<s>
Messiah	B-Application
is	O
an	O
action-adventure	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Shiny	O
Entertainment	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Interplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
promoted	O
for	O
its	O
tessellation	B-Algorithm
technology	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
claimed	O
to	O
drastically	O
increase	O
or	O
reduce	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
polygons	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
speed	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
running	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Messiah	B-Application
received	O
a	O
mixed	O
response	O
from	O
reviewers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
examples	O
include	O
rats	O
,	O
cyborgs	B-Application
and	O
aliens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lead	O
designer	O
David	O
Perry	O
intended	O
Messiah	B-Application
to	O
be	O
targeted	O
towards	O
adults	O
,	O
in	O
contrast	O
to	O
Shiny	O
's	O
previous	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Earthworm	B-Application
Jim	I-Application
,	O
and	O
predominantly	O
towards	O
males	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
team	O
heavily	O
touted	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
tessellation	B-Algorithm
technology	O
,	O
which	O
they	O
said	O
could	O
reduce	O
or	O
increase	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
polygons	O
displayed	O
in	O
real	O
time	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
hardware	O
running	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
thereby	O
maximizing	O
the	O
level	O
of	O
detail	O
possible	O
on	O
any	O
given	O
hardware	O
setup	O
,	O
stabilizing	O
the	O
frame	O
rate	O
,	O
and	O
enabling	O
real-time	O
interpolation	B-General_Concept
and	O
volumetric	B-General_Concept
lighting	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
character	O
models	O
were	O
built	O
in	O
3D	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
characters	O
were	O
all	O
animated	O
using	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
,	O
with	O
a	O
person	O
with	O
dwarfism	O
serving	O
as	O
the	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
actor	O
for	O
Bob	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Messiah	B-Application
would	O
be	O
released	O
simultaneously	O
for	O
the	O
PC	O
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
in	O
the	O
second	O
quarter	O
of	O
1998	O
,	O
with	O
another	O
console	O
port	O
following	O
as	O
a	O
launch	O
title	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
be	O
delayed	O
nearly	O
two	O
years	O
,	O
and	O
neither	O
a	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
nor	O
a	O
Dreamcast	B-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
ever	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
1998	O
,	O
a	O
couple	O
years	O
before	O
Messiah	B-Application
was	O
released	O
,	O
the	O
Los	O
Angeles	O
Times	O
reported	O
a	O
public	O
outcry	O
over	O
the	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jeff	O
Green	O
of	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
stated	O
,	O
"	O
You	O
ca	O
n't	O
use	O
the	O
word	O
'	O
messiah	B-Application
 '	O
and	O
not	O
know	O
you	O
're	O
going	O
to	O
tweak	O
the	O
sensibilities	O
of	O
the	O
religious	O
community.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
received	O
upset	O
responses	O
from	O
many	O
Christian	O
organizations	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
consumers	O
,	O
including	O
one	O
that	O
commented	O
,	O
"	O
The	O
word	O
‘	O
messiah’	O
is	O
such	O
a	O
powerful	O
word	O
,	O
I	O
just	O
ca	O
n’t	O
ignore	O
it	O
or	O
its	O
connotations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Part	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
soundtrack	O
was	O
contributed	O
by	O
industrial	O
metal	O
band	O
Fear	O
Factory	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
later	O
released	O
as	O
Messiah	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
"	O
average	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
GameRankings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jim	O
Preston	O
of	O
NextGen	O
said	O
,	O
"	O
If	O
you	O
can	O
get	O
past	O
some	O
technical	O
glitches	O
,	O
awkward	O
controls	O
,	O
and	O
routine	O
gameplay	O
,	O
Messiah	B-Application
will	O
deliver	O
–	O
for	O
a	O
little	O
while.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
author	O
Erik	O
Bethke	O
,	O
Messiah	B-Application
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
flop	O
,	O
with	O
"	O
fewer	O
than	O
10,000	O
units	O
sold	O
in	O
its	O
first	O
three	O
months	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
nominated	O
for	O
GameSpots	O
2000	O
"	O
Most	O
Disappointing	O
Game	O
"	O
award	O
,	O
which	O
went	O
to	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
:	I-Application
Force	I-Application
Commander	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Throughout	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
main	O
character	O
makes	O
a	O
sound	O
(	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
"	O
oof	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
been	O
taken	O
by	O
the	O
popular	O
game	O
Roblox	B-Protocol
as	O
a	O
sound	O
effect	O
for	O
when	O
a	O
character	O
dies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
26	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
sound	O
was	O
removed	O
from	O
Roblox	B-Protocol
and	O
replaced	O
with	O
another	O
.	O
</s>
