality. Really blown away so far.

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fronzelneekburm: Thanks for trying to understand.
*thumbs up*
Posted May 07, 2014
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fronzelneekburm: Ah, so you're one of the lucky beta testers? I'm not talking about the installers, I (and all other backers below beta tester level) haven't even received a gog key yet. Some admin over at the BFG forum claims that "all the keys have been sent out" (Steam keys, that is) and he is not aware of any plans to send out additional gog codes. Emails asking for a Steam/gog exchange have been brushed off.
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silentbob1138: That is weird. They sent the GOG keys for the pre-order/beta test in March. Sounds like they forgot keys for the lower tiers. Steam keys obviously don't qualify as DRM-free. I redeemed the Steam key too and got a message that the game only works when Steam is running, so it's not a DRM-free version. Hope you'll get your keys soon.
Have you tried running the exe directly from the game's folder in Steam?

The shortcuts that Steam creates, calls for the Steam Client to run the game, however, with the other DRM free games on Steam, you have to create your own shortcut pointing to the exe file.
Posted May 07, 2014
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silentbob1138: I redeemed the Steam key too and got a message that the game only works when Steam is running, so it's not a DRM-free version. Hope you'll get your keys soon.
Which is a big reason I HATE steam. I've downloaded games and backed them up, then I decide 'hey I want to play the game on my other computer in the other room' so I just upload it, takes a few minutes, then it refuses to run unless 'steam' is running. Fine I run it in off-line mode. Then it complains it won't run unless that computer has digital licenses or something. Grr...

I've only used steam maybe 6 months, and I've sworn off of them because of the shitty DRM and policies they use. Plus the last few months it's become a huge dropping ground of shovel-ware (Or so TotalBiscuit has informed me)



But there are some games that work completely without steam, like Dungeons of Dredmor, but I'd rather not play roulette with what games I can play if/when I have internet and if/when I have some DRM installed. Call me finicky, but when I want to run my games, I want to run them, no extra hoops beyond what makes sense to me.
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Ravenvolf: Have you tried running the exe directly from the game's folder in Steam?

The shortcuts that Steam creates, calls for the Steam Client to run the game, however, with the other DRM free games on Steam, you have to create your own shortcut pointing to the exe file.
Half the games I've gotten and tried to play through steam, it immediately tries to load the steam client. Skyrim is a good example as I recall... So running the game directly may not help. Not sure in this game's particular case, but I wouldn't be surprised...
Post edited May 07, 2014 by rtcvb32
Posted May 07, 2014
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silentbob1138: That is weird. They sent the GOG keys for the pre-order/beta test in March. Sounds like they forgot keys for the lower tiers. Steam keys obviously don't qualify as DRM-free. I redeemed the Steam key too and got a message that the game only works when Steam is running, so it's not a DRM-free version. Hope you'll get your keys soon.
I did a test myself, and didn't get the same results, did you try running the game once on it's own before moving it? I moved it to a new drive and pulled files out of Steam's root directory, with both working so I'm not sure what to say.
Posted May 07, 2014
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Ravenvolf: Have you tried running the exe directly from the game's folder in Steam?
No, I only redeemed the key, but didn't download the game on Steam. Downloading the GOG version now.
And running the exe would be pointless on a Mac. ;)
Posted May 07, 2014
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fronzelneekburm: It's not, it still requires me to download their client, sign up, accept their bullshit EULA and jump through all sorts of hoops to get my hands on my supposedly DRM-free game. Thanks, but no thanks!
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StingingVelvet: None of that is DRM, and most of it you had to do on GOG as well, but... yeah, I guess it would be annoying if you somehow never used Steam before.
There's one important difference: I can download using a web browser with GOG, but I need to install the Steam client when downloading from Steam.

This difference is huge when you have a slow internet connection at home and can't install software at places with fast connections.
Posted May 07, 2014
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rtcvb32: Half the games I've gotten and tried to play through steam, it immediately tries to load the steam client. Skyrim is a good example as I recall... So running the game directly may not help. Not sure in this game's particular case, but I wouldn't be surprised...
Skyrim isn't DRM free on Steam. The majority of games isn't DRM free on Steam, however the DRM free games on Steam work without using the Steam client. Definitely not the same as gog, but better than full steam integration.
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Ravenvolf: Have you tried running the exe directly from the game's folder in Steam?
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silentbob1138: No, I only redeemed the key, but didn't download the game on Steam. Downloading the GOG version now.
And running the exe would be pointless on a Mac. ;)
All good. Your previous post made it seem that you tried to run the game and steam complained. You can run whatever the equivalent executable file is on Mac.

The gog version is definitely the better way to go, enjoy. Mine has finally finished downloading but it is too late to play it tonight, will have to wait until tomorrow night.
Post edited May 07, 2014 by Ravenvolf
Posted May 07, 2014
I'm really impressed with the production values so far... Excellent stuff!
I've missed these old-school FMV adventure games.

Huge thanks to BFG and GOG!
Post edited May 07, 2014 by MrAlphaNumeric
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