The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds is a dark and breathtaking new vision of the classic H.G. Wells novel, retold as a 2D side-scrolling platformer, and narrated by the acclaimed actor, Patrick Stewart.
The War of the Worlds is a platform developed by Other Ocean Interactive, released 26 October 2011 on Xbox 360.
What The War of the Worlds is
The War of the Worlds is a platform game developed by Other Ocean Interactive and released in 2011. It was published by Paramount Digital Entertainment. It is available on Xbox 360 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The War of the Worlds is a dark and breathtaking new vision of the classic H.G. Wells novel, retold as a 2D side-scrolling platformer, and narrated by the acclaimed actor, Patrick Stewart.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the The War of the Worlds series
The War of the Worlds is the seventh of 7 entries we hold in the The War of the Worlds series. It arrived 6 years after War of the Worlds. It is the most recent released entry in the series.
How it was received
The War of the Worlds holds a critic score of 40 out of 100. That places it above 3% of the 2,373 rated platform games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 28 points below the year average.
What it launched against
The War of the Worlds launched on 26 October 2011, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham City, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception and Battlefield 3. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham City, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Battlefield 3.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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