Whereas the original title, simply named 'Oddworld: Abe's Odyssey' was developed and published by 'Oddworld Inhabitants' and 'GT Interactive', the 2014 remastered edition got renamed as 'Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty' and was developed by 'Just Add Water'.
During the titles first outing on Playstation 1, Abe's Odyssey received a fair amount of criticism as young players felt that there was too steep a learning curve, and they also did not approve of the game only saving at specified checkpoints, however, these were mostly overlooked thanks to the good graphics, cut-scenes, and new innovative gameplay.
The title itself revolves around Abe, a Mudokon slave, who works at a meat processing plant called 'Rupture Farms'. The intro story tells a tale of Abe finding out something horrible about a new recipe that his Masters have, and takes it upon himself to free the other Mudokons and escape the factory.
The gameplay is a 2-D platform game and puts players in charge of Abe, giving them the task of leading him around the factory, solving puzzles and avoiding enemies whilst rescuing your friends. Whilst in control of Abe, you have the ability to make him talk and direct the survivors, as well as being able to make them follow you, stay put, activate switches and such. An interesting ability is also Abe's power to 'possess' creatures known as Sligs, half biological half mech lifeforms. Using this, he can make the Slig kill itself, move it around, and also use it's gun to hurt and destroy other Sligs. However this power can be hindered by protective orbs at various points, and these will zap and eventually kill Abe should he try and possess anything.
A new feature in New 'n' Tasty compared to the originals is the online feature of Leaderboards. The original makers had seen that fans of the game had been making speedrun challenges, so now you can compare your fastest time, amount of Mudokons saved and of course, how many PSN players have completed the game to 100%.
In our opinion, Oddworld:New 'n' Tasty is a fantastic addition to your digital collection, and although at times can be very frustrating working out what your meant to do, is at the same time an extremely fun game to play!