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Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee®

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

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Quick resume

Selected by the fickle finger of fate, Abe™, floor-waxer first class for RuptureFarms, was catapulted into a life of adventure when he overheard plans by his boss, Molluck the Glukkon™, to turn Abe and his fellow Mudokons into Tasty Treats as part of a last-ditch effort to rescue Molluck's failing meat-packing empire.

Global score

85/100

Genres

Adventure, Platform, Puzzle

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    Pros

    • Unique and immersive world
    • Challenging and rewarding puzzles
    • Strong narrative and atmosphere
    • Nostalgic value
    • Innovative gameplay mechanics

    Cons

    • Dated graphics and controls
    • Frustrating save system
    • High difficulty and trial-and-error
    • Some technical issues on pc port
    • Lack of quicksave feature

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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      "Players have freedom to choose strategies, relationships, and how to approach puzzles; multiple solutions exist for levels."

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      "Players have freedom to explore multiple solutions to puzzles and choose how to rescue Mudokons, including possessing enemies and using different strategies."

    • Competence

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    • Competition

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    • Continuation

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      "Many players report long sessions and replayability, with habitual play and continued engagement."

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      "Players report long play sessions, replaying difficult sections, and dedication to saving all Mudokons, indicating habitual engagement."

    • Cooperation

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      3

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

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

    • Creativity

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      3

      "Players can experiment with different approaches, use environment and items creatively to solve puzzles and evade enemies."

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    • Domination

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    • Escapism

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      "Players use the game for nostalgia, fantasy immersion, and stress relief."

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    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily out of personal interest and nostalgia, not due to obligation or external pressure."

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    • Experimenting

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    • Exploration

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      "Players explore detailed environments with secrets and hidden Mudokons, encouraging curiosity and discovery."

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      "Many hidden rooms and secret Mudokons to find encourage curiosity-driven exploration."

    • Expression

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      "Limited character customization; focus is on gameplay and puzzle solving rather than avatar personalization."

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    • Fantasy

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      "Set in a surreal alien world with imaginative creatures and a science-fiction narrative."

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    • Fellowship

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      "Mostly single-player experience with AI companions; minimal social or community interaction."

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    • Growth

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      "Players develop skills in puzzle solving, platforming precision, and strategic thinking throughout the game."

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    • Health

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    • Idle

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      "Requires focused attention due to puzzles, combat, and platforming challenges."

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    • Intimacy

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      "Minimal social or emotional connections beyond the single-player narrative experience."

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    • Leadership

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

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

    • Progression

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      "Progression through levels, rescuing Mudokons, unlocking achievements, and completing puzzles."

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

    • Relaxation

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      "Gameplay is intense and challenging, often causing frustration rather than relaxation."

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    • Sensation

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    • Status

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

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    • Story

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    • Strategy

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    • Thrill

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    • Value

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    • Violence

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    • Survival

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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. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Relaxation.

    How to use the graph
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    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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