Developer Just Add Water has announced that the PlayStation 3 remake of the classic Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath has finished production, and is ready for release. However, the release date has not yet been revealed.
The developer also released a list of updates made to the original Xbox version of the game:
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.
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Wolvark Sloghandlers now release Slogs instead of Slegs.
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Professor Dimble now has glasses and an academic tome.
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Jo’ Mamma has a deeper voice.
Environments
* All environments have been given higher resolution textures.
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Most vegetation has been updated with increased polygon counts and/or higher resolution textures.
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A lot of environment is now reflected in water where it didn’t before.
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Pipes and barrels rounded.
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Added Blisterz Booty’s broken crud gun to the floor by his bola’d body, as it is in the opening CG Cinematic.
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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!
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Support for 5.1, Dolby Digital and DTS.
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New female voices have been recorded for two characters.
Display
* Everything now runs at 720p, 60 FPS, widescreen.
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All UI menus have been updated with a new design based on original unused concepts.
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Textures added to stamina and bounty bars.
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Save game GUIs replaced with standard PlayStation 3 interface.
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New posters now occupy the inventory menu when no bounty is accepted.
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MLAA - Full screen PS3 only anti-aliasing.
Difficulty
* All armour upgrades now actually increase Stranger’s health.
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Added difficulty levels to the game: Easy, Medium and Hard.
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In easy mode: Stranger has twice the health; Enemies have half the health and stamina; Enemies’ stamina recovers half as fast.
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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.
For a sampler of what the PlayStation 3 version of the classic title will look like, check out the gameplay trailer below.
