inXile and Unity crowdsourcing Wasteland 2 3D models

Discussion in 'NMA News and Information' started by WorstUsernameEver, Dec 5, 2012.

  1. valcik

    valcik So Old I'm Losing Radiation Signs

    Dec 20, 2008
    It's a Modron turret, guys. Just put a crossbow there instead of autogun. :whistle:
     
  2. Sobboth

    Sobboth It Wandered In From the Wastes

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    Aug 29, 2010
    The 3D turret is well made and very faithful to the concept art.
    But :
    - the concept art is not bad but i don't know...
    - it will be better with the right scale
    - it's in 3D
    With the release of BGEE i'm replaying it (but not the EE edition, the classic one modded).
    Makes me realize how much i miss this kind of isometric graphics.
    It so much better.
    I don't need zoom or mobile camera.
    I'm very frustrated right now that W2 won't have this kind of graphic.
    The work in progress Project Eternity graphics without being awesome are great in isometric perspective.
    I don't get it why it's so hard to make game like that again because on the commercial front i'm quite sure fallout/BG graphics would sell as much those 3D one.
     
  3. plaidchuck

    plaidchuck It Wandered In From the Wastes

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    May 4, 2012
    Well the question is what should a semi-3d version of Wasteland look like? It seems this is left to a lot of interpretation when you have to base it off of an 8-bit game. Or maybe in a way people want this to be the Van Buren that never was. Do we really want nothing more than just a Fallout clone?
     
  4. Brother None

    Brother None This ghoul has seen it all
    Orderite

    Apr 3, 2003
    A lot of people wanted or expected Wasteland 2 to be/look like Fallout, yes. It does need to find its own aesthetic, but that is unquestionable more exaggerated/lighter than Fallout was, coz Wasteland was really cartoonish in many ways.
     
  5. Lexx

    Lexx Testament to the ghoul lifespan
    Moderator Modder

    Apr 24, 2005
    Currently I don't mind how Wasteland 2 will look like in the end. But if I look at the train screenshot and imagine the turret into the scene... it clashes in style for me.
     
  6. Crni Vuk

    Crni Vuk M4A3 Oldfag oTO Orderite

    Nov 25, 2008
    maybe if we can clone tagz eyes and implant them in our sculls it might look alright :P
     
  7. Sobboth

    Sobboth It Wandered In From the Wastes

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    Aug 29, 2010
    Baldur doesn't look like Fallout
    Fallout doesn't look like Arcanum
    Arcanum doesn't look like ToEE
    ToEE doesn't look like JA2
    JA2 doesn't look like Planescape T
    Wanting W2 to have the same kind of "isometric view" than Fallout (and those other games) has nothing to do as wanting W2 to play and look like Fallout.
    It 's more a question about the style and 3D thing than about the graphic quality.
    I play some games which have very simplistic graphics (like Fantasy general or Battle of Wesnoth for example) without issue because i find their style relevant/good.
    I just don't like this specific 3D style.
    Also like i said i just replayed Baldur right now and i miss this kind of graphic/style/view, especially when looking back at the early work in progress W2 graphics.
    Well i just hope it will get better and in the end gameplay and story dept is for sure the most important.
     
  8. plaidchuck

    plaidchuck It Wandered In From the Wastes

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    May 4, 2012
    On an unrelated note I really like the look of the train engine "fortress". Would've been a cool type of Fallout villain/faction, one that travels around on a train or something where the hero has to "hijack" it old west style. Dunno just spitballing on a hungover Sunday :)
     
  9. Brother None

    Brother None This ghoul has seen it all
    Orderite

    Apr 3, 2003
    Brian just showed me some new screenshots. They'll show more soon, of course. I think these screens will put the whole "cartoony" thing to rest. The train scene already gives a decent idea though, but high-quality pics will show more about their design style.

    That is not what I was talking about. People expected Fallout 2.5. It's not.