Obsidian to co-develop Wasteland 2 if 2.1 M is reached

[Flouride]

While Fargo's name is legendary, most of it is because he owned Interplay. Kids these days don't know **** about Wasteland, Bard's Tale etc. the games Fargo has actually worked on (designing etc.).

[Majek]

Garriot will never make games again.

[Gorth]

$1.8M reached at the time of writing. Crossing fingers and hoping for the best

[Humanoid]

Garriot will never make games again.

 

As much as I'd like to believe that I think last year there was something about wanting to innovate in the web-based (read: Farmville) games.

[Tigranes]

If that's all he makes, we can simply ignore that.

 

Man hasn't made anything fun in 15-20 years.

[sorophx]

Lineage II fans would argue with you, methinks

[Auxilius]

I don't think 'old skool RPG' is what you think it is.

And could you please explain why?

 

Tigranes: Well, Mitsoda can do like Avellone and work for Fargo while planning his own project. But well, too many cooks spoil the soup I guess.

[Auxilius]

Aside from the total lack of answer I got for my question, Wasteland 2 reached 2.1M thanks to Paypal's donations. Chris is confirmed on board. This game is going to be a blast.

[Serrano]

Garriot will never make games again.

 

Didn't a publisher fire him into space or something? Puts an intersting spin on the line "You;ll never work in this town again".

Edited April 7, 2012 by Serrano

[Jaesun]

Congrats to this project and adding MCA. <3. The incline of cRPG gaming is now full speed ahead.

[cernex]

Here's to Obsidian joining such an awesome project, and to hear of some updates soon enough.

[Chairchucker]

"Fargo isn't more popular a name as Chris Avellone + Tim Cain"

 

You sure about that? Perhaps, you should evolve outside the Obsidian forums.Fargo's history in gaming is legendary. Check the official title screen of Fallout. FARGO PRESENTS fallout. Case Closed.

 

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But Wasteland 2 with the developers of Fallout: New Vegas as opposed to the developers of Alpha Protocol helping tyhe development could be awesome.

 

 

Having one's name on a title screen as being the person who presents the game is not necessarily an indicator of one's current popularity, especially when the game in question is over a decade old and one's only game that could even loosely be called an RPG in the last decade is the Xbox version of A Bard's Tale.

 

I haven't played NV yet (It's on my to do list. Eventually.) but I'm not certain why 'the developers of Alpha Protocol' would be considered a bad thing. That was a thoroughly good game, with absolutely unparalleled levels of cause and effect to decisions made. The only downsides are the bugs, and since (as Mr Fargo kindly pointed out) QA is a publisher side of the fence dealio, that's not really on Obsidian.

[Tigranes]

AP had a very polarised reception, whereas NV sold in huge numbers, seemed to be received positively by a greater proportion of buyers/pirates, and had critical acclaim. I personally prefer AP, but them's the facts.

[Starwars]

"Fargo isn't more popular a name as Chris Avellone + Tim Cain"

 

You sure about that? Perhaps, you should evolve outside the Obsidian forums.Fargo's history in gaming is legendary. Check the official title screen of Fallout. FARGO PRESENTS fallout. Case Closed.

 

Snip

 

But Wasteland 2 with the developers of Fallout: New Vegas as opposed to the developers of Alpha Protocol helping tyhe development could be awesome.

 

 

Having one's name on a title screen as being the person who presents the game is not necessarily an indicator of one's current popularity, especially when the game in question is over a decade old and one's only game that could even loosely be called an RPG in the last decade is the Xbox version of A Bard's Tale.

 

I haven't played NV yet (It's on my to do list. Eventually.) but I'm not certain why 'the developers of Alpha Protocol' would be considered a bad thing. That was a thoroughly good game, with absolutely unparalleled levels of cause and effect to decisions made. The only downsides are the bugs, and since (as Mr Fargo kindly pointed out) QA is a publisher side of the fence dealio, that's not really on Obsidian.

 

I think the Fargo quote goes a bit far towards the "fight the good fight, support the devs, publishers are evil" here. The publishers do QA and test the game out but it's still up to Obsidian to fix bugs and plan out the development well in the first place. Publisher support is obviously crucial, but Obsidian are the ones developing the game with all that entails.

 

As far as Alpha Protocol goes, it is not a game that is viewed very positively generally speaking. And by that I mean that you'll find a lot of genuine enthusiasm among certain crowds, and it's easy to see that as a case where people have come around to like the game. But if you step outside those particular circles, there are many people who view it as a downright terrible game. I don't agree myself but there you go.

 

Also, Volourn is Volourn.