:
|
But BM is right, we shouldn't draw too much in from this, as it is probably just insperation, and the strange creature next to abe is probably made quite normal or simple, but it is obviously not a mudokon, giving implications on maybe the way Lorne wants the story to be headed.
|
Given that this is by Lorne, I think the assumption that it is supposed to be expressing nothing more than the emotion, atmosphere and majesty of Abe's rediscovery of his cultural inheritance is a fair one.
His companion is just that: a companion. I doubt it represents any design of the character's physical form and appearance, that is not what Lorn does (so far as I am aware). The ambiguity may be that the companion, if Abe is even intended to have one in the story, has not yet been developed yet. Depicting him/her as a mudokon may colour concepts later on.
Again, as this is a Lorne concept, I don't think it betrays anything about the story at all beyond the emotion, atmosphere etcetera of a particular point in the plot. Nothing more. Therefore, that Abe even has a companion here should not be awarded any more significance than that.
:
|
Excuse me, but what does look like the character with Abe?
|
I think you mean references to the "scuba toad"?
This is a scuba toad:
(the fat guy)
:
Metroixer, that chap is a Scuba Toad (as far as we can make out, that’s the official name of the species). They weren’t going to be bounties; they’re natives that worship and help Steef. They were meant to row his boat in Stranger’s Wrath, but
:
|
Scuba Toads had to be removed from the game because their arms were too short to be of any use: the realtime models couldn’t even row, that being their main purpose. They still exist in the Oddworld universe, and I expect we’ll see them properly one day.
|
|