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That has been discussed before, and we concluded that it was for gameplay purposes, and also Abe was more spiritual than other Mudokons right from the moment he was born, apparently.
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yeah i thought so, but that reasoning is obviously nonsense. you can design good stealth escape-from-rupturefarms gameplay which doesn't use possession if you really want to. you could put in more weapons like the grenades, or put in a decent distraction mechanic, or a push-slig-into-grinder mechanic, or any number of things.
the main two reasons to have possession right from the off, as far as I can see are a) gotta keep it just like the original, or b) lack of creativity in creating fun compelling escape gameplay without it
edit: not arguing that JAW
should do this - hope i've established that the community reaction has clearly decreed that conservatism is righteous - this is just wishful thinking from a very personal perspective