You are Abe, an ignorant happy floor-waxer in RuptureFarms, the most dangerous slaughterhouse on Oddworld. You and the rest of the blue guys are mudokons. You�ve been a slave all your life for your boss, Molluck The Glukkon. Molluck represents the Magog Cartel, the meanest bunch of corporate weasels you�ll ever want to meet.

You start the game chained up in a cell, awaiting interrogation by Molluck the Glukkon. You�ve done something bad� something very, very bad. What have you done? You�ll have to play the game to find out, because Oddworld: Abe�s Oddysee is a flashback. That meanest happened in the past, even know you�ll be playing it in the present. Or something like that. Look just play the lousy game, all right!

RuptureFarms has driven Meeches, Scrabs, and Paramites to the edge of extinction, the only way to boost profits is to turn Abe and his pals into lunch. That�s right Abe�s on the menu! You�ve got to escape from RuptureFarms. The guards (those squid-head guys, called Sligs) are on the lookout for you, so you�ll have to be on your toes if you want to sneak past them.

Once safely away from RuptureFarms, you�ll learn more about your true destiny. We�d write it down here, but that would ruin the game. Suffice it to say that your mission is a lot more complicated than just running away from RuptureFarms.

You�ll have to brave haunted temples, rescue your buddies, survive weird ritual mutation at the hands of Bigface, learn secret moves, outwit monsters, and turn into a monster yourself before your oddysee is complete� and even then, you�ll probably get a bad game ending because you missed so much stuff the first time through. You see, there are these secrets scattered all over the place, and every thing you do influences your reputation, which has a direct effect on weather your buddies will come to your rescue when you need them the most.The key to success is� opps! Out of room!

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