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[Sean_Seanston]

Brian Fargo and his inXile Entertainment is making a sequel to the game that inspired Fallout.

http://www.kickstart...ile/wasteland-2

Looks like a real chance at a true sequel (well... not exactly, but true in spirit I guess ) to Fallout 2. Better than ****ing Fallout 3 anyway.

Is VonVentrue still around here? Haven't seen him post in a long time. I would think he'd be excited to see this

I think they've only just started and they have over $250k with 34 days to go and only a $900k goal. So yeah, it'll probably be another multimillion sort of thingy. Well, surely 1 mil easy? At this rate? Why not.

Haven't read through it all yet... but I think I shall have to contribute . Also still need to get in on the Double Fine Adventure action. Only a few hours left for that...

[hagren]

Have you played New Vegas? That's actually pretty close to FO's true spirit which is why I consider it to be the real FO3, not Bethesda's pop culture version.

As for Wasteland 2, if I can, I'm so going to chip in- Fallout's my favorite gaming franchise beside Mass Effect, so hell yeah I'll give them mah money!

Edit: Arhg, looks like credit cards only

Edited by hagren, 13 March 2012 - 03:34 PM.

[Sean_Seanston]

hagren, on 13 March 2012 - 03:31 PM, said:

Have you played New Vegas? That's actually pretty close to FO's true spirit which is why I consider it to be the real FO3, not Bethesda's pop culture version.

Nahhh... I was going to buy it... it was one of those games that I thought looked pretty cool that I'd buy eventually but all the DLC was putting me off and I didn't think I'd have the time to sink into something like FNV so I decided to just wait for the GOTY edition or whatever... and now I'm kind of not interested anymore .
Hell, those games are too dark and grey most of the time anyway. Though I did enjoy watching Hannah's playthrough of it on Yogscast.

hagren, on 13 March 2012 - 03:31 PM, said:

As for Wasteland 2, if I can, I'm so going to chip in- Fallout's my favorite gaming franchise beside Mass Effect, so hell yeah I'll give them mah money!

It's pretty cool too that they're doing the proper big box that hasn't been seen in probably over a decade.

I think Red Alert 2 was the first game I got that was in a DVD case and that was in 2000. Can't really remember the last cardboard box I bought. Still have a couple of those lying around though. Like Metal Fatigue

UPDATE: Wow, they now have $363,829 last time I checked.

Christ, this could probably do 2 million or more. I wonder how much of the Fallout 3/NV community would be interested? There could be tons of people interested. Potentially many more than for the DF Adventure you'd think, given adventure games were always at least a little niche surely even in their heydey.

Edited by Sean_Seanston, 13 March 2012 - 06:15 PM.

[hagren]

The New Vegas DLCs are self-contained, so don't even worry about them And if you do, they already released the Ultimate Edition a couple of weeks ago. It's really a swell game, minus Gamebryo of course.

As for interest, I'm sure it's there. Fallout was a household name back in the day for RPG enthusiast, and is even a larger one since FO3. Anyone who dug the game and did a little research should know about WL.

[Dei]

I preferred Fallout 3 over NV, but that's just because the story didn't motivate me/my character as much. Sure, the Benny thing was a a good motivator, the rest just isn't.

Oh and they added all sorts of things that were more bothersome than useful, i.e. the expanded crafting system/cooking system/ammo smithing.

Hardcore mode was a welcome addition, though.

[hagren]

Never used the crafting, really. As for the story, it motivated me because it was a lot deeper than FO3's story (Especially where the endings are concerned) and was an actual continuation of the storyline instead of an amalgam of past plot points cobbled together.

[Sean_Seanston]

I check it this morning and it's over $565k. That's about $150k since I checked last night.

Excellent

I definitely expect at least $2-3 million. Surely word would get around to the now-very-large Fallout community (not that some would give 2 ****s about a non-FPS but a large amount of even FO3 fans might) and push this pretty high...

[Sean_Seanston]

Well I guess it's a go.

With 33 days left, it's raised: $950,565.

Woop woop!

Surely even 3 million is a very realistic target at this stage? Maybe 4?

Definitely has the potential to beat Double Fine. Not that it's some kind of competition... but in another way... it is

[Dei]

And they just passed the $1 million.

[Sean_Seanston]

VICTOLY!

A winrar is Brian Fargo.

This game will surely be ****ing good too. They're claiming it won't be dumbed down, but unlike most companies that have said that in the past (EA etc...), they have actual reasons why they can keep that promise

[Dei]

I hope it has the same battle system, I cringed a bit when he said, 'turn based' as nowadays that means 'turn based strategy'. Which I'm not a fan of. At all. Totally.

[Sean_Seanston]

One thing I've noticed so far is that the average pledged by each support for Wasteland 2 is higher than DFA by quite a bit. DFA was something over $30 whereas WL2 is over $50. Then again, maybe that's common for this early in the game? Maybe the earliest to pledge are the most enthusiastic etc. I dunno.

[Sean_Seanston]

Kickstarter Finished.

Ended on almost 3 million.

http://www.kickstart...ile/wasteland-2

Interesting that it didn't quite make 3mil but it had a significantly higher average pledge than DFA.

[hagren]

I pledged 50 dollars too. Booyah!