It's been seven years since the remake of Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee released 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 has a PlayStation Plus subscription and 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 of Oddworld: Soulstorm were 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.
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, the Apex Legends bug which has been deleting players' entire progress.
Oddworld: Soulstorm acts as both a sequel to the 2014 New 'n Tasty remake of the original game and as a reimagining of 1998's Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus, with the Soulstorm name coming from the drink Abe's people were enslaved to create in Abe'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. The game's ending even depends on the amount of slaves freed.
After seemingly being lost to obscurity for so long, it feels like the Oddworld series 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, and an Oddworld collection is coming to Nintendo Switch next month.
Oddworld: Soulstorm is available on PC, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5.
Source: Eurogamer
