Game News Wasteland 2 Game of the Year Edition announced...for Xbox One?!

[Robert Jarzebina]

I am worried. The mere thought of consolization of next titles scares me deeply

But maybe I am overreacting? There are 2 possibilities:
1) PC version sells better than Xbox one- nothing will change, just some more profits will go towards future games
2) Xbox version sells better than the PC one- it may mean there is a need for PC centric titles among consoltards, so nothing changes?
Either they will fail, or show this style of gameplay may be successful on xbox.

 

[Havoc]

It makes me nervous for Wasteland 3...

You should be nervous for Torment...

Indeed.

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Ohh Fuck....sigh... they are going full McIntosh...

Yep, for quite a long time now.

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Et tu, Colin?

Fuck me... these people... again: "The problem is, I though that people behind inXile, especially those behind Design, can see Con Artists, Professional Victims and Sociopaths on first glance/evidence." and now Colin. Come on. I thought you're smarter than that... you made the Complete Book of Elves! It saddens me.

 

[LarsWestergren]

Pfft. You gators are hilarious. Anita is in the process of making the series she promised, plus she has managed to hold presentations etc, despite constant death threats and other harassment.

In the meantime, what happened to the "Sarkeesian Effect" that two prominent Gamer Gaters have been collecting tens of thousands of dollars on Patreon for? The one that would expose her as a scammer? Oohhh...awkward.

 

[FeelTheRads]

Joined: Oct 29, 2007

 

[Athelas]

It makes sense: Torment takes place in the far-away feature where gender is an archaic concept.

 

[LarsWestergren]

That's right. I just don't post very often.

 

[Darkzone]

Suddenly i have lost my urge to donate towards The Bard's Tale 4 . I simply cannot support the SJW PC cultural marxism sickness.

 

[Cyberarmy]

Oohhh...awkward.

Dafuq I read/watch O_o

 

[Jaesun]

We joke, but seriously there is actually a tinsy bit of worry associated with this. Mainly that they now will begin to design controls and gameplay with an eventual console release in mind.

And thats where decline for pc releases begins.

EXACTLY. When you design your entire game around a controller pad and have to cut designs from your game specifically because of that, that's when it all goes to shit.

Though to be honest, I don't think that was the case with Wasteland 2.

 

[a Goat]

It's really hard to imagine playing a game like W2 comfortably on the console.

You don't even need imagination.



When I've played Wasteland 2 I've had a feeling from time to time that it would work more or less good with gamepad.

Btw. they're probably porting it for Microsoft money, which was predictable - at this point, Microsoft doesn't have big enough library to compete with PS4 so they're looking for niche indies with decent production values(don't necessarily read it as "good games" but as "not indie pixelart platformers").
I still wonder why are they doing it instead of dumping xbone and sell "Windows-Boxes" but who I am to know if it's better idea.

 

[Zeronet]

They should consider completing some of the content for the game too, turning the ranger radio shack in to a ranger base, some missions associated with getting it up and running and some radio signals about new recruits going out to help people in LA. All the stuff i actually expected to do.

 

[Dickie]

Any chance it'll come out for PS4?

 

[mondblut]

Bard's Tale IV will be turn based Skyrim, mark my words.

That would be pretty awesome actually. TES open world with an oldschool blobber stapled on a top of it is where RPGs should have been heading after Wizardry 7 and World of Xeen, not that isometric click-the-hyperlinks bullshit we've got instead

 

[Leningradiensis]

Any idea on when the fix for the story is coming? I suppose cat litter was some kind of placeholder item that was accidentally left in the game.

Seriously though, some of the locations are nice, but overall the story lacks all coherence. Which could be forgiven, if the character system and combat was properly designed... which they are not. Even WL1 was much better designed in this aspect.

 

[LarsWestergren]

Any chance it'll come out for PS4?

A year ago I would have said no, but indies deserted Microsoft in drowes due to all the exclusivity restrictions, so they seem a lot more humble now. Doubtful this is an important enough title to pay for anything more than a timed exclusive, but only MS and inXile knows what the contract says. If it sells well on xbox, maybe inXile or Sony will invest in a port.

 

[Xenich]

We joke, but seriously there is actually a tinsy bit of worry associated with this. Mainly that they now will begin to design controls and gameplay with an eventual console release in mind.

And thats where decline for pc releases begins.

Wasn't the first iteration of their GUI for Wasteland 2 tab/list based? Seems to me that they were thinking console from day 1. Nothing good will come of this imo.

 

[Infinitron]

Any chance it'll come out for PS4?

https://twitter.com/BrianFargo/status/573153457953103874

 

[Morkar Left]

W2 for consoles? I'm curious how the interface and controls will be.

For the extra content; yeah!

But it means I will further delay my "ongoing" playthrough.

 

[Xenich]

We joke, but seriously there is actually a tinsy bit of worry associated with this. Mainly that they now will begin to design controls and gameplay with an eventual console release in mind.

And thats where decline for pc releases begins.

EXACTLY. When you design your entire game around a controller pad and have to cut designs from your game specifically because of that, that's when it all goes to shit.

Though to be honest, I don't think that was the case with Wasteland 2.

It creeps in, it did before, it will again. Fast forward 5 years from now and we will have the same garbage games being developed with console limitations while PC tech is light years beyond it. Hey, if I am wrong, it is a win/win, but I don't think I will be wrong. May be time for me to find another hobby. /shrug

 

[Kem0sabe]

First thing... Goty where?

Second... That trailer looks like it was done by a high school multimedia class, the music, not showing the actual new features, the silly text and bullet points.

Third... I wonder who managed to convince them there was a a market for wl2 on console. A convoluted design, slow paced crpg that forces the player to slog through 50% of the content before they are able to get to the good parts, according to inxile own words that is.

 

[Xenich]

First thing... Goty where?

Second... That trailer looks like it was done by a high school multimedia class, the music, not showing the actual new features, the silly text and bullet points.

Third... I wonder who managed to convince them there was a a market for wl2 on console. A convoluted design, slow paced crpg that forces the player to slog through 50% of the content before they are able to get to the good parts, according to inxile own words that is.

Well, they can put in lots of explosions along the way, turn all the dialog into voiced cut scenes and put in some gay romance, I am sure it will do just fine with the console crowd.

 

[Infinitron]

It creeps in, it did before, it will again. Fast forward 5 years from now and we will have the same garbage games being developed with console limitations while PC tech is light years beyond it. Hey, if I am wrong, it is a win/win, but I don't think I will be wrong. May be time for me to find another hobby. /shrug

When it happened before, Morrowind and KOTOR were surprise hits, selling more than most people thought a Western RPG would sell on console. They were game-changers. I doubt that's going to happen in this case. I don't think Take Two made very much money from the XCOM: EU console ports either, and that was with a much beefier marketing machine.

Second... That trailer looks like it was done by a high school multimedia class, the music, not showing the actual new features, the silly text and bullet points.

I already told you, that's the game's original release trailer. See, they aren't wasting lots of money on the console version.

 

[GloomFrost]

Looks like Fargo is really confident about success of Wasteland on consoles. Does anyone know if there are any plans to port the Underrail or AOD??

 

[Kem0sabe]

When it happened before, Morrowind and KOTOR were surprise hits, selling more than most people thought a Western RPG would sell on console. They were game-changers. I doubt that's going to happen in this case. I don't think Take Two made very much money from the XCOM: EU console ports either, and that was with a much beefier marketing machine.



I already told you, that's the game's original release trailer. See, they aren't wasting lots of money on the console version.

This entire reveal was inept, the badly edited original trailer released on YouTube for no one to see, the lack of press release, the lack of a proper presentation on the new features and how the game will translate to console.

Gamers pick up on this 'fuck, let's do a console cash grab with little effort', will be interesting to see how they react.

You said it yourself, inxile isn't spending too much on this, when a console version would inherently need a massive rework of the Ui, the control scheme, the skill check system the keyword system, and the reduction in the silly amount small text.

It's a massive undertaking that I'd done poorly will translate badly for the company image, why do it at all if you are not invested on it?

 

[Infinitron]

Pardon me if I'm not feeling too badly about the prospect of console gamers getting bad PC ports for once.

I hope somebody on the Codex buys it and gives it a try, though. It'll be interesting to learn how it is.