We have a Welcome and Birthdays subforum?

lol.

Does anyone else think PB sounds like an STI?

Also no, I don't care about the visors, only the hardcore fans do. Luckily there aren't many of them about no more.

For you everyone sounds like someone else.

Wait, what?

Oh...

I thought Pupbenny was saying thank you after V_O_T said Abe HD was great so far...

...Y'know what forget it :lol:

lol. :)

Also what's a STI? Slig Trigger Intuition?

Sexually Transmitted Infection

For fuck's sake, guys. I just warned Pupbenny about being offtopic. Why would you then continue to post offtopic shit?

Going back on topic, I love how the design of the levers now reflects their appearance in the opening cinematic of the original Abe's Oddysee. It's those little touches that make the change rather nice indeed, love how they're taking more from the cutscenes and bringing it into the actually gameplay scenery. ^^

^Have to agree with you there. In the back of my head I always asked that question of "Why arnt the levers in the cinematic the same as the ones used in game?"

Attention to detail like the lever and the little Mudonkon exit sign in the 1st HD screenshot really makes the game stand out.

I think the guys at JAW have really perfected this. And we've only seen the Pre Alpha!

It isn't perfect by any means, but it sure is looking good.

They should just release pre-alpha and let the modding community bring it up to scratch. Like every other developer.

hmmm... I think you're onto something

the holographic screens in the pre alpha video look like quite cool, i had an idea pop into my head that you could possibly stop at one and press a button (like on munch's oddysee) but it can have options on it like an options menu at a pause menu, so you can change brightness,contrast,music volume,sfx volume or even use them (if you will add them) to type in a cheat code? Obviously as well as displaying the in-game stats. so it would be like an in-game pause menu type thing

That is a horrible idea.

Biggest immersion killer I can think of.

I can think of bigger.

Abe's penis is not an immersion killer. I wish we could stop having this argument.

I bet you actually want to continue this argument

If anything Abe's penis gives me deeper immersion.

In Soviet OWF, Abe's penis is more deeply immersed in you.

So you're saying that you can only pause the game or change options at certain predetermined locations? And, assuming these locations are all industrial, you wouldn't be able to even quit the game whilst in the Monsaic Lines, Scrabania and Paramonia levels?

Yeah... that's not going to work. *shakes head*
Clever, but seems too Dead Space honestly, and doesn't fit the way the game is set out.

Would be clever though if the status indicators did have the product ad and only showed the number of employees when you actually went up and examined them, or they cycled through worker status and product placement automatically on a timed loop (kind of the same way the LED screens cycle between controls and factory mottos).

I meant as an addition to the pause menu, but as said it wont work. It would be cool if it displayed security status too, it could work well with trophies/achievements

Security status? As in, how many sligs are on duty? That would kill a couple of puzzles I think.

No, the less that stuff is integrated into the game the better. I think lots of people would complain if an achievement pops up in a corner telling them what they've just done because it ruins the immersive nature of Oddworld.

^ This. However the problem when the game comes onto Steam is that it will have the alt-tab menu and any achievements that the game might have would pop up automatacally.

And I just want the pause menu to look like Abe's Oddysee's. Maybe they could add more advanced options menu because it's a PC game but that depends on if this game needs a launcher or not.