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Oddworld Stranger’s Wrath Available on OUYA
SANTA
MONICA, Calif. - Jan. 27, in the year of our Lord 2015
- The Stranger is back with a vengeance: Oddworld: Stranger’s
Wrath has officially launched on OUYA. Ten years after the dark,
atmospheric hybrid first-person/third-person shooter first
debuted on the original Xbox, the gritty gunslinger is readier
than ever to hunt down outlaws – for a price. You can take up
his cause for $5.99, but players who buy the game in the first
week after launch can pick it up for the discounted rate of
$3.99.
Players will take on the role of the Stranger, a hardened bounty
hunter who arrives in the dusty wasteland of Western Mudos to
find it overrun by belligerent outlaws. Of course, the Stranger
knows how to deal with outlaws, and makes quick work of these
cantankerous criminals with his trusty crossbow. But the
Stranger is crippled by an unknown ailment, its origins shrouded
in the mystery of his past. He’ll need to rake in a whole lot of
Moolah to afford the surgery he needs, and time is quickly
running short.
Oddworld exists in the space between two beloved genres,
combining the adrenaline-thumping action of first-person
shooters with the dexterity and spatial reasoning of
third-person platformers. It also offers a richly variable
combat experience: enemies can be approached head-on and guns
blazing, or can be stealthily dispatched from behind, depending
on a player’s playstyle and mood.
In Oddworld, the Stranger wields a violent menagerie of
artillery – literally, as his crossbow shoots exclusively living
ammunition. Whether you’re firing a Thudslug to bowl over your
enemies, or spraying them with a rain of buzzing, bristling
Stingbees, the Stranger is ready for whatever perils he’ll face
in his journey. Except maybe the ability to turn the other
cheek.