 The change in setting and style also allowed for a different kind of storytelling, as it begins with a steady pace of Stranger bounty hunting to save "moolah" to pay for lifesaving surgery before evolving "into a touching tale of redemption that complements Abe's own adventures" in a shift that increases the game's drama and pace in the final hours.During development, there were tests to add multiplayer to the game, which would have been another first for the franchise, but that never eventuated.But some of the traditional Oddworld elements that originally made the brand unique returned.