Oddworld Questions & Answers VI

[Wil]

Resurrection totem.

[Bullet Magnet]

It never occurred to me that they might be the same ones. Actually the first time I played I didn't notice the bird portal and had to leave them there. If I had received the bad ending the first time around that might have meant more to me.

[abe is now!]

Picture request: Clakker. Can anyone post a Clakker image? I have never seen it and I can't find it. Thank you.

[Xavier]

[abe is now!]

Ok, thank you. But what's that strange kind of crocodile?

[Wil]

The crocodile creature is an Outlaw.

[abe is now!]

Ok, and a another question about SW's characters: can anyone post a Wolvark image? Thank you !!!

[Wil]

Concept art:


Screenshot:


p.s. Thinking about it, you might have been referring to Wolvarks when you asked what the crocodile creature is. I was thinking of Outlaws like this one. When we first saw them (which was before we first saw Wolvarks), and before we knew they were called Outlaws, we called them ‘croc hunters’. Not because they hunt crocs, but because they are hunters who look like crocs.

Confusing, I know.

[abe is now!]

Thank you. And a ready question for you: in MO, when Abe reach Big Well, Munch is in a room in Vykkers Labs. There there are some SoulStorm Brew's bottles and barrels? Why?

[Bullet Magnet]

Because employees and/or test subjects of Vykkerz Labs were drinking/force-fed SoulStorm Brew, and they were disposing of the waste in the usual and acceptable fashion of dropping it over the Spooceshrub Forest.

Max, how does that outlaw look like a crocodile?

[Wil]

Mostly for historical reasons, I admit. Even more shamefully, looking back, I can only find a couple of references to it.
http://www.oddworldforums.net/showth...ile#post136041
http://www.oddworldforums.net/showth...roc#post144118

[abe is now!]

Because employees and/or test subjects of Vykkerz Labs were drinking/force-fed SoulStorm Brew, and they were disposing of the waste in the usual and acceptable fashion of dropping it over the Spooceshrub Forest.

But is that Brew the latest that was in FeeCo Depot or was that still produced (during MO)?

[Wil]

It could be leftover stock from Abe’s Exoddus, bottles that Vykkers Labs have stockpiled anyway, or bottles from other SoulStorm Breweries. After all, BlitzPacker Brew (essentially SoulStorm Brew in a harder, more damaging can) is readily available, so there must be other breweries out there.

[abe is now!]

If so, there are a lot of Mudokons who weren't be saved by Abe? Will he save them in the future?

[Wil]

Yes.

[abe is now!]

Question: Oddworld is big, but not all continents are known. Are there Mudokons in other continents? And Glukkons? And Sligs? And if not, how many creatures live on Oddworld?

[Slaveless]

There is simply not a number for that kind of thing.

[Bullet Magnet]

Yeah, that information is so totally available to us.

[Xavier]

BM is right, how do you think we are supposed to know that?

[abe is now!]

Ok, thank you. I sometimes ask things that nobody knows. Excuse me for this.
I have a new question: when did Greeters become insane and begin killing customers? So, were they created just to sell Magog Cartel's products?

[Wil]

Greeters were designed to be both vending machines and security guards. Deployed in factories, they have scanners that can tell the difference between official employees and trespassers. They distribute SoulStorm Brew to emloyees and electrocute the intruders. The trouble is they never worked properly, and they just electrocuted every Mudokon that moved.

[abe is now!]

And why do they use Sligs's words?

[mudling]

Abe is now! probebly becuase they passed sligs so frequently that they learnt and used their speech, or the gluckons programed them to do so, as a kind of a replacement for greeter sligs, they got robots that did the same thing, and sounded the same.
I'm just guessing, I haven't played AE.

[abe is now!]

Question: in the artbook I saw some sketches of Fleeches that have two mouths in two parts of their body. So, were Fleeches originally designed to have two mouths?

[Xavier]

They still do have 2 mouths in the final version of the game

[abe is now!]

What? Why doesn't the second muth eat Abe, and the Fleech must turn around and eat Abe? Is that mouth sleeping or meek?

[Slaveless]

It simply isn't used at the time since it is not close to their prey.

EDIT: It is also possible that Fleeches don't have two tounges, and simply one. Besides, if one mouth gets the animal first, it might be awkward when it comes down to digestion if one tounge is still out of the mouth. Plus, they need to be able to have both sides of their body be able to move at any moment's notice, since some creatures like Mudokons (or Mudombies) would most likely get out of reach pretty soon. Anyway, probably hard to program anyway.

And mudling, Glukkons have never been mentioned to be the major species.

[mudling]

Oh ok, thanks, but that brings up a few more questions
So what speacies have been mentioned to be major speacies? What does major speacies actually mean in terms of OW?
And just becuase they're not mentioned, just mean they're not part of it
Where was the term "major speacies" ever mentioned in terms of OW anyway?

[Slaveless]

Major species has never been mentioned, but on the back of the AE manuel, there was a mention about the most important creatures on Oddworld.

[Wil]

Don’t take that too literally. Khanzumerz are important because without there would be no consumer culture. No consumer culture, and all those consumer goods the Glukkons, Vykkers, Oktigi, and other industrial families produce suddenly aren’t worth a whole load. In terms of Mudos, Glukkons are big players, but they’re not the richest organization. That’s the Oktigi. In terms of Oddworld, Mudos is just a small country that happens to be typical of the problems found on the planet. Different societies on different parts of Oddworld would seem as alien to each other as, let’s say, a trustworthy president would be to us.