Wasteland The Wasteland 2 Beta Release Thread [GAME RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[WhiteGuts]

Fighting wolves while navigating through a maze.

 

[Jedi Master Radek]

No rats , no fun

 

[Roguey]

Sewer levels are so passé. Fighting wolves at the start of the game is where it's at.

That introduces you to a knockdown mechanic, ergo it is good.

Harebrained Schemes made a good sewer level but I don't trust inXile to match or surpass them in quality.

 

[Crooked Bee]

I thought you were talking about "creativity" (see "creative bankruptcy"). So, just because it introduces you to a certain mechanic means it's more creative? Unless the mechanic itself is creative, I'm not seeing it, and knockdown certainly isn't.

 

[RK47]

The UI's already finalized so most of the complaints here seem rather pointless.
But here I go again:
- Item transfer between party member - should just let me right click, drop down menu to transfer to a party member I want.
- This is a minor complaint - lack of button hotkey on labels. Like, Crouch (PgDn) etc. Not having them labeled is kinda annoying. I suppose reading the manual or keybindings on the menu would help but I feel it'd be nice if I can just see it right away on the mousehovers.

That's all I can gather so far.
The game felt rather oppressive to me. Atmosphere-wise that is.
I'm tired when I got home and this game certainly doesn't aim to make you comfortable.
I'll see how far I can go just muddling with random builds...though finding a statue giving me one skill point and giving me a spray can from fixing a toaster elicits a 'huh' from me.

I cannot give a verdict so far.
Sorry if I seem petty.

 

[sea]

Thanks for the UI feedback RK47. Not sure if we are going to add the right-click-to-move-items-between-characters option similar to another game you may have played recently, as we already have right-click functionality, however, the tooltips showing hotkeys is a good suggestion.

 

[Grotesque]

Those high pitched sounds when selecting to fire with a weapon are annoying as hell. After hearing them time and time again I felt the urge to throw my headphones.
Are there any plans implement left click mouse party moving?

 

[Copper]

I would be amazed if neither Defiance Bay or Twin Elms has an 'ancient sewer system' infested with monsters to justify urban dungeon-crawling.

 

[J_C]

Those portraits look a bit half-assed, in most of them the faces dont exactly "fit" the body, and all of them lack detail.

That's because those are the backer portraits, duh! Are you expecting all backers to be professional artists? I'm already surprised that so many of them can actually draw so you should feel ashamed to criticize their efforts!

I don't think those were drawn by the backers. They use the exact same style, they are very similar to eachother. These are the work of one man/woman.

 

[sea]

I believe most of the game's more recent concept art work and most/all of the portraits were done by Daniel Kim.

 

[Zed]

I would be amazed if neither Defiance Bay or Twin Elms has an 'ancient sewer system' infested with monsters to justify urban dungeon-crawling.

I would be amazed as well. Especially if Defiance Bay does not have a sewer level.

EDIT:
Those backer portraits on the other page are fucking awful as hell. Barely concept art quality.
Zybourne Clock-level art. Actually Zybourne Clock has better fanart.

 

[Doctor Sbaitso]

I don't care about day one patch. If 1.0 is shit, then should be rated accordingly as a shitty game. Receiving a game and during the week/month it takes for me to finish it I receive large ass patches that tweak balance, polish the game because its crappy also ruins my gaming experience.

If not for a retail release, the day-one-patch version would be the only one you'd be able to play.

Imagine rating Divinity: Original Sin based on how it would play without the day one patch they forced on everyone through Steam DRM.

You really are not clear on how it works eh? The game does not require steam to play. They are leveraging the auto-patching and distribution advantages.

Also, you can quite easily disable auto-patching on steam if you like. DRM is a moot point. Of course, this isn't really what you are on about at all is it, retard?

 

[Roguey]

I thought you were talking about "creativity" (see "creative bankruptcy"). So, just because it introduces you to a certain mechanic means it's more creative? Unless the mechanic itself is creative, I'm not seeing it, and knockdown certainly isn't.

I'm saying having a mundane situation in a game is okay if it's teaching you something. Wasteland 2's sewer level takes place too far along for that.

You really are not clear on how it works eh? The game does not require steam to play. They are leveraging the auto-patching and distribution advantages.

Also, you can quite easily disable auto-patching on steam if you like. DRM is a moot point. Of course, this isn't really what you are on about at all is it, retard?

You absolutely cannot play D:OS from a disc installation without it first downloading patches. This was done intentionally.

 

[sea]

You absolutely cannot play D:OS from a disc installation without it first downloading patches. This was done intentionally.

It also has nothing to do with digital rights management.

 

[buzz]

Well, can you play without the patches? Can you download the patches from another place outside of Steam?

If not, I think it qualifies as a DRM.

 

[RK47]

Tell everyone.
Warn them.
Before they ki

 

[Roguey]

It also has nothing to do with digital rights management.

Can I resell my retail copy of D:OS to someone else?

 

[J_C]

It also has nothing to do with digital rights management.

Can I resell my retail copy of D:OS to someone else?

Yes you can.

Spoiler

The buyer just can't play with the game.

 

[Zorba the Hutt]

Not a fan of physical copies tied to Steam but to be fair to Larian at least they offered non-Steam disks to those who wanted them.

 

[80Maxwell08]

So what's with all this talk about steam? Are inXile locking their boxes to Steam like Larian did or something?

 

[Infinitron]

So what's with all this talk about steam? Are inXile locking their boxes to Steam like Larian did or something?

No.

 

[Infinitron]

The Wasteland 2 UK publicity blitz has begun!

RPS: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/08/05/wasteland-2-release/
Eurogamer: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-08-05-the-long-journey-of-wasteland-2

There may be more. Crooked Bee

 

[undecaf]

RPS: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/08/05/wasteland-2-release/

Fargo: ...some people would love to see a console version. So we’ve got to look at all the things and what we can spend.

 

[Infinitron]

PC World: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2460...-pistol-packing-post-apocalyptic-priests.html
Gamasutra: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/...lessons_learned_in_developing_Wasteland_2.php
Kotaku: http://kotaku.com/wasteland-2-could-be-the-proper-next-act-for-fallout-1616300365
VG247: http://www.vg247.com/2014/08/05/wasteland-2-pc-linux-mac-video-interview/
Polygon: http://www.polygon.com/2014/8/5/5937435/wasteland-2-gameplay-launch

 

[mindx2]

Brother None sea: you need to tell Brian to take better care of his games!!

Such disrespect being shown to Fallout just thrown up there with other things piled on top

If he doesn't want it or take care of them properly just put it in my Doomsday Preparation Survival bag, I'll handle it properly ... I mean, really?!