I know thats why this thread is all predicting why everyone thinks this is official facts is beyond me!:lol:
If it did come out in June I think my new nick name should be The OWF Nostradomous!:D Paramiteabe... :fuzblink: |
I know it wont come out then I just said it would be good if it did I dont mind how long it takes to come out just as long as it does.
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maybe something else is gonna come out in june... or in the summer...
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PA said in his very first post that June was his prediction, not anything remotely official. It's in the thread title, so I'm also surprised people have been so dismissive here.
Off-Topic, but necessary as my job as moderator, I'm not at all happy at the off-topic in this thread. It even managed to develop into mild offences. I'm shocked more than anything, but I don't want to see anything like that in GD again, or I'll whip out a second warning. So there. |
PA also said his prediction was based on some insider info that he had. We wanted to know the source of his info so we could see how authentic it was. When we found out that it was a clerk at FuncoLand, well...that's when I myself was sceptical. After that was when this thread went downhill.
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Oh, that was actually his insider information? Alright then, that's a pretty low stoop, but I don't think we need to tie PA to the stake just yet. Maybe just season him and pop him on the barbie.
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I dident get it from the Clerk I got it from the computer on IGN at Game Stop. Mann if this comes out in June its going to be a surprise!
Here is what it said go to IGN. April 14, 2004 - Very little is known about the next Oddworld other than the fact that it's coming sometime sooner or later on Xbox. Microsoft is no longer going to be publishing the next installment of the series, but by E3 we expect an announcement by whomever's managed to scoop the title up. They were telling me that June was a possible release time based on the information they were recieveing. If its not then ok its not! But they never told me at Game Stop that its official! Why are you guys attacking me when I said to not take this as being official word? Geez I just predicted and everybody on here starts bickering about it! I don't understand why a harmless prediction is the end of the world with you guys. |
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IGN's Vincent Lopez was extraordinary with the forever-coming of Munch's Oddysee, with almost regular previews and media updates. Of course, OWI aren't being as forthcoming with the new game. So it's not really IGN's fault. They do have a habit of making silly mistakes, and you can forgive them for not being bothered to go out on expeditions that the majority of the gaming world has heard next-to-nothing about.
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The guy who wrote in the computer is not an OWF member genus!
It was the producers of E3 I think. And another thing we know just as much as IGN maybe even less. All of our knowledge is based on assumptions and theories that have to do with the facts everybody recieved even IGN. We don't know the name what if its actually called Stranger's Oddessy. Then our whole theory that only Oddessy games being part of the quintology went down the tubes. We know as much as IGN sorry to say. We know very little about this game only scarse information that OWI has released thus far. And believe me thats not much. It may seem like a lot but there is hell of a lot more! And once again you have proven to me that you don't get what the whole gist of this thread is suppose to be which is very amuseing to me. Paramiteabe... :fuzblink: |
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2005!
anybody notice that IGN site is totally crazy. it says stranger will come out in June...2005! thus, ign is crap
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I checked it on the release date, and it says Oddworld4 TBA 2004. Strange... i duuno why it says that on yours.
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my guess is august/september 2004
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OWI said Stranger, OW4, the Steef Game, Oddworld gets Stranger will be out in 2004
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Garrhh... stupid waste of freakin time! I hate when this happens. Have to write all over again, coz of my lazy, selfish comp!
*boooring* There... would be 5 OW games played by now if they did'nt have a problem( not your fault OWI) instead of 3. MO in 2000, Hand of Odd in 2002, ME in 2003/4, and Stranger would be the last OW game on Xbox, lets say in 2005/6.They did say they had lots of ideas Then Squeek's oddysee in 2006, just in time for the PS3 launch. But, now Stranger will be relaste 2004. Hopely they could fit all the games on Xbox, includeing Hand of odd. Because it would be hard if they made Squeeks on Xbox2 on the launch day.OWI did say that they would try to make a game, a year. Who knows what the furture might bring. |
future will probably bring one game a year with the stranger engine and cast
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Squeek's oddysee i was under the impression that was all mere speculation. I know what they have said about overlooking but I have always been under the impression that the ratz were little more than the raisins eyes.
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Squeek would be a more character looking character, the Ratz are wildlife type. And Lorne did say that if he snowed us Squeeks , then they have to re-creatate Squeek.
*Squeek* What the... oh. Do you realy think Ratz would be the leader? They will and is are the unlikey heros. |
I would still get "squeek's oddysee" but many wouldn’t I mean its a rat. The people at OWI are incredibly smarter than me and would see this even remaking the ratz they still have to essentially be rats so what exactly can they do apart from scurry around. They can’t really be much different.
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ratz have been created for MO... and were not planned before...
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Ratz on it's own would be Rat. A rat in oddworld? Well they had Bats`n Bees, or is it Batz `n Beez.
Can't they think of any Odd names. Pork means pig. A pig in oddworld? Or is it Pigz. Chronclers in oddworld? or... The list goes on. |
I think this was already cleared up in another thread, but someone who had pretty intimate knowledge of the ins and outs of Oddworld reminded us each Quintology hero will be a species we have not yet seen. And even though Ratz were designed specifically for MO and not really thought of before, just remember Munch was originally planned to fly. So nothings written in stone.
EDIT: I almost forgot, the game store around here just put up a PreOrder box for "Oddworld 4" which said the game was slated for release in June. Strangely, the list of upcoming games suggested September. |
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You see everybody I am not coo coo after all. This seems to be going on everywhere and I want to know what it means. I predicted June because I wanted to be careful and not expect it to come out in June. But I am beginning to believe in the impossible here. OWI is keeping things so secret that what if everything we think is very decieveing and the game stores and the publishers are playing the same game inwhich OWI is playing with us?
I don't think it will come out in late June but ya never know with the way OWI is so secretive these days I don't leave out that notion that the game stores and publishers know something we don't know. And they too are in on the secret. Never say impossible with OWI because they are well known for surprises. This game is going to take us on surprise I really have this feeling. |
We shall see :dodgy:
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Ah but Oddguy the game has already been reviewed. Remember those awards it already won? Best CGI etc etc. That means the game is close if not finnished to completion and what they are doing now is finnishing it up and makeing it ready for release. Little clues that a lot of OWF members have neglected to look at over the past few months makes me believe in something very different than what the forums have concluded. For me I am always thinking outside of the box and what was impossible is now in the relm of probable or possible. Never say never my friend! Ok I may be an oddball among you forumers but I honestly believe I am on to something. Give me credit for at least trying ya know? Paramiteabe... :fuzblink: |
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Percisely my point Oddguy think about it. Why would there not be any information on the gameplay except for what we know from the X-Factor?
That is percisely what OWI is trying to keep secret from us. They don't want us to know about the story or the gameplay and they would tell reviewers to keep their mouth shut because this game is simply a big surprise. They are saying to the people who run the show to keep all of this classified. OWI has released a number of pictures of characters and envirorments, but that does not tell anything about the very essance of the next game. And I have no doubt that all the way up until the day of release they are going to still keep things secret and release a small minor comercial. Lets just say this game is unlike any game we have seen before aswell as the process of developement. This not like a normal game, its a special game and it requires special attention that makes it stand out among other games. |
That would be stupid if OWI didn't promote their next game. I mean, Stranger isn't like "The Passion" which Mel had nobody reviewing until it came out. No expectations are set when all the reviewers see is the final product, because that's just what it is...final. OWI kept the production very secret, which is a smart move.
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Not quite Oddguy what if ok one of these days a comercial of Stranger is shown on TV and it is shown once? Well to us the consumer in theory, we would be fascinated in what we saw on TV inwhich afterwords flock to the stores and buy this secret game and discover that its unlike anything we seen before.And mind you Passion was a huge success.
OWI is promoteing their game but they are doing it differently than other gaming industries. They are doing it through the Magazines, E3, etc etc. I believe I am on to something and if you don't believe me I don't blame you I wouldn't believe myself eather but as for now I am on my own with this idea and nobody can stop me Muhahahahahahahaha!:lol: |
If it's shown only once, there is a possibility that not everyone will see it, unless it's aired during the superbowl...and I highly doubt it will. I sure hope OWI isn't doing what you're suggesting PA...that would be really a not so smart move. You can't just release a game and go, "Okay, you know nothing about this game and neither does anyone else. Spend your money on it now!" That just doesn't work. We as Oddworld fans know about Stranger because we research. The general populous probaly doesn't know anything about Stranger. If OWI wants to attract knew fans through this game, they're going to advertise and let reviewers have a look at their game.
-oddguy EDIT: There you go again with the editing. :rolleyes: The Passion was a huge success because it generated so much controversy. Non Christians saw it because they wanted to see what everyone was talking about. Fox News doesn't have news analysts talking about Stranger right now...do they? |
I am sure theres going to be advirtisements very soon but its not going to be overly done like Munch is what I am saying.
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I thought Munch advertising was done just right. Had OWI not released so much production info, it would have done better I think. Also we have to factor in the move from PS2 to Xbox.
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The advirtiseing campaign for Munch was awesome and amazeing but it was too good. It was too much and thats what caused it to fail. The move to X-Box was perhaps maybe part of it because we had to wait one more year and we dident want to and it was already two three years after AE. We had expectation that probabaly could have delivered if it wasn't slated for a launch title. It doesn't matter wether or not Munch is on X-Box or PS2. Infact its better for Oddworld to be on X-Box because of the technology. If OWI would have waited one more year on development for Munch when it was switched to X-Box then we would have gotten what we all were hopeing for. The problem was simply timeing because Munch was slated to be a launch title and they had one year to switch systems and build a game. Thats crunch time in production terms.
Mainly what I am saying is that you have to balance it out. Too much can cause expectations that arn't met. Too little would cause little intrest and become a dead game. Some where in batween with the advirtisement is just right. And I believe OWI is doing just that. They are not haveing as much advirtisement as Munch but they are not haveing too little info. It may seem like little bits of info but in reality its just enough to make the general public look at this and say "Oooh I want more!" |
OWI were realy exicted about Munch, and they wanted peaple to know what great stuff is coming for MO. This time only OWI know about Stranger, it must be hard not to tell anyone what juicey things are coming our way. Soon they will show us the juicey stuff.
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When i first when on oddworld sites, i was like " whoa, so much things i did'nt know about Oddworld!" the only thing thats out side of the nternet zone, is just a release date that says "Oddworld: steef oddysee" in a mag.
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