Anachronox Movie Finished

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.

Comments

BitTorrent

[gordyf]

I emailed the webmaster of the site requesting a BitTorrent link, hopefully they provide one. Anyone else able to put one up? The servers are going to be totally swamped.

Down with Fileplanet!

[Travoltus]

You have to stinking register just to get access to their files.

If everyone avoided that server, they'd go away and perhaps everyone else would take the hint and stop this BS... otherwise, very soon, you'll have to register AND pay in order to download these free files.

Stay AWAY from Fileplanet!

Re:Down with Fileplanet!

[deadsaijinx*]

That's kinda a difficult situation to address. After all, Fileplanet and Fileshack have their place and provide an important service. They have ALWAYS up access to files. To get these files, you have to sign up (bleh), but sign up is free. No hard feelings there, just give them a hotmail address and wam!, you have access. They also host a wide variety of files from most popular games, even older ones like tribes. However, the real pain in the ass is waiting in line, a necessary, yet extremely aggrivating affair. So, if you can spare a hotmail address (you can), and don't mind waiting inline (have patience young one ^^), then fileplanet isn't so bad.
Granted, i HATE waiting inline, but if it bugged me that bad i could PAY for their premium service (i know you don't want to pay, but it's only optional, not mandatory), and have instant access to the game related files I want.
Course, it's your choice

wow.

[Satai]

I loved this game... In fact, I think it's the last game I've played to completion, and the first one I had in several years. It was funny, the engine didn't overshadow the game, the characters were likable, it had a really cool premise, and even good voice acting.

Too bad they never made the sequel that it set up at the ending...

Then again, this movie looks promising. :-)

Re:wow.

[TheDanish]

When they fire the team that works on the project, it's kind of hard to work on a sequel, let alone patches for the game they're supposed to be supporting in the first place. That is one buggy game.

Don't get me wrong, I LOVE that game, but it needs to crash less.

Re:wow.

[rpillala]

It's also too bad that the whole team was fired as soon as the game shipped. Who gets the money when we buy Anachronox now? Eidos? Screw that. One of the fired devs recommended on some forum somewhere that people pirate the game, since he wasn't going to get any money even if they did buy it. If I hadn't bought it the day it shipped, I would have done that instead. I hope at least some of my money went to the devs. These are, after all, the people who released a patch after they were fired to allow me to play under Windows 2000. Something even Eidos wouldn't do.

Being that it is, at its heart, a console RPG, Anachronox is a really great PC game. I think it just took too long to develop and ION had its own problems at that time. Anybody know what Tom Hall is up to now? PocketPC games. I'm sure they enjoy making those, but I'd much rather see a second Anachronox game. Sorry about this being offtopic :|

Ravi

Re:wow.

[Schnapple]

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.

Re:3d game engines for movies?

[lvdrproject]

Um... is my thread listing messed up? If i'm seeing this correctly, you replied to a post about Fileplanet and talked about using 3D game engines for movies. Did i miss something?

Plumful

[OldMiner]

I don't need to mention that those of us who subscribe to Slashdot saw this thing about a half hour early but I can say honestly that I don't feel like I gained terribly much in this case. The server was still happily yielding files at the time I connected and I downloaded part 13 of 13 to determine if it would be worthwhile to check parts 1-12 once the inevitable Slashdotting finished, shortly after I downloaded that one piece.

Now, I'm a critical sort, but the graphics on this video were about the quality of the cut scenes on the N64 with similar levels of subtelty in the expressions. The characters had faces textured on that simply did not move. So when one of the characters yelled "No!" when the apparent villain did some evil thing, he looked just as passive and stoic as ever, and it seemed dramatically out of place. He could have at least temporarily had his texture switched to one of a slightly shocked look -- something akin to the sudden face changes you saw from the female villain in Reboot.

The effects animation weren't terrible, but, let's face it, a glowing white fountain of energy shooting into the sky is (1) relatively easy to produce and (2) somewhat cliche.

This is all terribly critical, and I realize that these people don't have the resource of a studio like Mainframe let alone Pixar, but I would recommend those of you currently saturating this link:

• Don't waste your bandwith. It's not all that good.
• Don't waste their bandwidth. They need the money to hire artists.

Re:Plumful

[BadmanX]

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.

FileShack link

[Steve Gibson]

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.

One of the best games; one of the worst games

[StupidKatz]

Anachronox had one hell of a story, lovable characters, a suck-ass combat system, a very cool universe, and some great plot twists.

It also was the most unstable game I ever had the misfortune to play. Even with all the fixes/patches, I crashed several times an hour, on average. I grew to dread quitting because it would mean I would have to try to load my saved game again, which was where most of the problems occurred. The only problem was: I was drawn too far into the game to even think of quitting.

So, there you go. Sounds like I'm going to go through the same feelings all over again while trying to get this movie. :/

Test my shields, Mr. Gibson?

[StupidKatz]

My firewall's IP is 192.168.0.1! C'mon, probe my ports! You know you want to... *sultry wink*

BitTorrent Link

[mxs]

is here, along with all the others ...

Anachronox Movie Finished

[ramzak2k]

So are some servers..

Re:Ah, now for the downward spiral!

[Steve Gibson]

Well here ya go

It's a pretty simple business tactic. If you create an account, you've invested time in the website and are more likely to return for returns on your investment. Obviously it scares off some people who wont bother but surprisingly not as many as many think. Yes, there are obvious downsides, but the upside has proven to be greater.

In addition, in the event that you'd like to actually subscribe to the pay service you get to keep that username you've already established and (hopefully) become attached to.

Shack is a business (although as far as businesses go, its more of a labor of love), there's no denying that.

I pay for that bandwidth, but I'm playing the odds that my asking you to create an account will make you more likely to do more than just use that bandwidth I pay for and never come back. So that is why I 'bother you' in hopes of you returning. This is actually noted on the account creation page.

Yes I'm sure there are millions of other ways to accomplish this, but really if spam isnt an issue with creating an account then I guess the only other issue is your time. Considering the service that I'm providing to you though I hope you dont think a few minutes of your time is asking so much in return for that bandwidth bill that I pay?

Yes, the entire business model of FileShack is just like the guys in the supermarket aisle. We give out free samples in hopes that you'll buy a box which of course also includes webspace/email/cdw discounts/etc. That's probably a pretty futile model though in a crowd like Slashdot. :)

Reminds me of Seal of Nehara

[Chokma]

The idea to use the Q2-Engine to create an animation reminds me of The Seal of Nehara, done completely with Quake1 :)

http://www.planetquake.com/nehahra/download.html