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LotsBread posted:I watched Damnation Alley, and to be honest, it really didn't push any of my buttons. I mean, I've read the original as well (both the original Zelazny version and a piece of poo poo portuguese translation in a pocket book collection) and the tone just ain't the same: in the original, what you had was a biker turned badass convoy driver Hell Tanner doing the trip through Damnation Alley, only guy who made a run through the area. In the movie, it's a bunch of tired marines of the Good Ol' U.S of A doing a last ditch attempt to reach a safer haven before dying in the desert. No, you're right, the plot is garbage but the implementation of the setting is pretty well done. Dune is a much more stark example of the same sort of book to film fuckup.
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Rinkles posted:Isn't that just what the American south west looks like in general? I'd happily give up the majority of locals here if it meant having to deal with radscorpions and armored scarab-cochroach hybrids. If Damnation Alley ended with them sinking instead, being just some of the many victims of the wastelands, I'd have loved it. It'd maybe a 3 out of 5 though. That ending is just beyond terrible.
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In other Post-Apocalyptic news, the EVENT (which you MUST NOT REMEMBER AT ALL TIMES) is now part of the past and not the present. We no longer live during the event. Special non-Event Distraction Officer David Mitchell will now entertain you with his Questionary on pre-Event knowledge. Lucky winners gets a whiff of pure oxygen and non-recycled food (true pig meat!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN0ixdOsrY0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWBiERHSEhg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saaFuBasPZQ
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At first I had no idea what the things you said had to do with a quiz show, but when I was laughing out loud by the end of the first clip, it seemed irrelevant. Also agreed that the radioactive skies really should have been cool but just did not work a lot of the time. Peas and Rice, what you said about the Postman makes it even more appealing. I am all in favor of the crazy libertarian end-days planning scene, since it is fun to play pretend, but yeah, it would be a terrible thing if those kind of people actually formed a new society. It took us untold aeons to ascend from "might-makes-right" the first time, after all.
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Hey, Quarex, ever got around reading the links to the stories I PMed you? Just sent them over to see if you think of them as "Kosher" post-apocalyptic. If you think so, I'll post them here for everyone else to see.
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gender illusionist posted:Just the other day I, too, sat down to this. The Fallout (the original) is right there - the total emptiness of the wasteland and even the colours of the city, wasteland and that little diner they stop at. I loved the touch of the constant daytime aurora (I assume that's what they're supposed to be). If you could see the sky in Fallout I'm sure it would have looked similar. That ending though... ug.
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From the Wasteland 2 Facebook page:quote:One thing we haven’t talked about so far is cutscenes. We want you playing the game rather than staring at cutscenes, but we’d also like to do an opening cutscene that sets up the history of the rangers including the events of Wasteland, a scene as part of our closing sequences and perhaps one mid-game cutscene. We have these written out, and we even have some great footage taken from the Wasteland Weekend to use in them. We’re not going to do expensive cinematics nor would we want to, but we’d like to get creative in the execution, find a way of doing them that is not too expensive but still aesthetically pleasing. https://www.facebook.com/Ranger.HQ?hc_location=stream
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Oh my sweet God. The priest's cross from the first look is a tiny hammer and pickaxe. 
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LotsBread posted:Hey, Quarex, ever got around reading the links to the stories I PMed you? Just sent them over to see if you think of them as "Kosher" post-apocalyptic. If you think so, I'll post them here for everyone else to see. (Though Fantastic Metropolis is of course randomly down today) Edit: Oh, and I like that they are asking people "hey, who is making the best post-apocalypse-appropriate art films these days?" This is going to be awesome.
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In game related news, here is a good interview with Chris Keenan about the process so far. No real revelations, but it's still a good read.
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Kinda slow, but I got word from the Wasteland Facebook timeline that someone is developing a true Jagged Alliance sequel-in-gameplay. Supposedly, they got one of the big modders from the Bear Pit on board.
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Errr...plus input from Ian Currie (JA creator), Chris Hatfield (worked on JA 2). They got R@S (Blue Sun Mod from 7.62), Flugente (THIS guy, responsible for many crazy features like being able to play a spy in JA 2) and another very important modder. This game is going to be awesome! It's a shame that the company spent at least half of the campaign using a bad marketing strategy. They could have gotten at least twice what they got if a decent marketing campaign was implemented). This reopens the genre and if they want to do a sequel or DLC, I'm loving IN. 
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What I really want to see is some 80's "PROJECT STAR WARS" tech floating around in-game as bonus weapons or hidden in deep bunkers, ready to unfold untold doom upon mankind. Gimme a laser cannon. Or some power armor. Or hell, the option to be turned into an android. The last one would be an excellent game-changer. Only one guy gets to be an android: everyone else has to suck dick and sulk. Benefits: Sweet-rear end armor rating, resistant to secondary effects and ability to interface with other machines. Down side: your dick is out of commission and you probably will never feel love again, but hey, Sweet-rear end AC, right?
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Impenetrable body skeleton of steel but, a kitchen magnet will make you dance the funky chicken forever.
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And have the desire to sing folk music!
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A couple of months ago, someone I had just met noticed "GOON" on my Wasteland 2 Goons shirt, and we had a Forums Moment. I forgot to mention it at the time. And tonight I was at a house party, and someone was like "wait a minute, a Wasteland 2 shirt? Like, Wasteland 2 Wasteland 2?" and we had a delightful ~15-minute conversation about the game and the Kickstarter and tracking down the original cover art and how you can totally kill me in the sequel and such. I mean, when R4B0 had these shirts made, I did have a vague dream that wearing the shirt would someday magically result in people talking to me, but I did not actually think it would happen. Wooo!
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Quarex posted:A couple of months ago, someone I had just met noticed "GOON" on my Wasteland 2 Goons shirt, and we had a Forums Moment. I forgot to mention it at the time. And tonight I was at a house party, and someone was like "wait a minute, a Wasteland 2 shirt? Like, Wasteland 2 Wasteland 2?" and we had a delightful ~15-minute conversation about the game and the Kickstarter and tracking down the original cover art and how you can totally kill me in the sequel and such. Further proof that you should wear it every day.
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quote:Chris Keenan @rangerkeenan So. That!
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Brother None posted:So. That! Earlier in the week like TODAY?!
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Brother None posted:So. That! Oh, Brother, why do you tease us so?  I honestly want to know, though, BN, what can you tell us about the factions present in-game? If you can't say, it's okay, but if you can spew out tid-bits of info, I'd like to know how varied are the wasteland people. Is the hockey-stick wielding dude a shaman or something for a tribe?
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According to Fargo's Twitter, the new video was ready to go but it got pulled back at the last second because of some grammar problems. 
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LotsBread posted:I honestly want to know, though, BN, what can you tell us about the factions present in-game? If you can't say, it's okay, but if you can spew out tid-bits of info, I'd like to know how varied are the wasteland people. Is the hockey-stick wielding dude a shaman or something for a tribe?
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"Update 29: How many squeezins can I fit in my bag?" just went online, showing off the inventory system. It's... beautiful. 
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Yes, it ... it IS beautiful. I have been wanting to actually drink Snake Squeezins for 25 years, and I feel closer than ever now. And can I be the first (well, the first here) to publicly marvel at the fact that the movie "Three Amigos" factored so heavily into this update, despite never being mentioned? (name/outfit of first character, for those who have no idea what I am talking about)
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Quarex posted:Yes, it ... it IS beautiful. I have been wanting to actually drink Snake Squeezins for 25 years, and I feel closer than ever now. Oh god, I need to watch that again. It's been a decade at least.
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Worth mentioning that you guys are killing it with the sound design, if the intro clip is representative of what's in the game. Also, the inventory looks really boss -- even with placeholder assets and no tooltips it looks more sensible and common-sensey than a lot of other RPGs.
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That is a drat fine looking inventory. Can't wait to play this.
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Are the player models final art? looked a little rough but everything else looked good.
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Quarex posted:And can I be the first (well, the first here) to publicly marvel at the fact that the movie "Three Amigos" factored so heavily into this update, despite never being mentioned? You're being fooled by movie tricks, trick photography!
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Guys you're supposed to link poo poo for the convenience of lazy people like me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHN7QTcuqI4 Is it just me or is the assault rifle absolutely massive; sniper rifle as well to a lesser extent? (Or is your squad really short?) The postures of your party members also look pretty unnatural. Otherwise, the inventory system itself looks functional, the background's nice, but I wouldn't mind if the text size is slightly increased in the final release.
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Had to watch the video several times just to assure myself that yes, this is Wasteland 2, it looks loving awesome and it's a thing that is actually happening. Also made me realize just how much I've missed humorous item descriptions à la Fallout and Jagged Alliance. Also, a broken toaster. 
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Rinkles posted:Is it just me or is the assault rifle absolutely massive; sniper rifle as well to a lesser extent? (Or is your squad really short?) They do look a bit oversized, yeah, but I imagine that will help you distinguish different weapons while zoomed out.
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Less then 30 seconds into that video and I'm totally glad I got the W2 add-on from the Torment Kickstarter. Being able to have a killer mariachi in your party is a glorious thing.
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Quarex posted:Also the canteen has a typo, an "its/it's" error. Fargo tweeted last night that they had to delay the release of the video because of grammar problems. Looks like they changed their minds?
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Delaying a video release for a grammatical error would be a bit goofy unless it's something extreme like "Brother None did a gag code compile with everything typed in leet speak and we accidentally recorded that version." I'd still want to see that video though. 
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RagingBoner posted:Fargo tweeted last night that they had to delay the release of the video because of grammar problems. Looks like they changed their minds? Haha nah, there were a few errors in there they yanked out. This one was still in there. I pointed it out a bit before the update went up, but we didn't think it wise to delay again just for that. (I think it also says 80's rather than '80s at one point, I think)
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Thank you SO much for making a lovely, detail-heavy, mousecentric UI. Fired up Skyrim the other day and holy crap does that thing set my teeth on edge. Detail on mouseover! In 2013! Can I get a hallelujah?
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You know, what I thought about it, looking at the tabs and lists, was how great it was that it was not Oblivion. It actually looks like an information-rich and characterful inventory UI. Also, from the update: "This means Wasteland 2 is in a fully playable, “alpha-ish” state."
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