like I wished it would. As much as I like the characters and the design of the new Munch game, I'm still hoping for the true spiritual sequel to my good old Abe." Next Generation reviewed the Xbox version of the game, rating it four stars out of five, and stated that "Munch isn't a typical platformer, but it's still completely entertaining, unique, and highly recommended." The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences awarded Munch's Oddysee its 2001 "Outstanding Achievement in Animation" prize. It was a nominee in the Academy's "Innovation in Console Gaming" and "Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction" categories, but these went to Pikmin and Ico, respectively. Nominee, Readers' Choice – Best Xbox Story of 2001 Xbox IGN, 2002 Nominee, Readers' Choice – Best Xbox Graphics of 2001 Xbox IGN, 2002 Nominee, Readers' Choice – Best Xbox Sound of 2001 Xbox IGN, 2002 No.1, Best Characters – PLAY, 2002 Xbox Elite Award for Excellence – Official Xbox Magazine, 2002 Best in Show Xbox Games, E3 2001 – Edge, 2002 Best Xbox Game – E3 2002 Review Electronic Gaming Monthly, 2002 Retrospective, Port reviews Retrospectives and reviews of ports of the game have been more mixed to negative, with some critics considering it to be the worst game in the Oddworld series. In a 2020 review of the Nintendo Switch version, Nintendo Life remarked that the game was the worst in the Oddworld series and criticized the level design, control, and the unpolished feeling of the game. COGconnected in 2020 review of the Switch praised the game's options and pick-up and play feel, though criticized the "repetitive" puzzle design. God is a Geek also criticized the game's camera, control, enviroments which they labeled as "bland" in a 2020 review of the Switch port. The Switch port were also criticized for not updating the game's control options and for keeping bugs that were present in the Xbox version in the game. The Switch and Vita ports of the game that were released in 2020 and 2014 has a Metacritic score of 58 and 72 retrospectively indicating "generally mixed reviews." Notes References External links 2001 video games Infogrames games THQ games 3D platform games Android (operating system) games Cancelled PlayStation 2 games Eco-terrorism in fiction Game Boy Advance games Interactive Achievement Award winners IOS games MacOS games Microsoft games Nintendo Switch games Oddworld Ouya games PlayStation 3 games PlayStation Network games