Turner was significantly less bloodthirsty towards the Wolves in the original Lugaru, and he also staged a bloodless coup to take control from Hickory instead of challenging him to a duel, though he had to kill him later anyway.

Skipper didn't die in the original campaign, and was actually an unwitting pawn in Jack's scheme, and the Alpha Wolf had a different personality altogether. Willow was originally a dude named Jack, and had different motivations. it's very awkward compared to the original and provides no closure.

The ending was severely wrecked: the original Lugaru ends with Turner deciding that he isn't fit to be King, and leaving the Rocky Hall to find a new purpose in life, while Overgrowth's version ends very abruptly with Turner asking what cats are, just to set up Overgrowth's campaign.

The lack of attack variety actually limits the gameplay an awful lot.

Dodging and knife-throwing have also been made far less effective. There's no horizontal Leg Cannon (rabbit kick) in Overgrowth, no Spinecrusher (a killing suplex move), no Wall Kick, no throat stab, no crouch stab, and possibly the most baffling, no Animal Run (which was a four-legged run that could tackle opponents).

There's a lot of moves that are just plain left out.I personally prefer the original version of the Lugaru campaign, since Overgrowth's gameplay is not yet finished, and there were a lot of unnecessary changes to the story that leave out and severely alter some important details. Originally posted by Imzadi: WARNING: THERE WILL BE SPOILERS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT COMPLETED THE LUGARU CAMPAIGN

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