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Anachronox Movie Finished

Posted by michael on from the time-to-kill dept.

Sim9 writes "Recently, Anachronox: The Movie released its final episode. The movie is based on the PC game, and is actually rendered using the Quake II engine! (Note that the official mirror is usually full, so also try: Fileplanet, The Archive, AusGamers, and Fileshack. Enjoy!" Update: 04/12 04:58 GMT by T : You can also find BitTorrent files at f.scarywater.net.

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  1. FileShack link by Steve+Gibson · · Score: 5, Informative

    The link on the frontpage isnt quite right, here's a link to all the movies that makes a bit more sense.

    Although we're a bit full tonight with the release of a couple of big demos.

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  2. Re:Plumful by BadmanX · · Score: 5, Informative

    Um...excuse me while I completely disagree. While the movies you're getting have been reduced down to about 320x240 and therefore aren't going to look as sharp as the in-game graphics, the main reason to watch this movie is for the excellent plot, the interesting situations and plain ol' funny dialog. I think you did yourself a grave disservice by downloading the last movie first.

    I watched the first nine or so movies and then stopped and ran out and bought the game, so I could both see all these cutscenes in their full 1280x960 glory and also so I could get the WHOLE story (the movie naturally has tons of stuff cut out). I certainly did not regret the purchase. The movie is worth the download.

  3. BitTorrent Link by mxs · · Score: 5, Informative

    is here, along with all the others ...

  4. Re:wow. by Schnapple · · Score: 4, Informative
    It's true that the people who made Anachronox were all fired once the game came out but your post makes it sound like they were singled out.

    To recap, Ion Storm at this point in time (circa 2001) was two different houses, Ion Storm Dallas and Ion Storm Austin. Ion Storm Dallas gave us Anachronox and Daikatana. Daikatana's story has been chronicled as a textbook case of what can go wrong with game development, but the game itself took some five years and $30 million to make. Obviously it didn't move enough boxes to justify that, and with Eidos losing money on that and the deteriorating Tomb Raider franchise, someone had to get the boot, so Ion Storm Dallas was disbanded.

    Ergo, it wasn't so much the Anachronox team that got fired as it was entire developer getting the boot for an unrelated game.

    Ion Storm Austin is still around though - they made Deus Ex and are working on the sequel as well as a new Thief game. They attempted to change their name to something else without a stigma, but almost every name they thought of was copyrighted, so they ditched the "Austin" and became Ion Storm.

    Ergo, if you buy an Ion Storm game you're buying a game from a company with little to do with the Daikatana legacy.

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    Schnapple