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Anachronox on XBLA/PSN. Help Me Make it Happen.
JasonR66
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Anachronox was released in 2001 for the pc. It was a very good game with a great story, dialogue, and atmospher. Unfortunately it was released by Ion Storm (the people behind Daikatana) on the Quake 2 engine (which by 2001 was severly outdated). Add all that to the fact that the game was designed to act like a console RPG on a pc and you have the recipe for a flop. You can read all about it here; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anachronox
But I really like this game and I think that, at the right selling price, the game could be a fairly modest success on XBLA/PSN. The problem is Tom Hall, the man behind the game, doesn't have the rights to the game; Eidos does (source: http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3142603).
So now it's 2008 and Eidos is just sitting on this license. I think the best thing that could happen with this game is that it gets released on XBLA/PSN. It's just a matter of convincing Eidos to do this. I don't really know how to do that. I have their support email (support@eidosinteractive.com). Maybe we could have a petition or have everyone email them. What does everyone on here suggest? More importantly, is this even worth trying to do?
But I really like this game and I think that, at the right selling price, the game could be a fairly modest success on XBLA/PSN. The problem is Tom Hall, the man behind the game, doesn't have the rights to the game; Eidos does (source: http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3142603).
So now it's 2008 and Eidos is just sitting on this license. I think the best thing that could happen with this game is that it gets released on XBLA/PSN. It's just a matter of convincing Eidos to do this. I don't really know how to do that. I have their support email (support@eidosinteractive.com). Maybe we could have a petition or have everyone email them. What does everyone on here suggest? More importantly, is this even worth trying to do?
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No. You can't do anything. Putting stuff on XBLA is a sometimes arduous task that costs plenty of money. No amount of e-mail or actual mail will persuade them.
But is there any place I can buy this game digitally? I'll probably get it at some point in the future when there aren't so many new games on the shelves.
You heard wrong. It's a horrific game.
However, it is a very entertaining and well written/directed piece of machinima.
In any case, the game is available for dirt cheap on the PC so I'm not sure what the point of spending a bunch of money to port it to consoles would achieve.
Steam ID : rwb36, Twitter : Werezompire,
Uhnachronox. Man, you guys are dumb!
I thought it was Unpossible?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-yL4hrMFzI
Its still a good game despite the bugs.
Anachronox's battle system was hated by people who love Square's systems.
I can't stand any of the FFs and their towering walls of menus. I utterly adored Anachronox.
PSN:RevDrGalactus/NN:RevDrGalactus/Steam
Yes. That's why people don't like it. Not because of the endless fetch quests, incessant loading, incomprehensible directives, bad camera, or shallow battle system. Because it wasn't Final Fantasy. Clearly.
Clearly.
I don't think you're remembering this game correctly at all.
b) The people are watching your adventures as a TV show, and they remark on how much they like some of the characters.
c) It/They are awesome, not irritating fuckers.
I have to agree with Galactus. While it doesn't have the best gameplay ever, I'd rather play it over FF8 or F10 any day. And the writing is far better than most games. And I don't really remember any fetch quests. Most were just plot points to get to like any console style RPG has.