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Probably because Rho isn't the mad Scientist, she's the sane one. Grumpos is the Mad Scientist. Also yes, one of the best skits in the game, the lost in space segment. Edit: Update on last page.
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That shuttle segment seems like it was pretty badly designed. Too many objects that were out of the playing field to confuse things, a giant shuttle in a small screen and slow controls. That didn't look fun to play at all
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Jun 2, 2017 22:44
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It isn't fun to play - hell, Anachronox isn't fun to play. But it's interesting because of when it showed up - Bioware wasn't putting minigames into their stuff yet so it was pretty innovative.
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Jun 2, 2017 23:01
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The space drifting cutscene is definitely one of the highlights of the game.
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anilEhilated posted:Rho always felt like the least interesting character to me. I'm not sure why, they could've done a fair bit with the mad scientist archetype. She is kind of the straight man of the bunch. I like that, despite her constant technobabble, she's kind of sassy too, though.
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Looks like the planet... (puts on sunglasses)... just got Sundered.
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Jun 3, 2017 11:39
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I really didn't expect that kind of mass death from this otherwise silly-toned game.
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Jun 3, 2017 23:33
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Even then, thanks to the character models the Mass Death is kind of funny in a black comedy kind of way.
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Jun 3, 2017 23:42
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"Black comedy" is really the best way to describe the game. Everything is silly but also tremendously serious. Also, I think FF7 was out by this point, and FF7 had a few unavoidable minigames. FF7 is a big influence on Anachronox just in general.
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Jun 4, 2017 00:40
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its very Hitchhikers guide
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My question about that whole thing is why was Sunder hollow?
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Jade Star posted:My question about that whole thing is why was Sunder hollow? Hollow Earth theory.
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Jade Star posted:My question about that whole thing is why was Sunder hollow? Why do you assume Earth isn't? 
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Jade Star posted:My question about that whole thing is why was Sunder hollow? Granted, it wouldn't probably leave a nice hollow section, but this is a modified Quake 2 engine after all. 
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Maybe it was the devs thinking that the core would immediately flow out once there was an outlet. That might happen to an extent, but without an external force (like the gate which appeared inside afterwards), slicing a planet in half probably wouldn't have all that dramatic an effect because gravity would hold it together (possibly with some slippage due to angular momentum). At least, that's what my research for the Cool And Improbable Weapons Division has shown.
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radintorov posted:I think the core being cut open is where all the fire and flames were coming from while the planet was being split asunder. For a early 2000s era PC game running on an outdated FPS engine it looks pretty dang nice. Despite the dated graphics the game really nailed the atmosphere and world building.
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I didn't notice how many jokes there are hidden in NPC names in this game. The scientist with heretical research on Brebulan evolution, for example, is a pun on Piltdown Man, for example.
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Anachronox's writing and humour are top notch, and really help carry the game at times.
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  Salvaged from space, our growing team of heroes find themselves unfortunately saved by the obnoxious people of Democratus.
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Ah, Anachronox, always ahead of its time. I think this has my favorite Grumpos rant of them all, actually. So inevitable, so cruel, so sad. So Grumpos.
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I'm morbidly curious as to how "Cyclical Vomit Torture" works
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Which character is good with which Mistech is hinted at by their color scheme. The one they're bad at is the color across from them on the character wheel. Since Grumpos is white and in the middle, he isn't bad at any of them. Also, I love that the annoyed NPC's final resort is to start repeating only one line.
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Bobbin Threadbare posted:Which character is good with which Mistech is hinted at by their color scheme. The one they're bad at is the color across from them on the character wheel. Since Grumpos is white and in the middle, he isn't bad at any of them. By the same token, everyone is great with Bane. This is a fairly nice relaxing town segment, a bit of a breather between Sunder and a terrible, awful, tedious dungeon.
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And Bane is great, because as Roe said, it heals people
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Bobbin Threadbare posted:Which character is good with which Mistech is hinted at by their color scheme. The one they're bad at is the color across from them on the character wheel. Since Grumpos is white and in the middle, he isn't bad at any of them. The choice of colors makes me think of the 16 colors of old games. Obviously they all have to be distinct colors, but in this case I just think of the Commander Keen palette.
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 We finish gathering together the Council's voting choices! I found out I've been muxing the MP4s for my recent videos at a lower bitrate than I intended, oops. Don't think it did any major harm to the videos though.
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The lost-and-found droid is a huge waste of time. It's the developers trolling you. You have to look for a tiny item SOMEWHERE in the large Votowne map, and you get paid under 10 loonies for your trouble. NOT worth. My first time through I did it 4 times expecting it lead up to something before I caught on. And actually you're wrong on the pousse-cafe vote. In my playthrough it was NO. They did make a second graphic. I also got the same reaction to the vote from the hot-for-grumpos's Ally even though the council voted YES to forbid marriages.
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:And actually you're wrong on the pousse-cafe vote. In my playthrough it was NO. They did make a second graphic. I also got the same reaction to the vote from the hot-for-grumpos's Ally even though the council voted YES to forbid marriages. Huh, learned something new. I actually only realized that some of the answers are randomized when I started recording this bit and thought I'd try sequence breaking by using the answers from a previous play session.
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Dear Mr. Package, I do hope you haven't abandoned your attempt to play strange old video-games for the internet. That would be most unfortunate. Looking forward to your eventual return. Signed, T. L. Dahn.
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Hope you pick up again soon, caught up in this LP, and watched the Dark Earth one while I waited!
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The next part is a bit of drag (like most Anachronox dungeons, actually). I wouldn't be opposed to liberal use of the fast-forward key, during exploration or in combat.
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MaskedHuzzah warned me that my thread was about to drop off the page, so I'd better update or die.  We finally meet the Democratus Council and get a mission. I've had a few setbacks and other lame excuses I'll elaborate on in the video after this, which is in the works. Sorry.
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Life happens, it's okay. I'm just glad to see this back!
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This is fantastic news, I am so happy to see this back!
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Yay, you're back! Whatever your reasons, I am just happy to see this continued.
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Man, its been so long this thread is a bit of an anachronism  I kid. Great to see this LP going again!
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Real glad to see this back. Anachronox was a game I knew from advertisements on the back of CD cases for other games. It always looked intriguing even if the promotions never hinted at what genre it actually was.
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Grayshift posted:Real glad to see this back. Anachronox was a game I knew from advertisements on the back of CD cases for other games. It always looked intriguing even if the promotions never hinted at what genre it actually was. Anachronox remains my favorite non-Japanese JRPG. With Anachronox, I can rest assured that anything confusing or weird that happens is a result of either my inattention or deliberate choice, instead of maybe also being because a concept didn't translate well.
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Behold! An episode!Exit Strategy posted:Anachronox remains my favorite non-Japanese JRPG. With Anachronox, I can rest assured that anything confusing or weird that happens is a result of either my inattention or deliberate choice, instead of maybe also being because a concept didn't translate well. Or because of how they had to hack together the engine in order to get it to do what they wanted it to. Then again that's a bit of the former.
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