Reception
Tex Murphy: Overseer received generally positive reviews, maintaining an 81.6% on GameRankings, but many critics felt it compared negatively to the previous two entries in the series, Under a Killing Moon and The Pandora Directive. Key points of criticism centered largely on technical flaws including high system requirements and narrow hardware support for 3D acceleration and DVD video playback. The removal of multiple narrative paths found in The Pandora Directive was also noted. According to a review in Computer Gaming World, "overall, Tex Murphy: Overseer is a definite step down from Pandora Directive. With its foregone conclusion, it lacks the replayability of the previous game in the series."
Tex Murphy: Overseer was nominated in the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences' first annual Interactive Achievement Awards in the category "Computer Adventure Game of the Year".
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