Where did I say "Fangus is going to be a bad game" ? But I did say "the game is a bad idea". Why ? 2 things : 1. If Fangus had anything to do with OWI, you guys will not care about it. 2. The problem with Fangus : idea of using the Stranger engine first. What about the story and all ? Lanning seems confused. Proof : is the game set on Oddworld or not ?

On the first page of this thread, the second post counting from the bottom

Yes, it's just vlam.

e: oh.

The game is not announced and we have no clear confirmation on the engine. Whether it's Oddworld or not doesn't concern me as long as it's a great game.

I say this about almost every game I hear about.

That said, if it's gonna be a low quality game, it'd be best if it wasn't affiliated with Oddworld brand.

Varrok : how could it be a low quality game, according to you ?

I have no idea. I was saying it just in case.

I don't follow your point. Are you saying that these forums don't care about anything OWI produce? We cared very much about NnT, for instance.

The Stranger Engine was to be used when that engine was new and shiny. It wouldn't be the plan any more.

Read the interview. Lorne is entirely clear about that. Given that he'll be taking charge of the game again, it's going to be a less anthropomorphic game, and it'll be set on Oddworld. It was only ever set elsewhere because he was letting his team take the lead in developing it and he didn't think the style they were coming up with would fit well on Oddworld.

Actually there was an interview with JAW a little while back when they were finishing up work on Stranger HD that mentioned they had plans for converting the Stranger Engine into a modern multiplatform engine that they could use for future games like a possible Stranger sequel or perhaps Fangus, so it still could happen.

If they put in the effort to update it into a modern multiplatform engine, it would be technologically upgraded far beyond its original Xbox capabilities. So vlam's criticisms aren't relevant even in that case.