Anachronox Demo

This game amazes me.
The thing that amazes me is that there is anyone out there that has a good thing to say about it.

Perhaps the full game is lot different to the demo that I have.
In the demo, there seems to be very little going on.
It has very little sound, action, or excitement.

I have gone back into the game a few times trying to find something to like about it.
I just can't. I wish I liked it, but I don't.
I just don't get it and I am not going to get it.

The only thing that I can think of, is that those message posts which state that it is good, are all entered by the same few people who have worked on its development.

It is not a bad game.
It is just not a game.

DEAR GOD the Gaming Elite FTP is fast!! Sustained 200 kB/sec for the whole transfer. Now to see if those files are corrupted or not...

average download rate: 384kb/s. SCHWWWWWINNNNG!

I've played the full game a little now, and I love it. Only a few things that I dislike, but they're relatively small. First of all, the interface. I wish they'd used the same type of controls as in Ultima: Ascencion - combined movement and mouselook in one. Also, I miss a slider which lets you adjust the mouse sensitivity of the cursor in the menus. And, lastly. Loading. If the game has a bad point, it's this. Why do we in 2001 still have to sit through a 'Loading' screen? Ten years ago console games didn't have the problem. And more recently, Soul Reaver didn't have loading, so it should be possible to do it in other 3D games too. Apart from that, the game is awesome and huge and I am continually impressed by the detail in the game.

But please - to all game producers out there: Either make your levels HUGE (Like Thief, I don't recall any games that has bigger ones than that), make the load times small (max 5 seconds) or get rid of it altogether. Look at Messiah. VERY small areas that get progressively loaded. It isn't that impossible. And gamers would love you.

3 downloads... 3 different places... all the same......

Ok, I've decided that the boss battle in the demo is IMPOSSIBLE on hard skill level. I've gotten
it so that I have all 3 guys left to fight him alone, but I still can't fucking beat it. That 500 damage attack is so devastating. I'm going in with full NRG, and full hp, hitting him with constant slow downs and askldnaskldnankd. Stilleto's fucking blade spin move never connects with him. I figure MAYBE that charm could work, but I usually die before I get a chance to try it.

Finished it on my l337 56k about 2 hours ago, guess I kind of rushed right through it. But considering everyone is tossing their opinion out I might as well. First off this game isn't easy, which is quite apparent from the starting quest where you pretty much have no idea what's going down. I can be honest here and say I'm a retard and I spent the better part of an hour and a half looking for the last clue ... I think this is why so many people don't like it. It weeds out the idiots when they have to actually open their eyes instead of just "bind mouse1 +attack"...oh well. Ion Storm is apparently aware of how well their product is considering all the humor throughout. I thought it was pretty funny imaho, but then there's always the people that derive their only source of humor from somethingawful and this won't appeal to those type. The controls are incredible, I couldn't believe how smooth it was and everything and when I first saw the world skills I knew this was a keeper. Definitely gonna buy it. The combat is awesome and with moves called "NutSpark" you know the demo is just a tiny peek at the game. It's too bad Ion Storm is probably not gonna see that much success considering EVERYONE has to compare this game to Daikatana. Do we also compare Dangerous Dave to Quake 3? Come on, give them a chance. If you walked around for 5 seconds and said this game sucks you really don't know what you're missing. I am not sure how the full version will be all things considering it is kind of confusing and reading posts on other forums is just pure spam "HELP WHERE DO I GO NOW"...oh well. Personally I look forward to this as a wonderful single player game, at least until Morrowind comes out. :)
Hope everyone enjoyed it as much as I did and if you didn't, sorry the world doesn't revolve around you.

I'll make my first post on these boards important. My reasoning? To suggest to everyone here who remotely has an interest in RPG's/Adventures to wake up tomorrow morning, drive to your nearest software retailer, and purchase Anachronox. It's actually quite that simple. I've been around long enough to play some of the classics on console and believe me when I saw Anachronox is among the best five.

Quake 2 engine? Yes, it's outdated, and that makes the Anachronox team look very talented, because its hardly noticable unless you nit pick texture quality here and there. The enviroments within the game do their best to draw you in and make you a part of the story. The particle effects are amazing and really make the turn based fighting system awesome to look at. No one has done the 'Final Fantasy style turn based combat' as pretty as it looks in Anachronox.

I see some people wanting full voice for all the dialogue. Ok, while we're at can we get full voice for all the dialogue in Planescape:Torment or Baldurs Gate 2? That would really help out alot as I wouldn't have to read ALOT of information. Seriously, some of the dialogue in Anachronox has to be read. The game contains alot of humor that really does come off as being amusing, but might not be with some cornball actor reading it in some voice I'd rather have imagined myself.

Closing up I just want to say Anachronox is a very unique game for the PC. It's the only RPG to compare to some of the greats on console. The Bioware line of CRPG's are entirely different and I wouldn't classify them with Anachronox if I had to. Anachronox also has alot of adventure style play and kinda reminds me of a great game on SNES/Genesis called Shadowrun. Games have been stale for a long time now . No clear cut classic has swept me up. I enjoyed Deus Ex last year and Baldur's Gate 2 is not really my bag, but it had its moments. I've actually been going back to older games I missed and always wanted to play due to the industries current lack of innovation and downright knowhow on how to make a game that doesn't let you sleep until you conquer it only to wake up the next morning and start it all over again. So I'm relieved to see Anachronox. Gives me faith that there are developers out there that may take their sweet time developing a game (Max Payne/Duke Nukem Forever - can't wait to get ahold of those,) but in the end deliver with a product that makes you appreciate those extra months in design.

Give Anachronox a chance. Don't judge it on the demo - I haven't played it, but I'd hate to be given just a slice of a mouth watering pie and then told I was to leave the table. Purchase it from EB. You have 10 days to return it if you aren't satisfied. If you are even considering what I've just typed and you buy the game, I guarantee you find the game amazing.


P.S.

Daikatana was hyped beyond all belief. Romero was a big part of its hype. He was overly excited to be at the helm of a project and he started writing checks that his ass couldn't cash. A slew of other problems lead to Daikatana being one of the worst games ever made technically (needed around 200 megs of patches I believe,) and fundamentally. He still belongs in the industry and will no doubt perfect his next creation and steer clear of the hype machine the next go around. In point - don't judge an Ion Storm game because Daikatana flopped and cut John some slack. He's done so much for id software fans over the years and his first attempt at his own project goes stale and doesn't hear the end of it. ;)

I think Deus Ex demo was fairly representative of what the game was about, too.

Then again I thought the Hitman demo made me expect more than I got with the full version. Damned jungle levels...

Is it just me, or is there no way to quit out of Anachronox during battles other than FORCE QUITTING?!?

Come on you clueless twits. Gimme the lowdown on what happens at the end of the demo.

here is my short short review of the Anachronox demo.

Well its the q2 engine so it just loosk 'good enough' Sounds? didnt seem like there were many sounds in the demo but you dont really do a hell of a lot. Its neat how each character has a skill and whn you go to use it the user (you) have to actually sorta play a mini game or soemthing and if you win then you were succesful using that caracter's skill. The fighting in it was like whatever.... i didnt ever really worry about dying and i played on normal, just keep hitting the majitech thingy or whatever its called and it does a lot of damage. Oh the part where you have to take photos to solve a crime is kinda neat.... would have been nicer if the levels were more interesting to look at though. For me I didnt really have much fun though, i was pretty bored the whole time.... i dont like being tossed into seperate parts of a game, and i hate demos cuz they always do this. I need to play from the start to another section of the game to get some story, i meen thats what an RPG is about really, is the story, and i got very little sense of story.. i bet this game DOES have a story you just wont find it in a demo. Nolf did the same thing, demo was such a piece of shit, i totaly didnt want to play the full game. lucky NOLF fell into my lap and i found out it was good... if only the demo would have been 1/8 or 1/6 of the game i woudl have known. same thing with Anachronox probably. its probably cool once you get into the story, whch the demo does not have. this demo mad me ZZzZzZzzzzz

taking pictures == fucking annoying

it's the return of the "exhaustive search" quest. square is at least pretty good about telling you where to go (in blue, even).

turn-based battles are a plus for sure, but the camera was way too "flippy. i'm going back to final fantasy chronicles (chrono trigger!!) and to hell with this game.

You gotta be kidding me. This demo is some weak ass shit. Blocky graphics. Silly game play. Childish even. Bah.

Anachrononx... Looks great, nice game interface. Just not my kind of game.

300

It would be allot easier on all of this, if reviewers would give it an easy to understand rating of one of the following two scores:

Anachronox is another "Daikatana"
Anacrhonox is another "Deus Ex"


So guys, what is it? Another Daikatana (I smell a tird), or is it another Deus Ex (I sense a winner).

So the consensus on this game is it's sorta like a 3rd person rpg version of baldur's gate 2? How good is the character interaction? Are there romances?

Installation corrupt.

Oh well, they wont be getting my money.

1: It's well made
2: It's not my kind of game, sorry.
3: The camera system gives me motion sickness.

Quality product, but I'm not interested. Sorry.
-Rat

Will this game be longer than BG2?

Oh, another thing. How does the length of this game compare to those in the FF series?

Anyone who's played through the full game want to comment on the story/battle ratio of it?

I thought the first part of the demo was great(they ought to make a pure detective game next), but the second part was pretty damned boring.

Help me out, I want to know if I should buy this...:)

I think I speak for everyone when I say SlimJim is a total fag...yes?
Or guidelines? Oh well, I think I just needed to say that. Go back to counter strike please or whatever the hell it is you "godly" gamers do. I hate you and I'm sure a large percentage of the people don't care. Wow your file was corrupt, wahhhh...mine was corrupt 5 times and I'm not even on a high speed connection. It's quite too bad that people like you play Quake etc. because I'm sure I see you around and you're one of those idiots who crouches with the shotgun with the totally black skin. Gah, don't even know why I wasted my time posting. You suck, nuff' said.

I'm stuck, and need some help. After you've taken some photos of the crime scene, you return to the Burgmaster who takes a look at them. After that he says that I should look for some more clues etc. What am I supposed to do now?

*SPOILER*





Okay, so after you defeat the golem and his two firecrawlers, and then those 3 salamanders, how do you get across the bridge? I've tried to hit the switch across the bridge with a loonie, but nothing seems to work.

since it uses the quake 2 engine, i wonder if i can run the game at 1600x1200

I thought the demo was a lot of fun, and I'm not an Ion Storm employee...
or John Romero. :)

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-Rat

It looks very good *for the quake 2 engine* but it is extremely boring and or hard to get into for me. Jogging around talking to people got old after a while..


Am I right to assume that there is no fighting in this RPG?

Hmmm. It looks pretty damn good for Q2 engine. However, I spent about 20 seconds before getting totally turned off :-(. Just didn't suit me, looks like it will make many people happy though. I guess I'm not a 3D RPG guy.

What happens at the end of the demo?

damn this sucks.
jus played 20 minutes and it plain sucks.

nice graphics, but BORING!!!

or is it the weed i've been smoking?

Umm, like this demo is boring and stuff.

You want the truth or you want somebody blowing smoke up your goatse?

Here's another download site:
http://ftp.telepac.pt/pub/3dfiles/games/AnoxDemo.exe

The game installed and ran fine for me in windows 2000, performance was good, nothing technical to complain about. I'm not an rpg fan, this is clearly a "walk around and talk to people" type of game which I find boring but this just might be your cup of tea.

Well, I finally downloaded a working copy of the Demo. Here's a short but sweet synopsis.

First off, I like the graphics. I can't see why a lot of people are crying over the "outdated" Q2 engine. I think they did a great job with what they used.

The demo isn't much in the sound dept. There are no voice-overs like the real game, but I dig the ambient background music.

The control ... umm ... nosir, I don't like it. You have to really play with the sensitivity settings to get one that's right for you. The control is probably the weakest part of the demo, IMO. I found myself getting stuck on corners, walls, buildings, etc.

I'm going to screw around with it some more today and try to get deeper into the demo. It's looking like a very nice game (if I can get used to the control).

/X

I just got my ass kicked by the boss 3 times in a row. What's the trick to killing that damn thing in the demo? Is there anything after the fire boss?