Yeah Abe the blue guy would have to come back in Munch Exoddus to save Sam, but not too active role like in Munch's Oddyee.
As back to the PS2 Munch Oddysee as I like to call it, wasn't the game going to be a full world simulation of Oddworld (I think we were to going to be able to expore about 1/3 of the Oddworld). There were to be life cycles for all of the Oddworld creatures (cue for the "Queens" of Oddworld to come in??),played in real time (night/day cycles) and weather ??
Another thing on the world thing, that means that unlike in the final version there would not be real levels, that the game would play out seamlessly thorough each area right(like Stranger, you travel to the area instead of "magicly" teleported there).
You can see how much stuff was going to be in it and 3 years is no where near enough for a small size games develpers to make like Oddwrodl to make it.I'll give them at least 5 years.
I remember that I really wanted to meet the Khanzumerz ( is this really a spieces or just really means "consumers" but spelt
Odd, like the word "Oddysee")??
Final thing
when I first heard that Munch can "control" any machineary,I thought it was in a simiar way to Abe "control" living things...
Thought that Munch may be able "control" a Sligs pants and make him run into mines or somthing,being a Greeter could be fun too...