Wasteland 2

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  1. zoom_mctwist
    Oct 8, 2014
    3
    I am shocked. How is it possible that so many people are blind, ignorant or just simply stupid? This is not even an average game yet so many critics and users are glorifying this product. Paid? Possibly...

    First of all I played all PC Fallout games from F1 to F:NV and many other great cRPGs like BG, PT, ID. This product has NOTHING to do with these great titles and should not even be    I am shocked. How is it possible that so many people are blind, ignorant or just simply stupid? This is not even an average game yet so many critics and users are glorifying this product. Paid? Possibly...

    First of all I played all PC Fallout games from F1 to F:NV and many other great cRPGs like BG, PT, ID.
    This product has NOTHING to do with these great titles and should not even be kept on the same shelf.

    You give this game 10? It is ok, if this is the first game you have played in your life.

    I don't want to repeat the same critical sentences that many bright users wrote before, so I decided to make pros and cons list to justify score I gave.

    Pros:
    - good cutscenes
    - nice 2D graphics (arts)
    - 1st hour of the game
    - bearable music

    Cons:
    - terrible combat
    - no tactics, just lazy, inane and extremly boring shooter
    - pointless skills
    - horrible graphics and animations
    - boring and repeatable missions
    - weak plot
    - empty world
    - many bugs
    - stupid enemies
    - no significant choices in dialogues
    - not enough ammo
    - poinless sniper profession
    - finding/ collecting loot from boxes takes 30% of the game
    - did I say booooring?

    Played it for 8 hours, uninstalled, came back to recent Divinity and Path of Exile.
    If you want to get more details read yellow and red user reviews. This is weak game so please don't even compare it with legendary F1, F2 or even FT:BoS. Just hope that upcoming Torment will be a way better.    … Expand
  2. haplok
    Oct 8, 2014
    6
    Yeah, actually it could be a 7/10, but the second half is very buggy.

    Well, first the good: I like the graphics. Weapon models in particular are nice. Though kill animations could be more varied/weapon dependant. You get to control 7 characters. It has turn-based combat with a cool Combat Initiative system. Oh and it has a GREAT atmosphere. Not so good: Its full of plotholes.    Yeah, actually it could be a 7/10, but the second half is very buggy.

    Well, first the good:
    I like the graphics. Weapon models in particular are nice. Though kill animations could be more varied/weapon dependant.
    You get to control 7 characters. It has turn-based combat with a cool Combat Initiative system.
    Oh and it has a GREAT atmosphere.

    Not so good:
    Its full of plotholes. Like if Rangers spent the last 15 years strenghtening their ranks and fortifying their position, how could they NOT secure their nearby respective water and food supply towns.
    Combat system is kinda simplistic. Flanking doesn't work well, as cover provides full 180 degree frontal protection. And you get the cover accuracy bonus even against enemies behind you... Ranged enemies run into melee range and want to hug you. You can't target and disable different body parts (there's only "headshot", which cannot score a critical hit). The critical hit system is pretty basic. Weapon ranges are pretty pathetic, especially for sniper rifles.
    There are no Perks/Talents/Feats!
    There are many redundant skills, such as Field Medic and Surgeon.

    The BAD:
    The attributes are weak, have very little impact on gameplay. The difference between 1 and 10 in Coordination or Luck attributes provides less to-hit bonus/critical chance then 1-2 weapon skill ranks.
    Skills are entirely severed from the attributes and function in a void. A Strenght 1 character will be just as good in the "Brute Force" skill, as a Str 10 body-builder. The skillschecks get progressively tougher in this game (regardless of what the skillcheck concern), only maximum skill ranks count. Which means that you designate some skills to each character in the start andalways onlyraise these skills. Level ups are monotonous, as you only get some hp and a few skill points which may or may not be enough to raise one of your chosen skills. It could just as well be automatic.
    The loor is entirely randomized. It seems in Arizona it was raining booby-trapped safes and boxes with master locks, as they are scattered everywhere, regardless if their location makes sense or not. Unfortunately they contain mostly useless, random junk.
    Armor is useless. The system is pathetic and actually it may be harmfull in the second half of the game.    … Expand
  3. Typhoon2142
    Oct 8, 2014
    8
    What the heck is wrong with most people? They either rate a ten because they have no idea what they are doing or they rate it zero because they found a bug or because the game wont run on their ancient, broken, virus-infected computers. Some people don't even own the game, let alone played it, yet they write reviews like a champion.

    They either praise the game as the new Jesus or they    What the heck is wrong with most people? They either rate a ten because they have no idea what they are doing or they rate it zero because they found a bug or because the game wont run on their ancient, broken, virus-infected computers. Some people don't even own the game, let alone played it, yet they write reviews like a champion.

    They either praise the game as the new Jesus or they condemn it to be the worst scam ever. This is going on all over metacritic, not just for this game. How can any sane person, who is not retarded and older than 12, rate this game zero or ten? This is not how rating works and defeats the purpose of this website. Roughly half of the 700 reviews here are written by trolls. You people are effectively making this site completely useless - but hey, it's what trolls do... In order to push their own ego, they destroy working systems that decent people created. That goes for all aspects of life, not just gaming and trolls are everywhere, making this planet a bad place to live on. Congratulations.

    Wasteland 2 is not a better Fallout 3, but it's a solid, enthralling, postapocalyptic RPG with nice visuals and audio. From a technical point of view, it could use some improvements, but the story and gameplay make up for that. The game is not for the casual Xbox gamer, but for the mature, hardcore gaming enthusiasts who are into turn based combat.

    It is not the best game ever, as those 10/10 losers say, but it's also not the worst game of all times, like the 0/10 trolls claim. You people think about what you're doing, because if you keep this up, you'll break yet another system that was working before. It doesn't help anyone. When this website goes down because decent people stop using it, your agenda goes with it.    … Expand
  4. schinderhannes
    Oct 8, 2014
    0
    wasteland 2 is a massive disappointment, imho this game is just a copy pasta of random elements of great games(fallout 1 and 2, tactics) all mashed up in one package to appeal to hardcore fans , and let me tell you that a mediocre package it is.

    Theres no love whatsoever on the making of this game. stat system is a joke, there isnt any synergy between skills and stats+ dump stats +    wasteland 2 is a massive disappointment, imho this game is just a copy pasta of random elements of great games(fallout 1 and 2, tactics) all mashed up in one package to appeal to hardcore fans , and let me tell you that a mediocre package it is.

    Theres no love whatsoever on the making of this game. stat system is a joke, there isnt any synergy between skills and stats+ dump stats + Huge ammount of skills bloat (lockpiking and safecracking seriously ? ). hell the game should be called safebox simulator 2014, because you will be picking locks and safes 20% of your time and each time you use the skills you have to wait 3-4 seconds to complete the skillcheck. and then guess what? every single safe or box, only have some crappy random loot junk.

    The combat is a bad joke, one of whe worst AI i ever seen, it just consists on killing the enemy has fast has you can,thats all....and let me tell you will be in combat alot, the amount of trash combat is way to much. i just want to finish is fast, thats how bad it is.

    Story is kinda ok, sometimes there are actually some cool dialogues and npcs but its a shame that 95% of the npcs are just fillers whitout personality whatsoever.    … Expand
  5. amock23
    Oct 7, 2014
    4
    First of all this is my 1st review on this site, and was determined to write it by the let down i've had with this game.
    Secondly, my mistake was (the same like someone else's here) that i got the game after reading all the positive reviews from overhyped rpg noobs and/or casuals. Everyone was comparing it to Fallout 1 and 2 and how great it was in comparison. I now srsly doubt 50% of    First of all this is my 1st review on this site, and was determined to write it by the let down i've had with this game.
    Secondly, my mistake was (the same like someone else's here) that i got the game after reading all the positive reviews from overhyped rpg noobs and/or casuals. Everyone was comparing it to Fallout 1 and 2 and how great it was in comparison. I now srsly doubt 50% of those ppl played those games. Prolly just saw some pictures or heard stories.

    Character customization and combat

    As you start you have to make a 4 man/woman squad and customize their talents as to what you'd might expect to find in the wasteland. So i did. The attributes are mostly a joke, as someone else here correctly noted, intelligence goes a long way as you lvl and pour points in whatever skills you want, coordination for ranged, speed for ap, and that's all you need. Tried making a blunt melee guy, ended up with a useless walking target that couldn't hit for **** and constantly ended up in the line of friendly fire, so i started again with an all ranged crew that chewed up everything. The skills are not influenced at all by the attributes, they just stack - say you want to max lvl blunt weapons, you could have str 1, or wanted to max lvl all speech skills, you could have charisma 1 and wouldn't matter.
    Also i wanted a bad ass on my team so i've put 4 skill (out of 12) points in hardass (speech) and brute force, big mistake as after 2 mins ingame my party got joined by a follower with 3 hardass (6 sk.p.) and 4 brute force (8 sk.p), and lvl 14 (if i remem correctly), of course u can refuse, but why would you do that?
    My main guy used an assault rifle bought before the 2nd mission(s), that could burst fire 3 bullets, and outdpsed everything, heavy weapons, sniper rifles, all of them. Major OP. So why would i want snipers on my crew (that fire one bullet and do half the dps my rifle guys did), when even their range is not that much bigger?
    Also throwable items such as grenades or dynamite have no prerequisites, you can throw better than a pro basketball player with no chance to hit modifier or anything. point-click-throw-boom-baddie-killed.
    Melee guys were mostly useless, could barely get to hit, and when they did hit the dmg was pathetic with weapons, as opposed to fists with brass knuckles which hit a lot harder, at a lower lvl skill, even more than pistols.
    If u draw first blood in a fight, the npcs will charge at you even tho they're ranged. Excepting the snipers, they took cover.
    No strategic shots (bodyparts), just "headshot" with major penalties that didn't make it viable.
    Weapon with 1% jam chance, jams constantly. Revolver jams more than semiautomatic :|
    Bleeding at first is critical, you can easily die from it if you don't have a surgeon on your team or enough med kits to outheal it, but as you advance and have +100 HP it's useless. On my 2nd run on ranger diff, i used the surgeon ability once.

    Story and exploration

    As for exploration the game tries to give you the impression of choice, i've put in about 20 hours, started the game twice, and it's all linear. 1st thing i noticed when i tried to explore was that i was "fenced" by "radiation clouds" on the map and i couldn't go anywhere except to where i was supposed to go. the "random" encounters on the map were all the same raiders or lizards, in the same instances over and over. finaly got some "Rad suits" from main story line and could navigate the map but not everywhere as rad clouds do higher dmg in zones you're not supposed to go yet, so thanks for nothing.
    As far as i got not one npc was memorable enough to remember it's name. Just one doctor that had a dubbed voice stood out for cursing at me for not saving her, and that's all.
    They boast a "you can resolve a quest in anyway you want"- riiiiiiiiiiight!! major bull****, you do it how they imagined you could do it (and sorry to say they lacked imagination on this department).
    You're pretty much an errand boy, go here, go there, good boy!

    In conclusion

    It lacks in every department in comparison with the classics Fallout 1 and 2, Planescape Torment, Arcanum, etc. It's weak and doesn't measure up to it's inspirations.
    Don't get fooled by the kiss ass' that rated it in the stars, it's at best a mediocre game, rated high by nostalgia fanboys and noobs/casual "rpg"-ers. I'm giving it a 4 because all the false advertising.    … Expand
  6. deadsanta
    Oct 7, 2014
    10
    Wasteland 2 is the sequel of the 1980's CRPG by Brian Fargo and the Fallout guys back when they all worked for EA. While it is not Fallout 3, like some folks were hoping for (and which generates a lot of baseless hate imo) it's a solid sequel to a classic RPG. Turn based isometric with decent if not overwhelming graphics and an attribute/skill system that again, takes more from WastelandWasteland 2 is the sequel of the 1980's CRPG by Brian Fargo and the Fallout guys back when they all worked for EA. While it is not Fallout 3, like some folks were hoping for (and which generates a lot of baseless hate imo) it's a solid sequel to a classic RPG. Turn based isometric with decent if not overwhelming graphics and an attribute/skill system that again, takes more from Wasteland than it does from Fallout (which I'm guessing would get them sued, since they don't have any rights to Fallout games).

    The plot is branching, with areas that one playthrough will not allow you to enter, based on your choices, and your actions have meaningful storyline driven consequences, albeit rather buggy at the moment. Combat is turn based and totally RPG-style (dice rule) but solidly tactical, with the caveat that like in almost every other strategy game, the AI can be rather stupid at times.

    Honestly, the zero scores here are utterly absurd, I'd normally give this game an 8-9, with points off for bugs and some rush finish lack-of-polish, but I'm bumping it to 10 just because the haters piled on too thick for an indie title. Yes, this is an indie title, a $3m kickstart does not put it into AAA territory, whose games run in the $50m range nowadays. You get what you pay for, and what you get is a sweet TBRPG throwback game.    … Expand
  7. lightzy
    Oct 7, 2014
    10
    Safe to say that now, post release, this is the new fallout 2.

    Except better in every possible way, and insanely long for a video game. Took me about 68 hours to complete, if that means anything, and I didn't even do every area in the game. Also incredibly well written, beautiful graphics, detailed in the most extreme way that a good RPG is detailed (descriptions for every single item,    Safe to say that now, post release, this is the new fallout 2.

    Except better in every possible way, and insanely long for a video game. Took me about 68 hours to complete, if that means anything, and I didn't even do every area in the game.
    Also incredibly well written, beautiful graphics, detailed in the most extreme way that a good RPG is detailed (descriptions for every single item, loads of text and flavor, great feel that draws you into the game world. A classic in every sense of the word.

    Crappy voice-overs but that's pretty much the only negative point. But seeing as there aren't that many, no biggie.

    In one word: AMAZEMENT!

    Ignore the negative reviews, they're from stupid idiots who rated the pre-release without understanding they bought a pre-release.    … Expand
  8. Gnawer
    Oct 7, 2014
    4
    There's a lot of talk how this game very specifically and successfully targets fans of the original Fallouts and Wasteland - I'm 100% such a fan. Played all possible Fallouts multiple times, etc. Expected a lot of this game. Couldn't play it. Graphics are too dark and you can't see anything behind huge walls and stuff. Stupid 3d makes everything move and rotate so much, I literally have aThere's a lot of talk how this game very specifically and successfully targets fans of the original Fallouts and Wasteland - I'm 100% such a fan. Played all possible Fallouts multiple times, etc. Expected a lot of this game. Couldn't play it. Graphics are too dark and you can't see anything behind huge walls and stuff. Stupid 3d makes everything move and rotate so much, I literally have a headache from it. Ok I get it, it's 2014, 3d rules, but I'd seriously prefer 2d isometric over this blurry garbage. Combat feels really weird: I get it that at the beginning characters supposed to suck, but must they suck so much? I guess dialogues are sort of good. Also the game crashes on me all the time. Ok, I run windows XP, but still. So, I'm not saying the game is a complete waste of time, but for me it didn't work.… Expand
  9. Spajwer
    Oct 7, 2014
    1
    For me? Starting with 4 characters? i Don't like that. World is empty, boring, graphics is bad and fights are slow and also boring. I played it almost 1 hour and after that sold it... big whoop for nothing...
  10. fckwasteland2
    Oct 6, 2014
    0
    Not even worth pirating. Really.

    Very dark, as in you can't see a god damned thing because the guy making it obviously used a screen that displays in braille. very funny as in how the front of the game doesn't connect to the back of the game in any way, 50% of the stats in the game don't do anything. Like at all. Very mature, as in the kind of maturity you'd only get from many    Not even worth pirating. Really.

    Very dark, as in you can't see a god damned thing because the guy making it obviously used a screen that displays in braille.

    very funny as in how the front of the game doesn't connect to the back of the game in any way, 50% of the stats in the game don't do anything. Like at all.

    Very mature, as in the kind of maturity you'd only get from many many years of fungal rot.

    Its big slow, empty, uses 20gb of your hard drive not because it needs to but because its 2014 so why the **** not?

    I've been gaming since 1994. I bought fallout 2 when it launched. This means that i understand it had bad graphics, but this wasn't because it was supposed to look old and **** it was because it was ALL THAT THEY COULD MANAGE, so if this game is supposed to be similar to fallout this is because fallout was based on wasteland. This leads me to conclude that fallout 1 and 2 were a complete revolution in comparison with wasteland 1. The good review of this game seems to be due to the fact that people paid for it in advance and were supplied with some very very thick rose tinted spectacles.

    Being someone whose head is up their own ass at the majority of times i can recognize when a game and it's white knight community are defending something. The positive ratings on this game are like the cells surrounding a swollen abscess, they are there to pretend to the rest of the body that a small distance away there is something pus filled and disgusting and that nothing has gone wrong and that it is safe to keep doing what you're currently doing.

    I was trying to like it but then one of the characters literally shouted ' you've got some balls going up against someone who's surname is death' This is when i understood that the 80s had come back, with all their low quality corny rubbish and that about 503 man-children from the 80s who never grew up had gone all peter pan on the game's user score. Seriously Fargo, we've all ****ing grown up since the 80s. I was born in 1985 and we don't need a game that has you sucking your own dick in the game dialogue just so you can score a few dollars off the people from the 80s who used to enjoy your donkey shows. The donkey used to dance, and you decided to make the show more extreme to the max and move it to Tijuana

    Just don't even ****ing download it, get Divinity original sin instead, its just as poorly made in some respects but at least the music is nice and the visuals are impressive in some cases. Its made by people who don't look an excel spreadsheet and thing, god damn those are some artistically placed rectangles!!!! Oh yeah and the characters in divinity have actual personalities and aren't just Dolf Lundgren ****ing Sylvester Stallone while Beverly-Hills cop's theme song plays in the background to the sounds of Iran and Iraq punching each other in the balls.

    Its a sad ****ing day when you'd rather play Call of Duty 17: The liberation of Benjamin the greenback than something that's supposed to be a fallout game.    … Expand
  11. Emrah
    Oct 6, 2014
    6
    This is definitely not a Fallout game that many of us have been waiting for. If you're a fan of Fallout 1 and 2, do not believe the polygon quote that you see on Steam. "I loved the old Fallout 1 and 2, Wasteland 2 makes me feel like I never stopped playing".

    The game is essentially a glorified Fallout tactics, with very minor RPG elements tossed it. Now if you ignore that, the game    This is definitely not a Fallout game that many of us have been waiting for. If you're a fan of Fallout 1 and 2, do not believe the polygon quote that you see on Steam. "I loved the old Fallout 1 and 2, Wasteland 2 makes me feel like I never stopped playing".

    The game is essentially a glorified Fallout tactics, with very minor RPG elements tossed it.

    Now if you ignore that, the game itself isn't... that bad, but it's certainly not an amazing game either.    … Expand
  12. wafelkill
    Oct 6, 2014
    10
    Just AMAZING!
    In age of brain dead games(push this button to go foward) its ablolute GEM!
    If you like to think when you playing and you like turn base RPG...go for it :]
    Best TB RPG since Front Mission 3!
  13. Draegnar
    Oct 6, 2014
    6
    Wasteland 2 could be a great game but right now (October 6, 2014) it is rigged with too many bugs and balancing issues. IMHO, this games was not ready for full release.

    Pros: - The post-apocalyptic feeling is great. - Dialogues and story are well written. - The huge amount of references and nods to the 80s is rather enjoyable. - Old-school cRPG are so rare nowadays and Wasteland 1    Wasteland 2 could be a great game but right now (October 6, 2014) it is rigged with too many bugs and balancing issues. IMHO, this games was not ready for full release.

    Pros:
    - The post-apocalyptic feeling is great.
    - Dialogues and story are well written.
    - The huge amount of references and nods to the 80s is rather enjoyable.
    - Old-school cRPG are so rare nowadays and Wasteland 1 was always one of my favourite.

    Cons;
    - So many fights and so little strategy involved, enemy AI is meh...
    - Lack of meaningful choices: open-ended quests are uncommon and mostly leads to flavor-only consequences.
    - A lot of skills feel redundant and artificial (there's 5 different skills for unlocking things, 3 for persuasive dialog,...).
    - Current attributes balance promotes character builds with 2 to 4 dump stats.
    - Ranged weapon balance is terrible: Assault rifles are OP, Sniper and SMG are OK, there's only one good Energy weapon in the entire game, the rest is garbage.
    - There's too much randomness in loot and skill success, savescumming will lead you anywhere.
    - UI is clunky and not user-friendly, too much wasted time in skill usage delays,...
    - Poor optimisation. For example, any activated alarm makes the game unplayable because of lag.
    - After first patch, there's still lots of bugged quests, combat related and inventory management issues (clicking dragging an item fail 2 times out of 3),...

    The most serious issues of Wasteland 2 comes from really bad design choices (randomness, artificial skills, balancing issues,...). This game seriously needs a huge re-balancing patch (or modding tools) to live up to its expectations.    … Expand
  14. Raskol
    Oct 6, 2014
    10
    I problably exagerate with this grade, this game was ruthless with me, got destroyed and reloaded so many times. For a long time a game made me think about what I do and gradualy I got in to the story and once your hocked you cant get out. Altough there is alot lacking in some areas, I am hopefoul I'll see more improvements in the future. This game is worth the money and hope more will getI problably exagerate with this grade, this game was ruthless with me, got destroyed and reloaded so many times. For a long time a game made me think about what I do and gradualy I got in to the story and once your hocked you cant get out. Altough there is alot lacking in some areas, I am hopefoul I'll see more improvements in the future. This game is worth the money and hope more will get back to the scene soon. I thank all the Kickstarter supporters for giving us this game. This is a must have for RPG gammers enjoy the game, please buy it and spread the word.… Expand
  15. weazz1980
    Oct 6, 2014
    9
    For the anxious people: If you liked Fallout 1 and 2 you will probably also like Wasteland 2. Now in detail: First thing to say: The graphics are appropiate for this game. They win no trophy, but they are good enough to transport the atmosphere of the harsh wastelands. It reminds of Fallout 2 but in 3D.

    I played for about 20 hours now and at around the first quarter of the story. I    For the anxious people: If you liked Fallout 1 and 2 you will probably also like Wasteland 2. Now in detail: First thing to say: The graphics are appropiate for this game. They win no trophy, but they are good enough to transport the atmosphere of the harsh wastelands. It reminds of Fallout 2 but in 3D.

    I played for about 20 hours now and at around the first quarter of the story. I picked a wide variety of skills for my party to be prepared for almost every situation, that's how i play such games. Later in the game i specialize my group when i have learned which skills and weapons are usefull. For the people who say: The attribute/skillsystem is **** sorry, but you have to read! Every skill and attribute is exactly described. And solely because other games need strenght for a meele charakter, doesn't mean that every game have to do it that way. Again, just read the description of the attributes.

    So for now my party is doing very well. The quests are very diversified and interresting. The locations are detailed and immersive. But for the hole experience you have to read a lot of text. All characters and locations you find have very well written descriptions and information for the plot or some quests. You have to think for yourself, there are no questmarkers or such things. And there are a lot of decisions to make, sometimes with an unexpected outcome. So the world and the story so far are great and i'm really enjoing it right now.

    The combat system pretty much is the same as it was in Fallout 2. You have cover, different firing modes, different calibers etc... this is important, because bigger bulltes punches better trough tough armor than smaller ones. The only feature i'm missing compared to Fallout 2 is to target specific bodyparts. But ok, no major gamebreaker.

    So in the end Wasteland 2 is a great game for me and i give it a solid 9/10.

    For the 0/10 people... seriously?    … Expand
  16. binmaze
    Oct 5, 2014
    6
    A mixed bag you got here. I like "Choose and take the consequences." aspect of quests.
    I really do. It is one of the best in that aspect.
    But other than that, it is not up to expectations. Most of all, the combat is way too boring. Can you believe it? It is no better than the text combat of original Wasteland which was made nearly 30 years ago. No, it's worse, because it is    A mixed bag you got here. I like "Choose and take the consequences." aspect of quests.
    I really do. It is one of the best in that aspect.

    But other than that, it is not up to expectations.

    Most of all, the combat is way too boring. Can you believe it? It is no better than the text combat of original Wasteland which was made nearly 30 years ago.

    No, it's worse, because it is slower.
    What is worse, you have to repeat it endlessly.

    And the skills.
    There are bunch of pointless skills and it requires you to use it over and over and over and over and over and over again. Oh god, I cannot overemphasize how boring it is.

    And there is no creativity of what so ever in using skill.
    Just a sickening amount of grinding.

    You may think it's not really a problem. But it is.
    It takes too much time just to pick a lock on a random box, or to open a door.

    If it had been an adventure game(combats and skills stripped off), it would have been better.
    But as an RPG, it is not a masterpiece they promised.
    It is just an ok game.    … Expand
  17. silverseed
    Oct 5, 2014
    0
    dont believe the fanboy 10/10 ratings around here, the game is a mess,Graphics wise the game looks terribad and with awful perfomance.(unity engine...)

    theres are alot of bugs and unfinished elements. lategame is completely broken in areas like hollywood/La , 50% of the quests are bugged, broken NPC quest triggers/scripts etc. Gameplay wise, the "tactical" combat is absolutly    dont believe the fanboy 10/10 ratings around here, the game is a mess,Graphics wise the game looks terribad and with awful perfomance.(unity engine...)

    theres are alot of bugs and unfinished elements. lategame is completely broken in areas like hollywood/La , 50% of the quests are bugged, broken NPC quest triggers/scripts etc.

    Gameplay wise, the "tactical" combat is absolutly dreadful, enemies like heavy gunners and other enemies run from the far side of the map, ignoring cover, and then fire one square away from you. every single encounter plays the same, every single enemie rushs to your positions.

    wasteland 2 is 15% npc interaction and story and 85% trash/mob combat,without any "tactics" its just mind numbing bad! How can anyone compare fallout 1/2 to this mediocre game    … Expand
  18. deettis
    Oct 4, 2014
    6
    Come on people, be honest with your reviews and try to hold on to your objectivity even if you're a kickstarter backer. I LOVE old school RPGs and I'm very excited that someone skilled is bringing them back. However, if an old school RPG, "a spiritual successor" of many games, is a simplified version of a game relesed FIFTEEN YEARS AGO, something has gone very, very wrong.

    The combat    Come on people, be honest with your reviews and try to hold on to your objectivity even if you're a kickstarter backer. I LOVE old school RPGs and I'm very excited that someone skilled is bringing them back. However, if an old school RPG, "a spiritual successor" of many games, is a simplified version of a game relesed FIFTEEN YEARS AGO, something has gone very, very wrong.

    The combat system of WL2 has almost no tactical aspects in it and the rules and physics of a gunfight have are not from this world. The cover system was a nice try to bring some tactics in to the game, but the logic of it is just silly.

    I wish it all had gone perfectly and we could've witnessed a cinderella story of gaming, but it did not go that well in all honesty. I'm sorry to say that this game is far to simplified and stupid for me to keep my interest in it and it only made me more hungry for a good turn based RPG.

    Please, my fellow gamers, be honest with your reviews, you're doing a disservice for the devs and to our whole community by praising a mediocre game. Wasteland 2 is a 10? Seriously? What is the far more versatile FO2 then, a 12?    … Expand
  19. konvice
    Oct 2, 2014
    10
    I am really dissapointed many people dont rate the game but
    their own expectations! This is pure Fact!! Each one who giving a low rating says: I expected more!!! but the game not bad.
  20. Cinnamoan
    Oct 2, 2014
    4
    if you're a true fan of post-apocalyptic games or rpg like this, don't believe on others high score reviews. obviously, they are paid or whatever. on the first hour of my experience, i was very excited, but after a while im just trying to convince myself this is a great game. but, something is really wrong:

    1. graphics? - yes, not a big deal for some, but it is 2014! it's a 3d game! and    if you're a true fan of post-apocalyptic games or rpg like this, don't believe on others high score reviews. obviously, they are paid or whatever. on the first hour of my experience, i was very excited, but after a while im just trying to convince myself this is a great game. but, something is really wrong:

    1. graphics? - yes, not a big deal for some, but it is 2014! it's a 3d game! and it's an after-over-20-years sequel! High-end android games like dungeon hunter 4 or nova are more good on visuals.

    2. battle? - having a range weapon (guns) is not an advantage even with far position melee enemies. in just 1 turn, they can move freely from far position just right in front of your team waiting for their next turn for an in-your-face smash! things like walls, boxes,etc. are not even a factor. you need to select to hide/cover up to use this things for added evasion. i created 1 char as a sniper. 1st time use of sniper rifle, it jammed! bare hands are useless. enemies has high evasion even on an early level. i suggest you build your main attackers as melee type. more reliable. hassle overall!

    3. gears? - no changing of appearance with new armors. still the same!

    4. exploration? - i dont understand the use of crouching. yes, you can crouch, but try to move, walk/run, you're back to standing position again. i set one of my team as a leader + perception for exploration. the fun part is you can examine things far (far from dota's sniper max attack range) from the position of your chars as long as you can see it on your screen. and, no stealth mode!

    5. others? - 49.99$ dlc on the game release.is it reasonable?

    at least:
    game conversations are good.
    cutscenes are good - true humans/actors
    story is good i think.

    not even close to divinity:os' over all quality considering its price.

    i don't know... just dissapointed. try it for yourselves...    … Expand
  21. riddim
    Oct 2, 2014
    0
    If not for nostalgia, this game would not be rated half as highly.

    - The Unity engine overhead is huge, make this a slow, bloated game to run. - The game balance is awful, with half the stats being ignorable. - The weapon balance is terrible, with assault rifles being far superior to any other weapon options. - The fighting tactics sit in a no-man's land where there are not enough    If not for nostalgia, this game would not be rated half as highly.

    - The Unity engine overhead is huge, make this a slow, bloated game to run.
    - The game balance is awful, with half the stats being ignorable.
    - The weapon balance is terrible, with assault rifles being far superior to any other weapon options.
    - The fighting tactics sit in a no-man's land where there are not enough options to keep it interesting, but there is too much tedious faffing about to get through quickly.
    - Some zones are so clearly better developed, in terms of graphics and content, due to their use in advanced promos (eg Ag Centre), whilst other lack sufficient detail to either carry the ambiance or even engage the story

    I have been eagerly waiting since the kickstarter to play the full version, but it is a terrible disappointment. If you want the burst of nostalgia for turn-based, group RPG play, then it will scratch an itch, but on its own merits, Wasteland 2 is a weak offer.    … Expand
  22. mweagle
    Oct 2, 2014
    7
    I can be very short about this one.

    The good: - Nice tactical combat with multiple characters that allows for a very versatile gameplay. - A lot of variety in the maps. - Solid quests, if you excluse some in the first half of the game. - Loads of stuff in the game. - Some nice humor and references in the game. - Nice RPG elements and the game gives you a lot of freedom to build    I can be very short about this one.

    The good:
    - Nice tactical combat with multiple characters that allows for a very versatile gameplay.
    - A lot of variety in the maps.
    - Solid quests, if you excluse some in the first half of the game.
    - Loads of stuff in the game.
    - Some nice humor and references in the game.
    - Nice RPG elements and the game gives you a lot of freedom to build and develop your characters.
    - No quests-a-la-follow-the-marker-marker-marker-marker.

    The bad:
    - Bugs bugs bugs bugs.
    - 1% Jam rate on a HMG and it still jams every gunfight...
    - Bad introduction to the game, nothing is explained so you are destined to make some wrong character creation errors. Although the game lets you figure stuff out yourself, some info about some crucial things (gameplay/gamemechanic wise)would be nice.
    - Every single thing is percentage/stat based. Sure, you can get 100%, but every single thing, from combat to lockpicking, to breaking walls to hacking computers is chance-based, with the occasion of a critical failure, making the objective perma-useless. Very annoying and a lot of quick-loading because of this. Should not be necessary.    … Expand
  23. pypes
    Oct 2, 2014
    8
    Want to open every door? loot every chest? Finish every mission, save every NPC, and skip half the dialog?

    Tough luck. If you want an immersive adventure game that rewards good decisions, punishes bad ones, and will make you wish you saved your game that little bit more often then this is what your looking for. Think fallout 2 with a free-roaming camera and oodles of content. Best    Want to open every door? loot every chest? Finish every mission, save every NPC, and skip half the dialog?

    Tough luck.

    If you want an immersive adventure game that rewards good decisions, punishes bad ones, and will make you wish you saved your game that little bit more often then this is what your looking for. Think fallout 2 with a free-roaming camera and oodles of content. Best played with notepad handy.

    Points deducted for clunky / unresponsive interface and occasionally annoying camera, but otherwise a masterpiece.    … Expand
  24. belfong
    Oct 2, 2014
    8
    Gotta love the writing and story. Interface is just too quirky for my taste. Confusing left or right click and multiple clicks to get something done. The RND seemed a bit unbalance. 75% chance to hit always result in misses for the melee guy Big Bert. It's kinda frustrating! And enemy seemed to have extremely high action point and can move from one end of the screen to the other in justGotta love the writing and story. Interface is just too quirky for my taste. Confusing left or right click and multiple clicks to get something done. The RND seemed a bit unbalance. 75% chance to hit always result in misses for the melee guy Big Bert. It's kinda frustrating! And enemy seemed to have extremely high action point and can move from one end of the screen to the other in just one turn. Other than that, it is the Fallout I know and love, and that is enough for me to bear a lot of its quirkiness!… Expand
  25. moseao
    Oct 1, 2014
    8
    I'm not even going to bother trying to avoid comparing it to the original Fallout games, or to the recent Divinity game, so on that note, it's maybe not quite as good as those, but still pretty close.

    Compared to the original Fallout games, I didn't feel like the story was as engaging, or the characters as memorable. The system is a little more modern, but often irritating as some    I'm not even going to bother trying to avoid comparing it to the original Fallout games, or to the recent Divinity game, so on that note, it's maybe not quite as good as those, but still pretty close.

    Compared to the original Fallout games, I didn't feel like the story was as engaging, or the characters as memorable. The system is a little more modern, but often irritating as some actions just waste the player's time for basically no reason. It'd also be nice to be able to enter turn based mode for certain actions, like if a character is bleeding out after a battle. I will say though, that skills in Wasteland 2 are more consistently useful than in the original Fallout games.

    Compared to Divinity, I personally like the atmosphere and game world in this one better, but the Divinity combat system wins hands down. Also, while I thought the crafting system in Divinity could use some work, there's almost no crafting to speak of here, even though I think it would make sense thematically.

    All told, Wasteland 2 is a solid game. Not perfect, but solid.    … Expand
  26. 123456
    Oct 1, 2014
    7
    As a veteran of Fallout and Fallout 2 I was looking forward to this game. Generally it is disappointing because combat is the worst thing about this game. After playing around 10 hours I have been frustrated by it a number of times.

    Ammo is scarce and PC's miss most of their shots unless you spend heavily in combat skills, which means you neglect the massive number of other useful    As a veteran of Fallout and Fallout 2 I was looking forward to this game. Generally it is disappointing because combat is the worst thing about this game. After playing around 10 hours I have been frustrated by it a number of times.

    Ammo is scarce and PC's miss most of their shots unless you spend heavily in combat skills, which means you neglect the massive number of other useful skills which make up parts of the game which are actually fun. Melee weapons beyond a nail board seem to be completely forgotten.

    Most of the fights, save a few, seem to be standoffs with little in the way of tactical cover, rather two teams blasting at each other until one crew dies. This is a major let down. Even setting up ambushes becomes a tedious tip-toe forward trying not to aggro the enemy, who can run at you like Usain Bolt and get into melee range on their first turn. There is no kind of CC or even debuffs.

    Loot is randomly generated apart from medical supplies and some mobs. You can easily get starved of one type of ammo so the pressure is on throughout the game to conserve as much as you can.

    The story is quite good so far, with a hard choice early on with real consequences. The dialogue is well acted and written, although sometimes you will want to turn the radio transmitter spam off so you can actually focus on your story.

    The "isometric" (3D) view is great, although the graphics in general lack a real polish, looking much like the first "Dawn of War" game which came out 10 years ago this month. The maps are exactly like the old Fallout games or even New Vegas, mostly brown but with some fun variations on the theme. The sizes are fine and walking them does not take too long. Loading times between maps were around 10-15 seconds for me. I have not found any bugs.

    There is a lot to like about this game, and like Divinity Original Sin its probably more fun with a guide on how to set your party up (which I think is a really lame thing). The combat is tiresome but the dramatic parts are good and the environment is what you would probably want. I don't think it is worth £30, if you liked fallout wait for it to be £20.    … Expand
  27. Ghoster
    Oct 1, 2014
    0
    Pretty pointless and bad-made game. Bad GFX which burn pretty much computer resources and terrible UI in combination with boring story and endless conversations which have no point put this game on the bottom of this year releases.
  28. FlorianGh
    Oct 1, 2014
    10
    This is not a game for everybody. This is a game for people that really enjoys true CRPG's. All the console gamer's should stay away because this game does not have flashy graphics with stupid story. You actually need to think to advance properly.
    I am so happy Brian Fargo and his team managed to pull such a fantastic experience. I also want to thank each and every baker for giving us the    This is not a game for everybody. This is a game for people that really enjoys true CRPG's. All the console gamer's should stay away because this game does not have flashy graphics with stupid story. You actually need to think to advance properly.
    I am so happy Brian Fargo and his team managed to pull such a fantastic experience. I also want to thank each and every baker for giving us the chance to play again a fantastic game like the ones from our childhood.
    I didn't play Wasteland 1 because I was to little. My first post apocalyptic game was Fallout 2. I remember that a very good friend of mine got me Fallout 2 and I was thinking that this is crap I mean I didn't like the graphics at the beginning of the game at the Temple of trials. Boy was I wrong. I felt in love with that game and after 2nd I played the first. After that I only liked Arcanum but although it was a great game it was not in the Fallout setting. Fallout Tactics was released and the graphics were great but that was not the Fallout I grew up with.
    Interplay lost the licence to Bethesda and so Fallout 3 was born. I liked it but it was like Fallout Tactics more of a spin off then the real thing. Fallout : New Vegas was great though thanks to Obsidian.
    But now we have the opportunity to play the real prequel of Fallout and what a great time this is for CRPG.
    For the ones that are asking how is WL2 compared to Divinity : Original Sin I have to say that I really like that game but I don't like the setting as much and the dialog seemed they repeated a lot. And now about the game itself :
    I like it from the beta. I played it since the very first beta and I just love how it has been upgraded and improved in every single way. I managed to finish the beta.Now that it's finally out I am trying to take my time and enjoy every pixel of it. I am not at all bored by having to start from scratch and I already managed to do the good part in Rail Nomad.
    The story is strong and very mysterious. The choices do matter in short and long terms.
    People complain about the graphics but I do like it a lot. I really love the gore in combat and the death animations.
    The Unity engine is great and I really like that we can have a bird eye view of the party.
    The music is incredible and Mark Morgan shows us what a talented man he is.
    My only complaint is the lack of stealth and steal but I can live without them. I know that steal tend to break the barter system.
    This game is the perfect example of the games that we love can have a big success as well as the dumb ones that have flooded the market in the past years.
    A lot of people complain that it has bugs and that the graphics are not top notch but if you like a game that is very well written and enjoy a good laugh you need to have this. This game is made with love and it really shows. All the details are there and almost every NPC has a story and the world around it's alive ( as much as it can being post apocalyptic).    … Expand
  29. jedidiah
    Oct 1, 2014
    7
    As a backer, I have waited the game too long. And this game should really be better. There are minimal improvement since early beta. I don't see why it gets such high reputation among the critic reviews.

    I list my humble complains here: The loot system is a pain. Random-drop makes the game experience unstable. Opening every safe and box provides very little fun. There should be less    As a backer, I have waited the game too long. And this game should really be better. There are minimal improvement since early beta. I don't see why it gets such high reputation among the critic reviews.

    I list my humble complains here:

    The loot system is a pain. Random-drop makes the game experience unstable. Opening every safe and box provides very little fun. There should be less containers and better loots.

    The difference of weapon strength between every tiers is very queer. If only there are several characteristic weapons of similar power, player can combat with more play styles.

    The skill success rate system is just very troublesome. If the game allows saving and loading, the check should better set as a threshold of all or none. Asking player to ponder for a proper action before an object may be funny in 1988 but not now.

    The 3 kinds of speech check make confusing in my skill-picking but not as much enjoyment in doing those speech.

    The maps are way too wide thus make too many running, as many user commented.
    The mini-maps are irrelevant.
    Tactic component of the battle is too thin and covers are difficult to use. The combat is not interesting.
    The story of NPCs are either very short or coming as a big mass in a very short moment. I was hoping a storytelling that allow their story to be discovered step by step.    … Expand
  30. Infaereld
    Sep 30, 2014
    9
    Originally coming from an Amiga and console background, I was a bit of a late bloomer with PC gaming so never played the original Wasteland and Fallout series. However, being a massive fan of Fallout 3/NV, I thought I'd give this one a whirl.

    This game has been very well made. Although still a tough buggy at times, the story, combat, character customisation, game world, loot etc are all    Originally coming from an Amiga and console background, I was a bit of a late bloomer with PC gaming so never played the original Wasteland and Fallout series. However, being a massive fan of Fallout 3/NV, I thought I'd give this one a whirl.

    This game has been very well made. Although still a tough buggy at times, the story, combat, character customisation, game world, loot etc are all top-notch.

    I can tell a lot of thought and talent has gone into this title and it shows.

    Here's hoping for a WL3!    … Expand
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#58 Best PC Game of 2014
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 65 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 53 out of 65
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 65
  3. Negative: 0 out of 65
  1. DarkStation
    Nov 25, 2014
    80
    Wasteland 2, for the most part, provides everything that its Kickstarter backers and fans of the genre are looking for.
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  2. RPGamer
    Nov 13, 2014
    60
    If you're a fan of this style of game and have played the best recent releases, look behind you. Because that's where Wasteland 2 is going to be.
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  3. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Nov 12, 2014
    100
    The epitome of old-school that doesn't reek of decay. There are a few bumps along the road, but oh, is it a road worth taking. [Issue#246]
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