Oddworld: Abes Oddysee (PS)

Oddworld. This planet is known to be 10 times the size of the Earth. Some say it is too big to be fully explored by any one being; even the countries are way too big to know everything on. Well, there is one particular country that is probably the smallest of them all. On Mudania, Mudokons are the most populated species here, although there are so many different creatures you wouldn’t be able to say. Somewhere in the heart of the country - Glukkons rule the businesses. They own RuptureFarms, and are using these Mudokons as slaves for their dirty work. One of these slaves (Glukkons insist them to be employees) is probably the hardest working of them all. His name is ...  Read the complete review

For a long time since it was first released in 1997, I looked at oddworld and thought definately not a game for me, eventually as the years passed I thought I'd give it a go at least, before condeming it out of hand. So I rented it, and it turns out I was wrong about Abe's Oddysee, it turns out it's a very addictive little game. After returning the rental I went out and bought a copy for myself. Welcome to Oddworld, a massive plant filled with all sorts of exotic flora and fauna, many of which feature in the immediate game world. The bipedal sentient creatures known as Mudokon's (Abe, the character players will control for the majority of the adventure, is a ...  Read the complete review

Oddworld is one of the strangest and most interesting games I have ever played. Its certainly one of the most original. Its a platform game where you take control of Abe. Abe is some kind of fish looking creature. He discovers that all the workers of a factory are going to be killed and turned into food by the owners. He goes on a quest to stop this. You must make your way through his unusual world where you will meet different enemies with different AI abilities. There are scraggs and other parasites to be careful of. Some will shoot you, some will eat you. Each level is one big puzzle that you need to complete. You will have to use your ...  Read the complete review

For years computer and console games have been promising to allow more interaction between in-game characters. Yes, epic RPGs have always allowed you to talk to people you meet while playing, and there’s no denying that shooting someone in the head in an action title could be described as interaction of a sort, but there’s never been a non-role-player where the entire outcome has rested on how you communicate with the game’s other inhabitants, has there? Oh, but there has! Sort of. Released way back in the misty depths of September 1997, gorgeous platformer Abe’s Oddysee sent gamers everywhere on their first trip to the odd ...  Read the complete review

Welcome to Oddworld: a distant jungle planet which feels like the dumping ground for all of Mother Nature's more interesting flights of fantasy. Its a world teeming with life or all shapes and sizes, but always weird and wonderful. Its an awesome sight to behold...but wait, there's a game in here somewhere too, its not all eye candy. In fact, there is ONE HELL OF A GAME IN HERE! Do you like tough puzzlers? I do mean TOUGH puzzlers because Abe's Odyssee is one of the toughest and most rewarding of its kind that I have ever seen grace the Playstation/PC etc. You do? Well then you came to the right place brother...let me show you around... You play Abe, ...  Read the complete review