Oddworld Strangers Wrath

[Thrasha]

How is this game?

I picked it up at Blockbuster a few nights ago for 30 bucks, I was going to get it when it was 50 but decided not to. I read alot of good things for it by sites but not much from anyone on message boards or anything.

So if you've played it or own (etc. whatever) let me know how it is before I rip it open.

[stiffarmleft]

Re: Oddworld Strangers Wrath

From what little I played of it, I liked it. The coolest part is using these weird animals you capture as ammo. You shoot them out at enemies and they do various things. I hope to resume playing it when I have time.

[Admiral50]

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Great game!!! Original parts, old school parts, funny parts, good bosses and a good flow between first and third person gameplay with a little platforming mixed in. Good acting and story told by amazing cg cutscenes too.

This game got high ratings and still flew under the rader. It's more fun than Halo 2 single player. If it had multiplayer it would be a classic.

From what I've read this is the last game by these guys as they have no moved into the movie business, so play and enjoy!!

[Defel]

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It's a great game. The main hero sounds like he's slow in the head though.

[Thrasha]

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Well I've been playing it for the past couple days and I gotta say it really is pretty damn good.

I strongly recommend picking it up as a fun title to play on the side

[luv_mist]

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Guess what fans? This game is getting an upgrade according to IGN.Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath Getting Remake For Playstation 3

I honestly have to say that I'm becoming a fan of these remakes. I haven't played a lot of them but I get the chance to now. This might also indicate that they are getting a foundation built so they can make another later on or something. Just a thought. Anyone interested in picking this up when it releases?

[duke776]

Re: Oddworld Strangers Wrath

Guess what fans? This game is getting an upgrade according to IGN.Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath Getting Remake For Playstation 3

I honestly have to say that I'm becoming a fan of these remakes. I haven't played a lot of them but I get the chance to now. This might also indicate that they are getting a foundation built so they can make another later on or something. Just a thought. Anyone interested in picking this up when it releases?

If this comes out before march of next year(which I'm not sure how likely/unlikely that is), my friend is going to be all over this. He bought me the one for xbox a few years ago because he didn't have an xbox and wanted to play the game. I never really got into it, but he loved it. He'll be happy to hear this when I tell him about it.

[Admiral50]

Re: Oddworld Strangers Wrath

Awesome news, though can't believe I originally posted in this thread 5 years ago,

[luv_mist]

Re: Oddworld Strangers Wrath

Awesome news, though can't believe I originally posted in this thread 5 years ago,

Like looking back in time right? Weird. If the Admiral50 then knew what he knew now.......

[Flawless]

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Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD Comes to PSN December 27th

As such I’m extremely pleased to announce that Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD will release on December 27th in North America for $14.99. And we will be releasing worldwide! (all stores, except for the Far East/Russia/Ukraine and Portugal at this time).

We had planned on shipping with support for stereoscopic 3D and PlayStation Move and a few other little things, due to time limits we are not able to bring those features in this initial version. However we WILL be bringing them in an update in a couple months’ time, along with some other little extras we’ve got planned.

One of things we’ve been asked a lot over the past few months is if Stranger’s Wrath HD has a Platinum trophy, of course it does. This is a big game and can easily take at least 12+hrs to complete.

So what’s been updated in the HD version …

Characters

• All 84 character models have been updated with increased polygon counts and higher resolution textures.
• Wolvark Sloghandlers now release Slogs instead of Slegs.
• Professor Dimble now has glasses and an academic tome.
• New female voices have been recorded for two characters.
• Made Blisterz Booty unkillable.

Environments

• All environments have been given higher resolution textures.
• Most vegetation has been updated with increased polygon counts and/or higher resolution textures.
• A lot of environment now reflects in water where it didn’t before.
• Many, many pipes and barrels were rounded.
• New Easter Eggs added to the game.
• Added Blisterz Booty’s broken crud gun to the floor by his bola’d body.
• Sekto’s Office has been changed to more closely resemble than seen in the FMV.

Audio

• All game audio (voice, sound effects and music) have been upgraded to 16-bit 44KHz from 8-bit 11KHz or less!
• Support for 5.1, Dolby Digitial and DTS.

Display

• Everything now runs at 720p, 60 FPS, and in widescreen.
• All menus have been updated with a new design based on original unused concepts.
• New posters now occupy the inventory menu when no bounty is accepted.

Difficulty

• All armour upgrades now actually increase Stranger’s health.
• Added difficulty levels to the game: Easy, Medium and Hard.
• In Easy mode:
• Stranger has twice the health
• Enemies have half the health and stamina
• Enemies’ stamina recovers half as fast
• In Normal Mode:
• Stranger’s health and armour for later in the game have been re-balanced.
• In Hard mode:
• Stranger has a third less health.
• Enemies stamina recovers a third quicker.

Unlockables

• 37 Trophies: 23 bronze, 8 silver, 5 gold, 1 platinum
• 37 pieces of unlockable concept art
• Five unlockable movies

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Eurogamer Review - 9

So yes, Just Add Water's done us all a real favour here, recovering the best Oddworld game ever made for a generation that either missed it the first time around or is just too lazy to get the original Xbox out of the attic.

It's particularly poignant given the history. On its initial release, this wonderful piece of work was all but ditched at retail by a publisher that didn't seem to understand what it was dealing with. Now Stranger's Wrath has finally received the lavish treatment it deserves, and the gaming world has a chance to reclaim one of its brightest treasures.