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Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure |OT| Under a Mean Overseer Memorandum Directive
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Extra Sauce
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Played for about two hours and loved what I've seen so far. Had to stop because I was getting nauseous. Demo did the same thing to me but it was much better after I increased the field of view (I've played countless FP games throughout my life and this is maybe the second game doing this to me, weird). Anyway, I think the increased FOV gives the graphics a slightly odd look (as if seeing through a large lens) so I gave the default settings another shot; no go.
Looking forward to playing more once my headache passes. This game is just oozing with love and my initial play session has been pure bliss.
PS: Regarding the lack of gamepad support, I installed Joy To Key and after some tinkering was able to configure a pretty neat control scheme with my X360 controller.
Looking forward to playing more once my headache passes. This game is just oozing with love and my initial play session has been pure bliss.
PS: Regarding the lack of gamepad support, I installed Joy To Key and after some tinkering was able to configure a pretty neat control scheme with my X360 controller.
Revolutionary
Member
Played about 30 minutes earlier and loved it. Would kill for Gamepad support though.
bender
What time is it?
That's good news. Broken Age is my favorite game this year which is saying a lot as I've never really enjoyed a previous Double Fine game.
I managed to clean up some jaggies by using the following Nvidia Inspector settings (running at 1920x1080 on a GTX 570):
- Update the Antialiasing compatibility value to 0x004000C1
- Update Antialiasing - Mode ​ to Override any application setting
- Update Antilaliasing - Setting to 16xQ [16x CSAA (8 color + 8 cv samples)]
- Update Antialiasing - Transparancy Supersampling to 8x Sparse Grid Supersampling​
- Update Texture filtering - LOD Bias to -3.0000
- Update Texture filtering - Negative LOD bias to Allow
- Update the Antialiasing compatibility value to 0x004000C1
- Update Antialiasing - Mode ​ to Override any application setting
- Update Antilaliasing - Setting to 16xQ [16x CSAA (8 color + 8 cv samples)]
- Update Antialiasing - Transparancy Supersampling to 8x Sparse Grid Supersampling​
- Update Texture filtering - LOD Bias to -3.0000
- Update Texture filtering - Negative LOD bias to Allow
No, sorry I only know how to use Nvidia Inspector. ATI settings should surface soon though as I'm sure Raedon Pro manipulates graphics settings in a similar manner.
Played for an hour and loving it. Classic Tex with a modern touch. Glad that they gave a FOV slider, wish all games did this. Is there 5.1 sound in the game because it seems to only be coming out 2 of my speakers?
It is a little premature since I haven't played that far into the game, but from what I've seen this is the first Kickstarter game I've gotten that I've been truly satisfied with.
It is a little premature since I haven't played that far into the game, but from what I've seen this is the first Kickstarter game I've gotten that I've been truly satisfied with.
Dog Problems
Banned
Still haven't gotten a Steam key or any other way to download the game.
Edit: Nevermind, just remember I used a different e-mail address for this.
Edit: Nevermind, just remember I used a different e-mail address for this.
MrCunningham
Member
I really don't know what the native 2K resolution is, I wish they would list that somewhere. But I play the game at 2560 × 1440 downsampled and it eliminates the majority of the jaggies in the FP segments on my 1080p monitor, and generally I think it looks very good for the video quality too. The default FOV seems to be 50, which is quite bad, 80 seems to be good for me.
Seems pretty solid but I hate, hate, haaaaaaate the way dialogue choices come up in this during cutscenes. I have no idea what the boxes mean half the time and you have to remember what the previous choices were and which is the new choice after picking one since they move around. Man, just total fuck up of an interface. Also don't enjoy the cutscenes being continually interrupted for the choices.
(Note, last Tex Murphy game I played was Under a Killing Moon, so maybe this how dialogues in Overseer worked?)
The first person movement around is pretty smooth and nice though.
(Note, last Tex Murphy game I played was Under a Killing Moon, so maybe this how dialogues in Overseer worked?)
The first person movement around is pretty smooth and nice though.
Extra Sauce
Member
Not sure I understand that complaint. Personally I just choose whichever option seems most appropriate or to my liking given the context, whether or not that option is new doesn't seem particularly important to me.
aaaah whatever, I decided to just jump in with this game and revisit the older ones if I like this.
I figured that would be the case, VLR was pretty damn long too.
I figured that would be the case, VLR was pretty damn long too.
Extra Sauce
Member
Warning to the folks intending to play the older games after Tesla Effect; there are all kinds of small spoilers and at least one huuuuge spoiler in the form of flashback videos played when you click random objects in Tex's apartment and throughout Chandler avenue.
If you never played The Pandora Directive, definitely do not click on the green object behind Rook's pawn shop.
If you never played The Pandora Directive, definitely do not click on the green object behind Rook's pawn shop.
I seriously doubt that we're getting game pad support. The developer never answers the question when asked, and they just deleted the topic on their Steam forums where people were asking about support.
13 people worked in the development team, and the game had a ~$650.000 Kickstarter budget.
Anyway, the hipster reviewers have woken up:
http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/05/07/tesla-effect-a-tex-murphy-adventure-review
The complaint seems to be that it's too Tex Murphy-like. The game should have had a "indie" tag on it, would be a immediate 10/10.
Anyway, the hipster reviewers have woken up:
http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/05/07/tesla-effect-a-tex-murphy-adventure-review
The complaint seems to be that it's too Tex Murphy-like. The game should have had a "indie" tag on it, would be a immediate 10/10.
Wow the backslash the reviewer is getting from IGN users, seems like very few agree with him.
Seems like a review for someone never really a fan of the older games.
however
This is exactly what I was talking about and what I really, really did not like from my initial impression starting this tonight. Everything else = great. But this just seemed like a terrible way to approach dialogue choices, especially in an adventure game which is dialogue-based in the first place.
When it says "Shock and Ohhhh" and "Danger, Stranger" and stuff like that I have no idea what it means in context of the conversation and what is going to come out of Tex's mouth if I pick that. Maybe it's not the reaction I wanted, which is annoying. While I prefer just seeing the line I'm choosing, I'm even ok with an abbreviated version (aka, emotion) it's just that the ones given are really odd and hard to understand where they're going half the time.
Extra Sauce
Member
I like how one of his plusses is actually a dig at the game.
I recall feeling the same way when I played the original Tex games (UAKM and PD) which had similarly vague descriptions when selecting dialog. I think the trick is to try and get inside Tex's head and think the way he thinks. Once I started doing that it started to make more sense. Playing the older games helps in that regard,
Extra Sauce
Member
Yeah, there's a learning curve but I feel like I've gotten a grasp of the descriptions for the most part. The trick for me is to focus on the game's sense of humor. Most of the options are basically a jokey way to describe how Tex is about to behave.
It was the same way in the older games as well. You never actually chose Tex's words, just his thought patterns. Haven't played tesla yet, but I am playing pandora now off steam and it's not much of an issue associating what tex will say based on the descriptor. I really dig it a lot, so many jokes are tied into the descriptors and the outcome, but occasionally twists occur that lead your expectations astray. It's part of the fun.
But yes if you are OCD about ensuring the outcome alas mass effect by having more obvious transliterations in dialogue options, then it may frustrate. I'd also argue that is entirely not the point and you really need to let go of that when dealing with the murph.
Yes, that was one of the things I too clearly remember from playing the game back then
Extra Sauce
Member
Love the atmospheric, ambient menu track as well as the intro cinematic track.
I do have a gripe... the track that plays in your apartment continues to play throughout all of Chandler avenue, except inside some shops where radio/background noise is heard. Then that same track carries on to the new location that pops up on Day 2. I hope variety picks up eventually...
licktheenvelope
Member
Got 4 hours in (am on day 4). Lots of fun! Have been smiling a LOT during this game. 4 or 5 laugh out loud funny moments for me.
Have been smiling a LOT during this game. 4 or 5 laugh out loud funny moments for me.Ok, yeah I played UAKM back in the year it original came out and don't remember a single thing about it besides the visuals and Tex. Definitely don't remember the dialogue system at all.
Wondering if maybe I should hold off on playing Tesla and re-play UAKM, PD and Overseer first. I wonder how much of those games Tesla spoils or if I can play Tesla first then go back and play the older games.
Extra Sauce
Member
I actually found it in the official comment of a youtube video. Its 2048 horizontal. So not really that many more pixels than 1920. Since 120hz isn't a big deal for this game I'll probably 1440p + AA downsample (GTX680 here). I'm really only putting in so much thought because I don't have time to actually play the game right now.
Also to your previous post this game totally is using BINK2 for compression.
MrCunningham
Member
Well at least it's not the old as dirt Bink codecs. Good info too.
My mistake - I guess GOG doesn't charge developers keys:
http://www.gog.com/forum/general/release_tesla_effect_a_tex_murphy_adventure/post90
Here's how it works:
"Please give us X amount of keys."
We reply:
"OK, here you go."
That's about it, really. It would be silly to charge developers for keys to their own game
Haha that IGN review, dated feel as a negative? Who would of thunk it with a Tex Murphy title. Guess it didn't have enough guns.
Really liking it so far, haven't played one of these style of point and clicks since Goosebumps: Escape From Horrorland. The humour is just awesome, really spot on.
Really liking it so far, haven't played one of these style of point and clicks since Goosebumps: Escape From Horrorland. The humour is just awesome, really spot on.
TheDrowningMan
Member
So I'm getting popping / crackling audio when moving about in certain areas, especially if I move the cursor outside after clicking on an item during a Tex monologue. Videos, etc are completely fine, and yes. I knows there's intentional crackling during the flashbacks.
It's a score, it serves the same purpose a score serves in most games, bragging rights.
Got it. So basically it comes down to "only play Tesla Effect if 1) You're never going to get around to playing Pandora Directive/Overseer or 2) Don't mind having some major plot points spoiled for when you go back and play the older games"
Does Tesla Effect work pretty well standalone? I know it continues straight from Overseer, wondering if you miss a lot by not having played Overseer.
The comments are hilarious.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Oh my god this looks amazing going to read impressions now
As someone who didn't play any of the previous games, I haven't had any difficulty keeping up. I'm on Day 3 and there has only been one obviously spoiler heavy flashback to a previous game. They do a good job of giving you just enough information that even if you didn't play the previous games you can get the basic gist of what's going on. At least so far that is.
indigo-cyclops
Member
I think it allows for different experiences when replaying because you don't know the exact context. I'm fine with it and I didn't really think twice about it in both this and Walking Dead. They did a fantastic job both keeping the game similar to its roots and modernizing it. Fair enough of an argument if some people are really that concerned with knowing the specifics of a line of dialogue. The way they did it keeps it from being a story written by the developers, if that makes sense, rather than as it's being played.
This whole review makes me appreciate the elegance and subtlety of a sledgehammer to the nuts.
Yea, I like the vague dialogue descriptions, too, as they fit the internal logic and humor of Tex's mind.
It's funny, though - haven't played yet but it seems BFG has done well to balance the old school and the new school, and this review shows how difficult that can be. To someone whose idea of adventure game mechanics/dialogue/story is seemingly based more on something like TWD, Tex's features will feel outdated.
That hurt just reading it.
Intheflorsh
Banned
You'll get black bars but no real problems.