Ah, the beauty of PC gaming. Big Finish Games has announced that its upcoming Tex Murphy game, Tex Murphy: Tesla Effect, will no longer support 1080p (for its full motion videos). Instead, the team is targeting 2K resolutions in order to provide the best visual experience for this upcoming adventure title.
According to Big Finish Games, Tex Murphy: Tesla Effect features over 2,600 film shots (all VFX), 140 hours of recorded green screen video from which the scenes were edited and 12TB of video data. Moreover, players will be able to explore the game’s environments (so no, this is not a simple ‘interactive movie’.
Do note that this 2K change will only affect the live-action full motion video portion of the game. The actual game engine graphics are scalable to many resolutions your monitor is capable of displaying.
Enjoy!
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12 TB ???? Errr, I dont have that much space and whats 2K gaming? Can I play it on a 1920 x 1080 monitor?
I’m guessing 2k = 2560×1440… and while they are generating 12TB the final game will not be 12TB. This is done all the time in movies.. the project sizes are always much bigger than the output.
Also, to answer your last question. Yes you will be able to.. 2k and above resolutions in movies or photos can be easily downscaled to whatever you have. No need to worry. So yes, you can play it on your 1920×1080 monitor…. and it’ll look good because downscaling looks better than upscaling.
Thank you for your kind reply!
I was a kickstarter backer and this is great news!
Movie shots (1:25-1:50) looks good, but 3D environments (0:22-0:50) are from 2003 (this game uses Unity engine, so it’s no surprise).
this game looks great. never played a tex murphy game before-guess this will be my first.