LastChance2Frag
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Nice. Will get this day 1.
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Wasteland 2 Announced for Xbox One
- Thread starter Miles Quaritch
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HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Not exactly a selling point for me.
XCOM's isn't that too involved, either. So I don't see where the "boring" part comes in.
Sir Garbageman
Member
Not exactly a selling point for me.
Hate to rag on the game but if you are interested in the game for the combat don't be. Weapons are horribly unbalanced (rifles > everything else), your characters have zero skill management during encounters, positioning rarely matters, and the enemy AI is brain dead.
Played for about 10 hrs and basically ever single battle played out the same way. All characters crouch and shoot mindless, uninteresting enemies that charge directly at my squad. Wasn't fun or challenging, plus like I said while the lore and writing was solid the character models were hilariously bad.
If you want an RPG with interesting turn based combat mechanics pick up Divinity.
RedAssedApe
Banned
is this like a fallout "sequel" or something?
EricTheCleric
Member
its a sequel to the prequel
TheLostBigBoss
Banned
How will this game be played on a gamepad?
Seems like a nightmare.
Seems like a nightmare.
autoduelist
Member
Wasteland preceded Fallout.
Fallout 1/2 were 'spiritual sequels' to Wasteland.
Fallout 3/Vegas were 'spiritual sequels' with a change in genre to Fallout 1/2.
Wasteland 2 is a sequel to Wasteland.
Prequels generally mean something came out after the original, but is set before. Wasteland is not really a prequel to Fallout, since it was already long out when FO came.
It's a sequel to Wasteland, the game that inspired Fallout. But generally yes, it's aiming for that Fallout 1 and 2 vibe.
Smutpeddler
Member
I am down for this! looks soo good
Not really. The original Fallout was initially developed as a sequel to this original Wasteland, but it ended up becoming its own thing and more of just a spiritual successor to Wasteland. There are definitely similarities between this and the first two Fallouts, though.
Basically as EricTheCleric said more succinctly, you could call it a sequel to Fallout's prequel.
edit: jeez, beaten multiple times
indigo-cyclops
Member
I'm not looking to deny anyone the opportunity to play a game, but I think it's good when games are designed to take advantage of certain platforms. If Wasteland 2 works on a console, great. If core features of Pillars require a PC, that's fine too. My fear would be these developers head down a "one size fits all" approach and we end up with the same situation we have with the Fallout and Elder Scrolls series - compromises made to design or UI to fit one particular system. Wasn't one of the reasons these Kickstarters were successful is because they were addressing a gap on the PC that companies like Bioware and Bethesda weren't filling?
alexandros
Banned
Strange. I think the audience for this kind of game is just not there on consoles.
Denton
Member
It will be interesting to see sales numbers if they release them.
Probably not because one of the things they most wanted to do with PoE was escape from having to make concessions for consoles.
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
Nice. Will buy.
Wonder if they will update the PC version with PBR as well?
Would love to play this on my Surface 4 as well when it launches.
Wonder if they will update the PC version with PBR as well?
Would love to play this on my Surface 4 as well when it launches.
Fushichou187
Member
Now that is a fucking get. Good job, MS.
RenegadeXV8
Banned
I have a feeling there's going to be a lot of angry casual gamers who buy into this thinking it's like Fallout 3.
alexandros
Banned
Indeed. I just can't see a game like that being successful on console, I hope I'm completely wrong because it is a good game.
Do we have any numbers on W2 at the moment? Was it profitable post-Kickstarter?
This wasn't the case for Wasteland 2?
EricTheCleric
Member
Maybe it will be "Better with Kinect"?
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
More of these PC RPG's need to come to consoles.
No, Inxile just wanted to escape from publisher demands and their indifference to games like this.
Ok, wasn't aware of this specific difference, but good to know.
Gnome Scat
Member
Give it to me now!
Ah, hopefully a PS4 version is in the cards!
Bomber Bob
Banned
game's super janky on pc
RedAssedApe
Banned
Thanks
My first Fallout game was FO3 so I thought this was like one of those kick-starter-y games inspired by. doh. will keep an eye out on this one
Revolutionary
Member
Does this mean I get to play my PC version with a controller?
Delusibeta
Banned
tbh I would be genuinely surprised if any of the ID@Xbox games mentioned today doesn't come over to the PS4 in some form. I'd expect both companies have been moneyhatting timed exclusivity for indies like crazy, but Sony seems to be perfectly happy in letting games that accepted a Microsoft moneyhat in, while vice versa is (generally speaking) not true.
That1BlackGuy
Member
Very happy that more folks will be able to try this game out.
Well, I would kind of like to see a return to the early 2000s and earlier mentality of games being developed for PC first, and made to work on consoles however they can manage. And these days you can probably have a reasonably matured take on such an approach versus some of the hack jobs we saw on 8-bit and 16-bit platforms.
If they announce a console version of Torment before it releases that might actually happen.
Head.spawn
Junior Member
Kickstarted this and i'll be double dipping.
Awesome game and everyone I've recommended it to has enjoyed it as well. One of the few developers to absolutely deliver on their kickstarter promises and then go above and beyond.
Awesome game and everyone I've recommended it to has enjoyed it as well. One of the few developers to absolutely deliver on their kickstarter promises and then go above and beyond.
SpiceMelange
Member
The UI will have to be rethought for a console release. I have in mind in particular the lore/description text box on the lower right. It's just too small for a TV.
No.
As long as the PC gets the same upgrades (and they should be going by the kickstarter comments) and it doesn't take away from being PC first, I don't really care if it's ported to consoles. Hopefully, the boost in sales will further solidify the chances of a Wasteland 3. I wonder if the Bard's Tale kickstarter will have console port stretch goals.
Lol. no.
I am looking forward to the updates for my next playthrough. I guess they can make this work on consoles since it's turn based. Probably a bit akward to set up your peeps though without a mouse...
I can't imagine that this will play well without a reliable pointing device. We'll see.
Another reason why RTwP is superior.
That would be exactly my response to that question.
Another reason why RTwP is superior.
MisterShine
Member
They should just pull a ff14 on these kinds of games and have kb+m functionality for the console versions. I'm sure Sony and MS want some kind of controller scheme though.