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Be cool >>>>>>>>> Velma. Any day of the week. For starters 'Be cool' actually plays into what made the original scooby doo good. It was funny. The characters are slightly altered from their original counter parts but it actually works better to it's advantage. Fred is still the leader who gets stuck with all the trap planning but he has really great moments of appearing as the disappointed dad. Daphne having the biggest shift from optimistic gal with style to a eccentric rich gal, and the change it definitely welcome. Velma is still the quiet sometimes sarcastic brain of the group but she has a more always ready to help attitude that helps balance that side of her. Scooby and Shaggy are so fun in this, their banter is great, their jokes are great and they play off each other great in this show. What I love too is it went back to an episodic formula, just like the original. So there's no chance on missing important plot points, which is what I think works for the comedy. All in all, glad people are giving this hidden gem a chance.

All I see is an empty room. No more joy. An empty tomb.

I'd just like to remind people of all the great sequel pitches that got ditched but this was allowed to exist. Seriously, there was going to be a Tony Hawk looney tunes movie, a Jackie chan pitch with spies, the tunes going back to high school while Keanu reeves turn's into a nerd over time and their enemy team are CGI monster tunes. Instead what we got was an out-of-touch movie with references that the child demographic would not understand. Rick and Morty? Really? Mad max fury road? Really? Who was this movie made for? seriously?

Okay, so. Firstly, Big fan. Been here since Abes Oddysee, loved mostly every game. Oddysee, Exodus, Strangers wrath, new and tasty. I genuinely adore the Oddworld series which is why it breaks me to say this but. Oddworld: Soulstorm is not enjoyable in its current state. The game is littered with bugs, game-breaking bugs, such as Abe not collecting as many items required, Abe teleporting to sligs, mine icons being placed in the wrong locations. (If you don't know what I mean, just know it's like watching Abe have telekinesis, activating a bomb a few feet away). I see the game went for more "stealth" than puzzle which is strange. Seeing as the 3rd level has Abe trying to be stealthy during snipers and a bombing raid of a blimp. My biggest gripe is the "Quarma" system by adding sligs to the roster of "You're a jerk if you kill them". I find myself laughing and joking about this with my friends as we all witnessed the "innocent sligs" in the past games mistreat slogs and mudokons. I assume this is to add some kind of "But the hero can't also kill villains because killing villains is bad" philosophy. I'm already being judged by how many mudokons I can kill in a single round. Why am I being judged for bringing "quarma" to other heartless jerks who took part and enjoyed enslaving an entire race. Only upside is I do like the lore being explained but if it's sacrificed for gameplay than I don't see the point. I'm going to play Exodus till things improve. Still love you,. Oddworld <3