inXile Entertainment’s CEO Brian Fargo has announced that he has started the Kickstarter funding Wasteland 2 and is looking to land roughly $1 million. The game has many veterans who worked on the first Wasteland along with the first two Fallout games, and Fargo was keen to emphasize that this would be the last chance the franchise and indeed this genre of RPGs might get.
“We’re going back to the original and building from there,” detailed Fargo. “No first person shooter, we’re going top down so you get a tactical feel for the situation. And we’re not ditching the party play to turn it into some hack-and-slash bloodfest. It’s turn based, tactical, with a storyline that will be deeper and broader. We’re determined to keep the gritty, grim and satirical writing. We’re going to pitch those moral dilemmas at you. You’re going to be faced with the consequences of your actions.”
“We’re planning on an initial 6 months of pre-production,” he added. “We’ll nail down every important element that you, our creative partners, want. Once we have all that figured out, we buckle down for 12 month development cycle. During that time, players can get a sneak peek on a private closed beta through Steam. In addition, we will be giving you constant updates and showing you our progress along the way.”
Source: Kickstarter.com
