08/1997
Path: news.uh.edu!barrett From: nicholk@cs.rhbnc.ac.uk (Nicholas J. Kingsley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.reviews Subject: MINI-REVIEW: Another World Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.games Date: 21 May 1994 20:41:20 GMT Organization: The Amiga Online Review Column - ed. Daniel Barrett Lines: 91 Sender: amiga-reviews@math.uh.edu (comp.sys.amiga.reviews moderator) Distribution: world Message-ID: <2rlrlg$ff7@masala.cc.uh.edu> Reply-To: nicholk@cs.rhbnc.ac.uk (Nicholas J. Kingsley) NNTP-Posting-Host: karazm.math.uh.edu Keywords: game, strategy, arcade, commercial Originator: barrett@karazm.math.uh.edu PRODUCT NAME Another World BRIEF DESCRIPTION Another World is a game set in (logically enough) another world. The idea is to get out alive and back to Earth. AUTHOR/COMPANY INFORMATION Name: Delphine Software Address: US GOLD Birmingham, England LIST PRICE 14.95 UK pounds (budget) SPECIAL HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS HARDWARE The box just says it's compatible with the Amiga 500, 500+, 600, 1500, and 2000. However, as it's compatible with the A600, it should work on an A1200. It should work with accelerators, although the game may go too fast. SOFTWARE None given. COPY PROTECTION The game comes on two disks. The disks are themselves un-protected and thus are copyable. However, every time you play the game you do have to enter in a code (from the supplied code wheel). Once slight error and you have to re-load the game. REVIEW Once you are past the protection system (see above), you are shown a very well animated introduction. Once you've seen it a few times, you may want to skip it. Unfortunately, for some reason this is not possible, and so you have to sit and watch it. However, once past the intro, the main game is only a short load and a disk swap away. The object of the game is to get to the next level intact, while solving some devilish puzzles along the way. The first level sees you materialising in some water, where you must swim to the surface before you become octopus food. On this first level, the quality of the graphics will get you and you'll decide whether you will like the game or not. Although the puzzles are not particularly hard, you may feel that dying for the umpteenth time at the hands of some killer worms is getting to be rather annoying. However, come what may, you should continue just to get the code word for the next level. As I said previously, the graphics and animation are very well done, and in the case of the animation, it is very smooth. However, it's the main sprite (your character) that lets things down - at times it appears that he's skating instead of walking, and often you find that the collision detection, is at times poor, although it does work in your favour. Overall, it's a excellent game graphically, and has very good gameplay, although it can be quite hard at times. It is well worth buying, especially at budget prices. - Nicholas J. Kingsley nicholk@cs.rhbnc.ac.uk --- Daniel Barrett, Moderator, comp.sys.amiga.reviews Send reviews to: amiga-reviews-submissions@math.uh.edu Request information: amiga-reviews-requests@math.uh.edu Moderator mail: amiga-reviews@math.uh.edu Anonymous ftp site: math.uh.edu, in /pub/Amiga/comp.sys.amiga.reviews