I am a gamer of the ‘golden’ era. Back in the late 80’s RPG’s were about the writing and setting, rather than the graphics and combos. If you remember Fallout 2, keep reading. If you played Fallout 1 it is even more exciting. If, like me, you actually remember Wasteland you may actually do a little love wee.

The original designer of Wasteland is making the sequel. For those that don’t know, Wasteland was the fore-runner to the Fallout series. (in fact the same guy also did the first and second fallout games! He didn’t own the rights to Wasteland, so he had to change the name for them). Wasteland is/was a top down team based post apocalyptic RPG, and wasteland 2 will probably be the same.

The game is being funded by kickstart. Again for those that don’t know this means that the fans pre-order the game at various funding levels, and if the project gets enough funding it goes ahead. The optimistic target for Wasteland was $900,000. It hit it within the first week. It now stands at over $1.8m. if the project reaches $2.1m within the next 2 weeks Obsidian will also come on board to help develop the game.

Here is a quote from a recent interview to give you an idea of the direction this game will be taking.

MF: There seem to be two halves of the gaming universe. Old guys like me who grew up on Fallout. I remember pouring over decisions and redoing combat, just because an NPC died. I loved that dog too much to let him go. The other half, though, are much younger. Their first introduction to the universe was Fallout 3 and New Vegas. How are they going to be able to relate to this game having no real frame of reference for these classic, wonderful RPGs?

BF: The thing about this project being fan-funded is that I’m not worried about this new group of people and how they might get it. This is being made for people like yourself that grew up playing Wasteland, Fallout and Fallout 2. These new people, who have never played these games, I think they’re going to check it out and have a great time. I’m simply not going to worry about how I get these console guys to come over and like it, because there is no reason to. We all know the experience that we grew up with. We all loved it and we’ve all been wanting one, so that’s what I’m going to bring. It’s not a putdown on the console product, it’s just that I’m not going to worry about how to get them.

So this will be a game for us old timers. Since the game has already been funded by us they have no reason to worry that it will be too niche to sell. They know it is the game we want.

Anyway head on over to http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inxile/wasteland-2 and give it a bit of a look. For only $15 you can help get this game made and receive a copy when it does.