Moebius: Empire Rising

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Moebius: Empire Rising
File:Moebius Empire Rising cover.png
Developer(s) Pinkerton Road Studio
Publisher(s) Phoenix Online Publishing
Designer(s) Jane Jensen
Composer(s) Robert Holmes
Platforms Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux
Release date(s) April 15, 2014
Genre(s) Graphic adventure
Mode(s) Single-player

Moebius: Empire Rising is a graphic adventure video game developed by Pinkerton Road Studio and published by Phoenix Online Publishing for Microsoft Windows, OS X and Linux. The game is a spiritual successor to the Gabriel Knight series.

Synopsis

The game tells the story of Malachi Rector, an antiques dealer who travels the world hunting down valuable artefacts. After returning from a trip to Spain he's hired by Amble Dexter, the head of a secretive government agency called 'FITA', to investigate a series of events and document them in his meticulous way.

The first event is the death of a young woman in Venice, found hanging from a bridge. As Rector investigates her life, he realizes that the beautiful and talented young woman—and the interrupted path of her life—had great hidden significance: Amble Dexter and his associates are playing with the fabric of life in a way Rector never imagined was possible. Even he, Rector himself, is part of a larger pattern. He must figure out who is doing what, and whether their intentions are for good or ill, before he can decide if he will play his pre-scripted role or try to change the outcome. This is a metaphysical thriller à la Dante’s Equation and Gabriel Knight.[1]

Development

On April 10, 2012, Pinkerton Road Studio announced their plans to have a crowd funded production of two new graphic-adventure games titled Moebius and Mystery Game X, inspired by recent Kickstarter successes such as Double Fine's recent success of using Kickstarter to fund Double Fine Adventure.[2]

On May 7, 2012, Pinkerton Road Studio reached its Kickstarter goal of $400,000.[3] Jane Jensen's Kickstarter campaign ended on May 19, accumulating over $435,000 from backers.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate scores
Aggregator Score
GameRankings 60.00%[4]
Metacritic 54/100[5]
Review scores
Publication Score
Adventure Gamers 2.5/5 stars[6]
Eurogamer 5/10 (Germany)[7]
4/10 (Italy)[8]
Game Informer 6/10[9]
Game Revolution 4/5 stars[10]
GameSpot 4/10[11]
GamesRadar 2.5/5 stars[12]
IGN 7.9/10 (Italy)[13]
Joystiq 2/5 stars[14]
Polygon 4/10[15]

Moebius: Empire Rising received mixed reviews from critics. It received an average score of 60.00% on GameRankings[4] and a weighted score of 54/100 on Metacritic.[5]

References

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External links

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