Help me find an Oddworld type game
January 17, 2010 8:01 AM Subscribe
Help me find an Oddworld-type game
Two of my favorite games of all time are the two Oddworld games that came out for Playstation around 2000. What I liked most about them was the way you often had to figure out the correct order in which to perform certain tasks -- i.e. pull lever, smack the Mudokon, fart, run through door, and so on.
I know that I've found games on the internet that have the same features. One I remember had a stick figure man you moved through various rooms pulling levers and going up little elevators and such.
If anyone knows of this game I'm remembering, or would like to recommend similar games, I'm all ears. Thanks!
Two of my favorite games of all time are the two Oddworld games that came out for Playstation around 2000. What I liked most about them was the way you often had to figure out the correct order in which to perform certain tasks -- i.e. pull lever, smack the Mudokon, fart, run through door, and so on.
I know that I've found games on the internet that have the same features. One I remember had a stick figure man you moved through various rooms pulling levers and going up little elevators and such.
If anyone knows of this game I'm remembering, or would like to recommend similar games, I'm all ears. Thanks!
You might want to take a look at Flashback. It is actually older than the Oddworld games (I originally played it on Sega Genesis), but it's still a classic platformer/adventure game. I grew up with the Oddworld games and they are still some of my favorites, and I've always had a strong association between them and Flashback.
I'm not sure if it was ever released for PC, but you could very easily find it on a Sega Genesis rom archive and get a Sega emulator to play it. If you're interested but that sounds daunting, message me and I'll send you further details.
posted by coolguy#1 at 8:08 AM on January 17, 2010
I'm not sure if it was ever released for PC, but you could very easily find it on a Sega Genesis rom archive and get a Sega emulator to play it. If you're interested but that sounds daunting, message me and I'll send you further details.
posted by coolguy#1 at 8:08 AM on January 17, 2010
Sounds like you'd enjoy exactly what I found really annoying about Machinarium. It's very, very pretty, for Mac, PC or Linux.
posted by Erasmouse at 8:14 AM on January 17, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Erasmouse at 8:14 AM on January 17, 2010 [1 favorite]
Is the stick figure game you're thinking of Hapland? Or Hapland 2? Or Hapland 3?
posted by aiko at 8:47 AM on January 17, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by aiko at 8:47 AM on January 17, 2010 [1 favorite]
I'll second coolguy#1's recommendation of Flashback. I had it on the PC, and it's very similar to Abe's Oddeysey on the PS1: exploring large platform-based levels working out which tasks to perform in the right order. The link had never occurred to me before, but it's exactly the same game mechanic as Abe's Oddeysey (I never tried the sequel). A typical level basically involves finding levers, tripping or avoiding motion sensors, finding keys etc then working out which of these you need to do in the right order to achieve your immediate goals. There are some more active running, jumping and shooting bits but, as with Abe's Oddeysey, it's almost all about working out the right timings instead of just FPS or Mario style run-and-twitch.
The graphics are pixely but very smooth. From what I remember, the PC version and the amiga/genesis version (played in an emulator recently) are identical. I seem to remember that there's a SNES version as well but I've never tried it.
Flashback and Abe's Oddeysey are two of the only three games I've ever enjoyed consistently enough to complete. The third is In Memoriam, a varied and atmospheric puzzle/mysetery game that had me completely obsessed until I solved it. The game mechanic is completely different from the others, but it has the same feeling of being a string of varied puzzles with great atmosphere and a fun story but without all the talking and griding of an RPG. A biot of a wildcard given your question, but an awesome game.
posted by metaBugs at 8:50 AM on January 17, 2010
The graphics are pixely but very smooth. From what I remember, the PC version and the amiga/genesis version (played in an emulator recently) are identical. I seem to remember that there's a SNES version as well but I've never tried it.
Flashback and Abe's Oddeysey are two of the only three games I've ever enjoyed consistently enough to complete. The third is In Memoriam, a varied and atmospheric puzzle/mysetery game that had me completely obsessed until I solved it. The game mechanic is completely different from the others, but it has the same feeling of being a string of varied puzzles with great atmosphere and a fun story but without all the talking and griding of an RPG. A biot of a wildcard given your question, but an awesome game.
posted by metaBugs at 8:50 AM on January 17, 2010
You might like The Lost Vikings.
posted by infinitywaltz at 9:51 AM on January 17, 2010
posted by infinitywaltz at 9:51 AM on January 17, 2010
Little Big Adventure (aka Relentless in the USA) and LBA 2 are two of my favorite games, and I've heard them compared to Oddworld. There's a lot of action but also lots of puzzles and running around talking to the right people about the right thing. Plus the graphics and music are fantastic (or were in 1998, but they age well).
posted by ropeladder at 11:08 AM on January 17, 2010
posted by ropeladder at 11:08 AM on January 17, 2010
The LBAs have a 3D environment, but it's all about running around and trying things. Certainly one of the best games of the era.
posted by ersatz at 11:59 AM on January 17, 2010
posted by ersatz at 11:59 AM on January 17, 2010
Response by poster: Thanks for all the great suggestions folks. All seem promising...
posted by gabrielsamoza at 12:03 PM on January 17, 2010
posted by gabrielsamoza at 12:03 PM on January 17, 2010
I don't know whether real gamers would agree with my suggestion, but like you, I loved Oddworld. The only other game I truly loved playing was Beneath a Steel Sky.
It's a point-and-click game with some in-game puzzles, certain events can only happen after certain actions are completed and the right questions have to be asked to the right people.
posted by lioness at 1:00 PM on January 17, 2010
It's a point-and-click game with some in-game puzzles, certain events can only happen after certain actions are completed and the right questions have to be asked to the right people.
posted by lioness at 1:00 PM on January 17, 2010
My standby suggestion is The Neverhood any time this comes up, if you can find it. It's got clever little puzzles and is very funny while still being a serious puzzle game.
posted by bookdragoness at 1:09 PM on January 17, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by bookdragoness at 1:09 PM on January 17, 2010 [1 favorite]
If it's the puzzle angle you liked, try Portal (one of the best puzzle-type first person games ever) or the Telltale Games adventure series Sam & Max or Wallace & Grommit.
posted by gemmy at 2:50 PM on January 17, 2010
posted by gemmy at 2:50 PM on January 17, 2010
There were also two other Oddworld games on Xbox, Munch's Odysee and Stranger's Wrath, both of which kind of went under the radar. I haven't played Stranger's Wrath, but happened across Munch at a used store for a couple of dollars, and was thrilled, being a huge fan of the first two games. It wasn't 2d anymore, but it still had the familiar Oddworld feel. Worth a lot more than two bucks to me.
posted by hypersloth at 7:41 PM on January 17, 2010
posted by hypersloth at 7:41 PM on January 17, 2010
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