Scrapland
{{Short description|2004 video game}}
{{more citations needed|date=October 2017}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = American McGee Presents: Scrapland
| image = ScraplandBox.jpg
| developer = MercurySteam
| publisher = {{vgrelease|NA|Enlight Software{{efn|Remastered version published by MercurySteam.}}|EU/AU|Deep Silver}}
| writer = Enrique Alvarez
| producer = American McGee
| programmer = Carlos Rodríguez
Darío Halle
| artist = Rafael Jiménez
| designer = Enrique Alvarez
Luis Miguel Quijada
Darío Halle
Raúl Rubio-Munárriz
| composer = Eugeni Martínez
Oscar Araujo
| engine =
| released = {{collapsible list|title={{nobold|November 4, 2004}}|Windows|{{vgrelease|NA|November 4, 2004|EU|March 18, 2005}}|Xbox|{{vgrelease|NA|March 7, 2005|EU|March 18, 2005|AU|April 7, 2005}}|Remastered|Windows|{{vgrelease|WW|December 13, 2021}}}}
| genre = Action-adventure
| modes = Single-player, multiplayer
}}
American McGee Presents: Scrapland is a 2004 action-adventure video game developed by MercurySteam, with American McGee as an executive producer and published by Enlight Software. A remastered version was released for Windows on December 13, 2021.{{Cite web|title=Scrapland Remastered on Steam|url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/897610/|access-date=2021-12-13|website=store.steampowered.com|language=en}}
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 and release
According to American McGee, the game was designed and produced by Enrique Alvarez, the studio head at MercurySteam. McGee does not take credit for the game's development, referring to himself as "just the marketing tool".{{cite web|last=McGee|first=American|title=Reddit AMA answer|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/16z1lk/ama_im_american_mcgee_game_designer_and_founder/c80plju|website=Reddit|date=21 January 2013|accessdate=21 January 2013}} Alvarez pitched the idea for Scrapland to McGee while McGee was working as an executive producer at Enlight.{{cite magazine|title=Scrapland: Do androids dream of American McGee?|magazine=Xbox Nation|publisher=Ziff Davis|issue=18|date=September 2004|pages=72–73}} The game was in development for 2 years.{{cite web|url=http://www.armchairempire.com/Interviews/scrapland-enric-alvarez.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060325163912/http://www.armchairempire.com/Interviews/scrapland-enric-alvarez.htm|title=Enric Alvarez (Scrapland) Q&A|website=armchairempire.com|archivedate=March 25, 2006|date=November 25, 2004|accessdate=January 28, 2024}}
The game was initially released for Windows in North America on November 4, 2004.{{Cite web |date=November 4, 2004 |title=Scrapland PC Ships to Retailers Nationwide |url=http://pc.gamezone.com/news/11_04_04_06_37PM.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050105024107/http://pc.gamezone.com/news/11_04_04_06_37PM.htm |archive-date=January 5, 2005 |access-date=May 22, 2024 |website=GameZone}} A port for Xbox shipped on March 4, 2005, and arrived on store shelves three days later on March 7.{{Cite web |date=March 4, 2005 |title=Scrapland Xbox Ships! |url=http://xbox.gamezone.com/news/03_04_05_04_13PM.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051101042335/http://xbox.gamezone.com/news/03_04_05_04_13PM.htm |archive-date=November 1, 2005 |access-date=May 22, 2024 |website=GameZone}} Both versions were released in Europe on March 18, 2005.{{Cite web |last=Bramwell |first=Tom |date=March 18, 2005 |title=What's New? |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/whatsnew-180305 |access-date=May 22, 2024 |website=Eurogamer}} The Xbox port was released in Australia on April 7, 2005.{{Cite web |title=Scraplan |url=http://www.gpstore.com.au/Games/1471034.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050624101540/http://www.gpstore.com.au/Games/1471034.html |archive-date=June 24, 2005 |access-date=May 22, 2024 |website=Gameplanet |quote=Release date: 7th April, 2005. List price: AU$69.95.}}
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| PC = true
| XBOX = true
| na = true
| CGM_PC = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine|title=Scrapland|magazine=Computer Games Magazine|publisher=theGlobe.com|date=February 2005|page=67}}
| CGW_PC = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|last=McDonald|first=Thomas|title=American McGee Presents Scrapland|url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_246.pdf|magazine=Computer Gaming World|publisher=Ziff Davis|issue=246|date=25 December 2004|pages=88–89|accessdate=19 October 2018}}
| EGM_XBOX = 6.17/10{{cite magazine|author=EGM staff|title=Scrapland (Xbox)|url=http://www.1up.com/reviews/scrapland_3|magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly|publisher=Ziff Davis|issue=190|date=April 2005|page=125|accessdate=7 May 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305044343/http://www.1up.com/reviews/scrapland_3|archivedate=5 March 2016|url-status=dead}}
| GI_PC = 6/10{{cite magazine|title=Scrapland (PC)|magazine=Game Informer|publisher=GameStop|issue=140|date=December 2004|page=188}}
| GI_XBOX = 6.5/10{{cite magazine|title=Scrapland (Xbox)|magazine=Game Informer|publisher=GameStop|issue=144|date=April 2005|page=136}}
| GamePro_PC = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine|author=Syriel|title=Scrapland|url=http://gamepro.com/computer/pc/games/reviews/42128.shtml|magazine=GamePro|publisher=IDG Entertainment|date=April 2005|page=85|accessdate=6 May 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050217184748/http://gamepro.com/computer/pc/games/reviews/42128.shtml|archivedate=17 February 2005|url-status=dead}}
| GamePro_XBOX = {{Rating|3|5}}
| GSpot_PC = 7.6/10{{cite web|last=Navarro|first=Alex|title=Scrapland Review (PC)|url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/scrapland-review/1900-6112969/|website=GameSpot|publisher=CBS Interactive|date=11 November 2004|accessdate=6 May 2014}}
| GSpy_PC = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|last=Osborne|first=Scott|title=GameSpy: Scrapland (PC)|url=http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/scrapland/564799p1.html|website=GameSpy|publisher=IGN Entertainment|date=9 November 2004|accessdate=6 May 2014}}
| GSpy_XBOX = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|last=Chapman|first=David|title=GameSpy: American McGee Presents: Scrapland (Xbox)|url=http://xbox.gamespy.com/xbox/scrapland/584836p1.html|website=GameSpy|publisher=IGN Entertainment|date=4 March 2005|accessdate=6 May 2014}}
| IGN_PC = 8.3/10{{cite web|last=McNamara|first=Tom|title=American McGee Presents: Scrapland Review (PC)|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/11/04/american-mcgee-presents-scrapland-review|website=IGN|publisher=Ziff Davis|date=3 November 2004|accessdate=6 May 2014}}
| OXM_XBOX = 6.3/10{{cite magazine|title=Scrapland|magazine=Official Xbox Magazine|publisher=Future US|date=March 2005|page=78}}
| PCGUS_PC = 66%{{cite magazine|title=Scrapland|magazine=PC Gamer|publisher=Future US|volume=12|issue=1|date=January 2005|page=80}}
| MC_PC = 72/100{{cite web|title=Scrapland Critic Reviews for PC|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/scrapland/critic-reviews/?platform=pc|website=Metacritic|publisher=CBS Interactive|accessdate=6 May 2014}}
}}
Scrapland received "average" reviews on both platforms according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. 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." 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."
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.{{cite magazine|author=CGW staff|title=2004 Games of the Year (Action Game of the Year)|url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_249.pdf|magazine=Computer Gaming World|publisher=Ziff Davis|issue=249|date=March 2005|page=61|accessdate=19 October 2018}}
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