Possession was one of the few weapons Abe had, adding greatly to the strategic qualities of the first games. Oddworld 4 is taking a very different gameplay route, which is fine. Besides, if yet another main character could possess things, then it would start to get pretty dull and generic. Part of what I find so interesting about there being 5 controlable characters by the end of the Quintology is that OWI are going to have to give each of them unique and distinct gameplay capabilities, and not merely different 'values' such as you'd get in racing games and the like. I think that's going to be quite a challenge for them. OW4 is going to give them a bit of a break, since they can have another land-based character (although he has water-capabilities in his boat, too), but giving the Steef possession would just seem corny.
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