Wasteland inXile's Wasteland 1 Re-Release

[cherry blossom]

An improved interface could be made to work through a frontend without altering the original game, if they put in the effort. I'm hopeful.

They may have been something legally objectionable in the game files, like the Hot Coffee stuff in GTA:SA.

Not likely back in 90s. Speaking of which, does GTA:SA come without the Hot Coffee stuff if you buy it digitally now?

 

[Name]

Are they adding background music? I think it has only two tunes now, one for title screen and one for upgrading.
Sometimes some of the portraits are reused for very distinct enemies (animals mostly), are they improving that?
I too hope they can patch the text into the game itself.
And add resting function lol. If they are using dosbox they may also have to implement the workaround for dosbox shortkeys conflicting with macros.
Glad they are putting some effort in it. Just hope the new version is stable.

 

[shihonage]

Yes, the "look it up" text should be patched in. That is crucial, and it would make it the definite version of Wasteland. And I have a feeling they will not do that.

 

[Johannes]

Reworking portraits is potentially very bad. Including all the text inside the game proper, would be a great thing though.

 

[Excidium]

I see zero gameplay improvements, are you people really this gullible

 

[Bubbles]

I see zero gameplay improvements, are you people really this gullible

Gameplay isn't everything. A couple of good voice artists could do a lot to improve immersion.

 

[Name]

If they can not patch in the text, they could also work out a "companion application"/plug-in, integrating it into the whole release so you can look it up directly on screen or something like that.

 

[Excidium]

Such as a PDF reader.

 

[shihonage]

This is the reason, your toys wont be successful. Its not about content!
None cares about the sources for some abortion from a million years ago.
But Infinispam will repost it approx 10 times more and some manchild will burn away some perfectly good barter goods on it...

 

[Infinitron]

I see zero gameplay improvements, are you people really this gullible

Gullible for what? It's a freebie and we don't even have all the information yet.

 

[Daemongar]

I think we can all agree that there are improvements that can be made:

1. Add the text from the Wasteland Paragraphs
2. More animations, instead of re-using the same animations. That feral dog looks just like that mutated dog!
3. Make all NPC's stand out so you don't inadvertently kill one, maybe they have NPC:ACE or whatever next to their name
4. Music, and more spot on music such as the guy playing "Lady of Spain". I always thought, well hell, he says he's playing it, but I don't hear anything.
5. Voice acting. That kid Billy and the dog? I always wanted to hear him. The game always seemed incomplete.
6. The "Temple of Blood" is supposed to be grim and dark. The game just had text to describe the horror. No, I want cut-scenes, bloom kinda lighting coming over a lake of blood, that kind of crap. Locations with more video and music to make the game more darker.
7. Change it so that players can't permanently die unless everyone dies, and player health regenerates between fights to max in a few minutes.
8. There should be a "Speech" skill that allows players to talk their way out of everything, instead of having to have Head Crusher's or the Hobo Camp password. That was a big pain, just let me put some points in "Talk" or whatever, and let me move on.
9. Save anywhere, multiple save slots, and more do overs.
10. Only one type of ammo, called "Gun Ammo" or whatever. Maybe a laser gun ammo called "Laser Gun Ammo." This would cut down on the 37 types of ammo.
11. Get rid of canteens. This caught me every time I played this crummy game.
12. Auto level up. I have to call in to raise a level? What?!
13. Get rid of skills that are barely used. Toaster repair, helicopter, and others are one shot things. Everything should be equally useful.
14. That game always needed an achievement called "Someone set us up the bomb". Make it so! That game is perfect for something like that!

Yeah, they should totally fix this old game, try to bring it up to today's standards.

 

[Excidium]

Gullible for what? It's a freebie and we don't even have all the information yet.

I do not understand the hype. So far it seems like it does not differ much from the game you can play right now so what is the point?

 

[Infinitron]

from the game you can play right now

...the game from Abandonia, you mean.

They're re-releasing the game, dude, that's all. There is no hype.

 

[Name]

Such as a PDF reader.

It needs alt-tabing and ctrl+F, duh.

I think we can all agree that there are improvements that can be made:

1. Add the text from the Wasteland Paragraphs
2. More animations, instead of re-using the same animations. That feral dog looks just like that mutated dog!
3. Make all NPC's stand out so you don't inadvertently kill one, maybe they have NPC:ACE or whatever next to their name
4. Music, and more spot on music such as the guy playing "Lady of Spain". I always thought, well hell, he says he's playing it, but I don't hear anything.
5. Voice acting. That kid Billy and the dog? I always wanted to hear him. The game always seemed incomplete.
6. The "Temple of Blood" is supposed to be grim and dark. The game just had text to describe the horror. No, I want cut-scenes, bloom kinda lighting coming over a lake of blood, that kind of crap. Locations with more video and music to make the game more darker.
7. Change it so that players can't permanently die unless everyone dies, and player health regenerates between fights to max in a few minutes.
8. There should be a "Speech" skill that allows players to talk their way out of everything, instead of having to have Head Crusher's or the Hobo Camp password. That was a big pain, just let me put some points in "Talk" or whatever, and let me move on.
9. Save anywhere, multiple save slots, and more do overs.
10. Only one type of ammo, called "Gun Ammo" or whatever. Maybe a laser gun ammo called "Laser Gun Ammo." This would cut down on the 37 types of ammo.
11. Get rid of canteens. This caught me every time I played this crummy game.
12. Auto level up. I have to call in to raise a level? What?!
13. Get rid of skills that are barely used. Toaster repair, helicopter, and others are one shot things. Everything should be equally useful.
14. That game always needed an achievement called "Someone set us up the bomb". Make it so! That game is perfect for something like that!

Yeah, they should totally fix this old game, try to bring it up to today's standards.

Nice try, 7,8,10,11 should be moved down a bit. No, get rid of 7 or make it the last one.

 

[FeelTheRads]

There's only so much time that should be dedicated to gimmicks like these - the first game's interface REALLY didn't age well, and how many backers are REALLY going to bother replaying it?

This is the reason, your toys wont be successful. Its not about content!
None cares about the sources for some abortion from a million years ago.
But Infinispam will repost it approx 10 times more and some manchild will burn away some perfectly good barter goods on it...

Fuck off, drog.

 

[taxalot]

I hate that because I will feel obligated to complete Wasteland 1 before I touch Wasteland 2.

This, my friends, is the reason I never even started the Wizardry series.

 

[Lady_Error]

I never even started the Wizardry series.

 

[hakuroshi]

I never even started the Wizardry series.

Did you play Wizardry 4?

 

[Crooked Bee]

I think we can all agree that there are improvements that can be made:

1. Add the text from the Wasteland Paragraphs
2. More animations, instead of re-using the same animations. That feral dog looks just like that mutated dog!
3. Make all NPC's stand out so you don't inadvertently kill one, maybe they have NPC:ACE or whatever next to their name
4. Music, and more spot on music such as the guy playing "Lady of Spain". I always thought, well hell, he says he's playing it, but I don't hear anything.
5. Voice acting. That kid Billy and the dog? I always wanted to hear him. The game always seemed incomplete.
6. The "Temple of Blood" is supposed to be grim and dark. The game just had text to describe the horror. No, I want cut-scenes, bloom kinda lighting coming over a lake of blood, that kind of crap. Locations with more video and music to make the game more darker.
7. Change it so that players can't permanently die unless everyone dies, and player health regenerates between fights to max in a few minutes.
8. There should be a "Speech" skill that allows players to talk their way out of everything, instead of having to have Head Crusher's or the Hobo Camp password. That was a big pain, just let me put some points in "Talk" or whatever, and let me move on.
9. Save anywhere, multiple save slots, and more do overs.
10. Only one type of ammo, called "Gun Ammo" or whatever. Maybe a laser gun ammo called "Laser Gun Ammo." This would cut down on the 37 types of ammo.
11. Get rid of canteens. This caught me every time I played this crummy game.
12. Auto level up. I have to call in to raise a level? What?!
13. Get rid of skills that are barely used. Toaster repair, helicopter, and others are one shot things. Everything should be equally useful.
14. That game always needed an achievement called "Someone set us up the bomb". Make it so! That game is perfect for something like that!

Yeah, they should totally fix this old game, try to bring it up to today's standards.

Aaaah!!

What I'd love them to do is introduce some actual new content. Things that had to be cut for whatever reason, maybe some new NPCs, dialogue, secrets, easter eggs, etc.

Fixing the bugs - like the one where shops disappear or getting glitch-stuck when using the helicopter - would be appreciated too.

 

[Infinitron]

What I'd love them to do is introduce some actual new content. Things that had to be cut for whatever reason, maybe some new NPCs, dialogue, secrets, easter eggs, etc.

Wasteland: EE? :O

 

[Crooked Bee]

Yup.

 

[MicoSelva]

All I want them to patch in is the text from the manual and weapon stats. Then, I can make a heroic attempt to play W1 before W2's release and fail because of random encounter grinding, which I hate.

 

[FeelTheRads]

Surprising (?) how many people here haven't played it. I really think it's an easy game to play compared to many from that time.

 

[Brother None]

Yes, the "look it up" text should be patched in.

Paragraph book texts will be integrated into the game.

 

[mindx2]

Brother None, speaking of "extras" like the original Wasteland... will I have to wait months after the release of W2 to get my DOOMSDAY PREPARATION SURVIVAL KIT tier reward and will the game come in a teeny tiny not-even-close-to-old-school box like Shadowrun Returns did?!