Much like the original game, it's about finding a balance between the two.
You can't tell a story about an enslaved race of people being turned into meat popsicles without it being pretty dark, tonally speaking. But, conversely, it simply wouldn't be Oddworld if it wasn't offset against some goofiness here and there.
(For the record, the original AO certainly had its moments of pure cartoony slapstick. Abe doinking his head on the pipe as he leaves Rupture Farms is a particularly memorable example to me.)
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