History of Oddworld

[STM]

I actually really fucking hope they ignore you all and leave it as it is because:

a.) It pisses you off
b.) I like it as it is

[Varrok]

Oh yeah, next let's just make Scrabania different shade of orange, shall we?

Fixed.

Also, stop.

[Nepsotic]

It's funny because you're the one who continues to bring it up.

[abe is now!]

So what version of the game is the trailer we all saw?

[Nepsotic]

The remake.

[Michael]

Isn't Paramonia meant to be very 'natural'? If there are built structures there, they're all made from raw wood (logs). They're not shaped, just straight-from-the-tree branches.

I love that Paramonia is Earth-like. I always saw the structures in Paramonia as being like Indian root bridges, where people have cultivated tree roots to grow to form paths over hundreds of years. They're literally just root with soil on top.



Both screens look great to me. Perhaps Paramonia looks a little cleaner now and less dense, and the trees seem a tad more like oriental pines as opposed to the cone-shaped conifers of the original.

Can't wait to see more! The original really gives you a sense of being lost amongst a dark, dense forest, I really hope that remains true. Great to see Elum and the slog too

[Xavier]

Somehow the picture you posted looks a thousand times more how I remember Paramonia then the new screenshot just released with the article. Those root bridges are way more fitting than that clean rock path.

Now I know we only saw one screen and the rest could be different, I know.

[Varrok]

That's how the new Paramonia should look like.

[Phylum]

That can't look like Paramonia because you can see the ground.

I would be disappointed if we don't see the wooden platforms returning with a dull coating of thick, furry moss.

[Varrok]

That can't look like Paramonia because you can see the ground.

[Manco]

The reason that looks more like Paramonia than the NnT screenshot is because that’s exactly how the platform originally looked.

There’s strong resemblance to a fallen or uprooted tree in the original version, compared to the more solid rock platform in the NnT version.

That said, I think judging the entire aesthetic of the new Paramonia based on a single screenshot is a bad idea. It’s pretty likely there is still a lot of tree roots and mouldy wooden structures in NnT, and the area in the screenshot was redesigned for a specific reason.

[Xavier]

I notice we don't see the temple in the background anymore. I'm not sure it's a bad thing but it makes me wonder why they decided to change that.

[Varrok]

I think it's still there:

[Phylum]

Wait since when is the temple on the first screen of Paramonia.

Looks like I need to play AO again.

[Xavier]

Ah yeah Varrok, looks like it indeed, my bad.

[Varrok]

My guess (rather a long shot) is that it'll slowly zoom as you progress trough the levels

[STM]

No kidding?

e: Just offering a little advice to the people whining by the by: if you want an exact replica of AO...you should totally play AO!

[Slog Bait]

Continues to whine because everything's not up to my standards

[Nepsotic]

IT'S THE WRONG FUCKING GREEN ALRIGHT

[MeechMunchie]

I bet somewhere there's going to be a quote of Lorne saying "You know, we always wanted Paramonia to be made of rocks, but, of course, computers back then weren't up to rendering all of that."

What am I talking about, this is OWF.

You know, we always wanted Paramonia to be made of rocks, but, of course, computers back then weren't up to rendering that shit.

[Varrok]

That green color was too yellow anyway.

Oh, you...

[Nath]

Looking back at the image in the magazine, that green isn't as bright or yellowy as it's showing here.

[Nath]

I think this image represents it better from the magazine

[Varrok]

Did you take that picture? Don't use flash while taking photos of magazines...

[Nath]

I took that picture I just posted. Not the other one. If a flash was used you wouldn't see the picture properly, not just change the colouring of the picture

[Crashpunk]

I wish members of the Oddworld Forums would just stop being so overly critical about everything. *sobs*

I hope your happy. You've made Lorne cry.

[Manco]

Can I be the dick that points out a printed image in a magazine isn’t going to accurately represent the color of a game screenshot either way?

[Varrok]

Yes, you can.

Then I'll say that the other colors (characters' colors for example) are quite true to what we've seen in the game trailer, so you're probably wrong.

[Manco]

That would be because there’s crossover between color spaces.



Just because some colors look similar doesn’t mean the entire image color is accurate.

[Nepsotic]

But we can still tell it's not the right green.