Conzuma-san and sodd-san made good points.
I think their is a threefold combination of reason's for
Munch's Oddysee coming out how it did:
-It being a launch title for a brand new next-gen console so close to the gift-giving season of course many kids in America will be getting them as presents (including this big kid right here) and maybe a latent reason for it's comparative easiness to past games is because the fear of turning off players who might have difficulty with slightly harder games.
-The rush to be a launch title is an obvious yet good reason.
-The console switch and all the problems that entails added to it as well.
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As far as "potty-humor", I would like to know what specifically everybody is talking about. Personally I enjoyed the scenerios of
Abe's Exodduss and thought they had the same devious-cleverness of
Abe's Oddysee. In fact overall I enjoyed
AE a bit more because of the gameplay improvements AND the story elements. I've only played through the game once successfully (it's hard for me) but i've watched the movie's dozens of times. The FMV's are my FAVORITE part of Oddworld and the game is the bonus.
Hopefully when/if a movie is released it will be true to it's roots (unlike the other big franchise CG movie Sci-fi story semi-crap...and I love that series too!)
Well I think i've gone off topic and have been longwinded enough in this topic for one night (week
).
Peace