Fallout was never an RTS, it was an isometric RPG and a tactical isometric RPG. The shift to FPS was a commercial success but still shit all over the canon established by Interplay.

I wouldn't want to see OWI try to emulate that.

Or bloom. :p

Don't worry about all the doom and bloom, Alex. Just keep on doing what you're doing with Soulstorm. <3

No worries here. :D

This concern has little merit. There is no indication that an Oddworld RTS would go out of its way to shit on the established canon of the Oddworld universe. If anything, more spin off games could be a chance to explore the world even more depending on how much of a story there is or how it's told.

And unlike Fallout, I don't think Oddworld would make a giant shift in genre and only start releasing RTS games even if they hit it off really well with one, that's not the Oddworld way. Oddworld has always been about innovation and trying new things. Some things stay, like the legendary Quicksave feature brought by Exodus, while other things are just minor experiments - some of which fail, like Munch's Oddysee. Hand of Odd, if it ever gets conceived, will always remain a simple spin off game - or series, if it succeeds.

Hell I still think Oddworld could take another shot at the 3D platform adventure format. Lorne's original vision for MO was indeed a very different kind of game.

Reading this thread, I really think we should hold off on interviewing Lorne until after Soulstorm. We haven't had any new canon in a decade; maybe we should wait until we've got some new stuff to argue over and beg clarification.

Why not both, before and after? :)

Lorne is a busy guy, and nobody wants to speak to Nate that often.

This. I don't wanna waste his time by sitting down and saying 'Sooo... we didn't come up with any questions for you'. Or, possibly worse, 'We have some questions but they're not very interesting...'.

Lorne's a guy that I'd like to just sit down and talk with. Like outside of Oddworld it seems like he's the kind of guy who just knows stuff, in fact I'd probably end up having surprisingly few questions about Oddworld.

Still I think a fan interview right before Soulstorm could have some value... :)

One interview would be better than nothing.

He knows a lot about the corporation. The corporation is bad. So is the system. Lorne knows about the system and the corporation but the corporation is worse than the system.

Absolutely

I'm still waiting for Hand of Odd or Glukkon Tycoon...