Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon

This game is a very old school fmv with a kinda bumbling PI main character. Its funny, its fun, its got moon logic and I love it

great game, great story and margot kidder and tex murphy

I would give this game five stars if it weren't for two things. The first thing is that this game, having been released in the 1990's, has 1990's movement controls. Moving the mouse forward or backward to move in that direction gives me a headache. However, it's not a major part of the game. It does come into play with the second thing, though. Sometimes it is hard to see small objects in the world due to how the environment is rendered. At a specific angle, an object may only be one pixel tall. Looking for small, hard-to-see objects with awkward movement controls frustrated me a couple of times. After these things, everything else is amazing. The acting is perfectly bad, the story is confusing and outlandish, and the music is cheesy and catchy. This game is dated in the best possible way. If you find yourself stuck, the hint system is extensive. Extensive enough to the point where you don't really need to think much if you don't want to.

They really don't make 'em like this any more.

Oh how I loved when FMV became a thing!