It's true that Abe does have something strange on his back. It could be a health-bird-thingy (those birds need a proper Oddworld name) getting out of his body like in MO.

I guess if they choose the MO style health bar it is probably because they need to be accessible to casual players as one-hit deaths might be regarded as too hard.

If they are doing this they should definitely allow players to choose the one hit death as an option.

How can you say anything when you don't know how it works though? It could be a distinction between getting clipped by one shot as opposed to actually being in the line of fire. It could just be part of the death animation.

I think/hope Abe just ran through some birds and scared them. They're common enough in Paramonia.

That's why I use words like "could", "if" and "I guess".

I get the cater to casual players theory, but cutting out the 1 shot dead would be so disheartening and disappointing. Not drawing conclusions though. The game looks fantastic.

No seriously someone please circle what's being talked about because I don't think we're seeing the same thing

http://postimg.org/image/5wq8aq1zd/

Either the weird thing circled in orange, or the bird looking thing in the blue circle. Probably the Bird thing in the blue.

E: If the image isn't loading for you either for whatever reason: http://postimg.org/image/5wq8aq1zd/

That thing circled in blue is Abe's other arm and the one circled in orange just looked like part of the tree to me. I only just noticed the blood though, so great. Now I have no idea.

If the thing circled in blue is one of Abe's arms it means he has 3 arms.

http://oddworldlibrary.net/archives/...s/SSNT0050.png

By looking closely you can see his left arm is pointing downwards and his hand is just above his knee.

Hey, don't lose hope!
Maybe the`ve implemented a hardmode where threats kill you in one-hit. So you can choose. That would be cool!

Oh no they are birds

violent weeping

Abe gets shot.

A bird appears out of the bullet wound.

if all birds spill from abes insides, abe dies.



I thought they were called spirit birds and started off or turned into blue energy balls. Like, when you die in AO or Exo, that sparking chant energy emits from the corpse, raises into the air and birds appear out of the energy. Even with the portals.


if what we are saying is happening, abe has birds for blood. Not that mystic energy that forms into an animal, just full on avian creatures for blood. That and scrabs and paramites will have to keep kicking or biting abe to kill him...

is this why abe or mudokons are chicken?


I summon the power of Will to come forth and give clarity (if possible).

It’s worth pointing out there’s a handful of birds above the Story Stone as well. So Nate could well be right.

Actually, now that you pointed my attention there, I think you and Nate are right.

Just when Stewart says stuff like "we'll be adding 3 features that they haven't shown yet", i cant help but be worried or super excited.

minds cleared now. Cant wait to play it lol.

Cheers Nate & Manco.

a: He could be running through pigeons, which inhabit Paramonia

b: In the original it took the sligs three shots to hit you anyway.

The explanation was the sligs had shit aim though, wasn't it?

It must be shit, to miss in two dimensions.

If you pay close enough attention you can see where they shoot the ground twice before they hit you

I think it was much more obvious in AE, if I remember correctly, compared to AO.

On PC it seemed to be only in AE.

They went to the Stormtrooper Academy. :P

Although since the 3 shots happen so quick it may as well be instantaneous - And that's fine 'cause it made them more menacing.

Yeah It was only in Abe's Exoddus the Sligs shot the ground before then shooting Abe. I think it was implemented to give you a chance to escape a Slig. However I think completely removed in the later stages.

Abe's Oddysee was instant kill.

With Quiksave, does that even make a difference?

Yes. You should at least have to reload the save as punishment for death. If you can just live on with a little less health, there is essentially no punishment.

It's an instant kill if you're running toward the slig.

I suspect that they will go with the MO style of health for New n Tasty, it will be great for people that aren't familiar with the original, but I would never put it over the JAW and OI to not have a "instant death" mode aswell in the game for us die hard fans.....



But the moment I see a fucking Sobe vending machine in NnT I will freak shit!

It looks like New N Tasty is nearing completion.

I think it's finished. Just going through final testing and then awaiting certification for the various platforms.

Not long till we can get our hands on it! Feels like it's been ages.

I wonder how many of us would do a doubletakebrixshat if JAW just suddenly released it on PS4, Vita, Steam, etc. and the only way we found out was through browsing the new releases xD