Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath (2024)

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Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath is the story of a mysterious bounty hunter, Stranger, and his travels through Western Mudos. The game introduces 15 new species: Clakkerz, Slegs, Grubbs, Steef, Minions (8 kinds), Outlaws (11 kinds), Wolvarks (5 kinds), Bolamite, Oktigi, Gloktigi, Boombat, Chippunk, Stingbee, Zappfly, Thudslug, and Stunkz.

  • 1 Plot
    • 1.1 Gizzard Gulch
    • 1.2 Buzzarton
    • 1.3 Mongo Valley and New Yolk City
    • 1.4 Stranger's Wrath
  • 2 Gameplay
  • 3 Development
    • 3.1 Soundtrack
  • 4 Reception
    • 4.1 Awards
  • 5 Remaster
  • 6 Trivia
  • 7 Gallery
  • 8 References

Plot[]

Gizzard Gulch[]

The game begins by showing an opening scene set within the Grubb Graveyard. The Stranger, a mysterious bounty hunter, is taking some animals to use for live ammo whilst some of the local Grubbs are fishing nearby. They are disappointed, having only caught a small fish for food. They sniff the air, picking up a familiar scent, when Blisterz Booty bursts through and shoots at the Stranger as he passes by them. Blisterz continues to chase him through the forest, eventually getting bountied after falling into a fuzzle trap Stranger set up earlier. Stranger brings him back to the Clakker town of Gizzard Gulch after fighting his men to cash in on the bounty. Stranger, who is desperately in need of a mysterious operation (which is later revealed to be surgery for the removal of his back legs), goes to the local doc's office. However, he finds out that Doc isn't in town. Stranger decides to take up some bounties to pass the time.

His first bounty is Filthy Hands Floyd, an Outlaw who was ambushing the convoys which brought supplies into town. Stranger beats down Floyd's outlaw henchmen and bags Floyd himself. After bagging Floyd, Stranger takes on the Looten Duke, who is hiding out in the town's water facility. He fights his way into the facility and takes the Duke down, before collecting the bounty. When Stranger gets back to town, he learns that the Doc is back in his office. Stranger enters his office to ask about the surgery. The Doc tells Stranger that his operation will cost a total of 20,000 Moolah, due to the extreme complexity of the surgery. At this time, Stranger learns that Boilz Booty is coming to town to rescue his brother Blisterz. Stranger and Boilz duke it out against one another, with Boilz eventually being bagged in the end. However, Gizzard Gulch has been severely damaged by Boilz and his gang throughout the battle. Thus, Stranger moves on towards the next town to gain more Moolah.

Buzzarton[]

Stranger ends up at the town of Buzzarton, where he visits the local bounty office to turn in Boilz and takes on the bounty (actually a rescue mission) for Eugene Ius, a local Clakker who was kidnapped by outlaws. Stranger travels to a nearby Grubb temple and shows Eugene's captors who's boss. Next, Stranger takes on Jo' Mamma, who is hiding out in an old shipwreck past the town's sewers. Stranger travels through the sewers to reach the shipwreck, before fighting Jo' Mamma and her outlaws head on. He bags Jo' Mamma and heads back for town. The next bounty Stranger took was the one on Meagly McGraw, who has been causing trouble at the local Opple Farm. Stranger quickly makes short work of McGraw's outlaws, then bags McGraw after taking out his monstrous mount. After McGraw is finished, Stranger takes the price on Packrat Palooka, who is holed up in his junkyard hideout and stolen Eugene's computer. Stranger goes down into the sewers and gets the password for the junkyard, which is not far, from an outlaw called Skuz who has a grudge against Palooka after the latter double crossed him. He then goes to the junkyard and recites the password. Stranger then fights his way towards Palooka, who has used the laptop to create a shield around himself. Stranger takes out the shield, then Palooka himself. After this bounty, Stranger learns that there isn't anyone in Buzzarton to make more Moolah out of, forcing him to move on to the next town. Before he leaves, Stranger has a call with Mr. Sekto, who tells him that if he finds himself a Steef he will give him the 20,000 Moolah he needs.

Mongo Valley and New Yolk City[]

Stranger arrives in the Clakker settlement of New Yolk City, which lies near the banks of the Mongo River. Stranger learns that the Doc's office is further upriver, and he would need a barge to reach him. Unfortunately, the barges aren't running due to Outlaw activity. Stranger takes up the bounty on Xplosives McGee, who is hiding out in the old mine shafts. Stranger quickly goes on a couple of cart rides through the mines and hauls in McGee's ass like a bag of coal. Stranger returns to town and receives his pay for McGee. Next, he takes on his next bounty, Lefty Lugnutz, who has been poaching Slegs in the river valley illegally. To bag him, Stranger has to learn a Sleg call from a local hunter. Next, Stranger went after the cyborg Elboze Freely and his gang. After he hauled in Elboze, Stranger takes on the bounty for Fatty McBoomboom, before he convinced Skycart Joe (by knocking him out) to give him a lift to McBoomboom's hideout. Once Stranger brings in Fatty, he learns that the barge is operating again, and can take him to Dusty Hollow, where the Doc has his Mongo River Valley Office. When he goes there, he finds that the Doc has been hanged. D. Caste Raider was waiting for Stranger. During the battle, Stranger is knocked out. When he wakes up, Stranger finds himself tied up in Raider's hideout with his gear and weapon stolen.

Stranger's Wrath[]

After the Outlaws have a short interrogation on the whereabouts of the Steef, some papers detailing Stranger's surgery fall out of his poncho as he struggles to get free. Raider looks at the papers and, shocked at what he sees on them, orders Stranger's pants cut off, revealing that he was actually a Steef himself. Before Raider's men can kill Stranger, a hail of arrows fly into the hideout, freeing Stranger, taking his gear, and killing some of the Outlaws. After some quick revenge on Raider and his remaining goons for unmasking him, Stranger escapes from the hideout and into the night. Unfortunately, upon arriving in New Yolk City, he doesn't receive a very warm welcome from the greedy Clakkerz who want the reward placed on his head. After tearing his way through the city in a narrow escape, Stranger vows to get his revenge on Sekto. Finding himself in a native Grubb village the next morning, he learns that they were the one who saved him earlier and took his gear. The Grubbs give him a set of Steef armor, an improved crossbow, and directions to find a boat that could take him to Sekto's dam. Stranger first has to break through a Wolvark facility, then enter a cave where the boat was hidden. The boat was sadly in disrepair, so a number of Grubbs offer to repair it for him whilst he defends their village from a Wolvark attack. After finishing the battle, Stranger is asked to save the Grubb city of Last Legs. Stranger goes to the city and more or less single-handedly repels the entire invasion force. The Grubbs then tell him to go ahead and attack the dam, since they will meet him up there with the city's catapults to destroy it while he hunts down Sekto. Stranger bursts into the dam, and fights his way up to Mr. Sekto. After an intense battle with Sekto's twin Glocktigi pets, Stranger faces off against Sekto himself in a massive machine. Sekto is crushed by debris as the dam is destroyed. Stranger drags the body of Sekto onto the shore and notices a pair of hooves, after one of his shoes comes off. Stranger flips over the body revealing that "Sekto" was actually the Olden Steef. The weakened Steef asks if the water is free before he dies peacefully. The real Sekto (who's actually an Oktigi) swims down the Mongo River, with his plans for the future currently unknown.

Gameplay[]

Stranger's Wrath is both a first-person shooter and a third-person 3D beat 'em up. The player can switch between both viewpoints at will, depending on which view is the best. At all times Stranger can double jump, access the pause, inventory and ammo menus and switch viewpoints. He can also restore health at the cost of his stamina meter. Stranger can comment on things or talking to NPCs using the gamespeak button.

The third-person view allows Stranger to achieve maximum speed by running on all his limbs, as well as offering two melee attacks. The first attack is done by pulling the left trigger, and it causes Stranger to rotate rapidly to attack enemies at all angles at a short range. The other attack varies depending on how far the player is through the game. Before Stranger is captured, the right trigger causes Stranger to headbutt, a somewhat useless move as it does little damage, takes a long time to do, only attacks at a certain angle and has low range. During and after the D Castle Raider fight, the right trigger causes a charge, which immediately gives Stranger maximum speed, and does high knockback upon contact with enemies. Stranger can capture dead or knocked out enemies using the gamespeak button.

In first person, Stranger can use his crossbow attached to his right hand. This crossbow is double-barreled and can hold two different types of ammo in each barrel. Each barrel is controlled by the respective trigger. Stranger uses critters as ammo with varying effects. There is also a left hook Stranger can do in first person that is devastating when upgraded.

Development[]

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Soundtrack[]

Main article: Stranger's Wrath - Official Soundtrack

The game's soundtrack was produced by Michael Bross. Part of the game's soundtrack was released on CD, vinyl and digital platforms as 'Volume 1'.

Reception[]

Stranger's Wrath was highly acclaimed among many game critics, including GameSpot and Metacritic. The game scored an 87% from Game Rankings, and 4 1/2 stars from IGN.

Awards[]

The game was nominated for several awards including Best Artistic Graphics and Best Cinematics. It was also included in Game Informer's Top 50 Games of 2005, and Stranger was listed in their Top 10 Heroes Of 2005.

Remaster[]

On September 3rd, 2010, Just Add Water Ltd. confirmed that an HD remake of Stranger's Wrath was in development for the PlayStation 3. The game was originally planned to release around Easter 2011, but has since been delayed to late summer of the same year. The improvements on the PS3 edition include remastered dialogue, improved character textures, support for PlayStation Move and bonus material. A patch with the PS3 content will come to the PC version at an unannounced date.

On September 16, 2011, the trailer for Stranger's Wrath HD was released. The game was released on December 21, 2011.

Trivia[]

  • Stranger's Wrath is the first and only Oddworld game to not feature any Mudokons, Glukkons, Sligs, Paramites, Slogs, or Scrabs, because it takes place outside of Eastern Mudos.

Gallery[]

References[]

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Oddworld series

Games·Classic Quintology· Abe's Oddysee(demo)· Abe's Exoddus(demo)· Munch's Oddysee (HD)· Stranger's Wrath (HD)
Second Quintology· New 'n' Tasty (Alf's Escape)· Soulstorm (ARG) ( Toby's Escape)
Spin-offs·Oddworld Adventures· Oddworld Adventures II· Munch's Oddysee· Abe Speak
Other media· Abe's Origins· The Art of Oddworld 1994 - 2004· New 'n' Tasty Soundtrack· Stranger's Wrath - Official Soundtrack· Abe's Exoddus: The Movie· Merchandise
Cancelled projects· Squeek's Oddysee· Munch's Exoddus· Hand of Odd· The Brutal Ballad of Fangus Klot· SligStorm

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Articles related to Oddworld Inhabitants

People· Alfred Gamble· Lorne Lanning· Michael Bross· Sherry McKenna
Studios· Fat Kraken Studios· Frima Studio· Just Add Water Ltd.· Oddworld Inhabitants
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