I'm of 2 minds with Another World. One mind that it's literally the pinnacle of the medium and a beautiful piece of art, and another that it's just a poorly made piece of shit.
FFS, it's one of the most legendary games of all time. A master class work in rotoscoping that along with Prince of Persia influenced countless rotoscoped games as well cinematic platformers in the vein of Flashback or Blackthorne.
There are no health bars, no maps, no scores, no equipment, nothing, it's like a real ass chadventure. One of the most immersive games of all time.
The alien buddy is really charming. "Mike Aruba" to you too, buddy.
But at the same time, this shit runs in single digit FPS with framedrops. There are pixel perfect jumps out the ass, especially in the cave which hard filtered me as a kid.
Once one knows what they're doing, the game is only like 20 minutes long and is pretty entertaining to speedrun if nothing else, though perhaps "Another World speedrun" is an oxymoron with how slow-paced the game is.
Also if I'm being truthful, vibes aside the game is rather shallow and there's nothing to its story.
Giving this game 3 stars doesn't feel right. Giving it 5 stars feels right. Giving it 0.5 stars feels right. I generally think the star system is a really good way to get across one's feelings and enjoy using it, but if this isn't an example of how trying to quantify a qualitative experience is silly sometimes, what is?
Anyway countless creators including the likes of Hideo Kojima, Shu Takumi, Suda51, Shinji Mikimi, and Fumito Ueda all took inspiration from this game. If you enjoy any of their works, you owe it to yourself to give this a try. Wouldn't even insist on trying it without save states lol.
FFS, it's one of the most legendary games of all time. A master class work in rotoscoping that along with Prince of Persia influenced countless rotoscoped games as well cinematic platformers in the vein of Flashback or Blackthorne.
There are no health bars, no maps, no scores, no equipment, nothing, it's like a real ass chadventure. One of the most immersive games of all time.
The alien buddy is really charming. "Mike Aruba" to you too, buddy.
But at the same time, this shit runs in single digit FPS with framedrops. There are pixel perfect jumps out the ass, especially in the cave which hard filtered me as a kid.
Once one knows what they're doing, the game is only like 20 minutes long and is pretty entertaining to speedrun if nothing else, though perhaps "Another World speedrun" is an oxymoron with how slow-paced the game is.
Also if I'm being truthful, vibes aside the game is rather shallow and there's nothing to its story.
Giving this game 3 stars doesn't feel right. Giving it 5 stars feels right. Giving it 0.5 stars feels right. I generally think the star system is a really good way to get across one's feelings and enjoy using it, but if this isn't an example of how trying to quantify a qualitative experience is silly sometimes, what is?
Anyway countless creators including the likes of Hideo Kojima, Shu Takumi, Suda51, Shinji Mikimi, and Fumito Ueda all took inspiration from this game. If you enjoy any of their works, you owe it to yourself to give this a try. Wouldn't even insist on trying it without save states lol.
Blowing_Wind
8 months ago