Another World: 20th Anniversary Edition (2011)
Another World: 20th Anniversary Edition is a 2011 platform video game made by Focus Entertainment and Eric Chahi.
The 20th Anniversary Edition of Another World brings Éric Chahi's 1991 landmark to modern screens with redrawn high-resolution backgrounds, crisper polygon edges, and remastered sound, while keeping a toggle to the original pixel art at any moment. Touch controls and a virtual D-pad open it to mobile play, and three difficulty modes let newcomers experience the story without the brutal trial-and-error of the original release. The core, a wordless alliance between a stranded physicist and an alien prisoner, remains untouched.
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What is Another World: 20th Anniversary Edition about?
The 20th Anniversary Edition of Another World brings Éric Chahi's 1991 landmark to modern screens with redrawn high-resolution backgrounds, crisper polygon edges, and remastered sound, while keeping a toggle to the original pixel art at any moment. Touch controls and a virtual D-pad open it to mobile play, and three difficulty modes let newcomers experience the story without the brutal trial-and-error of the original release. The core, a wordless alliance between a stranded physicist and an alien prisoner, remains untouched.
When was Another World: 20th Anniversary Edition released?
Another World: 20th Anniversary Edition was released on 6 September 2011.
Who made Another World: 20th Anniversary Edition?
Another World: 20th Anniversary Edition was made by Focus Entertainment, Eric Chahi and The Digital Lounge.
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The same spare, cinematic language that made the original so striking runs through this edition intact. If the visual storytelling draws you, Half-Life 2 built on the same vocabulary of environmental narrative a decade later, letting the world speak before the player does.
An alliance with someone who doesn't speak your language
Another World stays wordless throughout, built on trust between a stranded physicist and an alien prisoner who share no language. These stories lean on that same bond: an astronaut and an alien learning to cooperate light-years from home, a boy and his robot cat improvising through crisis after crisis, a traveler and his strange companion crossing the stars, and two friends whose loyalty holds under pressure.
Games where the hero never says a word
Another World's physicist never speaks a line of dialogue, the whole story told through action and atmosphere alone. These games trust the same silence: a resistance fighter crossing an occupied city without a word of explanation, a test subject whose only voice is the puzzles she solves, its sequel raising the stakes with the same mute resolve, and a wanderer whose fate unfolds however the player chooses to act.
Albums about being lost far out in space
Another World stands out for a hero stranded on a planet that offers no explanation and no way home. These records chase that same isolation: a rock opera about a migrator lost among the stars, an apocalyptic vision of black holes and revelations, a warning about simulated futures closing in, a rapper's journey through a ruined future year 3030, and a genetic dystopia scored like grand tragedy.