Queen: The Eye
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Queen: The eYe is a 3D action/adventure game released in 1998 by Electronic Arts. It featured music by the rock group Queen. The game is set in the future where the world is ruled by an all-seeing machine called "The eYe" which has eradicated everything which promotes creative expression. You play Dubroc, an agent of The eYe who in the course of his duties has re-discovered a database of music, and is sentenced to death in "The Arena", a show broadcast to the world in which the contestant battles fighting champions called the Watchers... from there Dubroc goes on a quest to destroy The eYe. Elements of the plot do seem to bear a remarkable resemblance to that of the later Queen musical We Will Rock You.
The game contained five CDs which, along with the game files, featured instrumental remixes of many Queen tracks [1] and is considered a collector's item by fans due to this music. Despite Queen's popularity the game suffered poor sales due to weak gameplay, very little promotion and graphics that already seemed dated at release due to the game's unusually long development time.
