Another World – 20th Anniversary Edition

The game that created the cinematique platformer genre, or at least popularized it. Another World (or Out of this world in USA), is just one incredible experiment that was unrivaled back then. You play as Lester, a scientist who portals himself to an alien world. The game is exploring and escaping from all the hazards and enemies that get in your way, while trying to understand the alien technology. The visuals are painted vectors, giving a very unique atmosphere in an age where everything was pixel art. In the sound department, there's small synth cues but is general silent except for the plenty of sound effects. Apart from running and jumping, you quickly gain a laser gun which is crucial not only for combat, but to solve different puzzles and even breaking doors and walls down. There are a couple of sections that require lots of setup in different screens, like shutting down a power line in a room, then destroy a wall and escape from a water flood, etc. Most are fair, except for one late part where you need to destroy a non descript floor with a very unorthodox method. There's no tutorials nor any HUD at all, you just spawn in the alien world and need to figure stuff out. This was also a great mechanic choice, unheard at the time. Other future games that cemented this genre are Flashback and Heart of Darkness. Talking about this remaster, it's one of those where you can switch between newer and older graphics on the run. It removes a little pixelation and adds better lightning and more shaded colors. It's not a big change, but it's ok for modern audiences. The game is very short, with generous checkpoints you can beat it (with all the achievements) in under an hour. Still, this is the best way to play this classic. It's a shame that the obscure sequel, Heart of the Alien, for Sega CD has never been rereleased.

https://youtu.be/L-h_tYFtYoc Redressing a classic old game with a fresh coat of paint is not enough to modernize this title due to control and logic issues.

游戏主菜单四个按钮，只有一个“退出”按钮是真是生效的，至于其它三个呢？也是生效的，但是效果是跟“退出”一样的。

Without a guide this game would have been a slog

Clasicazo histórico (10/10) Un juego corto y divertido con una maravillosa historia y un diseño espectacular de 1991 que podría haberse lanzado hoy

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Another World is an important game in video game history. The game is also essentially created by one person (Éric Chahi) doing the game design, art and programming alone and only obtaining help for the soundtrack. Sometimes one person can carry out a unique vision to a finished product, which much larger teams would not be able to do. If you approach Another World as a piece of art, you will be happy. However, the gameplay can be extremely frustrating due to one-hit kills and because of the challenging difficulty level even on the easiest difficulty setting. This game is worth experiencing for the art and atmosphere alone.

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The game is of course still amazing today, and largely worth playing even if it is an old-school quite difficult game that never holds your hand. However, this 20th anniversary version is quite buggy: - The display is broken if your system DPI / zoom is not set to 100% - I had issues with keyboard inputs remaining stuck (e.g. the character keeps running in a direction or keeps shooting) - The checkpoint system was reworked which would normally be a good thing to avoid some softlocks that were present in the original. However, when reloading a checkpoint, the game only keeps some of the actions you did and not others, so you sometimes have to redo actions you already did.