Heart of Darkness 1998

Is it still worth playing?

A child named Andy goes after his dog, Whisky, who has been kidnapped by shadow like spectres. It is a cinematic platformer for the PlayStation and Windows, supervised by Éric Chahi, with an original score by Bruce Broughton. It has about half an hour of cinematic sequences and thousands of 2D animated frames over pre-rendered backgrounds. The linear story moves through environments and puzzles while Andy avoids evil shadows, hungry wildlife and perilous obstacles. Beyond running, jumping and climbing, a plasma cannon shoots lightning that disintegrates shadows, and special powers can also grow and destroy trees from seeds. Tries are unlimited, with a return to the last checkpoint. A fable with a handmade look has a place in any collection today.