One of the three free games for having a PS Plus account. This is a semi-3D kind of a puzzle game.
You play as Abe, a typical citizen who used to work at a meat processing factory, called ‘RuptureFarms’. The biggest meat factory in all of Oddworld. The company has been making some good things, until he noticed a billboard called “new and tasty”. He also saw what his boss has been up to, and the big wigs during one of their board meetings. They’ve harvested so much meat, their profit is dropping. And so their ‘new and tasty’ plan to boost declining sales, is to make meat out of his species!
He attempts to escape, yet everyone is after him to silence him (or just bring him in. Whichever works to not alert his fellow workers of the evil plot). The thing is, his fellow workers are too dim-witted for Abe to warn them.
His only allies are his people, who he can either murder(either by accident on on purpose) or save.
To save your people, the area must be clear of enemies. And you must also find a circular thing made of birds. Holding down both L2 and R2 causes a portal to popup. The workers that are currently following you will automatically run through the portal and count as an escaped worker.
In some areas of levels, you’ll see a big board showing your current status. How many more workers to be saved, how many have been killed(by you or by other means), and how many have escaped so far.
The controls take a while to master. Your left control pad are your ‘gamespeak’ commands, that you can tell your fellow workers to follow you, or wait in a specific area.
You have alternate Gamespeak controls by holding down R1 and hitting the same buttons. These can be used to lure the slug creatures who are working for the evil guys, into a trap (or to get them away from you, or one of your allies). You can also throw unlimited rocks to lure them.
The game actually has a Quicksave/Quickload feature; a first that I’ve seen of any console game. It’s the big button above your hat switches (L3 and R3). Pressing it does a Quicksave, holding it down does a Quickload. And it actually saves your exact progress, and doesn’t matter if you’re near a waypoint.
If only Little Big Planet 3 had this… I’d scream a lot less when I’m forced to redo the level all over again.