People bash Unity for all the crap that's been pumped out with it. But if Unity didn't exist, those people would've used Unreal Engine or something else, and THAT would get the bad rep.
@AniGamer Reviews Yeah, like City Skylines, Genshin Impact, Valheim, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Legends of Runeterra, Fall Guys, League of Legends: Wild Rift and Subnautica - to name a few.
Unity can literally do exactly what unreal can do, unreal just has a 'better' name then Unity sadly. Also surprisingly a lot of games are made in Unity like escape from tarvo, just most people don't leave the Unity splash art on unlike with unreal
I mean... Genshin Impact is a good example too, albeit a much more cell-shaded and stylized example. And yes, Genshin Impact IS actually made with Unity, as suprising as it might be for a game of this quality There's also Escape from Tarkov, which is, imo a perfect showcase of how far you can take the Unity engine in term of realistic details
Lorn Lanning said for Exodus that it was a rushed story cause Sony told them make a game for next Christmas and he couldn't write the story he wanted. So to him it was kinda a disappointing but with the success of New N Tasty he was able to make the story he wanted for Exodus.
It wasn't Sony that rushed them, it was GT interactive who wanted a sequel to oddysee, but yeah Lorne said they had about 9 months to complete exoddus and they had to reuse assets like Paramites and Scrabs
Its crazy to realize that the most recent non-remastered game from Oddworld Inhabitants before Soulstorm was Stranger's Wrath all the way back from 2005! I'd love to see a continuation of that game since it left on an open-ended cliffhanger.
@@adammonks591 More like a reimagining. It's the game Lanning originally wanted to make but wasn't able to make due to hardware limitations and a 9 month deadline. It retells the story of Exoddus with many changes and additions and its different enough in level design and gameplay to be considered a new game, in my personal opinion. But yes, the next game should finally have a new narrative to really move forward with the Oddworld universe.
I'm currently playing through Soulstorm and while I do like it, I think I would've preferred a remake of Abe's Exoddus rather than a complete reimagining of it. They've cut out too much of what made Exoddus great - the music, the Mudanchee and Modomo levels, Bonewerkz, paramites and scrabs, the quicksave option and, of course, exploding farts! The thing that made these games so unique from the beginning was that you played as a lowly meat factory worker with no weapons - all you had to survive were stealth, chanting and using the environment (set traps/bombs etc) against the bad guys. The new crafting system, while adding a fun new element and way of fighting to the series, also took something away for me.
Please, please let ppl know that Soulstorm is an improvement upon New n Tasty and a quality Oddworld game. It's receiving unfair criticism and is rated 16 points lower than NnT.
This review is outstanding - you go into such detail regarding so many elements of the game, and the gameplay footage you provide is beautiful. This video is so enlightening and rewarding!
Lanning wants to break into making a series. The game was secondary to the cinematics. Which is weird, because I still prefer many of the cutscenes from Exoddus (the three spirits with missing limbs; the blind ones digging up bones). Overall, I am really pretty disappointed with Soulstorm. A few funky features don't make up for A) lack of music B) lack of gamespeak C) lack of quicksave D) lack of nature and cool new creature designs ... If they make a show it'll probably be really weird. Like the Dark Crystal series ... Take a breather, Oddworld. You need to go back to the source ......
I've never played Abe's Exodus or the other games. But I sure played and watched my parents get through Oddassey. Hopefully we can pick this up some day.
I understand they wanted to make something bigger and newer, but I loved Abe's Exoddus and I'm genuinely sad they didn't remake it in the same way they remade Oddysee.
Man, the original Abe’s Odyssey intrigued me and terrified me. I can still hear the original, robotic toy sounding walk they make and when I accidentally was too loud, them saying “whAt”. And their menacing beavis and butthead type laugh they make after killing you.
Ikr, Oddworld was genuine spooky and that's why I couldn't stop thinking about it. I had chills in the zones out of rupturefarms, being chased by that random Scrab, and then entering the bluest night, with the "talking" fireflies...
With New 'n' Tasty if someone asked me "should I play it and/or the original Oddysee game" I could safely say just play the remake. However, with Soulstorm it leaves so much out that Exoddus had that they have a totally different feel, and further Exoddus is the closer continuation in terms of the game play, so I recommend people play both, but preferably Exoddus then Soulstorm.
I'd say play the original for both games. New 'n' Tasty just messed too much with the original art style for me and the animations especially in cutscenes look way jankier
One thing I miss with the sligs, is the forward facing visor. I remember that for the anatomy of sligs, they had small eyes placed on the sides of their heads, so it made sense that a minion with a gun and sideway view eyes, would have a visor that focuses their vision in front of them so they can aim. Sure, it makes the sligs less expressive with their eyes than the ones with the pilot masks, but still, kinda takes away. from the practical effect it had. Kinda still wish when sligs were designated into categories of specialised forces, they'd have appropriate masks to suit the role.
Thanks for making these cool videos. I’m a long time game dev and I appreciate your content dude. Enjoyable and interesting analysis and presented in a chill way. Very much enjoy them 💪
Nice video! The only criticism I have for it was your comparison with the lighting, really you should also consider the original game on PS1 and it's art direction. New 'n' Tasty might look pretty and have give scenes variety, but It doesn't have any meaning other than looking nice, the original PS1 game had a focus in looking like a realistic alien world, So flashy bloom effects and unrealistic uses of colour in environments wouldn't make sense. I think Soulstorm does a way better job at capturing the originals direction and attempts to give environments a more consistent lighting in line with its depressing tone. The only moments of more fanciful lighting are in either the important spiritual keeper cave or deep within the factories at there powerful core, like it makes sense to make those more colourful to extenuate there importance and power within the world... I know that was a long ramble, but theres more to art direction and design then just making something look colourful and pretty.
Great review! I definitely think that this is a superior quality of a game but to be honest, I would’ve definitely liked to see a New n’ Tasty aspect on Exodus. If you haven’t played the sequel before, it is amazing and there are numerous new features that were pushed out in an extremely short development stand!
No hate for Soulstorm.. But for me the first game was "Exodus" and there for this stings a bit when the "Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty " Is so nice. I kinda wished for a remaster of Exodus then a remake or reimagining... Thats all. No hate for Soulstorm, just hoped for a remaster of exodus. No matter if it was rushed or not.. And well you cannot chant tro walls.. etc.. kinda wierd. Why cant the spirit go around the wall.. or tro it like before. But again SoulStorm is a totaly diffrent game than it's roots Exodus. So no hate for it.. just not what I hoped for :P
reduced fall damage, an inventory bar, and double jumping. Great, yet another platformer with no feeling. Total betrayal of all the elements that made the OG games great.
If I have time I'll certainly look into it. I'm really excited to finish this GTA documentary though. That will be my main focus for the next few weeks. Got a special comparison coming out tomorrow that I'm working on currently first
soulstorm is kinda sabotaged by its first 5 levels being reallllly tutorialized. as soon as the game opens up with your full craft toolkit it gets much more fun.
@@jayr7991 Maybe, but Soulstorm is difficult in a very annoying way. The checkpoint system makes it so that if you fail a challenge that had lootables in the room, after you respawn you have to loot everything again. You also can't reset the checkpoints without going to a different one. Exodus had a quiksave system that allowed you to save whenever you wanted and it didn't an issue with having to repeat simple things every time you died. So while I think Soulstorm is technically more difficult than exodus at times, I think a lot of the difficulty stems from bad game design instead of genuine challenge.
Funny how on PS4 for PSN+ members got this game for "free". I quote free because you have to pay for the membership but for a year subscription kind of pays for itself overall and I've came into some series because of it. Oddworld I may give a try now.
I believe the PS Plus freebie is only on the ps5, on ps4 you have to buy it. also nothing was Free on the ps plus, the subscription on the least is 7$ for one month or something, and $60 for one year. the true free games are the 10 games Sony have offered free of charge recently under the Play At Home, aka. please! don't be mad at us for our recent screw ups, here take these free games.
@@anasbakhit4303 PS+ is $5 per month with a year sub and it's been superb on PS5. Unlike Games with Gold we get new next gen games. Not sure why u are hating on PS+ or the FREE games with plat at home initiative. An initiative that deserves NO criticism. Giving free games bc of Covid and giving 10 million dollars to indie devs affected by Covid plus setting up a fund. Man stop your bs propaganda.
@@anasbakhit4303 and honestly it disgusting to criticize the Play at Home Initiative. It's for ppl struggling bc of Covid, free games, and 10 million to developers affected by Covid. Sony set up a fund for devs as well. Seriously get fucked, go hump your Xbox or PC or Switch. Whichever platform it is that makes u hate on Sony.
It’s only free on PS5. Now while I can understand that Sony is trying to push the new system, like any company would, with the current state of things, this is unfair. I would purchase a PS5 if I could actually acquire one, but it is damn near impossible lately. They should have just made it free with PSPlus for both PS5 AND PS4 owners alike. It was a shitty move on their part, and just leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Just goes to show you what kind of company they truly are. Many companies have made changes due to Covid and other societal factors, Sony could have done the same.
I couldn't recommend this game enough. Had an excellent time playing it apart from some progression halting launch bugs that have since been fixed. It's such a good love letter to the series and I'd love to see more
I have not played Soulstorm yet, but, I find it disappointing that it appears that the animals like scrabs, paramites and fleeches have been removed :( Has anyone played through to confirm this? Is it just Sligs, Slogs, and Glukkons?
You're right. So many missing things from original oddworld exoddus like wild animals, music, puzzles, blind maddukens, explosive fart lol .. Etc kinda disappointing for soulstorm
I'm grateful that they went for a reimagining, as the Oddworld mythos was a rich one from the start. They're heading towards telling a more complex story, while letting Exxodus live on as a classic. Personally I couldn't be happier
Hey soulstorm is not a remake. It's the second game in the quintoly of Oddworld Inhabitants. It's a new game with a whole new direction. Exoddus was rushed for next year christmas at that time "1997" (i think), later the company called it a spin-off, or a bonus "big lvl" for Oddysees.
Incredible review, we need u on Metacritic. It's a travesty that critics trashed Soulstorm despite being superior to New N Tasty. How can Soulstorm be 16 points lower than NnT? There's some scary stuff going on in the media. Something's not right.
Look I know this was designed as a next gen game but it blows my mind how playing both on ps4 and NEW N TASTY looks better than soulstorm x50. Visually its fuckn rediculous. Am I the only one who feels this way? New n tasty looks way more detailed visually . And all the colors yes. The graphics looks better to me kinda too
I feel the same man. New N Tasty probably had bigger budget alltogether. Soulstorm enviroments feel procedurally generated and arcade'y. Soulstorm is more platformer rather than cinematic platformer.
The way I feel and put is that the character models look great, esp in cinematics....but everything else takes a big step back. The mood, lighting and feel is lacking so much. In the original games & in New 'n' Tasty, the levels themselves were a character.
Been a diehard fan of Oddworld since the first game when I was younger and ever since been a big fan. Having played through the first 6 levels of Soulstorm, I gotta say it takes way too many steps back compared to previous entries. The absolute biggest is music...there's very little so far. The only track I've liked is the main menu theme being a bit foreboding, ominous & mysterious and some of the intro cinematic's...but past that it's been very generic & kinda nonexistent in it's presence. New 'n' Tasty, let alone the original Ossysee & Exodus are vastly superior. It was kinda the heart & soul of the games. Painting dark and dangerous areas, the malic of the greed of the Glukkons & their industry. To the tranquil & alien locations outside the Factories & machinery. There's so far NONE of that present in Soulstorm after a couple hours of play, where previous ones grip you instantly. Visually the cinematics are fantastic in detail and scope, as are the models of the characters. I can't really say I prefer either one here because there's a nice artistic take to both games. Where I can say I prefer one over the other is how levels & the environment look. There's just too much of a bland, drab and lifeless, empty feel in Soulstorm. Where in New 'n' Tasty it's just oozing with personality and atmosphere. In 6 levels and several locations in Soulstorm and there has been no real change. It's so homogenized and that's a letdown & detraction of Oddworld being a character in of itself. Gameplay is good, some clunky & unresponsive stuff, bit I like the use of items and gadgets to change things up (tho losing everything after a level end is annoying). Soulstorm does vary things up between escaping areas, a few chase sequences, rescuing Mudokons or even protecting them. I even liked how you gathered resources to help cure a few stricken with an illness. What I'm not as big on is level deign & layout, part of this is due to the aforementioned lose of character in environments & levels, but I'm not as into how these levels are designed. They feel much more gamey than a cohesive and living world imo. I feel there could've been more thought & cleverness put into their design. One big thing to mention is the amount of bugs and glitches, even after a patch is def keeping the game from being more enjoyable for myself. I softlocked myself in a level and was unable to progress & had to restart the whole level. I've had enemies disappear/glitch out. And my Lords, the amount of sound popping/erupting is killer on my ears and it happens a lot...esp when loading into a level or restarting a checkpoint. Wrapping things up here. While I haven't finished the game yet (I intend to) I'm mostly still enjoying my time with it. I wanna see how the story plays out, love to see more cutscenes and such and enjoying most of the gameplay despite some very disappointing decisions made in regards to the music, lighting and level design/structure. The varied gameplay, characters and story are keeping me going but I think the game needed a bit more time on Rupture Farm's processing line (another way of saying needed more time in development) to serve a better package for us.
I'm so happy that Soulstorm is out 💙💙💙 TToTT the new designs - I mean holy sh*t!! It looks SO GOOD! I absolutely agree with the "maze like places"...and I have to say that I'm a liiiittle bit annoyed by that because it really doesn't feel like a "real place", I can not really enjoy it as much as I wanted to... Also I miss the intense different colors like you mentioned with the comparison of Soulstorm and New&Tasty. I have yet to experience the full game and the different levels and stuff~ but in the old game there were SO MANY differences in the level-designs, I'm a little bit afraid that it might look all the same now... ^^' When I heard of the backpack the first time, I was totally against that~ but meanwhile I think it's a nice new little thing for Abe, we should let him have something nice for once! :3
I dont understand nothing about Oddworld but i am curious. Soulstorm is a remake of the levels or in story too? Because looks like a sequel to New Tasty
So, New N Tasty is a remaster/ remake of Oddworld: Abe’s Odyssey, which came out in 1997. The creator, Lorne Lanning, was surprised by the game’s success in 1997, and needed another 3 years to make the sequel. But the developers forced him to make it in 9 months, so Abe’s Exoddus was released in 1998. Oddworld: Soulstorm is the original game that Lorne Lanning wanted to make. So it’s not a remake of Abe’s Exoddus or New J Tasty, it’s a entirely new game. If this game looks interesting, you should play the Oddworld games. They’re the most underrated video game of all time. (Sorry this was so long)
The new one is really good I have very much fun with it but the old one where a bit better they had something that you can't repeat any more... I'd like to play the original ones in HD or 4k 👍😍🤭
Though it’s flawed and often frustrating (especially the parts where you have to defend hundreds of mudokons escaping at once on ladders), I did enjoy this game. I was initially disappointed that this wasn’t going to be a direct remake of Exoddus, but I’m ultimately glad they told a unique story. I’m looking forward to what they might make next.
I haven't played it yet but a little bit disappointed they left some things out exodus was the first game I got for my ps1 and the only game my dad has ever enjoyed playing I kinda wish they did remake it like with oddysee as it was a big part in what got me into these types of games in the first place and you cant not love Abe
@@jayr7991 I never said the previous were superior I and I don't think I'm the only one who would have liked to see a couple of old mechanics to remain and like I said I haven't played it yet waiting until I get a ps5 to get the proper experience as it does look really nice and still looks pretty hard to get through some areas
Growing up with both games abe's oddysee and abe's exodus I was happy when I heard that new and tasty was in the making. Though because of software issues I didn't enjoy it as much as I enjoyed the previous games. It was good but not as good as the originals. When soulstorm was annonced I was thrilled, because of oddworlds updates and teasers which looked much better than new and tasty. When I started playing Soulstorm I was a bit angry, for it felt like they had messed up the game controls as I found it difficult to play the game with a keyboard, something that wasn't an issue in the past. But I found my ps4 controller and plugged it into my pc and the lord behold, it was great! I love how they changed from doing an entire remaster to an entirely different game and story. The cut-scenes looked awesome, the voices sounded better than new and tasty and the gameplay was also impressive. I love the game 10/10 and am looking forward to the continuation .
While the crafting is a bit weird, I like the idea of it expanding the game's puzzle possibilities. Now, Exoddus remake please. That one was great too!
This was the supposed Exoddus remake/reimagining. Even though I liked Soulstorm, I could help feel a little disappointed about all the missing features from Exoddus.
Oh man I've been holding out for this.... You're really telling me it's not in the game? This was the BEST part of Exodus. Everything came to a head when you possessed the glukkons and commanded sligs and stuff.
@@Etheral101 That really sucks and I almost want to stop playing entirely now. I think it was the only thing that kept me going because honestly the game isn't that great.
@@ryno4ever433 It gutted me too. Love Oddworld and was really looking forward to this. I feel theyve changed too much of what I loved about Exodus (even the possessing farts lol) and the bolted on crafting
@@Etheral101 Yea, I definitely agree there. I feel like they could have even gotten away with cutting scrabs and mudokons because of their presence in odyssey, but the glukkon possession levels were a unique section of the game that let you go on a bit of a power trip that was kind of like a reward for making it that far. And then you got to blow them up. How much better can it get than that? The puzzles in Soulstorm are a lot sloppier too. Sometimes the way I finish the puzzles feel unintended or cheesy. They took away quiksave, an improvement added in exodus that made it way more fun than odyssey, letting you experiment more easily. The mood system was cool, the game speak has been completely simplified, but to be fair that isn't too much of a loss. The crafting does feel bolted on like you said. It barely feels like it belongs and doesn't really need to exist. I tried to like it. It's not AWFUL, it's just not good. I have sort of enjoyed the game, but a lot of that has been mired with frustration at the bugs and checkpoint system and lack of features that made exodus so cool. I'm probably just going to replay exodus when I'm done with it to wash my mouth out.
Tell em man. So much unfair criticism. The game is a 68 Metacritic, New n Tasty is an 84 on PS4. It not fair. Spread the word that this game is great. We want more Oddworld and this game deserves positive reviews.
wow the 2 moons basically confirm that the next 3 games wont necessarily follow abe. in the og odyssee there was only the mudokon moon. it took until munch to introduce the 2nd moon. but they have already teased 2 moons from the start. im pumped
My biggest problem with this video is that soul storm is not a remake or a reimagining. It is considered the next game in a series. Edit: Oddworld was created to be a quintology (a 5 part story). Exodus was supposed to be the second part of the story but it was rushed as the creators were pressure to produce the sequel in a year. Lorne Lanning stated that Soul Storm is the sequel and part two to the story that they actually envisioned.
The gameplay is a little shallow for my liking. Taking the game for what it is rather than what I’d like it to be I’m having fun with it but gamespeak is nowhere as extensive as it used to be and there’s a lack of content when compared to exodus mainly in terms of who you can posses I.e only sligs here but scrabs paramites, sligs and Glukkons in Exodus
Something within me disagrees with the sight of Abe double-jumping on a visceral level. Not saying I won't give it a try though cause this game looks cool af.
@@ryno4ever433 I just don't understand this. Weren't they in og abes exodus? And in new n tasty? Meaning there was modern coding for them already written?
@@mezzuna Yes and yes. But I'm not sure that New n Tasty was also made in Unity, so just because there was code written for them in that game doesn't necessarily mean that it translates to this game. Also this game isn't meant to be a remaster of exodus so they had creative license to add or remove things as they pleased.
@@ryno4ever433 oh, fair enough I suppose. The old get out of remake free clause these days! Re3R tremendously dissatisfied me with this type of nonsense. I'd buy new n tasty if it's still a good game on its own right though, have you played it through yet? Are you a resident evil fan? I just don't understand for the life of me why tyrants code wasn't used to patrol the hallways of the police station and why Carlos was there instead of Jill. Still confused me. Such an inappropriate way to subvert expectations!
I played a little bit of Soulstorm, but my jirl wasn’t feelin’ it too much as far as watchin’ me play it. We’d just come from It Takes Two, so I think her expectations are set pretty high right now.
Soulstorm is graphically superior but it is more bugged than new and tasty and it takes distances from the previous games by pushing too much the action elements. It's a great game but it gets annoying because of the frequent glitches, that in the best case can be solved by restarting from the checkpoint, but sometimes it's necessary to restart the level
I find that the 2D gameplay of Soulstorm is extremely disappointing when you have such beautiful and sprawling environments in the background. They're so enticing, yet in a way, untouchable. Id love to see another 3D, perhaps open world Oddworld game to really interact with these landscapes to their fullest extent.
Usually, most levels have layers that go deeper and deeper into the background. This seems like an odd complaint. That said, Strangers Wrath was excellent.
Honestly wish they'd have just remade Exodus. Soul Storm is even more disappointing than the Resident Evil 3make, in my opinion. The story pacing in Soul Storm is so slow and meandering that it becomes genuinely boring before you even reach Necrum. If this is the type of story they envisioned back when Exodus was in development but couldn't pull off due to time-constraints, then the time-crunch was a blessing in disguise.
The glukkons in new n' tasty look a lot better than soulstorm in my opinion, evil creepy looking things instead of the character soulstorm to their charater models, specifically the eyes
I thought Soulstorm was great for the better story and fresh gameplay. I wasn't so keen on New 'N' Tasty. I would absolute love straight straight remaster of first 2 as well, the original game with coat of paint, no gameplay changes keep the awesome painted backdrops, just upres everything and keep the flip screen system (just add quick save to Oddysee). To be clear I think this would be great in addition to Soulstorm.
i was pissed off immensly by soulstorm not being a 1 to 1 replica of exoddus. exoddus did a lot more world building than soulstorm did. soulstorm just is but exoddus u wanted to stand for an extra 5 mins just to look at the environment and see what it could tell you
I'm so upset I can't play this yet. I completed odyssey and exodus back in the day both 100% completed... long before TH-cam walk through tutorials were invented.
Still new N Tasty looks better to me. Maybe it's because I'm still at the Mines, but Soulstorm enviroments have that procedurally generated feeling since they're destroyable. In New N Tasty everything seemed organic.
There will always be a simple charm to New N Tasty, so I see where you’re coming from. I have gotten about 10 hours into Soulstorm and can say that the environments, although much different from New N Tasty, are fitting for the story. After all, it’s not a tale about Abe rescuing 300 Mudokons and evacuating them into a forest; it’s about Abe trying to survive and save who he can in the huge industrial machine of Oddworld.
I’m really disappointed by the MISSING classic ODDWORLD MENU UI. Why get rid of that? It just feels wrong when seeing the simple UI used in Soulstorm gameplay & the menus. It takes a big hit in the ODDWORLD universe feeling. They made it in New ‘N’ Tasty, but not Soulstorm?? Why??? 😕
I really hope this game succeeds and makes a ton of money for the devs. I want to see more Oddworld games in the future.
It flopped
epic games exclusivity = everybody waiting it to go to steam so they can buy their game in their favorite plataform
@@truthseeker9833 Wait what?? How'd you hear?
@@truthseeker9833 It didn't flop, OWI celebrated the launch sales. And made it to the Top 10 most sold in the Epic Store.
@@JuiceboxCE He's just barking, it didn't flop lol
This game is definitely an incredible showcase how good the Unity engine can be under the right hands. Bravo to the developers.
People bash Unity for all the crap that's been pumped out with it. But if Unity didn't exist, those people would've used Unreal Engine or something else, and THAT would get the bad rep.
@AniGamer Reviews Yeah, like City Skylines, Genshin Impact, Valheim, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Legends of Runeterra, Fall Guys, League of Legends: Wild Rift and Subnautica - to name a few.
Unity can literally do exactly what unreal can do, unreal just has a 'better' name then Unity sadly. Also surprisingly a lot of games are made in Unity like escape from tarvo, just most people don't leave the Unity splash art on unlike with unreal
I mean... Genshin Impact is a good example too, albeit a much more cell-shaded and stylized example.
And yes, Genshin Impact IS actually made with Unity, as suprising as it might be for a game of this quality
There's also Escape from Tarkov, which is, imo a perfect showcase of how far you can take the Unity engine in term of realistic details
@AniGamer Reviews I haven't experienced one bug 5 levels in. The game is superior to NnT.
No dedicated Fart button?
I thought the PS5 was supposed to take us forward, not backwards...
Lorn Lanning said for Exodus that it was a rushed story cause Sony told them make a game for next Christmas and he couldn't write the story he wanted. So to him it was kinda a disappointing but with the success of New N Tasty he was able to make the story he wanted for Exodus.
Sometimes fruit doesn't quite get the job done.
It wasn't Sony that rushed them, it was GT interactive who wanted a sequel to oddysee, but yeah Lorne said they had about 9 months to complete exoddus and they had to reuse assets like Paramites and Scrabs
I still prefer the story of exodus over the new one
Even with that being the case, I loved both Odyssey and Exodus.
True. Except it wasn't Sony, it was GT Interactive.
Its crazy to realize that the most recent non-remastered game from Oddworld Inhabitants before Soulstorm was Stranger's Wrath all the way back from 2005! I'd love to see a continuation of that game since it left on an open-ended cliffhanger.
Soulstorm is a remake so doesn't count. Stranger's Wrath is the last new game from the studio, Soulstorm isn't a "new game"
@@adammonks591 More like a reimagining. It's the game Lanning originally wanted to make but wasn't able to make due to hardware limitations and a 9 month deadline. It retells the story of Exoddus with many changes and additions and its different enough in level design and gameplay to be considered a new game, in my personal opinion. But yes, the next game should finally have a new narrative to really move forward with the Oddworld universe.
I'm currently playing through Soulstorm and while I do like it, I think I would've preferred a remake of Abe's Exoddus rather than a complete reimagining of it. They've cut out too much of what made Exoddus great - the music, the Mudanchee and Modomo levels, Bonewerkz, paramites and scrabs, the quicksave option and, of course, exploding farts! The thing that made these games so unique from the beginning was that you played as a lowly meat factory worker with no weapons - all you had to survive were stealth, chanting and using the environment (set traps/bombs etc) against the bad guys. The new crafting system, while adding a fun new element and way of fighting to the series, also took something away for me.
Nick I started watching you from 50k subs and was never bored, you're one of the best creators on yt
That's awesome - thank you!
Please, please let ppl know that Soulstorm is an improvement upon New n Tasty and a quality Oddworld game. It's receiving unfair criticism and is rated 16 points lower than NnT.
This review is outstanding - you go into such detail regarding so many elements of the game, and the gameplay footage you provide is beautiful. This video is so enlightening and rewarding!
Except when talking about sound and music...
Lanning wants to break into making a series. The game was secondary to the cinematics. Which is weird, because I still prefer many of the cutscenes from Exoddus (the three spirits with missing limbs; the blind ones digging up bones). Overall, I am really pretty disappointed with Soulstorm. A few funky features don't make up for A) lack of music B) lack of gamespeak C) lack of quicksave D) lack of nature and cool new creature designs ... If they make a show it'll probably be really weird. Like the Dark Crystal series ... Take a breather, Oddworld. You need to go back to the source ......
I've never played Abe's Exodus or the other games. But I sure played and watched my parents get through Oddassey. Hopefully we can pick this up some day.
Make a video! Love ur pfp
@@taishokomin6181 Thank you but I'm just a humble lurker.
@@personamithulu I know but try to do some shitposts.
Play exodus! It’s amazing
I understand they wanted to make something bigger and newer, but I loved Abe's Exoddus and I'm genuinely sad they didn't remake it in the same way they remade Oddysee.
I still prefer the crispness and richness of the colors and art directions of the old Oddworld
Go play them then they're still good
Gonna hook up my CRT tv again tomorrow!
Man, the original Abe’s Odyssey intrigued me and terrified me. I can still hear the original, robotic toy sounding walk they make and when I accidentally was too loud, them saying “whAt”. And their menacing beavis and butthead type laugh they make after killing you.
Ikr, Oddworld was genuine spooky and that's why I couldn't stop thinking about it. I had chills in the zones out of rupturefarms, being chased by that random Scrab, and then entering the bluest night, with the "talking" fireflies...
"Look out!" (Mudokans cower covering their heads) "Git 'em!"
4:04 I love the "2.9D" they implemented in Soulstorm.
It's called 2.5D
@@SirDavid290 nop
With New 'n' Tasty if someone asked me "should I play it and/or the original Oddysee game" I could safely say just play the remake. However, with Soulstorm it leaves so much out that Exoddus had that they have a totally different feel, and further Exoddus is the closer continuation in terms of the game play, so I recommend people play both, but preferably Exoddus then Soulstorm.
I agree 100%.
I'd say play the original for both games. New 'n' Tasty just messed too much with the original art style for me and the animations especially in cutscenes look way jankier
This looks amazing. Been a massive fan since the old ones. Love the look of this.
One thing I miss with the sligs, is the forward facing visor. I remember that for the anatomy of sligs, they had small eyes placed on the sides of their heads, so it made sense that a minion with a gun and sideway view eyes, would have a visor that focuses their vision in front of them so they can aim.
Sure, it makes the sligs less expressive with their eyes than the ones with the pilot masks, but still, kinda takes away. from the practical effect it had.
Kinda still wish when sligs were designated into categories of specialised forces, they'd have appropriate masks to suit the role.
It also gave them RoboCop or Cylon feel which was far more intimidating, IMO.
@@NathanNahrung exactly, considering sligs fit the role as law enforcers and security for the glukkons
This is a wonderful comparison. Currently playing Soulstorm and having a lot of fun with it. Got it through Playstation Plus of course.
Thanks for making these cool videos. I’m a long time game dev and I appreciate your content dude. Enjoyable and interesting analysis and presented in a chill way. Very much enjoy them 💪
I cant wait for the new documentary Nick when are you going to upload it. Cuz im hyped:)
Still working on it. Lot of work. Finished recording the video content, still in the writing phase - hoping to edit this week.
@@Nick930 i know its a lot of work Btw good job doing this long long videos man i love them
Ayo been waiting on this
It’s incredible how much the models have improved like Jesus they’re beautiful
Nice video! The only criticism I have for it was your comparison with the lighting, really you should also consider the original game on PS1 and it's art direction. New 'n' Tasty might look pretty and have give scenes variety, but It doesn't have any meaning other than looking nice, the original PS1 game had a focus in looking like a realistic alien world, So flashy bloom effects and unrealistic uses of colour in environments wouldn't make sense. I think Soulstorm does a way better job at capturing the originals direction and attempts to give environments a more consistent lighting in line with its depressing tone. The only moments of more fanciful lighting are in either the important spiritual keeper cave or deep within the factories at there powerful core, like it makes sense to make those more colourful to extenuate there importance and power within the world... I know that was a long ramble, but theres more to art direction and design then just making something look colourful and pretty.
Great review! I definitely think that this is a superior quality of a game but to be honest, I would’ve definitely liked to see a New n’ Tasty aspect on Exodus. If you haven’t played the sequel before, it is amazing and there are numerous new features that were pushed out in an extremely short development stand!
No hate for Soulstorm.. But for me the first game was "Exodus" and there for this stings a bit when the "Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty " Is so nice. I kinda wished for a remaster of Exodus then a remake or reimagining... Thats all. No hate for Soulstorm, just hoped for a remaster of exodus. No matter if it was rushed or not..
And well you cannot chant tro walls.. etc.. kinda wierd. Why cant the spirit go around the wall.. or tro it like before.
But again SoulStorm is a totaly diffrent game than it's roots Exodus. So no hate for it.. just not what I hoped for :P
reduced fall damage, an inventory bar, and double jumping.
Great, yet another platformer with no feeling. Total betrayal of all the elements that made the OG games great.
Great video as always Nick
Hoping to see a comparison between nier replicant 1.22 and automata.
If I have time I'll certainly look into it. I'm really excited to finish this GTA documentary though. That will be my main focus for the next few weeks. Got a special comparison coming out tomorrow that I'm working on currently first
@@Nick930 looking forward to that documentary
I played New 'N' Tasty & Soulstorm those games are amazing and fun ^^
Although I have a series console Abe will be missed... Fantastic game
I’m sure it’ll be on Xbox later
soulstorm is kinda sabotaged by its first 5 levels being reallllly tutorialized.
as soon as the game opens up with your full craft toolkit it gets much more fun.
lol I stopt after 5 lvls.. maybe I should try more then.
Also, current day gamers largely don't have patience for high difficulty unless it Souls. Bc the media tells them Souls makes u hardcore.
@@jayr7991 Maybe, but Soulstorm is difficult in a very annoying way. The checkpoint system makes it so that if you fail a challenge that had lootables in the room, after you respawn you have to loot everything again. You also can't reset the checkpoints without going to a different one. Exodus had a quiksave system that allowed you to save whenever you wanted and it didn't an issue with having to repeat simple things every time you died.
So while I think Soulstorm is technically more difficult than exodus at times, I think a lot of the difficulty stems from bad game design instead of genuine challenge.
@@jayr7991 I love difficult games but the Souls games are boring AF so I don't see your point.
Soulstorm is not difficult, the only difficult part is the escape from the yards, but it's difficult only because of the bad aim/throw system.
I love Oddworld and its story is pretty interesting
Funny how on PS4 for PSN+ members got this game for "free". I quote free because you have to pay for the membership but for a year subscription kind of pays for itself overall and I've came into some series because of it. Oddworld I may give a try now.
I believe the PS Plus freebie is only on the ps5, on ps4 you have to buy it.
also nothing was Free on the ps plus, the subscription on the least is 7$ for one month or something, and $60 for one year.
the true free games are the 10 games Sony have offered free of charge recently under the Play At Home, aka. please! don't be mad at us for our recent screw ups, here take these free games.
@@anasbakhit4303 PS+ is $5 per month with a year sub and it's been superb on PS5. Unlike Games with Gold we get new next gen games. Not sure why u are hating on PS+ or the FREE games with plat at home initiative. An initiative that deserves NO criticism. Giving free games bc of Covid and giving 10 million dollars to indie devs affected by Covid plus setting up a fund. Man stop your bs propaganda.
@@anasbakhit4303 and honestly it disgusting to criticize the Play at Home Initiative. It's for ppl struggling bc of Covid, free games, and 10 million to developers affected by Covid. Sony set up a fund for devs as well. Seriously get fucked, go hump your Xbox or PC or Switch. Whichever platform it is that makes u hate on Sony.
PS+ has been great lately. New next gen games and big games like FFVII, Days Gone, Remnant, etc.
It’s only free on PS5. Now while I can understand that Sony is trying to push the new system, like any company would, with the current state of things, this is unfair. I would purchase a PS5 if I could actually acquire one, but it is damn near impossible lately. They should have just made it free with PSPlus for both PS5 AND PS4 owners alike. It was a shitty move on their part, and just leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Just goes to show you what kind of company they truly are. Many companies have made changes due to Covid and other societal factors, Sony could have done the same.
I just like the original camera
Ps1 oddworld is still my #1 favorite
I couldn't recommend this game enough. Had an excellent time playing it apart from some progression halting launch bugs that have since been fixed. It's such a good love letter to the series and I'd love to see more
One thing I miss is the sound it makes when you find a secret area or even when the mudokons go through the bird portal.
Now imagine if Munch' Oddysee get's the Soulstorm treatment.
I'd like to see a remake, but not quite a re-imagining. The story of Munch's Oddysee seems to flow really well and make a lot of sense overall.
*The New 'n' Tasty Treatment
@@adammonks591 No no. I meant Soulstorm treatment. A more serious story.
I have not played Soulstorm yet, but, I find it disappointing that it appears that the animals like scrabs, paramites and fleeches have been removed :( Has anyone played through to confirm this? Is it just Sligs, Slogs, and Glukkons?
woooot.. I did not know this. I havent done more than like 5 maps.. and kinda got bored.
You're right. So many missing things from original oddworld exoddus like wild animals, music, puzzles, blind maddukens, explosive fart lol .. Etc kinda disappointing for soulstorm
They added a creature called a "Sleech" that you have to interact with in a single stage. But yes, they removed fleeches, scrabs, and paramites.
I'm grateful that they went for a reimagining, as the Oddworld mythos was a rich one from the start. They're heading towards telling a more complex story, while letting Exxodus live on as a classic. Personally I couldn't be happier
Hey soulstorm is not a remake. It's the second game in the quintoly of Oddworld Inhabitants. It's a new game with a whole new direction. Exoddus was rushed for next year christmas at that time "1997" (i think), later the company called it a spin-off, or a bonus "big lvl" for Oddysees.
The developers themselves confirmed soulstorm is a sequel to new and tasty and was intended to be a remake of exodus
Incredible review, we need u on Metacritic. It's a travesty that critics trashed Soulstorm despite being superior to New N Tasty. How can Soulstorm be 16 points lower than NnT? There's some scary stuff going on in the media. Something's not right.
Old school glukkons look so bad ass. Now they just too cartoony and don't have a proper boss look to them
Look I know this was designed as a next gen game but it blows my mind how playing both on ps4 and NEW N TASTY looks better than soulstorm x50. Visually its fuckn rediculous. Am I the only one who feels this way? New n tasty looks way more detailed visually . And all the colors yes. The graphics looks better to me kinda too
I feel the same man. New N Tasty probably had bigger budget alltogether. Soulstorm enviroments feel procedurally generated and arcade'y. Soulstorm is more platformer rather than cinematic platformer.
The way I feel and put is that the character models look great, esp in cinematics....but everything else takes a big step back. The mood, lighting and feel is lacking so much. In the original games & in New 'n' Tasty, the levels themselves were a character.
Been a diehard fan of Oddworld since the first game when I was younger and ever since been a big fan.
Having played through the first 6 levels of Soulstorm, I gotta say it takes way too many steps back compared to previous entries. The absolute biggest is music...there's very little so far. The only track I've liked is the main menu theme being a bit foreboding, ominous & mysterious and some of the intro cinematic's...but past that it's been very generic & kinda nonexistent in it's presence. New 'n' Tasty, let alone the original Ossysee & Exodus are vastly superior. It was kinda the heart & soul of the games. Painting dark and dangerous areas, the malic of the greed of the Glukkons & their industry. To the tranquil & alien locations outside the Factories & machinery. There's so far NONE of that present in Soulstorm after a couple hours of play, where previous ones grip you instantly.
Visually the cinematics are fantastic in detail and scope, as are the models of the characters. I can't really say I prefer either one here because there's a nice artistic take to both games. Where I can say I prefer one over the other is how levels & the environment look. There's just too much of a bland, drab and lifeless, empty feel in Soulstorm. Where in New 'n' Tasty it's just oozing with personality and atmosphere. In 6 levels and several locations in Soulstorm and there has been no real change. It's so homogenized and that's a letdown & detraction of Oddworld being a character in of itself.
Gameplay is good, some clunky & unresponsive stuff, bit I like the use of items and gadgets to change things up (tho losing everything after a level end is annoying). Soulstorm does vary things up between escaping areas, a few chase sequences, rescuing Mudokons or even protecting them. I even liked how you gathered resources to help cure a few stricken with an illness. What I'm not as big on is level deign & layout, part of this is due to the aforementioned lose of character in environments & levels, but I'm not as into how these levels are designed. They feel much more gamey than a cohesive and living world imo. I feel there could've been more thought & cleverness put into their design.
One big thing to mention is the amount of bugs and glitches, even after a patch is def keeping the game from being more enjoyable for myself. I softlocked myself in a level and was unable to progress & had to restart the whole level. I've had enemies disappear/glitch out. And my Lords, the amount of sound popping/erupting is killer on my ears and it happens a lot...esp when loading into a level or restarting a checkpoint.
Wrapping things up here. While I haven't finished the game yet (I intend to) I'm mostly still enjoying my time with it. I wanna see how the story plays out, love to see more cutscenes and such and enjoying most of the gameplay despite some very disappointing decisions made in regards to the music, lighting and level design/structure. The varied gameplay, characters and story are keeping me going but I think the game needed a bit more time on Rupture Farm's processing line (another way of saying needed more time in development) to serve a better package for us.
I'm so happy that Soulstorm is out 💙💙💙 TToTT the new designs - I mean holy sh*t!! It looks SO GOOD!
I absolutely agree with the "maze like places"...and I have to say that I'm a liiiittle bit annoyed by that because it really doesn't feel like a "real place", I can not really enjoy it as much as I wanted to...
Also I miss the intense different colors like you mentioned with the comparison of Soulstorm and New&Tasty.
I have yet to experience the full game and the different levels and stuff~ but in the old game there were SO MANY differences in the level-designs, I'm a little bit afraid that it might look all the same now... ^^'
When I heard of the backpack the first time, I was totally against that~ but meanwhile I think it's a nice new little thing for Abe, we should let him have something nice for once! :3
I dont understand nothing about Oddworld but i am curious. Soulstorm is a remake of the levels or in story too? Because looks like a sequel to New Tasty
So, New N Tasty is a remaster/ remake of Oddworld: Abe’s Odyssey, which came out in 1997. The creator, Lorne Lanning, was surprised by the game’s success in 1997, and needed another 3 years to make the sequel. But the developers forced him to make it in 9 months, so Abe’s Exoddus was released in 1998. Oddworld: Soulstorm is the original game that Lorne Lanning wanted to make. So it’s not a remake of Abe’s Exoddus or New J Tasty, it’s a entirely new game. If this game looks interesting, you should play the Oddworld games. They’re the most underrated video game of all time. (Sorry this was so long)
@@josiahmccord867 I still miss Exodus.. my first Abe game.. RIP Exodus. Not hating on Soulstorm.. but you miss what you miss lol
@@remip2 I get it. Exoddus was amazing. Soulstorm is great too, but I can’t help but miss the old style of the games.
@@remip2 Just play it on an emulator if you miss it so much lol
The new one is really good I have very much fun with it but the old one where a bit better they had something that you can't repeat any more... I'd like to play the original ones in HD or 4k 👍😍🤭
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The new game is the game Lorn always wanted it to be.
Though it’s flawed and often frustrating (especially the parts where you have to defend hundreds of mudokons escaping at once on ladders), I did enjoy this game. I was initially disappointed that this wasn’t going to be a direct remake of Exoddus, but I’m ultimately glad they told a unique story. I’m looking forward to what they might make next.
I haven't played it yet but a little bit disappointed they left some things out exodus was the first game I got for my ps1 and the only game my dad has ever enjoyed playing I kinda wish they did remake it like with oddysee as it was a big part in what got me into these types of games in the first place and you cant not love Abe
LoL this was like reading about my own life. Also sad they did not remastered Exodus.
But not hating on Soulstorm.
It's the game the original creator intended. He wasn't a fan of a fart button. Soulstorm is so far superior to NnT and Exodus.
@@jayr7991 I never said the previous were superior I and I don't think I'm the only one who would have liked to see a couple of old mechanics to remain and like I said I haven't played it yet waiting until I get a ps5 to get the proper experience as it does look really nice and still looks pretty hard to get through some areas
Soulstorm is awesome. It was a long wait since the announcement but it was worth it
Growing up with both games abe's oddysee and abe's exodus I was happy when I heard that new and tasty was in the making. Though because of software issues I didn't enjoy it as much as I enjoyed the previous games. It was good but not as good as the originals. When soulstorm was annonced I was thrilled, because of oddworlds updates and teasers which looked much better than new and tasty.
When I started playing Soulstorm I was a bit angry, for it felt like they had messed up the game controls as I found it difficult to play the game with a keyboard, something that wasn't an issue in the past. But I found my ps4 controller and plugged it into my pc and the lord behold, it was great! I love how they changed from doing an entire remaster to an entirely different game and story. The cut-scenes looked awesome, the voices sounded better than new and tasty and the gameplay was also impressive. I love the game 10/10 and am looking forward to the continuation .
I'm actually enjoying this game.
While the crafting is a bit weird, I like the idea of it expanding the game's puzzle possibilities.
Now, Exoddus remake please. That one was great too!
This was the supposed Exoddus remake/reimagining. Even though I liked Soulstorm, I could help feel a little disappointed about all the missing features from Exoddus.
exactly. I wish at least give standalone dlc for oddworld exoddus remake with improved graphics, music,control..etc it will sell like cupcakes
They both completely missed the point of the original visuals and art.
Great game and video😃🇳🇴
Love Abe since PS1😎
I don't like them removing characters entirely. I would of liked them to keep the 3 ghosts. UI also don't like the glukkons new designs at all
Yeh. The Glukkons look so haggard. Weird big throat things. It wasnt broken, but they "fixed" it anyway ...
im just glad abe is back
Whichever one's better, Oddworld is back in the gaming world, and that's what matters to me 😊
I miss controlling glukkons.
Oh man I've been holding out for this.... You're really telling me it's not in the game?
This was the BEST part of Exodus. Everything came to a head when you possessed the glukkons and commanded sligs and stuff.
@@ryno4ever433 Yeah the only enemies in gameplay are sligs and their dogs I think. Missing so many enemy types
@@Etheral101 That really sucks and I almost want to stop playing entirely now. I think it was the only thing that kept me going because honestly the game isn't that great.
@@ryno4ever433 It gutted me too. Love Oddworld and was really looking forward to this. I feel theyve changed too much of what I loved about Exodus (even the possessing farts lol) and the bolted on crafting
@@Etheral101 Yea, I definitely agree there. I feel like they could have even gotten away with cutting scrabs and mudokons because of their presence in odyssey, but the glukkon possession levels were a unique section of the game that let you go on a bit of a power trip that was kind of like a reward for making it that far. And then you got to blow them up. How much better can it get than that?
The puzzles in Soulstorm are a lot sloppier too. Sometimes the way I finish the puzzles feel unintended or cheesy. They took away quiksave, an improvement added in exodus that made it way more fun than odyssey, letting you experiment more easily. The mood system was cool, the game speak has been completely simplified, but to be fair that isn't too much of a loss. The crafting does feel bolted on like you said. It barely feels like it belongs and doesn't really need to exist. I tried to like it. It's not AWFUL, it's just not good. I have sort of enjoyed the game, but a lot of that has been mired with frustration at the bugs and checkpoint system and lack of features that made exodus so cool.
I'm probably just going to replay exodus when I'm done with it to wash my mouth out.
Great showcase for Unity
please do a video comparing Exoddus to Soulstorm and how the story goes into different directions and all that.
The game is AMAZING, although there were a few bugs, which have been patched. I definitely recommend purchasing it!
Still a lot of bugs in PS4 version
It’s free
@@cb6667 Well, with PS Plus. I got it on PC
@@cb6667 only if u have ps5 and ps plus
@@laszloszabados3313 or ps4?
No they got rid of the farts, I loved that lol
Nah you can still hear the mudokons farting from time to time
Fart DLC $15
@Kirosana
I lol'ed at first, but then I was like 😳 don't give give'em ideas! Haha
@@anthonycarlisle6184 I mean... I'd buy it xD
9/10 will miss the flying and exploding farts..
It's one of the best games in 2021. Maybe game of the year.
Tell em man. So much unfair criticism. The game is a 68 Metacritic, New n Tasty is an 84 on PS4. It not fair. Spread the word that this game is great. We want more Oddworld and this game deserves positive reviews.
@@jayr7991 It's the best Oddworld game ever made.
There should movies of both Abe games!
wow the 2 moons basically confirm that the next 3 games wont necessarily follow abe. in the og odyssee there was only the mudokon moon. it took until munch to introduce the 2nd moon. but they have already teased 2 moons from the start. im pumped
My biggest problem with this video is that soul storm is not a remake or a reimagining. It is considered the next game in a series.
Edit: Oddworld was created to be a quintology (a 5 part story). Exodus was supposed to be the second part of the story but it was rushed as the creators were pressure to produce the sequel in a year. Lorne Lanning stated that Soul Storm is the sequel and part two to the story that they actually envisioned.
... yeah.. part 2 of the story that was rebooted with new and tasty. I know full well what soulstorm is and what it was intended to be.
New N Tasty waay better then the new one
but the classics much better
the new one is disappointed
Without going into details, yes I agree with you.. I thougth it was a new part of the story.. Nope.. just rewritten.. sad
This is one hell of a game
I hate that stupid double jump, move in mid air feature. At least the characters in the originals had some weight to them.
Never heard of this looks nice
What has better sound design?
The sweet ambiance
Or the screams of slings?
Hey Nick, any plans on doing a FromSoftware/Soulsborne series documentary?
That's a lot of lore lol
I hope Soulstorm coming on Xbox in future.
The gameplay is a little shallow for my liking. Taking the game for what it is rather than what I’d like it to be I’m having fun with it but gamespeak is nowhere as extensive as it used to be and there’s a lack of content when compared to exodus mainly in terms of who you can posses I.e only sligs here but scrabs paramites, sligs and Glukkons in Exodus
Something within me disagrees with the sight of Abe double-jumping on a visceral level. Not saying I won't give it a try though cause this game looks cool af.
Anyone know why there are none of the wildlife from the first games, the scarabs or what have you?
Because they decided not to include them? Noone would know that except for the dev team.
@@ryno4ever433 I just don't understand this. Weren't they in og abes exodus? And in new n tasty? Meaning there was modern coding for them already written?
@@mezzuna Yes and yes. But I'm not sure that New n Tasty was also made in Unity, so just because there was code written for them in that game doesn't necessarily mean that it translates to this game. Also this game isn't meant to be a remaster of exodus so they had creative license to add or remove things as they pleased.
@@ryno4ever433 oh, fair enough I suppose. The old get out of remake free clause these days! Re3R tremendously dissatisfied me with this type of nonsense. I'd buy new n tasty if it's still a good game on its own right though, have you played it through yet?
Are you a resident evil fan? I just don't understand for the life of me why tyrants code wasn't used to patrol the hallways of the police station and why Carlos was there instead of Jill. Still confused me. Such an inappropriate way to subvert expectations!
@@mezzuna No, I didn't play the RE remakes.
I played a little bit of Soulstorm, but my jirl wasn’t feelin’ it too much as far as watchin’ me play it. We’d just come from It Takes Two, so I think her expectations are set pretty high right now.
Idk why but the thumbnail monster looks like Dave the octopus from penguin of Madagascar
Soulstorm is graphically superior but it is more bugged than new and tasty and it takes distances from the previous games by pushing too much the action elements. It's a great game but it gets annoying because of the frequent glitches, that in the best case can be solved by restarting from the checkpoint, but sometimes it's necessary to restart the level
I LOVE ABE. Enough said
The music reminds me of Akoji game on the PS1.
I'm not a fan of the muddy/platformer level design. It tears a bit of heart out for excitement...
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the origial design was much better
I find that the 2D gameplay of Soulstorm is extremely disappointing when you have such beautiful and sprawling environments in the background. They're so enticing, yet in a way, untouchable. Id love to see another 3D, perhaps open world Oddworld game to really interact with these landscapes to their fullest extent.
Usually, most levels have layers that go deeper and deeper into the background. This seems like an odd complaint. That said, Strangers Wrath was excellent.
This just makes me play both
Honestly wish they'd have just remade Exodus. Soul Storm is even more disappointing than the Resident Evil 3make, in my opinion.
The story pacing in Soul Storm is so slow and meandering that it becomes genuinely boring before you even reach Necrum.
If this is the type of story they envisioned back when Exodus was in development but couldn't pull off due to time-constraints, then the time-crunch was a blessing in disguise.
This game needs to be released for Switch
The glukkons in new n' tasty look a lot better than soulstorm in my opinion, evil creepy looking things instead of the character soulstorm to their charater models, specifically the eyes
anyone else remember the older games looking better than they did
It looks as good on ps5 btw
I thought Soulstorm was great for the better story and fresh gameplay. I wasn't so keen on New 'N' Tasty. I would absolute love straight straight remaster of first 2 as well, the original game with coat of paint, no gameplay changes keep the awesome painted backdrops, just upres everything and keep the flip screen system (just add quick save to Oddysee). To be clear I think this would be great in addition to Soulstorm.
i was pissed off immensly by soulstorm not being a 1 to 1 replica of exoddus. exoddus did a lot more world building than soulstorm did. soulstorm just is but exoddus u wanted to stand for an extra 5 mins just to look at the environment and see what it could tell you
i hope the remake for exoddus is darker, grimier, greedier and more real than bloodborne
I'm so upset I can't play this yet.
I completed odyssey and exodus back in the day both 100% completed... long before TH-cam walk through tutorials were invented.
Honestly you're not missing much. It's an alright game but there are positives and negatives to the experience. Mostly negatives.
Still new N Tasty looks better to me. Maybe it's because I'm still at the Mines, but Soulstorm enviroments have that procedurally generated feeling since they're destroyable. In New N Tasty everything seemed organic.
There will always be a simple charm to New N Tasty, so I see where you’re coming from. I have gotten about 10 hours into Soulstorm and can say that the environments, although much different from New N Tasty, are fitting for the story. After all, it’s not a tale about Abe rescuing 300 Mudokons and evacuating them into a forest; it’s about Abe trying to survive and save who he can in the huge industrial machine of Oddworld.
i think its actually reimagining of Oddworld Part 2 : abe's exodus... fyi. I'm 80% positive of this.
I specifically mentioned that
@@Nick930 i shoot, i rewatched it, for some reason i thought you said the original oddworld 1 remake, my bad.
I still perfer New n tasty because it feels like the old game 🙏🏽
I’m really disappointed by the MISSING classic ODDWORLD MENU UI. Why get rid of that? It just feels wrong when seeing the simple UI used in Soulstorm gameplay & the menus. It takes a big hit in the ODDWORLD universe feeling. They made it in New ‘N’ Tasty, but not Soulstorm?? Why??? 😕
I'm new and some how got here very early