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Flying Scrab 01-13-2005 02:22 PM

2 reviews for Stranger's Wrath!
 
I got an issue of XBN (Xbox nation) yesterday and it had a review of SW! This one doesn't go into much detail but it does have some interesting things like the fact that you can "shake off" damage as long as you have the stamina. You must be stationary to do this, not unlike The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay. It names another bad guy called The Looten Duke, and It also says most boss fights are very complex, rather than just "shooting them until they die".

The final score is 9.0 out of 10
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I also got an issue if OXM (Official Xbox Magazine) and the review gets more in-depth on the live ammo and how some enemies are immune to some kinds of ammo. It has a little pros, cons, and preplexing section which is as follows:

+ Wonderful aesthetics, highly polished visuals, and funny, funny, FUNNY humor.

+ Live ammo and well-implemented FPS gameplay.

+ Characters and storyline are as engaging as ever

- Gets off to a really slow start

- Impatient gamers may get frustrated with the trial-and-error boss battles, but most will enjoy the challenge

? How is a guy supposed to come up with 20,000 bones in Oddworld? It's a world in deep, cheap-skate recession!

The final score is 8.7 out of 10

Bones? I have no idea what they're talking about. Anyone know? The magazine also comes with a demo disc with videos of the SW's intro, and a really cool trailer with awesome music, which has a few scenes of Stranger using Zappflies to make huge boxes fall on enemies which was really funny. I can't wait to play this!

munchou 01-13-2005 02:28 PM

I want iiiiiiiiiiiiiit !
Raaaaglglglgl burp !
Two more month, beuheuheuuuuuu 8'(

I'm happy t see that this game has good scores.
So The Oddworld Team still does a great job, cool ! ^^

Shell Man 01-13-2005 09:06 PM

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Bones? I have no idea what they're talking about. Anyone know?
It's another term for cash.

Oddish 01-14-2005 08:17 AM

That's great work Flying Scrab!

An 9.0 out of 10 is very good score.

Are there any new sreenshots?

Xavier 01-14-2005 09:45 AM

wow, excellent scores!
what's that bone story?

Oddish 01-14-2005 09:50 AM

I guess 20,000 bones mean 20,000 molaah. Stranger has to collect 20,000m (there should be a sign for moolah you can use :p)

Dipstikk 01-14-2005 10:20 AM

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Bones? I have no idea what they're talking about. Anyone know?

Okay, it's been said before.
"Bones" is a slang term in America which means "Money" or "Currency."

Anyway, good news.

Xavier 01-14-2005 10:24 AM

sorry about that...
20,000 moolah? I hope that will be reachable :p

Dualist 01-14-2005 12:02 PM

Get those scans. ;)

_GrubHunter_ 01-14-2005 01:09 PM

Great Review. The score 9.0 of 10 is great info. to us!

Flying Scrab 01-15-2005 12:55 PM

YES! I finally got my scanner to cooperate! Just a little love-tap is all it takes. :fuzsmile: Anyway, here are the scans:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...l18/SWXBNp.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...punchSWXBN.jpg

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...l18/SWOXMp.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...piegel18/p.jpg


There you go! Sorry if it gets cut off a little bit.

Oddish 01-15-2005 01:10 PM

nice scans!

SeaRex 01-15-2005 06:59 PM

The earlier screenshots must have been misleading, because these mags seem to love the graphics, while I thought they were shit.

Meh.

I'm waiting on EGM (the only decent gaming mag, in my opinion) to give their take on it. If it's good, I might consider renting it.

Don't get me wrong. I want this game to be good. After MO, I want this game to be GREAT.

Xavier 01-15-2005 11:18 PM

SeaRex
EGM allready rated it... each reviewer gave 8.5/10


and very nice scans!!!

Wil 01-16-2005 02:48 AM

Every magazine adores the graphics, while half the people who have played the leaked version think they're mearly alright. Makes you wonder, but on the other hand, graphics of the technical variety aren't what appeal the most to me, it's the artistic and design quality.

Nate 01-16-2005 12:56 PM

I hope we're not going to have another Driv3r here. EA does have big pockets after all.

Wil 01-16-2005 01:50 PM

Would anyone care to explain this to the uninitiated?

Stranger 01-18-2005 09:41 AM

Official Xbox Magazine Oddworld Stranger's Wrath Review!!
 
W00t I got my OXM today!!!! THye have the Oddworld Stranger Review!! And the Score is 8.7 :) w00t!

The Good

+Wonderful aesthetics, highly polished visuals and funny, funny, funny humor
+ Live ammo amd well-implented FPS gameplay
+ Characters and storyline are engaging as ever.

The Bad

-Gets of to a really slow start
-Impatient gamers may get frustrated with trial-and-error boss battles, but most will enjoy the challenge


And the Odd

?How is a guy supposed to come up with 20,000 bones in Oddworld? It's a world in deep, cheap-skate recession!


I am very happy with 8.7!

Cant wait to play :)

I'll post the ENTIRE REVIEW in text later today so stay tuned!

Wil 01-18-2005 10:13 AM

Nice find, Stranger. There's already a post on this, so I've merged it. If you're willing to provide the text, though, I'm sure we'll appreciate it rather than squinting at the scans. :)

Stranger 01-18-2005 10:16 AM

o...lame....

_GrubHunter_ 01-18-2005 11:37 AM

Very nice scans! :)

Nate 01-18-2005 12:30 PM

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I hope we're not going to have another Driv3r here. EA does have big pockets after all.

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Would anyone care to explain this to the uninitiated?

Driv3r got great reviews from all the early mags and websites so everyone went out and bought it, only to find it was a great big steaming pile of shite. Thus fueling rumours of corruption in the reviewing press.

Xavier 01-19-2005 08:01 AM

yuk, that's bad news, but the sites I saw all told it was crap, you mean the printed press?