Another World (video Game) - Legacy

Legacy

A sequel titled Heart of the Alien was developed by Interplay released exclusively for the Sega Mega-CD in 1994. The game is similar in graphics and gameplay, as the player plays as Lester's alien friend ("Buddy"). Chahi had nothing to do with the development of the sequel, beyond suggesting "redesigning the game from the alien point of view," by which he meant making an alternative version of the original game but was misunderstood.

The French company which produced Another World, Delphine Software, has since gone into administrative receivership and Another World remains their most recognized game. Paul Cuisset's 1992 game Flashback, also released by Delphine but made without the involvement of Chahi, features similar gameplay and graphics and makes a few nods to Another World, including the use of personal force fields in combat, a nearly identical end text in the ending cutscene, and an almost exact motion recreation of the gun pickup cutscene. A very similar plot premise was used in 1999's Outcast by Infogrames. The game had also a big influence on several game other designers. Fumito Ueda cited it as an inspiration for his creation of Ico. Hideo Kojima, creator of the Metal Gear Solid series, said that is was one of the five games that influenced him the most.

Eric Chahi returned to the concept of cinematic platform games after leaving Delphine. In 1998, he and his company Amazing Studio made Heart of Darkness, which is in many ways a spiritual successor to Another World. After that, Chahi disappeared from the game industry for several years, but in 2005 he regained interest in making video games. In 2011, Ubisoft released his next game, From Dust.

The game has also been featured in music. Dubstep artist Obsidia wrote "Another World" and included voice bits from the game.