Scrapland
Encyclopedia
American McGee Presents: Scrapland is a game developed by Mercury Steam Entertainment, with American McGee
as a producer and published by Enlight
Software.
, and as the game progresses, is involved in investigating a series of bizarre murders targeted at the city's most powerful figures in the areas of law enforcement, politics, finance and religion. With help from an unknown stranger, D-Tritus must uncover the reason and source behind the murders before all of Scrapland comes under control of the perpetrator.
with the Xbox version receiving a 73. Gameinformer gave the game a 6.5, saying "Worst of all, however, are the on-foot sections - which would appear to be in the game for the sole purpose of annoying people. Scrap indeed." IGN
gave the game a more positive score, awarding it with a 8.2, saying "I would have liked to have seen more variety and lateral flexibility in the single-player... Overall, the game's refreshing sense of personality wins out over everything else."
American McGee
-Career:McGee began his career at id Software, working on level design, music production, sound effects development, and programming in such games as Doom, Doom II, Quake, and Quake II. In 1998, he moved to Electronic Arts, where he worked as creative director on several projects, including...
as a producer and published by Enlight
Enlight
Enlight Software is a publisher and developer of interactive entertainment. The company was founded by Trevor Chan in 1993, and their first project was the economic strategy game Capitalism, which was published by Interactive Magic in 1995. In 1997, they released Capitalism Plus and the real-time...
Software.
Plot
It stars the robot D-Tritus as the protagonistProtagonist
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, and as the game progresses, is involved in investigating a series of bizarre murders targeted at the city's most powerful figures in the areas of law enforcement, politics, finance and religion. With help from an unknown stranger, D-Tritus must uncover the reason and source behind the murders before all of Scrapland comes under control of the perpetrator.
Reception
Scrapland received mixed to positive reviews. The PC version of the game has received a 72 on MetacriticMetacritic
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with the Xbox version receiving a 73. Gameinformer gave the game a 6.5, saying "Worst of all, however, are the on-foot sections - which would appear to be in the game for the sole purpose of annoying people. Scrap indeed." IGN
IGN
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gave the game a more positive score, awarding it with a 8.2, saying "I would have liked to have seen more variety and lateral flexibility in the single-player... Overall, the game's refreshing sense of personality wins out over everything else."