Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath

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#1 Granpire
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Has anyone tried this out yet? You really, really need to.

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It's kind of gotten buried in the Vita's lineup, but people should realise that as far as Vita shooters go, this is the best. In fact, I think it's safe to say that this is  my favorite Vita game so far. It's got a brilliantly open-ended design that lets you enter a fortress from different points, fight with lethal or non-lethal force, and play at your own pace. The story, environments, and writing are all on the level of a Double Fine game.

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It's also probably the only game immersive enough that I forget that otherwise intrusive touch controls are even there. No game has been able to use touch controls and totally immerse me yet, so that's very high praise.

Anyone else try this gem? Anyone getting it?

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#2 GreekGameManiac
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Looks...odd.

:P

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#3 Blake135
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Downloaded and beat it already, worth a purchase for anyone. HUGE Fan of the developers of Oddworld looking forward to the Abe HD remake their cooking up.

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I have this game on Xbox, and I was wondering what they added to the vita version as I was thinking about playing it again. i heard there was a playstation plus deal for this game, maybe i'll sub that.
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#5 Blake135
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I have this game on Xbox, and I was wondering what they added to the vita version as I was thinking about playing it again. i heard there was a playstation plus deal for this game, maybe i'll sub that.CaptainGamespot

There WAS a PS+ Deal you missed out buddy haha.

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#6 CaptainGamespot
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[QUOTE="CaptainGamespot"]I have this game on Xbox, and I was wondering what they added to the vita version as I was thinking about playing it again. i heard there was a playstation plus deal for this game, maybe i'll sub that.Blake135

There WAS a PS+ Deal you missed out buddy haha.

shoot. I need to get on that.
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#7 Granpire
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Huh? We didn't get a PS+ deal here in NA yet, though apparently we're supposed to get a 25% discount "soon", if a comment on the PS Blog is to be believed. It's been about a month since that comment, though, so I'm not sure it's going to happen.
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#8 RollinKaos
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Bought with the PS+ deal, game is a ton of fun. I am not in love with the touch controls and wish there was an alternate way to pull up the weapon. I heard there was a patch coming soon for the rear touch control, for some reason it continues to punch when in 1st person mode even when you are not using the rear touch pad. Fair to say I am not a big fan of the touch screen controls for any game though. I like the story line and it is fun to play with some interesting "ammo". 

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#9 Granpire
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I agree about the touch controls. I don't mind the front touch controls, and I've got to say they work great for weapon switching, but it's the back touch that's just awful in first-person mode. I regret buying the binoculars. The back touch is extremely sensitive to touches, so that could be why it's still punching, but keep in mind if ammo runs out for one of the triggers, pressing that trigger will make you punch instead. I'm really looking forward to that patch, though. It's apparently going to add leaderboards and an option to disable the back touch entirely and play without it.
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#10 Nophoria88
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This looks really good, I just picked a Vita up with a slew of games, I will definitely be picking this up when I have less lengthy games to play. It looks especially nice on the Vita from the videos I've seen.
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#11 Granpire
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Yeah, they did a great job with the port (back touch controls aside). It's native res and basically looks the same as PS3 with 30FPS instead of 60. Would be nice to have some antialiasing, but all round it's a great port of a great game.