Oddworld Stranger is the latest in the platform puzzler series but has surprisingly mutated into a first-person shooter. These first screenshots of the game provide visual proof that the series has shifted direction but, befitting the Oddworld tradition, this isn't your run-of-the-mi𒉰ll shoot-'em-up.

The central character is Stranger, a rootin'-tootin' bounty hunter. As su🌱ch, he takes on assignments to bring in individuals dead or alive. Seeking enemies across the Oddworld landscape will include traversing western-styled environments but will also feature industrial lo♌cations and even verdant jungles.

The most interesting element to the game that has come to light is Stranger's ammunition, which takes the meaning of 'live rounds' to a whole new level. Forget gunpowder and lead - animals are the new bullets. Savour such delights as chip-punks (chatterboxes to distract the enemy), skunks (paralysis-inducing stench critters) and, our💟 favourite, personnel-seeking porcupine missiles called fuzzles.

As can be clearly gleaned from the ammo desc🌄riptions alone൲, Oddworld may have changed direction in style of gameplay but it remains a very, er, odd world.

Oddworld Stranger will appear on PS2 and Xbox in 2005