I'm doing my own Abe's Oddysee lets play. Since I'm trying (and probably failing) to generate an interesting commentary, I'm thinking harder about the game than I normally would do and point out many of the things I've noticed about the game over many, many playthroughs.
So here's a list of everything I pointed out since I really don't expect people to watch this crap just to get this info, especially since
not all of it is relevant or would apply to Abe HD, but there are some things that anyone making a remake should be made aware of.
* Glukkons sure love cackling madly when they have an evil plan! Typical villans.
* What do Scrab cakes taste like?
* EXPLOIT: Mudokons can follow Abe past meat grinders if they're off the screen without getting mashed.
* BUG (Fixed in AE) You have to hold the gamespeak buttons down for longer when Abe is standing to get him to talk, but he speaks instantly when crouching.
* Other mudokons have half a run cycle (PC version)
* Why do some sligs notice when others have been possesed, but others not?
* I miss it when Abe could talk to Sligs with gamespeak and they'd respond
* Particularly in one secret area in Stockyards you can confuse a slig by talking to it while it walks, and it'll sometimes walk off the edge of a platform.
* Ever notice how AO is a little similar to the original (1990) Prince of Persia?
* If you put the stockyards screens together, the background colours form a rainbow.
* EXPLOIT: You can sneak off the edge of a screen as a slig enters it without it noticing you if you're lucky.
* How will Abe HD tackle player tutorials? Shouldn't it teach stuff like slig possesing and rolling while running earlier?
* In AO, Abe could chant and activate portals in the foreground while standing in the background. How will this work in Abe HD?
* People have in the past noticed the Bigface drawing an infinity symbol on the floor during the cutscene at the end of Stockyards while Abe is dead - Is it related to Abe being able to come back to life if he dies in the game? Actually is Abe being invincible simply a gameplay mechanic or is there an in-universe explanation for it?
* I thought Abe's skin colour was meant to be special - How come the password-needing, catapault-wielding guys in Mosiac Lines are blue as well?
* Also why do they kill Abe outright if he ignores them? Shouldn't they stun him instead to prevent him moving forward?
* You can make the Elum-summoning bell ring if you jump against it.
* Why can't players activate the bell song themselves before Abe gets the password from the touchstone?
* Abe is immune while flying through wells - Including to mines, bullets, slog jaws, paramite jaws and scrab beaks. You can use this as an exploit in parts to get rid of hazards. Although how does he fall really far and not get hurt?
* There is a funny bug where Abe lowers lifts faster, and uncontrollably while being chased by bees.
* Elums are immune to fall damage - And there is a bug in Paramonia where you can fall through some scenary.
* Stuff in AO and AE decomposes fast - How will Abe HD handle corpses?
* It was funny when a character would blow up and the gibs would bounce off the screen, especially heads.
* The "Watch out for that bat!" fireflies part of Paramonian Temple was funny.
* EXPLOIT: I liked being able to retain spirit rings and rocks/meat from previous trials, to use in subsequent trials in Paramonian Temple. Can that be kept in Abe HD? Even though you can use this same exploit to skip an entire puzzle later in Scrabania.
* It's a bit weird that meat retained from one trial turned to rocks in a different trial.
* What type of creature is held in meat sacks anyway?
* EXPLOIT: There is a trial in the paramonian temple that has a hidden area where 3 Mudokons are held. If you leave the trial, enter a different trial, then return to that same trial, it will re-set - Including the secret area. This means you can save those same 3 mudokons as many times as you want! But beware - Saving too many mudokons bugs the game, but you can use it to skip a different, harder secret area later and still get 99 mudokons.
* Why are there falling boulders in Rupture Farms anyway during said secret area?
* That part in the Paramonian trials with those swinging rocks and the bats was really, really, REALLY annoying! You should at least remove the bats or make them fly a little slower - Or do something else to balance this puzzle so that it's challenging rather than frustrating.
* How do those swinging rocks retain their momentum anyway?
* What are the red-eyed creatures hidden in the hollows of the logs in Paramonian Temple? More bats?
* BUG: In one of the trials, a slog will chase you after you pull a ring - Then you have to drop down and navigate the swinging ball/bat puzzle again. The music will still be dramatic and annoying until you leave the area even though the Slog is no longer a threat to the player - I doubt the same bug will occur in Abe HD but it's something to be aware of.
* How do bombs and huge rolling rocks explode or roll over or fall onto flimsy wooden platforms without damaging them?
* Aren't paramites supposed to be sacred? In AE you aren't ever required to kill them, but in AO, you sometimes are.
* In one paramonian temple trial, a rolling rock appears to fall onto Abe's fingers as he dangles from a ledge - Maybe that should be shifted that a bit in Abe HD.
* I love how the scrab and paramite nests are in the dark, that's an excellent game design
* In Scrabania you have to give a password to a mudokon who will pull a lever to make some mines move so that you can safely detonate them with spirit rings - Why does he continue to ask for a password after you've blown them?
* Why does a native mudokon have anything to do with industrial explosive mines anyway?
* Why does pulling a lever make bees chase you?
* In Scrabania, why is Abe nearly the same shade of green as the native mudokons? Something to do with how Abe's normal blue colour contrasts with the pink/orange backgrounds?
* For some reason a native mudokon who gives you spirit rings also greets a possesed slig when you enter the same screen with it.
* It's pretty cool how slogs whine when spirit rings hit them.
I'm currently as far as Scrabania and I'll see what else interesting I notice when I continue the playthrough.
