![]() Nor does Stranger’s Wrath have the most orthodox structure. All the Oddworld games were odd, but this one is probably the oddest of the lot. Your only weapon is a sort of double-barrelled crossbow, but you can vary your offensive capabilities by using different types of ammo, each one a peculiar furry or insectoid critter that, when shot at an enemy, will have a particular effect. It’s a game that’s styled like a third-person platformer, but that’s mostly played as a first-person shooter and – strangest of all – it’s a shooter where you only have one gun. ![]() Yet it’s also a weird fantasy western, starring an inhuman bounty hunter and a cast of lunatic outlaws. Stranger’s Wrath is very much an Oddworld game, featuring the kind of narrative values, weird creatures and oddball gameplay that built the studio its reputation in its Playstation heyday. It is a classic, held dear by a slightly cultish fanbase and worthy of its new HD trimmings, yet it’s also a game that was misunderstood (and arguably mismarketed) at its original 2005 launch, where it floundered on the first Xbox and PC.Įven now, playing the game in its new PSN download incarnation, it’s not hard to see why. In the case of Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD you could argue that both reasons hold up. The second is perhaps more compelling: that the original game, for one reason or another, never reached the kind of audience it should have, and that it deserves another shot at the spotlight. One is that the game in question is such a classic, and so beloved of its fans, that it deserves to be recreated with remastered HD visuals and enjoyed by a new generation of gamers. There are only two good reasons to give a game an HD update – ignoring the cash, of course.
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