Æon Flux (video game)
| Æon Flux | |
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| Developer(s) | Terminal Reality |
| Publisher(s) | Majesco |
| Distributor(s) |
MTV Games Paramount Pictures |
| Composer(s) | Kyle Richards |
| Engine | Infernal Engine |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2, Xbox |
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| Genre(s) | Action-adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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| Publication | Score | |
| PS2 | Xbox | |
| 1UP.com | C+ | N/A |
| Eurogamer | N/A | 4/10 |
| Game Informer | 7.25/10 | 7.25/10 |
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| GameSpot | 7.2/10 | 7.2/10 |
| IGN | 7.8/10 | 7.8/10 |
| OPM (US) | |
N/A |
| OXM (US) | N/A | 7/10 |
| PALGN | N/A | 5/10 |
| TeamXbox | N/A | 7.8/10 |
| The New York Times | (average) | (average) |
| Aggregate score | ||
| Metacritic | 66/100 | 69/100 |
Æon Flux is the video game adaptation of the 2005 science fiction film of the same name, with elements of the Æon Flux cartoon series. The game was released in November 2005 in North America for PlayStation 2 and Xbox gaming consoles.
The game is set in the year 2415, after disease has wiped out the majority of the Earth's population except for one walled and protected city-state, Bregna. The city is ruled by the congress of scientists who discovered the vaccine for the disease. When Æon Flux, the player character and top operative in the underground "Monican" rebellion, is sent on a mission to kill a government leader (Trevor Goodchild) she uncovers a world of secrets which make her doubt her mission and question everything she thought she knew.
The game's storyline attempts to bridge the gap between the TV series and the film and tries to explain various discrepancies, such as the appearance of the jungle outside Bregna and the differences between the movie and TV series versions of Trevor Goodchild. However, much of the game's visuals and tone skew far more dramatically toward that of the film, supplemented by the fact that the look of Æon in the game is based almost entirely on Charlize Theron's film version, and the character is also voiced by her.
This was not the first attempt at an Æon Flux-based video game; it was simply the first successful one. Disregarding a very short-lived effort by a now defunct start-up development studio, there were two other serious attempts at creating an Æon Flux video game prior to the 2005 release.
A game based on the original animated series was announced on April 9, 1996 for the PlayStation and Windows 95. The game, which was loosely based on "The Demiurge" episode, was being developed by Cryo Interactive and published by Viacom New Media. The game first made an appearance at E3 that same year, and commercial advertising was even included in the 1996 VHS release of the animated series.
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