What? OWI never had the funds to independently develop a game, that's not how it works. OWI was a small development company, they've always gotten their funding from their publishers.

Oh? That's not what I gathered from the interview a few pages back. It sounded to me like Just Add Water was making the new Oddworld games, and they were just getting Lorne to overlook and okay everything.

Great news! This is much more promising than previous anouncements, due to JAW being on board and making claims about something new being announced/released very soon.

A couple of thoughts. One of Abemudokon's tweets was:
Could this mean that Stranger and Hand of Odd could be connected, and could be one of the projects they're working on?


Secondly, in the VG247 interview there was this part:
It sounds to me like the old games (or atleast the 3D ones) could possibly be made into HD versions, which could explain why the Oddbox has taken so long to arrive.

I thought you were referring to Oddmobb as 'someone else'.
J.A.W. is developing the game, but Lorne and his team will still be responsible for the conceptual part of the process (or so I imagine). The art and story.

Ah, no. Sorry, I should have been more specific. But on that note, I really would like some clarification on if Lorne and his team are indeed involved in this project when it comes to art and story. The interview really made it sound like he was just approving what JAW is doing while he works on separate projects. But I could be very wrong.

Electrocuted? Yep. Does that mean he's dead? Who knows........

I'd be very surprised if Lorne wasn't hands-on for any part of the creative development. He's always worked very closely with his design team. I can't envision him passing the torch to someone else.

Molluck isn't dead. This was going to be a major plot point in Munch's Oddysee, but it didn't happen.

AE definitely was setting his return up. I was convinced we hadn't seen the last of him after the line...

"Mullock's gonna be pissed. If he ever comes back we're screwed."

It struck me as odd because he was clearly dealt with in AO, so the Glukkon's clearly knew something we didn't if they considered him "gone" or "missing" rather than "dead". Clearly.

Oh man, I so wish they kept that Slig Newscaster. He was, like, my favorite character ever.

I like that he's attached to the set.

Well, I was being subtle about it lol. Ah, but that would be interesting if they put it in a game, wouldn't it? I would be more interested to get Sam involved. Maybe it would finally answer the question as to why Abe's lips are stitched up, since I have heard at least three explanations...

Lorne said it was because Abe was constantly crying and Sam feard that they would dispose of him because he was irritating. She sewed his lips up to keep him quiet and save his life.

lots of things didnt happen in that screw up.

Eh, MO wasn't THAT bad. But it sure did have a lot of stuff planned for it that never happened, yeah.

He's only saying MO sucks because the cool kids said it first. MO only sucks if you compare it to what it could have been.

MO is my least favorite of the console Oddworld games, but it was still a good video game and it still had that Oddworld flare that I love so much.

No. MO was not a very good game.

I enjoyed it very much when it first came out, probably the only launch title I enjoyed. I admit it hasn't aged well, but I go back and play it every now and again.

I only played it once. I was disappointed in it, but I didn't hate it.

In the end I'd still much rather play AO, AE, or SW. I think Munch's production design was one of it's few saving graces.

SW was the other way around. It's awesome gameplay made up for the chicken people.

I've never hated anything in a video game more than I did controlling one of those fucking robots that shot people and electrocuted them but still took ten minutes to kill each one.

Where is this from? I've completed AE with 300 mudokons but I've never heard this before.

It was a scene that was going to be in MO, but ended up not being in the final version.

It has nothing to do with AE.
It's an unreleased news segment that was intended for MO, before they completely changed the story.

The other two can be seen here.

oh? i thought they were unreleased for near the end of AE. looks like i was wrong again - neg rep me, neg rep me!.............please dont neg rep me, +rep me! :)

People only negrep you for pointless and irritating comments. Stop acting as if you get negrepped for the sake of it.

I enjoyed MO on the first two playthroughs, back when I first got my Xbox/used to play it on my uncle's Xbox. I believe it was my first true experience on that generation of consoles, too, so I was naturally impressed by it. Now I can't be bothered to sit down and play it anymore. It bores me. Sad actually.

i do get negrepped for the sake of it - i once got negrepped for asking why stranger didnt get a moon (it was in the moon thread!) and the post called me a dumb fuck! so i called him a shrivlled up cunt.

Ironically, going on about it will cause you to be "negrepped" even more.

First time I've seen those. Man if you just see what MO could have been story wise, it's really a shame it turned out the way it did. Let's hope the new games continue the story the way it was intended.

Anyone think if MO was originally made the way it supposed to it would of been a huge hit ? and maybe kept Oddworld in the game business ?

It might have, who knows. However I also think that OWI has always been an underdog developer. With gaming and consoles becoming a real hype around the time MO was made, I think a company that makes games about aliens and complicated puzzle gameplay and in depth stories wouldn't really have been competition to some of the huge games and developers that game out around the same time.

So even if MO did turn out the way OWI originally visioned it, it might not have become a hit after all simply because there were more interesting games on the market at the time. Hell, OWI played right into that trend with Stranger. People dig shooters, trying to produce another puzzle game would have sunk the company for sure. So yeah, I don't think it was the rushed finish of the game that made it sell bad, it was the mood of the market at that time.

At the very least, the fans would have been much warmer to it if they had done it the way they planned.

Honestly, I'm more disappointed that we never got Sligstorm. I was so looking forward to that.

i hope they make the xbox oddworld games work with the xbox 360 usb controller.:fuzzle:

agree 'cause it doesn't work with Abe's Oddyssey ans Abe's Exodus, I even try with Xpader but still not working :fuzmad:

Anyway I can't wait for the new website and I hope we'll see Oddworld on digital market place (360 and PS3)

Edit : I Find some links about Xpader it seems it could be works !

http://forums.steampowered.com/forum...8&postcount=18
http://forums.steampowered.com/forum...t-1324031.html

Nearly the end of the month too so new website soon

well we are near the end of the month, and no website!

I heard it's going to be in 2.5D like LBP and it's going to be a genuine sequel, I knew Lorne couldn't sleep at night knowing he left us all hanging like that. ;)

heh, you know, the reason lots of people didn't like MO was because there had been so much promise and spoilers etc...that never happened in the end. I hope OWI are a bit more careful now, and don't promise too much in case something goes wrong, again. I prefer to be cautiously optimistic rather than dancing around on the ceiling.

Not me, I like everything.