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moodokon man 05-25-2001 06:03 PM

Speak
 
Are there any creatures that don’t speak English on oddworld?

oddguy 999 05-26-2001 03:40 AM

most probly would not... we just havent met them yet... the creatures that don’t speak English that I know of are Scrabs and Paramites (but you need AE to know that). :D

gooseofthehouse 05-26-2001 07:24 AM

hi, don't forget the creatures you can't possess like slurgs, slogs and fleechs

Cloverfield 05-26-2001 08:30 AM

It's just like in science fiction movies... where they travel to the vast reaches of space... and come across an alien race... and you've got it... they speak English! :) Unless it's like Star Trek and there is a universal translator.

But my guess is that all "speaking" races on Oddworld would speak English for this reason.

It'd be hard to use Gamespeak if it were in an Odd language!

Abe Babe...

freakyLA 05-26-2001 08:52 AM

well i thing they have a different language but (BTW I hate languages :mad: ) but for better understanding they talk english :mad:

Wil 05-26-2001 10:07 AM

In France the characters on Oddworld speak French. Now that's a funny coincidence, isn't it.

OWI must just translate from the Oddworld Language, like the Babel Fish does in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Hey ho.

Oddipus 05-26-2001 03:04 PM

I guess they will never ever make a Dutch version for me, not that I want one. It would probably be a bad translation without the great humor, and the voices would be done by somebody else (dubbed) so they wouldn't sound original. I guess I would hate it. Isn't it the same with the French version?
Sometimes the English is hard to understand, especialy when they use non-common English, but I prefer it that way.

freakyLA 05-26-2001 06:50 PM

well i think the english version is much better because sometimes the humor isn´t that great. And the voices are silly

oddguy 999 05-26-2001 11:23 PM

I dont think that the creatures that you can't possess like slurgs, slogs and fleechs have anuff intelegence to have a language... after all thats why Abe can't possess them, because their not smart anuff for his soul to be stored in (or something like that)... to add to this there is no evidence to sugest this. :p
Though Abe has been abill to possess more and more unintelegent creatures through out the games... But this could simply show that Abe is getting smarter or is now abill to compress his soul better then befor...
... Maybe Mudukons get better with practice and thats why ordenary Mudukons can not possess even sligs (sligs are dumber then Mudukons). ;)