Oddworld: Strager's Wrath feedback

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Hi all,
Just considering getting this on release in the UK. Have you got any
feedback on it? Worth the money? I am especially interested in the
amount of gameplay (how many hours)and the general feel. How may levels
are there? Can you choose difficulty settings? Multiplayer, etc?
Thanx all.

 

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Averell wrote:
> Hi all,
> Just considering getting this on release in the UK. Have you got any
> feedback on it? Worth the money?

IMO yes. It's the best game I've played this year.

> I am especially interested in the
> amount of gameplay (how many hours)and the general feel.

I'd say between 12-15 hours.

> How may levels
> are there?

The game is not really broke up in levels, but in bounties. You're a
bounty hunter so you take on different bounties which leads you into
different locations.

> Can you choose difficulty settings?

No difficulty setting.

> Multiplayer, etc?

No multiplayer.

 

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I recently got this game and have to say it is one of the most visually
imaginative games I have seen since the last Oddworld. The game play is
easy, seemless interaction between 3rd and 1st person perspectives (you
can switch on the flying adding different features to your character).
I have not played it too much, but it is so far worth it's weight in
gigabytes let me tell you.

Averell wrote:
> Hi all,
> Just considering getting this on release in the UK. Have you got any
> feedback on it? Worth the money? I am especially interested in the
> amount of gameplay (how many hours)and the general feel. How may levels
> are there? Can you choose difficulty settings? Multiplayer, etc?
> Thanx all.
>

 

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......it is a very good game but some of the levels are hard if approached
incorrectly. If you buy it and get stuck and want some tips, email me.

Glen

 

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Cheers all and thanx for the replies!
Sounds like another real Oddworld title.
Can't wait for the UK release now...


Matt wrote:
> IMO, the most memorable game I've played since Ninja Gaiden (yeah- I
still
> see that Boss Lady smashing thru the cathedral glass a million times
until I
> finally beat her). People who rent and/or give up on Stranger before
> getting ~1/2 way thru it are really missing out on the best of the
> visuals/gameplay too.
>
> Length of the game seemed to be longer than people had lead me to
believe,
> but I would guess 12-15 hours is right. One strength/weakness: the
game
> lets you SAVE anytime/anywhere. While- in general- that's a good
thing, it
> does allow people to sort of kill one enemy-->Save--> kill
another-->Save
> instead of battling the entire wave of enemies like the game
designer's
> intended. I suspect that some of the people claiming to have rented
this
> game & finished it in a weekend have taken advantage of this "cheat"
(fine
> by me- just don't judge difficulty/length based on this type of game
play).
>
> Anyhow, I LOVED this game & have passed it on to friends instead of
the
> standard trade-in. I can't imagine WHY Microsoft dropped it, and let
EA
> (not exactly known for incredibly Original software) publish it.
Whoever
> publishes the next Oddworld game will get my $50.
>
> "Averell" <averell@excite.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:1109240112.450614.185260@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
> > Hi all,
> > Just considering getting this on release in the UK. Have you got
any
> > feedback on it? Worth the money? I am especially interested in the
> > amount of gameplay (how many hours)and the general feel. How may
levels
> > are there? Can you choose difficulty settings? Multiplayer, etc?
> > Thanx all.
> >

 

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"Socialist" <willsamuel@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I recently got this game and have to say it is one of the most visually
>imaginative games I have seen since the last Oddworld. The game play is
>easy, seemless interaction between 3rd and 1st person perspectives (you can
>switch on the flying adding different features to your character). I have
>not played it too much, but it is so far worth it's weight in gigabytes let
>me tell you.
>
> Averell wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> Just considering getting this on release in the UK. Have you got any
>> feedback on it? Worth the money? I am especially interested in the
>> amount of gameplay (how many hours)and the general feel. How may levels
>> are there? Can you choose difficulty settings? Multiplayer, etc?
>> Thanx all.
>>

I only played a rental a few hours, but felt it was too much for kids. It
was like Mario Bros. meets Spyro. Maybe the last half of the game is better,
but I got too bored to get that far. I'm sure it's great for those that like
this kind of game, but I was expecting more like a Far Cry type action game.