REVIEW OF ODDWORLD NEW'N TASTY

Oddworld! Just evoking Odyssey Abe should fill the heart of nostalgia gamers, both the special ambience that delivered them the title by the difficulty which has put off more than one at the time. This year, the team of Just Add Water Developments has therefore determined to make us relive this first adventure by delivering up to date! 

Solid foundations: why the change? 

Oddworld New'n'Tasty being a remake, it retains exactly the same story as the original album, simple but effective. Abe is a Mukodon that works (in a rather forced) in a meat factory, but the employee of the month realizes that the next recipe his bosses will consist of a main food : the Mukodon! So our hero will do everything to escape this hellish factory or traps and guards of all kinds try to block his path. In passing, he will if he wants to help his fellow men and the number of friends saved make the game will result in a bad or a good end. In short, the title also keeps its databases gameplay: a set of platforms involved in the infiltration and reflection, all sprinkled with a difficulty still quite intense, so much so that even the Easy mode s 'prove strong at one time or another. 

Abe can move silently communicate with other Mukodons, throwing various objects to distract Sligs (the main enemies of the game) or go into meditation to take control. Or fart once. Oh yeah, that's also what Oddworld! The difference in gameplay is the choice of developers about the screen play: the screen turn horizontally or vertically  as needed, and thus rewrite the puzzles in order to provide a bit of renewal for those already familiar with them Abe's Odyssey. And honestly, this idea gave the game an ultimately modernization.

New and tasty? It is aptly named! 

Of course, the gameplay is not the only one to have changed and it will be seen when immediately  in the main title with a makeover menu, as shown by the visage of Abe in full middle of the screen. I suggest you also go into the menu on the test sentences of Mukodon to see how his facial expressions have been worked on, especially when he is releasing a box, whistle, or meditate. Once the game started, we immediately see the difference with the original album: not once of aliasing, the effects of light and shadow and smoke are great. Also, there is no lack of loading times between cutscenes and phases of play, the game engine naturally manages the transition between them.

So ...

The guys at Just Add Water have understood how combinate the new with the old, the negative point is  the difficulty of the security and management of jumps that is not always optimal, but it's not that was reducing the charm of this game.

 Also, I want to remind that if the game exceeds 250,000 copies sold, developers will tackle a remake of the second album that is just as great Oddworld: Abe's Exodus. So if you were a fan of the original album go without any hesitation on this New'n'Tasty!

GRAPHICS    9/10

MUSIC 7/10

GAMEPLAY 7/10

LIFETIME 10/10

FUN 10/10

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