Nope. The days of adventure games that badly designed is in the past. Thankfully.themilo504 said:
And yes, you can die, but like a lot of games these days it just restores you to right before you made your mistake.
Zero Punctuation: Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure
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And yes, you can die, but like a lot of games these days it just restores you to right before you made your mistake.
Tnata would just kill.
Speaking as a Tex Murphy fan (so take this with a grain of salt), I think the new game worked quite well. Deaths are maybe a bit too abrupt (the dog one mentioned in the video perhaps being an example, although how you don't notice the big angry dog growling at you...) but there's always a reason for it and quite a bit of advance warning. And you don't lose any progress from dying, so sometimes it's fun to do something silly just to see what the Big PI in the Sky has to say about it.
It's probably not the best game to start with if you haven't played any of the prior games -- there's definitely a bit of homage/tribute feel to it, and it assumes you're at least vaguely familiar with the characters -- although there are reminders within the game either when you first meet them or if you explore nearby a little. So it *is* playable as a first-time game, it's just better to experience the earlier ones first if you can. (Start with Under a Killing Moon, if you can. Pandora Directive is still the best game in the series, but UAKM is chronologically earlier; while there are some even older games they're not in the same style.)
It's probably not the best game to start with if you haven't played any of the prior games -- there's definitely a bit of homage/tribute feel to it, and it assumes you're at least vaguely familiar with the characters -- although there are reminders within the game either when you first meet them or if you explore nearby a little. So it *is* playable as a first-time game, it's just better to experience the earlier ones first if you can. (Start with Under a Killing Moon, if you can. Pandora Directive is still the best game in the series, but UAKM is chronologically earlier; while there are some even older games they're not in the same style.)
I'm sad, but understanding, to see so much dislike for FMV games/adventure games from the 90s. I just hope nobody is dismissing Tesla Effect out of hand and have/will actually sit down and take the time to make sure that you don't like it. There are a ton of Let's Plays for Tesla Effect and the other games in the Tex Murphy series and I suggest seeking them out. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. The Tex Murphy series has always had things that were lacking in other games that made it stand out against them all the more. It is just sad that the market was so flooded with games made by people with no idea how to properly mix filmmaking with game making.
I've never heard of most of the games he reviews but I watch anyways for the humorous metaphors, and I end up learning a little about them in the end, though I have a negative predisposition towards any of the games I hadn't already played before watching... it's better than browsing youtube looking for signs of intelligence, for sure.
I found myself really distracted by Yahtzee's pronunciation for this review. Was it "Tezlar" or "Tesler?" "Grandmar?" Did you move to Manchester in between reviews, Yahtzee?