hmm... interesting. First of all, let's figure something out- are we talking about oddworld having ten times the surface area of earth, or the volume? If it's ten times the volume, yes, the gravity would be ten times as strong (assuming that both planets are composed of the same elements). However, that's still a lot of gravity- so much that centrifugal force would have a really hard time counteracting it. It would have to be rotating so fast that an Oddworld day would be maybe an hour long, and the whole planet would start to oblate, just like Jupiter does, but MUCH more extreme. Oddworld would be an oval shaped planet with an absolutely ENORMOUS group of rings and hundreds of moons in this scenario, which, admittadly, does sound cool, but isn't very plausable.
Also, let's do some math- If oddworld is ten times earth's volume... well, Earth is about 260 billion cubic miles, so we're looking at 2.6 trillion cubic miles for Oddworld. This would mean a diameter of about 17060 miles, and a surface area of about 914 million square miles, as opposed to Earth's about 200 million. That's a lot of oddworld- about four and a half times the surface of the Earth. However, if we're talking ten times surface area, as many people seem to do when referring to mr. Lanning's comment, that would mean a volume of about 8.4 trillion cubic miles, about 32 times that of earth. That's 32 times Earth's gravity! I think we can safely assume that we're talking about volume
Now, as for needing to somehow explain this increase in gravity, some magical little way to reduce it to earth standard or near it, there's really no need. I haven't figured out how to quote yet, but someone said something about abe's legs not being that muscular. What are you talking about!? Look at him from the side in AO and AE while playing- the curviture of his shins is exaggerated, meaning he can-and is- holding more weight. The same goes for the size of Mudoken feet. They seem to be very well equipped for Oddworld's unique situation. Also, notice that, during the opening cinematic of AE, you see a bone fly off the train and hit the ground. Pay attention to how much it bounces. This would suggest that mudoken bones are either hollow or extremely porous, much like those of birds. This would make them MUCH lighter.
So, yeah, oddworld's gravity is ten times as strong as earth's, AT LEAST, but there's no need to explain it away.
Whew, I need to stop writing so much.
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