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Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus

Abe’s peaceful retirement was shattered when visited by a vision from the Three Weirdos. Abe learned the Magog Cartel was mining Necrum, the sacred Mudokon city of the dead, to collect bones to make…

80 1 November 1998

Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus is an adventure developed by Oddworld Inhabitants, released 1 November 1998 on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation and OnLive Game System. The main story takes about 29.6 hrs to finish.

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What Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus is

Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus is an adventure game developed by Oddworld Inhabitants and released in 1998. It was published by GT Interactive Software. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation, OnLive Game System and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on A.L.I.V.E..

The premise, in the publisher's words

The game continues the story of Abe, charting his efforts to save his fellow Mudokons from another plot by the Glukkons to exploit them. Abe discovers that the Glukkons are enslaving Mudokons, this time to produce a drink called Soulstorm Brew, which uses Mudokon bones and tears as its ingredients. Abe must travel to the Soul Storm Brewery, stop those corporate villains and save the enslaved Mudokon workers.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1998 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 82, across 127 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 29.6 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 166 MHz Pentium processor (200 MHz recommended) and 16 MB (32 MB or higher recommended) of RAM. At 0GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB.

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What it launched against

Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus launched on 1 November 1998, within three weeks of Half-Life, Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped, The House of the Dead 2 and Centipede. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Half-Life, Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped, The House of the Dead 2, Centipede.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Characters

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Quick answers

Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus — frequently asked questions

When did Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus come out?
Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus was released on 1 November 1998 for PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation, OnLive Game System and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus?
At minimum, Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus needs 166 MHz Pentium processor (200 MHz recommended), 16 MB (32 MB or higher recommended) of RAM, 700 MB Free of storage.
How long does it take to beat Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus?
The main story of Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus takes around 29.6 hrs, or 25 hrs for 100% completion.
How many GB is Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus?
The PC version needs about 0.7 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("700 MB Free"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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