Ah! That's interesting, I hadn't seen that. :) That's good to know, at least they're keeping some of the names then and not completely changing all of the characters. Thanks for letting me know. :)
I live in a railroad town. Have most of my life. In fact I literally live right down the street from an industrial train stop. I can say without a hint of doubt that song took inspiration from the sound of trains being loaded and unloaded
@@pupbenny Also, i feel the boss system will be very very different on controlling glukkons, plus, i feel there should be different variations of glukkon models on not having the same one. Like that green glukkon in the original. My guess on the boss system isn't going to just be mind controlling them easily, I feel the glukkons are going to point where Abe is and they head to the next room. Until the final room to get controlled easily. Plus, i really think it should be cool to see some Sligs following the glukkons like Abe except they would be slightly marching lol, get my meaning? like discipline, and who was the general again? I keep forgetting his name.
@@WindiChilliwack General Dripik. :) Don't worry, even Dripik forgets his name.... ;) Yeah, you've got some really interesting theories about Soulstorm, you may be right! :)
My dad used to play Oddworld games on playstation back in my childhood. I sat next to him as he struggled through the puzzles. A lot of music and imagery of the games keeped me interested and I'm still hooked to anything related to these games. The theme from Feeco Depot was one of the songs that seemed stuck in my head and was coming back to haunt me in my dreams and memories. It's quite catchy and you can suprisingly kinda sing the theme. Other tracks could not be sang/replicated via voice as easily
It's funny, one of my best memories of playing Oddworld as a kid were being in FeeCo Depot and hearing that music and all that. It's really quite a particularly important place in Oddworld I think, at least to me! I hope Comet Depot, in Oddworld: Soulstorm, does it justice!
Some of the music is inspired by first and second wave industrial bands from 1969-1985 Bands like: Einstürzende Neubauten Der Eisenrost Test Dept SPK Foetus A lot of these artists went on to do soundtracks for TV, movies, and video games. For example Graeme Revell from SPK, and JG Thirlwell from Foetus 5:09 specifically sounds a lot like early SPK and Einstürzende Neubauten
When I was young the name "Aslik" went right over my head. Then I replayed the whole series and was like "Waitaminute...Aslik...Asslick...ahhh cause he's an ass kisser." this game series is a treasure.
About Mussolini's face expressions: I believe he did it to emphasize his words and to make himself look more imposing- which kinda backfired, since my older Italian relatives still find it ridiculous 😂 Overall, great video as always! :)
Glukons have large arms which they use like legs, whilst their actual legs are shrivelled and tiny, hanging from their bodies. I assume they'd have someone else take their suits off, then lower themselves above the toilet.
Aslik is the only Glukkons besides the Brewmaster ( It’s not fair, we had twice zee flavour ) that’s not voiced by Lorne Lanning, well in the cutscenes anyway. When you control a glukkon they have Lorne’s Voice doing the commands.
FeeCo Depot is and will always be my favourite location 💛 There’s something absolutely captivating and atmospheric with the combination of old-style industrial look with all the girder structures, old square windows and Art-deco interiors. Update: FeeCo Depot is now in SoulStorm! Not sure if it replaces Comet Depot or if they’re separate locations.
Every time you post a video like this I just get even more hyped for Soulstorm. The sound design in these games is a masterpiece. I haven't experienced games with such perfectly created and so well fitting atmosphere ever since.
Yeah, I think a big part of what creates so much of the atmosphere of Oddworld is the sound, it's so well made and unique. :) Plus, the visuals are so well designed, that's why I really like these games, they're just so well put together.
What I found really interesting about Feeco Depot that in a way it's almost like an Oddworld museum if all the doors we saw in Feeco were fully accessable that is since it contains a door that takes you to Rupturfarms and one that takes you to Vykkers Labs which I would be interested to know how Vykkers Labs wouls work 😆
I'm glad you mentioned the funky depot music because that's something I think has been lost form the new soulstorm game. The music for a lot of the levels is very similar if not the same.
Honestly I love the design of these trains, its a shame there isn't more fictional content for train simulator because the railways of oddworld would be top of my list.
4:36 I always figured that the reason you find Aslik in the toilets is because it's meant to show he's an enormous coward deep down. Not only is he hiding behind the other two executives in that you have to go to Slig Barracks and Bonewerkz to disable the electricity to get to him, and that he has the highest personal security level in the army of sligs you have to get through to get to him, when you DO find him he's not in his office like the other two, but cowering in the toilet, hoping Abe won't find him.
Little note from an Italian. To joke on Mussolini, my father often uses the derogatory name "Mascellone" (big jaw), referring to how he used to protrude his chin to appear more authoritative and powerful (at least I think that was the intention, he really appeared ridiculous and showed only his conceit, but at the time evidently his bloated gasbag mannerism worked). Also, my father use to reply to the "Quando c'era lui, i treni arrivavano in orario" (When there was him, the trains ran on schedule) motto, now a joke citation, with "Sì, quando c'era lui sopra, forse" ("Yeah, when there was him on [a train, that one only ran on schedule], maybe).
I think the reason Abe casually walks onto the train instead of hanging from it implies how sparse or perhaps minimal the staff is in Feeco depot. No one seems to be manning or at least checking the inside of the train, because they're mainly used for transport of goods anyway. In exoddus there's a clip where the Sligs kind of oversee the railway, so he'd get caught if he did what he'd do in Soulstorm
Small note about why a lot of that fine craftsmanship that was lost is likely due to the deathtoll of the world wars. Many artisans never came home, and the demand was high enough that companies began to pull back on it for more uniform and easier for lower skilled employees to make.
Feeco as in Fecal Depot? Interesting, I always thought it implied that the company is entirely successful because they charge their clients through the ass with fees. Like "Fee Company"
@@pupbenny My pleasure! It was really great to watch a video soley dedicated to Feeco Depot. When I played Exoddus I was a kid and I thought it was a funny name because the english pronounciation sounded like "fico" in italian which is "cool", so it was the "cool depot". Little did I know that the name was meant to be a joke as well. That game blew my fucking mind, by the way, that and a not so famous game called Heart of Darkness, not sure you've heard of it?
@@francescoberta Sorry for the late reply, hm, no I don't think I've heard of Heart of Darkness. It sounds familiar but I think I might be thinking of similar game titles. What is it like?
Hey there pupbenny! I know this is an older video and maybe you found your answer by now, but that face Mussolini does you pointed out at around 2:54 it's a subtle power play Mussolini was known for, it's commonly used by business men to this day as well. Basically what he's doing is he's leaning his head back to look down at everyone he talks to people, this is a subtle thing to kinda make people look up to him, kinda makes you feel he's above you, it's a way to make him come off as more imposing and powerful.
5:57 You know what, I'm going to start a file for whet I learn about shit on youtube, you pointed out the music, and it made me think about how if I wound up making something on say a game about Warhammer 40k and I had some sort of Mechanicus section, that would be an excellent sort of thing to strive for when designing the music for.
lol i played odyssey and exoddus as a kid back in the early 2000's and loved them, but never really finished either. i just replayed them both recently, and clocked them in one go. i also managed to save all the mudokons in the process. was a nice feeling finally finishing these games that i could never finish as a kid. the first two oddworld games will always have a special place in my heart and i hope they can make a successor to the original two, without making all the major gameplay changes that we see in soulstorm.
I loved how slow and menacing the trains moved at first before slowing into the station/ taking off. It seemed more realistic than the new versions in the sneak peaks of Soulstorm, they seem to be going Mach 5 with no intention of ever stopping. Just another let down from the old vs new.
3:33 The Victorians were the bastion and beacon of human stronghold in arts and crafts. We no longer experience such beauty in modern world. If there was only someone who could set a standard for such greatness, last such person was Sir Winston Churchill.
Now.....could the darker tone be becuase the Glukkon's are now taking Abe as a serious threat? I've seen other video's spanning over the course of how long the game has been around, from goofy too serious matches how many Glukkon's didn't either belive Abe was real or a joke that a Molluck could be any real threat too them.....also, I've never played Odd world so I'm guessing blind here.
I wonder if it's possible for the rods to translate the pistons reciprocating motion to rotate the wheels...... considering the angle that they're at. How do they stay at the proper angle?
I'm not working on one yet, but considering it'd complete the trilogy of Slig Barracks, FeeCo Depot and Bonewerkz, I certainly think I'll have to get on it soon. :)
Incompletely agree We as a species has lost our craft, we no longer care about meticulous details just how practical an item is, yes having a glass table is nice but all it is really is a wooden frame with some legs, there’s no care no detail just something you’d pick up from a DIY shop and the same applies to movies and video games where the universe is just bland, story less or simply just a rehash of some part of human history ie fantasy worlds looks like either medieval England or some Viking village and lacks any individuality no culture, as for the trains as you said it represents their culture and their egos
I understand they have sligs and such. But how do they create all of this. The trains, the factory's, even nolybab a freaking city. They don't have arms!!? Or was it the mudokons they created all of this. If so why did they do all this. Tricked or manipulated?
Too bad there's no music in oddworld soulstorm very disappointing. mine as well call it oddworld Soulless! Feeco depot is dead silent no soundtrack at all 😥
Nice video pal. In the Abe's origins book it shows the new lookin Vice president Aslik, still has the same name.🙂👍
Ah! That's interesting, I hadn't seen that. :) That's good to know, at least they're keeping some of the names then and not completely changing all of the characters. Thanks for letting me know. :)
I live in a railroad town. Have most of my life. In fact I literally live right down the street from an industrial train stop. I can say without a hint of doubt that song took inspiration from the sound of trains being loaded and unloaded
It's so clear how proud the Glukkons are of their work, no matter what their work is.
I freaking love their designs of the train.
They're absolutely iconic! I'm really glad they've kept them in Soulstorm. :)
@@pupbenny Also, i feel the boss system will be very very different on controlling glukkons, plus, i feel there should be different variations of glukkon models on not having the same one. Like that green glukkon in the original.
My guess on the boss system isn't going to just be mind controlling them easily, I feel the glukkons are going to point where Abe is and they head to the next room. Until the final room to get controlled easily.
Plus, i really think it should be cool to see some Sligs following the glukkons like Abe except they would be slightly marching lol, get my meaning? like discipline, and who was the general again? I keep forgetting his name.
@@WindiChilliwack General Dripik. :) Don't worry, even Dripik forgets his name.... ;) Yeah, you've got some really interesting theories about Soulstorm, you may be right! :)
@@pupbenny *Glukkon tiptoe intensifies* Hope they keep that sound!
www.simpleplanes.com/a/PjtSBW/FeeCo-Train-Oddworld-WiP
My dad used to play Oddworld games on playstation back in my childhood. I sat next to him as he struggled through the puzzles. A lot of music and imagery of the games keeped me interested and I'm still hooked to anything related to these games.
The theme from Feeco Depot was one of the songs that seemed stuck in my head and was coming back to haunt me in my dreams and memories. It's quite catchy and you can suprisingly kinda sing the theme. Other tracks could not be sang/replicated via voice as easily
Cool dad, good tastes.
It's funny, one of my best memories of playing Oddworld as a kid were being in FeeCo Depot and hearing that music and all that. It's really quite a particularly important place in Oddworld I think, at least to me! I hope Comet Depot, in Oddworld: Soulstorm, does it justice!
I was about to comment about how iconic the music was when you first arrive at FeeCo Depot but I see youve already covered that haha
also SligTV...
I agree ^^
Some of the music is inspired by first and second wave industrial bands from 1969-1985
Bands like:
Einstürzende Neubauten
Der Eisenrost
Test Dept
SPK
Foetus
A lot of these artists went on to do soundtracks for TV, movies, and video games. For example Graeme Revell from SPK, and JG Thirlwell from Foetus
5:09 specifically sounds a lot like early SPK and Einstürzende Neubauten
Fee co depot tune is EPIC . Keep it on de loop
When I was young the name "Aslik" went right over my head.
Then I replayed the whole series and was like "Waitaminute...Aslik...Asslick...ahhh cause he's an ass kisser." this game series is a treasure.
He also works at FeeCo Depot. "FeeCo" sounds a lot like "fecal" when you say it quickly.
About Mussolini's face expressions: I believe he did it to emphasize his words and to make himself look more imposing- which kinda backfired, since my older Italian relatives still find it ridiculous 😂
Overall, great video as always! :)
XD
Thank you! :D
i feel like the glukkons sould day this alot
"If ya got it. Flaunt it!"
I must confess I missed the joke about Aslik being 'in conference', but i wonder given their body shape and clothing how Glukons use the bathroom?
Glukons have large arms which they use like legs, whilst their actual legs are shrivelled and tiny, hanging from their bodies.
I assume they'd have someone else take their suits off, then lower themselves above the toilet.
I guess the suit is open down there and is just wrapped around their bodies.
Aslik is the only Glukkons besides the Brewmaster ( It’s not fair, we had twice zee flavour ) that’s not voiced by Lorne Lanning, well in the cutscenes anyway. When you control a glukkon they have Lorne’s Voice doing the commands.
5:47 I’ve also noticed what almost sounds like a squeaky office chair at some parts in the game.
Yeah, that's a good point!
I think FeeCo Depot in Soulstorm is one of the best, if not THE best part in the game. The level design is simply amazing and beautiful! ⚡
FeeCo Depot is and will always be my favourite location 💛 There’s something absolutely captivating and atmospheric with the combination of old-style industrial look with all the girder structures, old square windows and Art-deco interiors.
Update: FeeCo Depot is now in SoulStorm! Not sure if it replaces Comet Depot or if they’re separate locations.
Every time you post a video like this I just get even more hyped for Soulstorm. The sound design in these games is a masterpiece. I haven't experienced games with such perfectly created and so well fitting atmosphere ever since.
Yeah, I think a big part of what creates so much of the atmosphere of Oddworld is the sound, it's so well made and unique. :) Plus, the visuals are so well designed, that's why I really like these games, they're just so well put together.
Try subnautica. Totally different game but the atmosphere is amazing. You really feel like you're in the alien ocean.
@@aniquinstark4347 didn't like that game :/
I do love the atmospheric music in Oddworld. Never played Exodus but I like it already, and I'm excited for Soulstorm.
What I found really interesting about Feeco Depot that in a way it's almost like an Oddworld museum if all the doors we saw in Feeco were fully accessable that is since it contains a door that takes you to Rupturfarms and one that takes you to Vykkers Labs which I would be interested to know how Vykkers Labs wouls work 😆
I've always been interested by the Vykkers Labs door! Especially considering Vykkers Labs is an airship. XD
I think it's like stores you can go inside to buy things like tasty treats in the rupture farms shop!
I'm glad you mentioned the funky depot music because that's something I think has been lost form the new soulstorm game. The music for a lot of the levels is very similar if not the same.
VERY good intro, very nice touch with the aslik press conference
Dee-poh makes sense regarding the pronunciation of Depot cause it rhymes with FeeCo. Well, its more of a pseudo rhyme. It sounds good damnit
Glad you referenced the Fecal/FeeCo gag.
Honestly I love the design of these trains, its a shame there isn't more fictional content for train simulator because the railways of oddworld would be top of my list.
Totally agree
my town full of this stuff and i love it i never want to see Victorian era works of art to disappear i wish we still did stuff like this
4:36 I always figured that the reason you find Aslik in the toilets is because it's meant to show he's an enormous coward deep down. Not only is he hiding behind the other two executives in that you have to go to Slig Barracks and Bonewerkz to disable the electricity to get to him, and that he has the highest personal security level in the army of sligs you have to get through to get to him, when you DO find him he's not in his office like the other two, but cowering in the toilet, hoping Abe won't find him.
Little note from an Italian. To joke on Mussolini, my father often uses the derogatory name "Mascellone" (big jaw), referring to how he used to protrude his chin to appear more authoritative and powerful (at least I think that was the intention, he really appeared ridiculous and showed only his conceit, but at the time evidently his bloated gasbag mannerism worked).
Also, my father use to reply to the "Quando c'era lui, i treni arrivavano in orario" (When there was him, the trains ran on schedule) motto, now a joke citation, with "Sì, quando c'era lui sopra, forse" ("Yeah, when there was him on [a train, that one only ran on schedule], maybe).
FeeCo. Fee Corporation. A corporation that charges you money for things. Pretty blunt, but nicely satirically redundant as well.
I think the reason Abe casually walks onto the train instead of hanging from it implies how sparse or perhaps minimal the staff is in Feeco depot. No one seems to be manning or at least checking the inside of the train, because they're mainly used for transport of goods anyway. In exoddus there's a clip where the Sligs kind of oversee the railway, so he'd get caught if he did what he'd do in Soulstorm
Everyone I watch these I wanna play Abe lol great video :)
Thanks very much! :)
pupbenny you very welcome :) I like how you present the world of odd in that voice to makes it interesting I hope soulstorm comes out soon
I appreciate soulstorm not renaming the depot
Small note about why a lot of that fine craftsmanship that was lost is likely due to the deathtoll of the world wars. Many artisans never came home, and the demand was high enough that companies began to pull back on it for more uniform and easier for lower skilled employees to make.
The pronunciation bit at the beginning is hilarious.
Feeco as in Fecal Depot? Interesting, I always thought it implied that the company is entirely successful because they charge their clients through the ass with fees. Like "Fee Company"
All Aboard To The Feeco Depot
CHOO CHOO!
Abit late XD
But we need a Bonewerkz lore video, as you do the best lore vids and you've done Feeco, Slig barracks and Soulstorm etc!
Fantastic video and great narration
Thank you so much, I appreciate that immensely! :)
@@pupbenny My pleasure! It was really great to watch a video soley dedicated to Feeco Depot. When I played Exoddus I was a kid and I thought it was a funny name because the english pronounciation sounded like "fico" in italian which is "cool", so it was the "cool depot". Little did I know that the name was meant to be a joke as well. That game blew my fucking mind, by the way, that and a not so famous game called Heart of Darkness, not sure you've heard of it?
@@francescoberta Sorry for the late reply, hm, no I don't think I've heard of Heart of Darkness. It sounds familiar but I think I might be thinking of similar game titles. What is it like?
Do you know of anymore rumours of a release date for Soulstorm?
Getting so impatient now 😫🤣
Great video, theories and commentary as always!!
Thanks very much! :) Unfortunately, I don't know anything new about a release date, I'm hoping they announce something soon!
He gets impatient after 1 year we waiting for this game for 20 years now
I'm kinda glad they kept feecodepot name
Hey there pupbenny!
I know this is an older video and maybe you found your answer by now, but that face Mussolini does you pointed out at around 2:54 it's a subtle power play Mussolini was known for, it's commonly used by business men to this day as well. Basically what he's doing is he's leaning his head back to look down at everyone he talks to people, this is a subtle thing to kinda make people look up to him, kinda makes you feel he's above you, it's a way to make him come off as more imposing and powerful.
Feeco depot Is my second place in oddworld, the first is Necrum
Necrum is another great place, I really love the design of that as well. :)
I call the face Mussolini makes during speeches his “signature look of superiority.”
Great video! thanks
One of the many unanswered oddworld questions we may never answer, how did aslik crack his monocle
Its a odd-world we live in nowadays lol
5:57 You know what, I'm going to start a file for whet I learn about shit on youtube, you pointed out the music, and it made me think about how if I wound up making something on say a game about Warhammer 40k and I had some sort of Mechanicus section, that would be an excellent sort of thing to strive for when designing the music for.
lol i played odyssey and exoddus as a kid back in the early 2000's and loved them, but never really finished either. i just replayed them both recently, and clocked them in one go. i also managed to save all the mudokons in the process. was a nice feeling finally finishing these games that i could never finish as a kid. the first two oddworld games will always have a special place in my heart and i hope they can make a successor to the original two, without making all the major gameplay changes that we see in soulstorm.
Feeco Depot best place because of music I used to say de pot as a kid XD necrum mines my fav stage.
I'm glad I'm not the only one that used to say de pot! XD I didn't know others used to do that as well lol!
I always loved the mudomo vault’s theme.
'Feeco Depot'
Lorne: 'Feeco Deepo'
'Feeco Deepo'
Google Lady: 'Depp-oh.'
'Feeco Deppoh, is one of the...'
I wish we had trains that ran like that.
I loved how slow and menacing the trains moved at first before slowing into the station/ taking off. It seemed more realistic than the new versions in the sneak peaks of Soulstorm, they seem to be going Mach 5 with no intention of ever stopping. Just another let down from the old vs new.
Good point! The classic games just generally seemed to have a really realistic demeanor to them and I feel it's missing with Soulstorm quite a bit.
Seems like it's still called Fecco Depot
Fecal depot
Fecodepo- oooh screw it.
The image at 3:35 is the same town I live in! :)
What is the name of your town?
@@alexwilliams888 Stroud, Gloucestershire
I wonder if Oddworld has its own railfans
Probably does! XD I'm certainly a fan of their trains!
Im a fan of trains in general so this is definitely something I'm excited about
3:33 The Victorians were the bastion and beacon of human stronghold in arts and crafts. We no longer experience such beauty in modern world. If there was only someone who could set a standard for such greatness, last such person was Sir Winston Churchill.
I agree completely, it's a great shame how the standards of Britain and most, if not all, of the world have slipped massively.
I think it should be pronounced as FeeCoDeePoe because of the play on words and how gluckons would be about it.
I think he says "depot" in a similar way to how "Reno Depot" is said (a hardware store chain).
Fun fact under the whyte notation the glukkon locomotive are 0-10-0 Making them decapods
Now.....could the darker tone be becuase the Glukkon's are now taking Abe as a serious threat? I've seen other video's spanning over the course of how long the game has been around, from goofy too serious matches how many Glukkon's didn't either belive Abe was real or a joke that a Molluck could be any real threat too them.....also, I've never played Odd world so I'm guessing blind here.
I cant wait :)
By the way. The construction of these trains doesn't look that odd for me. It is relied on desert work and has a big resource of relaibility.
I find it odd that they changed the name to Comet Depot, but they still call it FeeCo Depot in Soulstorm.
Hello! I remember the video which you use in 5:34 but can't find it. It was so cool. Did you know where to find it?
I wonder if it's possible for the rods to translate the pistons reciprocating motion to rotate the wheels...... considering the angle that they're at. How do they stay at the proper angle?
Feeco depot sounds like pico depo
Is this game ever going to be released?
Maybe but there's a strong possibility it'll be pushed back to 2060.
@@pupbenny Great 🙄
Btw I love the start of the video with the pronunciation of depot😂 I laughed hard
Mussolini looks and moves like a gluken
Sounds way too close to Fecal Depot. Vice President Aslik is the head of Fecal Depot, ha ha
that's also why he is on the toilet
feeco depot is still feeco depot in soulstorm
Bonewerkz?
I'm not working on one yet, but considering it'd complete the trilogy of Slig Barracks, FeeCo Depot and Bonewerkz, I certainly think I'll have to get on it soon. :)
@@pupbenny I see.
pupbenny Director Phleg was my favourite of the boss glukkons.
Americans say it like DEE-poh. It almost rhymes when you say it like that
Incompletely agree
We as a species has lost our craft, we no longer care about meticulous details just how practical an item is, yes having a glass table is nice but all it is really is a wooden frame with some legs, there’s no care no detail just something you’d pick up from a DIY shop and the same applies to movies and video games where the universe is just bland, story less or simply just a rehash of some part of human history ie fantasy worlds looks like either medieval England or some Viking village and lacks any individuality no culture, as for the trains as you said it represents their culture and their egos
I understand they have sligs and such. But how do they create all of this. The trains, the factory's, even nolybab a freaking city. They don't have arms!!? Or was it the mudokons they created all of this. If so why did they do all this. Tricked or manipulated?
They have arms they just have tiny legs
2:43 that's a "cocaine jaw" 😅
in german maggog sounds like
mac gurk
xD
Fecal Depot
Why aren't there more likes?
Oddworld is not so popular, but I think that pubpenny deserves more likes for his attitude
@@dragodrago1952 he deserves likes :)
@@dragodrago1952 Haha, thank you very much! :)
0:28 - 0:38
... I feel bad for you... At least you're not having dinner at Amy's Baking Company.
FeeComatter 💩
**edit**
OH. It was like that on purpose.
XD
Too bad there's no music in oddworld soulstorm very disappointing. mine as well call it oddworld Soulless! Feeco depot is dead silent no soundtrack at all 😥
Sorry but they intro😅
6:57 and this is why the new game is going to be shit