Today, Oddworld Inhabitants’ classic Stranger’s Wrath HD is now available on PlayStation and Xbox platforms. Native to last-gen, and playable on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, the game remains unique because it offers FPS with 3rd person exploration POV. It is a sci-fi western that addresses themes such as the displacement of indigenous people, the privatization of natural resources, and the rising cost of health care.
The classic award-winning action-adventure game Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD, developed by Square One, is now available on PlayStation and Xbox platforms for $19.99.
What makes Stranger’s Wrath HD a unique game, even 17 years later, is its innovative blend of a shooter, platformer, and puzzler with a hybrid viewpoint that allows the player to switch between 1st person action with 3rd person exploration.
A sci-fi spin on the classic Western motif made popular by people like Sergio Leone and Clint Eastwood, you play as Stranger, a swaggering bounty hunter with a haunting secret on a Homeresque odyssey across the wastelands of Western Mudos.
Help Stranger track down fugitives for bounty by strategizing your approach and taking down the scoundrels and outlaws, either by bringing them in alive or giving them a one-way ticket to the pearly gates using “live” critter ammo. Either way, it is up to you how you want to collect the bounty because Stranger needs all the moolah he can earn, it may prove vital to his very existence.
This souped-up HD version of the classic combines 12 hours of storytime, plus 5+ additional hours of side missions with dramatically improved audio, improved shadow maps, and full 4K graphics at 60 fps. It is native to PS4 and Xbox One and playable on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.
In addition to exciting gameplay, Oddworld games also make you think. The storytellers at Oddworld Inhabitants continue to fashion cinematic experiences within the Oddworld universe that are analogous to that of our own world. Mindfully balancing compelling storylines with propulsive gameplay, Stranger’s Wrath is an examination of timely philosophical themes such as the displacement of indigenous people, the privatization of natural resources, and the rising cost of health care without sacrificing fun.
