Bard's Tale The Bard's Tale IV Pre-Release Thread [RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

Next time they should just all stand like this

 

Fargo is always good at getting the band together.

 

I loved that funny video
But it didn't make me pledge more than 50$ I already did

 

The video is great, unless you're a miserable git obviously. Interesting Fargo pic with Cranford there - tactically reassuring old BT fans that even though the real creator of BT1/2 isn't involved (because Cranford felt Fargo was f*cking him over) that they're still best buds.

Still sticking with my $110 pledge...

 

Did inXile just said in their video : are you tired of buying supposedly complete computer games ?

Wow... SHOCKED . What about September 19 2014 lol , when you released WL2 in beta state and it stayed there for 4 months ... ( or should i say real version is not even Out yet Lol )

I really really sincerely hope that Torment will be different , i want to play full game on day one ... not after 6 months of beta release testing .

 

Are you paying for those updates? We're talking about DLC bits and bobs here.

I find this attitude (not you specifically Atchodas, just general posts on these forums) towards post-release support frankly bizarre. It's like discouraging devs from continuing to work on their games. When we upgrade the game *for free*, according to your logic that retroactively means the previous version wasn't "complete"? That's asinine as all hell, that's like saying I bought a car and later they tuned my suspension and upgraded my tires for free and my response to them is "OH SO YOU SOLD ME AN INCOMPLETE CAR?!" No, Wasteland 2 is complete right now, with the extensive post-release support it got, and the state it released in was not at all unusual for an RPG of its complexity, it certainly wasn't "beta" by any reasonable industry definition (well ok, LA was kinda rough).

For real, you guys like free post-release support right? Then why are you badmouthing developers that do it? It's like shooting yourself in your own dick and then laughing about it.

 

You could just waited 2 months and released the game in perfect state just saying .
And i am sure everybody is more than happy and waiting for DC of wasteland .
But Wasteland's 2nd part( Cali ) was unplayable at release .
We play and buy games for our fun not to support you you should realize this ( and buggy games doesnt make it fun experience ) , and release your other 2 projects at better state .
If you invested your own money and wanted for the game to pay you wages you would have release a finished game , but ofc when people Kickstarted there was no need to .

 

If you close your eyes and envision everyone who whines about this stuff as 12 year old kids who can barely work a computer much less understand anything about development cycles it begins to make more sense.

Edgy and Retarded - Great combination.

 

Don't take those retards seriously. W2 was in a decent state at release (I played it through without a hitch), and it got even better in the coming months. Doing extra work after release is what make you guys great.

 

Seriously , why would a customer care about your development cycles , you sell a product so customers expect to get a finished one , in any other industry than gaming company that releases their product at the same state as WL2 release would go bankrupt in a week and customers would never look back at it , ofc gamers are retarded fanboys and got no backbone so they will swallow all the shit you give them and pretend that they are in control .
inXile tries to pretend that they are some kind of RPG saviors or sht like that but in the end they are just trying to get big again so they can start pumping consoletard titles like everybody else . You had your chance with WL2 ( and failed ) so swallow it up now and prove me wrong with Torment / Bards Tale .

 

Yea okay Total Biscuit. Wasteland 2 was fine at release (the actual release). We got bug fixes promptly within weeks and now they are releasing a remastered version for free in Unity 5. Of course you can't appreciate that, you just need to bitch and whine.

 

No it wasnt , how much shit can you eat before you realize that you are being shit at ?

Or do you mean "actual release" like patch 5 in december ?

 

I played WL 2 on release and ran into exactly 1 bug that required me to just save, close the game and reload. Bug was gone.
I don't fanboy ever - if the game was shit I would call it shit.

 

So you never reached Rodia , Angel's Oracle , or Holywood on release version then ?

I dont say wasteland 2 is shit , i liked the game , Its Release was insulting thats what i am saying !

 

Not in the couple of days before they began dropping 3 gig patches. I have a job.

 

Patches that fixed Rodia and Holywood came like 1 month after release .
Not even speaking anymore about legendary Patch 3 which introduced more bugs than the game had before

 

Prove it - Also why are you complaining they are giving you free post-release support even after the bugs are fixed.

 

Edit function you faggot, learn how to use it. And learn how to write too while you're at it.

 

Release date october 13 ( almost a month after september 19th release )

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Hollywood: Fixed a bug that allowed players to repeatedly turn in a quest with Raji.
- Hollywood: Fixed missing examine text on Rambeau’s shop door.
- Hollywood: Matthias will now give the Rangers level 6 rad suits to better aid in his quest.
- Hollywood: Fixed Broken Man quest not resolving properly.
- Hollywood: Fixed Heidi being killed by pigs during the cemetery encounter (she now always escapes properly).
- Hollywood: Fixed Heidi showing up in her Hideaway after being killed by said pigs.
- Hollywood: After betraying Veronica, the player can no longer persuade characters to vote for her.
- Hollywood: Fixed Ma Brown quest not getting closed out if you killed her.
- Hollywood: Fixed Manny not taking the chip suitcase for his quest.
- Hollywood: Billy now has 12,000 Scrap in his inventory after giving it to him.
- Hollywood: Ratboy’s “All Items” trade tab should actually show all items correctly.
- Hollywood: Fixed flickering rug in Rambeau’s shop.
- Hollywood: Fixed Heidi describing Veronica positively after she fires her.
- Hollywood: Fixed Heidi’s quest being updated with a useless logbook entry.
- Hollywood: Fixed Flo not voting for Veronica after Schwag’s dead.
- Hollywood Sewers: Fixed Sensuari not appearing correctly in salt lab.
- Hollywood Sewers: Fixed cutscene with Heidi and Sensuari playing when it shouldn’t.
- Griffith Park: Fixed McDade’s two quests conflicting in a cut scene.
- Griffith Park: Added text so hostile NPCs after McDade takes over make more sense.
- Griffith Park: Correctly disabled a spawner for Heidi that was a causing her to reappear even after being killed.
- Griffith Park: Fixed one of McDade’s lines.
- Griffith Park: Fixed an issue with McDade hiding too soon.
- Griffith Park: Added journal entry for Veronica and McDade’s peace treaty quest.
- Griffith Park: Fixed a logbook entry being updated after the quest was over, leading to confusion.
- Griffith Park: Fixed quest to retake the Bastion not updating correctly when McDade and Veronica are killed.
- Griffith Park: Meson Cannon will now be set to friendly after siding with Retribution Jones. Previously it was still hostile.
- Griffith Park: Made killing Jones after he takes control of Griffith/Hollywood make more sense via some new text.
- Griffith Park: Fixed up Retribution Jones’ examination/description to be less confusing.
- Griffith Park: Fix for not being able to identify the Broken Man correctly if the player put him in charge before talking to Veronica.
- Griffith Park: Fixed Heidi disappearing in the cemetery if McDade was put in charge - should have only happened if Jones was in charge.
- Griffith Park: Prevented a bug allowing players to get the same quest reward from Retribution Jones multiple times.
- Griffith Park: Fixed barks appearing during cutscenes.
- Griffith Park: Fixed Veronica’s quest not closing out once Jones took over.
- Griffith Park: Fixed Billy quest ending if Lam was dead.
- Griffith Park: Fixed a bug with Jones’ knights not joining combat when they should have been.
- Griffith Park: Fixed McDade barking when he shouldn’t after Jones is killed.
- Seal Beach: Added descriptors to Seal Beach computer access doors.
- Seal Beach: Added a fog of war revealer to prevent breaking line of sight exploit when in cover during a certain fight.
- Seal Beach Underground: Fixed an issue allowing player to unintentionally bypass an important combat encounter.
- Seal Beach Underground: Fixed some fog of war issues.

Best parts of holywood was , you do some random quest and Cutscene appears form other side of the map with events that never happened , this is also around 1/4th of actual patch notes i just copy the holywood part which was enraging .

Dont get me wrong i am happy that they fix things after release , but there should never be this many issues to fix in a released game that got fucking Kickstarted 3 times more than they asked .

 

Best argument you got , just keep paying for inXile kickstarters lol
Codex constructive criticism ends when there are some names to fanboy at , any other studio would be laughed at but no BRIAN FARGO WILL SAVE US FROM DECLINE ye sure , Indie studios releasing better and less buggy games without 3 million KS , meanwhile these Scamers be like : 500k more and you get MCA to write a prologue lel . Empty your wallets fanboys only 2 days left to support "development cycles"

 

In a perfect world, maybe. But in this world, what's your alternative game studio? inXile represents one of the few studios we can count on to even try to make something that harkens back to some of our favorite games and systems. I'm a WL2 backer and I haven't played the full game yet, I'm waiting for the EEEEExtreme edition to be released. Was it obvious that it was released too early or with not enough QC? Yea, probably. What you're lacking is context, and in the context of this market, they're one of a handful of studios trying to make games that reflect non-mainstream sensibilities. We should support that goal and their continued support for released games.

Does that mean we shouldn't criticize WL2's various mechanics and design elements, and tell them to release a more polished product? No! Our criticisms help guide them. Does it mean we should shit all over their efforts to continue supporting a game they released 10 months ago? I don't think so.