I agree. The darkness and mystery of Abe's Oddysee has been absent from every game since, and pretty much diluted further in every game since. That said, I thought the bad ending for Munch's Oddysee was brilliantly dark, in particular the final sequence in the Pit.
Stranger's Wrath, while not exactly darker than Munch's Oddysee, takes itself a lot more seriously, which I for one am highly grateful for.
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