Not necessarily though Scrubs. ME can be a totally different plot than what MO original plot was. Of course it may have all the old elements that were taken out and put back in but its not going to be the same story line. Because one Munch has already been captured and violated in every way and now that Vykkers Labs is currently out of service the Gabbiar is now Munch's, two Abe is now a partner with Munch.
If they were to put in the original story of Munch in Munch's bonus game it wouldn't make any kind of sense. It would be like Munch getting captured all over again. Now the old elements will most likely be put back in but the whole plot of the story will be changed to make it fit the quintology time line. With these side games like Stranger introduceing the concept of combineing the gameplay with the story and the plot, thats going to change ME a whole lot because these side games are experimenting with new gameing concepts that are most likely going to find its way into the quintology.
Lanning wants to introduce a new game every year instead of us waiting every two or three years for a quintology game or bonus game. Stranger is the sort of founder of yearly side games. Lanning pretty much invented a new gameing engine and thats why its takeing this long for Stranger. After Stranger its going to be a piece of cake because OWI will be working with this new engine. And at the same time developeing the next game or bonus game in the quintology series.
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