Scrapland

American McGee Presents: Scrapland is a game developed by MercurySteam, with American McGee as a producer and published by Enlight Software.

American McGee Presents: Scrapland
Developer(s)MercurySteam
Publisher(s)Enlight Software
Deep Silver
Designer(s)Enrique Alvarez
Composer(s)Eugeni Martine
Oscar Araujo
Platform(s)Windows
Xbox
ReleaseMicrosoft Windows
  • NA: November 4, 2004
  • EU: March 18, 2005
Xbox
  • NA: February 28, 2005
  • EU: March 18, 2005
Genre(s)Action-adventure
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Setting

Scrapland's story is set in the robot-populated world of the same name, also known by the inhabitants as Chimera, which seems like a giant asteroid vastly industrialized as a metropolis and surrounded by a world-scaled energy field and an orbital ring, both used to control entrance and exit of the planet.

Development

According to American McGee, the game was designed and produced by Enrique Alvarez, the studio head at Mercury Steam. McGee refers to himself as a "marketing tool".[1] Alvarez pitched the idea for Scrapland to McGee while McGee was working as an executive producer at Enlight.[2]

Reception
Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
PCXbox
CGM[3]N/A
CGW[4]N/A
EGMN/A6.17/10[5]
Game Informer6/10[6]6.5/10[7]
GamePro[8][8]
GameSpot7.6/10[9]7.6/10[10]
GameSpy[11][12]
GameZone8.4/10[13]8/10[14]
IGN8.3/10[15]8.2/10[16]
OXM (US)N/A6.3/10[17]
PC Gamer (US)66%[18]N/A
Aggregate score
Metacritic72/100[19]73/100[20]

Scrapland received "average" reviews on both platforms according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.[19][20] Game Informer criticized the Xbox version's on-foot sections, "which would appear to be in the game for the sole purpose of annoying people. Scrap indeed."[7] IGN gave the same console version a more positive review, 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."[16]

The editors of Computer Gaming World nominated Scrapland for their 2004 "Action Game of the Year" award, which ultimately went to The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay.[21]

References
  1. McGee, American (21 January 2013). "Reddit AMA answer". Reddit. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  2. "Scrapland: Do androids dream of American McGee?". Xbox Nation. No. 18. Ziff Davis. September 2004. pp. 72–73.
  3. "Scrapland". Computer Games Magazine. theGlobe.com. February 2005. p. 67.
  4. McDonald, Thomas (25 December 2004). "American McGee Presents Scrapland" (PDF). Computer Gaming World. No. 246. Ziff Davis. pp. 88–89. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  5. EGM staff (April 2005). "Scrapland (Xbox)". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 190. Ziff Davis. p. 125. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  6. "Scrapland (PC)". Game Informer. No. 140. GameStop. December 2004. p. 188.
  7. "Scrapland (Xbox)". Game Informer. No. 144. GameStop. April 2005. p. 136.
  8. Syriel (April 2005). "Scrapland". GamePro. IDG Entertainment. p. 85. Archived from the original on 17 February 2005. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  9. Navarro, Alex (11 November 2004). "Scrapland Review (PC)". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  10. Navarro, Alex (18 February 2005). "Scrapland Review (Xbox)". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  11. Osborne, Scott (9 November 2004). "GameSpy: Scrapland (PC)". GameSpy. IGN Entertainment. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  12. Chapman, David (4 March 2005). "GameSpy: American McGee Presents: Scrapland (Xbox)". GameSpy. IGN Entertainment. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  13. David, Mike (7 December 2004). "American McGee Presents: Scrapland - PC - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on 8 October 2008. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  14. Valentino, Nick (27 February 2005). "American McGee Presents: Scrapland - XB - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on 5 October 2008. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  15. McNamara, Tom (3 November 2004). "American McGee Presents: Scrapland Review (PC)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  16. McNamara, Tom; Perry, Douglass C. (23 February 2005). "American McGee Presents: Scrapland (Xbox)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  17. "Scrapland". Official Xbox Magazine. Future US. March 2005. p. 78.
  18. "Scrapland". PC Gamer. Vol. 12 no. 1. Future US. January 2005. p. 80.
  19. "Scrapland Critic Reviews for PC". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  20. "Scrapland Critic Reviews for Xbox". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  21. CGW staff (March 2005). "2004 Games of the Year (Action Game of the Year)" (PDF). Computer Gaming World. No. 249. Ziff Davis. p. 61. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
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