Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath

I purchased this title last week and finished playing through it over the weekend. Since I'm in a lapse in today's training class, I figured I'd do a brief write-up on the experience. It's rated a pretty respectable 88 on Metacritic, which is always a good sign. The user reviews give it an unbelievable 9.6 rating. I was kind of on the fence not knowing how I felt about the whole first-person gameplay thing. I played it at a demo kiosk at Software Etc., and it was pretty damn fun, so I decided to buy it.

I'll say over all, it's a pretty fun game. It had excellent gameplay, wonderful character design, interesting weapons system, amazing graphics, and pretty good controls. It did a good job seamlessly integrating third and first-person gameplay. The downsides are that it's way too short, and has no really discernable story line (at least until you're close to the end). There's some bullshit bosses, but nothing too challenging or difficult. The missions basically felt like the same shit again and again with very little variations. It does have Fuzzles, though, which is about enough to save any game.

I can't say it's a bad game, as it's really not. But, it's no where near as fun as Munch's Odyssee was. Would I recommend it? Not for $50. Get it used or as a rental, and I can guarantee you won't be disappointed. But as a brand new $50 title, nuh-uh. Not worth it. To use the EGM rating system, I'd have to give it about a 7.5/10.