I let Oddworld: Soulstorm ruin my life for a week
by Ash Parrish from The Verge - All Posts on (#64JEN)
Image: Oddworld Inhabitants My subconscious must have known that last month was the 25th anniversary of the release of Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee because I suddenly and inexplicably became obsessed. I watched Let's Plays and speedruns of the game. When I finished, I went immediately to the game's sequel, Abe's Exoddus, watching even more longplays and speedruns and scouring the Playstation and Xbox game stores for a port.
I couldn't find one. (Lorne Lanning, if you're reading this, can we please get Exoddus back out here?) So I settled for the next best thing: Oddworld: Soulstorm, which was released just last year. I had previously played New N' Tasty, a remaster of Abe's Oddysee, and more than playing Soulstorm - which is a reimagining of Exoddus - I only wanted to...