Abe HD Ideas -

STM · #**871** 01-29-2012, 05:44 AM

He's just a self-important frog.

zimfromBM · #**872** 01-29-2012, 06:21 AM

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The re-make needs to be rendered in 320x240 or else it won't feel personal to me.

You can just stretch it into HD right?

Manco · #**873** 01-29-2012, 10:25 AM

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So is this guy a troll or what?

I think he’s angry we didn’t agree with his easter egg idea.

Sekto Springs · #**874** 01-29-2012, 10:39 AM

I don't even celebrate Easter. Including anything Easter-related would be offensive to me.

Unless it's this...

Chubfish · #**875** 01-29-2012, 07:32 PM

Enough with the bashing. You don't have to like his ideas but you can at least quit it beyond that point. I don't agree that "easter eggs" should be thrown in the game without thought; only if they're not atmosphere breaking...and then they should be somewhat relevant anyway or they're pointless.

I'm still going to say I'd like to see some sort of co-op/online functionality (i.e leaderboards for times, etc) with this game, just because it'd work well. I'm not saying it's at all a necessity to have co-op play, but it certainly wouldn't harm the game since you could easily differentiate it from the singleplayer; leaderboards I think would work better in my opinion as a separate method of play for those who care.

Of course if anything like that ever came to exist I'd expect it to have a certain degree of polish but whatever, just a thought.

Phylum · #**876** 01-29-2012, 07:52 PM

The problem with co-op/leaderboards is the same as with easter eggs. It would break the immersion in an identical way.

Strike Witch · #**877** 01-30-2012, 12:25 AM

Maybe as an Easter Egg we can put this these comments complaining about easter eggs into the game. You'd discover a secret location and see a wall with "easter eggs break immersion!" on it.

Glitch · #**878** 01-30-2012, 12:27 AM

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The problem with co-op/leaderboards is the same as with easter eggs. It would break the immersion in an identical way.

how can you have immersion when you're not actually playing the game? Something can't break immersion when it's held separately from the game experience itself.

An easter egg is in game, and if done wrong has the potential to damage your experience and ruin your suspension of disbelief. A leader board or different game mode can't and won't because they won't been seen in the game itself, only via a menu option.

***Nate*** · #**879** 01-30-2012, 02:55 AM

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I'm still going to say I'd like to see some sort of co-op/online functionality (i.e leaderboards for times, etc) with this game, just because it'd work well. I'm not saying it's at all a necessity to have co-op play, but it certainly wouldn't harm the game since you could easily differentiate it from the singleplayer; leaderboards I think would work better in my opinion as a separate method of play for those who care.

How would a leaderboard work? By what metric are you going to compare the players?

***Wil*** · #**880** 01-30-2012, 03:00 AM

Quarma.

NO WAIT, SPOOCE!

tda · #**881** 01-30-2012, 03:21 AM

Spoocelocks are in. Guaranteed. Best game mechanic. Ever.

Glitch · #**882** 01-30-2012, 03:25 AM

I can backup everything about that statement.

Manco · #**883** 01-30-2012, 03:45 AM

Look what you have done, Nate. Look what your petulance has wrought.

Now we are all sons of bitches.

Chubfish · #**884** 01-30-2012, 04:54 AM

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How would a leaderboard work? By what metric are you going to compare the players?

Time trials; speedrunning any oddworld game is challenging and fun. If people enjoy it then that's probably a good thing.

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A leader board or different game mode can't and won't because they won't been seen in the game itself, only via a menu option.

This is pretty much how I feel. I don't get how you could make the main menu, with different options, possibly different gametypes or leaderboards and whatnot as an immersion breaking element of the game without some effort...

like if the main menu popped up randomly during gameplay to kill off your character!

AvengingGibbons · #**885** 01-30-2012, 09:23 AM

spoocelocks in AbeHD???

Glitch · #**886** 01-30-2012, 09:42 AM

Spoocelocks everywhere! But don't worry, you can buy additional spooce via micro-transactions if you don't have enough (which you won't).

Goresplatter · #**887** 01-30-2012, 09:57 AM

How many prestige points are we going to need for the Blitz Packer to be available to Abe? I'm pretty leet with the HE 'nades but the Sligs with the T-1 Guard are so OP.

tda · #**888** 01-30-2012, 10:10 AM

Guns that fire spooce, bought for by spooce, spoocelocks, it's all going to be in there. No spooce in the game though, as glitch said, microtransactions only.

STM · #**889** 01-30-2012, 10:44 AM

1 |13|< T415 1c|3a!

Goresplatter · #**890** 01-30-2012, 11:58 AM

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1 |13|< T415 1c|3a!

Average XBL name

Glitch · #**891** 01-31-2012, 12:02 AM

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1 |13|< T415 1c|3a!

Glad you do. Took me far too long to read that, I may be getting old

pupbenny · #**892** 01-31-2012, 03:49 AM

Microtransactions?

Havoc · #**893** 01-31-2012, 04:01 AM

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Microtransactions?

As in paying a dollar or two for stuff in the game. So instead of a lever to open the door, you will have to buy the lever first.

Glitch · #**894** 01-31-2012, 04:20 AM

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As in paying a dollar or two for stuff in the game. So instead of a lever to open the door, you will have to buy the lever first.

Best.Idea.Ever.

Implemented.

Varrok · #**895** 01-31-2012, 05:06 AM

Pirates and cheaters will find debug menus anyway

Glitch · #**896** 01-31-2012, 06:15 AM

not if we take them out

***Wil*** · #**897** 01-31-2012, 06:16 AM

You mean the menus or the pirates?

Havoc · #**898** 01-31-2012, 06:44 AM

Both.

Glitch · #**899** 01-31-2012, 06:47 AM

First one, then the other.

AvengingGibbons · #**900** 01-31-2012, 07:17 AM

Err.. I think I'll play nowtun's Abe remake instead..