Another good point, Parry (Boy, do I sound facecious. Yes, sir. Oh, yes, very nice, mm hmm, should I check for pollups while I'm up there? Oh well.)
As for what I want from oddworld- more eye candy, man! The plot in Munch was kind of weak and the character development was only hinted at, but it looked GORGEOUS. I admit that normally that isn't enough, but there is a point when visual style really can make up for deficiancies in the other, usually more important categories. And it's not like the writing is absolutely attrocious, especially considering that it is a video game we're talking about. Now, if they want to put some truely stunning cinematography and really take time to develop a main character in Steef, both of which are BIG aspects of good westerns (See Dead Man with Johnny Depp), then, hey, more power to the Odds. If they give us a tour de force that's both visually stunning and emotionally stimulating then congratulations are in order. But I won't be holding my breath.
In short, I want Oddworld to drop my jaw again.
And yes, I know what it's like to work your ass off on a project just to have it collapse for you to rebuild on. I believe it's called the "creative process".
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