Abe HD Ideas -

Phylum · #**301** 09-09-2011, 02:32 AM

It's a game. Fucks sake.

Connell · #**302** 09-09-2011, 06:21 AM

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Why would you hire guards that sleep on the job, beat the workers do death, and can be possessed and controlled by the workers, and can't climb the ledges that are all over the place?

Because the Glukkon's knew the game dynamic wouldn't work else..

.. wait what?

STM · #**303** 09-09-2011, 08:02 AM

At the end of the day, I'm sure JAW have some sort of idea to counter this...hell I hope so.

Sekto Springs · #**304** 09-09-2011, 11:19 AM

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It's a game. Fucks sake.

If we all adopted that attitude, I don't think any of us would be here. Yes, it's a game, an amazing game that defined our childhoods that we do not want to see deteriorate in the face of the HD generation.

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Anyway, I had an idea that I quickly dismissed as being too much of a departure from the source material, but I'll throw it out anyway. Perhaps when Abe possesses Sligs, it switches to POV of the slig, FPS mode. It's a stupid idea, like I said. Far too gimmicky.

Jordan · #**305** 09-09-2011, 12:13 PM

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It's a game. Fucks sake.

Call of Duty is a game. Oddworld is a piece of art.

Fucks sake.

Bullet Magnet · #**306** 09-09-2011, 01:49 PM

I thought it was an interactive documentary? Choose your own alternative universe.

STM · #**307** 09-09-2011, 02:25 PM

I thought it was a socio-political statement conveyed through the medium of art and black comedy...

AvengingGibbons · #**308** 09-09-2011, 03:00 PM

It's easy to forget the intial reason for wanting the sidescrolling design. I believe it was to create a more continuous feel to the levels? Or was it so that the screens could be swept through and the 3D-ness be shown off as the scene moves from left to right, right to left, up-down, down-up? Or a mixture. Having had weeks with the continuous idea in my mind, I'm not sure it would be such a good idea. I think what made Abe great was that each screen was its own masterpiece. Would we lose the awe with a scene that sweeps across with the camera constrained strictly perpendicular it.

EDIT: The scrolling could work if the camera is elasticy (im such a noob)

MeechMunchie · #**309** 09-15-2011, 03:31 PM

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Then the whole game would suddenly become about collecting bird seed.

I know this was a while ago, but how about just earning a quicksave every time you rescue a mudokon? As well as providing an extra incentive to play nicely, it would also simultaneously make rescuing all mudokons easier and killing all mudokons harder (in comparison to AOHD with unlimited quicksave). Which I think is good.

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I read on here somewhere that Abe isn't very good at controlling slig's minds in AO, so they stumble and give themselves away. I wouldn't mind seeing sligs do that if it isn't just random bullshit that someone made up.

Make the move jerkily, like... well like something's controlling their brain.

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I wonder what it would sound like to record the slig speech in Abe's voice, and superimpose the Abe voice over the slig's voice, but only have abe's track quiet. It could be a cool subtle addition to the game which would make it that more immersive.

I approve of this idea.

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Anyway, I had an idea that I quickly dismissed as being too much of a departure from the source material, but I'll throw it out anyway. Perhaps when Abe possesses Sligs, it switches to POV of the slig, FPS mode. It's a stupid idea, like I said. Far too gimmicky.

However, a bit of Visor Red or Chant Orb Blue bleeding in from the sides of the screen would be welcome.

Goresplatter · #**310** 10-05-2011, 08:33 AM

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Why would you hire guards that sleep on the job, beat the workers do death, and can be possessed and controlled by the workers, and can't climb the ledges that are all over the place?

'Cause they're cheap as dirt, isn't it? Like Battle-Droids from Star Wars. Terrible, but cheap enough to employ in enormous numbers.

Sekto Springs · #**311** 10-05-2011, 08:47 AM

The Magog Cartel have seemingly spent a lot of money tailoring their environments to suit the needs of the slaves and not the security. If Muds weren't raised from birth to be underfoot, they would be at constant risk of an uprising.

STM · #**312** 10-05-2011, 09:36 AM

Like the Russians pre Bloody Sunday, they knew nothing better, and they look at the glukkons as these super powerful money bags. Why should they rise up? They don't know how nor do they know anything better.

AlexFili · #**313** 10-05-2011, 10:15 AM

Well I for one would either love an FPS vision for Sligs or even a Slig FPS in general. I mean heck, Team Fortress 2 sells like hot cakes. Imagine a class-based FPS set in Oddworld :P

Steefs vs Sligs!

STM · #**314** 10-05-2011, 10:39 AM

Problem is TF2 has no story, I think I'd lose all faith in Odd if I ever saw an Oddworld online FPS where canonicity goes to shit.

Varrok · #**315** 10-05-2011, 10:49 AM

I'd doubt that TF2 has no story. Nonetheless I really don't want and any new oddworld FPS

Sekto Springs · #**316** 10-05-2011, 10:55 AM

Once again that wanders too far into gimmicky gameplay territory. The second Oddworld feels too much like a game, it loses it's magic.

Bullet Magnet · #**317** 10-06-2011, 06:47 AM

There should be a DLC code for a pre-order exclusive loincloth.

erwinraaben55 · #**318** 10-06-2011, 12:24 PM

No there shouldn't. I HATE pre- and after-order DLC stuff. Just put it in the game from the beginning on!

Bullet Magnet · #**319** 10-06-2011, 02:43 PM

Abe's classic ponytail would be DLC only. Three dollars extra.

***Wil*** · #**320** 10-07-2011, 12:34 AM

Abe HD will be textureless. Textures are DLC.

Phylum · #**321** 10-07-2011, 12:38 AM

If you want to buy DLC you need the DLC manager, which is extra.

MeechMunchie · #**322** 10-07-2011, 08:16 AM

To get the DLC manager you need the Oddworld Download Client, which comes for a reasonable monthly fee.

***Wil*** · #**323** 10-07-2011, 08:19 AM

To get the Oddworld Download Client you need the Oddworld App Browser, which is available for the low, low price of your left bollock.

MeechMunchie · #**324** 10-07-2011, 12:23 PM

To access the Oddworld App Browser you need to be on the Oddworld Network, currently only accessible by the all-new OddPod™, which is now available for advance order by immortal blood contract.

Souls may take 4-6 days for processing.

Dynamithix · #**325** 10-07-2011, 12:39 PM

The joke was funny twice.

Crashpunk · #**326** 10-07-2011, 01:29 PM

The ability to GameSpeak is DLC

Follow Me costs you extra.

Mr.Spandexpants · #**327** 10-07-2011, 02:14 PM

Chanting only requires monthly payments of $29.95. But wait! If you call within the next 20 seconds, you shall recive a the totally awesome use of the jump button for only $17 dollars extra!

MeechMunchie · #**328** 10-07-2011, 02:20 PM

Okay, that is enough now.

I'm not speaking as a backseat monitor, I'm speaking for the Society for the Preservation of Comedy.

Manco · #**329** 10-07-2011, 02:29 PM

How much commission do they charge members?

MeechMunchie · #**330** 10-07-2011, 02:39 PM

Three knock-knock jokes or a dirty limerick.

In other news, OWI are adopting us as their official forum. We all have to pay retrospective subscription for our years of uncharged membership.