Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus

"Fun game but missing something........."

PROS:
Fun Game
Original Idea
Funny at times

CONS:
Quite confusing at times
Controls difficult to learn
Choppy graphics

Graphics: 5/10
I have seen better graphics on some Super Nintendo games, but like I have always said, graphics can neither help a game from complete destruction or destroy it from greatness,
but it can help it on its way there. The graphics are good, but they just don’t seem to have that razzle dazzle effect on me for some reason.

Audio: 10/10
One of the few things that has been done right in this game. Although a near carbon copy of the original, it still is one of the best out there. I mean have you ever heard a game with a better likeness of a human fart? They must spent hundreds of dollars at Taco Bell to get the art of farting to perfection. Great game when it comes to audio, every body loves it from your grandma to that two year old cousin.

Controls: 5/10
The controls are kind of mediocre if you want my opinion, much like the first game, it seems as though the controls would be a hit or miss. Either a revolutionary game or one of the kind that you would rather forget about. Unfortunately it is one of those that you should forget about. Not much to brag about, it just leaves too much to be desired.

Gameplay: 5/10
The gameplay is not too great. Not to take anything from this game, it is a fun game, it just seems as though it can hold my attention like a rock in a store with bikini-clad
women jumping up and down underneath a waterfall, the rock just will not be looked at a great deal of time. Much like the controls, it is decent just it isn’t high quality.

Replayability: 4/10
Replayability means you want to play it over and over again, and it just does not seem to have that effect on me. Once I finished I kinda felt like going back to my good old Final Fantasy VII.

Cheats: 4/10
There were not too many cheats in this game, and unlike graphics, I think that a good set of cheats can save a horrible game, but this just has too big of a hole to dig itself out of.

Overall: 5/10
It seems as though the only thing saving this game is the fact that it made me laugh, and lets not forget about the sound effects. Hopefully in the next game in the series they can change a few things to make that game a high quality game, I am sure hoping they do.

Reviewer's Score: 5/10, Originally Posted: 04/11/01, Updated 04/11/01