It’s been a while since we saw any gameplay from Just Add Water’s remake of the seminal platformer. In fact, it’s been so long that they’ve switched game engines and completely remade it all since then.
This is the first gameplay trailer, which has just debuted at GDC in San Francisco and I think you’ll agree, it’s looking fantastic. Everything had been built from the ground up to faithfully recreate Abe’s Oddysee but it doesn’t really look like the Abe’s Oddysee I played on the original PlayStation, it’s the one I remember in my heavily embellished, nostalgia fuelled dreams.
That’s what I love most about this project, I think – that Just Add Water were able to extrapolate something that looks just how I think it does from such relatively low resolution source material. And it’s all so alive and vivid and dynamic, too.
If you listened to our recent interview special podcast with Lorne Lanning and Stewart Gilray, you’ll know that we’re big fans of the game and we’ve got high hopes for this remake too. Hopefully the trailer above and these new screenshots below make it obvious why we’re so excited for it.
sparkyscrum
I can’t wait to play it. Only got to play a handful of levels in the original on my brothers PS1.
Jakster123x
Wow. That looks incredible. I’ve got the original PSOne games on the Vita thanks to Plus but i’d love to play this on my PS4.
ron_mcphatty
In the words of Abe, ‘Well ‘eeelo!’. Looking excellent, cant wait to stuff my Vita full of this.
vjmwilliams
Looking forward to this.
Pixel_nme
I remember being amazed all those years ago by how good it looked on PS1,this looks virtually like I remember it but super pretty love those sligs :)
Kevatron400
I thought the same, and then I googled a video of it!
a inferior race
Not keen on the new sneaking sound.