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two chicken-like creatures, that don't look half bad...
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Oh, I
seriously disagree. There was controversy when the Fuzzles came out, people excaliming they looked like something from McDonald's. I personally didn't mind because they fitted in with the cute and cuddly lab rat idea, plus they looked odd anyway. However, I do not regard either Fuzzles or Meeps to have a very intriguing design. The same with these chickens, except I can see no originality at all.
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AND YOU PEOPLE SAY THIS ISN'T ODD ENOUGH!???
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Get a grip! No one has complained about the storyline at all. No one has said the gameplay or plot devices lack originality. Not a single soul has voiced the opinion that there isn't enough background behind the development of the characters. Heck, look at one of my posts and you'll see I'm even praising the fact that these creatures could be related to Mudokons.
The only thing I've complained about is the lack of originality in the visual designs, which, face it, is all we've seen. The boat as a concept works fine, but looking at it you could so easily just assume it's something straight from Earth. I've only been talking about the visual design, but for some reason everybody seems to be jumping at me from all directions with knives, ready to dissect and disgard not only what I've actually said, but, bizarrely, ideas that not only have I not aired but that I hadn't even considered.
Unlike what a lot of you appear to be saying, I can't say 'Roll on Steef' or 'Steef will not disappoint', because like all of you,
I don't know squat about the new game. I know it involves Steef, who seems to me to be a fine character, if not completely original on the design side (which I'm willing to live with - after all, Fleeches and Slurgs are hardly impressive creatures) and his telepathic/talking/sentient boat (people don't seem to be able to agree on which). This, as a concept is fine. I'm also fine and dandy with Steef straying somewhat from the Quintology's anti-hero stars, because let's face it, he's strong, fast and frightening. OWI obviously want to do something different, which I'm happy with - so stop shoving in my face as an excuse for the poor design, okay?
Now, having seen some of the latest pictures, I can say, without having been influenced by your moaning, that I like a lot of it. That big gate, whatever it may be? The high-res image of the hunter? I think they're great. The rolling, almost balloon-like hills around the river give me the impression of Norwegian fjords, which seems closely linked to the Viking longship design of the boat. Wonderful. Not wholey original, but at least it's odd. My only gripes are with the chickens, the barns and the boat.
However, what I have come to realise is the appauling blind faith so many of you seem to have. Maybe you're just not expresing your views very well, but it's very obvious to me that you're all defending OWI far too much. I'll say it again, you don't know squat about OW4, but you're willing to come back at me and complain about statements I haven't even made, so perhaps it's time you all just sat down and got things into perspective. Yes, it's great that we're finally getting 'news' about the new game - I was leaping about with joy, too, especially since Alf reported that we wouldn't get anything up to date within the next few months. But come off it, saying stuff like, "Don't worry OWI will please the fans with this one," is really disturbing. You don't know what OWI have got planned any more than I do. Sure, they've assured us that this will make up for MO, but then at the end of the day, they're the ones who are trying to sell this to us. Don't go on at me about how much OWI love their fans, because I simply don't want to hear it. I've seen a radical decline in the amount of respect fans have been getting from OWI - primarily their taking the piss out of us with the stupid Online Daily Deception. True they were about topics that shouldn't have seen the light of day, but if 'Alf' can't think of anyhing better to do than practically insult people who write in with stupid questions, then perhaps he should publish the decent intelligent questions, and reply with intelligent answers instead of "Ewww, have you seen Mudokon females, they are ugly!!" Now I've become somewhat sidetracked, but the point of all this is that if you're willing to just take whatever OWI gives us under the impression that you have to be completely whacked out on it, then you're not helping anyone. You're not helping OWI because they're going to think that what they're producing is fine and dandy. It's not helping us, because we're the ones that have to endure Oddworld poorness, should it come to that. I hope and doubt it will, but your blind faith is so upsetting. I want Oddworld to be the best it can, and I'm not going to cheer them on if they do bad.
But that doesn't bother me much. I'm just glad to see this stuff! 
in side atusiya's discovery channel
(up to date version)
The poltry farm idea is perfect and the idea of these things possably being proto Mudokins is intresting aswell. 