Genre
Perspective
Non-Sport
MobyRank MobyScore
DOS
...
...
PlayStation
83
3.9
Windows
83
3.8

Description

The time and place is not known to us, but the food factories have found a new type of meat - delicious to all the inhabitants, and no-one knows the recipe. Following your stomach you find yourself in the factory, and make the most frightening and disgusting discovery: Your own race is that secret delicious food.

Alas, you are discovered, and the guards are marching towards you. You must escape, but you can't leave your friends to mercy of those eaters. You must rescue as many as you can, and tell the world the truth that lies beyond.

Essentially Abe's Odyssee is a platform game, with a darker atmosphere than most titles in the genre. You start without weapons but can use special powers such as chanting and farting to ward off foes.

Alternate Titles

  • "Abe a Go Go" -- Japanese title

Part of the Following Groups


Merchant Title Platform Price  
Amazon
Oddworld Abe's Oddysee PlayStation $11.48  
ebay.com
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee    
GOG
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee $9.99  
Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus $9.99  
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User Reviews

Nice. (Braaap! Hehehe...) PlayStation Late (95)

The Press Says

Gamezilla DOS 1997 92 out of 100 92
Absolute Playstation PlayStation Nov, 1997 90 out of 100 90
Jeuxvideo.com PlayStation Jul 14, 2009 18 out of 20 90
PC Player (Germany) Windows Dec, 1997 85 out of 100 85
PC Player (Germany) DOS Dec, 1997 85 out of 100 85
Gamezilla PlayStation 1997 82 out of 100 82
PC Zone Windows Aug 13, 2001 8.1 out of 10 81
GameSpot Windows Dec 08, 1997 8.1 out of 10 81
PC Games (Germany) Windows Dec 03, 1997 79 out of 100 79
GameStar (Germany) Windows Dec, 1997 75 out of 100 75

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Trivia

In this first Oddworld game, the Mudokons had four-fingered hands, but in later Oddworld games, they have three-fingered hands. This was changed after complaints from the Japanese government. Four-fingered characters are offensive to the Japanese, because Japanese meat-workers often lost a finger (thus making them four-fingered).

To make it extra ironic, Abe's Oddysee begins and ends in a meat fabric...


This entry was contributed by Grant McLellan (555), Ol' Blue Eyes (448) and MAT Bronze Star Contributing Member (35305)
 

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