Kickstart Wasteland 2

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03-13-2012, 02:25 PM
Astros Fan

Kickstart Wasteland 2

Help fund a remake of the BEST RPG ever made. (well IMO anyway :) )

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inxile/wasteland-2

*edit* the video is pretty good. The kid publisher scene cracked me up.
03-13-2012, 02:55 PM
Timman_24

I already gave to double fine, I don't need to be giving to all of them.
03-13-2012, 04:32 PM
taggart6

The guy made Balder's Gate, Fallout 1 & 2, and Icewind Dale and it looking to make another game along those same RPG line.

You can bet your *** I'll be supporting this.
03-13-2012, 04:37 PM
fastitocalon

I'll jump on this.
03-13-2012, 05:13 PM
PowerCreep

I've never been involved with any sort of helping to pay for game development, but this may be a good time to start.

I played through the original Wasteland a couple of times on my C64. The best part was the battle taking the Citadel. Multiple floppy discs meant I could do that battle as much as I wanted. I would take it, save the game to another disc, recopy the game disc, then reload the battle. I was able to load my whole team with those spectacular laser (rifles/gatling guns - I don't remember which). Anyway, good times. I hope this turns out.
03-13-2012, 07:38 PM
Astros Fan

Quote:

Originally Posted by PowerCreep

I've never been involved with any sort of helping to pay for game development, but this may be a good time to start.

I played through the original Wasteland a couple of times on my C64. The best part was the battle taking the Citadel. Multiple floppy discs meant I could do that battle as much as I wanted. I would take it, save the game to another disc, recopy the game disc, then reload the battle. I was able to load my whole team with those spectacular laser (rifles/gatling guns - I don't remember which). Anyway, good times. I hope this turns out.

I remember using the LAW rocket in the Citadel as a favorite choice of mine :)

I really enjoyed just doing all the random encounters in the first major town, hanging out in the bar, stuff like that.

I'm supporting at the $50 level because this game is my greatest gaming memory I have as a kid. I was in 8th-9th grade when this came out playing it all the time. This game, Ultima IV, Bard's Tale, and Pool of Radiance were my equivalents to what my son plays on his 360 all the time. But, like you said many many disc swaps LOL. Battles would take forever to load...but oh were they worth it.
03-13-2012, 08:06 PM
Kamakazie

Never played Wasteland, but I did play everything else he named in his pitch to the kid in the video. I chipped in $15.
03-14-2012, 12:15 AM
PowerCreep

Quote:

Originally Posted by Astros Fan

I remember using the LAW rocket in the Citadel as a favorite choice of mine :)

I really enjoyed just doing all the random encounters in the first major town, hanging out in the bar, stuff like that.

I'm supporting at the $100 level because this game is my greatest gaming memory I have as a kid. I was in 8th-9th grade when this came out playing it all the time. This game, Ultima IV, Bard's Tale, and Pool of Radiance were my equivalents to what my son plays on his 360 all the time. But, like you said many many disc swaps LOL. Battles would take forever to load...but oh were they worth it.

Maybe it was the LAW, but for some reason I'm thinking Gatling Laser. It's been a very, very long time ago; I believe 11th grade for me. I played Ultima, Bards Tale, and all the SSI AD&D games. Very good classic games. Kinda makes you wish they could update the graphics, keep the turn based gameplay, stories, rules, and items and re-release them.
03-14-2012, 02:58 AM
Astros Fan

Quote:

Originally Posted by PowerCreep

Maybe it was the LAW, but for some reason I'm thinking Gatling Laser. It's been a very, very long time ago; I believe 11th grade for me. I played Ultima, Bards Tale, and all the SSI AD&D games. Very good classic games. Kinda makes you wish they could update the graphics, keep the turn based gameplay, stories, rules, and items and re-release them.

That was pretty much his pitch in the video.

Kama, the game hasn't held up well but you can find it on abandon ware sites. Probably find a PDF of the manual. Basically a top down bards tale.
03-14-2012, 02:45 PM
SewerUrchin

It is cool to see this go from around $200k to almost $700k in less than 24 hours since I first saw this post. I hope to see their number blown out of the water.
03-14-2012, 03:55 PM
taggart6

Quote:

Originally Posted by SewerUrchin

It is cool to see this go from around $200k to almost $700k in less than 24 hours since I first saw this post. I hope to see their number blown out of the water.

I'm expecting it to hit 1.2 million.
03-15-2012, 03:53 AM
Astros Fan

They just reached their goal. I pledged $50.

Plus, I'm thinking about pledging these two boardgames...looks super fun.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...-game?ref=live

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...p-first-strike

(never even looked at the kickstarter website, and there are some really creative ideas/products being pitched)
03-15-2012, 08:48 AM
taggart6

This looks fun:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...r?ref=category
03-15-2012, 09:19 AM
Kamakazie

I ended up backing this one last night after playing the demo. Game is pretty awesome.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...ter-than-light
03-15-2012, 12:16 PM
taggart6

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kamakazie

I ended up backing this one last night after playing the demo. Game is pretty awesome.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...ter-than-light

will have to check that out when I get home... not sure if I want to install on live on my system though.
03-18-2012, 09:43 AM
Yukon21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Astros Fan

I remember using the LAW rocket in the Citadel as a favorite choice of mine :)

I really enjoyed just doing all the random encounters in the first major town, hanging out in the bar, stuff like that.

I'm supporting at the $100 level because this game is my greatest gaming memory I have as a kid. I was in 8th-9th grade when this came out playing it all the time. This game, Ultima IV, Bard's Tale, and Pool of Radiance were my equivalents to what my son plays on his 360 all the time. But, like you said many many disc swaps LOL. Battles would take forever to load...but oh were they worth it.

Nice! Sounds just like my childhood, I played all of those games on my C64, throw in Wizard's Crown and The Eternal Dagger and they were the games I spent the most time playing!

I'm in for $50!
03-20-2012, 07:47 PM
Astros Fan

oh man..there's a Let's Play series for the original Wasteland. I have been listening to them while working. The guy reads aloud everything and it is just fantastic. So imaginative.

Anyway, so far I'm up to episode 10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbudm...eature=related
03-20-2012, 08:07 PM
taggart6

Any way to play this on win 7 x64?

edit: http://www.glennsguides.com/2008/06/...d-install.html

BAM!
03-23-2012, 01:23 PM
Astros Fan

http://www.nma-fallout.com/#61125

Nice quick interview with Fargo. "Hell no!" to day one DLC.

"..has served me well to assume the player is smart." in regards to not having a quest compass. :)
03-26-2012, 09:18 AM
proxops-pete

Yup... pledged to this and Double Fine...