<s>
The	B-Application
Pandora	I-Application
Directive	I-Application
is	O
the	O
fourth	O
installment	O
in	O
the	O
Tex	B-Application
Murphy	I-Application
series	O
of	O
graphic	O
adventure	O
games	O
produced	O
by	O
Access	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
re-released	O
in	O
2009	O
on	O
GOG.com	O
for	O
Windows	O
and	O
in	O
2012	O
for	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
then	O
released	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
in	O
2014	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2021	O
,	O
Big	O
Finish	O
Games	O
announced	O
that	O
a	O
remaster	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Pandora	I-Application
Directive	I-Application
is	O
in	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
all	O
Tex	B-Application
Murphy	I-Application
games	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Pandora	I-Application
Directive	I-Application
takes	O
place	O
in	O
post-World	O
War	O
III	O
San	O
Francisco	O
in	O
April	O
2043	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Under	B-Application
a	I-Application
Killing	I-Application
Moon	I-Application
,	O
tensions	O
between	O
the	O
two	O
groups	O
have	O
begun	O
to	O
diminish	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
The	B-Application
Pandora	I-Application
Directive	I-Application
,	O
after	O
accidentally	O
offending	O
his	O
love	O
interest	O
Chelsee	O
Bando	O
,	O
Tex	O
(	O
Chris	O
Jones	O
)	O
is	O
hired	O
by	O
Gordon	O
Fitzpatrick	O
(	O
Kevin	O
McCarthy	O
)	O
to	O
find	O
his	O
friend	O
,	O
Thomas	O
Malloy	O
(	O
John	O
Agar	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
establishing	O
that	O
Tex	O
is	O
not	O
with	O
the	O
NSA	O
,	O
he	O
reveals	O
that	O
he	O
used	O
to	O
work	O
at	O
Roswell	O
,	O
the	O
military	O
base	O
where	O
a	O
spacecraft	B-Language
allegedly	O
crashed	O
in	O
1947	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fitzpatrick	O
tells	O
him	O
that	O
he	O
worked	O
with	O
Malloy	O
in	O
Roswell	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
after	O
becoming	O
close	O
friends	O
,	O
Malloy	O
confided	O
in	O
him	O
that	O
he	O
had	O
been	O
deciphering	O
the	O
alien	O
hieroglyphics	O
and	O
had	O
discovered	O
that	O
a	O
second	O
spacecraft	B-Language
had	O
crashed	O
somewhere	O
on	O
Earth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
hologram	B-Algorithm
of	O
Malloy	O
appears	O
and	O
tells	O
the	O
group	O
that	O
there	O
was	O
indeed	O
another	O
spacecraft	B-Language
that	O
landed	O
on	O
Earth	O
and	O
that	O
Malloy	O
discovered	O
its	O
location	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Having	O
signed	O
up	O
to	O
the	O
new	O
'	O
holodate	O
 '	O
service	O
,	O
a	O
hologram	B-Algorithm
of	O
Clark	O
Gable	O
arrives	O
to	O
take	O
Chelsee	O
on	O
a	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
speaks	O
to	O
the	O
manager	O
(	O
a	O
hologram	B-Algorithm
of	O
Humphrey	O
Bogart	O
)	O
and	O
requests	O
a	O
two-for-one	O
special	O
date	O
with	O
Jayne	O
Mansfield	O
and	O
Anna	O
Nicole	O
Smith	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
spacecraft	B-Language
when	O
Cross	O
shoots	O
he	O
hits	O
Tex	O
instead	O
of	O
Fitzpatrick	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Pandora	I-Application
Directive	I-Application
was	O
the	O
second	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
to	O
make	O
use	O
of	O
Under	O
a	O
Killing	O
Moon'''s	O
engine	O
and	O
feature	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
3D	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Character	O
interaction	O
consists	O
of	O
two	O
primary	O
modes	O
:	O
asking	O
characters	O
about	O
a	O
universal	O
list	O
of	O
topics	O
available	O
to	O
the	O
player	O
,	O
and	O
branching	O
dialog	B-Application
trees	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
dialog	B-Application
trees	I-Application
were	O
unusual	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
in	O
that	O
they	O
did	O
not	O
display	O
Tex	O
's	O
full	O
response	O
,	O
but	O
rather	O
a	O
short	O
and	O
sometimes	O
humorous	O
description	O
,	O
a	O
convention	O
later	O
popularized	O
by	O
BioWare.The	O
Pandora	O
Directive	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
adventure	O
games	O
to	O
feature	O
branching	O
narratives	O
and	O
multiple	O
endings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Aaron	O
Conners	O
of	O
Access	O
Software	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Pandora	I-Application
Directives	I-Application
sales	O
totaled	O
"	O
about	O
120,000	O
world-wide	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
reviewer	O
for	O
Next	O
Generation	O
praised	O
The	B-Application
Pandora	I-Application
Directives	I-Application
all-star	O
cast	O
,	O
three-dimensional	O
interface	O
,	O
storyline	O
,	O
and	O
use	O
of	O
both	O
sight	O
gags	O
and	O
more	O
subtle	O
humor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
PC	O
Zone	O
,	O
Chris	O
Anderson	O
called	O
The	B-Application
Pandora	I-Application
Directive	I-Application
"	O
without	O
question	O
the	O
best	O
adventure	O
game	O
of	O
its	O
type	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
concluded:The	O
Pandora	O
Directive	O
was	O
named	O
the	O
best	O
adventure	O
game	O
of	O
1996	O
by	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
and	O
Computer	O
Game	O
Entertainment	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
runner-up	O
for	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
USs	O
and	O
CNET	O
Gamecenter	O
's	O
1996	O
"	O
Best	O
Adventure	O
Game	O
"	O
awards	O
,	O
which	O
went	O
respectively	O
to	O
The	B-Application
Beast	I-Application
Within	I-Application
:	I-Application
A	I-Application
Gabriel	I-Application
Knight	I-Application
Mystery	I-Application
and	O
The	B-Application
Neverhood	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Those	O
of	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
US	O
wrote	O
that	O
The	B-Application
Pandora	I-Application
Directive	I-Application
"	O
may	O
have	O
the	O
best	O
cast	O
ever	O
featured	O
in	O
a	O
PC	O
Game	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
tops	O
its	O
predecessor	O
in	O
every	O
way	O
"	O
.Entertainment	O
Weekly''	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
B+	O
.	O
</s>
