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Wasteland 2 Kickstarter project by inXile entertainment [Ended, $3 Million Funded]
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put in 50 bucks. Might put in more depending on how the month goes.
No, they need 900k. The total minimum budget is 1 million bucks.
WorstUsernameEver
Member
Total Biscuit has done a video on it. Can see that bringing some more backers in.
They're just shy of needing 200k after two days, with 28 more to go. I think they'll be alright
ZombieSupaStar
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700k!
Power Glove
Member
700k
What a wonderful day.
What a wonderful day.
Time to flip that thread title again..!
Gosh, this is like watching a telethon or something.
That's besides the point, but sure, I agree!
Gosh, this is like watching a telethon or something.
That's besides the point, but sure, I agree!
Ah, my bad. Misread. Thanks for the correction!
I thought that looked familiar, and it was! This is real life Minneapolis.
ZombieSupaStar
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its included in this pack
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00001QEPC/?tag=neogaf0e-20
chances are you will need to run the files from that disc using dosbox.
MrCunningham
Member
I'm surprised that they haven't put it up on GOG (now would be a great time to do so), or offered it as a free download at the 10 - 15 dollar pledge range.
Don't forget about that bump that Kickstarters seem to get when they near the end.
they can't
Matt ‏
@BrianFargo Speaking of #wasteland stuff - have you considered/can you GoG the original Wasteland? Too many of my friends are clueless.
Brian Fargo ‏
@sanspants I would if I could....
MightyHedgehog
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Pledging my first monies tomorrow. Plus, I fucking love the internet.
MrCunningham
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Oh that's a shame. Are the publishing rights to the first game owned by somebody else? Like EA? Or whatever's left of Interplay?
Takeda Kenshi
blew Staal
To everyone who has donated, thank you for helping make gaming great again. And to those who haven't yet, or are still on the fence, what are you waiting for! 
Haven't felt this good about gaming in a long, long time.
Haven't felt this good about gaming in a long, long time.
Ironically, the guy who founded the publishing company that published Wasteland (Interplay), who designed the game and now owns the Wasteland IP cannot release Wasteland on GoG.
It must be a morass of horrible legal grossness.
To everyone who has donated, thank you for helping make gaming great again. And to those who haven't yet, or are still on the fence, what are you waiting for!
Haven't felt this good about gaming in a long, long time.
amazing opportunity for the community to fund games that couldn't be made otherwise in the age of shooterization.....
seeing the "ending" to the "rpg" me3 after shooting more aliens than halo i will back it and hope this reaches 1.5mil to be as big as it can.
I think they'll hit 900k by the end of the day, EST
bengraven
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I will put my money down for this, I swear. Just give me a bit to think.
Fuck me, my dad owes Broderbund and Maxis a shit ton of money then. When my dad got his first computer in 1994 - 1996 all our PC games were pirated. haha
Isn't it...free? I swore it was abandonware. I think your best bet for giving the real creators your money would be to put it towards this and get the abandonware version.
Fuck me, my dad owes Broderbund and Maxis a shit ton of money then. When my dad got his first computer in 1994 - 1996 all our PC games were pirated. haha
Isn't it...free? I swore it was abandonware. I think your best bet for giving the real creators your money would be to put it towards this and get the abandonware version.
I will put my money down for this, I swear. Just give me a bit to think.
Fuck me, my dad owes Broderbund and Maxis a shit ton of money then. When my dad got his first computer in 1994 - 1996 all our PC games were pirated. haha
Isn't it...free? I swore it was abandonware. I think your best bet for giving the real creators your money would be to put it towards this and get the abandonware version.
I'm not really sure of the legality of it. EviLore already deleted one post that was linking to the game, so I wouldn't really encourage people to go download it.
A Black Falcon
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That's right, I'm pretty sure that it's EA that is the problem here. Interplay wasn't quite a publisher yet in 1988, EA published the game. Brian Fargo bought rights to make a new Wasteland game a few years back, from whoever had those rights, but EA still has rights to the original title.
He was only depicting reality, tragically.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
I agree that he comes off very arrogant. I guess I just care more about the principal...
Anticitizen One
Banned
well Tim Schaffer and Ron Gilbert are probably half way to mexico by now so Fargo is just waiting $1 mil of funding and then he's cutting his losses and is out of here
well Tim Schaffer and Ron Gilbert are probably half way to mexico by now so Fargo is just waiting $1 mil of funding and then he's cutting his losses and is out of here
I wonder, if that actually happened, if a class action lawsuit could be successfully argued.
Takeda Kenshi
blew Staal
Arrogant? He's one of the nicest guys in the industry...
he doesn't come off as arrogant to me. his portrayal of publishers is spot on. good luck trying to get them to even hear a pitch about an old school throw back RPG game, let alone a sequel to a game nearly a quarter of a century old.
his credits could easily land him a game deal, but the publishers will push for some FPS crap and make them compromise on their vision, this is guaranteed.
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
Brian comes out like a motherfuckin hero with his videos portrayal of publishers, imo.
I know, I thought it was funny, personally. Just saying I wouldn't expect any support from publishers at this point, especially after that video lol
Nah, he seems like a nice enough guy. He's just clearly frustrated by the way things have gone the past 20 years. I'm happy Kickstarter exists and he and his buddies will get to make a game they're passionate about again.
A Black Falcon
Member
Um, you do know that the whole point behind the video, and this kickstarter campaign, is that he couldn't get any publishers to support the project, right? Your complaint makes no sense.
Yeah, agreed. He's said that he's more excited about this than anything he's done for the past 10 years, which is easy to see when you consider that it's a bit over 10 years ago that he was forced out of Interplay (thanks to Herve Caen of course)...
why don't you go and pitch a turn-based rpg or point and click adventure to Activision and film it?
and then we will see if the video is too much....
I thought that looked familiar, and it was! This is real life Minneapolis.
Fanmade title screen:
BlueTsunami
there is joy in sucking dick
You've gotta give it up to Fargo, throwing in 100K and not taking any money from this (as stated, all money going to developing). Points to this being a huge labor of love.
The only thing offensive about the video was his choice of clothing. Dat t-shirt...