Oddworld: Hands of Odd Questions

Monkey-Man2000 · #1 11-07-2001, 12:49 AM

1.When will this game be released?

2.What system will it be on?(Hopefully Xbox!)

3.Do you have to play it online?(I don't have a phone line in my room.)

Sydney · #2 11-07-2001, 12:52 AM

Hello Monkey-Man2000, and welcome to Oddworld Forums. Details on Hand of Odd are foggy at best, so the answers to your questions aren't exactly final. I'll take a few guesses though.

1. Unknown.
2. Probably Xbox.
3. You probably wont have to, I'm sure you will be able to play against the computer.

Monkey-Man2000 · #3 11-07-2001, 12:54 AM

Thanks!

***Xavier*** · #4 11-07-2001, 01:29 PM

1Between MO and ME (I saw it somewhere)
2XBOX!!!! yeah
3 It's a exclusive online game, I think

Gluk Schmuck · #5 11-07-2001, 01:36 PM

3. i'd expect some kind of off-line option

bobvilax2000 · #6 11-07-2001, 05:14 PM

Doesn't it say on Oddworlian that the online feature will pretty much be so that you can update your game and download new features? I wonder what type of game it will be... I can't imagine Oddworld one or two being online.

***Xavier*** · #7 11-07-2001, 05:43 PM

It isn't a 2D game animore, it will be a strategy game... That's fun online

bobvilax2000 · #8 11-07-2001, 07:23 PM

Yeah... I was figuring that it would be a strategy.

Oddsville · #9 11-07-2001, 08:42 PM

I heard in an interview with Lonre that it will not be online but you can download new things into the game if you have the special online thinggie when it comes out for the xbox.

bobvilax2000 · #10 11-07-2001, 08:57 PM

Yeah, that's what I said.

FuzzyFuzzle · #11 11-07-2001, 09:20 PM

This is starting to scare me...I know exactly where to find a some of the answers...here's an answer from the October 2000 Dear Alf...

:

Hand of Odd is about us using the technology of Munch, enhancing upon it, and bringing it into the multiplayer world of gaming. How many players will be able to interact at one time is still yet to be determined. If we can get 8 players at one time for Hand of Odd we will be happy. It will be enough. If we can get more we will be ecstatic. Hand of Odd will not be an online community in the way that Everquest or Ultima Online are. But we do plan to take advantage of features like downloadable units that will help to keep the world fresh even after it’s been out there awhile. Our most important function will be speed. We'll take advantage of as much as we can until update rates become an issue. There as so many questions that relate to the multiplayer Internet capabilities that are yet to be answered technically, that we can't lock down to the degree that we would like yet

So you do play against other online, but I'd assume there's some kind of single player option...