There's also the fact that they didn't actually have the Bard's Tale license while making it.
Even though the game was originally advertised as a remake...
...after EA got angry over perceived license infrigements, The Bard's Tale ended up becoming little more than a generic parody with largely inoffensive humor written by Cary Elwes.
Snarky/Nice dialogue system? What? This isn't the Princess Bride, man.
though a game of that might not go amiss... ahem.
Had they actually been able to use the BT license it probably would've been better. Also, if it'd actually been released on the PC alongside the PS2/XBox instead of being ported later... yeah.
A clusterfuck, though I'd argue not nearly as bad as one like FOBOS- FOBOS DID have the license, but still fucked everything up.
Being deliriously happy over an announcement that Fargo, a man who amounts to little more than a suit (A progressive suit, yes) might have the desire to make a Wasteland successor is a bit pointless this early in the process. Especially considering he seems somewhat enamored with the idea of "next-gen".
Anything for hope, though.
Ausir said:
Fargo himself said WL2 will be more ofa hardcore RPG than BT.
There's also that bit of good news to take into account.
inXile said:
The Unannounced Project
Next gen action adventure game.
But there's still that to take into account as well.