Gemini Rue

cosmicr · Fri 18/03/2011 22:36:02

I think you guys are missing the point. If we want to 'sell' AGS to the larger gaming community we have to drop (read: hide) things like directx 5. If we're happy to keep it a closed community who understands why it says directx 5 etc, then we can ignore the simpletons.

Dualnames · Sat 19/03/2011 02:33:36

And then again people play Flash games. Cause that's not outdated.
Seriously, I mean it's a retro-pixelled game what kind of engine, did he expect? Unity?

On all seriousness, DirectDraw appears so 1999 in people's eyes. I don't blame them.

But that doesn't mean using that technology is a blast from the past.

Frodo · Sat 19/03/2011 10:27:59

My Gemini Rue cd rom just arrived.

Beautiful!

It will look lovely on my shelf of games.

Thanks JBurger & Dave.

straydogstrut · Sat 19/03/2011 17:10:43

Mine arrived today too!

The rest of the household are soooo jealous right now=D

Thanks guys!

Stupot · Tue 22/03/2011 19:22:33

Hooray. Mine is here too!
Very nice box

That will take pride of place on my game shelf
Also, I spotted the deliberate typo in the blurb. "identites"

cianty · Tue 22/03/2011 21:30:27

Still waiting for mine. Guess Germany is a far way for the box to travel...

voh · Tue 22/03/2011 23:03:22

Mine arrived a few days ago. Sadly, the DVD case was damaged immensely, and the CD has some scratches. I don't know what those postal douches did to it, but argh.

Thankfully, though, as far as I can tell, it still works, though it takes some time loading from time to time

(cianty, as I'm in the Netherlands, I'm sure it'll arrive soon if all goes well!)

Snarky · Tue 22/03/2011 23:19:25

Yeah, mine showed up in Switzerland some time last week. I don't know if they were all sent out at the same time, though. I'm sure it'll arrive soon.

arj0n · Wed 23/03/2011 07:52:09

Quote from: voh on Tue 22/03/2011 23:03:22
Mine arrived a few days ago. Sadly, the DVD case was damaged immensely, and the CD has some scratches. I don't know what those postal douches did to it, but argh.

Thankfully, though, as far as I can tell, it still works, though it takes some time loading from time to time

(cianty, as I'm in the Netherlands, I'm sure it'll arrive soon if all goes well!)

Mine arrived a few days ago too
The DVD case was damaged too
And I'm from the netherlands too

Mmhh, so only the dutchies get damaged DVD cases :

So Germany should arrive pretty soon indeed, cianty...

Dave Gilbert · Wed 23/03/2011 12:52:46

Re: damaged DVD cases.

All I can say is sorry. :-/ If your case is damaged, email me and we'll send out another one. This time with sturdier packaging!

cianty · Wed 23/03/2011 17:06:15

Well I also got the email notification though I think I am part of later "wave". No sweat just yet.

voh · Wed 23/03/2011 18:21:59

Dave: no problem, it's not your fault they got broken. Dutch postal services are notorious for their butter fingers.

I'll just replace the case myself, and I've copied everything from the cd over. 's all good

TheJBurger · Wed 30/03/2011 05:18:59

Thanks everybody for all the kind comments, playing, buying, enjoying, etc.

If you have some moneys left over, check out PCGamer's May Issue (#213) - it has a review of Gemini Rue in it! (I will have it soon...)

cianty · Wed 30/03/2011 16:50:16

Got mine today at last. Took only 19 days.

The "push button" of my case is broken too, by the way. The case looks like someone bent the package. I don't care much though as it is only minor and I could always exchange the box.

I did wonder though: Why is there so "few" text on the back. I mean, it does have the obligatory teaser text and a Wadjet Eye Games logo. But there's no fine print stuff with Copyright notices, info on the year of production, not even a website to WEG. This did stick out to me and gave it a certain "selfmade" look so I wanted to point this out. It's still a huge step forward though obviously from the Blackwell CD I have here.

Mati256 · Fri 01/04/2011 18:52:53

Quote from: TheJBurger on Wed 30/03/2011 05:18:59
If you have some moneys left over, check out PCGamer's May Issue (#213) - it has a review of Gemini Rue in it! (I will have it soon...)

May or March?

TheJBurger · Sat 02/04/2011 01:30:28

May 2011! It should have a giant picture of Crysis 2 on it.

Stupot · Sat 02/04/2011 01:40:12

Yeah, PCGamer is one of those magazines that is sent to us from the future. Not sure why they get so ahead of themselves, though.

TheJBurger · Sat 02/04/2011 05:31:11

Gemini Rue gets a 9/10 from IGN!

April fools! No, wait. What? http://pc.ign.com/articles/115/1159074p1.html

theo · Sat 02/04/2011 09:10:44

Quote from: TheJBurger on Sat 02/04/2011 05:31:11Gemini Rue gets a 9/10 from IGN!

:o Congratulations! Impressive, most impressive.

Igor Hardy · Sat 02/04/2011 10:46:56

After all these great write-ups in mainstream press a review with anything less than highest praises will now seem like a provocation.

Anyway, I'm both very happy as well as very surprised so many people are awestruck by Gemini.