Another World: 20th Anniversary Edition

 PlayStation 4
User Score
5.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 78 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 78
  2. Mixed: 27 out of 78
  3. Negative: 25 out of 78
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  1. Smurfman256
    Jul 19, 2014
    4
    This game has not aged well. I don't mean in it's presentation; I can stand old looking visuals and low-quality audio since this game IS 20-something years old. That's not the reason why this game hasn't aged well. The reasons why it hasn't aged well are it's clunky controls and insistence ion frustrating mechanics that make this feel less like a game and more like pulling your toenailsThis game has not aged well. I don't mean in it's presentation; I can stand old looking visuals and low-quality audio since this game IS 20-something years old. That's not the reason why this game hasn't aged well. The reasons why it hasn't aged well are it's clunky controls and insistence ion frustrating mechanics that make this feel less like a game and more like pulling your toenails out. The controls, in an attempt to make the character feel more realistic, are slow, clunky, and rather unresponsive. Slow in that it takes a while for your character to even think about moving his left big toe to begin walking. Clunky in that, in addition to the sluggishness of your character, movement is restricted to those that can only be done in real life. You can't jump twice your height; only about six or seven inches off the ground. Unresponsive in that sometimes your character will just decide to NOT move in the direction that you told him to, or sometimes not at all.

    I feel that these could be forgiven if the gameplay was smooth and intuitive enough.

    NOPE.

    Platforming is clunky, requiring pixel-perfect lands to continue without instantly dying. Combat, is twitch-based and requires you to time your shots carefully so that way you don't die instantly, all enemies have hidden moves that they don't show until you're right next to them that kill you instantly, all falls kill you instantly, water kills you instantly, you can run into a room and have no idea what's in the next screen and have whatever is in there kill you instantly. Did I mention the instant deaths in this game? And the worst part is that the game uses an extremely inconsistent checkpoint system where, at some points, you'll have to complete large, extremely difficult sections of the game because you accidentally mistimed your jump and fell into a pit and died instantly. All of this stuff can't hide that fact that these frustration measures are used to stretch a 45-minute game to around two to three hours in length.

    Save your $8 ($10 on PC for some odd reason) and watch the Game Grumps fail miserably at it; it'll be INFINITELY more fun than going through it yourself.    … Expand
  2. DrFriendless
    Sep 20, 2018
    1
    I got my first computer in 1985. I may have played this game then. Or I may have dumped it for a good game.
  3. JoshLuck1995
    Jan 27, 2015
    2
    Avoid this utter pile of crap. the controls are off. the puzzles are just bizzare and not fun. the story is just lifeless, well the whole game feels lifeless, its just boring, repepttive, and doesnt belong on a modern day gaming machine, maybe on the old ones where i can appreciate how good this game was but in todays age, its complete crap.
  4. Nel
    Apr 24, 2017
    2
    The controls are absolutely garbage. The game is otherwise fine, but is maybe 40min long or so. probably not worth it. A lot of better games out there.
  5. Entertainer
    Aug 4, 2020
    1
    The controls... omg the controls. They are SO BAD, they make Alone in the dark and Flashback feel like free flowing lovely 2019 platformers. Miserable. Wanted to claw my brains out after 2 minutes of playing.
    Graphics are crap too, even if the game of course is very old. I've heard/read that the story is supposed to be good but to be honest, I never played long enough to experience it -    The controls... omg the controls. They are SO BAD, they make Alone in the dark and Flashback feel like free flowing lovely 2019 platformers. Miserable. Wanted to claw my brains out after 2 minutes of playing.
    Graphics are crap too, even if the game of course is very old. I've heard/read that the story is supposed to be good but to be honest, I never played long enough to experience it - deleted the game after 5 minutes. The game has aged awfully.    … Expand

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Metascore
53

Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 6
  3. Negative: 2 out of 6
  1. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Aug 26, 2014
    60
    Today it carries far more historical worth than it does actual entertainment. [Sept 2014, p.110]
  2. Playstation Official Magazine Australia
    Aug 25, 2014
    70
    Brutally difficult and timelessly fun. Another World is an important game, but also overpriced. [September 2014, p77]
  3. Games Master UK
    Aug 24, 2014
    22
    It has aged terribly. [Oct 2014, p.80]
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