The Infamous Mr. Sekto.

[Dipstikk]

Okay, so if you go to this page on EA's Stranger site, we are introduced to the main baddie of the game, Mr. Sekto. First off, I'd like to say that Mr. Sekto is an awesome name. The guy's a hunter, and apparently he has taxodermied heads on his wall of many diverse creatures. And Stranger's next on his list, hence the picture of his head on the wall.
Mr. Sekto images:

And you've seen this. Oldie but a goodie.
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Mr. Sekto's office in a view from the ceiling. You can see his "collection" of heads and possibly the gins he/people he's hired used to kill them.
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His head office? I dunno.
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The two guards seem to be updated versions the creatures in the original Glukkon species concepts.
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A concept sketch of Sekto in all his glory.
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This is apparently a cleaned-up and colored version of the above sketch.

I don't know what makes high-ranking, rich guys in ritzy suits such good villians, but apparently Oddworld Inhabidents has it figured out, and it seems to work just fine.

Website: http://www.eagames.com/official/oddw...ath/us/bad.jsp
Feast your eyes. FEAST YOUR EYES!

[KintoKid]

Looks like Molluck has some competition on the bad-ass front.

[Volsung]

You go to the page, you look at the pictures and you find yourself thinking: So this is what MO was missing. Beautiful sets with fully integrated stories, and solid, thought-through gameplay. I'd really like for a Munch2 game to be made that would incorporate the story elements they had to leave out. But that has almost nothing to do with Sekto.

The head office seems more like the control box for a massive device. There're the two red handles on either side, which makes it seem like possibly a giant robot. Perhaps indicative of the final battle. Or maybe thats just the best place to do his taxes. Sekto. He's pretty cool.

[Esus]

I could just imagine him wearing the old hunters gear and slowly hunting in a jungle.

Great villain, in my opinion.

One of those screens is definately a gameplay screen. or a real time cut-scene. Which kinda suggest that we will actually have to fight him as an end boss; as an end boss is definately in it (according to the review).
He'll probably use one of those guns on the wall, or just use his little minions then become an easy catch.
Which begs the question, do you think it's possible to either capture Mr. Sekto in your bounty can - or even capture him alive?

[Fuzzle Guy]

I think it's a Octigi 0.7

[Wil]

Mr Sekto is definitely an Oktigi, it says so on the updated official site. He looks like he's going to kick ass as a baddy. Go giant pompous corporate whores!

[Teal]

...I dunno about Sekto, I want concept art of these guys.



Yay for warrior princess newts. *nods*

[odd chick]

Looks like Molluck has some competition on the bad-ass front.

Agreed. Molluck was a great bad guy, but Mr. Sekto looks like he's outdone him so far!

[Wil]

Hmmm, possibly. Molluck's great evil charm came from his actions and personality. He was always calm, always cool, and always watching. How Mr Sekto plays out remains to be seen, but obviously I'm hoping he'll turn out to be a great character.

Apparently there is a heliport atop Sekto Springs Dam. So, we will perhaps see Oddworld's take on helicopters? Hopefully they're more akin to their take on wagons and blimps than tractors and APCs.

[Al the Glukkon]

Wow, this is the first time I've seen Mr.Sekto.

Awesome, this guy look like one of the best villians ever.

[Abeguy]

awesome, looks like a mutated glukkon with real arms and legs

sweet

[Oddude_]

That's good, I also think Mr. Sekto would be a great villian.

P.S: I think the guards are Gloktigi.

[Fuzzle Guy]

Well spotted Oddude. The Graphics are poor in the image of the guards though.

[Dipstikk]

awesome, looks like a mutated glukkon with real arms and legs

sweet

Actually, I read somewhere that the Octigi is just a small, octopus-like creature that uses another being's body as a host. Some sort of parasitic/symbiotic thing, maybe.
That would be interesting to see.

[Fuzzle Guy]

Yes! I've finally figured our what that image of a Steef with Fully grown horns. It wasn't the bad ending, it was Mr. Sektos Office:

[Biggy Bro Slig]

Well spotted Fuzzle Guy, But why would he have a Steef Head in there...

[Fuzzle Guy]

He's a hunter remember

[Xavier]

not sure he is a hunter...

we know Octigis are only heads-creatures, parasiting bodies
his body could be... a steef??? and the cutted head are on the wall, while the octigi put his own head on the headless Steef body

another reason why he wants steefs to be captured

[Fuzzle Guy]

...I dunno about Sekto, I want concept art of these guys.



Yay for warrior princess newts. *nods*

Pehaps this link may be helpful:
http://www.eagames.com/official/oddw...th/us/good.jsp

[Volsung]

That seems like an excellent theory, Xav. It would also be pretty cool. But the hands don't seem right to me. Mind you, with those big gloves it could be distorting how many fingers there were. But wouldn't a parasite need the host to be alive? However, if the gloctigi could control the body's functions (heart, lungs, etc) then just removing the head would be a great idea. I'm not sure if that would still be a parasite though. More like a body snatcher.

[Al the Glukkon]

Before the parasite thing in the book, I thought Octigi 0.2 were always 0.1 with the tentacles. Also, I don't know if this has been asked but what happened to the scuba toads?

[Wil]

They're not in the final version of the game.

[Xavier]

I assume the octigi could control the vital functions, it's oddworld

[WiLL the Wander]

And what's with the Glocktigi...? I saw two robots, where are the reals...?

[Xavier]

I think there are real ones, and robot ones... weird
but we don't know the whole story yet

[KintoKid]

They're not in the final version of the game.

Any official reason?

[That dissapoints me, because I thought they looked cool...]

[Wil]

None given. I was not at all happy with their design. Fat blobs with legs - even less creative than fat chickens in dungarees. One upshot of them not being in the game is that they're not concreted in the Oddworld universe as looking like that; if they appear in the future, they might have a revamped, interesting body construct. They did look to have an interesting culture and history, though, so I'll miss not being able to find out about them, for now.

[Nate]

I really liked they way they looked, but that's just me.

Apparently there is a heliport atop Sekto Springs Dam. So, we will perhaps see Oddworld's take on helicopters? Hopefully they're more akin to their take on wagons and blimps than tractors and APCs.

We already have. See the "Wood Chop" and "Vending Bomb" videos from the early MO visualisations. Plus there are any number of other aircraft about. Recent gameplay videos have shown blimps.

Those two guards do look like robots. Perhaps its logical that an Octigi would create a robot in his own image. Look at the billions of dollars that Honda is spending on creating a humanoid robot, despite that shape being remarkably inefficient for any robotic work.

[Jacob]

Only just seen the image of Mr. Sekto [thooper name] and yeh, he does look rather thooperlicious!

Where was it said that Octogis are just parasite head things? And how does that actually work out?

Those Octogis with Sekto look like natural creatures that are just wearing armour to me. More so with their face trills than anything.

I think Sekto just wants the Steef heads for a status symbol more than anything. The more he has, the better he feels about himself and the better he looks to business rivals/prospective investors.

[Nath]

Where was it said that Octogis are just parasite head things? And how does that actually work out?

It says it in the art book. It describes them as having to take over and control the body that they're latching on to.