I'm just looking forward to another unknown quantity. Pushing forward in new areas and discovering what's there for the first time is absolutely the draw of the Souls games for me, and I'm sure Bloodborne will be just as good at it.
I won't say I enjoy it when Brad loses, but I enjoy it when he comes close because he tends to start screaming NO! and I find that pretty funny. Everyone's a winner!
@trafalgarlaw: I think a new game is on the cards if the remakes do well for them. Apparently Lorne Lanning has been designing a game called The Brutal Ballad of Fangus Klot for some time. Just Add Water said in 2011 they were going to revive Hand of Odd, the RTS set in the Oddworld universe, but who knows if that will materialise.
There are a lot of interesting articles and interviews with Lorne around the net which deal with the reception of Munch and Strangers. Lorne insists the projects had to be rushed to meet launch deadlines, and that Microsoft did a poor job of marketing the games which lead to their failure. I personally feel they didn't make the transition to 3D as well as they could, and I would have much preferred another 2D puzzle platformer with their gorgeous art and music.
P.S, I agree that Exoddus is the better game. It set a very high watermark of quality for me as a young gamer, I think it's an almost perfect execution on the concept and I play it at least once a year.
I just filled the heck out of the Abe's Exoddus story section if anyone wants something to read. If I forgot anything I'd love someone to dive in there and add it!
@csl316: I think the originals definitely did very well on PC. I had the first on PS1 but quickly found the PC versions were the ones for me. Particular strengths of that version included easier access to GameSpeak (just 1-0 on the keyboard) and I was always better with precision platforming using the keyboard. The remakes have some big boots to fill, but I think their particular appeal is in raising a new "generation" of Oddworld fans who will look at the originals and refuse to contend with old games limited to 640x480. That said, the originals really hold up, and in some ways still outshine the remake in direction and animation quality.
I noticed this evening that the Exoddus story section on the wiki was severely lacking, so I wrote out a description of the entire story. If you ever needed something to reference when arguing this game as one of the best written, hopefully you now have somewhere to link. Writing it was a fun trip of memories so I hope anyone who stumbles across it enjoys.
The location page SoulStorm Brew is incorrectly titled. It should be SoulStorm Brewery. It is referred to in this way by characters in the games it links to, and the structure itself has a giant sign demonstrating its proper title. Thanks!
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