I never rote a review before, so here it goas. I have very bad spelling, but I'm only 14 years old and Graphics: Graphics are wonderfull, cannot match HL2 or Doom 3 graphics, but condisering that they used a quake 2 engine. Faces are emocional, sometimes you just wonder about to see the sites. The envariment is great, sometimes you feel that your there, watching the main charecter(s). Animacions are quite smooth, and a realistic. Each and every place is heavly detailed, like you see cups, and next to it some paper (sugar paper, you know you can buy small papers of sugar) or in a returant you can see ketchup and other stuff on the table. Charecters acsully REACH for items (but not always). and I must repeat myself that it uses a quake 2 engine, but you will not notice that at all. I gave 9 considering how good the grapics are detailed and done. Oh, and the camera is olmsot always correct and stayed behind you (like a TPS). Gameplay: Gameplay is a mix of advanture and RPG. You can talk to olmost every living creture (exept enemies). There are nomurus side-quasts, mostly using certain characters special skill or going around. Gameplay is very close to story, but you are free to run around olmost everywere. Most places were you go can be revisited but as you progres thourghout the game they will change. So explore every corner, shlef and door. And theres something new here: World skill. Worldskills allow you to acces sertain areas or things (like weapons, items, swiches etc.). Like the main character can pcik locks , while an other can hacknito sertain computer while another can just hit something with immense strengh. The only problem is that sometimes gameplay is a bit boreing sometimes, exspecialy while going to places. Some may complain that most people in the game do not speak (loud, so you won't hear a voice if you speak to somebody) but I must inform you if everybody would had voice, then the game would be 2 DVD's (around 10 cds) if every charecter had a voice. There are far to much to count side quasts, charecters to talk to, and special items hiden somewere. Keep a eye on the cursor (btw, Anachronox is the frist advanture game that has a full 3D cursor). Freedom is big in Anachronox. Like you can ignore a kid, who wants to get his plane of the tree, but if you help him you get a .... no I won't spoil it. And sometimes there are several ways to solve a quast. Story: (these are my words, not the games) In the vast futere man have met numerus races, explored and habited the galaxie like a pluage in the getto. But man itslef didn't really changed, and it looks like that the aliens have learned too much from man. Whats here now is there even now. There are rich, there are poor and there are few who just want to live. Theres every a getto everywere, even on Anachronox. Anachronox is a planet size stacion, found abandonent and habitibel. Image an imesne orb, and if you go into it, you will see a smaller planet like object. The planet is diveded into plates, wich move after a time. Nobody knows why are the plates moveing or what makes them move. Nobody really cares, since Anachronox is a dangerus place and a very poor one too. Before it whas discoverd to the public, it whas used as hiding place for thives and bandits or people who wanted to go away. Anachronox means "pluage from the past", since there whas nothing really on it, only slags off strange stones called "Mystech" You are a private detective, who gone down the rode. You have a cheap storeage room as a office, you own very much money, olmsot nobody goas into the office besides you. And you drink way to much. One day after you been beaten up becuse of you own cash, your digital assistent says you to do go out and find a job. What else can you do anyway? The story is original, and very intresting. It has a couple of turns, and entetains you very much. Sometimes the game is very funny, sometimes you just listen silently. I'm a big sucker for a good story, and its worth to play Anachronox for the story itself. Ih and i need to mention that the game doasn't have that "come here" dialog, instead it says "push your fat stomach here". Battle system (this goas into gameplay): I call batlle-system when you fight a enemie. It a mix beetwen beat-em-up and RPG. Combat is real-time but you need time to do a action. If you spend 4 hours diceding to attack or to move youl be beaten up like elefent steps on a rat. You must decide quickly. Each character has different weapons and different battle skills (each charecter will have atleast 1, but by finding certain items you can get others, more powerfull skills) and you must notice that enemies do not have the same weapons as you do. They olso have certain ablities. Oh, and note that you can sometimes use your suroninds, like you can use a lever to activate a force field so melee enemies can't attack you. There are healing potions (greese acsully) that can heal you or a "granade" that everyone in your party can use. Combat is based on good reflexes and good decusons. Sound: The game has exelent music, and thats a fact. It doasn't go too loud or to quite (unless if they want it to be quite). Sound during combat are great to bad there are no tounts (like: "come over here to make you assles"). If I remember right, footstep sound change in the snow and in the desert. Value: The game is very heavly detailed, so if you can play the game out twice in a week, then you must have alot of free time. Its sould be in every bigger game collection. Sometimes it has effect that what charecter you have with you, so its worth playing it out twice. Reviewer's Tilt: I do not know what this, and I coudn't found out, so I give it a 10 :) Overall: If you like action more then anything else, then get serious sam or chaser. But if you like a good adventure game, you won't be disopointed with this one. The game has a couple of bugs, and loading times were to big for me but remind you that the game needs to load alot of models. And its a bit irratating that you have to take a long walk to know that you need to do an other long walk. But Anachronox is a true masterpice is video game history.
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