Windows

Anachronox

Description

I am Sly Boots, a private investigator whose office is on an artificial planet called Anachronox, somewhere in the middle of the universe. Currently, an angry client is beating me up... Right, I forgot again about that little debt of mine... No big deal. But my secretary Fatima reminds me I should better get a job. Okay, okay... I'll just walk around, talk to people, and find something. What's that? A mysterious rich man wants me to find some artifact for him? Great! That looks like a simple PI job. What can possibly go wrong?

And so, the tale of Anachronox begins. Together with his friends, Sly Boots will discover a great mystery and prevent the destruction of the universe. Set in a futuristic world, the game is a console-style RPG for the PC, that also contains elements of a humorous adventure á la Space Quest. Controlling Sly and six other party members, you'll explore many planets, and fight enemies in Final Fantasy style battles - a mixture of real time and turn-based combat. There are also many mini-games and plenty of side quests scattered around.

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• 3D Engine: id Tech 2
• Games with Dopefish

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User Reviews

U as in Anachronox, duh.	MAT (36676)
An absolutely remarkable game	xofdre (70)
If you celebrate Terry Pratchett or Douglas Adams: here's a surprise for you...	silent_driver (10)
A plot better than most Sci-Fi movies	Plix (209)
A really wonderful game	Sam Jeffreys (3462)
If you want to have fun, look no further	Unicorn Lynx (70120)
Remember When Games Were Fun?	Scott Monster (864)
Amazing, often overlooked adventure RPG...	john johansen (2)	unrated
Anachronox rocks my socks.	Yeah No (25)	unrated
Great, great game, but call the Orkin man before playing	Atomic Punch! (148)

The Press Says

Withingames	Aug 15, 2001	5 out of 5	100
Mystery Manor	Jan 13, 2005	9.5 out of 10	95
All Game Guide	2001		90
GameSpy	Aug, 2001	84 out of 100	84
ActionTrip	Jul 19, 2001	82 out of 100	82
PC Games (Germany)	Jul 09, 2001	79 out of 100	79
GameSpot	Jul 16, 2001	7.8 out of 10	78
GameSpot (Belgium/Netherlands)	Jul 18, 2001	74 out of 100	74
Game Revolution	Aug 01, 2001	B-	67
Game Informer Magazine	Oct, 2001	4 out of 10	40

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Trivia

Jake Hughes, the cutscene director of the fabulous Anachronox cutscenes, published a very special goody on Machinima.com.
It's a 1 Gigabyte collection of all cutscenes, edited to a 2 1/2 hour Anachronox movie! Great, great stuff - even better than many SciFi-Movies. :)