Zac Elawar of Capsule Computers writes:
"Tex Murphy is back! After 16 long years, the sardonic P.I. designed and played by Chris Jones has returned, thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign for what was then referred to as ‘Project Fedora’. Big Finish Games – comprised of many of the series’ original developers from the now defunct Access Software – received over $150,000 more (including PayPal donations) than they requested, with the anachronistic, but flawed throwback Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure being the result. Microsoft kept turning the creators down when Access Software was acquired by the software giant in 1998, so it’s been a long time coming for Chris Jones and co. Put your detective hat on and revel in all the FMV glory!"
Humble Bundle's latest bundle features spiritual and actual sequels to beloved classic games, including Shadowrun, Broken Sword, and Tex Murphy.
Serena Nelson writes: "And it was hard to narrow it down to just these and quite a few that didn't make it only missed it by a hair. For one reason or another, these ten have a certain something that makes it stand out amongst the crowd. In order to be considered the adventure game had to be fully released. This means that if it's an episodic game every episode needs to be playable."
I'm so happy this genre is seeing resurgence, my best gaming experiences have come from point click adventures, Monkey Islands, Goblins, Beneath a Steel Sky, Flight of the Amazon Queen, Fate of Atlantis, etc….. I loved playing through Grim Fandango again and we also have the remaster of Day of the Tentacle to look forward to.
Judging from the titles this article lists it seems I have some catching up to do as I've only played Broken Sword 5 and Broken Age.
Adventure games are making a big comeback thanks to developers like Telltale Games and Double Fine Productions. Here is a short list of recently released games that are worth the time and attention.
