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Wasteland 2 Kickstarter project by inXile entertainment [Ended, $3 Million Funded]
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Ooh... I never played Wasteland, but I loved the original Fallout games. I'll definitely put up between $50 and $100 before the deadline.
I still remember getting Fallout 1 and reading the amazing instructions manual as if it were a novel. The awesome touch of it looking like a notebook, the awesome vault boy pictures, the humour.. I'll be in for $50
edit: seems some forums are collecting together in order to get a $5,000 reward and get a statue in the game.
edit: seems some forums are collecting together in order to get a $5,000 reward and get a statue in the game.
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
All I can think of right now to round out the fantasy game collection would be a successor to Eye of the Beholder/Lands of Lore by the old Westwood team. They need to take the throne back from all the Japanese homages!
A real Star Control 3. The developers of Star Control 2 are currently making Skylanders...
Bill Murray
Banned
We need a Star Control 3 kickstarter for Toys for Bob, but I think Activision owns them.
Fallout-NL
Member
Can't wait to see how far it's gone when I wake up tomorrow.
With as well as Skylanders seems to be doing, any other publisher would likely let them do a vanity project as thanks. With Activision, they're probably lucky if they get bought lunch.
As of people wondering why there are a lot of people from poland.
in 99' or 98' don't remember now there was one big polish game mag called CDACTION and in that mag they deliver full game Fallout1 and next month Fallout2
That mag sold like 200k back then a month... Many people including me got their fallout1/2 from that mag. Also back then everyone pirated games because there weren't any alternative. Now people are older they have jobs and money and nostalgia to pay now for creating games. I personaly can ask almost any of my friends "did you played fallout ?" and 9/10 would be yeah.
EasternEurope is PC Master race land.
in 99' or 98' don't remember now there was one big polish game mag called CDACTION and in that mag they deliver full game Fallout1 and next month Fallout2
That mag sold like 200k back then a month... Many people including me got their fallout1/2 from that mag. Also back then everyone pirated games because there weren't any alternative. Now people are older they have jobs and money and nostalgia to pay now for creating games. I personaly can ask almost any of my friends "did you played fallout ?" and 9/10 would be yeah.
EasternEurope is PC Master race land.
Pachterballs
Banned
magic candle reboot. 
holy shit its almost @ $350k.
holy shit its almost @ $350k.
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
Yea i just saw that. Another 10k pledge too.
Herbspiceguy
Member
I didn't know about Wasteland upon release (and can't get into it now), but I loved the original Fallout games. These guys seem passionate about creating an awesome post-apoc. CRPG, so I'm in. Just pledged 50,-
I wasn't sure Amazon would accept my prepaid credit card, but it did without any hassle. I normally use Paypal for online purchases.
So anyone out there who wants to Kickstart projects but doesn't have a credit card (income requirement is higher in Europe), just get a prepaid one.
I wasn't sure Amazon would accept my prepaid credit card, but it did without any hassle. I normally use Paypal for online purchases.
So anyone out there who wants to Kickstart projects but doesn't have a credit card (income requirement is higher in Europe), just get a prepaid one.
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
i guess youll be an official Desert Ranger now with the medal to prove it lol
Bill Murray
Banned
Found it on a Java emulator site, but not sure if I can post the link.
Witchfinder General
punched Wheelchair Mike
Pledged $50. Any chnace that there will be a Mac version for Steam?
If this hits 1.5M, apparently.
There's a poll in the forum whether they should port it to the iOS or OS X first.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Technosteve
Banned
Are the Sirtech guys still around? I want another Jagged Alliance by them =(.
I am thinking 15 dollars to start, i never liked FallOut1 nor FallOut2's control system but i love turn based games.
I am thinking 15 dollars to start, i never liked FallOut1 nor FallOut2's control system but i love turn based games.
They closed up and the director and most of the game designers now work at Turbine.
yeah cool thing about fargo is that he's been meaning to do it for a long time (even went to the trouble of acquiring wasteland rights years ago), just so happens that kickstarter is pretty much the only thing that could properly channel the fan love into a (hopefully) quality product that lives up to the name. now i'm even more glad that they didn't just try to scrap together a wasteland project earlier. i know inxile has an uneven track record (still think bard's tale is underrated though) but i think fargo has been pretty adamant about how much he respects the franchise
Are only hope, sadly, is that once Skylanders runs it's course and Activision inevitably folds the studio, Paul Reiche III will start a new studio and put something like this project together.
A true Star Control sequel would be so amazing. /sigh
Technosteve
Banned
reading the history of this game, makes me realize that i missed the entire DOS generation of games.
Why aren't people backing Crowdsourced?
Too bad notch doesn't seem to like guns, the custom Beretta + shooting trip with the team sounds awesome.
They don't, as I said, humanity sucks.
Too bad notch doesn't seem to like guns, the custom Beretta + shooting trip with the team sounds awesome.
Phanatic8390
Member
Just pledged $50 even though I've never played the original. It spawned Fallout and that is enough for me. The cloth map and instruction book sounds too cool to pass up on especially considering how the booklet was used in conjunction with the first game.
So Fargo's output in the last few years hasn't been all that great. I don't really distrust him, I think a project he's passionate about has a much better chance at bringing out his best effort, but which of the other guys involved should I be excited about? Anyone you guys are surprised signed on?
Joseph Merrick
Member
because I don't believe in that project at all. also he doesn't really talk about plans for that game enough, I mean specifics. if he's going to just make another graw he can fuck off.Why aren't people backing Crowdsourced?
Too bad notch doesn't seem to like guns, the custom Beretta + shooting trip with the team sounds awesome.
badlands? you mean the racing game? super sprint with guns :drool hehe
Power Glove
Member
Just sent Benjamin and Grant to Kickstarter camp. I've never played Wasteland but have known about it since I played the first two Fallout games back in 97/98. I'm going to find a way to play it before part 2 comes out.
Jason Anderson was a big Black Isle/Troika guy.
FateBreaker
Member
Dude, chill out. You sound really childish. It hasn't even been a full day and they're over 1/3 toward their goal. It will undoubtedly be funded at this rate. I think humanity is pretty awesome; there are enough people to actually make this happen! I'm surprised. Pleasantly surprised. Plus, I don't think his name quite has the recognition of Tim Schafer.
Metallix87
Member
Why aren't people backing Crowdsourced?
I have almost zero interest in the project. I may end up pledging $15 near the end, to help my fellow gamers out, but seriously, to me that seems like something that doesn't really merit kickstarting.
Why aren't people backing Crowdsourced?
They don't, as I said, humanity sucks.
Too bad notch doesn't seem to like guns, the custom Beretta + shooting trip with the team sounds awesome.
It's a military shooter. There are billions of them already. Sure it'll be "hardcore" but he doesn't really go into any specifics as to what that really means in regards to his game.
Plus his resume of Ghost Recon 2, GRAW 1/2 and Halo Reach doesn't exactly inspire confidence. At least Fargo was directly or indirectly involved in some of the greatest RPG's of all time and Tim Schafer is Tim fucking Schafer.
So it's no surprise that the shooter thing isn't taking off.
Why aren't people backing Crowdsourced?
Most software projects fail. People want a fairly reliable guarantee that the project will succeed. Established studios with big names that have finished a bunch of projects are much more reliable than an uncertain start-up.
Power Glove
Member
Hope it means there will be headshots!
Why aren't people backing Crowdsourced?
Um. I don't think it's actually intended to be *named* "Crowdsourced".
Anyhow: Stumped up the same figure as I did for DFA. Best of luck to them, although I'm more nervous about this than I was about DFA.
Pachterballs
Banned
considering how much Gary Whitta said he loved Wasteland; I haven't seen him post here or on twitter to his sizable followers and that makes me want to punch him in the face.
I'm calling you out Gary whitta.
I'm calling you out Gary whitta.
I'm cool, I saw ''humanity sucks'' on the ME3 spoiler thread and thought it was an interesting critique, it's a funny and unusual way to criticize the masses' behaviour.
Wasteland 2 is doing well indeed, but I truly believe Allen's game deserves more attention than this. People talk about dying genres, but what about tactital shooters?
Christian Allen didn't that much of a frontman role like Tim Schafer had in his games, but judging by his previous positions in the respective studios and what he says in interviews, there's plenty of quality to his input.
I know, but I have no idea what to call it lol
CHTS perhaps?