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 รก 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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User Reviews
The Press Says
| GameSpy |
Aug, 2001 |
84 out of 100 |
84 |
| PC Gameplay (Benelux) |
Sep, 2001 |
83 out of 100 |
83 |
| Quandary |
Aug, 2001 |
     |
80 |
| Power Unlimited |
Aug, 2001 |
78 out of 100 |
78 |
| GameSpot (Belgium/Netherlands) |
Jul 18, 2001 |
74 out of 100 |
74 |
| Game Informer Magazine |
Oct, 2001 |
7.25 out of 10 |
72 |
| Jeuxvideo.com |
Jul 18, 2001 |
14 out of 20 |
70 |
| Game Revolution |
Aug 01, 2001 |
B- |
67 |
| Gamekult |
Jul 19, 2001 |
6 out of 10 |
60 |
| Game Informer Magazine |
Oct, 2001 |
4 out of 10 |
40 |
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Trivia
Many references to Tom Hall's past games can be found throughout the game. One of the more obvious ones is in the Tenement Area; if you look at the other names for the directory, you can see "B. Blaze" in a room, a clear reference to Commander Keen games.
This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by
Unicorn Lynx
(70009) on Jul 12, 2001.