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II think this is because Lorne did a complete 180 on his statement that he made during the Oddworld Quintology era --- that the stories he wanted to tell with these games were about the "little guys" who seemingly didn't matter but rose above themselves, to use a sickening cliche, and changed circumstances that they would have never even dreamed themselves capable to affect. Basically, they were stories about how much an ordinary person (or, in the case of Munch, a sub-ordinary or disadvantaged person) could do with determination. Stranger just doesn't seem like that at all --- physically powerful and with an exciting lifestyle, and so on, and so forth...it just doesn't seem like an Oddworld sort of story.
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At first I thought this too. Then I thought of the bigger picture. Stranger is a little guy, literally; no but metaphorically; yes. He may be pretty burly but Sekto and the wolvarks are all his enemies, he is out numbered. Unlike Abe who can take refuge with other mudokuns Stranger is on his own, he has no allies. It's a one man's war.