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Hey everyone is the writing in this game good? And by that I mean: how close is it in terms of being strongly executed and open to player input to Fallout: New Vegas?
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This new UI This new Color scheme This new loading bar It's like caramel in my mouth aaaaaaa
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Aug 1, 2014 21:39
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Impermanent posted:Hey everyone is the writing in this game good? And by that I mean: how close is it in terms of being strongly executed and open to player input to Fallout: New Vegas? Why would you ask how close to mediocre it is?
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Aug 1, 2014 21:55
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TangentEnigma posted:Why would you ask how close to mediocre it is? Because it's better than answering a question with a question and only slightly worse than starting a sentence with "because."
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Aug 1, 2014 22:02
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TangentEnigma posted:Why would you ask how close to mediocre it is? Okay.
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Aug 1, 2014 22:21
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It's awesome and you'll enjoy it regardless of how kick-rear end New Vegas is. Edit: Gave in and checked out the latest update for the game. There is some substantial difference in everything. Everything looks better in terms of graphics quality and the saturation slider is interesting but I think the game looks good at 100%. Loving that perception granted dialogue options and there's some new creation options as well. A LOT of new uses for skills like demolitons/computer/alarm disarming/etc I haven't looked at much but the first location but there's been some alterations to terrain and such that all look really fantastic. DEFINITE performance boost/optimization, for me that is sure. The ZOING healing sound is gone. New mods, new maps for encounters (night and rainy encounters thus far are the new ones but there are maps that have been changed or added, they're different enough to have started out as either) I'm just presuming that the portrait count was reduced for some reason because there are new ones but only one or two of the previous versions options. Donwsides? Gunshots seem really, really quiet for some reason and locations on the world map are extremely small, like... I would have missed a cache if I hadn't known it was there because the location indicator obscured it almost completely. This could possibly just be issues on my end, though. Don't expect Angela to share any ammunition you give her. Don't give her anything unless you're fine with her not returning it to split stacks etc. She won't part with her starting rifle, either. She also seems to still have trouble deciding if she wants to harass your rangers even when they make a shot but at this point I think it's kind of funny for her to just be loving with the newbies. I'm sure that's fixed in the final release. Her new spoken lines are very well done in my opinion. Give that VA a pat on the back. Syrant fucked around with this message at 12:08 on Aug 2, 2014 |
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Aug 2, 2014 08:19
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I'm sad that punching seems to have been hit with the nerf hammer w/r/t armor piercing, but I'm thrilled at all the new explosives. Means I can counterbalance my 2 punch-dude/ttes with TNT.
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Aug 2, 2014 18:28
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How complete is the game? Will saves carry over to full release? Really tempted to try this now but don't want to start a new game on full release.
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Aug 2, 2014 18:31
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Did the new patch add the second half of the game?
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Aug 2, 2014 18:33
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DrManiac posted:Did the new patch add the second half of the game? I kind of want to see a legit retail release of a game get a patch with this in its patch notes. Bugfix: 2nd half of the game is now accessible after being accidentally left out of gold master build.
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Aug 2, 2014 20:11
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Is there a date at all for the full release? This really isn't the type of game I want to play a half-finished version of.
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Aug 2, 2014 20:33
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Lurdiak posted:Is there a date at all for the full release? This really isn't the type of game I want to play a half-finished version of. The latest Wasteland 2 update posted:It’s pretty likely that we will slip into the first or second week in September due to fulfillment of the physical goods and discs. We will give an exact date as soon as we know it.
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Aug 2, 2014 20:37
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Lurdiak posted:Is there a date at all for the full release? This really isn't the type of game I want to play a half-finished version of. About a month.
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Aug 2, 2014 20:38
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 Thanks, guys.
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Aug 2, 2014 20:43
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A small gripe I have with character creation is that when I load a premade character it still resets the age to the default 20. I have no idea if the actual game saves age now but if not, I imagine its just flattering Angela by telling her she doesn't look a day over 20.
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Aug 2, 2014 20:57
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The Wasteland 2 release party had better not make me miss that Steely Dan concert in Boston  Oh who am I kidding I have not even bought tickets yet just in case it is the same weekend
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Aug 2, 2014 21:31
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Well, a PROPER Wasteland 2 release party would have a RATT concert anyway. P.S. RATT loving sucks.
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Aug 2, 2014 21:44
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Fair Bear Maiden posted:Well, a PROPER Wasteland 2 release party would have a RATT concert anyway. I think you spelled Judas Priest wrong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhY9GOhFwN4
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Aug 2, 2014 22:15
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It might just be the Fallout in me, but I can't imagine the wasteland without these guys: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvwfLe6sLis
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Aug 2, 2014 23:07
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My greatest heavy metal shame is that Turbo Lover was the first Judas Priest album I bought. Actually possibly the only one. But dude. Listen to that song. TURBO LOVER. Actually "Out in the Cold" was really my jam. Where am I/ HotCanadianChick in case you did not know, he mentioned RATT due to the RATT reference in the original Wasteland. But, as we discussed earlier in the thread, it may not necessarily be such a bad thing if RATT does not make it into this game (as much as I would kill to run into the elderly new wavers from the first game still demanding to hear RATT) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5vQsHjHins Featuring (relevantly) a jukebox and (less relevantly) Milton Berle.
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Aug 2, 2014 23:10
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quote:It’s pretty likely that we will slip into the first or second week in September due to fulfillment of the physical goods and discs. We will give an exact date as soon as we know it. Why? Every physical copy comes with a digital bonus copy, doesn't it? There's no 'physical only' tier. Why wouldn't they just send out all the codes and tell people the physical goods are in the mail? Why delay the actual game over what amounts to some bonus goods? 
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Aug 2, 2014 23:59
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Fintilgin posted:Why? Every physical copy comes with a digital bonus copy, doesn't it? There's no 'physical only' tier. Why wouldn't they just send out all the codes and tell people the physical goods are in the mail? Why delay the actual game over what amounts to some bonus goods? MAybe people bought the physical copy for themselves and want to give the bonus copy to someone else? I don't know. I'm kinda with you on it, but it doesn't really matter to me.
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Aug 3, 2014 00:02
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Drifter posted:MAybe people bought the physical copy for themselves and want to give the bonus copy to someone else?
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Aug 3, 2014 00:09
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It's funny, I've got two PCs, the WL2 beta's never worked on my desktop, and a terrible texture glitch (pitch black everything!) kept me from advancing into the first quest area on my laptop, now with the new patch I'm getting CTD on my laptop like I've always experienced with the desktop (I've sent bug reports on both, going back to the first release of the beta, but whatever hardware issues are causing it seem unresolved). I don't have a lot of confidence that I'm even going to be able to play this game for the foreseeable future. What I've heard sounds good though!
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Aug 3, 2014 00:11
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Basic Chunnel posted:It's funny, I've got two PCs, the WL2 beta's never worked on my desktop, and a terrible texture glitch (pitch black everything!) kept me from advancing into the first quest area on my laptop, now with the new patch I'm getting CTD on my laptop like I've always experienced with the desktop (I've sent bug reports on both, going back to the first release of the beta, but whatever hardware issues are causing it seem unresolved). I don't have a lot of confidence that I'm even going to be able to play this game for the foreseeable future. What I've heard sounds good though! Just out of curiosity, what are you computers' main parts? Some people have really old computers and it's like they're trying to pour gasoline up a horse's rear end and are upset when it won't drive them down the freeway.
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Aug 3, 2014 00:56
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No, the laptop is a 2013 Thinkpad that has no problems running much of anything, the desktop doesn't have anything more than 2 years old plugged into it.
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Aug 3, 2014 01:02
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I had a lot of troubles running the very early beta stuff so I'm 50/50 on having to build a new computer to run WL2. I kind of need to, I've got a 2010 lenovo laptop and I'm just kind hoping it holds on until I can put together a desktop. It handled Bioshock Infinity well enough though.
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Aug 3, 2014 01:28
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Basic Chunnel posted:No, the laptop is a 2013 Thinkpad that has no problems running much of anything, the desktop doesn't have anything more than 2 years old plugged into it. Integrated graphics?
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Aug 3, 2014 01:59
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The laptop does, an intel HD 4000, but that's high end as laptop graphics go (it certainly has no problems running, say, Skyrim + ENB) but as I said, it was running fine before. The intro area ran very smoothly, the map travel was fine, but once you got to the first quest area, everything was black, except for the dust blowing vfx, which came in fine. You could crank the gamma and see faint outlines of characters and objects, but no features of the terrain. I clicked randomly and ended up getting into an argument with an invisible raider, who I talked my way past, but I couldn't go any farther without vision. With the newest patch, it crashes on startup. Same with the desktop, but the beta has never worked on the desktop. I believe that's running a GTX 660.
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Aug 3, 2014 03:03
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Will saves 100% not carry over?
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Aug 3, 2014 03:23
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Reason posted:Will saves 100% not carry over? I think it's safe to say the save would have some possibility of loving up over some kind of conflict with now and the final product.
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Aug 3, 2014 05:51
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Basic Chunnel posted:The laptop does, an intel HD 4000, but that's high end as laptop graphics go (it certainly has no problems running, say, Skyrim + ENB) but as I said, it was running fine before. The intro area ran very smoothly, the map travel was fine, but once you got to the first quest area, everything was black, except for the dust blowing vfx, which came in fine. You could crank the gamma and see faint outlines of characters and objects, but no features of the terrain. I clicked randomly and ended up getting into an argument with an invisible raider, who I talked my way past, but I couldn't go any farther without vision. Try updating your drivers maybe? I have a laptop with intel 4000 graphics and had no problems with the beta.
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Aug 3, 2014 06:39
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Quarex posted:My greatest heavy metal shame is that Turbo Lover was the first Judas Priest album I bought. Actually possibly the only one. But dude. Listen to that song. TURBO LOVER. Not their best, but it's underrated. Yes, it's kitsch-y at hell, but seriously, they're Judas Priest, why is that a problem?
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Aug 3, 2014 07:12
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Reason posted:Will saves 100% not carry over? Always assume that saves from a non-final version of the game won't work in the final version.
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Aug 3, 2014 08:39
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Fair Bear Maiden posted:Not their best, but it's underrated. Yes, it's kitsch-y at hell, but seriously, they're Judas Priest, why is that a problem? Turbo Lover and Out In The Cold were the two songs that got me into metal \m/
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Aug 3, 2014 08:41
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Why people listen to Judas Priest when you have Black Sabbath is beyond me.  Discuss.
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Aug 3, 2014 08:52
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HotCanadianChick posted:Turbo Lover and Out In The Cold were the two songs that got me into metal \m/ I watched that garish motorcycle Turbo video and it's 80's synthpop, something you'd encounter in a disco or a gay bar. Sorry your younger self mistook that for metal 
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Aug 3, 2014 10:05
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Basic Chunnel posted:The laptop does, an intel HD 4000, but that's high end as laptop graphics go (it certainly has no problems running, say, Skyrim + ENB) but as I said, it was running fine before. The intro area ran very smoothly, the map travel was fine, but once you got to the first quest area, everything was black, except for the dust blowing vfx, which came in fine. You could crank the gamma and see faint outlines of characters and objects, but no features of the terrain. I clicked randomly and ended up getting into an argument with an invisible raider, who I talked my way past, but I couldn't go any farther without vision. btw I run a GTX 660 on my home system and it runs fine for me. Are all your graphic drivers up to date? If you keep having problems with everything up to date please send your crash logs and/or player.log file to us at support@inxile.net, we'll want to see what's causing it
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Aug 3, 2014 14:00
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Fair Bear Maiden posted:Not their best, but it's underrated. Yes, it's kitsch-y at hell, but seriously, they're Judas Priest, why is that a problem? Furism posted:Why people listen to Judas Priest when you have Black Sabbath is beyond me. I realize KISS probably never actually believed they were the heaviest band in the world, but KISS is to Black Sabbath as Justin Bieber is to ... Black Sabbath  HotCanadianChick posted:Turbo Lover and Out In The Cold were the two songs that got me into metal \m/ sauer kraut posted:I watched that garish motorcycle Turbo video and it's 80's synthpop, something you'd encounter in a disco or a gay bar. All right, there we go; Wasteland 2 discussion complete.
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Quarex posted:Oh I totally dig it, do not get me wrong. Kitschiness and cheesiness are concepts that fundamentally cannot be used to discuss heavy metal, as either all metal or no metal appears kitchy/cheesy depending on your inclinations towards metal. Well, ManOwaR could be the exception to thinking no metal is cheesy I suppose. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77j6RIZy8KI I have no idea what you could possibly be talking about.
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