Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon

Lucky Me my biased may be too involved but growing up in Bountiful UT, I found myself and all the other kids being mesmerized by our neighbor creator/writer/actor Chris Jones AKA Tex Murphy. Along side the adventures Access created Bruce Carver (who passed away just a few years ago) I found myself with free copies of all their great games. The Tex Murphy series was my first real introduction to what a well scripted game should be like. Much of what I see in games like Mass Effect and Skyrim along with many 3D Action Adventure RPG's must be at sometime influenced by Games like this. There were many failed games of this type which Out of pure likability of Adventure games I played them such as X-Files on the original Playstation. But I always found them subpar and lacking in originality and conception of plots. With Chris's "Project Fedora" Reaching It's goal in june 2012 I look forward to finding out what happened to Tex after the pivotal cliff hanger of Tex Murphy: Overseer. Unfortunately at the time Microsoft was busy doing what they do best...Buying out game companies and throwing out projects they didn't find profitable. This was the day Access was bought and the long awaited sequel shut down. This is why you should support indie games as much as possible especially Tex Murphy. The abbility have creative control is what makes for good game Like I said I am biased But I have more than a good damn reason to be.

When UAKM first arrived on the scene there had been some rather lackluster attempts at using FMV in games. But Access got it right - the acting even when cheesy fit right into the world, the story was fun, the characters were great, the mystery was even good. The humor! Oh the humor. I fell in love with Tex Murphy all those years ago and I guess I still am. In fact, I've plunked down my cash so I can play the Tex games again before Project Fedora comes out, without having to dig up my CDs and mess with them. This game is a must have for any aventure gamer.

The Tex Murphy series is without question one of the best FMV adventure game series and this is usually the first Tex Game people play first. When people get to the last game in the series they will realize that it was meant 'to be continued'.But the era of Good Old (Adventure) Gaming was coming to a close with mindless games for the masses taking their place. Now, however, people are finding that there is more to a game than mindless hack-n-slash or mindless crafting. Yes, these are also fun; but true immersion must always combine our creative imagination with the world we are being immersed in. In this case, you really feel for Tex as you are Tex, that hard-boiled P.I. down on his luck, and you do spend time to think over where the story needs to go and what choices you need to make as a detective. Fortunately, people are becoming aware of the well-known fact that there is more to a good game than good graphics (though FMV video sequences still look pretty neat today), for creative story-telling has been at the heart of our social interaction as human beings, right from the start. So now that the Good Old Games are making a comeback, from adventures like 'The Book of Unwritten Tales' to dungeon crawls like 'Legends of Grimrock', it is probably high time we all helped to also bring the best of the FMV series back to the people. And king among them is the humble P.I. we all loved and cherished on cold nights in the company of good family, friends and possibly of a glass of good bourbon. For this reason, I address my point here: please support the Kickstarter Project working to give us a Tex Murphy 6. It will not only continue the storyline cut off so abruptly from Overseer, but it will even help bring back quality FMV gaming to the masses. I think that we as GOGers should always support such projects. Google the words 'tex murphy kickstarter'. Give whatever you can so that we can have the Good Old Games come back: give the next generation a chance to appreciate once again the qualities of exploration, humor, note-keeping, interactivity and patience. Most of all, let us remember that the Tex Games are also social events meant to be shared with friends and family, each one making their one recommendations of 'what to do next'. Games that are as fun to watch as they are to play.

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I enjoyed the noir genre to begin with, so liking this game comes easy. The plot is good, it keeps feeding you, teasing you to keep playing. I also appreciate the humor, and iinuedo found liberally throughout the game. My only complaints may be simply because of the lack decent resolution. It makes finding some the items and hotspots difficult. Not difficult in the good way, but more like "where the heck is that?!" Anyhow I recommend it to anyone.