Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath (2005) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath

Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath is set in the fictional Oddworld universe, differing in many ways from the preceding installment. The game incorporates two basic genres: third-person platforming action and…

78 25 January 2005

What Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath is

Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath is an adventure game developed by Oddworld Inhabitants and released in 2005. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on Ouya, Xbox, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Stranger's engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A bounty hunter known only as the Stranger is pursuing and capturing various criminals, trying to earn enough money for a mysterious operation. When he hears that a town populated by Grubbs has been invaded by a demon, the Stranger ventures there. The town was once protected by a race of creatures known as the Steef, who now appear to be completely extinct. The Stranger soon discovers that a nearby river has been dried up by a dam, built by a person called Sekto. The Stranger must confront this person as he continues to hunt down outlaws, revealing nothing about his past.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy, science fiction and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath holds a critic score of 78 out of 100. That places it above 59% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 11 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 81, across 51 votes.

What it launched against

Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath launched on 25 January 2005, within three weeks of Resident Evil 4 (2005), Resident Evil 4, Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2 and Hearts of Iron II. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Resident Evil 4 (2005), Resident Evil 4, Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2, Hearts of Iron II.

Cheats and codes

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