I really wanted to like New 'n' Tasty as it is the remake of Abe's Oddysee, which is a beloved classic, but I found the remake to be utterly boring, and cheap at times, with many technical problems.

Even when major problems are fixed, some games just feel wrong to play with and New 'n' Tasty is one of them. The movement is janky, and some of the visuals just look awful. These aside, the game has a charming atmosphere, but somehow way more playful than the original, creating this very weird mixture of slapstick comedy and darker themes. It is called ODDworld after all.

Besides that, some of the level design is just awful, and unfun to play, and the puzzles are more on the experimental side, meaning that you cannot figure some of them out on your first try, and you need to die a lot in order to find a good solution. This is mostly due to the fact that the puzzles are mostly movement based.

I think for those who never played any Oddworld games before this one is a good entry point, but I recommend others to just stay away from it and stick with the original, even though this remake is the new starting point for the franchise from now on.

Reviewed on Dec 22, 2023


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