![]() ![]() Stranger’s Wrath is a first-person shooter/3D platformer hybrid taking place on a separate part of the planet than the previous titles, following the protagonist Stranger as he tries to raise money for a life-threatening operation by taking in bounties across multiple different towns. ![]() Stranger’s Wrath stands squarely apart from the rest of the Oddworld series as it feels very distinct from Abe’s 2D platforming and Munch’s 3D platforming. While the future is looking bright for Oddworld Inhabitants in between the downtime from Stranger’s Wrath to New ‘n’ Tasty, the team at Just Add Water and Square One Games have helped bring a lot of the classic titles to modern consoles, including the series’ Nintendo Switch debut with Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD. This ended up being the final straw for Lanning and his team as after EA refused to market the game following the cancellation of its PlayStation 2 port (and in spite of its critical success), the game bombed financially, and Oddworld Inhabitants seized all development of future Oddworld titles until 2016’s Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty. While titles like Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee and Abe’s Exoddus went down as 2D platforming cult classics, the series almost immediately faded into obscurity when developer Oddworld Inhabitants released the first 3D title in the series, Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee, for the original Xbox with Microsoft publishing, with the fourth title (and focus of this review), Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath, falling into the lap of Electronic Arts. Despite the critical success of the franchise stemming since its first entry on the original PlayStation, Lorne Lanning’s Oddworld series has featured a myriad of troubles commercially since its inception. ![]()
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