Wasteland Wasteland 3 + Battle of Steeltown and Cult of the Holy Detonation Expansions Thread

[rusty_shackleford]

I thought he was referring to the base game at first. I'd have trouble believing his work was anything more than drafts for the DLC. He stopped working with them before the game even released, right?

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

As if his work in Wasteland 2 was any better.

 

[Roguey]

I thought he was referring to the base game at first. I'd have trouble believing his work was anything more than drafts for the DLC. He stopped working with them before the game even released, right?

Data mining back near release revealed that this stuff was cut content, repurposed into DLC

So, judging from the quest strings ripped out of the game, quite a bit of content seems to be cut - something like 3 locations. Library (that one looks especially big), Steeltown, Cheyenne Mountain. 1 or 2 companions (one new and second one may be Ralphy, but that one is not guaranteed, though). DLC fodder, for sure.

Avellone's terrible designs couldn't be salvaged into a fun enough game in time and then it turns out they couldn't be salvaged into fun period.

As if his work in Wasteland 2 was any better.

Ag Center and Highpool weren't great, but they weren't Cult of the Holy Detonation bad.

 

[warci]

We've been playing coop almost every day for a week now. I don't get what all the bitching is about that it is a bugged mess and bwaaah bwaah. It works incredibly well in coop, they really thought this one through with some great quality of life multiplayer mechanics. Absolutely love it so far.

 

[Hellion]

By the way, the game is on sale at Fanatical for almost 10 euros, for the next 2 days or until stocks last. It's the lowest price so far according to isthereanydeal.com.

 

[Daedalos]

We've been playing coop almost every day for a week now. I don't get what all the bitching is about that it is a bugged mess and bwaaah bwaah. It works incredibly well in coop, they really thought this one through with some great quality of life multiplayer mechanics. Absolutely love it so far.

'You dont get what all the bitching is about... and you find yourself on the KODEX and ask such questions.

Maybe review your statement. And your life.

 

[warci]

We've been playing coop almost every day for a week now. I don't get what all the bitching is about that it is a bugged mess and bwaaah bwaah. It works incredibly well in coop, they really thought this one through with some great quality of life multiplayer mechanics. Absolutely love it so far.

'You dont get what all the bitching is about... and you find yourself on the KODEX and ask such questions.

Maybe review your statement. And your life.

Butthurt because only your mom wants to play coop with you? I'm talking about the base game btw, don't have the DLC's.

 

[Fedora Master]

Does coop involve handing over the mouse to your coop partner?

MP in games like this is a retarded idea.

 

[Infinitron]

Daedalos is supposed to be an inXile fanboy, what's going on here. Friendly fire, bro

 

[warci]

Does coop involve handing over the mouse to your coop partner?

MP in games like this is a retarded idea.

no, in fact it's totally the opposite: you're in the same world, but you can each do things completely separate. For example one player can start a conversation with an NPC. The other player doesn't even have to join in, but has the choice to do so even halfway the conversation. You can see the other players' mouse hover over the dialog options and you can choose to either hand over control or select the preferred option yourself. Same goes for item management, crafting, combat, etc.

 

[Psquit]

I want to kill myself, the final boss of the cult of the holy detonation is shit. What were they thinking?

 

[Fedora Master]

I warned you about the DLC.

Why does my Kodex Kareer feel like a Sweet Jeff cartoon?

 

[LJ40]

Because both are filled with quasi-coherent, barely legible, inconsequential nonsense?

 

[Mr. Magniloquent]

I am probably going to buy this since its on sale with GOG right now. Will skip the DLCs until I get it working on Linux. Anyone play it on linux yet?

 

[Feyd Rautha]

Why is the Supreme Jerk difficulty setting, the hardest difficulty in the game, fronted by a black woman? Wouldn't it be more logical to have a white male? How many black women do you think beat games on the hardest difficulty? Also the player base is predominantly white and male for these type of games.

I'm getting politically correct vibes from this game...

e: There's also almost only black dudes among the portraits.

e2: No proper blond hair colour either. There's something wrong here...

e3: Few suitable faces if you intend to create a white character.

 

[warci]

I am probably going to buy this since its on sale with GOG right now. Will skip the DLCs until I get it working on Linux. Anyone play it on linux yet?

works just fine (running Manjaro + I3). Even playing coop sessions with a windows pleb has not given any issues.

 

[Roguey]

Questions are asked of Avellone of just how responsible he was for Cult of Holy Detonation's utterly terrible content, but we may have to wait for definitive answers. https://twitter.com/ChrisAvellone/status/1471551628939464706

Regarding Wasteland 3, how much involvement did you have on Cheyanne's FADERS faction? They were definitely the most interesting and potentially well-written faction of the whole game, and it was a massive shame to see them entirely cut from the DLC.

The principle of the faction and their look were decided when passed on to me, and then I fleshed out Cheyenne Mountain based on that. I agree on the FADERS, they were a really cool concept (but I can't take credit for them).

Were any elements of your Cheyanne Mountain kept for the Cult of the Holy Detonation DLC, or was it entirely reworked/removed?

Beats me, is there a Let's Play I can scan through? Or a Wiki summary?

A Let's Play, sure, but unfortunately no wiki summary.

Of course one couldn't expect him to have actually played this thing.

 

[Zombra]

Of course one couldn't expect him to have actually played this thing.

Do you listen to your own albums?

Aziz: “Kanye are you sitting in your own house bobbing your own head to your own music?”
Kanye: “Yeah, these beats are dope.”

 

[Roguey]

Do you listen to your own albums?

Aziz: “Kanye are you sitting in your own house bobbing your own head to your own music?”
Kanye: “Yeah, these beats are dope.”

I've played my own games multiple times. The number of hours Josh Sawyer put into New Vegas and Pillars of Eternity was in the hundreds.

 

[Kleptocratic debt serf]

number of hours Josh Sawyer put into New Vegas and Pillars of Eternity was in the hundreds.

I'm shocked the Aspie didn't play the games for 1000+ hours.

 

[Darth Canoli]

I've played my own games multiple times. The number of hours Josh Sawyer put into New Vegas and Pillars of Eternity was in the hundreds.

Looks like he really loves to eat his own shit, at least, you won't have to spend anything if you invite him over for Christmas...

 

[Faarbaute]

What man wouldn't take the time to appreciate his own art?

 

[Yosharian]

Completed the game, it was alright I guess. Some annoying design decisions.

Made a Steam page with the builds I used, with some post-completion tweaks.

 

[lycanwarrior]

The combat in the DLCs were just way too difficult for me unfortunately.

 

[GentlemanCthulhu]

Completed the game, it was alright I guess. Some annoying design decisions.

Made a Steam page with the builds I used, with some post-completion tweaks.

The most annoying of them for me was alpha strikes always being the objectively best way to approach every encounter. I started every scenario with a preemptive high-velocity explosive ordinance and it really trivialized a lot of the fights. Oddly enough I think if friends and foes were not as visually distinct, a lot of this could have been avoided. I don't know who okayed "insane clown posse" as a primary antagonistic force in this game, but they really should reevaluate things. Shit design like that contributes to this franchise's other primary flaw as whole: not having a distinct character of its own beyond "wacky".

Also yes, my PP is ironic.