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Scrabaniac 03-20-2014 07:48 AM

I can imagine the 'coming soon, something new n tasty!' And the 'Wanted' posters would have been the ones they originally used. You can easily see how similar the wanted posters are in the remake and the original, kudos I that it's fully remade too!!

BoneScrapings 03-21-2014 06:26 AM

Oooh, Fangus! I've been interested in that one since I first heard about it. I'm glad it may see the light of day after all. A whole new Oddworld game...*sigh* Can't wait to hear more about it in the future.

I hope this doesn't mean they won't remake Munch at some point though. It was the only game of the series that really, really needed it, and of course we all know about the problems OWI had making it and all the things they had to cut by the time that project was done. *shrug* But whatever happens happens.

Nepsotic 03-21-2014 09:40 AM

Can't we just brush that game under the carpet and forget about it?

Renney77 03-21-2014 10:37 AM

£18.....for this....are you kidding me! Thats amazing for a release price definitely buying day one for PC!
I've seen indie games advertised on steam and lets be fair the quality on graphics is terrible (personal experience) Don't get me wrong I've brought a few and they have all been good buys but when people see this game and the fact that it isn't £30 new is just ridiculous and I can see it being a major success!

EDIT: Didn't mean necessarily graphics but performance, bugs ect.

Manco 03-21-2014 12:50 PM

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Can't we just brush that game under the carpet and forget about it?

If it was just straight-up bad then we could forget about it. It’s because it had good ideas behind it and just turned out so mediocre that we can’t.

Kyle 03-22-2014 12:25 AM

I've never been that interested in any of the mentioned titles outside of the Quintology, but it's nice to see a new Oddworld game being planned. Hopefully this is just the beginning!

Bullet Magnet 03-22-2014 01:12 PM

Remaking Munch is not like remaking Abe or doing Stranger and Fangus. It required developing a whole new genre or subgenre. A lot of work needs to go into simply making the game types work as desired before you even start designing levels and assets. the practicality of doing Munch may well depend on how much of that was already done and then cut way back at the turn of the century, and how much is still applicable today.

Xavier 03-22-2014 01:22 PM

Well if they could do Munch as they did NnT, namely building the game with today's methods and techniques but based on the original concept art and documents, that could give an awesome game.

No, I have not lost faith in Munch.

Bullet Magnet 03-22-2014 02:26 PM

I still think that there would be a lot more work involved for remaking Munch than Abe. How many levels from Munch can they use? I think none. I understood that Munch would be open world with a chunk of Mudos represented, the whole landscape of which is organically morphable.

Jordan 03-22-2014 03:06 PM

As much as I would love for the story of Munch to be re-told 100x better with modern day technology... I want there to be a cut off point when it comes to doing remakes. After NnT and possibly a remake of AE (which should take less time if assets are re-used), I'd like to see some Oddworld stuff we've never seen before.

Slog Bait 03-22-2014 03:12 PM

I'd like to see Munch remade before they pole vault into Squeak. I don't mean in the same vein as an HD remake, but a complete scrapping and starting from the ground up. There can be numerous other titles in between now and then, but Munch is the game I feel desperately needs a complete redo.

I know this would be a very large project to undertake, but so would pretty much any high quality game OWI and JAW have and will pump out. Once they have the budget, I see no reason why they shouldn't try and redo MO, other than just not wanting to.

MeechMunchie 03-22-2014 04:57 PM

They could bring Roid back!

Manco 03-22-2014 06:24 PM

I’d love for them to go back and do Munch as intended, but doing it as Munch’s Exoddus instead of an MO remake. Pick up the story where MO ended, and then work back in all those plans that were left on the cutting room floor – Lady Margaret, Molluck’s trial, Ma’Spa, etc.

It gives them a clean break and a brand new Oddworld game, plus it doesn’t mess with the established canon and the team would have a reference point (the original game) as a baseline to improve from.

DarkHoodness 03-22-2014 06:50 PM

I think it'd be more worth it for them to spend their money and effort on a new OW title rather than rehashing MO, but doing Munch's Exoddus like Manco said would be a good compromise - Provided they included a complete (but optional to watch) backstory, so that people wouldn't miss out on skipping MO if they didn't want to play it.

Nate 03-22-2014 08:08 PM

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As much as I would love for the story of Munch to be re-told 100x better with modern day technology... I want there to be a cut off point when it comes to doing remakes. After NnT and possibly a remake of AE (which should take less time if assets are re-used), I'd like to see some Oddworld stuff we've never seen before.

A remake of Munch would be stuff that we've never seen before. It's not like NnT, which remains largely the same in terms of plot and puzzles; an MO remake would be completely different.

Havoc 03-22-2014 08:13 PM

On one hand I would love to see Munch redone, made the way it was meant with all the awesome stuff from the trailers and more. But remaking AE and then MO would mean we'd be waiting another 5 years before we see anything new in terms of story, which would be a damn shame.

In total I think they can get away with New Abe's Oddysee > New Abe's Exoddus > Munch HD > New Oddworld game in terms of consistancy. But failing that, they could opt to do the MO remake combined with Munch Exoddus and make it one big game. Provided AO and AE generate enough revenue.

IantoLumi 04-03-2014 07:13 AM

I wonder if they would consider starting a kick starter possibly for MO? (If they didn't generate enough revenue that is.) It would be an interesting route to take and I wouldn't mind throwing some cash there way for a new MO remake. I would like to support the progress of a new MO somehow other than buying multiple copies of NnT or the new AE on release. I would really like to see it come to light of day.

MeechMunchie 04-03-2014 09:18 AM

I'm not sure why Kickstarter is percieved as something to aspire to right now. It's a compromise made out of necessity, not a fucking asset.

Manco 04-03-2014 10:51 AM

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I'm not sure why Kickstarter is percieved as something to aspire to right now. It's a compromise made out of necessity, not a fucking asset.

It’s free money, free advertising and successful projects get a “popular and indie” stamp of approval.

Jordan 04-03-2014 10:59 AM

How is there any need to remake Munch's Oddysee?

Manco 04-03-2014 11:20 AM

to make it a good game

Nepsotic 04-03-2014 11:31 AM

Why, when they could just make other games with better ideas and concepts that have a better chance?

STM 04-03-2014 01:20 PM

*hunkers down for this argument again*

Phylum 04-03-2014 02:53 PM

MO had really awesome, albeit ambitious, ideas behind it though?

Jordan 04-03-2014 03:02 PM

I won't deny that the game could have been told differently and it had the potential to be so much more. But would you honestly be happy with yet another remake when we could be seeing something completely new?

DarkHoodness 04-03-2014 03:12 PM

Maybe it should be done simply to stop arguments like this from happening again amongst the fandom. :P

It does deserve a remake, IMO. But as I kind of said earlier, I also think it'd be a waste of resources at this point.

Phylum 04-03-2014 03:39 PM

Oh, I'd rather see something totally new I just don't know where Nep is coming from.

I should really start ignoring him, but I'm clearly just a glutton for punishment.

Crashpunk 04-03-2014 03:39 PM

I think it would be better to make Munch's Exoddus and make that the game Munch's Oddysee should of been.

Jordan 04-03-2014 03:41 PM

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I think it would be better to make Munch's Exoddus and make that the game Munch's Oddysee should of been.

This. I'd be quite happy with this. Use some of the ideas that should have been in MO and fix what was wrong in it. Anything but a remake.

Nate 04-03-2014 05:39 PM

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I won't deny that the game could have been told differently and it had the potential to be so much more. But would you honestly be happy with yet another remake when we could be seeing something completely new?

MO made the way it should have been would be something completely new.