My issue with the Clakkerz is mostly their design. The idea of redneck characters isn't inherently bad--after all, it's nice to see the culture that consumes all the Glukkon/Vykker made products, and using an archetype of ignorant, racist, frozen dinner, easy cash frontier folk makes sense. But it's frustrating that the analog is so direct: they're human sized chickens. they walk and talk like deep south rednecks. We get it. Why couldn't they have pushed the idea further and given us a new view of the same thing? Mudokons evolved from birds, but they're decidedly not just large birds or funky humans.
I like to think that this kind of half-baked (read: thinly veiled real world reference) that we saw in SW was a result of Lorne having to spread his attention thin with business and economic matters. Putting someone else in control of the day-to-day business while retaining creative control of the IP will hopefully allow Oddworld to develop into a more fully-realized and increasingly distinct world in future games/movies. A new president suggests that there's plenty of behind the scenes activities, so I'm cautiously optimistic for new titles in the foreseeable future. Like 2 or 3 years.
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