Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee is the first game set in the fictional Oddworld universe. It is a platformer with puzzle-solving elements, focusing on the portrayal of a weak, underpowered character in a grim and…
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee is an adventure developed by Oddworld Inhabitants, released 18 September 1997 on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation and DOS.
What Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee is
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee is an adventure game developed by Oddworld Inhabitants and released in 1997. It was published by GT Interactive Software. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation, DOS, OnLive Game System and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on A.L.I.V.E..
The premise, in the publisher's words
Abe is a Mudokon, a member of a once prosperous race which has now been enslaved by the Glukkons, forced to work in their huge corporations. The food factories have found a new type of meat, delicious to all the inhabitants, though no one knows the recipe. Following his stomach, Abe eavesdrops on the corporate leaders' conversation, and makes the most frightening and disgusting discovery: his own race is that secret delicious food. Alas, Abe has been spotted, and the guards are marching towards him. He must escape, but he can't leave his friends to the mercy of the Glukkons and their henchmen. He must rescue as many as he can, and tell the world the truth about what he has found out.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, comedy, science fiction and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee holds a critic score of 100 out of 100. That places it above 100% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1997 averaged 65, so it scored 35 points above the year average. Players rate it 91, 9 points lower than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
How long it takes, and what that costs
A full completion run takes around 15.3 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.
What it launched against
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee launched on 18 September 1997, within three weeks of Final Fantasy VII, Resident Evil: Director's Cut, Ultima Online and Frogger. It reviewed better than all of them.
Released around the same time: Final Fantasy VII, Resident Evil: Director's Cut, Ultima Online, Frogger.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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