Thursday, September 15, 2005

Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath -- Initial Impressions.

I'll be playing Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath for the Xbox. It's the fourth game in the Oddworld series, but it's not apart of the Oddworld quintuplet. See, there are five main games telling the central story. Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee is the first game, Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee is to be taken as the second game of the quintuplet. Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus, and Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath are to be taken as side-story off the main path of the quintuplet. Isn't it just so very odd? Anyway, Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath is a third person and first person shooter within Oddworld. It's a combination of Oddworld, first person shooting, and Sergio Leone's spaghetti westerns like A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. Right off, it's clear that the Oddworld sense of humor is intact. The game appears to be laugh out loud funny.  We'll see how long the funny lasts, and see if Oddworld Inhabitants can handle a first person shooter.

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