Oddworld Spotting
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Wo, nice one, I can't top that
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i can...t, but i can try, a video on youtube with the best games ever had abe's oddysee at #2, and i didnt even type in abes oddysee.
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Nice spot, Havoc. |
I discovered this one. I have also posted it before.
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LOL! Oddworld intro at start of vid! It's so obvious... unmissable, even.
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Oddworld Inhabitants should sue that diving video!
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Wow, really interesting finds here. Sad that the Oddworld games don't get more references in the media, though.
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Is that the "full" theme or did they mix it with their own custom score?
Was that theme composed specifically for Oddworld or was it stock music? If it's the latter, then that would be an explanation. |
i think its oddworlds theme.
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http://www.oddworld.com/firsttenyear...ow_audio.shtml
They call it "Abe's Odysee 1" and have claimed copyright over it. |
Those sounds are ripped directly from the game though. What I hear in the commercial sounds like a complete piece, as if the melody we know so well is only a fraction of a more involved composition.
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There are alot of times were I see something and think; "Is that OddFont?".
Here's a comparison of the movie text and me with OddFont in MS Word. http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/914/oddfont.jpg |
That's too big of a match to be a coincidence.
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yeah, i agree, besides, ive seen oddfont before on a movie trailer,
EDIT: oh wait, ive just watched it and thats it! |
As I understand it "OddFont" is a fan-made version based on the original, which was not exclusive to Oddworld.
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Then what is the name of the original font?
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that link doesnt work.
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Does now.
Man, that took me about ten attempts to make it work. Each time "Was that so hard?" made me angry. So not worth it. |
Havoc,Could u tell me the name of the episode? or the season?I wanna search on youtube maybe I come across a video
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So both OWI and that movie used this "Newport Land" font; which is small and relatively unknown?
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I'll see about putting the that scene on youtube when I get around to it. |
lol iv seen the oddworld font on a cereal box saying low salt lol i was like omg oddwrold font :D
http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/914/oddfont.jpg |
The Turok soundtrack uses the same musical stingers featured in the AO soundtrack. Give it a listen to see what I mean. |
yeah, i know what you mean, like when your hiding from a slog or running from a scrab or something.
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It sounds like a mix between Abe's Oddysee and Bejeweled 2 music :D
Anyway i've found Sounds from Oddworld in Two diffrent games. one you might already know. 1. In Spyro 3: Year of the Dragon, The spooky swamp Level has the Abe's Exoddus Bird Sounds in the Main Menu. Skip to 1:28 2. In Crash 2: Cortrex Strikes Back, The rat enemy has the same sounds as a Scrab. Skip to 0:59 |
Actually i have one, there's a sound I first heard in oddworld and now recently hear in many new films/ shows including predator, I can't isolate the sound but its that creaky one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmUM9m_gDLY around 0:11 or 0:15 |
Not really a reference to Oddworld but doesn't Ender from Star Wars look like Paramonia?
Paramonia http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__...es/0/0b/X9.jpg Endor from Star Wars  But this part could be coincidence or maybe subtle reference to Oddworld from Bungie. Storm in Halo 3 Announcement Trailer  Abe's Oddysee Storm over RuptureFarms in Ending http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__...ptureFarms.jpg |
You're right, Paramonia and Endor look just like forests.
As for the Halo thingy, it looks more like the Shadowlock.  EDIT: I can't remember when or why I started calling that the Shadowlock. I think a Shadowlock is something different. The book calls it "the sacred circle at the Monsaic Hidden". |
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I think we might have discovered something that no one noticed :) Here's another possible coincidence. The interrogation droid from Star Wars IV looks like The Shrink http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__...lNeverTell.jpg The Shrink from old Oddworld teaser http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__...x-Shrink01.jpg The interrogation droid also looks like the Security Orbs from Oddworld |
Yes, they are both spherically shaped, on the other hand one has arms and a screen with a face displayed on it while the other only has a red light.
Aren't you simply trying to hard thereN |
Heres one I found.
Look at the beginning of Half-Life 2: Episode 1 Skip to around 0:39 Notice the Vortigaunts chanting, it looks almost exacally to Abe's Chant. |
I always thought that! It's like they used the same animation but swapped the models or something.
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Yep, that's something I noticed too...
Funny when you know that there are now ex-Inhabitants working at Valve |
So you actually think that the Vortigaunt Chant was created by an ex-inhabitant and is inspired by Oddworld?
I really hope your right :D |
I'm not sure you'd have to check the dates for that
OWI downsizes in 2005 Half Life 2 was released in 2004 episode 1 was released in 2006 So I'm not sure if this animation was used in HL 2 but if it wasn't it's possible. |
A tribute, perhaps?
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Both Gautam Babbar and Steve Desilets are in the credits for the November 2005 release of HL2 on Xbox.
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Has anyone noticed that Vykker's Labs looks like Cloud City from Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back?
Cloud City http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__...Cloud_City.jpg Vykker's Labs http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__...kkers_labs.jpg And has anyone noticed that Vykkers and the Lab are obvious reference to the stereotypical aliens in flying saucers LoL |