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07-17-2021, 06:21 AM
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Mad I HATE soulstorm

I need to blow of some steam!

I almost threw my controller through my TV just now. Playing the 'loading crane' is absolute horror! Since when is Abe an action hero! The one that designed this level completely ruined Oddworld for me. I HATE IT. Double jump? To go from hanging position to a platform right above you. Total nonsense. An achievement for throwing grenades like hell while dodging all the time? With clunky controls? I HATE IT. Just used up your Shrykull power a tad too early? Maybe you want to replay the entire level. I HATE IT. Abe used to outwit his enemies. But what happened to stealth? Hiding in a locker? Yeah right. Stupid crafting system takes all the flow out of the game, especially when the give a sh*tload of items AFTER a save point. Let's craft it a hundred times again. I HATE IT. And that is just the rant about 1 level, but there are a lot other frustrating moments passed. I'm not even calm enough to write proper English I fear. Pfff. I really hate it.
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I suspect they were so confident that their ideas were great that they didn't bother playing the game before releasing it.
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I dunno, I think hate seems like a pretty strong reaction. I've not personally played Soulstorm myself yet, but having watched pretty much an entire casual playthrough it doesn't seem like a game that's going in a direction I personally care for. I can see why they've changed what they've changed, but it doesn't feel like the sequel I wanted.
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i kinda liked it
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I dunno, I think hate seems like a pretty strong reaction. I've not personally played Soulstorm myself yet, but having watched pretty much an entire casual playthrough it doesn't seem like a game that's going in a direction I personally care for. I can see why they've changed what they've changed, but it doesn't feel like the sequel I wanted.
The issue for me isn't what they changed. A lot of the mechanics could work well if they were tuned and balanced right. The problem is that the levels seem too trial-and-errory rather than making you feel smart by solving a puzzle. And you have to do certain bits over and over again; it becomes a game of repeating every move perfectly while hoping that the random number generator pushes the enemies around in just the right timing that you can get through. And then you do that again, and again, because the levels are long and repetitive. It just isn't... fun.

Oh and it's okay that the dialogue is unintelligible due to poor sound mixing because it's also unnecessary because they're usually describing what's immediately in front of you on the screen. And then they repeat it three times.
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i kinda liked it
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Yeah but you are wojtek and like being contrarian so I do not believe you justice for NNT
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Soulstorm pained me as well. While I did successfully play through the entire game, as I love the series and always have since I was a child, I'll never play it again. The best thing about it was the gorgeous cutscenes. It would've made for a better movie if anything as the gameplay is just ass.
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It would've made for a better movie if anything as the gameplay is just ass.
Weren't the games originally planned to be movies? Least, the thought has been stuck with me ever since I read it somewhere a looooong time ago. I forget where though.

And from what gameplay I've seen, I think I'll just stick with the original Oddysee and Exoddus thanks. Really wish they'd be released on the ps4.. I'd buy'em in a heart beat.
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Weren't the games originally planned to be movies? Least, the thought has been stuck with me ever since I read it somewhere a looooong time ago. I forget where though.
You read it in just about every interview with Lorne, ever. Never gonna happen, though.
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The Gamespeak command that makes the red orb of hate come out of Abe and infect every follower mud in its vicinity
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SoulStorm pros:
- The cutscene animation and design

SoulStorm cons:
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buying an xbox just so i can play the vykkers labs level
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The funny thing is that you could say that about MO too and be just as disappointed!
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Oddworld: Soulstorm depresses me.

I waited like six years for the game that I was sure would finally spark the love I had for this series as a kid and all I got was the bitter realization that the people left at Oddworld Inhabitants don't understand what actually made the original two games good.

The worst part is that I can see the attempt to address complaints about New 'n Tasty, so it's not like they don't care. I think they legitimately made the best game they could that would satisfy fans of the series. And it sucked.

It's a bad remake of Abe's Exoddus. It's a bad spiritual successor to the classic two games. It's a bad new direction for the series. The writing is terrible. The tone is all over the place. The gameplay is repetitive, annoying, bloated, and boring. Legitimate puzzle rooms have been replaced with crafting items and throwing them around like an idiot. Every location looks the damn same. Somehow the game makes the same mistakes about Mudokon followers that Munch's Oddysee made two damn decades ago.

Oddworld will never be good again. The world, characters, and series we imagined long ago will never be brought to life. I'm an adult now, an entirely different person than I used to be. I thought for a brief moment that I could somehow go back to a life I left behind just for one game, re-experience a joy I haven't felt in ages. But no, it's dead. And maybe it should be, for real. This should probably just be the end of Oddworld. They haven't been able to get it right once since the PS1. Stranger's Wrath was alright as a weird spin-off but every attempt to bring Abe forward has been trash.

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What if we made our own Soulstorm, with drugs (Soulstorm brew) and hookers (BBW super queen Sam/Skillya VR action)?
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