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Umpteenth? You've been reading to much Pratchett.
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I've never read a Terry Pratchet novel - I have considered it, but I just am not in a reading phase of life. 'Umpteen' is a very common word, if a bit outdated now, at least over here.
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I personally don't think they are designed to be related, perhaps apart from the salamander creatures, because I know Oddworld wanted to go in a very different direction with differently evolved species.
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The game is said to run concurrent with the evolution of the Quintology, and I think it's pretty certain it takes place nowadays. However, it seems very obvious to me that the Hunter is designed to be remeniscent of a Glukkon and that the salamanders and Clakkerz share Mudokon-esque features. I think OWI are trying to hint at a bit of taxanomy, here. Incidently, I believe it was Lith who pointed out the Hunter's resemblence to the Glukkons way back when the X-Factor video came about. I forget who compared the salamanders and Clakkerz to Mudokons.
Claiming that Oddworld 4 takes place in the past is tricky: Glukkons deformed their bodies millennia ago in their age of alchemy, hence this game would take place before that. However, at that time and preceding it, they were very religious, dabbling in the occult and black magic, which would not fit their Hunter's appearance. The salamanders appear to have different paws to the Mudokons, and hence could not be associated with Abe's Moon. The Clakkerz clearly cannot, as they have wings (Odd knows how OWI plan to explain their ability to put on clothes - good luck with that), and being more bird like could represent an earlier form of the Mudokon-family/group, one that is just as evolved, but has not taken as much of a divergent evolution, as it were. Thinking along those lines, the salamanders would have followed an even more divergent evolution than the Mudokons, since their lack the beak-like mouth and feathers. It would be interesting to know whether their bones are hollow or not, the design of their skull, and where their nostrils are located, if they have them.
Ah, not a bad amount of deep thought considering I'm sitting in Off-Games.