Metal Gear Solid 12: Anachronox

Today is Sunday June 27th. After nearly 30 hours of game time I have finished Anachronox. Why haven’t I posted in the meantime? Because I couldn’t stop playing the game, that’s why. The only times I stopped were to refill my coffee or use eyedrops. After this haul I no longer fear Gran Turismo 3. Isn’t it great how I make playing games sound like it’s hard work? Playing…games…

The main character is Sylvester “Sly” Boots. He’s a detective who finds himself having to do that which we all must do at least once in our lives: save the universe. Throughout the game he meets up with six other friendly folks who join his turn-based combat wrecking crew. The turn-based combat was pretty rough by the end of the game with most characters’ special moves taking 15-20 seconds to execute. It’s cool the first time. After that you find yourself making sandwiches between turns. It’s a shame to be let down by this because the rest of the game is very impressive. You can tell it took a lot of development time and even more creative talent to make such an immense game world. Every time I thought I’d hit the wall, the size of the game doubled. The quality of the audio/music was top notch and the graphics were pretty hot as well. Even though the story is pretty involved there are some good laughs in this one too. It’s always good to see a game that doesn’t take itself too seriously.

I’m thinking 8 out of 10. Not bad for a title you can pick up for $9.99. And I think my eyes need a week without gaming to recover. Maybe I’ll work on posting my list of games for everyone to borrow. Maybe I could even go outside!

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