Out of This World

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Out of This World - by Lord Nazerous

Introduction:

Some time in the future a scientist named Lester Knight Chaykin, is conducting some sort of experiment. Some how, by accident or on purpose, he is transported from his lab, to the bottom of a reservoir. He swims up, and after some exploring comes across some sort of beast. Lester Knight, runs, but it looks as though he will be caught. Then a laser blast shoots out from behind a group of rocks, and shoots the creature dead. A strange humanoid creature emerges from the rocks. But in mere, seconds the creature fires at Lester and is rendered unconscious.
Out of This World is a 1-player side-scrolling action/adventure/thinking game. Whew! ;) Some might call this an RPG, but it's really not. There's aspects of all types of games in Out of This World (OTW) but it doesn't really fit any perticular one of them.

Graphics [8/10]:

The game is played using polygon renderings. While these don't look quite "up to snuff" with some of the more recent SNES games using this technology, they are still rather impressive. You play as Lester Knight Chaykrin through out the entire game. He jumps, walks, and shoots with rather realistic movements. There isn't too much variety in the enemies you encounter, but there is enough. One of the major down falls with the graphics , is the slowdown. Most of the time there is a huge amount of things happening on the screen at once, and the game noticeably slows down. It's not terrible, but it does get annoying.The colors are not quite as vivid and bright as they should be. Also on this game is excellent movie cut-scenes. The movies, like the game itself, are done in polygons. But the movies have close-ups run faster and look better. The opening scene would have been good enough, but there's several movies between some levels, mini-movies in between sections, and even 'death' movies that run if your character dies a certain way. The movies are a huge addition to this game.

Music and Sound [7/10]:

I like the way the music is put together and the way it works, but there isn't enough variety to it. When you enter a dangerous situation the music changes, from a mellow sound to a hyped-up action sound. This is really cool until 3/4 of the way through the game, when you can predict which music will play when. The music is good, but there's not too many different tracks in the game. It gets old.
The sound effects are good, and there is a little more variety in them, than in the music. There's lasers, super laser, doors opening, foot steps, punches and a little speech, for sound effects. But even though there is a bit of variety, it really doesn't have as much as it should.

Game Play [9/10]:

Out of This World has so many things going for it. It's part action/adventure/thinking games. Throw in a little story, and you almost have an epic of a game. You get a laser (that can be charged, if you hold in the fire button) that can shoot lasers, create a weak force-field, and shoot a super blast. All of this is used to try and escape your alien captors. You can shoot the guards, but out smarting them seems to work a little better. There's switches, levers, and special maneuvers that you must find and discover to advance to the next area. OTW is a semi-realistic game. Lester can't jump half way across the screen. He can only make humanly possible jumps. One hit from a weapon can kill him or the enemies (you can evade weapon fire). And falling a couple hundred feet actually kills you ;) There's so many unique and fun things you can do in this game.

Challenge and Replay [9/10]:

This game is very VERY tough. You have to use fast reflexes and your wit to pass this game. It's not uncommon to have to replay the level anywhere from four to fifteen times! You do have infinite lives, so you can take your time, and figure out the levels your stuck on.
There isn't too much in the way of replay. I'll be going back to play it many times, but once you know what to do, it sort-of ruins it. But then again knowing what to do and pulling it off are two different things!

Conclusion/Overall [8.2/10]

Why this game hasn't been released as a players choice? I don't know. But thinking about this game one word comes to mind 'Classic'. This is the type of game, given half a chance, could easily become a classic. This isn't a game for younger players, not because of content, but because of the difficulty and timing needed for this game. If your looking for a beatable challenge and an all around fun game (and don't mind a little slow down) Out of This World is for you.

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