“Another World” aka “Out of This World” review
A creation of Eric Chahi (who did everything but the music for the game), Another World is a game that aged exceptionally well. No HUD, no speech, no useless text, just the good old visual storytelling in this groundbreaking action adventure. Be prepared to die a lot and then cry for more when the game is over.
Moby Games page:
http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/out-of-this-world
If you don’t own this game already get the the 15th anniversary edition here:
http://www.anotherworld.fr/anotherworld_uk/
It features slightly updated graphics, high resolution support and is even more balanced then the PC DOS version (which used to be the definitive one). It’s only $9 people! Less than two Burger King meals.
Not many people know that the game had a ‘sequel’ of sorts, ‘Heart of the Alien’ that was released on Sega CD only. Eric Chahi wasn’t directly involved apart from approving some concepts. The game is not as good as ‘Another World’ and is quite frustrating, but it has a great intro showing your alien buddy and what he was doing when you were separated in the original game. It’s worth checking out if you’re a fan of the original.
UPDATE:
I was reminded that Eric Chai developed one more game after AW, and that was ‘Heart of Darkness’ for Windows and PSX. Moby Games page here:
http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/heart-of-darkness
The game is very similar to ‘Another World’ and looks like it should have been released in ’92. But even in 320×240 resolution the spite animations are fantastic and the overall game design is superb.
There are 9 Comments to "“Another World” aka “Out of This World” review"
Тихо шифером шурша, крыша едет у Шиша! )))
Поясни коммент, товарищ.
Once again agree, an excellent game indeed, though to be frank I have only played the Amiga version and a demo of the jaw dropping PC remake. Oh, and great review. As ever.
В один коммент все не влезет)))
Вообще-то этот процесс начался у тебя еще в Росии, и как я вижу успешно продолжается… )))
Tovarish… (c)Красная жара
whoa, humour detected! i even felt the need to buy this game, even though i’ve done it already. few words about Heart of Darkness would be nice also. and we are waiting for Larry to show up!
ps кстати не знал, что тут можно по-русски писать
Humor, where?!?!?! 🙂
Heart of Darkness was for Win/PSX… Ah, what the hell, I’ll just edit the description then.
Конечно можно, в наш век тех. прогресса всё в юникод.
What is the game shown on the intro ? The one with the “delta” text on the upper right corner ?
Great reviews ! Keep ’em coming.
That’s “Hostage: Rescue Mission”. Quite a cool game.
Here’s the mobygames page:
http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/hostage-rescue-mission
I’d suggest that you check out the version for the NES where it’s known as “Rescue: The Embassy Mission”.