Revisiting Another World

#21

Ahhhh this is great news!

#22

i soooooooo loved this game. it really felt different then everything out there, and if felt so real compared to a lot of other games at the time.

#23

this is very true, it seems like we are all from a time when gaming was pure not just about beating crack whores with a baseball bat. How I long for the time when gaming will be restored to its glorious state.

#24

Wao… the first memoriess i have of being in front of a computer are the ones of me playing this game to death (this and Lemmings)… it was sooo involving and suspenful and the riddles where very well crafted… such good memories :slight_smile:

#25

I am pretty sure it was Amiga first. And yes, Lemmings was addictive . . . and first on Amiga . . . with better sound and graphics than the PC :slight_smile:

#26

Bought it and the only problem is I want to play it instead of work now :smiley: We need Flashback and my life will be oh so much better heh

#27

so what is this download thing on the site ?

how would one go about purchasing ?
I don’t read french and the english is rather limited in explaining stuff…

btw, yeah Sega Genesis and Sega Megadrive are the same, just a different name for US / Europe so to avoid confusion I thought I’d use the US name (which led to confusion because a european guy responded, yeah that means YOU Urg …)

#28

I’d love to see a game like that in the future. I also loved Heart of Darkness - it drove you nuts, but it was worth it :wink:

#29

Well, eventhough i read french quite well, i don’t understand either how one is supposed to buy it ? Both links on french and english versions point out to a demo…

mouj

#30

bought it and played through it in an evening, well worth the €7 :love: I loved this game on the Amiga, it felt huge back then, now I realize it’s a pretty short game actually, but it’s still gold.

edit: if you download the demo, you’ll get links on the readme-html-page that pops up after installation, you’ll recieve a key-file that unlocks the whole game

#31

It seems you can only buy AW with credit card, is that right?

Bob

#32

The ending from AW is very open ended. I wonder if we will ever see a sequel. There is much that could be done with the world of ‘another world’ :smiley:

#33

I was wondering if a game like this could still sell nowadays. I mean, we were really good at these old games, back then, but have you tried one of them today ? I have found out that i now suck at games i used to finish… damn those games were hard to play, and quite frustrating in a way, just like Another World : first time you played it would take you hours to get pass the lion… i doubt that kind of games would sell today, in fact, we’re too used to linear stuff with no or little complications now.
Any thoughts ?

mouj

#34

yes and no. would it sell? well it seems to be selling [but at a much lower price]. then again, it doesn’t take a huge team to make a game like this. as for game mechanics, yes, compared to today games, they suck. most old games from the Atari and 8-bit era have crappy controls [like having to press jump 3 seconds before you really want to jump]. that is how it worked back then and that is what made some game so hard.

but a game like this is only hard if you didn’t complete it, lots of Another World is memorizing attack patterns and when to jump [almost like Dragon’s Lair]. randomizing enemies wasn’t an option back then. still a good game.

#35

actually I think the opposite, all these new 3D shooters are way to hard for me. I also found AW quite easy compared to other action adventures.

Bob

#36

This makes me so happy.

Every time someone asks me what my favorite game of all time was, I reply with Out Of This World.

Of course, they reply with Huh?

I’ve always thought that this should be remade for higher resolutions or as a Flash-based game seeing as how it was claimed to be vector based, even way back then.

Edit: Though, looking at the screenshots, I kind of which that the new version would keep the “cutout” look. Just at a higher resolution, instead of adding new details.

Edit2: “And, of course, the game in its original 16 color form will be available too.”

I’m assuming that means the original graphics at high res WILL be available.

Happy Again. :smiley:

#37

As Arvid says, you have an icon in the lower corner that says something like “Click here to buy full version”. Click it and it will open a web browser where you can purchase the key for the full version. For 7 euros it’s definitely worth it. I mean, here in the Netherlands you pay 5 euros for a Big Mac. And this is a lot more enjoyable than a Big Mac :smiley:

#38

Quoted for agreement :smiley:

Whoppers are the w1n !

#39

I loved the original [played it till my fingers bled]

But am i the only one that feels the remake looks… eh … not so good

#40

Must be lonely where you are… :slight_smile:

I know! I know!!

It needs more BLOOM EFFECT!!