Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee

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Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee

Rating: 4 (38 votes cast)

Players guide Mudokon champion Abe, and his aquatic Gabbit partner Munch, in Oddworld's third adventure, using special psychic powers, cool power-ups, and other special abilities to deliver payback as they reclaim the last gabbit eggs on Oddworld, which have been packaged in a can of gabbiar.

Key features:

  • Play as a team - players use Munch and Abe cooperatively to make their way through the trials of Oddworld. Leverage both characters' unique strengths:
    As Abe - Abe can climb and jump to reach new areas, and then run to escape from dangerous enemies. When all else fails, chant to take control of the enemy's soul, and use their guns to clear a path to safety.
    As Munch - Munch can swim around the new realms of Oddworld. When on the ground, zip along with a wheelchair power up. Need to move some yapping Slogs out of the way? Just use Munch's nifty remote control head port to fire up the crane and drop those Sloggies in their pen.
  • Special psychic powers - Munch and Abe's psychic powers can extend their reach and get others to do the dirty work:
    As Abe - Let Abe's chant roar to take possession of a gun-toting Big Bro Slig and clear almost anything out of the way. Abe can use spooce or spiritual power gained byharvesting SpooceShrubs to posses other creatures as well, but why think small?
  • As Munch - If Abe can't mesmerize someone into getting the job done, Munch can use his handy remote control head port to hijack nearby machines including cranes, and 50-caliber Anesthesia bots to tackle the really tough obstacles.
  • Power-Ups – Every friendly character you can find becomes a fighting ally, Fuzzles, Mudokons…. Need to get somewhere quickly or get over a wall, like right now? Use Oddworld's consumer power-ups like Expresso and Bounce to amp up Munch and Abe's abilities to perform cool moves. For the more direct approach, possess high-caliber weapon toting enemies.
  • Oddworld, now in "new and improved 3D!" - it's a whole new Oddworld, with lush rivers, towering mountains and hundreds of trees that bloom or die.
  • Interact with dozens of different oddball races - use GameSpeak® to get Oddworld's Inhabitants from the heavily armed Big Bro Sligs to the cute but ferocious Fuzzles) to carry out tricky tasks or just beat the crap out of enemies.
  • QuikSave® and limitless lives, players have plenty of chances to take on any situation… no matter how Odd!

© 2001,2010-2011 Oddworld Inhabitants, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Oddworld Munch's Oddysee,
and the Oddworld Logo are trademarks or registered Trademarks of
Oddworld Inhabitants in the US and/or other countries.

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System Requirements

    • OS: Windows XP or higher
    • Processor: Intel Core2 +
    • Memory: 1GB
    • Graphics: nVidia 6600 or better or ATI X1600 or better (256MB+)
    • DirectX®: 9
    • Hard Drive: 3.8GB
    • Sound: DirectX®9 - Stereo

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Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee review

By Exploding-Bob posted 22nd March 2011

Munch is the second part in the Oddworld Quintology and is a bit of a mixed bag. In many ways.

First you get to play as Munch and Abe alternatively, to solve different puzzles. Both have a different set of skills to complement each other. Also both charaters are - again - at the bottom of the food chain, while Munch´s race even faces extinction.

Second there is the visual changes. The two former Abe Games are pure 2D puzzle platfomers. While Munch's Oddysee is the transition of the concept into 3D, which succeeded only in part. The graphics still look great, with sharp textures and great animation.

The 3D enviroment just invites you to explore.

But this comes at the sacrifice of a tight control scheme. Since this is a 3rd person game, camera movement, the pit for many games of this kind, hinders Munch from being totally enjoyable experience.

Too often you have to re-adjust the camera to line up for a jump or action you have to do. Fortunately, the game mechanics are much more forgiving than in previous titles. This makes it easier and more inviting to experiment with possible solutions for puzzles. And you can save anywhere you want or respawn accidentally killed comrades, which is a huge step forward in user friendliness.

Though the 3D environments look great and vivid, finding clues on what to do next can be a bit of a drag. Also some puzzle and platforming can get a bit repetitive. Repetition is what generally bogs the whole Munch experience a bit, because many tasks just feel like a reskin of what has been before. Some goes for the music, too.

But don´t get this wrong. Munch MAY be the weakest title in the Oddworld series but it is still way ahead of most other games that involve puzzles and 3D.

This is due to the perfect presentation. The beautifully haunting, one of a kind world designs and the great storytelling that, again, alternates between funny, heartening and gruesome are something you won´t see anywhere else.

When a game has such a strong visual banquet and story, the few gameplay quirks really should be taken as minor as they actually are.

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