Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee Intro

Intro sequence from 1997's Oddworld Abe's Oddysee for the original PlayStation by Oddworld Inhabitants.
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[@MeansofIntrigue]

Abe: 'Get me out of here!' Me, playing this for the millionth time: 'It'd be an honour, old friend'

[@barkinqq]

ME

[@MeansofIntrigue]

@@barkinqq

[@thatelephant]

Absolutely 👊

[@PaulMr12]

This game is so underrated...

[@PaulMr12]

Yep...but people like much more overrated games like FNAF...

[@ozairyahya3438]

More than underrated its storyline for the time it was written and it’s incredible game layout makes this absolutely a stunning and a legendary masterpiece. I don’t think any game could compare to the level of artistry and effort that went into making this huh

[@wmd40]

Hey this game might be underplayed and unknown but it is very highly rated!!! It's got one of the highest ratings on Steam, 9/10

[@langfordjeremy100]

You're underrated

[@PaulMr12]

@@langfordjeremy100 bro 😳

[@PeyserConlee]

Sligs are the coolest-looking creatures ever. This game had great character design.

[@feathero3]

I loved the way they sound. From their voice lines to their mechanical legs.

[@blueshit199]

they are like droidekas with a leg missing

[@WimzorTheGreat]

An intro like this for a 1997 video game. So impressive. You get sunk in the story right away.

[@JG-ye7ey]

This creeped the shite outta me as a kid

[@kzFORWARD]

Totally agree

[@oemergyo]

Plus, there's farting

[@check-static-lines]

@@oemergyoneeds more butt sex tho

[@Blackbeardo]

Crazy to think that this game, my childhood game, is soon to be 30 years old and it’s still just as good. An underrated masterpiece in my opinion.

[@MegaTominator]

Such a relatable opening. Being nothing more then a cog in the world, and having the ones in charge decide your outcome.

[@npc_3847]

Sounds like you need a hug

[@brianalosche8660]

Me too 😢

[@MrDeano-eu9rg]

That's litterly 98%of the world

[@garrikcook5940]

This game stood out so much when i was 7 or 8, that i ended up remembering the intro to this day, and all the depressing music and images it portrayed.

[@scorpionformula]

I do the sound effects of the sligs to my daughter when she does something I dont like.. and "follow me" she says "ok"lmfao

[@garrikcook5940]

Lol nice!

[@Jay_SUBZ3R0]

*“This new kind of meat...IT WAS US!!!”* Holy shit! The fear and shock in Abe’s voice when he discovers him and the other Mudokons are gonna be killed gives me chills.

[@TheRojo387]

Never underestimate a dinosaur.

[@madam-mint]

2:55 Just gonna timestamp it for anyone who specifically wants to get to that part

[@javodey]

God, that imagr gives me Devilman flashbacks... if you know, you know...

[@Xtr4Vi3w]

This game and intro looks more depressing and scary than the New N Tasty version. The old still better.

[@al.komori]

Probably because it has more of a lo-fi, gritty, 90's feel. It's graphics and tone seem more "raw", perhaps.

[@alexpetersen4307]

i agree with you both

[@lelouch5039]

old is gold

[@axelgear666]

@@al.komori Lighting and shadows were more visible with new N tasty remake. One of the things I hated about the older oddworld oddysey and exodus was the poor lighting that made it hard to navigate certain levels. Unfortunately correcting this took away from the 90's Gritty feel

[@darkcloud4628]

Joseph Croix I bought a ps classic and I started playing this game.. and I agree with you on that..

[@ChristlicherKrieger3]

The story sort of feels like a metaphor for what's going on today

[@TheXero]

Yea man It's the same thing thats happening today with all the humans being hunted down and killed for their meat........

[@slenderhatesmillennials195]

He mean't more of slave labourers being forced to work in factories to feed their families.

[@JoshuaRM]

If you watch a few of Lorne Lanning's interviews, he explains that Oddworld is a reflection of our society and day-to-day problems like the bad side of consumerism, economy, capitalism, racism, prejudice etc. And he uses this stuff alongside black humour. It's all well done.

[@llVIU]

that was the intended message

[@theobserver4214]

Vel'Kozby The Master Baiter It was so real that in Japan, they had to make Abe and the rest have 3 fingers as 4 fingers referred to a certain group of meat packers that usually had 4 fingers due to an accident.

[@jekmovies]

All we need is a fucking ODDWORLD Movie! I loved all cutscenes from that games

[@sarahturney4168]

I remeber playing this on my ps1 when I was 7 years old. the most addictive and terrifying game ever. getting chased by the guard dog monsters used to shit me up 😂😂

[@Ssfgs]

Freeze!

[@M0nlyfans]

Slogs terrified the hell out of me

[@Zombie1446]

I can't tell if I'm scared bc it's scary or I'm still affected by how scared of it I was when I was a lil child

[@CAL1MBO]

Ikr

[@assassinaria]

As a former 4 year old who played this game at 9 PM on an August night, I can confirm that the PTSD is real. I'm in my mid-20's now but hearing the music along with the silent background sfx + depressing tone really plays with my emotions.

[@Burnoutmp4]

King Aria I’m 18 years old now and can almost feel the vivid trauma the line “It was us” gave me when I was 5. I always wanted to play oddworld as a kid because the trailer munches game came with HaloCE. We were poor and I was a kid so when I saw it at the rental place. Needless to say I returned it the next day and had nightmares for several years because of it.

[@LuckiSir]

As a 5 year old who had my hands on the demo, I can say that this game really creeped me the f out. Seriously, this game was the reason why I'd play Over the Hedge on PS2

[@Jean-Denis_R_R_Loret]

It was a gloomy game I've to admit it,I was playing it at 13/14 yo and didn't really traumatised me, this is nothing compared to the absolute endless nightmare of the W40k universe.

[@fattypark]

I was 11 when I first got a Playstation in 1997. Abe's Oddysee was one of the games me and a friend played in the early days of having the console. It wasn't a smash like the Tomb Raider series or Gran Turismo but my god, it was drenched in creativity and originality. These FMV sequences were beautifully animated for the time and scared the hell out of me as a kid. The games made in the period 96-99 were some of the best ever for me. Resident Evil, Tomb Raider, Gran Turismo, Tekken, Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy 7, the list goes on. All game changing titles that started new series that are in many cases still going to this day. Fantastic time to be involved in what surely must be regarded as one of the golden eras of gaming.

[@Tor-Erik]

This game (and cutscene) has aged greatly. What a glory time late 1990s was. Even with it's remake, the original will always have a place in my heart.

[@kennycornelis9868]

3:22 my favorite moment. When the alarm goes off when abe runs for his life. So epic so good. Miss those times..

[@frjoethesecond]

@Vasy I'm glad I'm not the only one who remembers that. I thought my memory was playing tricks on me.

[@macrussell78]

I'm proud in saying I've memorized this intro by heart.

[@devinweathers7520]

You got a good ass memory

[@ozairyahya3764]

First time I’m seeing this after years…

[@TheRojo387]

And I happen to imagine Abe with a Liverpool accent and sounding exactly like Wakko Warner from Animaniacs. Furthermore, Molluck sounds exactly like Thaddeus Plotz in my mind.

[@marco_af1515]

X2

[@AnthonyDoesYouTube]

It's so amazingly good and the fact that it rhymes too it really is a classic

[@darthkahn45]

Also leaving that door open is the biggest mistake that slig will ever make.

[@cam897]

Maybe he planned it straight from the start...

[@bloodmasta1]

this intro still gives me the same chills it did back in 1997 hahaha

[@redcr24]

Oh, the nostalgia..

[@SporeTres]

This starting setting is more creepy than any horror genre game I have ever played. It tackles modern issues and still manages to get in some humor. A great story and setting. Gameplay was meh for me sadly.

[@avabethmcghee3048]

Welcome to the late 90's. We shall never see another era as self-aware as that was.

[@wmd40]

What! I love the gameplay lol. It's probably one of the best side scrolling puzzle games ever. I understand if that's not your cup of tea though

[@suspiciouslyquiet]

This opening scared the living shit out of me as a kid. Yet I STILL kept going back to it...

[@macroevolve]

This is probably the best platform game I ever played

[@rad4924]

The graphics hold up extraordinarily well considering this is a PS1 game from 1997.

[@shaunspensley1050]

rupture farms is so evil. very underrated game.

[@Helpertin]

@ 0:23 I used to work here... I was really a slave, like all the others. I used to work at wal-mart too, abe.

[@jeanmichel8919]

Lol so Walmart working conditions are the same ?

[@Helpertin]

The joke. Your head.

[@jeanmichel8919]

@@Helpertin yeah yeah woooooosh

[@Helpertin]

Yeah yeah wooooooooosh. Fucking asshole man. When I worked for wal-mart they scheduled me over at or over 40 hours a week for 2 years straight. When I asked my DM about making me full time she laughed at me. Based on the law they had to make me full time, so when I went to HR about it and they made me full time ... my DM fired me. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooosh. Not all that different from Abe, once he knew too much, like me, he was out the door... In a different sense obviously. Not that I should have to state that but a simple joke went over your dumb fuck head so maybe I do. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH YEAH YEAH!

[@jeanmichel8919]

@@Helpertin yeah woooooosh Man i dont Care about your story

[@isaackid]

I remember playing this game. It was sooo good.

[@eimaiogamiassaskoufales8016]

This makes me cry every time :(

[@ethan6437]

This video is a core memory for me and I revisit it every year

[@Themockingbird93]

One of my favorite childhood games, oh how fond I am of this game even to this day. My father bought me the original game, I will never forget having a family gathering and he booted up the game saying wow the graphics and it's only a game. Back then this was a peak. Still the nostalgia is phenominal seeing this. Wonderful and fun game even to this day.

[@NCTStudio]

Listen closely and you can notice that Abe is rhyming

[@zeynabbendjedidi1847]

I remember watching my older sister playing this on our playstation, she never complete the game because we gave away our playstation before she could she made it so far in the game, I'll never forget those days😇

[@papytromblon]

Abe speech actually is a poem

[@ABrooks323]

This scared the hell out of me as a kid 😂

[@karlj3210]

This game was my childhood

[@danny_boi5116]

Brings back so many memories playing this game with my dad at like age 7 or 8 was so cool it has such cool character design and level design

[@aeroblizz1987]

Damn I played this intro as a kid for hundred times, I still knew the first lines "this is rapturefarms..." It was such a cool game

[@abonnybunny6647]

This all becomes about 50 times as impressive if it's held up to the cg cutscenes of other games around its time, like Heart of Darkness and wasn't produced by some obscenely rich studio either. Compare the game's $4 million budget (14 if you add marketing) to the $30 million Toy Story got. And it still bloody well holds up today.

[@theobserver4214]

ABonnyBunny The compression helps to hide some little flaws

[@darthkahn45]

2:50 Slig: Aww yea That always melts my heart for some reason. It's so cute. "Aww yea"

[@ZZ-jy9uy]

Froot Loops

[@papytromblon]

This intro is legendary

[@Lankythepyro]

This was the first game I played with a clear moral heart from the outset. Brilliant storytelling, fantastic visual design (the sligs, the scrabs, the paramites) and fun and humorous gameplay. This game achieved so much

[@SerMattzio]

It's incredible how beautiful the CGI and art design is even in 2024, a whole 27 years later!

[@boyblue80]

this version os much better than the new n tasty version. :( I was hoping at least the sound and visuals would be the same, jsut cleaner, updated.

[@illinoisman1893]

new n’ tasty is a remake, not a remaster

[@pedrofromrio645]

The tone of Rupture Farms is void of color which gives it power.

[@monasteryfounder]

"We made some good Scrab Cakes too." If that doesn't immediately reinforce Lorne's intentions for Abe and his design, Oddworld is not the franchise for you.

[@guhnashr1471]

I've been looking for this game for years.. one of my favorites. Came out the year I was born. Started playing it a few years later

[@marcoswillianl]

Man i remember playing when i had 13, 14 i couldn't understand a thing, now as an adult i understand everything he says. xD

[@clipboss8052]

Thank you, Caddy, for introducing me to this marvel of a video game!

[@willdazey7368]

This game was a masterpiece. It plays with light and dark so well; amazing level design. The Scrabs and Paramites legitimately spook me out and running from them made my heart race as a kid. Would love to see an HD remake of this.

[@GeeTee_]

You're in luck! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oddworld:_New_%27n%27_Tasty!

[@rabbychan]

This game was something else!

[@tornekotaloon9732]

The transitions from FMV to gameplay are so smooth in this game, I've always loved that since I remted it as a kid.

[@NEETdreams]

I first saw this on MTV's Cartoon Sushi back in 1997. I didn't find out it was from a video game til Munch's Oddysee came out in 01.

[@party_boy69]

One of the most immersive opening sequences and artistic game styles ever made, shits on so many modern game engines

[@DoolallyForever]

The nostalgia!

[@aggedane]

hmmm I really want to try a Paramite pie or a Scrab cake they sound tasty :P

[@Helpertin]

The ironic part is that... the paramites and scrabs are in the same position that abes people now find themselves in. Not a moment before being on the chopping block, was he looking greedily at them as nothing but food. The greater irony being that the world we live in puts us in a similar position, as our lives are eaten up by industry and consumerism.

[@wadeyhyena1657]

Yes, Spider Pies and Scorpion Cakes ^^

[@llVIU]

are you sure about that? Look at the way they process meat, it sits near rusty metal. And I've never seen anyone wash their hands or take showers. No sanitary equipment like gloves, boots etc. Some of them wash the floors but that's about it. But for some reason they do sound tasty. Better than the real life chickens that sit in shit all day long and never move. inbred endlessly.

[@papytromblon]

You should the New and tasty recipe they invented at rupture farms

[@ThunderLizardsRule]

I saw this (up until 3:40) in the Halloween special of MTV's "Cartoon Sushi".

[@thathyena2949]

Just bought this game on steam for 3$, I used to play this as a kid but I struggled with everything, pretty sure I never made it past the factory but still played cause the sounds where interesting to me

[@jacobschweitzer1068]

Too bad the meeches are extinct. I'm curious what they would act like

[@llVIU]

I think munchin's odysee shows the last meech, look it up

[@indianaliam1]

@@llVIU Nah, it's the last Gabbit.

[@brandonlyon730]

Meeches were originally suppose to be in the game, but apparently there wasn’t enough disc space to add them in without them making this a 2 disc game like they later did with Abe’s exodus. So they were cut out and referenced to have gone extinct as a nod to them.

[@MarianMurphy-rz8ej]

I think the meeches became the ‘selfie generation’…

[@nerdy_dav]

This game is a masterpiece, even to this day. Brilliant atmosphere, artwork, message and gameplay. Such a great allegory to our capitalist nightmare we live in.

[@jesselsutherland]

Thanks for posting this. So sentimental to me

[@Caracatungas]

That us such a dark opening, hes thinking about the delicious products they make, then boom. His entire race will be the new product

[@AvoozlPlays]

It was for BOTH PC and PS1. Every time people talk about these games which are on both of those platforms they always fail to mention PC.

[@theobserver4214]

Avoozl I’m guessing most people didn’t play on PC. It’s odd considering for the time it’s a pretty good port. It even has a few bug fixes over the launch day build of Oddysed

[@ketgremlin8776]

I remember being so fucikg pissed when I didn’t save all the green dudes

[@chaconadriana7755]

“I SEE YOU DONT WANT TO PLAY ON THE RULES” -hyperrealsonic

[@wmd40]

top 5 best games ever!! anticapitalist asf and my mom still talks crap to me about getting annoyed listening to "HELLO, HELLO" over and over again

[@nissy9220]

Nothing beats these old ps1 intros

[@kevinsteel7875]

The feeling of being dropped into Rupture Farms along with the industrial soundtrack and being pursued by a machine gun toting slig was one of the most terrifying moments myself as a four year old could have eperienced. Amazing gaming experience i'll never be able to recover or experience ever again.

[@cartmanismyidol5401]

We got a mini ps1 today, so happy to see this game in it! Still trying to get use to the controls. But its a really fun game!

[@JesseP]

my father got me into this game while i was 6 years old, he died a few months later, this game has such a weird place in my mind forever

[@dandan1980kh]

I recently bought a PS1 & made sure I had this game for my daughter because this was by far my favourite platform game on the PS1. After watching the opening sequence with references to Molach & Cannibalism it was very clear what this story & character were referencing to... essentially the satanic events that are happening today. Abe says "The truth, it turned out, would blow my mind" Now I know that they must tell us what they do as it's part of their T&Cs. So they were dropping this onto the children in the 90's.

[@staticdeclarations6058]

The creative director directly states that this game is commentary about unfettered capitalism. Stop projecting your fundamentalist worldview onto things that have nothing to do with it. A simple Google search would have told you the artist's intention, but instead you chose to co-opt this work and say what you want it to be instead of what it is. You don't get to decide an artist's intention, if you want that power then stop being lazy and create something yourself.

[@aeodian]

I can do a perfect Abe impression I played this so much as a kid

[@kirbyinhalesjotaro4471]

Ever think about how this is the exact same plot as Chicken Run?

[@justintrimpey8862]

I have this game it brings back awesome memories

[@madwiganer]

Imagine getting all the way to the end and not rescuing enough Mudukons 😭😭

[@jackieestacado5651]

I prefer this abe voice over the later ones

[@PinwheelArts]

Rhyming couplets from 1:30 How did it take me twenty years to spot that

[@bladekemp1765]

oh shit

[@randomguyontheinternet8345]

for a ps1 game it did have amazing graphics for the time

[@paytonjones2764]

I was like 5-6 when I played this on ps2, it scared the hell out of me

[@yuriyuki3455]

this was ps1, not ps2

[@paytonjones2764]

+Yuri Yuki u sure?

[@yuriyuki3455]

Payton Jones positive, this game was my childhood, im certain of it. maybe you used the ps1 disc on your ps2, since they are backwards compatible.

[@paytonjones2764]

Ok

[@CAL1MBO]

Yh I had it on ps1

[@willyhoo2946]

this game was an absolute nightmare for me when i was a kid. love it though

[@onyxsensei1052]

this scared the life out of me as a kid!

[@ThatTallBrendan]

I was so caught off guard by this, because it was the last place I'd expect it to pop up- but I'm watching this for the first time with headphones on and *damn* is Abe's voice relaxing. Something about the way he talks just asmr-s me the f'k out, to the point that I'm half asleep right now. 😪🥱😴 Goodnight everyone. (Abe's ASMRdysee when?)

[@DSMTheEditor]

It took me years before it dawned on me Abe's narration is in rhyme lol

[@blueshit199]

I remember watching this intro as a kid, I was scared of Abe's uncanny face more than of any of the bad guys. I thought sligs looked cool from the start

[@Rapture-Farms]

Im just after downloading this.... i cant wait... abe yeaaaaaaa 😅

[@MarianMurphy-rz8ej]

Abe is apparently my spirit animal and I never knew it 🤣

[@bellebelle7868]

Scared the hell out of me when I was seven still scared the hell out of me at 32

[@BlakeSmith17]

I haven't decided whether Abe said more depressed in the Abe's Oddysee intro or New 'N' Tasty intro.

[@Tsumefan2]

my brother still has angry mudokon t shirt and soulstorm t shirt

[@scorpion0498]

The nostalgia....

[@JacobDTulio]

Okay, Scrab Cakes look delicious though.

[@newguy3588]

Dats meh, muh name is ABE - Best line ever.

[@pbubu1021]

Oddworld: This is rupture farms. Sonic.EXE: THE FIRES AWAIT Sonic.OMT: THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU BREAK THE RULES 2011 X: THE BRIMSTONES CALLS YOUR NAME

[@jacke.7502]

This opening scared the crap out of me as a kid

[@hououinkyouma3864]

How the hell did they go from SOMUCH SOUL to a SOULLESS soulstorm? I just don't fucking get it.

[@ikagura]

Nostalgia maybe?

[@epicduperewok]

Fuck me thats a bit depressing

[@GeeTee_]

Glukkons gotta eat!

[@onitea1275]

My childhood game

[@BigSlongMong]

I used to get really scared at this game.

[@JNT737]

MY OLD NIGHTMARE!

[@oldben7177]

The way he was chasing him was scary as hell!!!

[@BilliamTorpedo]

This game is tight

[@gamerzero7735]

Abe quit this job with style.