Разработчик: WizarBox Production
Описание
Samantha's first task is to find six people to form “The Lamb's Club” of human guinea pigs for Dr. Style's tests at Oxford University. The experiment starts off innocently enough, but then a chain of inexplicable incidents begin to occur, one after another.
Are these experiments as innocent as they appear? What is the true aim of Dr. Styles' research? What secrets are waiting to cross over from the other side?
In Gray Matter, legendary game author Jane Jensen (creator of the Gabriel Knight series) tackles questions concerning the nature of reality and the power of the human mind in a mystery adventure that comprises 8 massive chapters. Jensen combines the elements of science and the supernatural, together with her acclaimed emphasis on character and story to create an unprecedented paranormal experience that will keep you riveted until the very end.
Features:
- From legendary game author, Jane Jensen, GRAY MATTER combines the elements of science and the supernatural, together with character and story to create an unprecedented paranormal experience.
- A dark story told in the gothic novel style in eight epic chapters
- Play as Dr. Styles and Samantha
- Innovative gameplay that combines science and the supernatural
Поддерживаемые языки: english, french, italian, german, spanish - spain
Системные требования
Windows
- OS *: Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8
- Processor: 1.8 GHz Processor or faster
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: DirectX 9.0 compatible 256 MB Graphics Card with Shader 2.0
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Storage: 6 GB available space
Отзывы пользователей
This was a charming mystery adventure game, but fair warning, it is a bit dated and has some bugs. Cutscene videos would stay on a loop for me until I hit the skip scene button. The inventory UI was also very fickle and only seemed to work on the top half of the bar. And I had to follow one of the steam guides to get it working on Windows 11.
Aside from that it was playable enough and I enjoyed my time with Gray Matter. The gameplay is pretty standard point-and-click for the most part, though there is a "magic trick" mechanic to this game that is kinda unique. The two characters you play as contrast each other well, with Sam being sneaky, headstrong, and caring whilst David is somber, moody, and tragic. There is a good variety of side characters you meet, and the story features a great buildup of mystery toward it's conclusion. One thing that also really surprised me was the soundtrack. It not only has some lovely instrumentals, but several vocal themes, performed by "The Scarlet Furies" are featured as well!
great game with intriguing magic related puzzles and a cleaver story.
Gray Matter is an adventure game written by the legendary Jane Jensen. It has an intriguing plot, where your player character Samantha Everett (in some of the game chapter's you play as her employer, Dr David Styles) investigates supernatural occurrences happening around Oxford that coincide with the conducting of a series of neurobiological tests by Dr Styles.
Samantha is a stage magician, and this features in the gameplay, as you can consult her magician's handbook to play tricks on people, in the form of minigames. I really enjoyed these portions of the game.
This game's graphic are absolutely GORGEOUS, and the sound design and voice acting are very good too.
I have a minor gripe, which is that the exterior scenes can be large, so it takes several agonising seconds for the player character to walk across the screen. This is mitigated by the availability of a map screen, that allows for fast travel from place to place.
If you are into story driven adventure games, Gray Matter is worth checking out.
As a life-long fan of 2-D point & click adventure games, particularly the Gabriel Knight Trilogy, I was eager to dive into Gray Matter, a game also penned by Jane Jensen. The game’s premise of blending magic tricks with puzzle-solving intrigued me, and I appreciated the unique twist this brought to the gameplay.
However, while Gray Matter does have its strengths, it falls short in some areas compared to Jensen’s earlier works. The characters felt rather shallow, especially when compared to the rich, complex personalities in the Gabriel Knight series. Additionally, the game leans heavily on "moon logic" for many of its puzzles, making them frustrating rather than enjoyable. Without a walkthrough, some of these puzzles would have been nearly impossible to solve.
The atmosphere and story have potential, but the overall execution lacks the depth and polish of a classic Sierra title. While I wouldn’t rank Gray Matter among the greats of the genre, it’s still worth a play for fans of Jane Jensen and those who enjoy unique puzzle mechanics, though with some reservations.
This game was great a really enjoyed it the art work is amazing. I would've loved to see the next game sadly the company went out of business. If anyone Owns the ip Get Jan Jensen back and create the pride of frankenstein will u thank you
A great, well-written point & click adventure game from the creator of Gabriel Knight! There are some really cool plot points and twists and turns that are well hidden even in hindsight, and I could easily see there being a sequel to this at some point in the future. One note, if you are buying the game now, you may have to download some additional drivers to help you play it as the software is built for older computers.
I had a rough start because it was too easy to start. Then I got into it especially getting into chapter 2 the difficulty increased somewhat. I then got stuck and thought it was me until I got bored running around with no idea what to do. I'm at 85% total progress in Chapter 2 with these quests: 100% on "Strange Events at Horspath Track", 100% on "The Mysterious Dr Styles", 100% on "Sam Plays Lab Assistant", 100% on "Sam gets carded", 60% on Chapter 2 Bonus, BUT...25% on "The Betrayer's Price - Part 2" I have the mouthpiece to a horn, but I can't click on the horn to operate it. Earlier in the game I had come into the pub where the horn is and could click on the horn, but I left the pub assuming I'd get the right piece later because I didn't realize the bartender had the mouthpiece all along. Well, now that I got the mouthpiece from the bartender and I'm done with all the other quests, so I assume there's nothing else to do, except blow the horn...but I can't. If I click space bar it doesn't show the horn as an option. I tried restarting then reinstalling the game hoping maybe it was a local cache glitch or something like that. It's not worth replaying this game up to this point, so I'll call it there and won't finish the game. I'm done. I'm not replaying. Gameplay is ok. The dialogue provides too much guidance, there's a lot of things to interact with that are pointless. Quern is a similar puzzle game and but has a way better story and game play by a long shot.
Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | WizarBox Production |
| Платформы | Windows |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 17.01.2025 |
| Metacritic | 72 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 90% положительных (333) |