Our videos of Another World

Driftwood
Saturday, April 6, 2013 | 8:50 AM
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First 10 minutes PC

Jordan Mechner, Paul Cuisset and Eric Chahi are three names which are still praised today because of what these guys have brought to video games. Chahi's Another World (Out of this World in North America) was among the first titles to offer a cinematic experience, bringing animated cutscenes to us young players of the 90s. Since the game got finally released on Steam yesterday, we thought you might enjoy going back in time for a few minutes and (re) discover this jewel of a title both in its original form and its HD version. Enjoy!

Commented on 2013-04-06 09:46:16

I've heard of this game, but never actually seen it. Looks pretty cool.

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SplitTongue

Commented on 2013-04-06 11:43:08

Be sure to check out the cg-intro remake of rickonami:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Nlmje-rUQs
He made some other good intro remakes too, check those out as well.

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aphex187

Commented on 2013-04-06 12:58:42

This game was amazingly hard, this generation of gamers will be left in tears when trying to play this .....;/

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nostradamus

Commented on 2013-04-06 13:31:24

Can't dismiss how weak the execution of Dust is with such potential, so no more money from me Mr. Chahi.

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Adropacrich2

Commented on 2013-04-06 15:33:58

I have the fondest memories of this though in truth its not a fantastic game as such but certainly one that anyone should have played through by now- especially back then when it was quite the experience and unlike other games. Reminds me when games didn't always feel like games

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Zat

Commented on 2013-04-06 15:38:08

I remember playing the intro over and over again.

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Project_Night

Commented on 2013-04-06 17:27:54 In reply to Zat

Posted by Zat

I remember playing the intro over and over again.

Me Too! Initially i was thinking that is not the game in real-time. I was 10 years old.

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Anvil

Commented on 2013-04-06 21:31:29

This has better cinematic moments than most modern games.

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Zat

Commented on 2013-04-07 08:00:32 In reply to Project_Night

Posted by Project_Night

Me Too! Initially i was thinking that is not the game in real-time. I was 10 years old.

Yeah...it was the time, when I switched from 8 bit ZX Spectrum, so You can imagine, how shockingly awesome it was for me. I was 12 or something like that.

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kadixon

Commented on 2013-04-07 12:36:59

I remember this game. It was very hard. Good though.

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SplitTongue

Commented on 2013-04-07 14:03:30

Btw, did anyone play the sequel Heart of the Alien ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I96KDI6NNHA
This one's been done without Eric Chahi's participation or approval though. Not to be confused with Heart of Darkness, although i'm pretty sure you'll enjoy the latter too if you liked Another World or Abe's Oddysee.

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Zat

Commented on 2013-04-07 14:27:19 In reply to SplitTongue

Posted by SplitTongue

Wow...never heard of it.

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nostradamus

Commented on 2013-04-07 15:12:12

or it really stinks or Chachi was salty as fuck and bought all the copies and incenerated them, i never heard of it too.

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SplitTongue

Commented on 2013-04-07 15:47:31

I think this was a Sega-CD exclusive, therefore not very popular.

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jenesuispasbavard

Commented on 2013-04-07 17:53:48

Oh man I'm playing this on my phone and it's great.

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vansant

Commented on 2013-04-07 17:57:01

How about flashback? That was great because it was less trial an error and you could save.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsJ9l_aFjAQ

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Driftwood

Commented on 2013-04-07 18:20:26 In reply to vansant

They're preparing a HD remake of Flashback.

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SplitTongue

Commented on 2013-04-07 18:28:21

@vansant:
http://sickr.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/flashback...
http://fengzhudesign.com/blog/fzd_flashback_01b.JP...

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vansant

Commented on 2013-04-07 18:30:27

Nice, that looks cool.

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rezehnder

Commented on 2013-04-07 21:00:37

downloaded the game on iPhone, really nice. Thx for the heads-up.

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Zat

Commented on 2013-04-08 08:57:29 In reply to Driftwood

Awesome. Thats something, I will buy for sure. Such a great game. No "For crouch press C" type of game. Hardcore!

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Project_Night

Commented on 2013-04-08 10:43:21 In reply to Zat

Posted by Zat

Yeah...it was the time, when I switched from 8 bit ZX Spectrum, so You can imagine, how shockingly awesome it was for me. I was 12 or something like that.

Yeah! I switched from Commodore 64 to Amiga 500! :D

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GriftGFX

Commented on 2013-04-08 10:45:33 In reply to Zat

Posted by Zat

Yeah...it was the time, when I switched from 8 bit ZX Spectrum, so You can imagine, how shockingly awesome it was for me. I was 12 or something like that.

I love those big upgrades from our past. I went from an Apple //c to a 386sx. Despite being the bitch end of the 386 line, that's still a pretty ridiculous leap in technology.

And now I can emulate all of those systems on a portable, connected device that fits in my pocket. :)

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Zat

Commented on 2013-04-08 19:32:47 In reply to GriftGFX

Yes....I would like to see, what we will play 10 years from now.

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