HeyPoorPlayer's Francis DiPersio writes " Adventure fans, rejoice! After taking an extended 16 year hiatus from cracking some of the hardest cases in New San Francisco, Tex Murphy is back. Last seen in 1998′s Tex Murphy: Overseer, the trenchcoat-clad star of the classic adventures Under a Killing Moon and The Pandora Directive had seemingly disappeared into the shadows after developer Access Studios was purchased by Microsoft way back in 1998. Now, with the recent resurgence of the point-and-click adventure genre, Big Finish Games, headed by series creators Chris Jones and Aaron Conners, have given the snarky P.I. a new lease on life with Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure. Does this crowd-funded caper serve as a bold return to form for the beloved sleuth, or was the world’s unluckiest gumshoe better off left in the annals of adventure gaming history?"
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"To call it a quality drop is a painful understatement. Drops like this normally require a cliff and a suicide note. An area devoted to a group of Tesla fanatics especially is one of the worst things ever inflicted on the series; The Pandora Directive’s Roswell complex without the tension, but with the tedium stretched out long enough to girdle the world four times." - PCGamer
Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure is the first Tex Murphy title since 1998 and is presented in full 3D. This adventure game provides the nostalgic feel of the 90′s with full-motion video gameplay and cutscenes. After a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2012, publisher Atlus helps Tex Murphy return to the video game scene on PC and Mac. The game is set at $19.99 through Steam and will be presented in 2K resolution.
I love Tex Murphy series! Been waiting for this one since 1998! I played the demo and I can say that the game stayed true to its roots. It's like playing a mid-90's interactive movie with modernized graphics and UI. Really good and interesting first-person adventure game, with some nice puzzles and interesting story.