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	Anachronox - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Anachronox (pronounced [ə.ˈnæk.ɹə.ˌnɑks]) is a 3-D, third person computer role-playing game produced by Tom Hall and the Ion Storm games studio and released in 2001.
		Anachronox sits inside a giant, hollow sphere called Sender One, which is the centre of the galaxy's network of space-lanes.
		Anachronox is now largely in ruins and has become the centre of nefarious dealings in the galaxy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anachronox (1245 words)

	Anachronox Review for PC - Gaming Age
		Anachronox takes on that challenge quite well-it is a unique and refreshing console style RPG whose superb story and irreverent characters easily overshadow its minor technical limitations.
		Anachronox also comes highly recommended to seasoned console RPG fans, who will definitely savor the different style of plot and characters that Anachronox provides over the cookie cutter characters and poorly translated dialogue found in nearly every major console RPG release these days.
		Anachronox deserves not only to be praised for its ability to successfully bring the console RPG paradigm to the PC, but also for it´s willingness to do so in a such a unique and intelligent manner that it separates itself from its high-profile console brethren as well.
	www.gaming-age.com /cgi-bin/reviews/review.pl?sys=pc&game=anachronox (1005 words)

	AllRPG.com - Anachronox - Review
		Anachronox takes many of the conventional ideas about PC RPGs and throws them out the window, instead offering a wonderfully original experience, one that compares favorably with many better-known titles.
		Anachronox's major claim to fame doesn't lie in its complex battle system, nor does it attempt to excel using nothing but great graphics (though the visuals aren't poor by any means).
		Anachronox's galaxy-spanning tale is centered primarily on the adventures of the hard-boiled detective Sylvester 'Sly' Boots.
	www.allrpg.com /games/anachronox/index.php3?page=review&num=1 (1023 words)

	RPGPlanet - News, Screenshots, Previews, Reviews, Guides
		Anachronox, the first RPG out of the Dallas wing of the well-known development studio ION Storm, has finally arrived on store shelves after numerous, well-publicized delays.
		Upon starting up Anachronox after a brief, painless install, I was presented with the initial screen from which you create a login (so that different people can use the same game without ever confusing their saves), load and restore your game, and set up your options.
		Would-be Anachroplayers will be pleased to know that it's not that difficult to alter the.ini file of Anachronox and choose from a variety of resolutions, though ION Storm warns of possible minor glitches associated with those settings.
	www.rpgplanet.com /features/articles/anachronox (754 words)

	Post E3: Anachronox Shaping Up Fantastic - Gaming Age
		Anachronox is likely to be the final major commercial title released that is based upon the rather aging Quake II engine from id Software, but it’s sure to look the best of all of them.
		A nice touch in Anachronox is the facial system, which has the characters actually speaking the words that are coming out of their mouth (no more reading mindless, boring text!), as well as having their mouths move during the speaking session.
		One great part about combat in Anachronox will be that the player can move about during combat, and will not be restricted to stay in the same are the entire time; moving from place to place in the battle area can provide specific advantages and disadvantages.
	www.gaming-age.com /news/2000/5/19-100 (495 words)

	Anachronox Preview
		Anachronox was once inhabited by millions of aliens killed off by a nasty plague.
		Sly is right at home in the city of Anachronox (the poison from the ancient times) with his trusty side-kick, Fatima --- once Sly's real-life personal assistant, now (after she tragically passed away) a slightly resilient and feisty digitized user interface.
		Anachronox is a 3rd person Quake 2 engined RPG that looks to capture all the amazing elements of the epochal Japanese adventures (think Final Fantasy kids), and blend it with a unique developers' western style of writing and game design.
	www.actiontrip.com /previews/anachronox.phtml (1017 words)

	Four Fat Chicks -- Anachronox Review
		Anachronox is an RPG, although I think diehard RPGers would consider it an RPG "lite." Your main player has stats and level-ups and finds bigger, meaner weapons along the way.
		Anachronox is mainly populated by adventure purist characters, though, because both the righteous and the evil usually can't hit the side of a barn with standard weaponry.
		Anachronox is fired from the Stability Department in Windows XP (though the game doesn't state support for it anyway).
	fourfatchicks.com /Reviews/Anachronox/Anachronox.shtml (2653 words)

	Cheat Index - Anachronox Computer Review
		It manages to stay true to its console roots while modifying the formula in a few key areas, not the least of which is the addition of plot and dialogue not translated from Japanese.
		Though these changes are too subtle to bridge the gap between people who enjoy this type of linear adventure-RPG hybrid and those who don't, Anachronox is a solid addition to the genre and makes up for some rough spots with a welcome sense of humor and a lot of personality.
		Anachronox joins the short list of games such as Giants: Citizen Kabuto and Grim Fandango that manage to successfully convey an actual sense of humor--not "funny for a game" funny, but legitimately funny.
	www.cheatindex.com /pc_review.html?game=Anachronox (432 words)

	AVault \| PC \| Anachronox Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Anachronox breaks from this tradition by presenting an RPG with console sensibilities to a PC audience.
		The world of Anachronox comes with a rich history of its own: When humanity first began exploring the stars, explorers were placed in deep hibernation and sent on slow-moving ships that took hundreds of years to reach their destination.
		Anachronox’s name derives from this theory, and is intended to convey the notion of “poison from the past.” The aliens are gone, but their city remains, comprised of plate segments that slide in an ever-shifting pattern with different gravitational directions.
	www.avault.com /reviews/review_temp.asp?game=anachronox (603 words)

	Anachronox review
		Anachronox is one of the few games that developers Ion Storm ever actually released.
		The Anachronox developers, Ion Storm, are no more as a company, but individuals from the team have continued to provide unofficial support for the game, in terms of community building and the provision of patches.
		Anachronox may not feature the smooth, high-polygon count graphics of games in 2005, but the storytelling, the variety of settings, the music, voice acting (which was universally excellent, by the way) all combine in a way that is rarely seen to provide an engaging game.
	www.gameboomers.com /reviews/Aa/Anachronoxbygremlin.htm (1649 words)

	Anachronox (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Anachronox (released July 2001) is a computer game produced by Tom Hall and the Ion Storm games studio.
		Anachronox has now become a ruin and had become the centre of nefarious dealings in the galaxy.
		He is a private investigator on planet Anachronox.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/a/an/anachronox.html (766 words)

	Game Over Online Magazine - Anachronox
		Anachronox is the city where everything meets; rather like the Sigil of an equally epic game; Planescape: Torment.
		Anachronox is a blend of various genres, much like another ION title, the critically acclaimed Deus Ex.
		The way the game handles lighting, particularly in the Anachronox area itself, is absolutely amazing and made even more so by the fact that we understand the underlying technology comes from something that came out in 1997.
	www.game-over.net /reviews.php?id=637 (1424 words)

	UHS: Anachronox Review
		But Anachronox is much more of a tongue-in-cheek comedy than a hard-boiled detective story, and it's a very funny comedy at that.
		Anachronox does start off slowly, and it doesn't help that you can't skip the repeated transitional cut-scenes that appear every time you move from section to section.
		Overall, Anachronox does a good job of bringing console-like role-playing directly to the PC, without all the pesky problems that are typically associated with a console-to-PC port.
	www.uhs-hints.com /articles/reviews/anach.php (914 words)

	GameSpy.com - Preview: Anachronox
		Created by Tom Hall of id Software fame and his talented team, Anachronox is a dark RPG set in a sci-fi universe.
		Sly Boots is a private eye with an office on the city planet of Anachronox.
		Interestingly enough, in addition to Boots and Stiletto, each character has their own reasons why they are on Anachronox, and only by playing the game will players truly learn their intentions.
	www.gamespy.com /previews/april01/anachronox (529 words)

	G4 - Feature - 'Anachronox' (PC) Review
		He soon meets up with the appropriately named Grumpos, a cranky old man in search of a lump of the strange substance Mysterium, and from there things move to the more standard "uncover the secrets of the galaxy and save the future" sort of plot.
		The voice acting is actually quite good, and most of the sound effects are fine, if not especially memorable, but the background music during most of the game is an annoyingly downbeat droning noise.
		For all the years it took to make "Anachronox," the oddest part of the whole game is simply that it still manages to feel as if it was rushed out.
	www.g4tv.com /techtvvault/features/31928/Anachronox_PC_Review.html (865 words)

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		Anachronox is not exactly running on a state-of-the-art engine (it is actually the aging Quake II-engine from id Software), but the development team has tweaked and messed with the engine so much that it’s a wonder that it used to power a first-person-shooter.
		Ion Storm is making it so that at the start of Anachronox the plot will be rather light-hearted and humorous, but as time goes on and the real scope of it all begins to fall into place, it will becomes more serious.
		Anachronox is one of the most promising titles of the year on the PC platform, and Gaming Age will be keeping a close eye on it up until its expected release in the Fall.
	www.gaming-age.com /previews/pc/anachronox/index.db (743 words)

	Review - Anachronox // PC /// Eurogamer
		As in the console games that inspired it, combat in Anachronox is a stylised affair with characters lining up facing each other and taking it in turns to pummel the living daylights out of their opponents with spectacular special abilities, weapons and spells.
		Anachronox was in development at Ion Storm's ill-fated Dallas office for four long years before finally emerging earlier this summer, almost two years late and a few million dollars over budget.
		This leaves Anachronox as a flawed classic, with moments of true genius marred by bugs and rough edges which could really have used a few more months of polishing.
	www.eurogamer.net /article.php?article_id=2031 (1304 words)

	RPGamer E3 Coverage - Anachronox
		From underground caverns, to the city of Anachronox, to outdoors environments, the levels have some of the best architecture and design of any game yet to use the Quake II engine.
		The lead programmer was quick to point out many of the especially exciting features she had added to the Quake II engine.
		The technology, graphics, level design, and character design of Anachronox are all extremely promising at this early stage.
	rpgamer.com /news/e3news/2c.html (427 words)

	Anachronox Review
		In Anachronox, players are cast in the role of Sly Boots, a private eye with a deep booming voice and a nag for getting himself into some serious trouble.
		Sly lives in the futuristic world of Anachronox - a tomb of an ancient civilization that once inhabited the planet until some sort of unknown cataclysm whipped the silly alien grin off their faces - "have a nice end of the world" style.
		Nowadays, the world of Anachronox is a sleazy, polluted, and corrupt place where race, interests, and shady characters mix to form a collage of apocalyptical sci-fi environments.
	www.actiontrip.com /reviews/anachronox.phtml (775 words)

	GameSpy 3D Network
		The Anachronox team is working hard to create a "living, breathing world" that will back up this philosophy, and from what I've seen so far they're doing a good job.
		Camera control is an important element in Anachronox, and is part of their overall scripting system.
		Anachronox does not play like Quake, but rather emulates the menu-driven style of Squaresoft RPG's (though Anachronox's menus are created with fully 3D hover spheres).
	www.gamespy3d.com /e3coverage/anachronox.shtm (1413 words)

	Just RPG - Reviews, PC and PS2 Walkthroughs, Previews, and RPG News!
		This particular detective is named Sly Boots, and he lives on the very strange world of Anachronox, which is a hollow sphere constructed by a long-vanished alien civilization.
		Anachronox is a very good-spirited and light-hearted game, and this is evident from the very beginning.
		What distinguishes Anachronox is the fact that the entire game feels utterly drenched with an infectious sense of fun and good gameplay.
	www.just-rpg.com /?pid=802 (1241 words)

	Mystery Manor Adventure Game Forum & Book Discussion :: View topic - Anachronox
		Anachronox manages to include all the AG elements that are normally missing from RPG’s and minimize those elements that turn off adventure enthusiasts.
		If you are an RPG fan it is easy to dismiss Anachronox as “too easy.” If you are an adventure gamer, it is easy to dismiss it as “too much detail.” Strict devotees of either genre are doing themselves a disservice if they write off this little masterpiece.
		Anachronox manages to bridge the gap between the two genres, melding them seamlessly into exactly the game that you want to fill the current void left in both markets.
	www.mysterymanor.net /forum/viewtopic.php?t=1606 (2311 words)

	Just Adventure+ Forum - Anachronox: An overlooked gem! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Anachronox is 10$ or less and works well on XP, download the official/unofficial patches and GCT Setup on www.planetanachronox.com for a bug-free experience, I'm playing at 1600x1200 with no problem.
		Anachronox is more like a Japanese console RPG, you play a character(Boots) and it's the same fighting system as Final Fantasy.
		Tom Hall's Anachronox is one of my all-time favorite SP-only PC titles in any genre and given that many reviews were muddled and misleading, it was easily the nicest surprise I've had in PC gaming in a long time.
	www.justadventure.com /cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1111550095 (739 words)

	News: E3: Latest Anachronox screenshots
		Anachronox is due out before the end of the year.
		News: Ion Storm's RPG Anachronox has apparently gone gold in preparation for its release on 29th June.
		Based on a heavily modified Quake II engine, the sci-fi game will see gamers taking control of up to three characters at a time [as the game unfolds this will be from an eventual pool of seven] as they hop across six planets, undertaking quests and entering into some turn-based combat with galactic foes.
	www.computerandvideogames.com /stories/saturn/e3_latest_anachronox_screenshots.html (645 words)

	Anachronox preview for PC
		Their upcoming RPG, Anachronox, looks to take the successes of the console games and move 'em on to the greater potential of the PC.
		Anachronox is an RPG running on a heavily tweaked version of the Quake II engine.
		Anachronox looks to take some familiar console RPG conventions and bring them into the world of PC gaming.
	www.gamerevolution.com /preview/pc/anachronox (533 words)

	Game Trivia for Anachronox
		Jake Hughes, the cutscene director of the fabulous Anachronox cutscenes, published a very special goody on Machinima.com.
		Anachronox was strongly influenced by the wonderful SNES RPG, Chrono Trigger.
		In the development process of Anachronox, nearly half of the game had to be cut off to reduce production time.
	www.mobygames.com /game/anachronox/trivia (665 words)

	Anachronox (pc: 2001): Reviews
		Theory has it Anachronox was once home to millions of quarantined aliens who died of some horrible plague (Anachronox literally means "poison from a previous time"), leaving this city to fall to ruins, to be taken over by the refuse of the galaxy as the center of their nefarious dealings.
		Anachronox is full of vibrant color and rich detail, and could easily pass for an "Unreal Tournament"-based game.
		Anachronox has a deep and satisfying noir sci-fi back story and genuinely well-wrought characterization.
	www.metacritic.com /games/platforms/pc/anachronox (943 words)

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