I don't feel as though the entire Quintology is "dead" so much as it is "hibernating." Oddworld Inhabitants had been away from video games production for what would equate to a lifetime in the industry, only putting out one new game right at the end of the PS3/Xbox360's life cycle; that being New N' Tasty. That remake was a way of OWI to generate the revenue they needed in order to find their feet once more. We've somewhat seen the success of this with the announcement of Soulstorm and the higher production quality that they're aiming for over NnT.
In terms of which story counts towards the Quintoloy AO or NnT, I don't feel as though it matters considering nothing of great importance changed. Sure Rupturefarms looked a bit different and Abe saved 3 times as many Mudokons, but we're also talking about a series where it's possible to kill all of the Mudokons, recieve an ending; and then have the number of Mudokons you saved be retconned in the sequel. Soulstorm may end up shaking this however given it's getting a near total rewrite, but only time will tell.
Overall I'm optimistic for the Quintology. Regardless of if we have to sit through a couple years of remakes to fund it, I feel as though what we will end up recieving would more closely replicate Lorne's vision and far surpass the quality of what was possible ten years ago.
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