How about the mudokuns not being stupid? Most of them, when they are following you, they walk into mines and other explosives.
Plus to not have glitches like in Munch's oddysee, in the loading Dock bit in Vykkers labs, just at the bit where you are supposed to pull two levers to activate the water fountain to raise the water height, the two mudokuns that were ask to get to work by abe don't do it. I had to get munch to do the work... |
They're not meant to work. It's irritating but that's what the puzzle is about. And the Abe games wouldn't be much challenge if you didn't have to herd the muds like lemmings.
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Hi, I really don't know why here some people are thinking Mr Molyneux would continue the work of Mr Lanning. If there is anyone with the same graphics-style, then are that to my mind the developers of Rayman3. And what's my question. Would you say the devs of R3 have stolen a bit by Oddworld. Or have the Odds stolen by R3? Or nothing of that?
And my second question: Why want all these devs making movies? Lanning is there not the only one. And: I think the hero of this Oddworld looks very -----strange. :-) I wouldn't want to play such an hero. And the other characters are also very ----odd. Don't you think, the characters are too horrible? |
I'm not sure the rayman team has taken something from Oddworld, or the contrary. Rayman 3 was a fun game but I dont see what oddworld game you think it looks like. Plus I'm not sure Michel Ancel's team could carry on Lorne's work, but I have to agree king kong looks nice and beyond good and evil is a masterpiece.
to your second question: Lorne always wanted to do oddworld movie, he's been thinking about it for 15 years :p Stranger looks too strange to play? Is that wat you try to say? well tha's a pity because Stranger is one of Oddworld best games. |
i dont know if any of u no this if u do fair game but mr lanning said he may release games to go in conjuctiion with the films but nothing else.
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I've thought good and hard about this one, and I can't think of a single developer that I think would do as good a job as OWI did. I just hope to find that Lorne does business with one that excels on all levels.
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muchman: he wants to make games and then a film of the games? It seems all the devs have too many daydreams. And what is he doing now? Making any new game? And how shall that game become a film? He could create everything with his computer.
Xavier: I see, you are a fan of your country. Maybe the sceenshots are so similar because the developer-software is always the same. But the similarity of Oddworld and Rayman is anyhow evident. About the gameplay I cant say much, because I have never played Oddworld. |
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I have to admit the glowing mushrooms made me think of rayman, but they suited oddworld very well.
please don't make dubble post ;) and why are you shooting on ubisoft? they are great! and I don't see how I'm a fan of my country? ;) |
Lorne was very creative and had great ideas for characters and environments. I don't believe there are any developers that have the same creativity that OWI offered, so in my opinion there aren't any developers that could continue the OW series.
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the thing is that Lorne would still be somewhere at the head of the project
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He co-created Oddworld, so I don't see any reason why he would
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Nintendo makes quality games. I wouldn't say they are always particularly kiddy. It's just that violence dones't make a good game alone. Some people buy crap games because they think violence is cool or something. Oddworld only has blood because it is generally pretty realistic, so they want it to look it etc.
Insomniac make some goddarn good games. The Ratchet and Clank series were bomb. But the style of games they make isn't the quite the same, it's hard to say how they would implement it. They are quite humorous though. Also, the characters and level designs a pretty creative. Wait...Ratchet and Clank was quite largely focused on the weapons. If you played as a Slig, became a Flying Slig, then eventually a Big Bro, and got to buy various weapons such as different types of grenades etc. *shrugs* MGS? Never heard of it. Sounds good though. Lorne should still end up there, off course. He's vital. |
Pinnacle Entertainment Incorportated.
www.peginc.com Mudos is crying out to the Heavens to be made a pen and paper roleplaying world to me and the quick, rules light Savage system is perfect for it. An official full color settings book from the artists of OWI would make my day. |
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........and Ubi likes shooters, for that reason I think they like that new logo. :-) ........and ubi isn't great. In OW are glowing mushrooms too? I havn't seen that. I saw only these little fluffy ball-shaped creatures in cages. Looking like Andre of Ray3. And soft-drink-tins. And the weapons are similar. And the hats. And the landscapes. But I know, often hire the game-devs any outsourcing firm, wich is creating the objects. And maybe Rayman and OW have had the same outsource-firm. It's possible. @Zerox: I'm thinking too Nintendo has the best games. The only problem is, they should make some more of them. |
And for the eleventy bajillion time my call for an Oddworld RPG falls on deaf ears. Ah well, back to HERO FRED.
Oddworld ain't kid friendly, alright? The core mechanic of the original game was possessing others, using them to do your violent long distance bidding, and blowing them to smithereens. And AO/AE were difficult, total slaughterfests if you didn't have your twitch fu down. A fistful of fart jokes doesn't negate the fact that your cute cuddly characters were engaging in terrorism and grisly murder in a roundabout fashion. |
Statikk--The times when videogames were any special thing are over. There are sooooooo many games on the market. You will find a couple of good games.
And if you need an art book, you should paint yourself one. It's anyway only kitschy, trashy, stuff. All these monsters and heros, I'm sorry, that's never art! It's not bad painted, but every lousy graphic artist can paint that. You don't need any special talents to do that. Only a bit time and exercise. And if you then download any RPG-maker, you can even make a new game of your taste. ( Don't you think many game characters look like a vision of a drug-high? lol) |
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When I think about it, some of the darker levels in Rayman 3 had a bit of the Oddworld feel.Though I think Naugty Dog could make a good Oddworld game.
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thank you Max :)
Hops: I have to admit you have pointed out a bunch of similarities between rayman 3 and MO/SW. But OWI creates all his art and design themself, they want to have all the creation work under control and made by them. it may change in the future, but that how they made their previous games. and Ubisoft is great :) SplinterCell, Rayman and Pince of Persia are among my favourite games :p |
Naughty Dog makes some great games, would be interesting to see what kind of Oddworld game they'd come out with.
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Naughty Dog used to make the original Crash Bandicoot games for PS1. But
I guess the project was bought or sold to Vivendi Universal. The graphics in Naughty Dog's games are far better than Vivendi's version of the game. But I particulary enjoy Insomaic's games the most. |
I've thought I had any scartch on my eye, because so many games look like many other games. But you all see some similarities too. Thanks! I don't have to go to the eye specialist.
Maybe some devs looking too much to the other devs for "new" ideas? [Xavier: and Ubisoft is not great SplinterCell, Rayman and Pince of Persia are not among my favourite games. ] And I have to say, if the "heads of game" are changing, then will the game become different. You shouldn't think about other firms. You wouldn't get your own OW, if for example Naughty Dog would make it. Steven Spielberg can't produce a Woody Allen film. And if Avril Lavigne sings Knocking on heavens door, then isn't that the same like Bob Dylan. Do you understand me? i like html I know how hard it is to lose a favourite game. I'm still in mourning of some games which will never again become produced. |
heh I guess I should have said "I think ubisoft is great" :stare:
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okay,..... if you like it. :-) I think, the games are not worst, but I don't like the the firm - the bosses. They are so unfriendly.
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who do you prefer then? at least Ubi isn't as bad as EA is. :p
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I had never trouble with EA, but a lot with Ubi.
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Rayman was way cool. It's been one of the very few games that I liked.
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well EA is the main reason why OWI don't make games anymore... so I don't like them much now
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It's an earing, Xav.;)
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Guns and Roses does a darn good Knocking on Heaven's Door.
People hate EA because they rushed SW and didn't pimp it enough. |
How do you know? Have you spoken with EA because of anything concerning SW? Do you have participated by any meeting?
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Statikk, that's not true... EA has very little to do with the actual game.
And the game was ready to ship when it was shipped, they just wanted to delay it to not have to face Halo2 in the stores. they promised a PS2 port and didn't do it, that was a bit stupid plus from what I've read EA was letting Oddworld die by always delaying the contract for their next game (Citizen siege?) and when OWI had money problems, EA wanted to buy them and the Oddworld franchise. it's not the first time EA does that :fuzmad: |
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It's the capitalist-artistic version of Health and Safety, I suppose. |
lolz.In one GameInformer for April Fools, they said EA had bought the moon to advertize, and that is was part of a world domination plot.
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on the other side: Maybe the deveopers of OW are "game over". I mean, even the best dev can be anyday by the end of his ideas. And nobody can do always the same. It's like we would play again and again only one game. Maybe the devs want to do other things now.
Or maybe they have made enough money and it is not necessary to produce more OW. And the most people have a bad taste. Trash sells often better than good things. I saw today a report about a "painting" dog. It sells his pics. http://members.aol.com/kunoichi133/henry21.gifhttp://img345.imageshack.us/img345/8430/helloub8.jpg |
My opinion is simply that if OI isn't making Oddworld games anymore noone else should.
I could just see something bad happen like a crappy rip-off game made by another company based on the oddworld movie. |
with Lorne at the head of the project I guess we won't have to worry it would be crappy. He will make sure the quality is still there ;)
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hmmm, i guess Lorne would do that if it was an Oddworld game. I just don't know what to think of another game. Ubi Soft could probably make a good Oddworld game, since they made a lot of good games that are way different than some others.
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