Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee - New 'n' Tasty! (PC) Review

Whilst Soulstorm is drastically altering aspects of the title it is bringing to the modern age, New 'n' Tasty stays a lot truer to form. The fully three-dimensional environments provide a more dynamic and closer look at Abe and the dystopian world he lives in, but in terms of the level layouts and gameplay at large, this is familiar territory for anyone that has played Abe's Oddysee in the past.

A strictly side-scrolling affair, plenty of improvements have been brought to this remake, such as added save options (checkpoints, quick saving and loading), difficulty options, and doing away with screen transitions to allow gameplay to flow more smoothly. Some additional save slots would have been beneficial, since points of no return exist, and it can be a bummer realising you cannot go back to rescue any missed Mudokons. Unfortunately, forced control stick movement is certainly a bugbear that seems odd considering actual analogue inputs aren't possible; Abe walks when it is pushed, and only runs with a button press.

Although New 'n' Tasty still comes with the frustrations of the original, and it is prone to the odd glitch or two, searching for and saving every Mudokon is an enormous, yet incredibly rewarding task. Extra secret areas that hold additional workers provide more thought-provoking puzzle sections, as Abe attempts to figure out how to get his buddies home and free whilst distracting, killing, or taking over enemies, and the humour contrasts perfectly with the harsh conditions of RuptureFarms and its bleak world.