Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD is af

Ontwikkelaar Just Add Water heeft tegen Eurogamer gezegd dat de game Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD volledig af is. De ontwikkelaar gaat binnenkort een releasedatum bekendmaken voor de HD-versie op de PS3. Tot die tijd kunnen we hieronder een lijstje met aanpassingen zien aan de game.

Het origineel kwam in 2005 uit voor de Xbox. De audio en graphics van de game zijn flink aangepast voor de HD-versie. Zo zijn alle personages in het spel verbeterd of aangepast. Bekijk hieronder de volledige lijst met aanpassingen.

Characters

  • All 84 character models have been updated with increased polygon counts and higher resolution textures. This includes all three variations of Live Ammo: Those in the environment, those on the Crossbow and those in the General Store.
  • Wolvark Sloghandlers now release Slogs instead of Slegs.
  • Professor Dimble now has glasses and an academic tome.
  • Jo' Mamma has a deeper voice.

Environments

  • All environments have been given higher resolution textures.
  • Most vegetation has been updated with increased polygon counts and/or higher resolution textures.
  • A lot of environment is now reflected in water where it didn't before.
  • Pipes and barrels rounded.
  • Added Blisterz Booty's broken crud gun to the floor by his bola'd body, as it is in the opening CG Cinematic.
  • Sekto's Office has been changed to more closely resemble than seen in the CG Cinematic.

Audio

  • All game audio (voice, sound effects and music) have been upgraded to 16-bit 44KHz from 8-bit 11KHz or less!
  • Support for 5.1, Dolby Digital and DTS.
  • New female voices have been recorded for two characters.

Display

  • Everything now runs at 720p, 60 FPS, widescreen.
  • All UI menus have been updated with a new design based on original unused concepts.
  • Textures added to stamina and bounty bars.
  • Save game GUIs replaced with standard PlayStation 3 interface.
  • New posters now occupy the inventory menu when no bounty is accepted.
  • MLAA - Full screen PS3 only anti-aliasing.

Difficulty

  • All armour upgrades now actually increase Stranger's health.
  • Added difficulty levels to the game: Easy, Medium and Hard.
  • In easy mode: Stranger has twice the health; Enemies have half the health and stamina; Enemies' stamina recovers half as fast.
  • In hard mode: Stranger has a third less health; Enemies take a bit more to kill

Unlockables

  • 37 trophies: 23 bronze, 8 silver, 5 gold, 1 platinum. 18 of these are brand new, not in the PC port.
  • Unlockable concept art and movie extras for completing each region of the game.