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. Th…

Old game I used to repetitively play growing up on Sega Genesis when it was called "Out of this World". I used to speedrun it before I knew what that even was... always trying to beat my previous times. This and Flashback were my favorite games back in the day. Gratefully, the video games industry flourished into an incomprehensible artform in which mostly indie devs innovate and create the best new content.

Played it as a young boy on my amiga 500 . It was a very good game back then and still is. I highly recommend

An old classic

I played this in 1991. love it

gold