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I'm still hopeful Oddworld won't give up on the games, but it seems unlikely that they will go back after branching into other directions.
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Robert Brown has updated his post about it. It properly shows that it is the Oddworld SLO studio closing, thus Oddworld does indeed live on. Clarification for those non-believers, you! :p
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Okay, I thought he meant it in the literal sense. I thought perhaps, he was being brutally honest. I'm glad it's not over, but I'm still upset it is going to be a long time until the next game (if there is one).
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I never saw this coming as I thought after Stranger Wrath the company was going to back on track after Munch's Oddysee.
I sticking with Oddworld no matter what happens, while I'm quite unhappy of the fact that a new Oddworld is a very long way off and that something else would be out before it. This may be bad now, buts its going to be alot easier on Oddworld to expand and to try more "new" things and then come back into games or both at the same time. |
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Hmmm...i wonder if it may be an April fools thing.
I'm probably wrong, but meh, i'm still quite drunk, and thus it is feasbile in my mind. Yes. It. Is. Do you think that they'll release all the information about where the Quint was going to go? And other undisclosed info? Or not bother? Hmmm... |
i'm shocked and scared, i want to pretend i've never read this! ok, it will be a change, struggle and challenge, but i am sure oddworld will get through this. this small company has experienced so much, a movie, a not completly satisfactory video game, a change of publishers, a change of game stlye, a book, a few games and also this. i think oddworld can survive this change, i feel sorry for everyone at the moment. i'm sure lorne is just trying to keep oddworld alive.
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I doubt it. Lorne Lanning has featured on two fairly prominent gaming websites, not too mention a few of the (ex) Inhabitants have posted their opinions / thoughts about it.
Alcar... |
Stop over-reacting and scare-mongering, and look at the facts. We know OWI has downsized, but specifically, we only know of two Inhabitants who have been let go, and they're both from the same department, so claiming there has been a “massive cull” is a massive assumption.
There's also no evidence whatsoever that Fangus won't be developed. It seems OWI's programming department has been dispersed, but it's the same core creative force that came up with the idea. It could in all reality simply be realised by a different, external team. This frightens me, because I've come to trust OWI as a consistently talented technical team, despite all the technical problems Lorne keeps talking about. |
Crash and Spyro anyone?
Yeah, let's think about this for just a second, shall we? Yes, the lovely Oddworld beauty will be back. Yes, the great Oddworld characters will be back. Yes, the same Oddworld themes will be back. But guess what?? Since the games are no longer really developed by OWI, you can expect that the games won't have anywhere near the quality or depth that Oddworld sews into every game they make. I just want to know why then, WHY, if this is true, are they stopping production of Fangus??? I mean, if they're still making the visuals for the game and just letting other companies make their games, what is stopping them from making the game? Don't tell me we have to wait until Xenon or something. My god this news is unbarable. |
1. They're not necessarily stopping production of Fangus. Two programmers have been fired at the least, so it's only safe to assume they themselves are not making the game.
2. Lorne explains why. After so many things he wanted to include in games were proven not possible due to technical limitations, he's seeking teams and talent that hopefully will be able to bypass these problems. |
So wait... Oddworld ISN'T dead? Would someone give me all the damn facts here? I'm getting all confuzzled and pissed off for nothing? That can't be right. I heard that Lorne is only doing concepts and ideas for games and then giving it to other companies to develop. That's not exactly seeking teams, that's giving up and letting someone else do all the work.
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the worst comes to the worst
My head is swinging, I am feeling like vomiting....*sight*
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It's not just a couple of people that are being let go, it's a small team of people that are staying and moving to the new location. It is a very sad time for many of the OW employee's, and I, for one, would like to thank them for the work they did. Good luck to you all on you next endeavors.
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Sorry for the double post, server gave me an error.
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Personally i believe it's April Fools. I mean what better way than to pull it off with Oddworld Inhabitants expressing there own opinions on it. Either that or facts are just vague and getting mixed up. I can't see how any game company would pack up shop and close without giving their employee's warning. Plus with the desires, ambitions and dreams that Both Lorne Lanning and Sherry McKenna have for the Oddworld concept, i find it hard to believe they would abuse there own creation so much. I mean at most i would suspect the worst that could have happened is, that in order to get the games done they are outsourcing it, or maybe even concentrating on their other projects. Especially with all this news of them moving, it's a perftect plot for an april fools.
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I can't say anything except I'm very scared and confused, I don't know how this will affect everything, but I'm really worried.
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Vindication feels nice, thank you Alcar.
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I'm not worried about OWI in the slightest. The video games industry is constantly changing, and you have to take risks and change the way you do business in order to keep up. Just think of where we'd be if nobody in the game industry took risks. I gurantee you it wouldn't be what we have today. And the fact is games still have a long way to go...
Lorne cares about Oddworld more than we do...he's the man who created it for crying out loud, so I don't imagine he'd drastically change the way his company runs without looking all the possibilities from every angle. Oh...and did we forget this? :
-oddguy |
Just as Oddguy says. Couldn't agree with you more.
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First I was pissed, but after Oddguy's post, I'm calming down. Mabey more information about oddworld on the next update of www.oddworld.com, thats like begin April right?
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If.
If it was April 1st, I would of said April Fool's maybe?
But alas, where in the world are you getting your information Alcar? I trust you, but from some of the members here it seems to be contradicting what you have said about OWI stopping its original game production. |
Thank you Oddguy, I was growing weary of being a lone voice of reason.
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Well, I would be fine with this, but they straight out said that Oddworld was no more. Why straight out LIE to us like that? If they're not dead, don't say they are, damnit. You just end up scaring and pissing off people that way. Damn journalists.
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Well it's strange that 3 of the guys who worked at OWI said it was going to close its doors...
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I'm worried too...
well, if it's all just an April fools joke...well.....it's a really bad one :fuzemb: But I haven't read Oddguy's post before....and I think that you can be right! :fuzgrin: I'm in my more optimistic mode again, thank you Oddguy :D |
I'll agree, ConkerTribe, that was an unfortunate remark, and the headlines of those articles are misleading (the Gamespy one was called "The End of Oddworld?"). If you just skim over it, it does look like they're through, but if you read the article it becomes clear that they aren't. I'll chalk up the remarks from the ex-employees to the fact that they're upset at being laid off; perhaps they meant Oddworld is over in the sense that it's dead to them. Lorne's probably left some bitter people in the wake of this.
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It will be come the summer. They've been in San Luis Obispo for the last ten years, though.
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Please OWI.... I want update of oddworld site tommorow!!!
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I recommend anyone really worried or lost to read this article. http://www.gamespy.com/articles/599/599811p1.html |
Oh man, I didn't want oddworld inhabitants to give up. :( They such a great and talented team and created a great world. I do want too see a big future like at first planned , but it will be difficult now.
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Well, I'm glad that Lorne is getting what he finally wants; to bridge all his talents and interests together and thereby becoming faster at creating things. My only real fear is that he's lost sight of his originaly plan, and that was to create new Oddworld games with the Stranger engine and perhaps more on the Xenon. I mean, just because you're liberated now, that doesn't mean you have to stop caring about the games you originally planned for. That's just a little contradictory given his interest in bringing us more, as the article suggested.
Thanks for the article Al. |
I think everyone needs to relax, it's not the end of Oddworld. Just shift in physical location, and a lot of drastic changes that are underway. I doubt we will never see an oddworld game again, but that we will probably be seeing some new stuff in the coming months.
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Let's hope so. I'm betting on E3. Anyone else in?
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However, I do see a lot of truth in your last post. I'm just hoping the change was for the best. |
Thankyou for pointing us to that article Al, I was feeling confused as to all the different information being thrown about.
I'm sort of disappointed but I'm glad Oddworld still has a future. |