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Wasteland 2 Kickstarter project by inXile entertainment [Ended, $3 Million Funded]

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piratepwnsninja

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"Here’s a big, bouncy ball of unexpected good news for you. Brian Fargo and his studio inXile Entertainment are, as you well know, working on a sequel to the seminal RPG Wasteland, and have successfully Kickstarted it to the tune of $1.6 million. Since exceeding their initial target of $900,000, they’ve been able to add Mac and Linux versions to their masterplan for the post-nuclear roleplaying game. But that’s not all. They’ve just been in touch to say that, if they can reach $2.1 million during the 17 days remaining on the funding schedule, they’ll be bringing in Obisidian Entertainment, including Planescape: Torment mastermind Chris Avellone, to help them make the game."

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/201...lop-wasteland-2-on-one-condition/#more-102171

Exciting indeed!
 
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Vulcano's assistant

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indeed!
Gonna pony some more dough right away
 
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mclem

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2.1M was my prediction for their endpoint. Never have I wanted to be right - or wrong in the *good* direction - so much.
 
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Hambone

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As a huge Obsidian fan I support this...and will put my money where my mouth is, and actually support this.
 
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duckroll

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Meier said:
This is maybe the best ani gif I've ever seen. I need to see the real video for this. :lol

Over/Under on 2.1 million within 5 hours? Haha.
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Once Fargo updates the actual Kickstarter to make it completely official, I expect it to hit 2.1 million very quickly.
 
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mclem

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Sinatar said:
EDIT: They need to do a new video with Fargo and Avellone broing out, that should net them like a billion kajillion dollars in pledges.
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There was a brilliant video for DFA with Ron and Tim talking and remeniscing about point and click adventures. Something similar for CRPGs would be wonderful.
 
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AndyMoogle

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Wow, that is quite exciting indeed. I wish I had a shit ton of money so that I could pledge 10k+ to this now.

duckroll said:
Did Fallout 2 cost more or less than Fallout 1?
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Good question. I would assume that it was cheaper for a number of reasons.

They already had the engine done; they merely made some tweaks to it for Fallout 2.

Fallout had a much longer development time than Fallout 2. Fallout took 3 years or so to make, right? Fallout 2 was released exactly one year later, so I'm guessing it was developed in 10 months or so.
 
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Lothars

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AndyMoogle said:
Wow, that is quite exciting indeed. I wish I had a shit ton of money so that I could pledge 10k+ to this now.



Good question. I would assume that it was cheaper for a number of reasons.

They already had the engine done; they merely made some tweaks to it for Fallout 2.

Fallout had a much longer development time than Fallout 2. Fallout took 3 years or so to make, right? Fallout 2 was released exactly one year later, so I'm guessing it was developed in 10 months or so.
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Has it ever been said how much Fallout 1 and 2 cost to be made?

I tried searching but couldn't find anything.
 
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Spectacular Dr Dawg

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piratepwnsninja said:
"Here’s a big, bouncy ball of unexpected good news for you. Brian Fargo and his studio inXile Entertainment are, as you well know, working on a sequel to the seminal RPG Wasteland, and have successfully Kickstarted it to the tune of $1.6 million. Since exceeding their initial target of $900,000, they’ve been able to add Mac and Linux versions to their masterplan for the post-nuclear roleplaying game. But that’s not all. They’ve just been in touch to say that, if they can reach $2.1 million during the 17 days remaining on the funding schedule, they’ll be bringing in Obisidian Entertainment, including Planescape: Torment mastermind Chris Avellone, to help them make the game."

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/201...lop-wasteland-2-on-one-condition/#more-102171

Exciting indeed!
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Holy shit!
But that means Obsidian won't be doing their own kickstarter rpg anytime soon :(
 
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Zeliard

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Fallout 1 was in the ballpark of $3 million. Fallout 2 was a bigger game but likely cost less, since there were no issues during development and they already had the engine and many of the art assets up and running.
 
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Ignis Fatuus

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piratepwnsninja said:
"Here’s a big, bouncy ball of unexpected good news for you. Brian Fargo and his studio inXile Entertainment are, as you well know, working on a sequel to the seminal RPG Wasteland, and have successfully Kickstarted it to the tune of $1.6 million. Since exceeding their initial target of $900,000, they’ve been able to add Mac and Linux versions to their masterplan for the post-nuclear roleplaying game. But that’s not all. They’ve just been in touch to say that, if they can reach $2.1 million during the 17 days remaining on the funding schedule, they’ll be bringing in Obisidian Entertainment, including Planescape: Torment mastermind Chris Avellone, to help them make the game."

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/201...lop-wasteland-2-on-one-condition/#more-102171

Exciting indeed!
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WAT

We need a title change or a new thread or something, this is huge!

edit: I see there already is one. Slow to wake up today.
 
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NichM

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Oh damn. Okay, the only thing stopping me now is my possibly inaccurate impression of the original--I thought it was one of those SUPER hardcore games where if you made one mistake you died, which seemed like a big turnoff to me if the new game was going to be more of the same. Is it more forgiving than that? Is this a game you play instead of inch forward one mistake at a time?
 
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Sinatar

Official GAF Bottom Feeder
NichM said:
Oh damn. Okay, the only thing stopping me now is my possibly inaccurate impression of the original--I thought it was one of those SUPER hardcore games where if you made one mistake you died, which seemed like a big turnoff to me if the new game was going to be more of the same. Is it more forgiving than that? Is this a game you play instead of inch forward one mistake at a time?
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Wasteland wasn't that bad.
 
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