BigWeather
Member
Amazing week or so for my Kickstarters -- WL2 beta today, SotA (don't laugh at me, please!) alpha tomorrow, Divinity: OS next week.
Wasteland 2 Beta is Available
- Thread starter Grief.exe
- Start date
http://www.twitch.tv/directory/game/Wasteland 2
There are better quality streams than the one that's stuck in 4:3.
There are better quality streams than the one that's stuck in 4:3.
But isnt the Beta just the full game with bugs?
ZombieSupaStar
Member
Oh i like dis music, yes I broke down and installed it...
ThreePiMatt
Member
Yeah, I'll probably hold off on the beta as well. I dropped a hundo on the Kickstarter, but I'd rather wait until the final product.
Nossir. It's only certain areas.
Apparently its leaving large sections of the initial areas out, let alone the rest of the game.
The sequels could be self-funded!
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
But wouldn't that defeat the purpose of Kickstarter?
Isn't that the purpose of Kickstarter? Get your company off the ground so you can be self-sufficient.
Release the sequel without Kickstarter funds and they don't have to worry about Amazon fees, Paypal fees, the Kickstarter cut (I don't know if this exists), physical/digital rewards eating into their funds, etc.
Considering how much of inXile's Torment pitch revolved around explaining why they needed to dip into the Kickstarter funding pool for a second time I'd be a little surprised if they crowd-funded a hypothetical Wasteland 3 rather than fund development themselves from revenues generated by their Kickstarter projects. Their messaging's been pretty clear that they're trying to create an environment where they're not beholden to external publishers and can become self-supporting.
I thought the Wasteland 2 and Torment funding projects seemed to indicate pretty strongly that inXile wasn't trying to make Kickstarter a perpetual part of their development process.
I thought the Wasteland 2 and Torment funding projects seemed to indicate pretty strongly that inXile wasn't trying to make Kickstarter a perpetual part of their development process.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
I held your sense of humor in much higher regards, .exe.
It seems my trust was misplaced.
Always goes right over my head.
Intheflorsh
Banned
The ticker-tape in the lower right is amazing.
I forgot who had said it but I know one of the larger gaming kickstarter developers gave the impression that they will always be going back regardless of success. I think most fans would prefer self funding developers but for them it is an easy decision to take the money in advance.
On a happy note I party wiped in the AG centre.
Kickstarter is a goldmine becasue people are too stupidly generous and it's all about marketing.
It's basically no strings attached money. No publisher is going to spend money out of pocket to develop the game when they can effectively get their development costs for free.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Best new use of a log I've seen yet.
MrCunningham
Member
I`m watching the beta right now, and it looks quite good. It looks like the deep and engaging RPG that they promised it would be! Plus roughly 10 hours of game time for the Beta sounds impressive. The Shadowrun Returns RPG could be completed in that 10 hour time frame.
I imagine the temptation to keep going back to the Kickstarter well is pretty strong, yeah. If you can put together a strong pitch it's practically gratis moolah. I just didn't really get the impression that that was really what inXile was going for, but who knows what they'll end up doing once it's time to start on their post-Torment project. They spent enough time on the Torment pitch justifying their return to Kickstarter that I thought it seemed like they didn't necessarily want to continue relying on it, but who knows. Perhaps the siren's song will bring them back to the uncharted isles of crowdfunding again. There's a reason I said that I'd only be a little surprised if they made it a Kickstarter three-fer, really.
This combat looks like it has a lot more depth than Shadowrun as well.
Professor Lich
Member
Well bummer for me, I was five bucks short, ah well.
I look forward to more impressions after reading GameBanshee's quick excerpt.
I look forward to more impressions after reading GameBanshee's quick excerpt.
Black Door
Banned
I didn't put in enough dinero for the beta, but I hope this game has a better final product than Shadowrun Returns
Shadowrun was still quite good for such a quick turnaround. Nice artstyle. Good writing. Decent gameplay.
Saving become a real issue later in the game though. I really wish they hadn't stuck with that dumb auto save.
It's getting patched
Seems like that took a long time.
indigo-cyclops
Member
I suck at this particular type of RPG...looks great and plays great. Still need to figure out all the systems. Lost my main character because I didn't really know what to do to heal.
Probably look over the reference card and see if I can do better. The music, writing, setting are all fantastic though.
Probably look over the reference card and see if I can do better. The music, writing, setting are all fantastic though.
So did anyone take Toaster Repair as a skill?
Yup, and I already found one
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Tomorrow I'll try it!
MomoPufflet
Member
Is the soundtrack available anywhere legit yet?
You can pay another 5 dollars in the backer store to get in beta, but it changes your pledge to a digital only tier. You would have to go to $75 to get a physical boxed copy.
Post impressions.