I played Under A Killing Moon for the first time last year and found it very playable. They are all on GOG, maybe give one a try.
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Tex Murphy: Project Fedora Kickstarter project [Ended, $611K funded]
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I played Under A Killing Moon for the first time last year and found it very playable. They are all on GOG, maybe give one a try.
thekonamicode
Member
I'm in for $30!
djplaeskool
Member
Wow. This shot out of the gate like a rocket.
With Tex Murphy and Diamond Trust of London, kickstarter is getting more money than I spend on games anywhere else.
You know how in the early days of CD-Rom, FMV was all the rage and there were a ton of mediocre games with piles of FMV in to justify the use of the tech?
The Tex Murphy games were what you get when you do that *right*.
Ignis Fatuus
Banned
Notifying people long in advance and getting the word to spread beforehand was a good move. The prize tiers also look pretty well thought out. The project description is perhaps a little slim as others have said, but given that it comes from an established franchise backers generally know what they're signing up for.
aparisi2274
Member
Are you just backing for $100 tier and then tacking on an additional $15?
Wiktor
Member
That's how I do it. I type in 115$ and check the 100 tier box
International shipping.
Well the pitch video is pretty epic, it's clear that's where their energy went.
Under a Killing Moon and Pandora Directive are both in my top 5 adventure games of all time. They were the complete package: Amazing presentation, top-notch puzzles and design, the best graphics on the market at the time... UAKM was really a landmark game for 1994.
If you don't back this, you hate adventure games, and you're a bad person, pretty much.
Well, remember they announced this game like 3 years ago, so a lot of pre-development work has surely been done already.
Yeah, I had kind of hoped they would show a little gameplay footage from the old games and not just FMV so people who have that bias might recognize that these were great GAMES as well.
malingenie
Member
Was a little meh (even though I am enjoying replaying UAKM), saw the video and now I am $50 dollars poorer.
Ignis Fatuus
Banned
Ouch, just noticed that.
Huw_Dawson
Member
I really liked that pitch video. Very fun.
I'm not that happy about the recent trend in gaming kickstarters of the reward tiers being wildly overoptimistic.
I'm not that happy about the recent trend in gaming kickstarters of the reward tiers being wildly overoptimistic.
Agreed, I played UAKM and PD earlier this year and they hold up pretty well. I'm not a fan of the interface at all though.
BassForever
Member
Dropped 15 dollars, may drop more later if I have the finances
funkystudent
Member
Really like the idea of a HD FMV game.
If the kickstarter video is a indication of the direction of the final game then I will be day 1.
If the kickstarter video is a indication of the direction of the final game then I will be day 1.
The Spacepope
Member
I've backed Double Fine, Wasteland 2 and Shadowrun earlier, but I can honestly say that this is the project I'm looking the most forward to.
I just finished replaying The Pandora Directive, what a fucking amazing game that is.
Chris Jones :bow
I just finished replaying The Pandora Directive, what a fucking amazing game that is.
Chris Jones :bow
I don't even think of them as FMV games, anymore than I think of Command and Conquer as FMV games. It's just a visual style to me, the games are pure adventure.
Fortunately they quickly realized it was a bad idea:
Project Update #1 by Chris Jones & Aaron Conners said:
They just addressed this in an update (Edit: which I have been beaten to posting, but whatevs, I'll leave this here) . The 'DLC' was going to be Easter Eggs, makings of and stuff, not extra rooms/gameplay. However, due to the confusion, they have decided to include that 'DLC' in every tier now and add something else to replace it in the $150 tiers and up. You get the full game at any tier. No more worries, eh?
The older gameplay interface might have been a bit confusing to people, especially if they don't realise that Tex has full control in that 3d environment and think he moves via some weird on-rails FMV as well. The reason why FMV works for Tex is it's only used to convey the story, with the gameplay being first person point-and-click in a 3D environment. It's hard to convey that in the timeframe, but I'm sure there'll be some updates and so on to flesh it out as time goes on. They did show some of the puzzles and so on too, the other key thing about Tex games, which I'm also fairly excited for, especially due to the fact that the Three Cards series has shown me that they haven't lost their knack for puzzles.
It is, for the cutscenes at least. The video on the project definitely had a same feel that the old games had, while being a little more technically competent.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
$150 tier said:
Sounds like extra rooms/gameplay to me.
But it's moot now, good that they've listened. I can wholeheartedly recommend this to people now.
Dreams-Visions
Member
I watched most of the vid in the op and glossed over the description on the KickStarter.
I see there's a lot of FMV implemented. Is the acting expected to be this...bad? I was cringing a lot. Reminded me of a bad B Movie. Like one of those old SegaCD FMV games like Sewer Shark or Sherlock Homes: Consulting Detective.
I see there's a lot of FMV implemented. Is the acting expected to be this...bad? I was cringing a lot. Reminded me of a bad B Movie. Like one of those old SegaCD FMV games like Sewer Shark or Sherlock Homes: Consulting Detective.
I thought the KIF campaign got pretty much killed by Kickstarter?
Good they addressed the DLC issue early on.
I'm not against the kickstarter (I already donated), but I want it to do well and seeing ones struggle like Jane Jenson's, it's important to identify the problems with it early on and fix them so they can appeal to the broadest audience and get great numbers.
Interesting. Were there some articles about this? Almost all the game related kickstarters were supporting it up until last month. Jensen/Shadowrun/LSL all supported it.
I'm not against the kickstarter (I already donated), but I want it to do well and seeing ones struggle like Jane Jenson's, it's important to identify the problems with it early on and fix them so they can appeal to the broadest audience and get great numbers.
Interesting. Were there some articles about this? Almost all the game related kickstarters were supporting it up until last month. Jensen/Shadowrun/LSL all supported it.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
It's supposed to have the feel of an old dime thriller.
Watch some of the previous games on youtube to see what they'll be aiming for, search for "under a killing moon".
Yeah, weed need help! Adventures gamers, help Jane Jensen Moebius! We will help Tex Murphy too!!!
Ignis Fatuus
Banned
Good to see that prompt action was taken on the DLC issue by both sides.
Speaking about more gameplay and extra rooms, how many of the Tex veterans in here went to the trouble of finding the secret Easter Egg room in Pandora Directive?
I was pretty amazed when I found out about it back in the day.
I was pretty amazed when I found out about it back in the day.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
A bit off topic, but there was an FMV adventure game with a pseudo-scifi noirish setting featuring a female detective that was released a few years ago... anyone remember it/play it?
Baron_Calamity
Member
Nooo but I'm interested if anyone can remember the game.
Not sure if this is what you're talking about, but there was a sci fi FMV adventure game called Darkstar that came out a couple of years ago. Never played it.
http://www.adventuregamers.com/article/id,1265
http://www.adventuregamers.com/article/id,1265
The only one I can think of was a freeware title -- it was FMV and in black and white -- but I can't remember the name.
Lemme research.
Found it: http://www.fatebynumbers.com/
This upsets me
I dont get why non-kickstarter people have to be punished. TB covers this in one of his mailboxes in regards to the Wasteland (i think?) DLC. Kickstarters are unproven and the vast majority of people don't even know if the end product will be good or come out for that matter. Why should people be punished by having a lesser product because they didn't want to take the risk?
Unless of course the DLC is available to all post launch for people to buy.
I dont get why non-kickstarter people have to be punished. TB covers this in one of his mailboxes in regards to the Wasteland (i think?) DLC. Kickstarters are unproven and the vast majority of people don't even know if the end product will be good or come out for that matter. Why should people be punished by having a lesser product because they didn't want to take the risk?
Unless of course the DLC is available to all post launch for people to buy.
Ah cool. They are still selling it though as of this post.
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
Thanks for reminding me that I need to start playing this!
cj_iwakura
Member
Me too. I truly miss FMVs. (Gotta make another FMV Appreciation Thread...)
May donate soon. Want to support the genre.
And Shadowrun Girl would look nice in a fedora, if anyone would be so kind.
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
That video filled me with pure joy, best kickstarter video ever.