Gtab posted:

I want to play Max Payne 3 now, why must I wait another month

Truly this is worse than living in Sierra Leone

Inspector_71 posted:

I'm so glad that game looks like it's gonna be awesome. I had a lot of trepidation when the early art got released.

spankmeister posted:

Always better than trepanation HEY-OOO.

quote:

We have less than 40 hours before our Kickstarter campaign ends, and what an incredible last month it has been. I am very anxious to start diverting all of my energies to production of the game itself. I am constantly asked about other projects I might consider, but for now it is Wasteland, Wasteland, Wasteland.

I hope you all had a chance to get a glimpse of the latest concept art from Andrée Wallin. Anyone who played the first Wasteland remembers the first time they ran into the Scorpitron, and this seemed the perfect enemy to prep up for the sequel. Scorpitron 2.0 is much more lethal than its predecessor.

Also we have spent some time thinking about and asking fans what we could put into the $30 tier to make it more interesting and to not disrupt what has already been offered. I think we have come up with an interesting list that may persuade a few people to upgrade. Based on your top requests and a forum poll we now offer the following as part of the $30 tier:

An extra digital download of the game in any format. Many people wanted to be able to get a Mac AND a PC version, or PC and Linux, or even an extra PC version for a friend. Now you can.

Access to a collection of exclusive Ranger portraits that will double the pool of character portraits you have to choose from at the start of the game when you are rolling up your Rangers. This unique image collection will not only give you more Ranger portraits, but more Ranger icons used to display your party location on the world map.

Access to a four-episode Video Development Blog that will show you an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the design and development of Wasteland 2. Sit in on designer meetings and art-review meetings to see the process behind how the game is made. See interviews with Brian Fargo, Chris Avellone, Mike Stackpole, Alan Pavlish, and the rest of the development team as they explain to you what they are doing and why they are doing it.

A novella by Chris Avellone based on the universe of Wasteland.

Of course, all backers who are in at higher levels will also get all of these added items too.

Also we will have a live streaming party on Monday night (16th) from 10pm-12am EDT to celebrate the green light of production on the game. Our Kickstarter does not close until 5am the next morning, but we wanted to get some of our friends and family together to celebrate this little bit of history and share it with you. On attendance will be Nolan Bushnell the founder of Atari, Chris Avellone and a few other surprise guests. We will be answering questions received through live chat on the TwitchTV stream as well as from Facebook fans. I will tweet the URL Monday afternoon as well as post it here on Kickstarter.

Thanks again for all the support and faith....

Brian Fargo

Gtab posted:

Dear lord let the Kickstarter model pan out because this is how video game retail should be.

Gtab posted:

So for the price of a normal game I'm getting 3 copies of this one plus a bunch of nerdy swag.

Uncle Caveman posted:

For $500USD, a member of the Obsidian team will read a passage from the Survivalist's journal each night for a week as they tuck you into bed

Uncle Caveman posted:

For $500USD, a member of the Obsidian team will read a passage from the Survivalist's journal each night for a week as they tuck you into bed

Gtab posted:

Wasteland 2 is way over the $2,600,000 mark and headed home towards $2,700,000 with 38hrs remaining. In celebration, they posted a new update and a new tier:


Emphasis his.

This means that for my $65 contribution ($50 contribution + $15 foreign shipping; it's just $50 for Americans) I am now getting:

2 DRM-free digital copies which I can give away
1 large old-school boxed disc version
1 cloth map
1 old-school instruction manual
1 novella by Chris Avellone
1 novella by Mike Stackpole
1 (maybe 2?) complete digital soundtrack
1 (maybe 2?) complete digital concept art book
1 in-game Ranger portrait art expansion
1 in-game funny bonus skill
access to the video dev blog behind-the-scenes series

So for the price of a normal game I'm getting 3 copies of this one plus a bunch of nerdy swag.

Dear lord let the Kickstarter model pan out because this is how video game retail should be.

Arrath posted:

Getting extra poo poo out of the blue because I couldn't resist a cloth map? Alright, I'm on board.

Totally TWISTED posted:

Quick someone tell me that I should "buy" Wasteland 2 for $50 large instead of buying Diablo 3 (because it's become a dumb heap of poo poo) when it comes out.

Aleksei Vasiliev posted:

crytek announced Crysis 3 and said it is a sandbox shooter. also apparently someone on the design team took up archery since they are touting the composite bow as an important weapon

Totally TWISTED posted:

Quick someone tell me that I should "buy" Wasteland 2 for $50 large instead of buying Diablo 3 (because it's become a dumb heap of poo poo) when it comes out.

Aleksei Vasiliev posted:

crytek announced Crysis 3 and said it is a sandbox shooter. also apparently someone on the design team took up archery since they are touting the composite bow as an important weapon

GoldenNugget posted:

That's totally a compound bow: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_bow

Still pretty neat but I don't know if I'll ever play Crysis 2. Is Crysis 2 worth it? Wasn't impressed by the mp demo and they consolized the poo poo out of it compared to #1.

Psion posted:

Diablo 3 will be poo poo,

Wasteland 2 is an unknown quantity but has a greater than zero chance of not being poo poo,

therefore,

Wasteland 2.


Gtab's continued campaigning has convinced me W2 is worth $50 just because he keeps linking to things Brian Fargo says, and Brian Fargo keeps saying wonderful things.

so go Gtab.

e: the only problem with Gtab is his Oblivion fixation, but nobody's perfect.

Micromancer posted:

I have a complete set of FONV with all 6 DLC packages on Steam I can gift to anyone that will secure me a copy of W2. I'm completely tapped out and can't get in on this at all.

Micromancer posted:

I have a complete set of FONV with all 6 DLC packages on Steam I can gift to anyone that will secure me a copy of W2. I'm completely tapped out and can't get in on this at all.

Gtab posted:

Gee I dunno if I'll be in IRC or not

Gtab posted:

On this day Cyrano made Wasteland 2 possible for two nerds, since he sorted Micromancer out and therefore my second digital copy can go to a second friend.

Hotwire posted: