I'll admit I didn't read anything close to the entire conversation, let alone the entire thread, but I wanted to add my two cents to what you guys were talking about a week or so ago. Namely, it seemed people had an issue with Abe chanting, implying he didn't know how to chant, or at least know that chanting possessed things, until later in the game. Can I ask what the reason for thinking this is, exactly?
Given that all industrial facilities, including Rupture Farms, have security orbs that have STOP CHANTING as a major function, and that Sligs run around in terror the moment they hear chanting... I always kind of assumed the function of chanting was well known in Oddworld to everyone. Wouldn't it mess up the lore and make it really weird that chanting is so feared and outlawed if nobody knew what it did?
I just don't see any problems with how the game presented all these functions originally. Same with Abe's backstory, which I saw mentioned as an issue too. He was born into slavery, thought he lived a decent life, found out he was going to be killed, escaped and realized there was a lot more to the world than he thought and his people were being oppressed. What about this backstory needs changing?
I'm sorry, I'm hyped as hell for Abe HD and I am fine with changes being made, but I don't see why some people think things like chanting and backstory need "fixing" when they were perfectly fine for us all when the game first came out.
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