Okay, this game one milestone in videogames! Though it uses recepies that had been there for a while - what I mean is the "trial and error - jump'n'puzzle" game, but adding a unique world with fascinating creatures and new gameplay elements like communication. The puzzles take some time to solve - and the game requires you to have good timing skills to perform the actions. Abe's Oddysee can get frustrating as you need to try some running and jumping parts over and over again to get to the goal. But it is also quite fun to get the "aha!" idea how to solve puzzles. In overall a very good game and the prerendered 2D graphics look good even today. The ambient soundtrack is a plus to the atmosphere of Oddworld.
A Masterpiece by the master himself: David Perry! MDK has it all - the action, the music, the humor! Back in 1997 the software based graphic engine was one hell of a ride! It was fast, had stunning textures and models and a very far visibility - not using any 3D accelaration. The gameplay is a stunning ride through a action packed surreal alien world. The whole game has an unique art style, achitecture and creativity, that I rarely have seen in later games. The music composed by Tommy Tallarico was one of the fist in videogames to feature an orchestral, with classic elements combited with techno - to perfecty match the visuals of the game! The controls and movement are fuid and you can fight a huge armada of enemies keeping the overview. The overall experience is brilliant - this game is on my list of the best games of all time.
Well, this game was for a long time on my list of games to get hands on as it was considered to be a insiders tip. To my disappointment this game did't catch me. The controls and interactivity with the world and during fighting are limited to actions that can be done with one or two buttons - you don't have really the freedom of doing much more than needed. My personal feeling is that you can't really explore the world - but rather follow a more or less a "given" patch through the game and just pressing some buttons here and there to perform "predetermined" actions as you advance. The photo shooting tast becomes dull after a while. The cartoon setting and the characters are modelled quite good - and the voice acting is pretty good too - some characters like the Reggae listening rhinos are quite memorable. But in a overall view the game is boring - during puzzle solving and also during fighting. Sorry, but this game is only average
Reading some of the reviews here brought up my interesert for this game. Bought it and tested it. Well, it's a pretty standard arcade racer - not to be compared to real classics like sega rally or ridge racer. Playing this is neither fun nor exciting. Sorry, but this game is only average It may be a different story if you played it back there when it was originally released and have some nostalgic feeling. But from my point of view, who had't played it in the 90ties - the game has nothing spcecial at all.
