Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus

The Good
Every level and cutscene from this game really shines in the theme of Cyberpunk. Whether Abe is in the mines, jungle or brewery, that atmosphere is always appealing to the eyes. There's twice the detail, lighting, shadows and 3D rendering you saw in Abe's Oddysee. The music pairs greatly with every scene, so that it pricks your ears up.

Gameplay mechanics have expanded a great deal. In addition to new communication skills to sad, angry, laughing, sick and blind Mudokons, the gunless Abe does "possess" a decent arsenal of weapons including Sligs, Flying Sligs, Paramites, Scrabs and even the leading Glukkons themselves. And you'll giggle when you first try out the explosive "fart attack" in the brewery. With more enemies and abilities come more items to throw and puzzles that utilise all those elements. Puzzles and rooms are progressively difficult, yet so much fun to learn and solve. It is a relief that you can autosave for the trickier rooms. And of course there's more Abespeak to mess about with.

The Bad
Derived from the first game the controls are still a bit jerky but slightly tighter than before. The real problem in the gameplay is when running, it can be hard to brake and stop where you intend to, before you find yourself falling, running into a landmine or some other unwanted death. Prince of Persia does the running and edge detection mechanics better. To be fair, this game's difficulty is fair enough, so there's nothing really frustrating to be found, just practice to perfect your gaming.

The Bottom Line
Pretty much everything about this sequel exceeds everything in the first game. It's so epic that if you haven't saved all the 300 Mudokons, you'll want to try again and hundred percent it. This game is so movie like, that an actual movie based on this very game is desirable. Grab a copy of this and you can spend hours to weeks playing this super stuff.