But a second organization apparently wants to prevent this – and is going over dead bodies. The Moebius ribbon, that intertwined loop that turns its inside out, serves in the game as a symbol for that kind of conspiracy theory: history is meant to repeat itself, and its protagonists are, so to speak, reborn.Īpparently a secret organization has identified the reincarnation of the historical Caesar in the designated US President and is now trying to find his companions around the world in order to have the fate fulfilled, to lead America into a golden age, as Augustus once did the Roman Empire succeeded. In doing so, he discovers astonishing parallels between her biography and that of a mistress of the Roman emperor Augustus. As an art dealer, he assesses the value of antiques.Ī rather unusual assignment takes him to Venice, where he is supposed to investigate the murder of a young woman. For this reason he has shifted his main interest to ancient, inanimate objects. Malachi Rector is easiest to describe as a cross between Sherlock Holmes and Gabriel Knight: highly intelligent but unwilling or able to enter into human relationships. Moebius: Empire Rising, the new adventure game by Gabriel Knight inventor Jane Jensen, has a different opinion: Certain patterns in spacetime ensure that history is forcibly repeated without the possibility of preventing it. History repeating … Those who learn nothing from history are condemned to repeat it.

Old heroes in an outdated setting solve yesterday’s puzzles.

Moebius empire rising david hot