I would hope a one-off promotional image would look somewhat better than that.
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Yes, that's the Abe you'll be seeing in Munch's Oddysee HD. He'll look even better in Abe HD!
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Apart from the fact that he looks a little too glossy (must be the floor wax), Abe is looking good.
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Now that's HD.
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The top of his head looks a lot darker than I remember.
That gloss really just puts me in mind of glossy fish scales, and I'm not sure if that's good or bad. |
That's the actual in game model? Why JAW/OWI, bless your hearts. I'm pumped for this.
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Hurray! he's happy ^_^
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Paramite looks better IMO. Scrab definitely needs some improvement.
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The Paramite is looking sweet. I agree that the Scrab needs work, it looks kind of in between Munch's Oddysee and the HD quality we've seen with other things.
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That's probably because the Scrab has two key differences to the other characters we've seen so far:
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Paramite is rather perverted.
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Also bear in mind a) they're still working with a hastily-constructed, 10-year-old engine, and b) both Scrabs and Paramites appear in large numbers, which limits how detailed each can be.
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It would be nice to see the Scrabs and Paramites appear in more than 1 level each.
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Well, considering the engine restraints, they both look pretty damned good. :)
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They did, but wernt you dissapointed with them onyl appearing in 1 level each?
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EDIT: DOUBLE POST ACCIDENT.
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Correct me if I'm mistaken, but aren't they overhauling the game engine in order to make the HD update feasible at all?
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Altering, but not starting from scratch.
c) When you see Scrabs, the camera zooms out loads anyway. Jenny, they're not changing the gameplay. What's the point of having them appear more anyway, they're both without the behaviour that makes them what they were in the Abe games. |
I just think it would be nice to have them appear in more than one level. Imagine Slgis only appearing in one level...........
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I don't think the Scrab need improvment, It looks really pretty in my opinion. I think the Paramite needs improvement. It could be just the angle though (its mouth looks werid).
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I'm happy that OWI is sharing these things with us and being social with the fans instead of keeping to themselves. I think the community always appreciates communication ; )
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I'm very glad too. I would also love it if they keep in mind what the fans say for future games.
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Yay, Abe's back! Hm, his arms look a little short. And he's glossy, and he has another finger...and paramites still scare the daylights out of me.
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Taking into consideration the distance the camera is from both the Paramites and Scrabs in-game, these are more than acceptable.
What I'm more concerned about is the environments in which you encounter these fiends. Landscape mapping and textures were absolutely horrendous in the original MO. Flat, cartoony grass patterns and low poly rocks/cliff faces. I'd like to chalk it up to the time period and the limitations of the engine, but plenty of games that came out around that time were able to overcome the horrors of limited poly with high-resolution skins and textures. Sometimes, MO's levels felt like they were rejected from Banjo Kazooie. They could learn a thing or two from games like Tak, in which they printed pieces of the production art directly onto the models, which looked quite unique. Some improved particle sims would be grand as well; some mist rising from the damp forests or industrial smog and soot clouding the factories. |
I would like to know more about the environments too. The character models for Munch and Stranger are looking fantastic, and the recent images of Stranger HD show some improved foliage. But if the environments on the whole (rocks, platforms and whatnot) still look low-poly, dropping in some nice HD characters is going to make those low-poly scenes look even worse in comparison.
I don't know what is commonplace for HD re-masterings, whether it is typically just the characters that get updated and textures sharpened, or if the levels get improved as well. What I've seen so far of JAWs work looks excellent and I cannot wait to play the HD versions. I just think if all the work went into characters and the environments barely change, then it's kind of a missed opportunity to make the game look even better. |
I would prefer HD environment to HD characters. The atmosphere is what gives the game it's odd effect and makes you feel like you're part of it.
That's mostly why I fell in love with Abe's Oddysee and Exoddus. The background art was just amazingly beautiful in Scrabania and Paramonia. <3 |
I especially like how in Scrabania's cutscenes you can see that the stone pillars literally reach the sky.
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I wonder if we'll get any demo's like we did for the original games all those years ago?
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I'm going to assume yes. Releasing a demo is a vital part to marketing any game. I might not have played any of the Oddworld games if I hadn't played the AO demo.
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Can we see scrab and paramite renders in higher resolution? (like abe ones) :D
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You just have.
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I meant the resolution like http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sjgSLFr-jH...GH-Newlogo.jpg
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You just HAVE
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He means the high-res models in a larger image, you moron.
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That image did come from Alf though, so I'm not sure if the high-res versions are floating around in the public domain.
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I can't do it on the Facebook Android app, but if you right-click on "Download" you can get the address of the full-size image.
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