SoulStorm ARG - Spirit of 1029 - Photo 1

[sk8erbender]

Can't erase the pain inside without a storm within...

[tmakz]

Heya how Awesome is this ARG game i just had to join because i like stuff like this kind of Reminds of Infamous Paper Trail if you know this

[Nicky Ali]

Like from here is just an endurance run of waiting and owi is our personal trainer

Dont giVe up now, BE THE STORM! One-two-one-two!

lol, it's like in movies where the characters say the name of the actual film

"Wow! All this time we truly were the SoulStorm™"

[horiZon]

The Oddworld lore has been variable at times, but certainly in some versions Abe is the only one with stitches. In that case it's not surprising that this guy has free lips.

Wasn't Sam the one, who did this to Abe? Cause he cried to much as "Baby", and don't get killed?! As i remember correctly it is ..

Woah! What if, .. Sam would be also included in Soulstorm?!
1029 want to free every Mudokon. Could this be a hint?

[tmakz]

Sam.. . Who is Sam?

[Dead Meat]

Sam.. . Who is Sam?

The Mudokon queen, who produces the labor eggs against her will.

[horiZon]

Sam.. . Who is Sam?

Sam is the only known living female Mudokon.

U can take a look into the Wiki for more information.
http://oddworld.wikia.com/wiki/Sam

[kinguez]

Sam is the only known living female Mudokon.

U can take a look into the Wiki for more information.
http://oddworld.wikia.com/wiki/Sam

I assume this is gonna get retconned. But I'm quite sad that I know almos nothing of this.

Is it part of the Munch's Oddysee story? I was very bad at english when I played that one.

[OrangeLightning]

Sam.. . Who is Sam?

Sam is basically like the hive queen/mom of the current batch of Mudokons. Shes being held in captivity right now so all her children are basically born into slavery. We were supposed to end up seeing her in Munch's Oddysee but her subplot didn't end up making the cut (though we do get to save her 'Labor eggs' from Vykker's Lab).

It would be pretty neat if they did end up mentioning her a bit in this one! Maybe as a set up for a later game

[horiZon]

Is it part of the Munch's Oddysee story? I was very bad at english when I played that one.

It.. was a part. It got canceled. Cause of the release Date as exclusive Game from the X Bone.
But i'm full of hope she's alive & will be seen somewhere.

[kjjcarpenter]

It.. was a part. It got canceled. Cause of the release Date as exclusive Game from the X Bone.
But i'm full of hope she's alive & will be seen somewhere.

All in good time. A huge part of Munch's Oddysee was originally meant to be about the queens—both Lady Margaret and Sam. Sadly, both were whittled down to the bare minimum inclusion.

I have no doubts that the eventual sequel to Soulstorm will include a lot of the dropped plot lines from Munch's Oddysee. After all, we need to meet Lady Margaret before her grandmother makes an appearance and starts raining down hellfire across Mudos in an effort to quench the Mudokon uprising. Considering Soulstorm seems to be offering a greater focus on the resistance against the Magog Carel, I'm confident we're going to get everything we were ever promised, plus much more.

I really can't do the untold stories justice, so I encourage all new members to read Nate's interview with Lorne Lanning. You won't regret it.

[Connell]

I remember the absolute hype when I got all 300 Mudokons for the first time on Exoddus as a kid, I was aware of Munch's Oddysee but I didn't have an Xbox, and at the end of Exoddus it tells you about how you're going to meet Munch and Sam etc, and I thought it was gonna let us see them for the first time, but it didn't. So they kinda get a mention in Exoddus haha.

E: This is like the only picture of it I can find online, for those who've never seen it. The text at the bottom is the important bit:



And don't even worry about your long lost Mudokon mother, yet... You'll know all about it when you meet Munch

Man, the hype was real. Shame it was cut.

[kjjcarpenter]

I remember the absolute hype when I got all 300 Mudokons for the first time on Exoddus as a kid, I was aware of Munch's Oddysee but I didn't have an Xbox, and at the end of Exoddus it tells you about how you're going to meet Munch and Sam etc, and I thought it was gonna let us see them for the first time, but it didn't. So they kinda get a mention in Exoddus haha.

I know, right? And they even teased us further with that sealed-off Vykkers Labs platform at Feeco.

[Manco]

There’s a whole lot of extra information/backstory about Oddworld that’s never made it into the games. Some of it has been talked about in interviews, Dear Alf columns, the old oddworld.com site, and the Art of Oddworld book – I highly encourage anyone who wants to learn more about Oddworld to read up on the Oddworld Encyclopaedia and the Oddworld Wiki.

[tmakz]

Wow so sam stiched Abe's Lips i always wondered how he got that now i know

[Nicky Ali]

With New 'n' Tasty I was hoping they would go more in depth about this sort of stuff. The way they're handling Soulstorm this time around really feels like we'll finally get the chance to see some of this stuff executed in a game. They're telling the story they never got a chance to properly tell and that's pretty great.

[Phoetux]

If we ever going to see Sam in Soulstorm that would be awesome.

[Connell]

I know, right? And they even teased us further with that sealed-off Vykkers Labs platform at Feeco.

Yeah that was pretty kick-ass. That along with the door to Rupture Farms really made Feeco Depot. a cool area. This is all making me want to start another playthrough of Exoddus...

[SgabbitGabbiar]

I know, right? And they even teased us further with that sealed-off Vykkers Labs platform at Feeco.

And here:



Vykkers Lab. Molding the future out of you.

[Kalhiki]

With all this talk about dropped content and lore, I really want to know the future of the Oddworld franchise.
Like, Soulstorm is extrapolating on Exoddus's story. But what then? Munch's Oddyssey takes place after that on the timeline, and considering the HD remake, I doubt we'll see a story overhaul for that game like we're getting with Soulstorm. Perhaps the next game will take place after Munch's Oddyssey and delve into the Queens?

[Phoetux]

With all this talk about dropped content and lore, I really want to know the future of the Oddworld franchise.
Like, Soulstorm is extrapolating on Exoddus's story. But what then? Munch's Oddyssey takes place after that on the timeline, and considering the HD remake, I doubt we'll see a story overhaul for that game like we're getting with Soulstorm. Perhaps the next game will take place after Munch's Oddyssey and delve into the Queens?

I guess it will depend all from Soulstorm' story and from how it will end. Perhaps Munch's Exoddus is going to be a thing if the next game takes place after MO, but I doubt it.

[Manco]

With all this talk about dropped content and lore, I really want to know the future of the Oddworld franchise.
Like, Soulstorm is extrapolating on Exoddus's story. But what then? Munch's Oddyssey takes place after that on the timeline, and considering the HD remake, I doubt we'll see a story overhaul for that game like we're getting with Soulstorm. Perhaps the next game will take place after Munch's Oddyssey and delve into the Queens?

We’re all dying to know, after all the last game in the timeline was Stranger’s Wrath, which came out in 2005 – 12 years ago!

I think the problem now is that New n Tasty may have started a new continuity, so I’m not sure if Munch’s Oddysee and Stranger’s Wrath remain canon…

[Nicky Ali]

With all this talk about dropped content and lore, I really want to know the future of the Oddworld franchise.
Like, Soulstorm is extrapolating on Exoddus's story. But what then? Munch's Oddyssey takes place after that on the timeline, and considering the HD remake, I doubt we'll see a story overhaul for that game like we're getting with Soulstorm. Perhaps the next game will take place after Munch's Oddyssey and delve into the Queens?

After playing the swimming segments of Inside, a huge part of me really wants to see a 2D re-imagining of Munch's Oddysee in the same vain of Soulstorm. I imagine OWI must be sick of remakes & remasters at this point but Munch is the one game that needs it the most to be honest.

Were there ever any plans to make Munch's Exoddus? I swear I heard that somewhere.

[Phoetux]

Were there ever any plans to make Munch's Exoddus? I swear I heard that somewhere.

http://oddworld.wikia.com/wiki/Munch's_Exoddus

[Gunnr]

Keep going, guys

Are they waiting for us to notice something specific? What haven't we noticed, then?

[Xavier]

Gunnr is right, looks like there are still things hidden out there.

For instance I don't think we've ever figured out what those arrows stood for.

[Connell]

Keep going, guys

Are they waiting for us to notice something specific? What haven't we noticed, then?

I think they're patiently stalling until tomorrow so the ARG isn't over really quickly, although I'm sure there are a few details we've missed so far.

[TopHattedTime]

I wouldn't mind a gentle nudge in the right direction right now - we're not sure what we're supposed to be looking at/for right now

[Michael]

With all this talk about dropped content and lore, I really want to know the future of the Oddworld franchise.
Like, Soulstorm is extrapolating on Exoddus's story. But what then? Munch's Oddyssey takes place after that on the timeline, and considering the HD remake, I doubt we'll see a story overhaul for that game like we're getting with Soulstorm. Perhaps the next game will take place after Munch's Oddyssey and delve into the Queens?

I does seem like this is all a new continuity now. The marketing for Soulstorm has made a point of emphasising this is a new game, based on Exoddus but not Exoddus.

Going forward, assuming the overarching quintology structure remains intact, you can assume some version of a Munch story will come next, but it is unlikely to be the MO that we know. If we can extrapolate from OWI's approach to Soulstorm, of expanding on a story and adding new content etc, it seems entirely possible Munch would go back to the original plans and we'd get a game more akin to what Lorne referred to in Nate's interview. Especially if, as all indicators suggest, this new continuity will be more mature and darker to some extent going forward.

As for Stranger, seeings as it was a standalone tale unconnected to Abe, there's no reason why it couldn't remain cannon as nothing really overwrites it (yet).

I don't think Munch HD would affect there being a new take at some point in the future. Munch and Stranger HD were more about bringing those games to new platforms to generate revenue for New n Tasty, as opposed to cementing that timeline as the one true cannon.

[Gunnr]

We can just keep sending them any knew details we noticed that haven't been posted yet.

That and the play the good ol' waiting game...my favorite part of this whole arg