History VideoGame / Anachronox

The game is available for sale through Website/GOGDotCom and UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}.

-->'''ObstructiveBureaucrat''': We have no evidence that the missiles are even destructive in nature!\\
'''OnlySaneMan''': ''Evidence?'' The Verilent Hive has been doing this for hundreds of years: Bomb planet, wait for dust to settle, then re-colonize to expand hive! What exactly do you think is inside those warheads? ''Gift baskets?''

* IdiotHero: Boots. He can't spell "Anachronox". He lives on the planet Anachronox.

* JerkAss: Sly Boots. This is even mentioned [[AllThereInTheManual in the manual]] when after giving the sob story of his life up until that point in his bio, Fatima (who narrates the manual) says "But don't feel bad for him. He's a jerk."

* BonusBoss: The Mephad'in [=DoorLord=] is an optional encounter in the [=MysTech=] Tunnels after Limbus. He's the single most powerful enemy in the game, with a TotalPartyKill attack (9999 damage) that can only be prevented by stunning him. Defeating the [=DoorLord=] gets you the most powerful shield in the game.

* PowerWalk: The entire team that's still around does one in the ending cutscene.

* SequelHook: The game ends [[spoiler:with the bad guys released into the previous universe, free to enact their plan to destroy the current one]]. After a poignant moment between Boots and Fatima, the team PowerWalk to their ship and fly off in pursuit. Unfortunately, the studio was closed before the game was even released.

* ObviousBeta: The original game shipped with a number of rather obvous minor bugs. Pathing was an issue, causing characters to jitter around in circles or be unable to figure out how to get where they needed to for an ability, and the camera would often end up behind a character for a few seconds, blocking ones view or looking 'through' their chest. Most such bugs were minor and didn't have a significant impact on the game or enjoyability, but it does give a feeling that the game wasn't quite done
** The most obvious example, which is a sort of good GameBreakingBug was the shields. The idea was that a shield would absorb a small amount of damage in battle before the character's hp took damage, and unlike health the barrier's would recharge to full after each battle. However, instead of adding a barrier of damage as intended instead the game simply increased the players health if it was lower the then maximum health of player + shield at the start of battle. This meant if any character took less damage then their shield could absorb in a battle they got to keep the extra health, effectively being healed. The mechanics of combat made it entirely possible for one character to never get targeted in a given battle, so the free 'healing' from this bug happened pretty often, and could add up enough to save using a healing potion or two.
** There was also an issue with incomplete abilities. For instance Grumpos starts with a Yammer ability, all the players are told is that he could probably talk characters to death by yammering at them. The intent was for the ability to be a short duration stun when used, but it didn't work as advertised for all players. For some it would do nothing at all, making it a complete waste of time and resources to use. Considering the description provided some players presumed it was intended to be an instant death ability which [[UselessUsefulSpell usually missed]].
** Stun abilities from other characters had similar issues. Grumpos was simply the most obvious since he had no other abilities which he could use Bouge on for awhile, making the Yammer ability more tempting to use, and the in-game description left it so unclear what the ability was intended to do.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Stiletto Anyway. It's not her given name ([[SarcasmMode what a shock!]]) but rather a deliberate inversion of [[IntentionalEngrishForFunny IntentionalEngrish]]. Her real name? The much more understated Serenata Iniwa.

* PortalCrossroadWorld: Anachronox is covered in Sender Spikes that connect to other slimes all over the galaxy.

** The guards on Anachronox are practically recolors of ''ComicBook/{{JudgeDredd}}''

* OrderVersusChaos: Two civilizations are literally named Order and Chaos, and Order banished Chaos [[spoiler:into the current universe so they could live in peace in the next universe]].

* KnifeNut: [[MeaningfulName Stiletto]] has plenty of throwing knives to go along with her CombatStilettos.

* StandardStatusEffects: Although they have weird names, in keeping with the game's tendency to have everything a standard RPG does but with odd names.

* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: It is implied to be relatively common for robots to develop to the point of gaining free will. PAL reaches this point relatively early in the story when he has finally had enough of Sly's shit and refuses to obey him any longer.

** This and the lack of fast travel could also make it take annoyingly long reach areas you had been to before if you have to fight through a dungeon to get there and back.

* SelfImposedChallenge: You may save only with "Time Minders" ({{Justified Save Point}}s) if you want.