So it would kind of taken the gamespeak aspect with NPC's further, or talking with other players to build an army/community with Fable (good/evil) consequences.

I really liked the sense of isolation that the older games had. It made it more mysterious and very appealing to me. I'd like to see more of that. That's probably been discussed before though, but I feel that was OI's edge that made them stand apart from other games at the time.

Except for all the funding they don't have.

THE Abe movie, why is there definetly an abe movie coming out? i've heard no news of this. but i'm pretty excited!

Put your cock away and stop circle-jerking. One mention of 'Abe Movie' does not negate all the other stuff.

I've waited for a moment to drop in, now seems appropriate.
I doubt there will be a Munch's Exoddus,
No Hand of Odd,
Unlikely there will be a Citizen Siege
Unlikely there will be an Oddworld movie,
Of course no one seems to remember Sligstorm, Brutal Ballad, Squeek's Oddysee. All cancelled.

The best we can hope for is the Oddmobb antisocial network...

If I was a multi millionaire, by God I'd fund it all by myself if I had to, of course Lorne would be in his late 50s by then probably.

If there's no Oddworld film or continuation of the Quintology, doesn't that defeat the purpose of Oddworld Inhabitants/Oddmobb in the first place?

They'll get round to it eventually.

Ya, they'll make something to continue the series eventually. Scrabtrapman you don't make a lot of sense.

Not necessarily. Remember that Citizen Siege was on the project roster, and more than likely a few other projects we don't even know about yet. Just because they're called the "OddMobb" doesn't mean they're going to be making more Oddworld media. In fact, the name "Oddmobb" distances itself from Oddworld by it's lack of specificity. By being called Oddmobb and not Oddworld Inhabitants, they can get away with still being odd without making Oddworld.

But the entire point of all this was to release the Oddworld Quintology as a series of games and use this basis to create a film series based on the Quintology.

I'm all for other projects and Lorne and co. should expand their scope beyond the Quintology but if they abandon the entire Oddworld premise forever, then essentially they are abandoning the reason their business was created in the first place.

OWI seem to be taking their sweet time doing anything these days.

I'd love if they continued making Oddworld-related media, but at some point the line between art and business gets blurred. Shit happens, and if you can no longer make a business out of your art, then you need to start exploring new venues before you can expect to get back on your feet.

As it is, Lorne has to re-establish himself before he takes on Oddworld again, especially if he expects to make it into a film(s). He endeavored to make five games, and a series of films based on the games. Before that he endeavored to make films only. Now who knows what he's got in store.

I do understand the problems Lorne and his buddies have faced over the years and as you said "you need to start exploring new venues before you can expect to get back on your feet." I just hope that they intend to get back on their feet rather than solely exploring new venues.

So what? If you start something and (you think) you have a better idea, why not do the thing you think is the best?

What I'm trying to say is that Lorne isn't particularly known for finishing what he starts.

But isn't it more of a "he can't finish what he starts" due to the large amount of financial, creative and business orientated difficulties?

I mean, you have to give him some credit, he did create 4 games and took a stab at his goal for finishing the Quintology.

I'm not sure what the difficulties are that prevents him from finishing any project in the last five years...

I'm simply hoping to see anything new coming out someday.

Haven't they ran into a large amount of financial difficulties? And hasn't their shitty relationship with EA games destroyed any involvement with the video games industry? I think Lorne's been rather vocal about many of the business related, creative and financial problems their company has faced over the years.

But since the website is coming up this month, I'm sure we'll be hearing about something sometime this year.

Where id you find out the new website is coming out this month? And also I don't think oddmobb is interested in oddworld that much. Shame to be so negative though.

That guy "The Native" said so a few days ago.

I'm pretty sure that Lorne also just doesn't want to compromise Oddworld judging by his interviews. I think he's waiting until he can fully realise his vision...

Won't the Oddbox help a little with these financial difficulties? Maybe help kick- start something? We can only hope...

Only if they are still interested in Oddworld I guess. I wouldn't mind seeing some new art by Ray Swanland or something actually! That'd be cool

If they do get around to making Munch's Exoddus, I hope it's as good as this concept (which I did for a school project, so it's not official):

Is Odder a word? Anyway nice work on that cover

yeah i'd love to see shrykull in 3d! great idea!

http://imgur.com/paAap.png
Go away now.

That's cool, but I need 3d glasses, please enclose some in a letter to my address!

Give me your address.

he'll shit in an envelope and seal it with man-glue.

EDIT: eurgh.

Thatnks for the positive reception, guys! I also put it on deviantArt if you want to see the manual and disc design.


Anywho, back to Munch's Exoddus...

Wah! ODDWORLDisTHEbest! didn't like my gift!

OANST its 43, Western Road, WANKERSHIRE, WR1 GTF0