Well, what more can I say that hasn't already been said? I suppose I'll just rebutt some things in here that rubbed me the wrong way:
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Hmm. You know, I bet Lorne got pretty upset that Oddworld was being pigeon-holed into FPS games because of the current video gaming audience. No body seems to care about "clever" anymore...
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Um, part of that is true, that the FPS games are more popular than the 2D games from yesteryear, but I do believe that Lorne liked the FPS genre as he said he got a lot of his inspiration from Halo. It's just that back then he wasn't able to do some of the things that he could do these days and so that's why only recently he's been able to perfect the gameplay as well as the great story.
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Fortunately, Mr Bloom does not say or imply that. He says that OWI will not be producing Fangus, and says it's a shame they did not get to use the Stranger Engine on that project. That's nothing along the lines of the project having been cancelled given the news that OWI is outsourcing development.
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So that's it? Fangus is history? No more? What about the Stranger engine? Gone? No one cares anymore? What are they going to do now then? Sit on their fat asses and veg out? I'm getting tired of all this "good news."
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There's always Stranger 2 or Munch's Exoddus.
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Says who? The Stranger engine is scrapped, right? I mean, they could have easily used it for Fangus, but that being cancelled, I'm betting that it's totally scrapped by now, since it has no use anymore. Munch's Exoddus... Right... Like I wanted Munch's ODDYSEE, let alone a sequel to that. Why revert back to the collect-a-thon gameplay and the gummy control? God I hated that game.
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I'm sorry, but Fangus just looks like yet another muscle-bound meatpuppet from a generic video game.
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He was really detailed, and I loved that more than anything else. He could have been scrawny as hell, as long as he has great attention to detail on him. I really had no beef with that, but I suppose it could have looked more unique. But, meh, it's DEAD, so you got your wish
