Speculations/ideas of what Hand Of Odd may be and what it may become.
 

The title says it all.

In this thread here we speculate and ponder on what might be, what wont be, what will never be and what certainly will be. That and I'm sure we all have certain knowledge that some don't about Hand Of Odd. For instance, all I know (and I may be wrong), is that HoO will be an RTS game.

Now, I'm not sure if anyone here plays games like Dota 2, Smite, League of Legends, Heroes of Middle earth, but these games are all RTS games. Now I'm probably getting way ahead of myself here and getting excited for the wrong thing, but join me in imagining!

What if there was a game that had the game play mechanics and customization of Dota 2 and the others, but based in the Oddworld universe?

I just see huge potential here because I see a lot of these moba and rts games being really popular this year with global tournaments and what not.


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But, in terms of how it would be laid out, a set of selective creatures from the Oddworld universe fighting in a 5vs5 battle over land (Natives Vs Industrial). The characters wont be basic like, slig, glukkon, greeter, etc, they would have personality. For example, this guy, he would ride his tank around, have an Irish accent, his own set of 4 skills, back story, etc. There could even be a king Paramite that has its own set of fast melee attacks, voice lines of roars, and a little crown perhaps(possible items). Runes could be substituted for spirit lockers and once opened give bonus damage to that player, etc.

Anyway, as I mentioned before, this is only speculating, theorising, tin foil hatting. Silly opinions, valid ideas, ramblings and the occasional ham are all welcome and related posts.

[TL;DR]

So, What do you imagine HoO (Hand Of Odd)to be like?

Think I read somewhere that it was being turned into a Facebook game. Yeah.

D:

Fear not, all that was mentioned was that it would be more casual and accessible as opposed to an intense hardcore gamer RTS.

http://beefjack.com/news/hand-of-odd...ust-add-water/

The article above also links to tweets from JAW that say it is neither Farmville based nor a Facebook game, so hopefully we have nothing to worry about in that respect.

Maybe it'll be comparable to Tiberium Alliances? Maybe on a lesser scale, but...

I dunno, I don't branch into RTS very often, but I've been playing TA: it pretty much seems like a good example of a casual RTS to me. Browser-based, free to play, has some of the freemium-type perks to it but you never actually need to spend money on it. None of that not being able to do crap without spending stuff that you sometimes see in freemium games - like, you know, paying for an entire class that happens to be the most competent and required in an MMORPG, or only being able to PvP competently if you have cash gear.

Honestly, if it ended up like Dota2/LoL, I'm not sure I'd play it. While laning RTS, as I guess I'd refer to it, is still a pretty niche market... kinda doesn't seem right to have it for an Oddworld game. Can see it working, yes, but there's also the problem of these games attract... I guess the polite way of saying it is, a pretty different crowd.

Actually, it might be interesting to see it a little like DotA as opposed to DoW

I understood that in the original idea there would be large battles managed on a local scale, perhaps through an avatar.

It'd probably be like Age Of Empires III but with Oddworld.

It'd be all like thwip thwip PEEEeeeewwwwwww. Ka-Boom! shugga shugga shugga POW!

I hope it's like Age of Empires II: Age of Kings. I love that game and the other AoE games don't compare to it.

I hope it's original and isn't like any of those games, it's something completely new and innovative.

I mean, I know it won't be, but still.

Not to toot my own horn, but I think I hit the nail on the head a while back:
"It should be free-to-play like Tribes Ascend, which is a game that happens to be free, not like Tiberium Alliances, which is a game no one in their right mind would pay for."

Personally, I'd like to see a similar game to Populous: The Beginning. The magic system in that is really cool, and I could see that working in an Oddworld setting. Mudokons have Big Face as their shaman with magic powers, and the Industrialists have a Glukkon that calls in various airstrikes and such. Also, the terrain deformation was awesome in that game :3

But yes, go with what you feel like. I'm sure it'll be good.

Oh, and release it on Android and iOS if you can! We need more good RTS games on tablets.

Regardless of if it is a AoE style game or a Dota game, I cant wait to see what happens. All in all I hope there are iron sights, level ups with kill streak rewards and UAV's.

Yeah, I think that would work best.

If that is the case it will suck as a PC game.

I think it's interesting to remind you people that OWI and JAW don't even know themselves what HoO will be...

Dubstep?

Nah, dubstep is ten times better than that. It's more like BWHUEER WUBWUBWUB BWHUEER YOI YOI WWWWNNNNNNOOOOW.

Oh yeah, I speak dubstep.

I hate it when developers announce something without knowing what it's going to be yet.

Anyone who farts in a bathtub speaks dubstep.

It may not smell nice, but it certainly sounds good.

If Bach was alive to hear this, I'm sure he'd die again

You mean he'd go Bach to the grave?

Puns are satisfying, like Moz' arts.

On-topic, please.

I've always ever thought of HoO as an Oddworld AoE... can't think of it as anything else. :I

I really hope it is, AoE and AoM are some of my favourite games. An Oddworld flavoured version of these would be absolute perfection.

And totally not unoriginal...

Guess we will have to just wait and see.

Ditto. One can only have hope! ;)

I'd really like Hand of Odd to be an epic RTS like the Starcraft series. There is something so satisfying about carefully making vast armies and sending them to mow down the enemy, whether it be AI or a real person on the other end. I've always wanted to do this in Oddworld!

I wouldn't mind a MOBA/RTS/RPG hybrid, honestly. It could be fun!

Heck, I've always wanted to play an Oddworld MMORPG. Think Warcraft but more epic and with way more realistic graphics!

Besides, maybe some day in my lifetime I'll be able to play an Oddworld game that will be so real that I can literally taste the Scrab Cakes, feel the warm sand of Scrabania between my toes, hear the scream of dying gloktigi, and smell the trees of Paramonia.

At the end of the day, I don't care what Hand of Odd is exactly as long as it:

1. Has realistic, modern graphics
2. Has a engaging storyline
3. Able to play as Industrial or Native
4. Has awesome cinematics that make my jaw drop
5. Has excellent sound and music design [like Abe's Oddysee]
6. Is overall a really fine product! :happy:

I think Hand Of Odd would be neat if it were set in a Civ style. But that's just me, brosephs.