The reviews for this game were pretty mixed, but I decided to pick it up anyway. I'm completely new to the Tex Murphy games and FMV games a whole. The only others I'd really seen were the phantasmagoria games and the handful of Wing-commander games in the same format, which were kinda like interactive movies.

This game is no different, but it was cool to see a dead genre reborn. The game was definately one for the fans, and you can tell a lot more work went into the FMV sequences rather than the game-play itself. The acting is very cheesy a lot of the time, just like most FMV games. For example, in at least two scenes, actors were supposed to be dead, but you could see them still breathing.

The puzzles in the game were pretty basic and the puzzle difficulty ranged tremendously throughout the game. Sometimes I had to use brute force to pass a puzzle, other times I managed to solve them very quickly.

With all this said, I still really liked the game and would happily buy and play a sequel. Hopefully we may also see other FMV games return in the future.

The reviews for this game were pretty mixed, but I decided to pick it up anyway. I'm completely new to the Tex Murphy games and FMV games a whole. The only others I'd really seen were the phantasmagoria games and the handful of Wing-commander games in the same format, which were kinda like interactive movies. This game is no different, but it was cool to see a dead genre reborn. The game was definately one for the fans, and you can tell a lot more work went into the FMV sequences rather than the game-play itself. The acting is very cheesy a lot of the time, just like most FMV games. For example, in at least two scenes, actors were supposed to be dead, but you could see them still breathing. The puzzles in the game were pretty basic and the puzzle difficulty ranged tremendously throughout the game. Sometimes I had to use brute force to pass a puzzle, other times I managed to solve them very quickly. With all this said, I still really liked the game and would happily buy and play a sequel. Hopefully we may also see other FMV games return in the future.