Oddworld Collection (Nintendo Switch)

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The Award - Updates". Interactive.org. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on June 15, 1998 . Retrieved April 8, 2023. Online Gaming Review". February 7, 1998. Archived from the original on February 7, 1998 . Retrieved April 18, 2023. Oddworld Plot Overview". Oddworld Inhabitants. Archived from the original on September 15, 2010 . Retrieved September 17, 2006. Further, it’s not always clear what Abe can and can’t grab ahold of or even where he can land safely. Part of this is the map design, but another part is the unusually busy outdoor environments which don’t look great compared to the PS5 version–not a huge surprise, but a lot of the environmental components look like vestiges of the PS3/Xbox 360 era.

Interview: Stewart Gilray, CEO of JAW Ltd". Expansive DLC. February 6, 2013 . Retrieved 2013-02-08. His initial goal is to escape the factory, but his destiny soon becomes much more important, and he’s charged with not only returning to RuptureFarms to bring the factory down, but also with rescuing the other Mudokons. Oddworld's Lorne Lanning bets that fans will love a 3D re-creation of Abe's Oddysee (interview)". Venture Beat. 2014-03-31 . Retrieved 2014-04-06. Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee remake 'New 'n' Tasty' coming to PS4". Joystiq. 2013-06-10 . Retrieved 2013-06-11.Inc, Oddworld Inhabitants. "Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty release date: Xbox One, PC, PS3 - Oddworld Inhabitants, Inc". Oddworld.com. Archived from the original on January 18, 2015 . Retrieved February 13, 2017. {{ cite web}}: |last= has generic name ( help) GDC 2016: We called it - Oddworld New 'n' Tasty is coming to mobile". 17 March 2016 . Retrieved 17 March 2016.

a b Glenn Percival (2013-08-20). "Stewart Ultra". www.psnation.com (Podcast). PS Nation . Retrieved 2013-12-24. Musgrave, Shaun (14 December 2017). " 'Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty!' Review – You Are What They Eat". TouchArcade . Retrieved 19 December 2020. I did learn through this experience that I don’t want to babysit other characters. Maybe it explains why I never gelled with the Yoshi’s Island games. I’d prefer to make my way through my adventure, only caring about myself, and bring freedom to the land with a big dramatic ending. Stopping to free any Mudokons I encountered along the way just felt ill-paced. Almost as if the mechanic were included to impede my progress and lengthen the play-time, as opposed to being a satisfying part of the process.New 'n' Tasty and Stranger's Wrath HD headed for Nintendo Wii U". Oddworld Inhabitants. 2013-06-11. Archived from the original on 2013-06-16 . Retrieved 2013-06-12. Along the way, the player encounters other Mudokons that he can rescue. By holding down the GameSpeak button and pressing various commands, Abe can command them to follow him, stay put, and activate mechanisms, as well as praise or scold them. Sometimes Abe will have to go through certain procedures to persuade a certain Mudokon, such as responding to whistles. Mudokons can be rescued by safely leading them past traps and enemies to bird portals, which can be activated by chanting. If the player rescues at least 50 Mudokons (of the possible 99) during the course of the game, the Mudokons rescue Abe in the good ending of the game. [8] [9] a b c d e f Mac Paladin (2014-01-14). "Fragments of Silicon". msp.starshipmoonhawk.com (Podcast). Moonhawk Studios Presents. Archived from the original on 2014-02-21 . Retrieved 2014-02-03.

The game centers on the eponymous Abe, a meek Mudokon slave at the RuptureFarms meat processing factory. When he discovers that he and his fellow Mudokons are to be slaughtered to make a new product, Abe decides to escape and liberate as many enslaved Mudokons as he can. The player assumes the role of Abe as he attempts a perilous quest to emancipate his downtrodden people. a b Donlan, Christian (21 July 2014). "Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty! review". Eurogamer . Retrieved 21 July 2014. a b c d e Fielder, Joe (October 15, 1997). "GameSpot Review PS version". GameSpot . Retrieved July 25, 2019. Images tweeted by the developers [21] [22] and the first footage released at Eurogamer Expo on September 30, 2012 revealed the platformer will be presented in 2.5D (2D gameplay with 3D visuals) and has abandoned the original's flip screen aspect in favor of continuous scrolling, which dramatically changes the gameplay. [23] In the original, the player could reset a screen's puzzle or AI, by returning to the previous screen and then re-entering the current one. Now, with realtime screen streaming, the developers needed to find a new way to reset enemy AI. [24] However, Gilray has stated that they have discussed the idea of giving players the choice of playing the updated game with the original's style of flip screens. [7]Gamespeak is controlled via the PlayStation 4 controller's D-Pad. Up is "Hello", Right is "Follow Me", Down is "Wait" and - from Exoddus - Left is "All O'Ya" which makes speaking to more than one Mudokon much easier. Lankton, Shawn (January 18, 1998). "Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee review at Go Inside". Archived from the original on January 14, 2009 . Retrieved September 17, 2006. Soulstorm feels less like a new game and more like an expansion of New ‘n’ Tasty, and seems to differentiate itself by asking you to juggle small groups of Modokons at any given time. You may be asked to rescue them from a multi-level structure that requires a good amount of stealth, item use, giving direction, and avoiding environmental hazards. Losing too many Modokons ends the game early, so you’re almost encouraged to replay levels where you wind up losing too many NPCs. Granted, Soulstorm does more or less ramp up the difficulty and complexity pretty well, so you’re never presented with a situation that is completely alien to you. That said, there’s a lot of trial and error, and some of that is due to Soulstorm’s iffy controls. In-game promotional signs for the next ‘tasty treat’ in Abe's Oddysee were labelled New ‘n’ Tasty. We ran a community poll to name the game (it was previously called Abe HD) and New ‘n’ Tasty was the runaway winner.

I recently broke down and bought the Switch version of DOOM (2016) on sale because I’d been impressed by Panic Button’s ports. While perfectly serviceable, that port appears to be missing a couple layers of graphical fidelity, as though a few texture or lightning effects are simply missing from the environments. It’s much the same situation here, but with so much puzzle-solving tied to reading your surroundings in Soulstorm, it’s a bit more frustrating. Nate interviews Lorne Lanning - Oddblog". The Oddworld Library. Oddblog. Archived from the original on May 20, 2009 . Retrieved May 3, 2021. Staff (September 10, 1997). "Massive Marketing Campaign from GT". PC Gamer US. Archived from the original on October 12, 1997 . Retrieved August 6, 2018.

The Game Boy port was released as Oddworld Adventures; it was developed by Saffire and published by GT Interactive in 1998. The game is a significantly cut-down version of Abe's Oddysee, with only a few similar levels and a condensed plot (Abe starts out as a native Mudokon, so the opening levels in RuptureFarms are absent from this version). [44] The ultimate goal is to finish the single player storyline and bring down RuptureFarms from within. Completionists will want to rescue every fellow Mudokon along the way, which will involve seeking out secret areas and completing optional puzzles. Fielder, Joe (February 6, 1998). "Next Oddworld Titles Revealed". GameSpot. Archived from the original on March 3, 2000. Puzzle platformer with two control schemes, to appeal to modern gamers and also provide for those who prefer a more digital approach. Round-up of Oddworld News at E3". Oddworld Inhabitants. 2013-06-11. Archived from the original on 2014-10-24 . Retrieved 2013-06-12.