It’s been seven years since the remake ofOddworld: Abe’s Oddyseereleased and, after all this time, fans of the series can enjoy the latest entry,Oddworld: Soulstorm. Chances are the most die-hard of fans are already playing through the game right now and anyone who hasa PlayStation Plus subscriptionand owns a PlayStation 5 can even try it out for free this month. Unfortunately, it’s been reported that the game is not free of bugs. In fact, it currently has two of them that players will need to be wary of.
According to Eurogamer, when review copies ofOddworld: Soulstormwere sent out, they were shipped with a note containing a warning of bugs that weren’t able to be stamped out before release. The first bug traps player character Abe in an infinite falling loop, which is caused whenever the act of jumping, falling, or even dying is interrupted over a single frame by another state. It doesn’t sound like the kind of bug that could occur often and there is already a known workaround should anyone encounter it. All players need to do is simply reset to the last checkpoint.
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The second bug is apparently exclusive to the PlayStation 4 version of the game and can happen when playing it on a PlayStation Pro as well. This one’s possibly a bit worse since it just boots players back to the home screen. Developer Oddworld Inhabitants is already working on a patch to remove these issues and it will hopefully be out sooner rather than later. On the plus side, the developers have stated that neither bug will cause players to lose their save data, so they’re not as bad as, say, theApex Legendsbug which has been deleting players' entire progress.
Oddworld: Soulstormacts as both a sequel to the 2014New ‘n Tastyremake of the original game and as a reimagining of 1998’sOddworld: Abe’s Exoddus, with theSoulstormname coming from the drink Abe’s people were enslaved to create inAbe’s Exoddus. Much like the previous games, it’s a 2.5D platformer where Abe is tasked with freeing his people from enslavement and saving as many of them as possible. Thegame’s endingeven depends on the amount of slaves freed.
After seemingly being lost to obscurity for so long, it feels like theOddworldseries has come back in a big way. Aside from this new game, the other non-Abe focused entries have seen re-releases the last year or so, andanOddworldcollectionis coming to Nintendo Switch next month.
Oddworld: Soulstormis available on PC, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5.
