Overview: Escape from 'RuptureFarms' and save as many of your fellow Mudokons as you can along the way.
20170514:
I couldn't sleep so I decided to play Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee.
Steam Game Time: 77 min
Thoughts:
Pro:
+ Need to think
Neutral:
~ Some trial-and-error required
~ Instead of a continuous world that loads in the background like a modern game, Abe's Oddysee will have loading points where the game will load up a different portion of the world.
Cons:
- Some difficult platforming elements attributed to the age of the game
- Frustratingly positioned checkpoints
Summary:
Difficult, and sometimes frustrating, but fun.
I don't know why, but despite the frustrating deaths, I kept struggling to save the other Mudokons. Perhaps I enjoyed the difficulty. Perhaps the game called out to my need to help people (and Mudokons).
Regardless, the game was interesting enough that I would recommend it to some people. Perhaps lovers of older platformers or of modern difficult platformers. Though there was also a puzzle element, so I might exclude the recommendation to players who are more action-oriented.
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (PC) (1997)
Relevant Links:
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (Wikipedia.org)
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (PSX) (Metacritic.com)
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (Steam Store Page)
20170514:
I couldn't sleep so I decided to play Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee.
 |
| Saving several of Abe's fellow Mudokons |
Steam Game Time: 77 min
Thoughts:
Pro:
+ Need to think
 |
| Saved a total of ten, but I also loss one... |
Neutral:
~ Some trial-and-error required
~ Instead of a continuous world that loads in the background like a modern game, Abe's Oddysee will have loading points where the game will load up a different portion of the world.
Cons:
- Some difficult platforming elements attributed to the age of the game
- Frustratingly positioned checkpoints
 |
| Eight actions for interacting with the world, plus a chant. |
Summary:
Difficult, and sometimes frustrating, but fun.
I don't know why, but despite the frustrating deaths, I kept struggling to save the other Mudokons. Perhaps I enjoyed the difficulty. Perhaps the game called out to my need to help people (and Mudokons).
 |
| I found my way into the background, but it doesn't seem to be the answer to the puzzle... |
Regardless, the game was interesting enough that I would recommend it to some people. Perhaps lovers of older platformers or of modern difficult platformers. Though there was also a puzzle element, so I might exclude the recommendation to players who are more action-oriented.
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (PC) (1997)
Relevant Links:
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (Wikipedia.org)
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (PSX) (Metacritic.com)
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (Steam Store Page)
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