I’ve had an opinion on this for years, and wondered what everyone else thought. Do you prefer three or four fingers (counting thumbs) on Mudokons’ paws?
I've always thought the four-fingered paw just fitted the character more than the three-fingered paw. It was just that little pinky finger that made Abe seem that much more 'Odd'. I used to just like it because it came first, before the three-fingered paw, but now that I think about it, four fingers really was just better.
The three-finger one does seem more modern and synonymous with mudokons now, but if we were able to go back the four-fingered design (and undo two games worth of severance) then I would.
Whenever they point with a three fingered hand, I can't help but see it like their using their equivalent of their middle finger. I mean, imagine a mudokon giving you the one fingered salute. Does it look like his index or middle finger? I rest my case.
Though three fingers makes more sense if they evolved from birds with the wing anatomy and so on, 4 fingers was still better. They have a sort of pinky now, they might as well be wearing big oven mitts. It must be pretty hard to grip and pick up stuff properly with one finger. If all my fingers were merged into one, I'd probably go loony, if I didn't kill myself first.
Though I see Havoc's point, they still have the pinky, and just lost noe major finger, so they still have a useless one.
I originally, and for a long while, prefered four; but have grown akin to three. However, I still think that the Mudoken paw on the Mud moon looked much better with four fingers.
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I prefer the 3 fingered Mudokon. First of all, he can flip the bird, second of all, I must agree with people here that little finger you can call a pinky was so pointless. It scared me in a way.
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i think the four fingers look better than the three as 1:i just prefer the look of the four,and 2:like oddsville said,the moons paw inprint looks much better with 4.
@ Zerox: No, every fingers has a function. There is no pinky anymore.
I could've sworn it did...*checks*
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It.s not really a pinky, I suppose, but it's still rather on the small side (though if it were bigger, it would look weird anyway). It's still rather stupid looking, though, like in the Tomahawker picture, he's holding that club with one finger, or at least we can't see the other finger doing any good. It just looks...well, stupid.
Well although I do like the three fingered paw and have no problem with it what so ever I'd just say I liked the four fingers betters, the three fingers are still good it's just that the four fingers beat it in my book. And we can thank Japan for this thread. ;-) to those that either have the book or do alot of research. By the way not trying to be in any way racist, I'm just saying.
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I could proabably write some five page diatribe on how the 'pinky' was just useless and was only beneficial for small mudokons, whose hands weren't large enough to accept the burden, so they pinky falls offf eventually, and what we see it as in AO is the last stage of it shriveling up.
Ah, the response has been great. Thanks, everyone. I’m actually surprised. I find the three‐fingered Mudokon paw to be much more strange and pathetic. It makes Muds more alien, but at the same time, more something to feel sympathy for.
I have the urge to point out that the guilty faction here isn’t simply Japan, but an unnamed Japanese organization that profits by exploiting a largely forgotten stigma.
I think they changed the Mudokon Pop graphic because they thought an actual severed head on a pike may have been a tad gory for players, so they switched to a much more 'popsicle' styled picture. ...Unless I'm completely mistaken and have no idea what we're talking about.
And I actually vote 3 fingers. The little sticky-outy digit just seemed too anatomically incorrect to me. And the pinky on the 3-fingered hand now seems to turn inwards like an opposable thumb, like the Elites from Halo. But I don't think it actually is opposable, just turned inwards.
And I find it hilarious that a Mudokon looks like he's flipping the bird when he points. Sure, it's strange, but isn't that what Oddworld is about?
I like the 4 fingers muds.
The 3 fingers ones looks too much unrealistic. (Although oddworld is odd, it's still realistic)
What next? 2 fingers? 1? no fingers at all?! :O
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