Anachronox - Retrospective @Armchair Empire Infinite

Jeff let us know he has posted a retrospective on Ion Storm's RPG classic Anachronox on his gaming blog The Armchair Empire Infinite. It seems his blog is the re-invention of the well-known similarly named gaming site.

Really, Anachronox was a breath of fresh air when so many other RPGs coming out on PC were being so serious, and singularly focused in what kind of gameplay they wanted. Granted a lot of those games were great, but with Ion Storm's project it got people thinking, "Hey, this works too!" Unfortunately, we didn't see others trying to follow suit here. As such, Anachronox will go down as an unique and largely successful attempt at combining a large cast of characters and a vast array of gameplay elements that one might think would never work together, then actually succeeds in bringing them all together. It was a great game when it came out, still is now, and should be applauded for how ambitious it is.