Anachronox was a third-person RPG from mid-2001, developed by Ion Storm Dallas (infamous for ''VideoGame/{{Daikatana}}''; the ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' team was Ion Storm Austin) for the PC. A sort of a love-letter to Japanese-style [=RPGs=] (especially games such as ''FinalFantasyVII''), it tells a Science Fiction story that follows the tale of a down-on-his-luck detective Sylvester "Sly Boots" Bucelli and his eclectic TrueCompanions, who range from a stripper/assassin to an old collector of seemingly inert Phlebotinum to an alcoholic superhero to [[spoiler:a ''planet'' shrunken down to your size.]] In true JRPG tradition, Sly and his companions travel to a variety of planets, meet interesting and weird people, hunt for widgets, and engage in a lot of turn-based combat.

Although intended to be a humorous game, it isn't really a parody of the genre. It features a wide variety of tropes commonly associated with Japanese [=RPGs=] of the period such as the 3D installments of the ''FinalFantasy'' series, as opposed to Western PC [=RPGs=] of the period such as the ''BaldursGate'' series. The game did reasonably well with critics, but was not a big seller. Among those who did play it, it is notorious for its ending, which is a very obvious lead-up to the sequel that was never to be.

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Anachronox was a third-person RPG from mid-2001, developed by Ion Storm Dallas (infamous for ''VideoGame/{{Daikatana}}''; the ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' team was Ion Storm Austin) for the PC. A sort of a love-letter to Japanese-style [=RPGs=] (especially games such as ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''), it tells a Science Fiction story that follows the tale of a down-on-his-luck detective Sylvester "Sly Boots" Bucelli and his eclectic TrueCompanions, who range from a stripper/assassin to an old collector of seemingly inert Phlebotinum to an alcoholic superhero to [[spoiler:a ''planet'' shrunken down to your size.]] In true JRPG tradition, Sly and his companions travel to a variety of planets, meet interesting and weird people, hunt for widgets, and engage in a lot of turn-based combat.

Although intended to be a humorous game, it isn't really a parody of the genre. It features a wide variety of tropes commonly associated with Japanese [=RPGs=] of the period such as the 3D installments of the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series, as opposed to Western PC [=RPGs=] of the period such as the ''BaldursGate'' series. The game did reasonably well with critics, but was not a big seller. Among those who did play it, it is notorious for its ending, which is a very obvious lead-up to the sequel that was never to be.

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