Gamers of the 90s especially will remember the Oddworld games, especially the first two which followed the unlikely hero Abe. Gory, rude and violent as well as dealing with questions of commercialism and the power of wealth vs nature and spiritualism, the Oddworld games were not exactly child-friendly. You might also remember that the Abe games were the first in an installment of a group of planned games called the 'Oddworld Quintology', yet as of 2014, we've only seen the first two parts (Abe and Munch). Now creator Lorne Lanning has released a few more details about the third installment called Squeek's Oddysee.
The protagonist of the game, Squeek, would have been a brand-new half-animal, half-robot creature who had had some of his body parts replaced by machinery by researchers much in the same vein as how both Abe and Munch were previously mistreated by corporate interests before going on their own journeys.
"The idea was that the Vykkers, who were animal researchers that would kill a million bunnies just to make a better fabric softener, had been making robotic life support devices because so they could repossess people's body parts like how you'd get evicted. They'd stick what was left of you in this clunky robotic form and tossed you out on the street.”
Squeek's Oddysee was originally thought to be coming shortly after the release of Munch's Oddysee onto the Xbox in 2001, but has been hanging in uncertainty for years after interest levels in the game were not supposedly as high as had been anticipated. Instead other games were released and a remastered version of Abe's Oddysee called “New n Tasty” is due to be released soon on the PS4.
As a gamer who enjoyed both Abe games and Munch's Oddysee during her teenage years (frustrating as it could be sometimes, finding the secret parts of a level was just so satisfying) I personally would love to see the third installment of the Quintology released soon, and I'm not just saying that because Squeek is for all purposes technically a cyborg too. I genuinely enjoyed my time playing previous games in the Quintology. Here's hoping that the game will actually see release for all long-time Oddworld fans to enjoy.