Wasteland Wasteland 2 Pre-Release Discussion Thread [GAME RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[Kem0sabe]

I wonder when we'll be getting some new media.
Shouldn't they pop up more frequently the closer they're getting to the release date?

When's the release date?

 

[Jack Dandy]

IIRC, some time around October.. I may be off a bit.

 

[MicoSelva]

It's October, at least for now.

 

[Kem0sabe]

Crossing fingers it doesn't get delayed 3 days from release to add multiplayer.

 

[EG]

Crossing fingers it doesn't get delayed 3 days from release to add multiplayer.

Of course it will.

They always do.

 

[TwinkieGorilla]

Surprised nobody's posted this yet:



I'm still a bit lukewarm to this, but it's at least 100 exploded sausages better than the last one.

 

[Infinitron]

It's decent. Very 90sy.

 

[Jaesun]

That looks WAY better.

 

[Lancehead]

Yeah, looks better, but I think the letters could use a bit of depth. Also, make the badge a bit more visible.

 

[Kem0sabe]

Still doesn't look good. The rusted textures, the cracks, the color.

I have a couple of tips... buy Tungsten, use the black typeface, use a single color in the Wasteland name and a different one on the number... go crazy and use black and yellow.

Put a touched up version of this somewhere else and your done.

 

[Jack Dandy]

Better than the previous, at least.

 

[Infinitron]

New Brian interview: http://www.gamesradar.com/player-choice-everything-brian-fargo/

Delivering on promises is important to Fargo. With crowd-funding schemes like Kickstarter, players fund projects based on what they expect them to deliver. Deviate from that, and you risk angering the people who are bankrolling you. But what happens when you get into a Mass Effect 3 situation, where players expectations aren't met because the team wants to deliver choice - a vital component of RPGs. "Part of the problem there, as I understand it, is that they promoted the fact that your decisions could effect the ending," he says.

"So, you’re if you’re making a strong claim like that then you have to follow through with it. The general feeling is that they didn’t follow through with it other than you being able to choose a few different colours. I think that if you’ve committed to a principle then you need to deliver on that. However, if you as an author decided that you wanted to have an ending that goes one way or the other then that’s your prerogative. It all comes down to how you’ve communicated about what you’re going to do. So if I say that I’m going to do multiplayer, and it isn’t in the final game, then I don’t get to just say “Hey, I’m an artist. I don’t believe in multiplayer” because people might have bought your game on the understanding that there would be multiplayer."

He continues: "I can’t speak for why BioWare had issues. I think that perhaps companies like BioWare have a very different approach to making their games. They do a lot of audio and cinematics, and these tend to hem you in when it comes to changing things, especially towards the end of development. Some of my best work happens in those last 90 or so days, when we’re watching real human beings play our game and therefore getting a lot of input about what they’re doing and how we need to adjust. If you’re locked in with millions of dollars worth of audio and cinematics it makes change very difficult."

 

[Brayko]

Oh good, news that doesn't involve the intensive importance of logo art.

Will read with pleasure.

EDIT: Read it, and it is yet another dazzlingly optimistic interview from B man, keep 'em coming.

 

[Jack Dandy]

These interviews are nice and all, but it's just a repeat of what he says in his 2405 other interviews. I hate sounding like a bitter jackass, but when are we going to start seeing some new media?

The guy doesn't even reply on Twitter.

 

[Infinitron]

These interviews are nice and all, but it's just a repeat of what he says in his 2405 other interviews. I hate sounding like a bitter jackass, but when are we going to start seeing some new media?

The guy doesn't even reply on Twitter.

You can make your own new media: http://wasteland.inxile-entertainment.com/unity

 

[Brayko]

The guy doesn't even reply on Twitter.

This is sadly true, I've sent him lots of "Tweets" with important questions but he always remains silent. I don't know if he's afraid of being lured into a trap or he doesn't like answering important questions. Probably both.

 

[Brother None]

but when are we going to start seeing some new media?

Probably not this month. Everyone's nose-down on getting it to alpha, and it would not be an effective use of time to polish up an area for new screenshots or video, since they already did a vert slice.

 

[Brayko]

I like it how BN dive bombs in with news when you least expect him to.

 

[Kem0sabe]

Nose-down getting it to alpha and making logo's...

 

[Jack Dandy]

FULL-ON CRUNCH TIME HERE IN INXILE HQ

 

[Brayko]

 

[Zed]

before:

after:

* no ugly yellow, no unnecessary decorative stuff, better cracks

 

[FeelTheRads]

Your mom has a better crack.

 

[Jaesun]

The whiteish 2 just stands out too much IMHO and doesn't seem to fit.

 

[tuluse]

The yellow 2 really makes it jump off the screen. Also I like the super saturated look. Anyways, everything in this thread is an improvement on the first one.