i sent a mail in the "contact inxile" part of the ranger center. Its probably nothing but ill wat on them responding to find out whats happening

I think my pledge upgrade took 3 weeks to update. So yeah it's nothing too worrying.

Yup, they are just "swamped" nothing to worry about. Donations havent been synced since the 18th.

How much post-kickstarter have they gotten? I was one of them, and I know a few others, but just wondering if it's enough to be impressive, or just a little extra cash.

I feel a bit underwhelmed by that demo video. It all seems a bit too ... hm ... narrow, linear and simple as a level layout. I don't really get a feeling of a real organically grown location; instead it seems rather gamey and designed around utilising some specific skills for each small little corner. The sniper position that's both unprotected and conveniently right next to the base camp? The goats right next to the mines? The cart that only can be moved if you have a specific skill at a high enough level? The husband that has the medicine appearing around the corner less than a few seconds after you killed his sick wife? I'd had hoped for a bit more subtlety with all that. Not that convinced by the humour of the automated audio recordings, either. I know Wasteland was over the top - but it seems a bit too silly (in a bad way - stupidly so) rather than amusing.

The disco robot is nice, in contrast [except that it drives all the way to the front, rather than staying back!]. Combat seems passable - better than Fallout, not anywhere near JA 2 / TOEE levels though.

This is the only thing that seriously bothered me, tbh. It does indeed feel pretty artificial, although I suppose it's only the kind of thing you'd notice on repeat playthroughs.

I'd really like to see them show off or talk about some of the long-term reactivity. As far as I can recall, the only thing they've given so far is the vendor guy which, while nice I guess, is really pretty minor. I'd like to hear them talk a bit more about reactivity affecting the story and such.

I've been criticizing it, but I'm really looking forward to this. :D

Well, if the man only appears if you kill his wife, that's worrying, but if he appears no matter what you do, it should be okay.

Yes, that. I want / hope for this to be really good - that is, story and gameplay wise a bit of a stand out - not just because of the particular game, but also given that this, alongside the other four big name Kickstarters. If those turn out to produce something really good and innovative - i.e. different than the usual mass market fare - than it'll do so much good for kickstarter as a funding platform for game development in general. These big name ones have the pulling power to really get massive press coverage. Sadly, as is that level by this brief glance carries a few too many of the inconsistencies in world building / reactivity that I dislike in a lot of mainstream games.

The canyon, narrow-path-leading-to-event design is not a template for Wasteland 2, we have a lot of variety in areas, you'll find more open areas, you'll find underground maze-like structures, you'll find towns/hubs. This area was picked because it was polished and does a good job showing off different skills and quick C&C, in "linearity" it's not perfectly representative of the whole game, which is quite open.

As said, we're just behind. I probably replied to you by now? I tend to be pretty fast on Ranger Center messages. We've recently started shifting some workloads around so the guy who does these imports has a bit more time free, he does a lot of stuff, mainly programming on Wasteland 2.

I dont know if it was yourself as the response did not have a name attached but yes, it has been responded to. Thank you.

Any idea when they reckon the beta might be out?

October

not soon enough lol.

Looking forward to this game October seems a long way til the beta.