Game:

Heart of the Alien (1994)

Category:

Let's Play

Duration: 51:34

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Another World, or Out of this World depending on the region, was released in 1991 on the Commodore Amiga and has seen many ports including modern re-releases. It was revolutionary in its storytelling and use of 2d polygon shapes for graphics instead of pixel art. Its distinct look has aged well and this version of the game on the Sega CD / Mega CD comes with a CD audio soundtrack that no other game has - not even the anniversary releases. These modern ports are lazy and awful in other respects too in my opinion so I chose this version.

The game is short and the gameplay often consists of trial and error as well as precise timing. Dragon's Lair was the inspiration for this game after all. If you die, you get reset to a checkpoint. I've died many more times than is shown in this playthrough, but since you restart from a fixed checkpoint, I just cut out the other failed attempts to save everyone some time. The environmental storytelling is great though. This game have been on my backlog for a long time and it was worth playing it.

The "sequel", Heart of the Alien, was only released on the Sega CD. Its style is a bit different to the original and the game is not as good, but I included it in this playthrough for completion. The gameplay is much less refined than that of the original and overall pretty average, but it concludes the story of our human protagonist.

00:00 - Start
00:12 - Out of this World - Intro
02:45 - Out of this World - Game
25:03 - Out of this World - End
25:51 - Heart of the Alien - Intro
29:52 - Heart of the Alien - Game
48:01 - Heart of the Alien - End

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