Post by Legendary Oddworld (Retired) on Sept 28, 2014 13:07:04 GMT
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Oddworld: Fangus (more commonly known by its media given name, The Brutal Ballad of Fangus Klot) was a game that was thought to be an April Fools Joke, since an article said it would come out in 2004, but it never did. It was later confirmed to actually exist but was cut short in the planning process - confirmed by Game Informer in an interview with the creator. It would have featured the same mix of first‐ and third‐person action and combat as Stranger’s Wrath, but with a more muscle‐bound and human character wielding guns in a darker and more political setting.
In Fangus, the various sapient races evolved from felines and canines. The game takes place in an area that is like where Eastern Europe meets Russia. The inhabitants of Fangustan (a culture based on Afghanistan) are descended from bulldogs, but their lands are invaded by Vamps, the cat‐like Mafia of another country (comparable to Russia). These feline Mafiosi begin to oust the native shepherds and build factories and refineries to produce hardcore drugs.
Amongst the shepherds is Fangus Klot, who is taken from his familiar forested hills and popberry fields and enslaved as a pitfighter. Fangus then engages in a series of fights with increasingly powerful opponents, culminating in a huge and rabid fighter who bites Fangus—infecting him with rabies—and destroys enough of the arena to allow Fangus to escape. With the help of his rabid flock, Fangus must then free Fangustan before he succumbs to his rabies.
The game was canceled when publishers Majesco Entertainment tried to change the deal with Oddworld Inhabitants, which OWI rejected. Feeling that an original Xbox title with no Live play would not succeed at a time when press and gamer attention was focused on the Xbox 360, and receiving no more technical support from Microsoft, Lorne and Sherry decided it was best to shelve the game and all future in‐house game development. However, The Brutal Ballad of Fangus Klot remains a story Lorne would like to tell one day.
Oddworld: Fangus (more commonly known by its media given name, The Brutal Ballad of Fangus Klot) was a game that was thought to be an April Fools Joke, since an article said it would come out in 2004, but it never did. It was later confirmed to actually exist but was cut short in the planning process - confirmed by Game Informer in an interview with the creator. It would have featured the same mix of first‐ and third‐person action and combat as Stranger’s Wrath, but with a more muscle‐bound and human character wielding guns in a darker and more political setting.
In Fangus, the various sapient races evolved from felines and canines. The game takes place in an area that is like where Eastern Europe meets Russia. The inhabitants of Fangustan (a culture based on Afghanistan) are descended from bulldogs, but their lands are invaded by Vamps, the cat‐like Mafia of another country (comparable to Russia). These feline Mafiosi begin to oust the native shepherds and build factories and refineries to produce hardcore drugs.
Amongst the shepherds is Fangus Klot, who is taken from his familiar forested hills and popberry fields and enslaved as a pitfighter. Fangus then engages in a series of fights with increasingly powerful opponents, culminating in a huge and rabid fighter who bites Fangus—infecting him with rabies—and destroys enough of the arena to allow Fangus to escape. With the help of his rabid flock, Fangus must then free Fangustan before he succumbs to his rabies.
The game was canceled when publishers Majesco Entertainment tried to change the deal with Oddworld Inhabitants, which OWI rejected. Feeling that an original Xbox title with no Live play would not succeed at a time when press and gamer attention was focused on the Xbox 360, and receiving no more technical support from Microsoft, Lorne and Sherry decided it was best to shelve the game and all future in‐house game development. However, The Brutal Ballad of Fangus Klot remains a story Lorne would like to tell one day.