12DOVE Verdict
Pros
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Was great the first time
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Beautifully created alien culture
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Touches of genius remain
Cons
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Incredibly hard and short
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Not worth the cash
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Was great the first time
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Nostalgia is a dangerous thing. We remember Out of this World’s beautifully animated alien vistas and a cinematic and narrative edge conjured up with nary a syllable of the written or spoken word.
What we don’t remember, however, is the hours we must have spent as a 12-year-old screaming and shouting as the game forcedus to replay the same bastard-hard cavern jumping sequences after a cruel one-shot kill from a lumbering monkey-man guard. Games just used to be harder, and we were used to repetition back then. Whoever patented the quicksave must be rich by now…
More info
| Genre | Adventure |
| Description | The Amiga classic Out of this World returns after 13 years with HD graphics and new sounds for your PC. |
| Platform | "PC" |
| Release date | 1 January 1970 (US), 1 January 1970 (UK) |
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