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Yeah, it will contain all 4 Oddworld games and have Steam achievements.scitek said:
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Oddworld Stranger's Wrath goes HD (PSN)
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ToyMachine228
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Good news. I was going to pick up the Xbox version a few years ago only to find out...It's not backwards compatible with the 360! I hope it is coming to both consoles. I'll get it on 360 if it's on both, or if I have to I'll get it on PS3.
IonicSnake
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Never got this on Xbox, will probably get it now though.
charlequin
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Forkball said:
They made this huge deal that would guarantee ten Oddworld games exclusive to the Xbox.
charlequin
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StuBurns said:
Well, I think the plan was really to:
- be exclusive to various and sundry Xbox hardwares for x number of years going forward, and
- actually to just dick around and disappoint all their fans while swimming around in a gigantic pool of Microsoft's money
Oh, so it was more like ten games for MS gaming platforms as appose to the original Xbox specifically?charlequin said:
I loved the PS1 games, hated Munch's Oddysee, never tried Stranger's Wrath, so I was a little disappointed myself, but certainly nothing comparable to what I imagine being a huge fan expecting ten games, that's quite a commitment.
electroshockwave
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Is that really true they signed up to make ten Oddworld games for Xbox platforms? I always thought that the Oddworld games were meant to be a quintology, although I suppose they could be outside of the official quintology like Abe's Exodus apparently is.
Still, I thought that it was such an awful decision to move the series to the Xbox last-minute like they did. So many people I know who loved the first two games never got to play the latter two. Hopefully Munch's Odyssey gets a HD re-release too.
Still, I thought that it was such an awful decision to move the series to the Xbox last-minute like they did. So many people I know who loved the first two games never got to play the latter two. Hopefully Munch's Odyssey gets a HD re-release too.
oldschoolpinball
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this will be my first psn purchase ever
sixteen-bit
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i never played the original, but i might get around to this one
sixteen-bit
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PC? Awww yeah.fna84 said:
charlequin
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electroshockwave said:
I actually have no idea. :lol Beyond the fact that they went Xbox-exclusive and money changed hands (leading to the very invention of the word "moneyhat") I don't know how much we ever actually got in terms of full-on details.
The Last Wizard
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never really heard of this game, knew off oddworld as a kid but didnt play them as i was either uninterested or it was on xbox. The screens look really interesting anyone mind telling me what it's about?
watership said:
Yeah my point was that MS already had a relationship with the devs due to it being an Xbox game last gen. And if they had somehow lost the opportunity to publish the HD version on their distribution service then then that would have been a pretty big fuck up.
But as we see its likely not exclusive to PS3 anyway. Time will tell.
NightHawk17 said:
The less you know the better, but it's a hybrid third-person adventure/first-person shooter that worked far better than most games manage to as just one. It starts out as a Weird Western - you're a bounty hunter with a mysterious past - and then builds and builds from there. Easily one of the best, if not the best, game that no-one noticed last generation.
Kasumi1970
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I know how you feel. I can play it on my old x box at 480p but i want to play it in 720pKiNeSiS said:
ToyMachine228
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Yeah I don't get all the bitching. I have a feeling it'll end up on both XBLA and PSN. Just wait for an official announcement.
rollingstart
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ok, I'm sorry if I'm not totally informed, but I need some help understanding exactly what is going down.
From what I gather: An HD/spruced up version is coming to the PS3, yes? I remember hearing about a Oddworld pack coming to PC and it included Oddworld Stranger's Wrath. Now, will that PC version include this spruced up version, or something else? is that PC version still happening?
Stranger's Wrath is easily one of my favorite Xbox games and I just want to play it again somehow. Anyway this is happening, I'm just happy they are reviving the game.
From what I gather: An HD/spruced up version is coming to the PS3, yes? I remember hearing about a Oddworld pack coming to PC and it included Oddworld Stranger's Wrath. Now, will that PC version include this spruced up version, or something else? is that PC version still happening?
Stranger's Wrath is easily one of my favorite Xbox games and I just want to play it again somehow. Anyway this is happening, I'm just happy they are reviving the game.
BlazeHedgehog
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Linkzg said:
The PC Version is likely still happening. There was a post in March of this year on the Oddworld Inhabitants forums where Lorne apologized that the PC anthology was taking so long and that three of the four games had been successfully ported, but porting Stranger was giving them difficulty.
He stated that all four games would sport Steamworks achievements. I guess the plan was that all four games would come to both HD platforms in addition to PC. If they're showing Stranger now, there's a possibility that everything else is done.
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It better still be happening. It has to be.Sega1991 said:
I guess the way they implemented it and the usefulness of some of the ammo, not to mention limited ammo capacity (Bioshock pissed me off the most when it came to ammo). I never felt like they properly mixed the 3rd person combat with the 1st; it was a bit janky and you go through a menu to change ammo causing you to be immobile. Overall I wasn't wild about the combat, but the puzzle solving and the open environment is great.StuBurns said:
If anyone has an Xbox they should definitely play it, no need to wait for PSN version.
Rodney McKay
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As long as I can play it on my new PC by the end of the year I will be happy. I've been waiting over a year for them to port this after I stupidly sold off my Xbox copy before finishing it.
StuBurns said:
Not at all, the shooting is quite awesome and very unique. It uses "live ammo" (animals) which each have their own specific uses. For example there's chipmunks which make a lot of noise and attract the enemies to go investigate (basically used as bait). One of them can stun enemies, there's one that does explosive damage, there's bees that will chase after them, skunks which I believe are like poison, etc.
Also when you capture enemies alive you get a money bonus (allowing you to buy ammo/upgrades faster) so that adds a bit more complexity to it if you choose to play that way, rather than just a straight-up shooter. I found the combat very fun and refreshing personally.
Sounds interesting if nothing else. I'm sure the 'feel' could be improved on the port if it wasn't great initially. I'll buy it anyway because I've been looking on gamerankings for a while tonight, hunting for gems from the last generation I might of missed, and this is actually the highest rated game last gen that I haven't tried and could see myself caring about. And it'll be cheap no doubt. I'm surprisingly excited for it. I've already found out there is a notable twist, and that's without trying, now I care, it might be hard to avoid the spoiler.Sean said:
That was quite an aside, basically thanks for the reply.
BobTheFork
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What really sucks is that I finally gave out about 2 months ago and used wikipedia to look-up the story of the game because I didn't think I'd ever play it. Still looking forward to the only OddWorld game I haven't played yet.