Secret, personalized, vicious messages would be pretty amusing, I must admit.

And depending on how they address the users most people would probably think said messages were referring to other characters in-universe. This is a horrible idea.

I recall in a previous thread the idea of having ratz running around in certain parts of the game would "ruin the mood" since everything felt so desolate in the original. Now that I think of it that's pretty dumb because there was no part of AO that felt lonely. Even when you get deeper into Rupture Farms you still worry about running into the occasional slig and slog kennel. Ratz being disturbed by your walking and scurrying about might cause accidental jump scares if the atmosphere is captured well and they aren't as apparent as the birds were.

I'd like some kind of easter egg showing the existence of other creatures we were introduced to after AO or even creatures we haven't gotten the pleasure to meet yet but I don't necessarily care for any cameos.

I'm sure they'll hide a few things somewhere.

I think ratz are a bad idea just because the name is so stupid. They used to be a little bit imaginative with Slogs and stuff, you can tell they were running out of steam with "Ratz".

That argument is exactly like saying the names of the pokemon in gen 1 were more creative than any of the following gens.

Sometimes creatures get shitty names. It's a thing that happens.

There should be some boobs somewhere.

Furnace? I think it's a train.

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__...epot_Train.jpg

http://www.evilcontrollers.com/evilb...2/new-abes.jpg

With both pictures there for comparison, it's pretty clear that is definitely not a train.

I'm fine whith any kind of cameo as long as it doesn't feel out of place.

Also I'm sure Wil has tons of ideas for secret messages to put in the LED banners.

THANK YOU, OWF.

I think we might've had a thread for these before.

They would have to be really subtle, though.

You know what would be good? A mudokon in Monsaic Lines who tends to the bees and shouts zany witticisms at Abe.

Maybe he got his arm trapped in a scrab trap or something when he was younger, I dunno...

What would be better is if the texture on the bees had very tiny "STM"s written on them. You'd have to zoom in on the texture to see it.

I like your thinking. You're gonna go far, kid.

Clearly a train.

A cargo train, carrying burning coal.

I'm sure we have but I definitely want a subtle reference to the Oddworld Forums somewhere.

That would be kind of neat. I doubt there would be any non insulting messages about me

http://www.evilcontrollers.com/evilb...2/new-abes.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/V7J6k4M.jpg

SEE? CAMEOS!

You aren't important enough to have positive or negative messages yet. Just another passer-by.

Also, it's obviously a train. A train that doesn't move and burns stuff.

Haha thanks Wil, I completely forgot about those posts :p

If I worked for JAW, I would investigate whether there was a way to identify a player by his/her Steam user ID, then change the LED screens to custom, obscene messages.


It's probably a good thing I don't work for JAW.

I feel like that's almost a good idea and something they should consider doing, but at the same time it's probably breaking the fourth wall a bit too much.

Not really, it could just be referring to in-universe employees.

I think it would work if they were only very occasional.

At least OANST isn't in charge of it, they'd all be changed to scrolling ASCII images of Abbey's face.

Actually if OANST was in charge of it I imagine worse things would happen than that. Interesting things. But terrible things nonetheless.

Can we put OANST in charge?

No.... It's a train.

Why else would it have the FeeCo Depot sign right next to it?

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/m...psfb0d1b6f.jpg

^ this guy.

Wha?