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Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus®

PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3 • 2010

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Quick resume

Abe's peaceful retirement was shattered when visited by a vision from the Mudokon Spirit Guides. Abe™ learned the Magog Cartel was mining Necrum, the sacred Mudokon city of the dead, to collect bones to make super-addictive SoulStorm Brew.

Global score

95/100

Genres

Adventure, Platform, Puzzle

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    Pros

    • Challenging and rewarding gameplay
    • Strong nostalgic and emotional appeal
    • Innovative possession and gamespeak mechanics
    • Engaging story and atmosphere
    • Excellent value for price

    Cons

    • Dated graphics and resolution
    • Clunky controls for modern players
    • Some frustrating difficulty spikes
    • Lack of native controller support without patches
    • Limited social or multiplayer features

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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      "Players have control over Abe's actions, including possession of enemies and directing multiple Mudokons, with options for control schemes and difficulty levels."

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      "Players have extensive control over Abe's actions, including movement, possession of various creatures, and complex GameSpeak commands, allowing freedom in problem solving and decision making."

    • Competence

      Game with the same Competence vibe

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      "The game offers challenging puzzles and platforming that require skill and timing, with a learning curve and quicksave to mitigate frustration."

      Capsule for Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty

      "The game presents challenging platforming and puzzles requiring skill, timing, and strategy, with quicksave reducing frustration but maintaining difficulty."

    • Competition

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      "Focus is on individual progress and puzzle solving without competitive or ranked multiplayer elements."

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    • Continuation

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      "Players report long play sessions, habitual returns, and nostalgic attachment to the game."

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    • Cooperation

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      2

      "Game mechanics involve guiding and commanding Mudokons to safety, requiring indirect cooperation with AI characters."

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      "GameSpeak mechanics involve commanding multiple Mudokons and coordinating their actions, implying cooperative task management within single-player gameplay."

    • Creativity

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      3

      "Players creatively use possession mechanic to solve puzzles and navigate levels, experimenting with different characters' abilities."

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      "Players creatively use possession mechanics and GameSpeak commands to solve puzzles and navigate levels, with multiple approaches possible."

    • Domination

      Game with the same Domination vibe

      -3

      "Interactions are mostly cooperative and equal; no evidence of power imposition or dominance over other players."

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      "Interactions emphasize guiding and saving Mudokons rather than exerting power over others; no evidence of dominance over other players."

    • Escapism

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      "Players use the game as a nostalgic escape and stress relief, immersing in a fictional world."

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    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily out of personal interest and nostalgia, with no indication of obligation or external pressure."

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    • Experimenting

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      "The game encourages trying different mechanics, exploring secrets, and multiple endings, supporting experimentation."

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    • Exploration

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      "Multiple locations and hidden interactions encourage discovery and curiosity-driven play."

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    • Expression

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      "Limited customization; players choose characters but no significant avatar or environment personalization."

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      "Limited customization; players control Abe and other creatures but no significant avatar or environment personalization."

    • Fantasy

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      "Set in a dark fantasy world with magic, monsters, and surreal environments; strong imaginative fiction."

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      "Set in a dark, imaginative fictional world with fantastical creatures and supernatural abilities like possession and explosive farts."

    • Fellowship

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      "Primarily a single-player experience with limited social interaction."

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    • Growth

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      "Players develop skills in precise platforming, puzzle solving, and mastering complex controls."

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    • Health

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      "Sedentary gameplay typical of platformers; no physical activity or health-related features."

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    • Idle

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      "Requires focused attention and precise timing; not suited for casual or background play."

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    • Intimacy

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      "Minimal social or emotional connection beyond the player-character relationship; no multiplayer intimacy."

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      "Minimal social or emotional connection beyond gameplay; no multiplayer or relationship-building features."

    • Leadership

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      "Indirect leadership through commanding Mudokons, but no multiplayer leadership roles."

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      "Players lead groups of Mudokons via commands, demonstrating leadership in guiding NPCs."

    • Progression

      Game with the same Progression vibe

      3

      "Progression through rescuing Mudokons, unlocking new areas, and completing levels."

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      "Progression through levels, rescuing Mudokons, and unlocking new abilities and areas."

    • Relaxation

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      "Game is challenging and can cause frustration; some find it relaxing but many report tension and difficulty."

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    • Sensation

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      "The game uses atmospheric music and visuals to create emotional and sensory engagement."

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    • Status

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      "No social status or recognition systems; focus is on individual gameplay experience."

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    • Story

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      "Strong narrative immersion with engaging story, characters, and cutscenes."

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      "Strong narrative immersion with engaging plot, characters, and cutscenes integral to the experience."

    • Strategy

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      "Requires planning, problem solving, and tactical use of environment and abilities."

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    • Thrill

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    • Value

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    • Violence

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    • Survival

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      "Players must avoid death and manage risks to progress, emphasizing survival in a hazardous environment."

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    Analysis

    Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Leadership, Survival, Violence, Strategy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Fantasy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression.

    How to use the graph
    Similar games map

    Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
    • Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
    • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

    Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

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