Just learned that the Wasteland 2 beta is, indeed, 30% of the full game. So that's $60 scattered to the wind for a 25-hour RPG. Guess I should have known better. Oh well. C'est la vie.
I'm confused, why would you guys be worried about other RPG's "beating" DOS?
You're a little confused... the concern is about quantity, NOT quality. Specifically, that D:OS will not sell sufficiently to support Larian's future efforts (this is their second self-published game, but THE big one whose success or failure will largely determine their future) because other similarly big CRPGs from more accessible and better-known developers will soak up the majority of the media coverage.
In other words, it's not D:OS we're worried about--it's D:OS 2.
