Tex Murphy: Overseer

Tex Murphy: Overseer
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Metacritic
47
Steam
28.5
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$3.49
Release date
12 June 2014
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47 (36 votes)

The client is drop-dead gorgeous. Her father is just plain dead—of an apparent suicide. She's certain he was murdered and is willing to do anything to prove it.

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Tex Murphy: Overseer system requirements

Minimum:

  • OS: Windows XP / Vista / 7
  • Processor: 1.0 GHz Processor
  • Memory: 256 MB RAM
  • Graphics: 100% DirectX compatible graphics
  • DirectX: Version 8.1
  • Storage: 4 GB available space
  • Sound Card: 100% DirectX compatible card or onboard sound
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302370
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Windows PC
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greenie1940
greenie1940

this is the best of the old tex murphy adventures. I made it work on windows 10 64 bit. to do so, download ffdshow and make sure you check most of the boxes in ffdshow . especially mpeg 1 and 2 and libavoedec. the game will play well except for occasional bad outlines on doors in cabinets etc. but the actors and the cut shots are excellent. also, choose midi in audio preferences. there may be some something better than ffdshow but I did not look that way. You will not get full screen but that did not bother me. the game is long and sometimes the puzzles are hard, but that is what adventure games are all about. good luck.

SuperFly
SuperFly

2043... er, 2037... wait... 2031. San Francisco, New California.

Tex Murphy flashes back to the dirty future as he regals a beautiful blonde with his tale out of time... Retelling his first foray with new details & in FMV; only somehow setting it 2 years before it actually happened.
Whether or not the story makes any sense, the videos contain some actual set pieces, now, to go with the CGI -- and the interface is something new & improved, with a functional-but-clunky first person control scheme.
...Shit gets weird when you've had a microchip shoved into your cerebellum for 10 years... er, 4 years... or, is it 12 years?...

It's clunky, with a lot of trial & error -- and like the previous two FMV entries, it never quite delivers on its supposed neo-noir setting & tone.

It was made for DVD, so there's plenty of plot there to befuddle anyone with the constitution to give it a concentrated effort.

Skeet Shooter
Skeet Shooter

this version of the game came with some bugs, however with alittle help from the comments worked through all of them. Tex Murphy games hold a sense of nostalgia, if youre an 80s kid you will likely enjoy this game.

Swordfire
Swordfire

Someday Netflix should create a serie with Tex.

Anonymous
Anonymous

I love Tex Murphy and was thrilled to see I could buy it again through Steam.

Unfortunately it has not been updated to play on most currant pc's Honestly if its up for sale through a modern platform like steam I'd expected it to be fully playable

I purchased the entire Tex Murphy games as a bundle and I can only just play Under a Killing Moon but not Overseer or the Pandora Directive which were two I really wanted to play again.

Just buy the NEW PC Tex game the Tesler effect but unless the others are fixed they will just have to stay a fond memory for those of us that loved it back in the day

Joe Di
Joe Di

Sound does not work on Windows 7 64 Bit. A "fix" on the discussion boards loads adware "vopackage.exe". Beware!

Later addition: Now the sound works, i followed a thread in the discussion board and installed some codecs. But this installed adware on my system, ... I hope, that the publisher will fix this problem. Until then "not recommended".

redfalcon
redfalcon

this game sadly doesnt work i tried to confir it like it said but it gave me the same errer if this game was work the it suppose to i would recamen it but sence it doesnt i wouldnt get it till it gets fixed

Robberty Bobberty
Robberty Bobberty

I am a recent fan of the Tex Murphy series, and am immediately hooked. I wanted to collect all the games immediately but I can't reccomend the purchase of this game.

I can't comment on the content or playability of the game, because the actual download itself is broken. If you are running a current gen system, this game will not work without multiple downloads of other programs to fix bugs and crashes. The developer has released a beta which he claims fixes some of the problems, but in actuality it now makes my game crash to the desktop upon launch.

Do not purchase this game.

If the Steam store had any conscience they would pull this title until a fully working copy could be created.

Hello Toonie
Hello Toonie

Recommended. Give it a try. IMPORTANT: install http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffdshow/ or you probably won't get audio.

In short, it's low-tech, a bit glitchy (quitting and restarting the game fixed a few dead-ended puzzles for me) and it inherits the lousy controls of its predecessors BUT the warm humour and story really shine through and more than make up for its age, linearity and shortcomings - you can see why this series has a cult following.

Tex is a great character - one of many - and in addition to the humour and cheese this is ALSO a genuinely interesting sci-fi mystery/detective story.

Ends on a big cliff-hanger, fortunately (finally) rectified by the excellent 2014 Tex game 'Tesla Effect'!

Anonymous
Anonymous

No Graphics, no sound, no easy way to fix this. In other words, the game is broken.

Swager1950
Swager1950

Review : here is mine ...... does not work .... can not see all the vid, . ,
When ask a question in game , can not see what I should say .... " u know the tabs ".
Very dissapointed

segunnell
segunnell

I literally can't play it! I've had to reset my computer at least three times, because the game crashes every five minutes and I did time it. How is a person suppose to enjoy this game if the game keeps crashing like that!

trentnauth
trentnauth

I think i reached my limit in this game. I keep getting error messages as i am at Gideons house using the poles to try and get across the pressure sensitive floor. As a kid i played this game and would get stuck all the time because we didnt have a strategy guide online to follow like i do now. Makes it a lot easier but it is also a clear MUST if your going to play this game. Anyone thats says its cheating and they never used it is a liar OR they spent YEARS trying to beat this game. If they can fix the game i will finish it. As of now i am S.O.L. !

peter11kz
peter11kz

For Windows 10 (and possibly the other windows) I got Overseer to work using K-lite codec pack then its Codek Tweak tool where I clicked on preferred splitter and choosed LAV SPLITTER for .MPEG. Finally click on PREFERRED DECODERS and choose LAV VIDEO for MPEG-2.

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Video/Codec-Packs-Video-Codecs/…

Notelexxsenob
Notelexxsenob

I love this game but the version available here is broken. It does NOT WORK on Windows 7! Listen to all the negative reviews...the game is BROKEN!

icemann
icemann

Game has music and graphics issues that Night Dive did not bother to fix before releasing this game (with no mention AT ALL on the store page).

I was able to fix the music issues but not the graphical ones (transparent/missing textures).

If your going to release a game on Steam you TEST IT in QA before releasing it. You don't just release it as is, without even a mention. Very bad form Night Dive. I'll think twice about buying games from you again in future after this. Lost quite a bit of respect in you.

selambentolgi
selambentolgi

although I love the good old adventure game vibes that remind me of my childhood, this one in particular has a too complicated storyline for me and the game crashes at a point close to the end... the graphics are terrible by the way... did not age well...

Amishman
Amishman

I was really liking this game. But the constant crashes made it both frustrating and unplayable. The game will only let me pass these game breaking bugs when it feels like it. Perhaps when they patch all those bugs I'll return and finish the game but until then stay away.

invaderzim48
invaderzim48

First off most of the negative reviews are attributed to the game's overrall bugginess and glitchiness out of the box, BUT if your used to running older titles on new systems, or even getting games to run back in the day, there isn't anything too difficult to do to the game to get it working. The game itself is yet another thrilling adventure in the seires with the unfortunate addition of logic puzzles ( which can be easily bypassed). The ending is a real cliffhanger to boot.

BadgerManBadger
BadgerManBadger

i love the Tex franchise - but this game is broken beyone belief and simply will not run no matter what i try - very disapponted.

DO NOT BUY (play under a dying moon insted!)

2nd Class Janitor - Wilco
2nd Class Jani…

Tags: Adventure - FMV - Photo&Film
Additional Tags: Delete Local Content & Remove from Library

TLDR: Pixelated sluggish walking simulator engine with inventory puzzles and cheesy acting. Better watched than played with a very clunky user interface.

This is a leftover from the FMV era. While it improves on Under a Killing Moon by disposing of the doublepane interface. The walking simulator engine is still very limited. With an inability to mouselook, slow scrolling, slow movements, poorly rendered 3D, pixelization.

The voice acting and the acting in general and the story I will not comment on too much, I abandonned play rather rapidly. There is potential in noir and detective adventure games but you would be better off playing Noire or even giving a chance to Tesla effect rather than return to this old dos title.

Removing permanently for declutter.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/261510/Tesla_Effect_A_Tex_Murphy_Adv…
https://store.steampowered.com/app/110800/LA_Noire/

Chariots of the Gods
Chariots of the Gods

It is overall fun and has a enjoyable story, it is worth a playthrough. To get this working just follow the guides that you can find nearly everywhere, it is what i did and i have no issues so far. (thankfully)

took like 15 minutes to figure out.

The downside is that unlike pandora directive this isnt as open world so to speak. Overall still worth a playthrough for fans.

Comment here or reach to me if you need help figuring out settup for this game on newer systems. It does work, so ignore all these bad comments these people simply do not read or have a brain. Simply gotta shuffle things round and get one or two programs to help it read it's old files. anyone saying files are bad who tried to do this did it wrong. I could stream even to prove it works fine for me on windows 10 64 bit. Nvidia gtx 1050 GPU i7 7700 cpu.....

Floppy Waffle
Floppy Waffle

The end of the game is broken. You can't beat it. CTD everytime. Sorry Tex.

stevencyoung
stevencyoung

Unable to get this to run on a Windows 10 machine. MPEG 2 error. Tried installing suggested codecs and managed to get malware installed as well. Still didn't work. I was really looking forward to it. Strangely the preceding and subsequent programs run without any problems and I would recommend.

Mrpoke
Mrpoke

Best Storytelling and character development for Tex. Has great FMVs and puzzles are alright. The FMVs and story is more serious this time around (which people seem to dislike for some reason) and they've been updated to 480p(?) and don't glitch out during camera transitions.

Controls and UI have been updated to be a bit more modern, although mouse support for looking around is still not present. Cliffhanger sucks but we have the sequel nowadays so no need to worry

Technical issues are still present though, which include FMVs not even playing, glitched textures, and crashes (not random crashes). These can all be fixed, just look on the discussions for the fixes. I've emailed and @'d Nightdive like a million times to actually fix the game but they still haven't responded.

TL;DR: Apply the patches and play the game, it's worth it.

DaFFyDuCK
DaFFyDuCK

A very entertaining game. just like under a killing moon, i wish they would remaster these. what a great story but somehow gets shoved to the bottom of the book case. my windows 10 did have a problem with the game crashing at first thanks to stinkys mpeg2 codec and dgvoodoo i was able to get thru the game. other wise there is some graphical distortion on some permanent objects but i could make them out.

Anonymous
Anonymous

I love all the Tex Murphy Games