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Tex Murphy: Overseer, the fifth installment in the Tex Murphy
series, has a very intriguing and engaging plot. In fact, it's
probably one of the best plots I've seen to date. (And guess
what, Overseer's ending certainly leaves plenty of room for a
sequel!) In Overseer, the actual gameplay takes place in the
past, as Tex recounts the story of his first case to his
girlfriend Chelsee. I'm relatively certain that these events are
a rehash of the first Tex Murphy game, Mean Streets(released in
1989). However, this didn't affect my experience, as I've never
had the chance to play the original. The story starts out
relatively small--Tex is a rookie P.I. in the year 2037
(remember, this is the past in Tex's world) and has just gotten
his own office. As he waits for his first case, he fritters away
the time with a game of Parcheesi. Suddenly, the office door
opens and the ravishing Sylvia Linsky walks in. She's convinced
that her father Carl's suicide