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.

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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

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Gorky series

Merchant	Title	Price
	Gorky 17	$5.99
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User Reviews

It's good!	Sam Jeffreys (3021)
A nice tactical game, not quite as chess-puzzle like as Incubation, not as open-ended as the best in the genre.	weregamer (157)

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The Press Says

Score	Oct, 1999	85 out of 100	85
Power Unlimited	Dec, 1999	8.1 out of 10	81
Eurogamer	Mar 02, 2000	8 out of 10	80
Da Gameboyz	Jul 10, 2004	4 out of 5	80
GamesFirst!	Dec 09, 1999		80
Game Vortex	Jan 31, 2003	80 out of 100	80
Electric Games	2000		80
PC Player (Germany)	Dec, 1999	73 out of 100	73
Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault)	Jan 01, 2000		70
IGN	Dec 07, 1999	7 out of 10	70

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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.

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This entry was contributed by Dragoon (94), Kabushi (43658) and Iggi

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