The First Stranger Preview
Credit goes to Oddworld Universe.
GameSpot Previews Stranger First (16th July 2004) The article can be found in both the Xbox and PlayStation 2 sections, as it should be: http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/adventu...w_6102788.html http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/action/o...w_6102788.html She sounds pretty happy and impressed with the game. Not only that, but we now know a few more things. Most intriguing is that the money Stranger is raising from capturing bounties is to fund an operation. Perhaps his horns? Although it didn't specify the operation was for him in particular. EDIT: It seems IGN have also been to the EA Press Event. They've updated with an article as well, telling us even more information: http://ps2.ign.com/articles/530/530849p1.html EDIT: The same for GameSpy: http://xbox.gamespy.com/xbox/oddworld-4/530885p1.html Alcar... |
Whoa...this should really be moved to the spoiler section.
Anyway...I'll make sure to link to Oddworld-Universe when I write up my article on Oddworld-Web. ;) *SPOILERS!* First off, I love the "watch where you're going" aspect. Bumping into people and having them yell at you. Great. And being able to terrorize townspeople sounds awesome. Oooooh, and a snowy type environment was mentioned. I can't wait! The capturing of your bounties and storing them in a small contraption sounds like a pokeball to me...but hey, Oddworld will make it waaaay cool. I feel bad for even comparing the two! :D -oddguy :cool: |
1UP has updated with a preview of Stranger as well. However, their preview is dated for the 8th of July. I think 1UP has either done this on purpose to seem like a better news reporter (having things earlier than the rest) or it is a genuine mistake.
http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3133324&did=1 Alcar... |
very well done Alcar!
I reported it on OddBlog with credit to you... All this live amo is simply sweeeeeet! *takes his crosbow, puts a mouse on it and shoots at his sister! And I'm very excited about the fact you can apparently defeat an ennemy without killing him! |
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By the sounds of it, you can attack Clakkerz in towns, and they run into their homes - sounds brilliant.
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aha, I knew some other studio was devlopping the PS2 version...
whoaw, I look at that quote: :
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*cough* They weren't first. Sorry, couldn't resist there. ;) Awesome!!! Some things I knew are finally public ... although I'll have to check with OWI as to what extent I'll be able to discuss, as I don't want to be saying anything I shouldn't. I'm guessing that I'll probably just be able to expand on what has been said and give my throughts about it [i.e. good, bad, indifferent, etc].
Although I think it's safe to say that I did know about how a player can decide how they round up enemies ... I had to watch myself when posting the other day and make sure I was speculating that it would be a good thing to include. ;) I had a feeling too that another studio would be developing the PS2 version. Abe Babe... |
Cool, the regular live ammo sounds well good. It's the PA system and dynamite strapped to heads that sounds way too cartoony. I'm also unsure of this bounty vacuum. I hope OWI can pull these things off well. Great to see wasps! Wasn't there a wasp's nest in the swamp picture that we were speculating could be a subtle return of the bees? :D Notice also there's no sign of an electrocuting live ammo.
The IGN preview mentioned that Stranger could accept bounties from Mudokons, by which I assume it means the as-yet-unnamed salamanders. This sounds very interesting, as it hints further at the undisclosed relationship between him and them. |
The vacuum thingy sounds interesting, although him carrying them in a large sack would have been better, the vacuum sounds more easier and possibly may be alot thooperer.
Ooohh, and the fact he runs on all fours when he picks up speed sounds thooper as well. I'm just wondering how long the game will be though, they say that you have to tackle 12 bounties, which should take a long time, but then after that the game branches out even more. So hopefully the game will be aiiiiiges long, with multiple endings and pathways. |
Yay!! The gameplay seems has a lot of freedom, going around the town, doing stuff.Great! So the Bee's and bat's are back. And the sory is more than capturing bountie's. I wounder if the swanp level is playble.
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its interesting that all the previews are so positive, particularly about the graphics. Most previews I read say stuff like "the graphics look crap but they promise to get them better". So I'm guessing they look great in action and people should just shut up about them.
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I agree with NDW... at least 4 proffessionals where amazed by the graphics, that can only mean those graphics are great. Everyone seems excited about Stranger, and me even more
Can we please have an hi-ress picture of the logo? |
During EA Games' press event held earlier today, Bethany Massimilla from