[Fudashi]

Alright, I will plainly admit that I have not played MO, so I can't comment on it. I could easily formulate an opinion about the game from what I have read here, but heresay is a poor substitute for first hand experience.

My problem with MO, not having played the game, is precisely that it is exclusively on the X-Box. But this is not because I am disgruntled that I have to buy an X-Box in order to play the game. My reasons are different entirely. Let me explain...

The first two games were a commentary on the world and the way it is run. Sure, gross exagerations were used in order to get the point across and the familiar planet earth we recognize was warped almost out of recognition, but the message was there nonetheless. AO and AE made clear anti-capitalist statements. A modern analogue to the games would be a Native American with a terrible factory job blowing up manufactering plants and breweries while getting in touch with his shamanistic roots.

And then, Oddworld Inhabitants signs a contract with Microsoft, the modern evil empire of big business, a company devoted to wiping out the competition by any means necessary and making as much money as possible. If the first two games had different themes (ie. you are a slig who has to stop mutinous mudokons who are kidnapping, torturing, and killing your glukkon bosses), I wouldn't have given the development a second thought. But Microsoft is a company that embraces one of the very values that AE and especially AO so bitterly condemned.

Therefore, no matter how faithful MO is to the message Oddworld sent with its first two games, it is ultimately a sham. If Greenpeace started accepting donations from irresponsible logging companies, they would not be taken seriously anymore. Similiary, the Oddworld games have lost their poignancy, their depth. While they once made bold statements with far-reaching implications, now they are just diversions for those with some spare time on their hands.

And that, Alcar, is why I am disgruntled with MO.

P.S. This may be old news, but I have not been in touch with developments in the world of Odd, and thus for me it is a new issue. If someone has already said the same thing I apologize.