Wasteland 2: Apostles of Quarex welcomed! BETA IS OUT!

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Tarquinn: Jul 3, 2007; I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you
my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal.; Hell Gem

Thanks for making the thread, Quarex.

This project will have my 100+ dollars the day it goes live. I really hope they go for pixel art, instead of 3d models. So far it looks like it. Don't gently caress this up, guys!

# ¿ Mar 12, 2012 10:44

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# ¿ Apr 25, 2024 14:40

Tarquinn: Jul 3, 2007; I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you
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Al! posted:

If I was to go back and play Wasteland for the first time because of this, does anybody have any starting tips? Those old-rear end CRPGS are often very hard to even get started these days.

Make a new party, pool money and equipment on one character, dismiss all the other characters, make new characters, pool money and equipment on that one character again. Repeat till you can buy good starting equipment for all characters.

# ¿ Mar 12, 2012 15:55

Tarquinn: Jul 3, 2007; I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you
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Hooray! :iamafag:

# ¿ Mar 13, 2012 14:00

Tarquinn: Jul 3, 2007; I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you
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DrManiac posted:

Holy poo poo, it's only been half a day and they are already almost half way to the goal

Well, one third actually, but still awesome! :woop:

# ¿ Mar 13, 2012 23:28

Tarquinn: Jul 3, 2007; I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you
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Phanatic posted:

Has anyone done a Wasteland LP? I didn't see one in the LP Archive but I'm not sure how comprehensive that is.

This one is pretty drat good.

# ¿ Mar 14, 2012 17:47

Tarquinn: Jul 3, 2007; I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you
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Al! posted:

It seems like he knows the game but what's with the weirdo fanfiction stuff?

Might be this guy's shtick. Weirded me out at first too, but it honestly isn't all that bad.

It reminds me of the narrative many image only LPers attach to an otherwise bland story.

Edit: Not that Wasteland has a bland story. You know what I mean.

Tarquinn fucked around with this message at 18:13 on Mar 14, 2012

# ¿ Mar 14, 2012 18:11

Tarquinn: Jul 3, 2007; I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you
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It's happening!

Now to get that thing up to 1.5mil! _{If I wouldn't be buying a house in in two weeks, I'd double my pledge to 250 bucks, like right now.}

randoark posted:

Now I want my M.U.L.E. sequel!

Nah, M.U.L.E. is pretty much perfect. Not much they could do to improve it. Even the graphics are fine. Also, Dani Bunten died in 1998.

HondaCivet posted:

I came to this thread hoping for a big squealing freakout happy post from Quarex and I get nothin'.

Yeah, our Prophet of the Wasteland(2) really should be ashamed to be asleep during this moment. :toot:

vvvvv ~~Your image does not show up.~~

Tarquinn fucked around with this message at 09:48 on Mar 15, 2012

# ¿ Mar 15, 2012 09:39

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Xik posted:

There is actually a remake/clone called Planet M.U.L.E. I played it for a little while when it was just released but going by the stats on their page it appears to have pretty much died now though, which is a shame. I'm curious though, does the IP not actually belong to anyone? What about the trademark for "M.U.L.E"? I'm surprised they can get away with this type of thing.

While I still think that M.U.L.E. doesn't really need a remake, this is pretty cool actually. Thanks for this.

# ¿ Mar 15, 2012 10:20

Tarquinn: Jul 3, 2007; I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you
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^^^^^ Boo, I say. Boo.

# ¿ Mar 15, 2012 12:48

Tarquinn: Jul 3, 2007; I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you
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Brown Moses posted:

All the $1000 pledges are now sold out, so now you have to spend at least $2500 if you want to be part of the game. There's also only 3 $5000 pledges left, and they are just under $12,000 from hitting $1 million.

It'd be really funny if the 'exploded blood sausage tier' stays without backers till the end of the kickstarter.

# ¿ Mar 15, 2012 15:36

Tarquinn: Jul 3, 2007; I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you
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Lurdiak posted:

Oh god drat it. This started out so cool, setting the mood, playing Fallout music in the back, clearly lots of post-production work, a good voice... then he started writing stupid fanfiction and being horribly creepy about his all-girl team.

Liar!

Every other Let's Play of this is people who clearly have no idea what the gently caress they're supposed to do recording live, fumbling around and mumbling to themselves, so looks like I'll just have to imagine what the game is like.

I'm a couple of videos in, and unless his narrative turns into a huge lesbian orgy, I stand by my point. :colbert:

# ¿ Mar 15, 2012 17:41

Tarquinn: Jul 3, 2007; I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you
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moot the hopple posted:

"She folds the cash and stashes them under her waistband. *HEH* Rosie's snickering at her heart-print underwear."

Won't somebody think of the children?!!1 :supaburn:

Let's ban that smut!

Tarquinn fucked around with this message at 19:49 on Mar 15, 2012

# ¿ Mar 15, 2012 19:44

Tarquinn: Jul 3, 2007; I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you
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Kharmakazy posted:

What is all the bloodsausage stuff about anyhow? I never actually played wasteland, and dosbox is being difficult.

It's Wasteland combat fluff text: "Your proton axe hits X for 24 points of damage and it explodes like a blood sausage!"

There's a lot of stuff like that.

# ¿ Mar 16, 2012 10:18

Tarquinn: Jul 3, 2007; I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you
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I have no problem with rape or child murder in a game (although there are people asking a little bit too loudly for it), if it is portrayed as an inherently bad thing.

The player character, however, should not be able to do these things, in my opinion.

# ¿ Mar 16, 2012 10:38

Tarquinn: Jul 3, 2007; I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you
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Fintilgin posted:

Is there already a thread about this? I almost made one.

Please do. That game looks loving interesting.

# ¿ Mar 16, 2012 16:38

Tarquinn: Jul 3, 2007; I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you
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precision posted:

Didn't the EU version of Fallout 2 not have children? I highly doubt the story or gameplay would be crippled by simply removing the option to kill kids on the console versions, and plenty of console games have rape stories (including New Vegas) so I'm pretty sure they could get away with anything short of the PC actually being able to rape people and just, why the Hell should that be in the game anyway?

Yeah, that's correct. They were lazy and simply removed the children sprites, which lead to invisible children you couldn't interact with, but that still had random dialogue played over their invisible heads. Also there was a quest chain that was unsolvable because of that.

Quarex posted:

Considering how many people are demanding rape and child murder in the game on the InXile forums, I doubt any console would allow the game to be published without significant revisions, and I doubt those revisions would be so simple as to guarantee that was a good direction to take.

Am I the only one that is just a little bit dusturbed by that? Some people are way too excited about that specific feature of the game. =/

Tarquinn fucked around with this message at 00:05 on Mar 17, 2012

# ¿ Mar 17, 2012 00:03

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God Of Paradise posted:

I recommend Einstruzende Neubauten albums.

They are quite simply, the most post apocalpytic sounding band in existence.

Einst�rzende Neubauten

Makes googling easier.

# ¿ Mar 18, 2012 12:39

Tarquinn: Jul 3, 2007; I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you
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CrookedB posted:

Do we have a dedicated Kickstarter thread? I haven't been able to find one, so I'll assume this is the one. It's reasonable to assume new interesting projects will start popping up now that the model has proved to be so successful.

Anyway, this isn't a postapoc game, but it's a turn-based strategy RPG influenced by FFT and King of Dragon Pass so maybe someone will find it to his or her liking. The Banner Saga kickstarter is now live. It's being developed by a small team of ex-Bioware employees, and the art style is definitely far from Wasteland -- rather, it's cartoony in the manner of Eyvind Earle. Check out this interview as well if you want to know more about the team's vision for the game; I'm biased since I'm the one who took it, but I'd say it's a pretty interesting interview.

Sorry if this is a bit off-topic. The Kickstarter model sure is an exciting thing.

There actually is a dedicated The Banner Saga thread, started by one of the designers of the game, which should get more love.

# ¿ Mar 19, 2012 09:13

Tarquinn: Jul 3, 2007; I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you
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ZombieSupaStar posted:

a bit OT: but I watched the Fallout Retrospective and they mentioned how Steve Jackson was investigated by the CIA or something?

Yes, this book was seized by the CIA, because they didn't understand what RPGs are and thought it was some sort of "hacker bible/anarchist cookbook".

# ¿ Mar 19, 2012 09:28

Tarquinn: Jul 3, 2007; I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you
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^^^^^^ Hello and welcome to seven hours ago. :toot:

I think we really need a general Kickstarter thread, as this thing is becoming really popular. Any volunteers?

# ¿ Mar 19, 2012 15:13

Tarquinn: Jul 3, 2007; I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you
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bonds0097 posted:

Hey guys, sorry for the failed attempt at video upload. Here is a corrected link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMHOVlem9Eg

I just had to verify my account with a mobile phone and that allows me to upload videos of unlimited? length.

And I definitely intend to post in the LP sandcastle once I have a 2nd posting. I'm not sure how much can be gleaned from the first video since it's mostly chargen.

No, do it now.

# ¿ Mar 21, 2012 15:14

Tarquinn: Jul 3, 2007; I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you
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I really like the Fargo "blogging". While it isn't as funny as what Schafer did in his updates, it gives more insight into what is going on in his mind and company.

# ¿ Mar 21, 2012 15:46

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Kennel posted:

Wasteland 2 is now the second most successful procjet in Kickstarter's history:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kickstarter#Top_projects_by_funds_raised

~~Video~~ PC gamers are a force to be reckoned with! :woop:

# ¿ Mar 22, 2012 08:47

Tarquinn: Jul 3, 2007; I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you
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Mordaedil posted:

I kinda hope there is some elective process involved. It sucks for the smallest guys who are just idea guys, but I honestly don't want to see money go to waste on projects that will have no chance to see the light of day.

I'd like to say I'd only want to see "good projects" benefit from the Kick Forward initiative, but then we suddenly come down to "what is a good project and how is it different from a bad project". People could get into fist-fights over the internet over this kind of stuff.

gently caress that fat dude wanting to make Second Life 2 though.

The money should probably go to projects that reached their goal, or are close to it, because that way the gamers have already shown their interest and trust in the project.

# ¿ Mar 22, 2012 09:27

Tarquinn: Jul 3, 2007; I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:

Going back to the Matthew Perry in New Vegas chat, I would take an experienced voice actor over a hollywood name any day.

Possible exception: Chris Walken in True Crime, Trejo in NV, boss.

What about Martin Sheen, Claudia Black, Lance Henriksen, Tricia Helfer and Seth Green in Mass Effect?

What I am saying is that a I disagree. Normal actors can do an outstanding VO job too.

# ¿ Mar 28, 2012 14:23

Tarquinn: Jul 3, 2007; I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you
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Fuuuuuckk.... I am all out of money.

Here have... 50 bucks more.

# ¿ Mar 30, 2012 17:59

Tarquinn: Jul 3, 2007; I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you
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These news have to hit more sites, pronto. Why aren't the PR guys doing their job? :argh:

signalnoise posted:

I dunno I kind of prefer a simple kill self vs kill others scenario. Nice and simple. You could even make it a game-ender!

Could we please, please keep that topic out of this thread? Thank you.

r1ngwthszzors posted:

Not sure how much to pledge anymore

Your money. All of it. :toot:

# ¿ Mar 30, 2012 18:26

Tarquinn: Jul 3, 2007; I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you
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Just got back on the internets after a three week absence and I'm hyped about everything in this thread. About the huge success of the kickstarter and the t-shirt. Thanks for all the work, Quarex and RagingBoner (and all the other backers). :woop:

I've read most of the tread, but I must've missed one thing. Was Axe Maniac's "get SA into the game" project successful?

# ¿ Apr 21, 2012 16:14

Tarquinn: Jul 3, 2007; I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you
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RagingBoner posted:

It was done in like 12 hours.

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3477853

Awesome and thanks again!

# ¿ Apr 21, 2012 16:58

Tarquinn: Jul 3, 2007; I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you
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Quarex posted:

ANYONE WHO STILL WANTS TO VOTE for my "LET US PLAY" party can do so through the end of the weekend--

Okay.

-Ninjentlemen. I like dapper assassins.
-The rest, whatever. :toot:

# ¿ Apr 21, 2012 23:13

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Rebel Blob posted:

Here you go, compelling stuff. And there was a thread about it too.

No matter what is going on, someone will be offended by it. Some people really are all sunshine and lollipops. :allears:

# ¿ Apr 22, 2012 20:50

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RagingBoner posted:

After I have them printed and in my grubby, grubby mitts. Early June, probably? And as soon as you pay, I'll mail em out.

Edit: Any non-US goons want to help me with a $1 experiment on Amazon Payments? I'll knock a dollar off your order if you help me out.

Sure, what do you need?

# ¿ Apr 24, 2012 16:02

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RagingBoner posted:

Did you work out where things went wrong yesterday?

# ¿ Apr 25, 2012 16:56

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RagingBoner posted:

International users apparently can't just send money to a US user, so I set up an Amazon Merchant account. They take about 10% of your sales, but streamline shipping and all that so well that I don't really mind (I will be pretty much breaking even on this sale). When the time comes, I'll send everyone the HTML document that has my "shop" in it, ask everyone to use Amazon if they are able, and we'll go from there.

Everything is pretty much ready to go as far as payment goes at this point. As long as REAL LIFE doesn't swoop in and take all my money before I can make the order, everything should go quite easily.

That's good to hear.

# ¿ Apr 25, 2012 17:04

Tarquinn: Jul 3, 2007; I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you
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Quarex posted:

But that is only because he basically took it a step further and predicted what is about to become the downfall of the world: full-sensory-immersion porn.

I expect to see that this century. And it will be the end of human civilzation; the pornocalypse! Extreme prudes and anhedonians will wander the shells of our cities, with groans of pleasure haunting them.

Tarquinn fucked around with this message at 10:17 on Apr 27, 2012

# ¿ Apr 27, 2012 08:03

Tarquinn: Jul 3, 2007; I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you
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I don't need/want any romance in WL2, but I do want a Fallout comparable amount of storyline and quests. Don't get me wrong, compared to its competitors of that time, Wasteland had copious amounts of story, but measured by today's standards it is almost non-existant. Oh, and less grinding, please. Besides that, they can do what they want, and I won't complain.

# ¿ May 3, 2012 09:05

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Fintilgin posted:

Wasteland 2 is awful quiet. Looking forward to some news.

They are all off to the Cayman Islands for, uh... research. :v:

# ¿ May 10, 2012 08:02

Tarquinn: Jul 3, 2007; I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you
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That shirt looks great. Can't wait to get my cheetos dust crusted hands on mine!

Also, still looking forward to that LP of your's, Quarex.

# ¿ May 16, 2012 07:50

Tarquinn: Jul 3, 2007; I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you
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Is it tomnorrow afternoon yet?

# ¿ May 18, 2012 09:40

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# ¿ Apr 25, 2024 14:40

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Didn't get an email.

# ¿ May 18, 2012 22:09

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