Against All Odds
Against All Odds is an Adobe Flash video game developed by UNHCR designed to teach players about the plight of refugees.
Against All Odds is an indie developed by UNHCR, released 10 May 2005 on Web browser.
What Against All Odds is
Against All Odds is an indie game developed by UNHCR and released in 2005. It is available on Web browser only. It runs on Adobe Flash Player.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In Against All Odds, the player takes the role of a refugee and plays through twelve stages – depicting his persecution and flight from his native country, through to eventual integration into a foreign country as an asylum seeker. Complementing the game is a facts repository detailing the history of asylum and refugee testimonies. A teacher's guide section provides discussion points and lesson ideas for the classroom. The game takes approximately 45 minutes to play through, coinciding with the typical length of a lesson.[
How it plays
It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are action and educational. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
What it launched against
Against All Odds launched on 10 May 2005, within three weeks of Psychonauts, Guild Wars, Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and Forza Motorsport.
Released around the same time: Psychonauts, Guild Wars, Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, Forza Motorsport.
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