August Assassination #2
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A very faithful remaster of the original, which is not a good thing.
Oddworld: Abe's Odyssee was a game known for being a poor puzzler disguising as a platformer. Controls are very stiff and unresponsive, with Abe moving on a grid and frequently coming short or long of jumps, throws, and literally any action. Gameplay involves a lot of dying and quick-loading. A lot. An entire lot. It is designed around it. If you love reaching a new screen and dying to each and every hazard as you figure out the 'solution' to it, you might have fun. I didn't. Particularly because even when I knew the solution to a screen, the clunky controls would usually prevent me from executing it.
Well, but those are all criticisms of the original right, but the remaster has better graphics so it has to be better, right? Wrong. I ran the original on GOG without any issues, yet this version is so poorly optimized that I could barely get double-digit FPS. On the same PC where I play Red Dead Redemption 2, Elden Ring and The Last of Us. With mods and minimal quality settings I was able to barely get 20 FPS, enough to play and beat it. The sound is mostly the same as the original, which means I want to punch Abe every time he has something to say with his nasal voice, and so many 'Simon Says' puzzles require you to hear the constant grunt from the world inhabitants and many, many, many fart jokes and noises.
It's honestly a game I regret having played and I wish no one else had to go through the same experience
Yeah I won the original and bounced hard off it due to the control sluggishness. It’s one of those games I want to like, but I guess I won’t be trying the remaster. Have you played the sequels, and would you consider them any nicer? (“Congratulations” on finishing it)
Thank you! I haven’t played the sequels. This game (and the original) left a sour taste in my mouth, so I lost interest in the franchise entirely. I have all three old games on GOG, Stranger’s Wrath on Steam and this one as a SG win, but I already hid all GA’s for Soulstorm haha maybe the other games are better, but with my backlog, I’m not willing to check them out :(