Anachronox

I like the game. It is what you'd expect from an rpg made almost 19 years ago. It's not at all just about the combat although the story unfolds somwhat very slow. The lock picking tho - it's driving me nuts.

Anachronox is Good, it's Old, and it's also a Game. What else is there to be said? It's a comedy that makes me laugh. It's challenging. It's darn good fun. And my Christmas wish every year since it released has been to give me sequel.

Anachronox is, hands down, my most favorite RPG of all time. I've never played an RPG that made me laugh more than once or twice, Anachronox had me on the floor at points. The world(s), the characters, the surprise party member you never saw coming, it's amazing. Seriously, buy this game, you will not be disappointed!

Anarchronox presents the 90's school of videogame plot writing, in which the story was scraped together from a pool of mixed ideas created by a dozen of enthusiastic coders without any actual knowledge on writing. The heart and the drive is there, but the end result is too uncohesive to make any real sense. The dramatic moments are wasted due to the "humour" or the inappropriate character reactions that follow them. Gameplay (and especially combat) is boring due to its lack of meaningful choices; there isn't really all that much that the player CAN do in this one. With no character development, you just walk around clicking people and reading one poorly-written piece of dialogue after another, disrupted by the occasional battle. Too much time is spent running around from point A to point B and back, and the distances you need to cover are just ridiculous. Anarchronox is not a bad game per se; it's just woefully uninteresting to the point where you start to question whether there is any "game" to found at all. The story is way too weak, childish and uncohesive to save whatever remains.

This and the Xenosaga trilogy are my two favorite games. There is nothing in this world like Anachronox! Between the amazing environments, the truly lovable yet realistic characters, and the hilarious yet spectacular dialog this game is above any other RPG I've played. Definitely give it a try, you won't regret it!!!