I got Abe's Oddysee a couple of months after it came out. I remember playing the Demo which came on a Demo-disc from the now dearly departed "Ultimate PC" magazine - it took me ages to complete that demo, but I was hooked as soon as I'd started playing.
I was prepared for the release of Abe's Exoddus and as soon as I'd heard it had hit the shelves I persuaded my parents to buy it. I remember thinking how cool it was that it was classified as a "bonus" game and not part of the quintology, because that meant there were at least another 4 awesome titles still to be released.
Then Munch *eventually* came out after much speculation on the Xbox. I actually bought my Xbox + 2 controllers + Munch as a package from GAME. Fantastic game that was.
Then of course Stranger's Wrath. I'd forgotten about Oddworld when it was released, and didn't hear about it until Summer 2005, so I hurriedly ordered a copy from Amazon. And then when the devastating news hit home that Oddworld were "moving away from making more games" I felt a huge lump in my throat.
All I do now is pray every night that there will be another Oddworld game released some day.
~Ian
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