

MacGuffin: The whiskey Malachi buys late in the game is called MacGuffin whiskey.

Living Emotional Crutch: David serves this role for Malachi, helping him control his panic attacks and become less of a Jerkass.Incredibly Lame Pun: Some of David's jokes consist of these.Fun with Acronyms: A secret government agency named "Future Intelligence Technology Agency" (F.I.T.A.).Expy: An important plot element, as people being just like specific historical figures is the crux of the plot.By the time Malachi can come to the rescue, he's partway through escaping with the help of Helene. Badass in Distress: David gets abducted near the end of the game.The player also controls David for part of the last chapter, when he and Helene are escaping Qatar. And Now for Someone Completely Different: Control temporarily switches over to David during Malachi's first panic attack.Asked by a secret government agency to investigate the life of a dead woman, he discovers a level to history, even to space and time, deeper than he had known. It was developed with the Unity Engine and released on Steam in 2014.ĭescribed as "A metaphysical thriller", the game follows Malachi Rector, an evaluator of antiques with a "photographic memory and genius for history". Moebius: Empire Rising is an Adventure Game written by Jane Jensen, of Gabriel Knight fame, and developed by Phoenix Online Studios, of Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller fame.
