Poetic.Injustice
Member
Lorne Lanning is remaking his old classic platformer Oddworld: Abes Oddysee. Hes not remastering it with HD textures; hes rebuilding it from the ground up in 2.5D with Unity, using the tools of today to develop the game a second time with the same blueprint.
This new version has a new subtitle, New n Tasty, but apparently that hasnt been enough to keep some folks from thinking that what he and Just Add Water are making is the same kind of thing Square Enix just did with Final Fantasy X and X-2, a concept people like to refer to as an HD remake.
We still see press calling it an HD remake, and its not a fucking HD remake, Lanning emphatically told me as we sat at a table in the back of the lounge at the Marriott Marquis in San Francisco last week.
Lanning did have kind words for one giant publisher, Sony, in regards to deals theyd cut for Oddworld games on PSN. He said theyve been a godsend as of late for their brand awareness, as, say, Strangers Wrath going free for PlayStation Plus members had the side effect of boosting sales on Steam. So hes not a blanket hater.
http://www.vg247.com/2014/03/25/oddworld-new-n-tasty-its-not-a-fucking-hd-remake/