Exoddus is beautiful. For the exact reasons you don't like it.
I wanted more Abe, I got more Abe. It wasn't the exact same, but the building blocks of what made the puzzles so great in Oddysee were the same or similar. Good I liked those fundamental building blocks, and loved to see them played out in every configuration.
I'll have to play it again to get a fresh feel though, because as a kid, I had patience for anything, and loved every damn second of that game, so whether it "dragged" or not mattered very little to me, as I had no concept of the idea.
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