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Mordaedil: Oct 25, 2007; You should taste my cucumber-flavored beer!

Did you remember you save your game?

It's one of those manuals that you'd really want in print. It has a lot of fluff information and funny tidbits and it tries to present the game not as a game, but as a post-apocalytpic simulator. At some point in my youth I was actually wondering if I was. Then I shot a rat and it exploded and I forgot all about it.

It was also the first game that taught me and punished me for not saving my game often enough. While I didn't save to a lot of files, I did end up saving before every big decision and making a new save when I was going to take a risk on something.

Doing the Brotherhood quest was the one that left me clueless on how to progress because there was no town nearby where I could apply the medication before it ran out of time.

# ? Apr 13, 2012 07:39

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# ? May 22, 2013 08:01

AG3: Feb 4, 2004; Ask me about spending hundreds of dollars on Mass Effect 2 emoticons and avatars.

HondaCivet posted:

Sssshhhhhh you're ruining it.

Kind of a good point though. I mean, if you're willing to drop $250 on a game you've never tried, why not head over to GOG.com and get Fallout 1 and 2 for $12? (Yes, Fallout 1 was free this week but that promo's over unfortunately.) Wasteland 2 won't be identical of course but it'll at least give you a good feel as to whether or not you'll enjoy this type of game.

If you do this, don't forget to read the manual. I kinda forgot about that when I started playing Fallout 1 a few days ago. Did not go well.

I donated $250 and I've never played the original either. I'm a huge fan of the Fallout games though (Fallout 3 excepted), and while they'll be very different games, I just want more post-apocalyptic RPGs.

Well, it was only $100 until they broke out the news that Chris Avellone would join at $2.1 million. I'm also an unrepentant Obsidian/Avellone fanboy.

# ? Apr 13, 2012 07:41

Splicer: Oct 16, 2006; I HATE JOKES!

Mordaedil posted:

Doing the Brotherhood quest was the one that left me clueless on how to progress because there was no town nearby where I could apply the medication before it ran out of time.

If you travel to empty bits of map and click on your location you're taken to an empty random encounter style screen. Do that just outside the area, dose up, stroll in.

# ? Apr 13, 2012 08:05

Mordaedil: Oct 25, 2007; You should taste my cucumber-flavored beer!

Splicer posted:

If you travel to empty bits of map and click on your location you're taken to an empty random encounter style screen. Do that just outside the area, dose up, stroll in.

Cue one of the biggest ah-hah's I ever had playing games as a kid.

It changed everything in how I approach games. Before that things had been very straight, didn't even think about it.

# ? Apr 13, 2012 10:06

ToxicFrog: Apr 26, 2008

FPzero posted:

I've never played the original Wasteland, nor Fallout 1 or 2. I loved New Vegas, which I know is completely different as far as genres go. Nevertheless, I pledged $50 to this game because why the gently caress not. Plus SA's getting into the game. I've gotta be a part of this somehow.

New Vegas plays completely differently, and is packed more densely, but the locations, characters and stories nail the "Fallout feel" pretty well.

Also, all you people who liked New Vegas but haven't played the originals, Fallout 1 and 2 are on GOG and Wasteland is abandonware and runs in dosbox. You have no excuse.

_{He says, starting up New Vegas again.}

# ? Apr 13, 2012 12:52

Fintilgin: Sep 29, 2004; Fintilgin sweeps!

Three days left. Crossing my fingers for a decent end bump.

# ? Apr 13, 2012 14:22

RagingBoner: Jan 10, 2006; Real Wood Pencil

Fintilgin posted:

Three days left. Crossing my fingers for a decent end bump.

It says 3 on the page, but it's actually just under 4 days. 8 AM EDT on the 17th.

And I think we are in the birth pangs of the bump, yesterday and the day before were well above what the downward trend would have pointed toward.

Edit: Is anybody even looking at this stuff any more? It gives me something to do until this thing ends, I guess. Here you go:

RagingBoner fucked around with this message at Apr 13, 2012 around 14:43

# ? Apr 13, 2012 14:31

Mr. Self Destruct: Jan 1, 2008; lary

HondaCivet posted:

If you do this, don't forget to read the manual. I kinda forgot about that when I started playing Fallout 1 a few days ago. Did not go well.

Fallout 1 & 2 also have amazing manuals that are worth reading even if you've beaten the games a hundred times but never seen them.

# ? Apr 13, 2012 16:31

Quarex: Apr 18, 2003; Beware the man who has lived longer than the Wasteland.

^{Read paragraph 65.}

Oooh we are totally going to pass $2.5 million today!!!

# ? Apr 13, 2012 16:32

HondaCivet: Oct 16, 2005; 3 elements down, 1 to go!

RagingBoner posted:

It says 3 on the page, but it's actually just under 4 days. 8 AM EDT on the 17th.

And I think we are in the birth pangs of the bump, yesterday and the day before were well above what the downward trend would have pointed toward.

Edit: Is anybody even looking at this stuff any more? It gives me something to do until this thing ends, I guess. Here you go:

No, your tables are great. It keeps me from refreshing the Kickstarter page all the time too.

Having the Fallout 1 manual in print would be great, although the PDF from GOG is really nice too. And yes, I remembered to save. I've already learned that harsh lesson from other games like Disgaea.

# ? Apr 13, 2012 16:37

Mordaedil: Oct 25, 2007; You should taste my cucumber-flavored beer!

I kinda miss the age where I could use game manuals as toilet reading material and have it actually entertain me.

Manuals now are like appetizers for a bigger meal, but there's no follow-up.

Which sounds just weird in this context.

# ? Apr 13, 2012 16:56

RagingBoner: Jan 10, 2006; Real Wood Pencil

Quarex posted:

Oooh we are totally going to pass $2.5 million today!!!

~~Seriously doubt it, we'd have to do a about $100k today, and that hasn't happened since the Obsidian bump.~~ I'm dumb.

But hey, love the positive attitude (as always).

RagingBoner fucked around with this message at Apr 13, 2012 around 17:38

# ? Apr 13, 2012 17:23

Peaceful Anarchy: Sep 18, 2005; sXe
I am the math man.

RagingBoner posted:

Seriously doubt it, we'd have to do a about $100k today, and that hasn't happened since the Obsidian bump.

But hey, love the positive attitude (as always).

Look at this guy, not even looking at his own spreadsheet which says we only need 26,550. You're forgetting paypal.

# ? Apr 13, 2012 17:36

Shadley Puffin: Aug 13, 2011; DOWN WITH GRAVITY

RagingBoner posted:

Edit: Is anybody even looking at this stuff any more? It gives me something to do until this thing ends, I guess.

The nuts and bolts of this thing are neat to unpack. Like the fact that there aren't a lot of folks along with me in terms of $ or raw numbers in the $75 tier, but a squinty jillion at $100 - the lure of nifty tchotchkes is nigh-irresistible.

# ? Apr 13, 2012 17:53

Tribladeofchaos: Jul 2, 2008; IT'S SHOWTIME!

HondaCivet posted:

Sssshhhhhh you're ruining it.

Kind of a good point though. I mean, if you're willing to drop $250 on a game you've never tried, why not head over to GOG.com and get Fallout 1 and 2 for $12? (Yes, Fallout 1 was free this week but that promo's over unfortunately.) Wasteland 2 won't be identical of course but it'll at least give you a good feel as to whether or not you'll enjoy this type of game.

If you do this, don't forget to read the manual. I kinda forgot about that when I started playing Fallout 1 a few days ago. Did not go well.

Those are good points actually. I dropped the money on there because I have been a big fan of Fallout and I liked the games they've made since then.

And it seems that I won't be spending much since GOG is having an sale on Interplay games so both Fallout games are $3 anyway. I might as well grab Planescape: Torment while I'm at it.

# ? Apr 13, 2012 17:59

signalnoise: Mar 7, 2008; i'm your lady machine
cybernetic supreme
sweet as peaches and cream
i'm your lady machine

So what's the best way to preserve a collectable poster

# ? Apr 13, 2012 18:05

Blooshoo: May 15, 2004; I'm a newbie

Brian and Chris are doing a "chat" on reddit now (I remember the olden days when people would use irc for this nonsense). http://redd.it/s81zu

I think its about halfway over? Looking forward to someone culling all the new info out of it.

# ? Apr 13, 2012 18:16

sirbeefalot: Aug 24, 2004; Fast Learner.

signalnoise posted:

So what's the best way to preserve a collectable poster

Get that poo poo professionally framed with archival materials, yo.

# ? Apr 13, 2012 18:21

Peas and Rice: Jul 14, 2004; Purveyor of fine previously-used vessels and coffins.

Is it too early to start assembling my costume for my "become an NPC" reward?

# ? Apr 13, 2012 18:25

signalnoise: Mar 7, 2008; i'm your lady machine
cybernetic supreme
sweet as peaches and cream
i'm your lady machine

Peas and Rice posted:

Is it too early to start assembling my costume for my "become an NPC" reward?

Ehh? EHhhhhh?

# ? Apr 13, 2012 18:26

Oberleutnant: Apr 24, 2009; All you need is a good crew...

quote:

[�]BrianFargoCEO inXile Entertainment[S] 59 points 1 hour ago
Of COURSE I have had some publishers call me to voice their interest in Wasteland and of me doing RPGs. I knew that was coming. I had one group that wanted to fund my marketing for a piece of the pie. I politely explained that we have an ARMY of fans who are better than any marketing campaign.

[�]pov_dave 17 points 1 hour ago*
That must have been very satisfying to politely tell the PR group to f#*k off!

[�]BrianFargoCEO inXile Entertainment[S] 42 points 1 hour ago
Maybe

I'm gloating vicariously.

# ? Apr 13, 2012 18:33

theblackw0lf: Apr 14, 2003; "...creating a vision of the sort of society you want to have in miniature"

Blooshoo posted:

Brian and Chris are doing a "chat" on reddit now (I remember the olden days when people would use irc for this nonsense). http://redd.it/s81zu

I think its about halfway over? Looking forward to someone culling all the new info out of it.

This chat is seriously fascinating. Almost worthy of its own thread.

Interesting note: Chris Avellone would be interested in doing an RPG based on The Wire or Archer

# ? Apr 13, 2012 19:20

Agnostalgia: Dec 22, 2009

theblackw0lf posted:

This chat is seriously fascinating. Almost worthy of its own thread.

Interesting note: Chris Avellone would be interested in doing an RPG based on The Wire or Archer

I feel like an Archer RPG would be the best possible successor to Alpha Protocol.

# ? Apr 13, 2012 19:53

Fintilgin: Sep 29, 2004; Fintilgin sweeps!

He also hasn't played Arcanum.

# ? Apr 13, 2012 19:54

Scut: Aug 26, 2008; Such a hard working little power suit!

theblackw0lf posted:

Interesting note: Chris Avellone would be interested in doing an RPG based on The Wire or Archer

I'm not the only person who has said that Alpha Protocol would be amazing if tied in with Archer. Oh man would it ever be amazing.

# ? Apr 13, 2012 19:55

Doc Hawkins: Jun 15, 2010; Dashing, you say? But I'm not even moving!

The hacking mini-game would stare back at you with giant, soulless, anime-bride eyes.

# ? Apr 13, 2012 20:14

Cloud Potato: Jan 8, 2011; "I'm... happy!"

Doc Hawkins posted:

The hacking mini-game would stare back at you with giant, soulless, anime-bride eyes.

The hacking mini-game would just be typing "guest."

# ? Apr 13, 2012 20:22

Drifter: Oct 22, 2000

Cloud Potato posted:

The hacking mini-game would just be typing "guest."

Well, you'd know better than anyone, I suppose.

Also, have you guys seen these pictures? It's really good fanart I saw linked in that AMA.

# ? Apr 13, 2012 20:25

glug: Mar 12, 2004; JON JONES APOLOGIST #1

Drifter posted:

Well, you'd know better than anyone, I suppose.

Also, have you guys seen these pictures? It's really good fanart I saw linked in that AMA.

That's some insane fan poo poo right there. Seems like a guy in a russian game company?

# ? Apr 13, 2012 20:38

Tippis: Mar 21, 2008; It's just another day in the Wasteland…

Drifter posted:

Well, you'd know better than anyone, I suppose.

Also, have you guys seen these pictures? It's really good fanart I saw linked in that AMA.

It's nice art, but I can't say that it matches how I've envisioned Wasteland (extrapolated from those good old 16-colour, 8-bit tiles, which, granted, leaves a lot of room for one's imagination)

I always saw the world as largely intact, but run-down and abandoned, rather than completely ruined and now rebuilt with junk. More Mad Max than The Road Warrior or Beyond Thunderdome � the Savage Village and central Vegas being the only mild exceptions.

# ? Apr 13, 2012 20:43

Omnicarus: Jan 16, 2006

Agnostalgia posted:

I feel like an Archer RPG would be the best possible successor to Alpha Protocol.

Only if you didn't actually play as Archer but you played as Fister Roboto or Baboo the Ocelot.

# ? Apr 13, 2012 20:50

Quarex: Apr 18, 2003; Beware the man who has lived longer than the Wasteland.

^{Read paragraph 65.}

sirbeefalot posted:

Get that poo poo professionally framed with archival materials, yo.

HELL YEAH or even completely unprofessionally framed is still an improvement; ever since MY GIRLFRIEND (we are married now it is cool) showed me how framing my gaming posters made them instantly more awesome, I have kept all of them in the same condition as when I framed them--and I am talking about crappy Meijer (~Target/Wal-Mart) $10 frames here. Still super-classy and beautiful compared to thumbtack marks or tape tears. I lost so many good posters that way

Peas and Rice posted:

Is it too early to start assembling my costume for my "become an NPC" reward?

Good call, I bet a fair number of people are not going to really think this through and will just send in like boring Facebook profile pictures of themselves. I am sure anyone who dresses up in remotely apocalyptic gear will be rewarded. Or punished.

Stan, the Used Death Dealer

Oberleutnant posted:

I'm gloating vicariously.

Me too, though it really does make sense--the publishers did not believe there was interest or that it was worth their time. He finally did something to demonstrate that he was right all along. The only problem is that now he has moved beyond needing their help

crap now I am smugging too

glug posted:

That's some insane fan poo poo right there. Seems like a guy in a russian game company?

That guy is legitimately crazy (in a good way). He posts this stuff almost daily on the Wasteland 2 wall--he made that "Rammstein/Wasteland 2" homage that basically blew my mind forever (he sent me an unfinished version of one of his new works with a Rammstein quote attached as a thanks for personally messaging him

)

Still I agree that I do not think his art actually matches what they have in mind--but I kind of think they should make a dedicated Wasteland 2 Fan Page or something and have him go nuts adorning it.

# ? Apr 13, 2012 20:56

Crosscontaminant: Jan 18, 2007

Quarex posted:

HELL YEAH or even completely unprofessionally framed is still an improvement; ever since MY GIRLFRIEND (we are married now it is cool) showed me how framing my gaming posters made them instantly more awesome, I have kept all of them in the same condition as when I framed them--and I am talking about crappy Meijer (~Target/Wal-Mart) $10 frames here.

Thank you for reminding me to ask about doing this with the Skyrim map currently balanced precariously on top of my bookcase.

# ? Apr 13, 2012 21:29

Agnostalgia: Dec 22, 2009

Omnicarus posted:

Only if you didn't actually play as Archer but you played as Fister Roboto or Baboo the Ocelot.

I figured you'd play a new ISIS agent and Archer would be this game's Steven Heck.

# ? Apr 13, 2012 21:29

Roman: Aug 8, 2002

Did someone post the Scorpitron 2.0 already?

# ? Apr 13, 2012 22:06

Tippis: Mar 21, 2008; It's just another day in the Wasteland…

Roman posted:

Did someone post the Scorpitron 2.0 already?

That gives a serious GitS-tank vibe. Very nice.

# ? Apr 13, 2012 22:07

Quarex: Apr 18, 2003; Beware the man who has lived longer than the Wasteland.

^{Read paragraph 65.}

Roman posted:

Did someone post the Scorpitron 2.0 already?

I could do with more faded gaudy paint, but it does look a little bit like it was once painted but it has all worn off. Really I just do not want the people who worry that this game will remove all non-grey-brown-orange colors to be right.

# ? Apr 13, 2012 22:08

kimbo305: Jun 9, 2007; He is I, and I am him

Trees growing out of derelict buildings is one of my fave post-Apocalyptic images.

# ? Apr 13, 2012 22:12

RedMagus: Nov 16, 2005; D --> For pete's goodfornothing di%ie whistling SAKES

God drat fans that aren't stupid batshit crazy make beautiful stuff.

I'm kinda curious, I'm hitting Boston Comic-Con in a week, so I'm kinda hoping to see some Wasteland stuff pop up. Longshot, but I'd love to get something like that Scorpitron as a print to toss up in my home.

# ? Apr 13, 2012 22:14

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# ? May 22, 2013 08:01

Rinkles: Oct 24, 2010; What I'm getting at is...
Do you feel the same way?

Roman posted:

Did someone post the Scorpitron 2.0 already?

Hardly a unique setting, but the image brought to mind this little short.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doteMqP6eSc

# ? Apr 13, 2012 22:19

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