A release date has finally been given for the
Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD remake for the PlayStation 3.
On December 27, for $14.99, PlayStation Network users will be able to get their hands on
Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD; the Far East, Russia, Ukraine and Portugal will not be able to download the game unfortunately.
Originally, the game was to come with stereoscopic 3D and PlayStation Move support, but Sony has announced that those features were not able to make it to the final cut of the game along with other things.
Here are all the changes that the game will have:
Characters
• All 84 character models have been updated with increased polygon counts and higher resolution textures.
• Wolvark Sloghandlers now release Slogs instead of Slegs.
• Professor Dimble now has glasses and an academic tome.
• New female voices have been recorded for two characters.
• Made Blisterz Booty unkillable.
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 Digitial and DTS.
Display
• Everything now runs at 720p, 60 FPS, and in widescreen.
• All menus have been updated with a new design based on original unused concepts.
• New posters now occupy the inventory menu when no bounty is accepted.
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 Normal Mode:
• Stranger's health and armour for later in the game have been re-balanced.
• In Hard mode:
• Stranger has a third less health.
• Enemies stamina recovers a third quicker.
Unlockables
• 37 Trophies: 23 bronze, 8 silver, 5 gold, 1 platinum
• 37 pieces of unlockable concept art
• Five unlockable movies
