I really hate to do this, but I have to give Anachronox an altogether failing grade. The simple fact of the matter is that I literally could not finish the game because bugs in the game prevented me from advancing all the way through the final area. As such, I can't recommend it to anyone. This really rather pains me because this is always a game I had looked forward to playing. Back in the days when I ran a VG website, I covered Anachronox pretty intensively. But the way history played itself out, I just never had a chance to play it until 2004. I played through most of it, enjoyed its wit and its attempt to recreate a console-style RPG for the PC. I got very near the end before I let it sit for several months, gathering dust before I returned to it to finish it off. Sadly, I've discovered that for some inexplicable reason, I am unable to finish it. I've reached a point where an event should be triggering to let me advance, and inexplicably, it is not. A bug this critical can only result in a failing grade. It pains me to give such a damning verdict to Anachronox, but when your patches and updates don't guarantee players can actually complete the game, you've brought it on yourself. If you ever play this title, all I can say is that I hope it works out better for you than it did for me. My experience of it was ruined.
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