could it be possible that i am the only who noticed this?

[Xavier]

It's because it has been covered on the official site and in the Oddworld Encyclopaedia's FAQ

http://oddworldlibrary.net/toe/FAQ#W...be%27s_Exoddus

http://www.oddworld.com/alf/ow_ask.shtml

[Wings of Fire]

what I find strange is that noone has noticed that in AO all the muds (and the moon) have FOUR fingers, while in AE they all have THREE! i wonder, did they do it so that it could sell in asian markets?

I think you'll find that has been noticed over 9000 times and included into the FAQ on Oddworld Encyclopedia.

EDIT: Woops, beaten by Xavier D=.
EDIT2: Well at least I HAD a timeline excuse, unlike the below poster

[Wil]

‘No one’ is almost the inverse of the quantifier of people who have noticed that.

http://oddworldlibrary.net/toe/FAQ#W...'s_Exoddus

p.s. Stupid new pages.
p.p.s. Screw you. The minuscule page numbers do not stand out enough!

[Xx_Abe_xX]

I did notice this, and it kind of wierded me out, like, I questioned it, but I gave up on it after a while...

[totor]

I have always been wondering what are the glowing lights!! But if you look closely is one of a screenshot in the stockyard you may see our moon.

[Fuzzle Guy]

...

Earths moon? A moon that is nowhere near Oddworld? Strange.

[Wings of Fire]

...

Earths moon? A moon that is nowhere near Oddworld? Strange.

Actually Earth could be mere inches away from Oddworld, just mere inches on a ninth dimensional gradient.

And the laws of physics in the Oddworld Universe may allow them to see through 3+D gradients.

Multidimensional physics is so much fun.

[Lacy Hemsmire]

What's weird to me is that I actually have vague memories of the four-fingered hand on the moon. However, in my AO game he has only three. It's possible I could've gotten the game after that whole thing with the three/four finger issue. But man, I get some serious deja vu with that. Haha.

I see the glowing lights too, sometimes. I see something that flashes and when I look up it's gone again and I get all distressed because I think it's something important.

[mudling]

Yep exactly, the whole japanese story which is so long that instead of retelling, someone will hopefully provide a link for it to you.
I will if I find one.
And yes, I think the red glowing lights are just stars and planets, like mars of our universe, in contrast to the universe of oddworld, I don't think the Vykers labs even existed in Lorne's imagination at that time.

*Edit* Happy now?

[Wil]

And yes, I think the red glowing lights are just stars, like our mars.

In what way is Mars a star and in what way is it ours?

[mudling]

Smartarse, you know what I meant.
Besides, your advanced teaching methods still haven't come to australia yet.

[Fuzzle Guy]

Smartarse, you know what I meant.
Besides, your advanced teaching methods still haven't come to australia yet.

Can you count to ten yet?

[lbyrd2]

Smartarse, you know what I meant.
Besides, your advanced teaching methods still haven't come to australia yet.

(no offence) I live in australia and I know these "advanced teaching methods"

[Admiral Zaarin]

That flickering light. I think it's а visible optical pulsar star. Normally the flickering of such an object would be so rapid that it'd be hardly ever noticible, but may be this one is something different... Also visible pulsars are very rare, comparing, for example, to radio or x-ray range ones.

Ps: The starry sky in Stockyards level allways fascinated me.. it's so bizzare

[lbyrd2]

It may be a zoomed in version of a night sky away from all the citys with some stars changing brightness in a loop. (maybe)

[Hulaabeo]

That flickering light. I think it's а visible optical pulsar star. Normally the flickering of such an object would be so rapid that it'd be hardly ever noticible, but may be this one is something different... Also visible pulsars are very rare, comparing, for example, to radio or x-ray range ones.

I agree with the Pulsar Star

[Bullet Magnet]

Actually, the flickering, which is evident in real stars as seen from Earth, is a result of the distortion effects of our atmosphere, which is a personal bane of astronomers.

The slow, regular pulsation of some of Oddworld's stars is merely a stylised representation of that effect, as far as the memory cache of each screen can manage.

Pulsars are far too dim, and any so close to be that bright would have obliterated Oddworld as a habitable world during its formation, lest it formed before the Oddworld did. A very visible supernova remnant should fill the sky, too. It would be quite a sight, especially considering that it is illuminated by a pulsar, so it would be as if there were two flashlights spinning around in the cloud, illuminating different parts of it.

Oh, and the sight itself would also be lethal.