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IMO, Oddysee is the one that seems dated. Annoyingly steep learning curve, no quicksave, and several other quirks that were fixed by Exoddus, like only leading one Mudokon at a time. It was also short. Like, really short.
Exoddus fixed all of these issues.
I love this game to death and it shows. On Steam, I played 8 hours of Oddysee and 16 of New n Tasty. Exoddus? 35 hours.
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Agree whole-heartedly with the steep learning curve, I first played Oddysee as like a...6 year old or something, but I didn't manage to complete it fully until 10 years later. I kinda think that Exoddus is harder though, so it definitely needs the quicksave a little more. Oddysee was frustrating at times for sure, but never to the point where I gave up.
Perhaps I'd need to do a side by side comparison to be truly fair, but there have been times in Exoddus where I remember thinking to myself that I would've simply stopped playing at that point had quicksave not existed. So to me that sorta evens them out. Perhaps that's due to Oddysee being considerably shorter so the end was always in sight? No idea, all I know is I've somehow found the patience to complete it a few times.
Are those playtimes how long it's taken you to complete each game? Or how long it's taken you to complete them a few times? This is where I seem to differ from a large portion of the gaming community. I personally don't really see how a longer game automatically makes it better, nor do I immediately think a game is crap just because it's shorter than anticipated. If anything that's a pro, it means I'm more likely to play through it multiple times. I mean, I love Legend of Zelda games, but I doubt I'll ever complete many of them more than once.