One of the best ways studios have used April Fools’ Day in recent years is to announce a seemingly absurd project that couldn’t possibly get the green light for reality, only to turn into a beautiful reality.
This time, retro specialist Nightdive Studios tackles one of the funniest, most polarizing FPS games of the 90s: PO’ed.
Launching later this year, PO’ed: Definitive Edition takes the ‘classic’ 1995 title and gives it a good old spruce up, revamping the visuals, modernizing the gameplay and even adding an extra difficulty option for all you veterans out there. .
For the uninitiated, PO’ed sees you take control of a chef who must escape from a hostile alien planet using items such as pans, knives and, of course, any alien weapons you pick up along the way. It’s certainly one of the most absurd games to come out of the 90s, and probably the reason why Nightdive decided to announce it on April Fool’s Day. Well done, indeed.
Let’s take a look at the key features:
– Board full of quality of life features to improve gameplay and fix bugs present in the original game (which can be turned off)
– Wet your whistle with widescreen support for HUD and other on-screen graphics
– Added a delicious new difficulty mode for hardcore players
– 15 tasty achievements
– Some localization support for English, French, Italian, German and Spanish
– Complete freedom! Cruise on foot or fly your jetpack through 25 wild 3D environments
Recently, Nightdive Studios released the exceptional Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster, which we called ‘an absolute must-have game for fans of far-off galactic conflicts’. It received a rating of 9/10.
We’ll be sure to update you with further information as soon as we hear it, including the final PO’ed: Definitive Edition release date.
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