History of Oddworld

[pupbenny]

In fact Paramonia is the most earth like setting in Oddworld.

Did anyone else read that as Abe's voice when he says "They say it's the biggest meat processing plant in Oddworld" at the beginning of AO?

Anyway, I kind of see what AvengingGibbons is saying. That tree does look slightly out of place on Oddworld.... could just be the high quality though making it look slightly different.

[Nepsotic]

What? There's nothing wrong with the tree. In what way is the tree a different quality from the rest?
Also I still think that the Paramonia shot is better than the RF shot for the simple fact that the RF colour is way to dark a shade of green.

Did anyone else read that as Abe's voice when he says "They say it's the biggest meat processing plant in Oddworld" at the beginning of AO?

Nah

[STM]

Oddworld Forums: We don't like it if you change background colours or platform materials.

FFS guys.

[Varrok]

We'll just way too used to it. It's like... Imagine Phylum changed his avatar to glowy red. It's just not the same.

[V_O_T]

Thanks for the upload dude, I gotta buy me a mag now. I thought it was a UK exclusive only D:

But I must say, I am really impressed with it.

Paramonia looks alive and thriving and as for the natural stuff and the cobble stone, you're looking at a mud made transportation air pipe that takes you hundreds of kilometers on the left there. I'm sure they had a bit of extra labor to make some stone paths for passing mud monks or natives. As for Rupture farms, nailed it. Even the electricity looks like a perfect transition of an old asset brought to life in a modern setting.

eager to see more. Do we have a release yet by any chance? either way, I hope they take their time.

[V_O_T]

The slogs in HD now remind me of hobbling little meat and vein sacks with sharp gnashing teeth. Its actually more frightening. The original just reminded me of a rabid eyeless dog with 2 legs, and I prefer it more, but this one works on a whole different level of nightmares lol. liking it.

[Varrok]

To be honest I really have nothing to be picky about these screenshots. They're fine. The gamma is pretty high, but it's not the thing we can't lower down ourselves.

[Phylum]

Not if you play on console!

I really love that slog. There's a lot of life in it. Looking forward to attempting to hop them once the game is out.

[MeechMunchie]

The well cover isn't flaccid enough.

[Varrok]

Not if you play on console!

I'm pretty sure TV settings allow it

[Slog Bait]

I desire a more blindingly bright green in Rupture Farms. These screen shots make me even more hopeful than I already was despite the lack of obnoxiously bright green in RF's background.

We'll just way too used to it. It's like... Imagine Phylum changed his avatar to glowy red. It's just not the same.

Just reading this gave me an existential crisis

[AvengingGibbons]

When you compare the HD paramonia image to the one Crashpunk posted, it makes me feel like a better suited name for NnT would be Oddworld: Abe's Super Fun Cartoon Adventure HD. Real letdown after the beautiful swinging boulder shot we had the other day.

Am I being too picky once again? Probably. Rupture Farms is looking decent though.

About your 'Super Fun Cartoon Adventure' comment, I see where you're coming from. I think that the foreground area is too distinct from the background assets, too much distance between them, which sort of makes the background feel just that - like a background; rather than everything in the z-axis direction feeling like a natural extension of the immediate environment.

However, this could be the case with just this particular screen capture.

[Varrok]

Okay, but if you take a look at the original screenshot... it has the issue as well

[AvengingGibbons]

Okay, but if you take a look at the original screenshot... it has the issue as well

Nope. The original looks more like you're looking through the trees. Through a 3D environment. The remake screen, as I said, is more like there's dintinct layers: foreground and background.

Edit: I'm not criticising their efforts, just offering suggestions for improvements. I think the screens look impressive. I like to think the developers are keeping an eye on what we're saying here on the forum

[Varrok]

I dunno, I look at the original screenshot and it's really distinctive. If not for the small tree on the right I'd say there's no connection between the foreground and background

[Slog Bait]

Both look fine to me. The NNT version looks quite vast, really. I think it gives a better sense of scale than the original.

[OddYouko]

Dat Elum~

I'm loving the Paramonia level just as much as the original. It looks beautiful, I want to see it in all its HD glory! And is that the Paramite temple in the background? It's further away as well. Looks good.

The Rupture Farms image is lookin' good also. The only thing that I've noticed really so far are how the creatures look a little smaller than in Abe's Oddysee, BUT that isn't a problem. They're all still looking really good.

I've seen nothing but good things in New 'n' Tasty, which makes me want the game even more. Cannot wait to play on the big screen.

[Nepsotic]

I've seen nothing but good things in New 'n' Tasty,

Well that's not strictly true, is it? I'm not saying it's bad, it's looking awesome but there's still ways to improve.

[Vyrien]

You can still improve something from 'good' to 'great'.

[Nepsotic]

Yeah but there's some bad. Like, look at that latest RF screenshot. Its great, but it's the wrong green, and that's terrible.

[AvengingGibbons]

I'm just eager for their facebook page to make it to 25,000 likes so they can reveal Abe's face in the full Abe's moon pic! I hope to God they've improved the way he looks, to make him more like the original and less like that shiny-skinned creature we saw in that preview video months ago.

[Vyrien]

Its great, but it's the wrong green, and that's terrible.

Absolutely true, they should just cancel the entire thing. This is a travesty.

[Slog Bait]

I am genuinely devastated at the green. The non-yellowy green is thus far the worst thing to be revealed about NNT. I would take shiny skinned, cartoony Abe over non-yellowy green RF any day.

The bright yellowy green was always my favourite part of RF :'(

Well, that and the blues and purples of Zulag 3.

[Varrok]

Yeah but there's some bad. Like, look at that latest RF screenshot. Its great, but it's the wrong green, and that's terrible.

Well, when I look at the original green, it does look better. On the other hand, it's just bitching...

[Jordan]

Fucking hell the nitpicking. Fuck.

[Varrok]

By the way changing a bg color is probably a matter of saying to one dev: "Hey could you make the green background more green-yellowy? -Sure *5minutes later* -Done" anyway

[Manco]

It’s probably more like:

“Hey did you see how the nerds on the forums were going apeshit over the exact hue of the background lighting in a screenshot?”
“Yeah, I did!”
*raucous laughter, everyone goes back to doing more important things*

[Varrok]

Like eating donuts and drinking soda. And pushing further MO HD for PC release date

[Xavier]

Discuss.

I'm not too fond of the platform in paramonia either, it's too clean, it's missing this rotting wood covered in mud aspect.

Otherwise the RF screen looks good to me.

[Nepsotic]

Fucking hell the nitpicking. Fuck.

Oh yeah, next let's just make Scrabania blue, shall we?