Moebius: Empire Rising
6.3
Platforms
- PCApr 15, 20146.3playscore5.318 Critics6.9489 Players
18 critic reviews · 0 community reviews across all platforms
Critic Reviews
- It's an uninspiring and, despite the promise of the concept, rather boring affair, until it's just about to wrap up, when it very suddenly switches gears into full-on infuriating. I had high hopes for Moebius: Empire Rising, but while it shows early promise it ultimately falls far short of living up to it. I suspect that Jane Jensen has a good story to tell, but this is definitely not the way to go about it.
Andy Chalk · May 10, 2014 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Ultimately, Moebius' technical glitches and visual blemishes mean nothing. In a stronger game, with good writing and consistent puzzle design, they'd be small distractions. But Moebius' ugliness goes right to its core, with a misogynistic tone, awful main character and poor storytelling.
Danielle Riendeau · Apr 24, 2014 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Ultimately, Moebius feels like an early version of a full game, something that needs playtesting and a keen critical eye before it's ready for public consumption. Even fanfiction authors have editors.
Jessica Conditt · Apr 22, 2014 Reviewed on PC - The most insidious thing about Moebius is that you don’t know how wretched it truly is until the very end. Sure, it’s tedious, stupid, ugly and glitchy, but you don’t really grasp it until all of that culminates in the last act.
Geoff Thew · Apr 19, 2014 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Worrisome backers can rest easy with this investment. The intriguing and bromantic tale manages to introduce some fresh concepts in the well-established point-and-click genre. While I had my own ideas about how close Malachi and David should be, and there were some antiquated hang-ups in execution, this is a neat game for fans of Jensen and the genre alike.
Gil Almogi · Apr 15, 2014 Reviewed on PCRead full review - You'll power through the story in about 10 hours or so, but this feels like a good length, particularly as the ending strongly implies this isn't the last we've seen of Malachi Rector. Once you're done, there's little incentive to replay save to experience the story again -- though for some, this will be motivation enough, much like a good book.
Pete Davison · Apr 15, 2014 Reviewed on PC - Moebius: Empire Rising starts with an interesting idea, but the plot never takes off. Some moments may briefly grab your interest, but disappointing puzzles, shallow characters, and tedious methods behind investigations keep the game feeling lethargic all the way to its uninspiring climax. Instantly forgettable, this game is better off lost to time.
Cameron Woolsey · Apr 14, 2014 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Moebius: Empire Rising is a strikingly mediocre point-and-click adventure game, adequately checking all the boxes of a traditional entry in the genre but excelling at none of them.
Donny Tarin · Apr 14, 2014 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Moebius is missing a spark — something that makes you want to keep playing. It has a few shining moments with some standout humorous lines, but they're buried in bad dialogue, empty characters, and a dry mystery. Sadly, I don't think people will be talking about Malachi Rector with the esteem they do Gabriel Knight.
Kimberley Wallace · Apr 14, 2014 Reviewed on PC - Moebius: Empire Rising combines an excellent premise with a fantastic story to deliver a great adventure experience. Even though the puzzles aren’t as challenging as I had hoped for, I was so invested in the story and pretty environments that I didn’t mind not having to wait terribly long to find out where the story was headed.
VGChartz Staff · May 05, 2014 Reviewed on PCRead full review
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About the game
Trailers & Screenshots:
Malachi Rector, an expert in antiquities whose photographic memory and eye for detail transform people and clues into interactive puzzles. When a secretive government agency enlists him to determine whether a murdered woman in Venice resembles any particular historical figure, Malachi is left with only questions. Why would the U.S. government hire him -- a dealer of high-end antiques -- to look into a foreign murder? Why does David Walker, a former Special Forces operative he meets in his travels, feel like someone Malachi’s known all his life? And how come every time Malachi lets his guard down, someone tries to kill him?
Developer: Phoenix Online Studios