Something new tomorrow?
 

Apparently the staff over at OWI have something planned for us tomorrow,
but they're keeping their lips sealed as usual.
I'm guessing it has to do with Stranger or Munch?

http://www.facebook.com/OfficialOddworld

It most likey be Stranger news but i'm going to be optimistic by saying i want Abe HD news.

Overhyped new picture... GO!

Seeing Stewart Gilray tweet this makes me suspect we may be seeing that trailer at long last tomorrow.

That tweet sure is suspicious.

Will I be able to get on-line tomorrow? Who knows?

Sod's Law knows.

I doubt it'll be the announcement of anything new. Hopefully it'll be a release date for SWHD, maybe with a trailer too.

By now I think we have all gotten use to waiting for interesting announcements, hearing them, then waiting some more. So as interested as we are to find out what will be announced today, is that really an appropriate place to be MeechCrunchies?

Rule One of being an Oddworld fan must be extreme patience. Rule two must then be not to get our hopes up. Rule three is extreme cynicism towards good news...In fact, actually liking Oddworld is around rule sixteen! ;)

http://twitter.com/#!/AlfMudokon/sta...10764741853184
http://twitter.com/#!/AlfMudokon/sta...69947893813249

Apparently they are waiting for permission...

EDIT:Oddhunter beat me to it.

I'm hoping for more news about Abe's Oddysee HD. Also some news on HoO would be neat, we haven't really heard anything of that for a couple of months now.

Permission for what? hmm.

I think it may be linked to a tweet off gilray about PEGI earlyer

Cryptic hints can be over-hyped by fans who aren't forgiving when you fail to deliver for reasons beyond your control. Havoc told me that what they did was bad PR, perhaps I agree with him.

Oh well at least we know they have something cool lined up for us soon. :)

my moneys on it being stranger's trailer then a release in a couple of weeks

Summer officially ends in pretty much exactly one week. If they don't release it within that time frame, then they are LIARS.

Whaaaat, summer ends next week? It's mid autumn here already.

Not in North America. Summer ends on the 21st-22nd of September. Of course, most people are of the mind that summer ends the second it stops being warm, which depends entirely on your region.

What about New York, where the weather can't make it's mind up?

"New York" might as well be it's own season.

Aren't they self-publishing this stuff? Who's permission would they need?

JAW's? Fuck if I know. They have 2 hours to deliver something or bust. Unless of course what they were looking forward to has absolutely nothing to do with us fans.

This permission, I suppose, is that of a third-party publisher; JAW are really more co-developers. Did anyone here really expect OWI to meet a deadline?

Also it is currently Spring.

Not where OWI is based.

It is where I am. Will I have to wait another half a year for the news then?

Pacific time? Obviously the entirety of the Pacific ocean is located on the western border of the USA. At least another five hours then...

They're also sending mails out to game journalists so... yeah. My money is still on that it's just a new picture. Maybe two.

JAW are the developers, OWI are the publishers.

Possibly Sony and/or Valve's, depending on what platform they're releasing on first.

I was thinking they’d need approval from someone at OWI, e.g. Lorne.


My money’s still on the trailer that was announced a week ago. After all, they’ve been pretty liberal with posting screenshots recently.

Okay, so it was the trailer. :p

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/...th-hd-for-ps3/

I liked that trailer. It was like the old trailer and you could definitely see some of the new tweaks they've made. I wish this would be available for the 360 too, I'd love to play it in HD.

Hrm. Not impressed. I'm sure they've done a shittonne of work to upres everything, but when they use a lossy video codec, everything blurs beyond the point of being able to notice any difference. And this is even lossier than Flash videos normally are, so I suspect it might have been the codec that JAW used before uploading it. The same goes for the Youtube version of the video in 720p, which is normally quite sharp.


So whilst it's nice to see this as a trailer to promote the re-release, as an example of HDifying, I remain whelmed.

I love the trailer but i have to agree with Nate, The quality even in HD is upsettingly bad :(

however the trailer is here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ0PefsSTwY

I thought it was fantastic except the animals on Stranger's crossbow, me and my brother both agree they are debatable models and textures. Nevertheless I am stunned bey everything else.

I agree the video could have been a little sharper, but at the same time I think the HD effect is still very, very obvious. Compare it with the original trailer.

I think the effect’s most noticeable on the crossbow and the ammo, as well as the other character models.

The Zappfly's eyes/body should glow a bit more - Other than that though the changes look good. It's nice to see life being breathed back into this game. :)

Completely and utterly underwhelmed. All the significant changes I expected either didn't happen or aren't noticeable.

Really, graphics all you guys care about???

Finally this game will be out on a system that sells, and has a better controller than the original xbox controller. Should play alot better. THAT's what I care about, playability.

Sure super HD graphics are fine, but just not possible with just an upgrade. Be happy this fantastic game is out on the market again!.

I just would have loved if the trailer had some sound effects instead of music.

But above else, it is promising what JAW is delivering I think.

When it comes to an HD reboot, yes, graphics is all I care about. Your argument is the kind you lob when the game is brand new. Of course playability takes precedent, but SW was already playable, so your point is moot.

I think as a promotional release on JAW's behalf, they did their job. This will open the door for future projects, I'm sure. It's just that in my case, the difference doesn't look significant enough for me to purchase this. I'm content with just re-playing the original.