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The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief Now Available On GOG For Linux

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The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief is reasonably well rated crime adventure game, and GOG have now published it in their DRM free library.

I've tried it out a bit, and the GOG version seems to have issues with graphical corruption:
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Those squares shouldn't be there, and they remain in the whole scene.
I've seen lots of reports of graphical issues on Linux, some have been patched, but couldn't find any posts about my issue.

The game also wouldn't give me the ability to load the main menu until after it asked if I wanted a tutorial, found that a bit odd. I also can't access the main menu until nothing is going on, if any movement or chatter is happening it's locked away, very annoying.

About the game (Official)
'The Raven ­– Legacy of a Master Thief' is a thrilling crime adventure in three chapters from the creators of 'The Book of Unwritten Tales'. Full of twists and turns, it immerses you in both sides of the story, combining thrill-of-the-chase whodunit with the risk and reward of a heist story.

Paris, 1960. Europe is in the grip of the gentleman master thief The Raven. His burglaries are spectacular and he always emerges unscathed. Young hotshot investigator Nicolas Legrand stuns the public when he confronts the master thief and fatally wounds him.

London, 1964. An ancient ruby – one of the legendary 'Eyes of the Sphinx' – is stolen from the British Museum. The only clue at the crime scene: a raven feather. Is somebody trying to follow in the Raven's footsteps? – Legrand is back on the case.
At the same time in Zurich a phone rings. Constable Anton Jakob Zellner looks up from behind a mountain of files. He has no idea what lies hidden in a bank vault, just a few hundred meters away from him. As he reaches for the receiver his life takes a crucial turn…

Check out The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief on GOG.com now. Buying from GOG will give you access to a 5.3GB tar file to extract and run from wherever you want. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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8 comments

muntdefems Jul 27, 2015
I've purchased this game both on GamersGate and on the Humble Store, only to obtain the same result: a blank screen. Will the third time be truly the charm if I get it again on GOG? Both the GG and the Humble builds are 4.4GB in size so this one seems to be different, and at this point I wouldn't mind a little graphical corruption at all :P (although I think I'll wait for a tempting sale)
metro2033fanboy Jul 27, 2015
I loved it. Just like those Sherlock games there a bunch of well thought puzzle.


Even it being on GOG I recommend this game.

STEAM KDE FTW
Eike Jul 28, 2015
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I played the Steam version on day 1, and while it had some bugs (mainly path finding), I did not get graphical glitches and I liked the game.
FrasierCrane Jul 28, 2015
I hope King Arts will also release the Linux version of the first two "Book of Unwritten Tales" games on GOG in the future.
Segata Sanshiro Jul 28, 2015
Quoting: muntdefemsI've purchased this game both on GamersGate and on the Humble Store, only to obtain the same result: a blank screen. Will the third time be truly the charm if I get it again on GOG? Both the GG and the Humble builds are 4.4GB in size so this one seems to be different, and at this point I wouldn't mind a little graphical corruption at all :P (although I think I'll wait for a tempting sale)

I would just get some weird shapes in the corners of the screen every now and again. Such a good game though , I loved it:D
drmoth Jul 28, 2015
I found this release to be super buggy on Linux when I tried it. Graphical glitches, voices speaking in German instead of English when I had explicitly set it to English....and this was after it had been out for a while. I might try it again, but was very disappointed at the time.
Plintslîcho Jul 28, 2015
Nice release. I'm interested in the game but read a lot of negative press/comments. Might pick it up when it is on sales.
flesk Jul 28, 2015
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I played the Steam version of The Raven a while back and I also experienced a lot of graphical glitches and path-finding issues. The most noticeable graphical issue for me was that some characters would sometimes be missing the top of their head. When I first started the game, it was set to a much too high resolution, so that I couldn't see any of the options in the start menu. I had to click around blindly until I managed to set it to a lower resolution. There were areas on the train and on the ship that I didn't even know I could walk to initially, and I was sure I was missing the solution to a puzzle when I was unable to progress for a while. And even after finding those areas, I had problems going back, since clicking in just the right spots was so difficult. Even with those issues though, I still really enjoyed the game, and it was a pretty neat twist towards the end (even though you'll probably be able to call it a while before it happens).
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