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And I don't think Oddworld would work as a novel series. The characters seem to be developed for a film medium. So far they're pretty simple allegorical tales but I don't think 300+ pages exploring the mind and internal struggle of Abe is really going to be interesting.
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You solve that issue by adopting an omniscient narrator, and you include multiple core perspectives, because it wouldn't be Abe's story, he's just one of the pieces on the chess board. You also obviously develop the characters to be more becoming of a novel, but there's nothing inherent with Oddworld that prohibits it from being an adept novelisation.
The characters, as they currently stand, are not worthy of anything other than a video game anyway. They're exaggerated stereotypes with no depth, save for out-of-universe content. Abe, after all, is just a proxy for the player.
It would take a good author to manage the feat, but it could be done. Probably wouldn't be read by a large audience though. Unfortunately, this is where I think vlam is correct, because most of the fandom cares very little for the larger story, and if it's presented in any form other than a video game, it won't find an audience.