What should have been.

[Jbot123]

Some intresting info about the PS2 version of Munch's Oddysee



New info:
-Wider GameSpeak range. Complements, etc.
-Flute ability in game for Munch.
-Munch was about to die at some point.
-Playable Lulu.
-Characters would get bling and jewels if they got rich.
Once Oddworld recovers, I'd really like a Munch's Oddysee reimagining.

[Wil]

Hey, sweet find! Where did you get this? February 2000 is a pretty early Munch interview.

[Crashpunk]

It says GamePro at the bottom of the pages. I don't recall ever seeing that magazine.

Great find nevertheless. It make me even more depressed the game never launched on PS2.

[pupbenny]

Whoa, this is great! A priceless find!

[DarkHoodness]

Now that's an interesting find - Kind of sums up the pre-release hype MO had back in the day. Ah, memories.

It make me even more depressed the game never launched on PS2.

Chin up, OW is currently being rebooted. That'll make up for it, I'm sure.

[Nepsotic]

. It make me even more depressed the game never launched on PS2.

Why?

[Slog Bait]

Weren't the majority of the problems that made MO so bad a result of it becoming Xbox exclusive

It might have been significantly better than it ended up had they never done that deal, but it happened so I guess we'll never know

[Vyrien]

For the 'what would have been' if it were, the 'what would have been' that happens to have been outlined in the OP, perhaps?

edit: fuck's sake Slog Bait

[Phylum]

The swap to Xbox would have cost them time, but it's still a really ambitious project by today's standards. They would have run into issues anyway. I don't know how much work went into the PS2 game, but I doubt the game described in that article could have been made back then.

I would love to be proven wrong, of course.

[Crashpunk]

Why?

I meant it as I 'used' to be depressed. I had a PS2 as a kid and I wanted more Oddworld