Another World: 20th Anniversary Edition

I played this game loooong time ago. I remember having very hard time solving puzzles (even though in the end it all made perfect sense... no nonsense puzzles). I remember having a blast after solving each hard puzzle, because hard gameplay gave me fine piece of satisfaction when solved. In the end I got so involved with the game and so immersed in the world, that ending really made me cry :) As a bottom line, I bought this game here and played it again. It was wonderful experience after all those years. I roughly remembered all the puzzles, so I didn't get frustrated at all and just enjoyed the play.

The game still looks great, as if untouched by time

There's a lot of good to be said about this lesser-known gem; I'll try hard not to ramble or give anything away! This game can enthrall & spellbind, not by constantly announcing that there's something enthralling & spellbinding going on, but instead, simply by allowing you to play it out. As far as the gameplay, it just feels right; there's skill involved, but not on an overbearing level. It's just the right difficulty to cause you to feel triumphant when you conquer the game's challenges, but without feeling exhausted by the effort. It all adds up to a VERY satisfying experience, which I [place superlative adverb here] recommend to anybody who's not too shallow to enjoy a game for it's core content over its bells & whistles.

Reading some of the many reviews for this game, I notice a lot of people complaining of the games difficulty and that it is unforgiving against user errors. People need to keep in mind that games in the 90s were far more difficult than today, this is where the issue with hand-holding in modern games comes into it. If you think back to many classics, all of them were frustratingly hard... Baldurs Gate, Golden Axe, Flashback, Another World, Diablo to name but a few. All were hard, but when you beat something, you actually felt an accomplishment. I never beat this game, I never figured out the ship scene at the end... And without the internet as we have now, there were no real hints on how to actually defeat it... Perhaps now I can actually finish this though. But in truth, I very much doubt this game (or many on the site in general tbh) are designed for new gamers. It feeds off nostalgia which is what we love... If you've never played this before, expect it to hurt, but work through it and you may learn to love it.

Challenging gameplay, great puzzles, and a haunting and memorable atmosphere makes Another World a must play for fans of cinematic platformers.