Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure

Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure

Steam Deck Playable

Big Finish Games · FMV · May 8, 2014

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $19.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

87%
Very Positive
1k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 165 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 57 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Interface: 27 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 1k player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
71% of themes are praise29% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
+ Who thought that the blend of cyberpunk and film noir would make such a great story
165 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
+ An excellent mixture of FMV and adventure gameplay
57 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
The gameplay is what you'd expect from an adventure game: inventory and “logic” puzzles.
27 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
As I said earlier, the gameplay is a bit too easy.
26 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The sound effects are realistic and VERY atmospheric and the musics are great and always set the right mood to most scenes.
23 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Story and characters165 reviews
Gameplay57 reviews
Interface27 reviews
Difficulty26 reviews
Audio23 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Graphics68 reviews
84%
Performance6 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Full price

Currently $19.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $19.99

The data behind the verdict

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Player review score
87%
Very Positive
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