Well, I thought MO all around was a good game, but some of that special "oddness" is kind of gone. There could've been a longer (and more involving) storyline, more character devolpement (both in the story and gameplay) and spooce is pretty annoying. And the enviorments weren't all that varied either. There were caves, outdoor areas, and factories. No temples or jungles (there was a forest but you couldn't do anything with it). But all and all I wasn't disappointed. I think that ME will be a good step above MO, because OI can clean up all that messy PS2 coding and get some better load times, and include all that stuff we saw in the early PS2 videos, such as factory devolpement and resource gathering. And, most important to me, ditch level-based gameplay. I think'd be better to be able to return to some areas. I mean, for OI's first 3D XBOX game, it was very good. And the series will only get better.
And, just my opinion, 3D is very good, and while 2D Oddworld games were very fun, in the coming years 'new' Oddworld fans wouldn't be attracted by them as well, because of all the amazing 3D games in the market, and many would think 2D is a way of the past. Althought it would be funny to include a couple 'classic' levels, with 3D graphics but 2D gameplay, just for us die-hard Oddies.
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