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Hi guys. Nice to find Tex fans here.

Right now I am playing Martian Memorandum. I am enjoying the game, characters and plot but I am sorry to say that the game is poorly scripted in its mechanics

I am on Mars and I have reached a dead end. Eventually I consulted a walkthrough and I found this: at one point your comlink informs you about the murdered of Alexander . Then you learn the name of the murdered and you can query it to other characters.

I have done anything I could possibly do, but such message never reached me. I wonder if I did things in the 'wrong' order and brought the script's map continuity in some unpredictable limbo and te message will never come.

Actually I had restored my position because another bug did not allow me to return to Big Dick's Casino. Do I have to begin for a third time?

Any ideas??

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I read the walkthrough more thoroughly and found a point I missed which perhaps explains why the murderer is not found:

As I feared, I must restore to a point when I was on Earth, do something, and continue all over again.

Sigh...

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That's one of the things I love about Good Adventure Games... They allow you to continue even if you skipped something and it will take you to a point where you can't go any further, but can't go back either...

Is it upsetting at times??? Sure, but it teaches you to be thorough... Check every nook and inspect every cranny and ask everybody everything you can about anything you can...


Since you haven't played it yet, I will tell you this much, there is a point in UAKM that can trip you up as well... So just keep your eyes open and check everything... It's not a huge setback, but you can reach a point of no return...

Another piece of advice, Save Often...



And Welcome to the wonderful world of Tex... Hope you enjoy the games and remain a fellow fan for a long time to come...

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It's exactly this kind of cruelty that turned people off Adventure Gaming. Even Chris grew out of it.

Speaking of cruelty, I also tried to send Tex off to Mars with no food on purpose to see if I could starve him to death, but the game wouldn't let me forget that. Not fair.

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Pandora, imo, should have had dead ends at the Mayan Ruins at Day 9. However Pandora does have an unintentional dead end.

Overseer was pretty tame, but a short sequence in Val Davis's lab allows you to screw yourself.

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there is a dead end in UAKM if you go to the moon child without the watch. Personally can't understand why a person would make that mistake as there are enough hints in the game.

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The watch can easily be overlooked in VR Mode.