Moebius: Empire Rising
Moebius: Empire Rising | |
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Developer(s) | Phoenix Online Studios Pinkerton Road Studio |
Publisher(s) | Phoenix Online Publishing |
Designer(s) | Jane Jensen |
Composer(s) | Robert Holmes |
Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux |
Release | April 15, 2014[1] |
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.
Synopsis
[edit]According to the description on its Kickstarter page, the game tells the story of Malachi Rector, an antiques dealer who travels the world hunting down valuable artifacts. 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".[2]
Development
[edit]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.[3]
On May 7, 2012, Pinkerton Road Studio reached its Kickstarter goal of $300,000.[4] Jane Jensen's Kickstarter campaign ended on May 19, accumulating over $435,000 from backers.
Reception
[edit]Aggregator | Score |
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GameRankings | 60.00%[5] |
Metacritic | 54/100[6] |
Publication | Score |
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Adventure Gamers | [7] |
Eurogamer | 5/10 (Germany)[8] 4/10 (Italy)[9] |
Game Informer | 6/10[10] |
GameRevolution | [11] |
GameSpot | 4/10[12] |
GamesRadar+ | [13] |
IGN | 7.9/10 (Italy)[14] |
Joystiq | [15] |
Polygon | 4/10[16] |
Moebius: Empire Rising received mixed reviews from critics. It received an average score of 60.00% on GameRankings[5] and a weighted score of 54/100 on Metacritic.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Moebius: Available Now
- ^ Jane Jensen (May 19, 2012). "Jane Jensen's Moebius and Pinkerton Road Studio".
- ^ Nathan Gilchrist. "Legendary Game Designer Jane Jensen Launches 'Pinkerton Road' Studio". Retrieved April 10, 2012.
- ^ Fred Dutton (7 May 2012). "Jane Jensen adventure game Kickstarter reaches funding goal". Eurogamer. Retrieved May 7, 2012.
- ^ a b "Moebius: Empire Rising for PC". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
- ^ a b "Moebius: Empire Rising for PC Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
- ^ Berens, Nathaniel (April 17, 2014). "Moebius: Empire Rising review". Adventure Gamers. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
- ^ Grimm, Matthias (April 25, 2014). "Moebius: Empire Rising – Test". Eurogamer.de (in German). Eurogamer (DE). Gamer Network. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
- ^ Baglioni, Emiliano (May 26, 2014). "Moebius: Empire Rising e i contro di Kickstarter - review" (in Italian). Eurogamer (IT). Gamer Network. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
- ^ Wallace, Kimberley (April 14, 2014). "Moebius: Empire Rising". Game Informer. GameSpot. Archived from the original on April 18, 2014. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
- ^ Almogi, Gil (April 15, 2014). "Moebius: Empire Rising Review". Game Revolution. Net Revolution Inc. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
- ^ Woolsey, Cameron (April 14, 2014). "Moebius: Empire Rising Review". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
- ^ Tarin, Donny (April 14, 2014). "Moebius: Empire Rising Review". GamesRadar. Future plc. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
- ^ Maderna, Andrea (April 15, 2014). "Moebius: Empire Rising Recensione" (in Italian). IGN. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
- ^ Conditt, Jessica (April 22, 2014). "Moebius: Empire Rising review: Elementary, oh dear". Joystiq. AOL. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
- ^ Riendeau, Danielle (April 24, 2014). "Moebius: Empire Rising Review: Remedial history". Polygon. Vox Media. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
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