ōdi∙um

Description

Mutants have been found in the bombed out Russian city of Lubin, and a trio of soldiers (Sullivan, Ogritz and Trantigne, each of different nationalities) enters the city to find out what happened. You control the team and direct them through the world of surprises and mysteries that wait to be resolved.

The game is composed mainly of two playing modes. First - the "adventure" mode, where you walk freely around the city, pick up items and use them in various places, and sometimes see cutscenes - conversations between characters.

When you encounter the mutants, the gameplay switches to a turn-based strategy, a little similar to games such as X-Com: each turn, first all your men may move and act (attack, push items), and then all the mutants move and attack. During combat, your characters gain experience, and eventually gain levels (in mid-combat) and can improve their statistics, such as accuracy, luck etc.

Alternate Titles

• "Odium" -- Common title
• "Gorky 18" -- Alternate translation of Russian localization with plot changes
• "Gorky-17 Мужская Работа" -- Russian title
• "Gorky 17: Das dunkle Vermächtnis" -- German title
• "Gorky 17" -- European title

Part of the Following Group

• Gorky series

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User Reviews

It's good!	Windows	Sam Jeffreys (3316)
Odium means "hatred" in Latin and that's a good word for describing the job done on the Mac port.	Macintosh	Tashtego (152)
A nice tactical game, not quite as chess-puzzle like as Incubation, not as open-ended as the best in the genre.	Windows	weregamer (157)

The Press Says

Score	Windows	Oct, 1999	85 out of 100	85
Game Over Online	Windows	Nov 30, 1999	84 out of 100	84
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Windows	Mar 02, 2000	8 out of 10	80
GameSpot (Belgium/Netherlands)	Windows	Dec 13, 1999	80 out of 100	80
Game Vortex	Windows	Jan 31, 2003	80 out of 100	80
Absolute Games (AG.ru)	Windows	Nov 15, 1999	80 out of 100	80
Playback	Windows	Jul, 2006	7.33 out of 10	73
Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault)	Windows	Jan 01, 2000		70
JeuxMac.com	Macintosh	May, 2003	3 out of 5	60
GameSpot	Windows	Dec 14, 1999	5.9 out of 10	59

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Trivia

Two localized versions of ōdi∙um have been released in Russia; both feature plot changes: Gorky 17 is mostly faithful to the original, with main characters identities changed to Russians instead of NATO soldiers, while Gorky 18 features major changes to character personalities, dialogs and plot - in fact, the whole script has been created from scratch. General gameflow is unchanged though.