Wasteland 2 Kickstarter (Now featuring Chris Avellone) : Othor Games

» Wed May 02, 2012 1:34 pm

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/s81zu/rpg_fireside_chat_with_brian_fargo_and_chris/ Q&A with Brian Fargo and Avellone on Reddit.

Damn! Beat me to it. And here I thought I could somehow make up for not being able to afford a pledge. :cryvaultboy:

» Wed May 02, 2012 1:17 pm

I pledged about $50 earlier. I get the purdy things

» Wed May 02, 2012 8:33 pm

No, you get a choice between the shirt or the poster and coin. I'm torn right now, the poster is awesome and I like T-shirts.

I'm kind of torn, I'd rather have a t-shirt than a poster, but I really want that coin.

» Wed May 02, 2012 4:44 pm

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/s81zu/rpg_fireside_chat_with_brian_fargo_and_chris/

Q&A with Brian Fargo and Avellone on Reddit.

Developers without PR guys breathing down their necks! Was plenty of good comments in there. Though, I didn't read even half of them. There's way too many. I'm surprised by Avellone's attitude towards Bethesda's take on Fallout. It's a lot more positive than you would think.

Thanks for the link. Excited for the game. Wish I could donate. Course you, financial poverty. CURSE YOU!

» Thu May 03, 2012 1:28 am

You're welcome.

Damn! Beat me to it. And here I thought I could somehow make up for not being able to afford a pledge. :cryvaultboy:

I guess the only way to make up for it is by pledging.

» Wed May 02, 2012 2:44 pm

Avellone replied to me on the AMA. Though I really didn't say much for him to reply to, it was still cool. The AMA is stoll going on as far as I know.

» Wed May 02, 2012 5:50 pm

The Scorpitron looks awesome!

Original:
http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100405025711/fallout/images/a/a8/Scorpitron.gif

New:
http://wasteland.inxile-entertainment.com/images/press/wl2S-1680x1050.jpg

Ok, now I'm excited.

» Wed May 02, 2012 4:36 pm

2.5m

https://twitter.com/#!/BrianFargo/status/190938322653290498

» Wed May 02, 2012 11:22 pm

Gameplay. I am disappointed with myself. I can play Daggerfall with ease (not the oldest game I've played, but the hardest in comparison to others to get the ball going).

See, i was enjoying the gameplay to a reasonable extent, my problem was that my laptop decided to go and crash every damn time i went from the game itself to my word document full of dialogue. Pretty frustrating.

The Scorpitron looks awesome!

Original:
http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100405025711/fallout/images/a/a8/Scorpitron.gif

New:
http://wasteland.inxile-entertainment.com/images/press/wl2S-1680x1050.jpg

Ok, now I'm excited.

That. Looks. Fantastic.

» Thu May 03, 2012 2:41 am

The Scorpitron looks awesome!
New:
http://wasteland.inxile-entertainment.com/images/press/wl2S-1680x1050.jpg

Ok, now I'm excited.

Looks too high sci-fi to me.

» Wed May 02, 2012 12:45 pm

Looks too high sci-fi to me.

It's a freaking robot scorpion. What do you want? Wild WIld West steam punk?

Edit
The original one looks like its stepped out of the 80's transformer. It's just as much sci fi in other ways than looking gritty.

» Wed May 02, 2012 6:41 pm

I liked this bit from the Reddit Q&A:

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/s81zu/rpg_fireside_chat_with_brian_fargo_and_chris/#http://www.reddit.com/user/ChrisAvelloneCCO Obsidian Entertainment 82 points 1 day ago
I think you can get a lot more imaginative when the constraints are tighter - as an example, in Fallout 1, the "stupid" dialogue options didn't require any huge leap in engine technology or the latest video card to enhance the RPG experience.

[–]http://www.reddit.com/user/Schwagtastic 60 points 23 hours ago
Clever writing and interesting game mechanics trump graphics and effects every time.

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/s81zu/rpg_fireside_chat_with_brian_fargo_and_chris/#http://www.reddit.com/user/ChrisAvelloneCCO Obsidian Entertainment 90 points 23 hours ago
...annnnd say that in a publisher pitch meeting, and you can hear a pin drop. The marketing guys will simply leave.

/facepalm

That's why we need this Kickstarter model to take off...

» Thu May 03, 2012 12:21 am

I liked this bit from the Reddit Q&A:

/facepalm

That's why we need this Kickstarter model to take off...

Yeah when I read that I finally got confirmation from a dev that what is usually said on the forums about publishers is true.

» Wed May 02, 2012 8:08 pm

nvm...

» Wed May 02, 2012 2:43 pm

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTA4NzA

Possible engine may have been confirmed.

» Wed May 02, 2012 5:37 pm

I could pretend that I know the merits and cons of that engine, but I'll just say - yay one step closer to seeing the game in action!

» Thu May 03, 2012 2:44 am

Yeah, I too know nothing about it. But it is good it may be the engine used.

» Wed May 02, 2012 7:18 pm

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTA4NzA

Possible engine may have been confirmed.

I always find it interesting when potential engines are being speculated, always gives me a slightly better idea of how the game will look!

Sadly I can't say I know much about this engine either, except from that tech-demo on YouTube. But any info regarding Wasteland 2 is interesting!

» Thu May 03, 2012 1:42 am

I do have to say the DX11 stress test video, not sure if that's the one you are referring to, was pretty cool.

» Wed May 02, 2012 8:29 pm

Looks too high sci-fi to me.

Fallout had em too.

» Wed May 02, 2012 4:16 pm

Fallout had em too.

Which is? Which critter you referring to?

Say take away the background, would you immediately call it a wasteland scorpitron? It looks facinating itself, but doesn't seem to go with the theme.

» Wed May 02, 2012 11:00 pm

Which is? Which critter you referring to?

Say take away the background, would you immediately call it a wasteland scorpitron? It looks facinating itself, but doesn't seem to go with the theme.

Fallout had robo scorpions.

» Wed May 02, 2012 2:01 pm

The Scorpitron looks awesome!

Original:
http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100405025711/fallout/images/a/a8/Scorpitron.gif

New:
http://wasteland.inxile-entertainment.com/images/press/wl2S-1680x1050.jpg

Ok, now I'm excited.

That is awesome looking!

» Wed May 02, 2012 12:47 pm

I hope Brian takes some ideas from FO3/NV. Would help make this game even better.

» Thu May 03, 2012 2:30 am

Fallout had robo scorpions.

Oh that thing. Don't you find it very out of place? Even though it's made by Obsidian. The only part of that thing that went well was the pincers.