Brian Fargo (Yup that Brian Fargo, created Wasteland, Fallout etc etc), is trying to create a Wasteland 2 using Kick Starter: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inxile/wasteland-2?ref=live It has already raised almost 150k in the last few hours. a 15$ donation gets you a digital copy of the game.
“@BrianFargo: #Linux users. We've heard your requests, and will include a Linux version (in addition to more content) at $1.5 million in pledges.”
I'm just trying to figure out what tier to donate, probably the one that gets you the boxed copy. Though the fifteen dollars seems like quite a deal.
955k . I did the 15$, but you have until the end of the kickstarter to decide what tier you want to be at. I think I might go up to 50$ tier because I love to have maps/boxes, and the sound track is going to be great.
Yeah, I'm also debating tier. I normally wouldn't drop $50 or $60 for a game, but for a high-quality indie title? You bet!
Oh wow. They upped the ante. If they can raise 2.1 million dollars, Obsidian and Chris Avellone will also work on the game. If this doesn't reach the target, I'll be hugely disappointed. http://www.ripten.com/2012/03/27/br...mal-publisher-treatment-and-having-fun-again/ That's an interview where Fargo talks about why he had to do a kickstarter project in the first place.
More hyped for this than I was for Mass Effect or really anything else. The top down turn-based tactical style is just a niche that isn't being filled. I loved Fallout 3, the humor, the world, it was all very good... but the VATS was just kind of like a cheat button almost, as entertaining as some of the animations were, and aside from that the gameplay was first-person shooter. Mass Effect is the same thing. I love FPS gameplay, I don't know if I love it in RPGs. When I read the stuff on the kickstarter about not catering to mass market sensibilities, it puts a smile on my face.
New update, Backer T-shirt at 150$. Also information about party makeup: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inxile/wasteland-2/posts/205964
I'm a bit confused about the T-shirt. So now there are two 150 dollar tiers? Do you get them both at 150? Do you have to pick between the shirt and the extra boxed copy and all that when you go for 150? I'm kind of eyeing the $150 tier, but not if it's one or the other. I mean I'm all for donating to the cause, but they can only stretch out trinkets that cost them 2 dollars to produce so far
You have to pick which 150$ reward you want. The T-shirt option is a new option. Some people wanted a t-shirt option, looks like its been fairly popular (Either new donations, upgrade donations, or people going from one 150 option to the other option.