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One of the gaming visionaries from Oddworld Inhabitants, Lorne Lanning, is taking us behind the scenes of the development process of [url=/en/editorial/editorial_oddworld_abes_oddysee]Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee[/url], in the retrospective by David Craddock.
[url=/en/editorial/editorial_oddworld_abes_oddysee][/url]Every day, millions of people trudge into work and dream about sticking it to The Man. Slaving away in unsafe conditions, unwillingly bending to the will of corporate suits, and eating copious amounts of crow are all things that must be endured to earn a few bucks for a day's worth of grueling, often unrewarding work. But sometimes, The Man goes too far. (...) Sometimes you have to stand up and fight for yourself, your crew mates, and the millions of other working stiffs you'll never meet -- or die trying.
Yay, another editorial!
Now I really should play the game... does anyone happen to sell free time? :)
What I liked most about this article is the fact that it points out the metaphor behind Abe's Oddyssey. Which is quite subtle. Also, it seems that multiple endings were invented long ago before these copy-paste games of today. That's a plus. It seems that, while technology evolved, the need to create impressive and coherent imaginary universes died out.
I really like these editorials, keep them up!
This makes me wish i had my Abe#s Oddysee cd.. but its in another country.
The game was great, but i got stuck at one part and never got around to finishing it... now i wanna try again..
game title is misspelled throughout article
How embarassing :( Thanks duggie for pointing it out, I'll be having words with our editor..
Umm... it's still a good article though :))
Hello GOG readers and gamers,
This is David Craddock, author of the Oddworld editorial. My apologies for the misspelling of the game title! I thought I'd sent a corrected version of the document which DID have the typo originally, but it looks like I didn't. This is my fault, not GOG's.
My apologies again. I hope you all otherwise enjoy the piece.
~David
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Craddock: Hello GOG readers and gamers,
This is David Craddock, author of the Oddworld editorial. My apologies for the misspelling of the game title! I thought I'd sent a corrected version of the document which DID have the typo originally, but it looks like I didn't. This is my fault, not GOG's.
My apologies again. I hope you all otherwise enjoy the piece.
~David

Oh, no reason to apologize :). My mistake for not catching it during editing... in the second piece everything's right. So yeah, no idea what happened, but whaaaaatever. All shall be edited.
'Hello' was really 'select [units'

Missing closing bracket there.
Anyhow, nice editorial. Made me realize I should get around to actually playing the game. Came bundled with a computer game magazine back in the day, but the discs have been collecting dust ever since. Big mistake on my part.
Okay. This was interesting.
Now where's the sequel (and I don't mean Exoddus)?
Come on, announcement please. :(
I loved this game. One of the first PS1 games I owned. It was a very original title at the time and good graphics and a nice casual pace. The story as laid out was easy to relate to and I wanted to help Abe succeed. For more interesting than Crash Bandicoot or equivalent platformers.
I never did get Exodus. If it was as good as this one was, then that's a sale from me if it ever shows up here.
Excellent Editorial! I like reading things about the developers thoughts and what their aims were. Well written and very interesting.
I'll be sure to buy Abes Exoddus when it comes out on GOG!
Post edited December 23, 2008 by Cyrem
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tabbott: I loved this game. One of the first PS1 games I owned. It was a very original title at the time and good graphics and a nice casual pace. The story as laid out was easy to relate to and I wanted to help Abe succeed. For more interesting than Crash Bandicoot or equivalent platformers.
I never did get Exodus. If it was as good as this one was, then that's a sale from me if it ever shows up here.

It's up today :)
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tabbott: I never did get Exodus. If it was as good as this one was, then that's a sale from me if it ever shows up here.

I would say it was even better.
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tabbott: I never did get Exodus. If it was as good as this one was, then that's a sale from me if it ever shows up here.
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DarkGildon: I would say it was even better.

I would DEFINATELY agree. was also a bigger game and came on two CD's.