Unofficial Tex Murphy

there was an ambulance but they talked about catching the guy so may be it was kidnapper.

Interesting. The one thing I took most note of was when the detective said, "Call me when he wakes up." I took that to mean us, the kidnapee, was being taken to hospital after a harrowing escape from the derelict bank.

if you replay the episode the ambulance bit & the detective scene is just showing whats coming in the next episode & not a ending. I bet the poor bastard has to go through heaps before the ambulance.

he does say "let me know when he wakes up" I wonder how long before we see the next episode.

It's possible I suppose. I was just figuring it was showing the aftermath of the bank explosions.

I've just finished Contradiction - interesting but the stand out reason why Tex remains king for me is because it's just a lot of Q&A, so puzzles etc to solve. That can work ok during most the game but the whole climax based on the same process of finding one contradiction is not as satisfying as disarming a computer or tuning in the right radio frequencies.

I'd probably buy a second game at the price of this one but probably not a third. It definitely needs some kind of puzzle conclusion to it.

In some ways it reminded me of a video 'game' that someone on these boards created on YouTube where your choices led to a different cut scene etc.

you might like missing on steam it's a lot better but it only goes for a short time, the next episodes will be about 90mins long. towards the end of this year hopefully.

Old, FMV games:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8thQRmz9M8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ87NTbhS_M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnwKNynuqYw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNQg2BT6lk4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsTYo58R5UU

I'll buy "Contradiction" and "Missing".

I bought them.

It's funny; I find the "all-video murder mystery adventure" description more applicable to Missing than Contradiction.

Contradiction is sort of a blending of old style point-and-click adventure mixed with FMV. Unlike Tesla, or even Overseer or Pandora, there is no 3D world that you can navigate around. Now, credit where it's due: Contradiction does use the FMV to convey important clues to solving the mystery.

Missing is, to me, the most seamless blending of FMV and gameplay I've ever seen. If you're not paying attention, you can actually miss the point where the game switches from movie mode to gameplay mode. The transition between the 2 modes is almost perfect.

For the first time in history chandler I totally agree with you!

I'm not sure whether to be happy or terrified