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Revisiting Another World

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hate-those-slug-thingies dept.

The Delphine Software title Another World was a singular experience in early 90's gaming. The game is coming back to life in the here-and-now, in the hands of creator Eric Chahi. From the Edge Online article: "It's a collector's re-issue, not a remake ... When I created Another World I was already thinking that one day it would be able to run on higher end computers. The idea was to create something that respected the original release, so the enhanced backgrounds are in harmony with the flat polygon animations. And, of course, the game in its original 16 color form will be available too."

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  1. Excellent by zoeblade · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The original game was already beautiful, with stunning animation (achieved by rotoscoping, soon to become popular again when A Scanner Darkly comes out). It was really quite amazing considering it was all "conceived, written, programmed, drawn, and rendered by one individual" (see the Wikipedia link). This looks like an update that actually stays true to the original, making it closer to what its creator originally wanted to make had the technology existed at the time, only with a slightly slicker look. Let's hope it is as good as it looks.

  2. Re:A look on things to come? by daenris · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The X-Box and whatever Sony's machine was called are good to a point

    Wait. Whatever Sony's machine was called? Are you serious? And you're posting on Slashdot about games?

    Give me a second... I think my brain is going to explode :)