O.D.T.: Escape... Or Die Trying

This is not a true review of the game, but a warning as to the quality of this particular re-release of it. O.D.T itself is what I would call a sort of hidden gem of the early 3D PC/PS1(/N64) library, but this re-release is a travesty for the simple fact that the PC version within this re-release does not have any music. The music is a huge part of building the atmosphere of O.D.T, and how the publishers managed to fuck this simple thing up so badly is abhorrent. Shame on you for this, Piko Interactive, and shame on you for ignoring all attempts at reasonable communication through your website and social media accounts, and making no effort whatsoever to play-test or fix your screw up. Thankfully, the PSX version is also included, and that one DOES have music, but obviously that's a downgrade for numerous reasons. If you want to play O.D.T as it was on the PS1, this'll do ya, but that's no excuse for the screwed up PC version. You'd think they would have noticed something amiss, but...

The hidden gem and one of my favorite PS1 games. Golden times of Psygnosis games. It includes the PC version and PS1 version with some emulator. You can choose which one to play when you launch it from Steam. The best way to play it is the PS1 version through the emulator, like DuckStation or Beetle PSX, separate or in RetroArch, which you can also find on Steam. You can use the disk image provided with this game in "ps1/res" folder. It's much better because you can choose the resolution scale, and don't see these huge pixels, and there's also a geometry correction in modern emulators, which fixes the wobbly polygons of PS1 games. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2663199970 The screenshots on the store page look terrible, stretched to widescreen. As always, when you stretch 4:3 resolutions...

It is a PS One era game. This includes both PS One version and PC version, both work fine on Windows 11.

This is a classic from my childhood. It's nice to finally have it on steam. However, this contains two versions of the game: the pc port and an emulated PSone version. The PC port lacks music for some reason, which I feel makes it unplayable. I don't know if this is like a Quake 1/2 problem where the CD needs to be in the disc drive or if there's missing files. Otherwise, the PSone version works just fine but requires some rebinding and you have to use its save states to save.