As an ARG, the game was played by phone, email, AOL Instant Messenger, BlackBerry messages, fax, and by visiting special websites.

Gameplay frequently involved the player receiving clues that they would use to solve puzzles and unravel the story.

One of the more widely recognized actors was Joe Pantoliano, who portrayed Tim Pritchard in the game's final episode.

One of the first things the player experienced in Majestic was news that the game had stopped, yet they would receive messages suggesting that there was a conspiracy behind the stoppage.

Majestic was said to have been inspired by The Game, a 1997 movie that featured something like an ARG which repeatedly confused the main character into thinking he was not playing.

Anim-X was the name of a fictional video game developer created by Electronic Arts as part of Majestic.

[5] Anim-X was represented In Majestic promotional videos by actors playing the company's two (fictional) lead developers, "Brian Cale" and "Mike Griffin".

IGN questioned some of the suspension of disbelief required by the plot, but praised the ambition of the game, and the large potential it had and scored it 7.5/10.