I know. I'm just saying they could've had sliding doors.
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It was not in the original MO. The original plan was for Abe and Munch to sneak into factories that Lulu was working in, control him and set the factories up to make lots of money so that Lulu would earn moolah and get promoted. Read more about it in Paul O'Connor's designer diaries here: http://www.oddworlduniverse.com/toa/...ies/DDMO15.htm. |
Ah man, it's SUCH a shame all that got scrapped from the game. It would have made MO so much more enjoyable. Why did it got scrapped anyway? Cuz they didn't have the resources to support an engine like that? :(.
Shame realy. IMO, with this plan in mind I'd almost say; Do a re-make of MO or impliment the idea in some other future game. Anyway, now we know the purpose of the lulu fund. Replacement idea to fill up the gap of lulu promoting trough getting factories straightend out again. No background whatsoever it would seem, just a fill up plan. |
I suspect it was more to do with having the deadline of being an Xbox launch title that they had to simplify the gameplay somewhat to get it out the door.
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He got donations by himself, and started up one fund box. Ever since his fundbox collection has grown. ;)
Let's just say that Vykers labs are rich, even if there's no one to posess/use the money. |
Not realy. Vykers Labs got 3 million for a few glimpses off time. Now they can use it to rebuild the place ;).
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An alternative explanation of why the Lulu Fund replaced actual possession of Lulu is, as I said earlier, there was a problem in early game designs that OWI worried that Lulu was too major a character, almost as much as Abe and Munch, and they wanted to downplay him.
As for why there are Lulu Fund Vendos in Glukkons' offices, I take the strictly gameplay view that it's there because it has to be. It's no different from the oh-so-conveniently placed Vendos in Munch's Oddysee or the SoulStorm Vendos in Abe's Exoddus. |
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Survivers, for one. And employers from other Vyker Labs.
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Survivors of 4000 tonnes of steel, 5000 gallons of water and 3000 spooce shrubs, burning down on them and crashing into rocks? I THINK NOT!
There were other Vykers labs? |
EDIT: Whoops. Didn't read page 2 of the thread before posting.
Maybe - looking at it outside of gameplay issues - the glukkons got the Lulu machines so that they could enjoy a good laugh at Lulu's stupid plan. I didn't think there were more Vykkers Labs. I figured there was just the one ... the name of the place - Vykkers Labs instead of Vykkers Lab, coupled with the sheer size of the place, suggests to me that that was the only one. And as a side note: despite the bars on the glukkon office doors, there is a level where you can get Abe into a glukkon office in MO. In Splinterz. You'll need to get Munch a Bounce to get him up the ledge. But the thing is, there is a little chant suppressor that zaps Abe if he gets too close and kills him in one hit, regardless of his health status. |
There are more Vykkers Labs. Vykkers Labs is an enterprise, and the mothership in Munch's Oddysee was Vykkers Labs 12, suggesting there are (or were over time) at least 11 other labs.
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One of them being in the lobby in Abe's Exoddus.
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Okay, so .... how do we know it is Vykker's Labs 12? I'm just curious to know where that number comes from.
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because it's written on it ;)
http://www.oddworlduniverse.com/togg...O/CAMO0043.jpg |
You can hardly see it. It does look somewhat like a 12, though.
What number is the one in the Lobby? Anyone know? |
You have a good point thier cullen heath
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Do you mean the door in the FeeCo Depot? We know nothing about it; some discussion has been held regarding whether it leads to a ground-based labs or an airship terminal to take people to the floating labs. Do a search to see the previous discussion on this topic.
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That's the wonderful thing about a benevolent fate.
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