Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath (2005 Video Game)
9/10
I Waited Many Years To Play This Game
29 November 2019
I reviewed this game on Gamefaqs but admittedly I didn't complete it until now. Now that I completed it, I have a new outlook on the game and it's actually one of the best games that I've played.

I never owned an X-Box but I did buy this game in hopes that I would play it on my sister's X-Box. I never did. Finally, years later, I played it on my phone and I must say that this is probably one of if not the best games I played in awhile.

You play as a big lion like creature named Stranger who is out collecting bounties to pay for an unknown surgery. Later in the game, you come across a bounty on a Steef which would pay for the bounty, and the story goes on from there.

At first, I thought the game was boring and I didn't really play it until many months later. When I finally got into it, I got used to the controls and became better at it. Then I learned that this is a pretty fun game. The object is that you go into different towns and choose which outlaw you want to go after at the bounty store. They can either be captured dead or alive but it's more moolah if he's captures alive.

Then you go to the path where the townspeople tell you to go to and find the outlaw. There are different things that happen and each outlaw is unique in their own way. Once you learn the game's functions, however, it becomes a breeze on how to take each one down. Sometimes it can be difficult like one that has these shields you have to take out, or one that has armor on them but after tinkering around, you should have no trouble in figuring them out.

This is also a long game. Sometimes you might think you are near the end, but the game keeps going. I'm actually sad that I beat it as I enjoyed playing and even occupied myself in social gatherings with this. Oddworld has such a unique world with unique characters and Stranger is a pretty interesting protagonist.

I heard this game didn't sell well which is a surprise. I never got into the other Oddworld games but this one drew me in. It's a shame there wasn't a sequel to this as I would have loved to continue Stranger's adventures. It's a fun game and I would love to see a reimagined remake or a full-fledged sequel.
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