I just felt that this game should have stuck to either a platformer or a shooter because switching from first to third constantly can be a bit disjointing, and even jumping around and climbing is difficult because it feels like all the physics in the game are very floaty. Thankfully the game has a quick save feature so this alleviates it a little bit. You get the upgraded ammo types so this is possible, but the game's difficulty is ruthless and you will die a lot. The second part of the game lets you have more powerful melee attacks and is all about run and gun really. I would have like to see some sort of combo element implemented with that. You can equip any two at the same time for combos, but you can't shoot them at the same time. Finding ammo in crates helps, but you will constantly try to decide which ammo type is best suited for the situation. There's ammo for stealth, but its not good enough for run and gun action. While the shooting may be unique it doesn't really know what it wants to do. You can hide in tall grass and lure the bad guys to you then may wrap them up to get them alive (for more bounty) or just run and gun and kill them all, but you get less bounty. Most of the time you can try to sneak your way around and bounty up bad guys, but the stealth mechanics are pretty broken. Each critter will eventually be upgraded in the game, but this is a unique approach to shooters that has never been done since. Boombats are explosive, Thud Slugs are like shotguns shells, and so on. A few range from Zap Flies that have unlimited ammo and can be charged. Unlike most shooters Wrath has you shooting critters as your ammo and you even have to gather them in the wild. The thing that made Stranger's Wrath so unique was its shooting mechanic. The first half of the game has you finding 12 different wanted bad buys and wandering around the linear world finding them. The story doesn't get interesting at all until the end but there are two key plot twists that really throw you for a loop and make the story worthwhile. You play as a bounty hunter named Stranger trying to collect enough Mulah (money) to get a mysterious surgery performed. Stranger's Wrath was a cult classic Xbox hit, but saw poor sales (as did most of the Oddworld games) due to it's quirky style.
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While the series hasn't been perfect gameplay wise it instills great characters, humor, and a unique art style that can be recognized from the series. While the Oddworld series may have been dead for years now the last creation from Lauren Lanning is a great opus. The Bad: Dated visuals, terrible porting problems, world is limited in scope and very linear, floaty physics make platforming a pain, can't decide what genre it wants to be, extremely hard in most spots Bear in mind, this is a 2005 game, and even back then devs were already making “play it your way” games.By ivory_soul | Review Date: JThe Good: Story is decent, using critters as ammo is unique, hilarious dialog, interesting art style The environments are well-designed enough, always featuring multiple platforms and some areas for you to hide, if you’re more of a stealthy kind of person.
I also love the way the game forces you to “hunt” for your ammo, as they are all living creatures. I really like the freedom in which the game lets you tackle your bounty hunting, as you have a varied arsenal of “living projectiles” you can use, ranging from man-eating proximity mines to electric bugs. Stranger’s Wrath‘s gameplay is what made it age so well over the years.
He sounds like a dim-witted ogre, not a cool cowboy. He’s supposed to sound like the Man With No Name from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, being a frowny man of few words, but he ended up sounding even dumber than the dumb grunts. There’s something about it that deeply irritated me throughout my entire playtime. With that being said, I definitely did not like the Stranger’s voice. It’s predictable, but it works brilliantly in here. Most characters are pretty funny, with exaggerated Southern accents and vocabulary, as well as grunts speaking with stereotypical “big dumb lackey” voices. The voice acting is, for the most part, pretty good. I don’t recommend doing so, but you CAN do that… You can beat everyone up and get their money.
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