DHGF: Moebius: Empire Rising is an adventure game with an interesting premise and the potential to expand into a series. Though there are issues with some character development, a few minor bugs, and graphics, the game manages to be entertaining for the most part. The Dan-Brown-esque story flows rather well and the characters are entertaining, especially David Walker. The voice acting is generally great, namely the performances by Owen Thomas and Colin Benoit, the puzzles are fairly intuitive, and the soundtrack is top-notch. I imagine there will be mostly mixed reactions to the game, especially the phoned in ending, but my personal experience as a history and sci-fi fan was that the game was enjoyable and my interest has been piqued for potential future installments of the series.
Pinkerton Road, developers of Moebius and Gabriel Knight 20th Anniversary are closing down their forums and other site related functions due to poor sales and reviews of their games.
Only a matter of time before the whole studio folds im sure.
Marcus Estrada writes: "2012 was a massive year for Kickstarter and gaming. It was the year that both Double Fine Adventure and Ouya campaigns appeared. Everyone in the game development scene was trying to bring their product to the masses via the site, and that included many industry icons. Jane Jensen was one of these people. Best known for her work on the Gabriel Knight series, she pitched a campaign to bring forth a new development studio known as Pinkerton Road. Not only that, but she would be creating a new game similar in tone to the classic Gabriel Knight games."
Good storys are quite rare among the videogames business nowadays. So much the better, if you finally find a game with a moving story. The first game Gameplane.de's Editor in Chief ever played was Gabriel Knight: Sins of the fathers, which got a remake recently. That wouldn’t have been possible without Jane Jensen – so it was time to ask one of the icons of the adventure genre out. Enjoy Gameplane.de's interview!
