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5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: November 14, 1999
Author: Amazon User

with the fantastic animation, excellent vioce talents, goriness, morbid story and difficult-to-the-point-of-insanity puzzles, oddworld is the embodyment of excellence. it is seriously funny. you'll laugh when the main character, abe, kicks the bucket, when you accedently lure your friends to a grusome death, and when your enimies flee in terror after you morph into a hideos creature. abe is actualy just a skinny guy whith no weapons at all. your task is to run, sneak, and save all 100 of your race from a ghastly fate. All without getting blown away guys with machine guns. Buy it!

Incredible

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: November 16, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This is still one of the most amazing games I've ever played. Imagine Lemmings with awesome graphics and even better gameplay. Tricky puzzles, a fair number of secrets, and a great sense of humor. I thought this wouldn't be that great because it was a 2-D game, but it blows even 3-D games out of the water.

Fun but can be difficult

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: November 17, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This is the first playstation game I have played. I found it quite a challange, definitely not for those without lots of patience. It always has me coming back for more. Easily have 60+ hours into completing this game. The characters are a blast and the sound, 3-d graphics are top notch.

Fantastic puzzle game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 14
Date: December 03, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Stop reading. Buy the game. This is one of the best games I have played for the PSX. The graphics are outstanding, the echoey sound effects give great ambiance, and it's really tough! The game is very well-designed in that a lot of the tougher puzzles are hidden, so it's as difficult as you want to make it. It's a bit gory, but the violence is more cartoony than anything else. The FMV movies are very, very good and smooth as well. A great game for kids and adults!

The only downside is that if you die, you often have to complete a good portion of the level again. This is not a terribly bad thing, it's just a bit annoying in some of the tougher parts.

Really, it's a steal. You'll have loads of fun.

First time gamers- here's your chance!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 15, 1999
Author: Amazon User

The reason I rated this game 4 stars is because they get better every game. I watched my roommate (who had never been into "video games")patiently accomplish Abe's Oddysey. It is a game of patience, skill, strategy and devotion to those of your race you are saving. At the end you get the real test of saving yourself or watching all of your hard work go... I highly reccommend not just buying this game but at least checking it out.

Very good.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: January 08, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I got Abe's Oddysee for the 1998 Christmas, and Abe's Exoddus for 1999 Christmas, and just got done making a review for Exoddus, so I thought I'd make one for Oddysee too. Well, Abe's Oddysee is one of my favorite video/computer games (I have the PC versions.), probaly just second too Exoddus. The film clips are very good, and funny, all of the creatures are good. And what I like, is that it isn't just one of those shoot-em'-up games, where you just see how many people you can shoot. Acctually in this, you see how many people (mudokons acctually) you can SAVE. Well, yes you do kill some things, but you have to figure out how best to do it, you usally use the creatures against each other. If you don't have Oddysee yet, you should get it, it is very cool. Then get Exoddus!

A Must Have

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: January 22, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game looking for a two player game for my 8yr old son to play with his friend. The first night we played, my husband and I couldn't put it down after my son went to bed! It is a blast. What can be better than never ending lives, saving your own kind and working your way through a puzzle? The developers had a terrific sense of humor, and I guarantee you will sacrifice a few lives, just to see the goofy stunts!

Oh, Abe How I Love Thee!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: May 15, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This is the best game I have ever played (next to Abe's Exoddus)! With baited breath I await the next addition to the series--I'm ready for you Munch! Remember, once you're done with this one, you have to get Abe's Exoddus!

This works on so many levels.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 06, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I have the reflexes and hand-eye coordination of a mature guinea pig. I can't hold down three buttons to run forward, jump, and whirl about in a circle simultaneously. I get frustrated if I have to repeat a level too many times (which I ALWAYS do). But this game kept both me AND my steel-eyed, sharpshooting,whirling-fingers-of-death partner entranced for over a week. Then we had to take it back to the rental store and re-rent it.

It has something for everyone except the very young and very squeamish (even then, it's no more violent than any other violent arcade game, and at least you're shooting at icky-looking things). It makes one think and yet it takes the pressure off playing with flair, since there is no such thing as "Game Over." There are no extra lifes, no power ups, no bonus points. Put simply, it is endless entertainment for the thinking person. Some of the puzzles are pretty strenuous but none of the athletics require manipulation of the joystick in a fancy schmancy way--just nerves of steel and patience. I really hope I can find a copy for our very own.

EXCELLENT GAME FOR PEOPLE WITH A STRONG STOMACH

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: October 28, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This is a very addictive game that invites you to solve puzzles, route for the strange little alien you control, and watch the wonderfully bizarre story unfold. However, I need to add that there are a lot of gas-related jokes in the game, and some of us found them to be a little disgusting. One of the things you actually have to make the little alien do from time to time is pass gas - and I could have done without that. But it's a really interesting and original puzzle game with a story, and you should try it. I've known people who absolutely can't walk away from it.

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