Posted March 18, 2010
Another World is a truly interesting game. In a time were high scores ruled games, Eric Chahi thought "what if a game was more like a movie?", and so Another World was born.
This is one of those few games that can be considered a game or even considered 'interactive art'. The emotions that Eric manages to evoke onto the player without a single word ever being uttered, and with the relatively simple graphics is downright masterful. And even to this day I've never felt a connection with a supporting character the way I did with 'the alien'. Despite there being very little to flesh out his personality, the events in the game have caused me to really consider him a friend, and I always hoped to see him again.
This was probably the first game I ever played to cause tears in it's ending, not that it's a sad ending per se, it's just 'beautiful' and very emotional.
This is a game that will never age, because it's artwork is masterful, the music (especially in the anniversary edition) is amazing, and the story telling remains unrivaled even today.
This is one of those few games that can be considered a game or even considered 'interactive art'. The emotions that Eric manages to evoke onto the player without a single word ever being uttered, and with the relatively simple graphics is downright masterful. And even to this day I've never felt a connection with a supporting character the way I did with 'the alien'. Despite there being very little to flesh out his personality, the events in the game have caused me to really consider him a friend, and I always hoped to see him again.
This was probably the first game I ever played to cause tears in it's ending, not that it's a sad ending per se, it's just 'beautiful' and very emotional.
This is a game that will never age, because it's artwork is masterful, the music (especially in the anniversary edition) is amazing, and the story telling remains unrivaled even today.