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Wasteland 2 Kickstarter project by inXile entertainment [Ended, $3 Million Funded]
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He probably just wasn't able to find the time to work on it properly.
And of course Chris Avellone is ending up writing a novel instead of a novella. Can't help himself.
So in light of the recent announcement Nathan Long will be working on a WL2 novella I picked up his first Waar novel and am pleasantly surprised at how enjoyable it is. It's sort of like Army of Darkness with a female protag, complete with the wise cracks lol, and instead of jumping through time he jumps to another world instead. About a third of the way through it atm, but I'll say that I'm pretty stocked for this novella if it can maintain the same fun, wasteland-y feel that his Waar series pulls off.
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
Stream ongoing with Beta footage, along with commentary from the devs, including Brian Fargo going on now.
As a note, there will probably be potential early game plot spoilers, though they've said they'll keep it light.
http://www.twitch.tv/inxile
As a note, there will probably be potential early game plot spoilers, though they've said they'll keep it light.
http://www.twitch.tv/inxile
I'm still not too impressed with how all the interface stuff looks but I'm 100% for grid inventories. grid inventories are the shit
I'd like to know if there's any hotkey'ing set in-menus to quickly toggle say, selected character, or to go from skills to attributes, etc.
if not I might prefer if it took the whole screen and I had less screen skipping to do, though I guess this is late enough into production that going back is not an option
but yea if there's one thing to take away from this is that GRID INVENTORIES FUCKING RULE
I'd like to know if there's any hotkey'ing set in-menus to quickly toggle say, selected character, or to go from skills to attributes, etc.
if not I might prefer if it took the whole screen and I had less screen skipping to do, though I guess this is late enough into production that going back is not an option
but yea if there's one thing to take away from this is that GRID INVENTORIES FUCKING RULE
aww yeah. Grid based inventory is the best.
trab pu kcip
Member
hnnng
trab pu kcip
Member
it may not be perfect yet but I really dig the overall concept/style.
these icons everybody is talking about..you all mean the ones above the inventory right? what's up with them? too cheesy?
these icons everybody is talking about..you all mean the ones above the inventory right? what's up with them? too cheesy?
SquiddyCracker
Banned
This bodes well for Torment: ToN 
Mostly the inventory items. They just look bad against the background, like photoshop cutouts. Just having a dark background might fix that.
They remind me of Fallout so I like them, but maybe the background could be spiced up.
So I just finished the novella last night and it wasn't bad at all. Be warned though, it's pretty much entirely expository, so don't go in expecting anything of real import to the events of the game.
Also I'm starting to think I'm pretty much the only one who actually read it >.>
I checked the main inexile forums and I didn't see a single post or thread on it. Kinda disheartening as I always was really interested in the idea of promotional tie in material like this done with help from the main dev and writing team to help flesh out the world, but if no one actually reads them then I don't see inexile doing very much more of them =/
Also I'm starting to think I'm pretty much the only one who actually read it >.>
I checked the main inexile forums and I didn't see a single post or thread on it. Kinda disheartening as I always was really interested in the idea of promotional tie in material like this done with help from the main dev and writing team to help flesh out the world, but if no one actually reads them then I don't see inexile doing very much more of them =/
Is it a backer thing?
Seems like they bit more than they could chew. According to the newsletter updated from KS I received today, it seems it will be in beta for at least 3 more months. And to think the target release date was originally Oct 2013. Hopefully, the wait will be worth it. Now I understand why they are selling it at full price on Steam Early Access, money must be coming scarce if they keep missing their target
EDIT : What is the novella you are talking about? According to my pledge level I should have a novella by Chris Avellone.
EDIT : What is the novella you are talking about? According to my pledge level I should have a novella by Chris Avellone.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Seems like they bit more than they could chew. According to the newsletter updated from KS I received today, it seems it will be in beta for at least 3 more months. And to think the target release date was originally Oct 2013. Hopefully, the wait will be worth it. Now I understand why they are selling it at full price on Steam Early Access, money must be coming scarce if they keep missing their target
EDIT : What is the novella you are talking about? According to my pledge level I should have a novella by Chris Avellone.
A 3 month beta is nothing to be alarmed at.
Brother None
Member
Just as a reminder, we had to set that target release date on Kickstarter with absolutely no idea what our budget, staff or scope for the project would look like. No one in software development can possibly give you an accurate estimate with none of that info in place, so it was more of a "best guess" for a game with a much smaller scope and budget (1M vs 3M). It is really not a release date you "miss" because it never was a realistic release date.Seems like they bit more than they could chew. According to the newsletter updated from KS I received today, it seems it will be in beta for at least 3 more months. And to think the target release date was originally Oct 2013. Hopefully, the wait will be worth it. Now I understand why they are selling it at full price on Steam Early Access, money must be coming scarce if they keep missing their target
Budget-wise we're fine, which is good. We could release this game much sooner if we needed to, but we can and much prefer to keep it in the oven until it is better.
Wiktor
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Seems like they bit more than they could chew. According to the newsletter updated from KS I received today, it seems it will be in beta for at least 3 more months. And to think the target release date was originally Oct 2013. Hopefully, the wait will be worth it. Now I understand why they are selling it at full price on Steam Early Access, money must be coming scarce if they keep missing their target
Any Kickstarter that surpasses it's original goal by a large ammount will ship much later than the original plan. Additional money means additional stuff to create. And creating additional stuff takes additional time.
As a backer I feel like taking your time to really get it into the best condition you can is a good idea, I suspect the guys behind Shadowrun Returns wish they'd taken a bit longer to do the same given all the complaints they got on release. Just don't fall into the trap Xenonauts seems to be in where they appear to be in endless beta.
Shake Appeal
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...or it would be deeply unfair to original backers to undercut the price now.Now I understand why they are selling it at full price on Steam Early Access, money must be coming scarce if they keep missing their target
Seems like they bit more than they could chew. According to the newsletter updated from KS I received today, it seems it will be in beta for at least 3 more months. And to think the target release date was originally Oct 2013. Hopefully, the wait will be worth it. Now I understand why they are selling it at full price on Steam Early Access, money must be coming scarce if they keep missing their target
EDIT : What is the novella you are talking about? According to my pledge level I should have a novella by Chris Avellone.
I doubt they'd be able to keep prolonging the development of the game if they ran out of money.
fluffydelusions
Member
Not sure what he was expecting graphics wise with a 3 million dollar budget
New patch is out, notes: http://wastelandrpg.tumblr.com/post/77732102383/wasteland-2-early-beta-update-34046-notes
BoosterDuck
Banned
So can anyone predict the length of the game/how much replayability it'll have come release?
I dunno if this trailer's new but here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juemg0G1UNg
shows some improvement on the inventory screen, with much more clear slots and icons, I really like how it's looking. I think just a better looking font would actually make the whole ui look a whole lot better, right now it's got that arial thing that just looks placeholder-y.
also I don't like roaches :<
shows some improvement on the inventory screen, with much more clear slots and icons, I really like how it's looking. I think just a better looking font would actually make the whole ui look a whole lot better, right now it's got that arial thing that just looks placeholder-y.
also I don't like roaches :<
Imp the Dimp
Member
I am a bit astonished that this game's been in development for over 2 years and there's still no release date.
Not trying to defend them, but I think some campaigns that got much more than the initial goal might have gotten a bit overambitious. This seems the case for several projects. I have mixed feelings about this, but I'm okay with it as long as the game delivers.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Carantulas.
Great.
Great.
Na, just the new effects they've dripping in for a while now into the beta like SSAO and such.
Sneak peak of the LA Area
I like it. Finally a green area.
new update: https://www.kickstarter.com/project...78dcb9b7f6aefe30697&ref=backer_project_update
looking really good
and higher res spider cars
tons of info at the link
looking really good
and higher res spider cars
tons of info at the link