Wasteland 3

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6.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 174 Ratings

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  1. Molec_man
    Sep 3, 2020
    7
    I'd like to give this game a higher score, but there are too many BUTs...

    1) The bugs are innumerable... from lost pets to a buggy squad management interface to hourly crashes 2) The graphics are dated... It looks like Wasteland 2 with an new story 3) The music is cool at times, but sound/music seems lacking outside of that What pulls this game up: 1) It's Wasteland (AKA Old    I'd like to give this game a higher score, but there are too many BUTs...

    1) The bugs are innumerable... from lost pets to a buggy squad management interface to hourly crashes
    2) The graphics are dated... It looks like Wasteland 2 with an new story
    3) The music is cool at times, but sound/music seems lacking outside of that

    What pulls this game up:
    1) It's Wasteland (AKA Old school Fallout)
    2) The story is flexible... decisions matter
    3) The character generation and individuality
    4) The replayability... if you can stomach the bugs

    Verdict... It should be much better after patches, but the graphics and sound will still not pull it above an 8. With that in mind I'll give it a 7 even though in its current state it is a 5 or 6.    … Expand
  2. BudgetFreak
    Aug 31, 2020
    5
    The game is a masterpiece on how to build an RPG. On the other hand, the console release is full of bugs, glitches and crushes. The game is poorly optimized and has a bad memory allocation. This concludes in many crashes (27 on my run). Furthermore, I had three quest glitches, four game freezes and one instance, in which only the analogs were giving orders. The graphics are also subThe game is a masterpiece on how to build an RPG. On the other hand, the console release is full of bugs, glitches and crushes. The game is poorly optimized and has a bad memory allocation. This concludes in many crashes (27 on my run). Furthermore, I had three quest glitches, four game freezes and one instance, in which only the analogs were giving orders. The graphics are also sub optimal with a low level of detail. Wait a couple of months or rent..… Expand
  3. GriffinG223
    Sep 3, 2020
    3
    I have Played 3 hours, and I am at the Garden of the God's as of writing this review and may not get much further. -This game is **** terrible, it goes backwards on the combat and survival, which are the core gameplay mechanics that make games like this fun.
    - They focused on too much on presentation and voice acting for a game that was so poorly written and graphically it looks worse off    I have Played 3 hours, and I am at the Garden of the God's as of writing this review and may not get much further. -This game is **** terrible, it goes backwards on the combat and survival, which are the core gameplay mechanics that make games like this fun.
    - They focused on too much on presentation and voice acting for a game that was so poorly written and graphically it looks worse off then most of the competition, let alone waseland 2
    - The game isn't finished and is a bugfy nightmare. -This should not be advertised as worth buying and it feels like anyone giving this game a 10 is a stupid human being whonlikes to waste their time with inferior and broken products -Feelss as if the devs conned a lot of people out money so they could have a job not prodcing anythong.    … Expand
  4. Egis511
    Sep 9, 2020
    6
    Story 10, graphics 6, technical state 2. Game keeps crashing (a lot), some bugs do not allow you to continue with the quests (even main quests are affected by this). It seems there was no quality control at all. If you wait, for half a year or a year you might have an amazing experience, but at this point - really, really frustrating.
  5. mbkr
    Dec 12, 2020
    7
    great lore and atmosphere, if you like the genre you should definitely play, although you need to have enough patience for constant crashes and bugs.
  6. anasazi830
    Sep 13, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I would seriously rate this game higher if not for the horrible bugs. I played almost to the end (returning to Yuma speedway) and it is now frozen in the return cut scene. All the bugs to this point were usually fixed with a reload, on top of the constant crashing bugs, and I could overlook them because the game is that old school RPG, with the fallout humor. This is unacceptable for a full price release to not only have this many bugs at launch, but still gamebreaking bugs this long after launch. Maybe they will patch this 8 more times any it will be playable, but even if they did, I couldn't recommend spending money on this game. If anything, buy it used to prevent the company from banking on this QC atrocity that inXile found acceptable to launch in this state. IF you can get past the infinite glitches and bugs, there is a great CRPG to play through, with extreme replay value (if you can finish it). Unfortunately if you end up where I am (and many others find themselves), then you can't finish it once, let alone want to go through all these headaches of countless bugs just to see the alternate story arcs.… Expand
  7. Jfecteau1
    Sep 6, 2020
    7
    Very blurry textures on a PS4 pro.
    Game crashes a lot, which would be annoying if I could see what the textures well enough to really get into the themes of the game. Still, for the hour or so that I can play before it crashes, and if I look past what looks like a thick layer of vaselane on the game camera, there is a dynamic tactical RPG. Playing it feels like divinity, xcom, and the    Very blurry textures on a PS4 pro.
    Game crashes a lot, which would be annoying if I could see what the textures well enough to really get into the themes of the game. Still, for the hour or so that I can play before it crashes, and if I look past what looks like a thick layer of vaselane on the game camera, there is a dynamic tactical RPG. Playing it feels like divinity, xcom, and the original fallout games are in a thriving throuple. Tactical, wacky, and built for fun. There are lots of awesome features, items, and flavors in this world. Load times are long, but if I could see what that new peice of Armor actually looked like after equipping it I wouldn’t mind. Unfortunately it looks like a muddled mess of blurry pixels seemingly no different from what he was using before. I can see the game i’ve been waiting to play in here, I just can’t get to it right now in the PS4 version. I want to give this a 9 and highly recommend it based on the game underneath these issues. Unfortunately until they fix the blur, I would recommend holding off buying it, just as I will be holding off from playing it more. Developers have said they are actively working on all the crashes, lets hope the blur is up next.    … Expand
  8. Acidskrillex
    Jan 21, 2021
    8
    It's a fantastic and enjoyable experience......when it works. The unfortunate amount of bugs, glitches and crashes are infuriating. And on bad days can experience up to 3 crashes an hour, it's such a creative, enjoyable experience but the bugs NEED to be fixed.
  9. Dyldom
    Nov 16, 2021
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Even a year on, an abundance of bugs stops Wasteland 3 reaching its true potential but it’s humour and character cement it as one of the best RPG’s in recent memory. The world of wasteland is as exciting as it is unpredictable. One minute you can be helping a group of refugees survive the harsh conditions of post apocalyptic Colorado, the next you’re helping a Knight Rider - esque robot car find its purpose, or kidnapping an AI that believes itself to be ‘God-President Ronald Reagan’. But the world of wasteland 3 is most interesting in the way it changes around the players choices. The world and its characters change and evolve due to the decisions the player makes throughout the game and the repercussions of actions can be felt long into the games runtime. If I had one criticism of the RPG elements it’s that characters in wasteland acknowledge you as a team of people, and I think this lessens the role playing experience. For example, I had a marshal on my team who had a high kiss ass stat and would sweet talk people into doing what he wanted, but I also had a huge, strong, custom character who had high hard ass stat and would use threats to get people to act on his behalf. However due to being spoken to as a group rather than individuals, I couldn’t define the role of each character in the group. I think an improvement here would be to have whichever player who have selected be the person engaging in the dialogue. This way different characters could have different fame with each factions and you’d have to choose who you wanted to lead the conversation based on that. You could implement a mechanic to this where if someone on your team is hated by a faction, it begins to bring down the fame for other characters on your team. As I mentioned up top, this game is very buggy. I didn’t have any game breaking bugs or crashes but I had multiple main missions not complete after finishing them, and I often had team members get stuck in a room during combat, or end up miles behind the rest of the team, and sometimes I had team members leave the group permanently due to actions they didn’t agree with, despite the fact I was acting in line with their clearly defined morals. These bugs caused me to end up save scumming a lot by the end of the game, and I think if these issues were fixed this game would have the potential to go down as a classic. These issues don’t stop wasteland 3 being a thoroughly enjoyable experience. The writing is top notch, the tactical combat is fun to experiment with, and the world and characters make this game difficult to put down. If you’re a fan of the Fallout series this game will definitely have something for you.… Expand
  10. Cromanin
    Sep 27, 2021
    10
    Played on PS5 twice start to finish. Had several crashes, but like 10? Definitely not like "crashes every transition" type. Some logic bugs still present, but not game-breaking at all. Great sound score. Graphics is really dated, but you do not play this kind of game for pretty picture only. Story is cool with lots of replay value.

    Compared to W2 I liked this one much much better.    Played on PS5 twice start to finish. Had several crashes, but like 10? Definitely not like "crashes every transition" type. Some logic bugs still present, but not game-breaking at all. Great sound score. Graphics is really dated, but you do not play this kind of game for pretty picture only. Story is cool with lots of replay value.

    Compared to W2 I liked this one much much better. Highly recommended.    … Expand
  11. Odal
    Jan 18, 2022
    5
    Wasteland has great combat and style - lots of humor and edge in a good way, but it suffered from gamebreaking bugs when I played it, horrible performance and such. Running through a city with long loading-times several times just to return a quest gets super obnoxious as well.

    The story has it's points, but the most dissapointing ending i've seen in a game. All of the enemies in the    Wasteland has great combat and style - lots of humor and edge in a good way, but it suffered from gamebreaking bugs when I played it, horrible performance and such. Running through a city with long loading-times several times just to return a quest gets super obnoxious as well.

    The story has it's points, but the most dissapointing ending i've seen in a game. All of the enemies in the wasteland are crazy cults as well. There are no gray zones. Everyone is crazy. I found that to be really weak writing - everything just repeats itself with another crazy cult.

    As mentioned though the combat is addicting as hell, and deserves an 8-9 for sure, same with the humor and style. But overall this game would have needed more time in development to make it a great game, which is sad. Because I think it could have been really good if they worked more on the quests, the ending and released a game without major bugs.

    +
    Dialog options
    Combat
    World and style
    Humor
    Grittyness
    Music, though it gets extremely repetitious

    -
    Gamebreaking bugs
    Lags and performance
    Story
    Ending
    UI, no way of sorting items in a smart way etc    … Expand
  12. SpartaCook
    Aug 30, 2020
    3
    Not only it's full of crapload amount of bugs and poorly optimized performance, this game is also full of outdated stupid game design choices. What a piece of garbage.
  13. Flat_Shovel
    Sep 1, 2020
    6
    UPDATE: Even after the recent patch the game still freezes frequently. Lowered the score as a result.

    As a huge fan of Wasteland 2 i can really see how they improved with the sequel. The visuals are a huge step up, with characters being more detailed and even having close up shots of certain characters during important conversations. There's more variety of clothing and armour designs    UPDATE: Even after the recent patch the game still freezes frequently. Lowered the score as a result.

    As a huge fan of Wasteland 2 i can really see how they improved with the sequel. The visuals are a huge step up, with characters being more detailed and even having close up shots of certain characters during important conversations. There's more variety of clothing and armour designs too, as well as more choice of thumbnails for your characters. The setting is a lot more detailed, with a variety of cities, bases and a creepy desolate snowy wasteland to explore. A huge difference when exploring the wasteland is that you actually drive a vehicle this time, as opposed to moving an icon on the world map like with the previous game. The vehicle also acts as a playable character that fights alongside you and you can find various upgrades to turn it into a real death machine!
    With Wasteland 3 they have condensed various skills. So instead of shotguns, pistols and smg's being individual skills, they're now folded into the small guns skill. Laser guns no longer have their own skill bar. Instead they're folded into 'small', 'automatic' and 'big guns' skill bars. This means that when you level up one weapon skill bar you'll become efficient with a much bigger variety of weapons. There is no longer permanent death either. If a character enters the 'bleeding out' stage, you can revive them using AP and if they actually die, you can revive them with a specific item. This is a welcome change! There's also a lot more items to be used in and out of combat. You can set up auto machine gun turrets, laser turrets, robots, healing turrets etc and use some new healing items like med darts that you fire at injured teammates. There's also a new branch of weapons which fall under the new 'weird stuff' skill. These include things like shrink grenades, ferret launchers and mind control guns! You also now have 'strike attacks' which combines precision strikes with a super move. Basically it makes precision strikes more useful by having you charge them up and then unleash the shot as a guaranteed hit that cripples specific body parts.
    As with Wasteland 2 there is a huge amount of dialogue, now with a lot more voice acting! You also have unique dialogue options based on your stats and there's still a ton of choices to make that affect how conversations and quests play out. The story is a blast and there's many paths you can take, factions to encounter and decisions to make. This provides much replay value.
    Also as a side note, i feel like they improved the tutorials in this game a lot. They have non-intrusive tips that give you a lot more helpful info than the previous game. This will help new players dive into the game without too much trouble.
    Overall the only thing holding the game back is the performance issues, which is in the process of being patched. Apart from that we have a game which improves upon the previous games in a lot of aspects. Highly recommend checking this out!    … Expand
  14. tomsam66
    Sep 6, 2020
    0
    Cannot recommend this game at this time due to crashes and gamebreaking bugs. It’s a disgrace that it was released at all and the devs and publisher should be ashamed.
  15. Poumney
    Aug 29, 2020
    1
    Do not buy this game at least for 6 weeks if you want to play with your friend. The amount of bugs is just funny, looks like they didn't test it. Not sure about single mode. Final dot for me was selling garbage, selling icon just never disappear funny thing if you save game and load it, the icon never disappear and this is for every shop so we can't use shops now XD
  16. Irul
    Sep 8, 2020
    0
    This game is full of bugs. Keeps crashing and now can no longer progress the story. This is after installing their 2nd patch on PS4 which made it worst. To make matters even crappier, I bought it on PS online store and there it cannot be refunded,

    This is the first time I have a game that has this much bugs on PS4 and I have over 50 games including Wasteland 2 which works great. Do    This game is full of bugs. Keeps crashing and now can no longer progress the story. This is after installing their 2nd patch on PS4 which made it worst. To make matters even crappier, I bought it on PS online store and there it cannot be refunded,

    This is the first time I have a game that has this much bugs on PS4 and I have over 50 games including Wasteland 2 which works great.

    Do not buy before next year, it is not even close to be ready.    … Expand
  17. Hyzen
    Sep 3, 2020
    0
    i thought it would be better and thought that they improved the combat system but no! the gameplay is slow! the effects make u feel you are playing a ps2 game, the battles overall are boring and slow and won't make you feel like ypu want more!
  18. MamkinDominator
    Sep 5, 2020
    2
    This game highly differs from actual game-play we've seen previously. Actual game is like a 10 times downgrade in graphics, physics to gameplay demonstrated. The overall impression I faced like it was made by a single person within a month, really, you might check a video when a folk creates a simple Diablo-clone in a week...with better graphics that Wasteland 3 has. Why so? I guaranteeThis game highly differs from actual game-play we've seen previously. Actual game is like a 10 times downgrade in graphics, physics to gameplay demonstrated. The overall impression I faced like it was made by a single person within a month, really, you might check a video when a folk creates a simple Diablo-clone in a week...with better graphics that Wasteland 3 has. Why so? I guarantee the reason is in Unity, like the game was ported from Unreal Engine in 10 days in order not to face problems on mobile platforms. Really, the game looks like it was mainly designed to work on smart-phones, not consoles or PCs. The overall graphics, shaders, physics looks like a disaster, a strange circle of light surrounds selected hero, changing reflections in a small radius, some trees were not rendered properly, and I didn't find a way to change camera view. I'm highlighting these aspects that much because of price 50USD for pre-order in steam or 60USD on PS4, hence I assume the game positioned as an AAA contains high-quality sounds, face-animations, in-game footage, but nothing like that. Sounds seems creepy as if they were recorded on an airsoft polygon. I didn't expect 3 face animations and cheap dialogue menu when paid my 60USD. Also inventory, enemies look so cheap as the were borrowed from a free-to-play game. There is no such atmosphere we met in Wasteland 2, In-game gamma of the doesn't really represents wasteland's atmosphere, it's like borrowed from on of teenagers free-to-play shooters. And finally it looks like developers made their game without passion, attitude and attention to details, like I previously mentioned made by a single person in a month. There is no way we can avoid comparison with other games of same genre. I had experience with Mutant Year Zero, and XCOM2 and in comparison to them Wasteland 3 looks so weird and unprofessional as if it came to us from previous century in combat, physics, atmosphere, enemy variation, content amount. Hereby I don't recommend owning this game, better spend your time and money on a more valuable product, e.g. one of those I mentioned above.… Expand
  19. BlesSDaGameR
    Sep 1, 2020
    3
    I got the game and almost unplayable its crashes all the time, bugs everywhere and cant do the last mission after liberty. If you like the wasteland series buy after they got some patches
  20. Tecneek
    Dec 31, 2021
    10
    9.5/10. Amazing RPG/Turn-Based Strategy game. I was looking for something to scratch that XCOM itch that I was craving, and I can confidently say that Wasteland 3 not only gave me exactly what I was looking for, but it gave me SO much more than I ever expected. It’s now my favorite game of this genre, and the best RPG I’ve played in a while. Think of it like Fallout with the open world9.5/10. Amazing RPG/Turn-Based Strategy game. I was looking for something to scratch that XCOM itch that I was craving, and I can confidently say that Wasteland 3 not only gave me exactly what I was looking for, but it gave me SO much more than I ever expected. It’s now my favorite game of this genre, and the best RPG I’ve played in a while. Think of it like Fallout with the open world exploring and looting, but with a more fleshed out XCOM combat system. It has so much depth and creative choices that I can assure you every playthrough will be completely different. I can’t get over on slept on this game is, and it’s miles better than Wasteland 2 in my opinion, which honestly I didn’t play too much of. Having a full voiced cast makes a huge difference, and I love the story and characters. The developers deserve endless praise for this game, and I’m excited to see what comes next. Do NOT pass this up if you’re looking for a game that has everything I mentioned above.… Expand
  21. NapoMMC
    Feb 2, 2022
    8
    Decent game and I sort of like the fact that with each iteration Wasteland games get closer to XCOM.
  22. alkhana
    Sep 21, 2021
    1
    WARNING: This game fully broke my ps4's file system, to the point where I had to system restore it and lost all my data.

    I wish I could give this game a 10. I really do. The writing is great, the gameplay is fun when it works. The problem is, it rarely does. Never have I played a game so plagued by bugs and crashes. Not even extreme edge cases either, you can tell their QA either    WARNING: This game fully broke my ps4's file system, to the point where I had to system restore it and lost all my data.

    I wish I could give this game a 10. I really do. The writing is great, the gameplay is fun when it works.
    The problem is, it rarely does.

    Never have I played a game so plagued by bugs and crashes. Not even extreme edge cases either, you can tell their QA either doesn't exist or should be fired.

    Among MANY others:
    - Party members that randomly leave you for nonsense reasons: I had 2 party members leave me because there was "too much human blood on my hands"...After I fought a pack of wolves;
    - You see a trap and tell your explosives expert to disarm it? He may randomly just feel like walking over the trap and killing himself. Controlling him alleviates this a bit but it still does happen;
    - You order your dude to attack, he spends the energy and...Nothing happens. No miss, no bullet spent, just nothing. This happens often;
    - You'd better be ready to quick save every 30 seconds because your game is going to crash every couple of minutes;
    - If by some miracle your game ran for a couple of hours without a crash you're going to need to restart it, because while it's terribly optimized to begin with(expect no more than 25ish fps on a ps4 pro) it'll leak itself into a 5 fps slugfest;
    - make copies of your save often, and good luck: I often ran into situations where I had to load the same save 5 times before it actually loaded without a crash;
    - As I stated at the start, one of those saves that corrupted itself during a crash somehow managed to break my entire file system and error boot-loop my ps4. I had to initialize it and lost all the saves to all my games. I am never playing a game from this company again if I see even a slim mention of a single bug.

    On the plus side, the writing's great, the story is entertaining and the concept is fun. If only it worked. Never before have I seen a game that paired such great writers up with such awful developers.

    Embarassing.    … Expand
  23. THUnder222
    Feb 23, 2021
    0
    Wasteland 3 is a tragic affair.

    Let me ask you a question first: What is the most important aspect of a game? Being able to play it of course. But hey, credit is when it is due, so let's talk about this game's strong points. In terms of rpg experience Wasteland 3 is simply brilliant. Rpg elements, skill checks etc are seamlessly combined with a very fun combat system. With many    Wasteland 3 is a tragic affair.

    Let me ask you a question first: What is the most important aspect of a game? Being able to play it of course.

    But hey, credit is when it is due, so let's talk about this game's strong points. In terms of rpg experience Wasteland 3 is simply brilliant. Rpg elements, skill checks etc are seamlessly combined with a very fun combat system. With many different weapons, items, special abilities, and a non-linear gameplay, Wasteland 3 will offer you many, many different ways to have fun.

    ...if you can ACTUALLY PLAY IT.

    From a technical standpoint, Wasteland 3 is an utter and complete disaster. Just like PS4 version of previous game, Wasteland 3 will continuously test your patience as you slog through the game's numerous glitches, bugs and of course, crashes. Your initial enjoyment from this game will turn into first, frustration later hair pulling anger and finally nail-biting terror. You will struggle to not to throw the controller to floor as you wonder why the your ai controlled companions disappear without warning. Your curses will be heard from the space as you try to move your character who simply refuses to budge or shot at the enemy despite being in range and having a fully loaded weapon. Your pulse will rise as you wait in horror, wondering when the game will crash and cost you your hard earned victory, which you just spent 10 minutes to win.

    Oh, did i mention crashes? Oh yes. This game crashes ALL THE TIME. In every 30 or 40 minutes game crashes during the area transitions, forcing you to restart your game.

    As of the time of this review, Wasteland 3 is six months old and they couldn't fix this. In fact, they couldn't fix anything at all. Every time developers release a patch, they fix something but end up breaking something else. It appears that developers, despite the criticism of Wasteland 2's terrible launch and subsequent technical problems, especially on PS4, have learned nothing. Was it too much to hire programmers that are actually competent and program games that are, you know, actually playable?

    At this state, i cannot recommend Wasteland 3 which is in a broken state despite being 6 months old. It is no exaggeration to say that this is the most unstable game i have ever played on my PS4. ...well, besides Wasteland 2 of course.

    You simply cannot release a broken, faulty product. You have responsibility to your costumers and long-term fans to do an at least, a game that doesn't break down every half an hour.

    If your game is less stable than Alpha Protocol, it is time to consider a career change.    … Expand
  24. needtohavefun
    Sep 23, 2020
    0
    As of 9/23/20 and the latest patch the game continues to crash 3 times an hour. It's frustrating and the publisher/developers should be embarrassed to have released such a buggy product. Save every 5 minutes if you do not want to lose your file.
  25. KarakACG
    Sep 7, 2020
    0
    Another unfinished and buggy game from a newly Microsoft owned studio. Wait another half year if they fix the numerous bugs and glitches.
  26. Chengue21
    Sep 6, 2020
    2
    The game is totally broken when you play co-op. After a thousand uploads, a thousand bugs, and about 30 hours of play, the missions disappear ... This has already been the final straw. A game of € 60 and with such good scores (they have the balls to put a 9 or more, I find it very funny). To wait for the umpteenth patch and pray that the game works. With how good the game is, it seemsThe game is totally broken when you play co-op. After a thousand uploads, a thousand bugs, and about 30 hours of play, the missions disappear ... This has already been the final straw. A game of € 60 and with such good scores (they have the balls to put a 9 or more, I find it very funny). To wait for the umpteenth patch and pray that the game works. With how good the game is, it seems painful to me.… Expand
  27. MedusanBH
    Sep 14, 2020
    8
    Great oldschool RPG with a strong Fallout 1 / 2 feeling. Exploration, random encounters, interesting NPCs, its all here. On PS4 a few bugs that hopefully will be patched soon. Save often! Recomended!
  28. ZOX91
    Sep 24, 2020
    9
    one of the best rpg games right now. slight bugs can be found, but does it going to hurt when otherwise the game is good
  29. pan0
    Nov 18, 2020
    1
    Don't buy this game! I've waited 3 months before leaving a review, 3 months! The fact is that after 3 months this game is still very far from being finished and playable! Bugs everywhere, nothing is polished, combats lacks of tacticals aspect, ...
    A shame! I can't understand how a studio dare to release such a mess and to let it like this.
    They did exactly the same with Wasteland 2, to    Don't buy this game! I've waited 3 months before leaving a review, 3 months! The fact is that after 3 months this game is still very far from being finished and playable! Bugs everywhere, nothing is polished, combats lacks of tacticals aspect, ...
    A shame! I can't understand how a studio dare to release such a mess and to let it like this.
    They did exactly the same with Wasteland 2, to this day you can't finish it on PS4, don't be like me, don't be an idiot; don't think Inxile will do better this time    … Expand
  30. GioRC
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    Don’t even waste your time with this buggy mess until they fix it. How can they let a game come out in this state...infuriating. Constantly crashes, loading areas are over abundant and take way too long, UI is horrible, cant even change brightness or display settings after you start a game, I can go and on. I’ve spent equal amounts of time playing and waiting on lading screens and crashDon’t even waste your time with this buggy mess until they fix it. How can they let a game come out in this state...infuriating. Constantly crashes, loading areas are over abundant and take way too long, UI is horrible, cant even change brightness or display settings after you start a game, I can go and on. I’ve spent equal amounts of time playing and waiting on lading screens and crash restarts. Ridiculous.… Expand
  31. Steyraus
    Aug 31, 2020
    3
    What is with these GAME PASS Releases? They are all Buggy, Badly made and Ugly. Please Xbox Keep these, Brock Ass games on you own platforms.
    Not 50 seconds into this game and you are treated to the extreme low budget effort and a complete half arsed effort. After like 15 minutes of loading you get to the character select screen and your eyes melt. Almost all the character look like    What is with these GAME PASS Releases? They are all Buggy, Badly made and Ugly. Please Xbox Keep these, Brock Ass games on you own platforms.
    Not 50 seconds into this game and you are treated to the extreme low budget effort and a complete half arsed effort. After like 15 minutes of loading you get to the character select screen and your eyes melt. Almost all the character look like either Burn Victims or Been String Victims. They are offensive to look at. These are not humans, even this early in the game and the game is clearly made my armatures.
    I played a good 2 hours of it and it the same old affair, ive played heaps of this game and it does nothing new, Only original aspect is the fact it was released full of bugs and glitches, I am not going to list any, because I would be here all day. Was waiting month for this on Game Pass, I have downloaded it like a dozen times and its still buggy at launch,    … Expand
  32. enigma1990
    Sep 1, 2020
    10
    The graphics are amazing and the gameplay is streamlined. Probably the best Wasteland I've played. Definitely better than Wasteland 2.
  33. xeis
    Sep 2, 2020
    4
    Xbox version, crashes every 20 to 30 minutes and has old school dead man walking on major plots, just fought for 3 hours (9 crashes) back to back combats to find I was dead man walking. So much potential with faster load times, zero crashes and some system to prevent you wasting your time while dead man walking this game has the potential to be great. But not now.
  34. Spindleflags
    Sep 2, 2020
    9
    Simply brilliant. I was not prepared for how addictive and fun this title was going to be. Game of the year contender. Would be a 10 if the bugs get ironed out.
  35. smoovelai
    Aug 29, 2020
    9
    Would be a 10 but the game crashes on me like every 4-5 hours.

    Significant upgrade from 2 I like they went more xcom with the combat and the exploration is much improved too
  36. Velgar
    Sep 5, 2020
    9
    Amazing game, lots of fun. One of the biggest surprises for me. I hadn't been waiting for it honestly, but once I saw reviews and gameplays I immediately bought it on Steam. Feels like a dream come true for an old gamer who remembers all the great games of the 90s. This if literally Fallout 2 with 2020 graphics and Xcom combat system. What more can you ask for? Buy it, support the devs andAmazing game, lots of fun. One of the biggest surprises for me. I hadn't been waiting for it honestly, but once I saw reviews and gameplays I immediately bought it on Steam. Feels like a dream come true for an old gamer who remembers all the great games of the 90s. This if literally Fallout 2 with 2020 graphics and Xcom combat system. What more can you ask for? Buy it, support the devs and rejoice!… Expand
  37. DrN4STY
    Oct 23, 2020
    0
    As an OG Fallout fan I really wanted to like this game. It seems like they nailed the combat system and the role-playing aspects seem fantastic. Unfortunately the experience is mired by design issues that really have nothing to do with the gameplay. First of all the loading screens are horrendously long ( longer than anything I've encountered in recent memory ), and doesn't seem to getAs an OG Fallout fan I really wanted to like this game. It seems like they nailed the combat system and the role-playing aspects seem fantastic. Unfortunately the experience is mired by design issues that really have nothing to do with the gameplay. First of all the loading screens are horrendously long ( longer than anything I've encountered in recent memory ), and doesn't seem to get any better even when entering a small room etc. I would normally be willing to look past it, but the long loading screens are coupled with some serious design issues. At every turn the game forces you to wait through multiple loading screens for no real reason at all. Often you will need to simply enter an area to either activate/turn in a quest, for which you will be forced to sit through a minimum of two loading screens. I noted to myself a point near the beginning of the game where you actually sit through it 7 times without having actually progressed in any way. Then there is the crashing, which happens often ( I'm writing this after the first patch that supposedly addressed this ), and seems to predominantly occur during, guess what - loading screens. When this happens, you have to wait on the game to start up again, then you have to wait on a loading screen to get back to where you were before the game crashed, then you get to immediately wait a third time where it crashed in first place. This has happened multiple times in a row on occasion. The game actually crashed from the main menu one time when I pressed "New Game". I've finally given up on actually trying to play it at this point, and I really tried to give it a chance because I liked the gameplay so much. If they make an earnest attempt to fix these issues then I would consider it in the future, but it is completely unacceptable to release a full priced game in such an unplayable state.… Expand
  38. nurii29
    Mar 17, 2021
    0
    this is awful its full of bugs
    even on ultra settings it looks ugly af
    characters are boring and you wanna shot everyone you see (which i did)
    story is boring
    game thinks its ok to push you around and bully you they think you are their ****

    well guess what deleted and refunded
  39. Terminator137
    Sep 3, 2020
    10
    Upgrade from wasteland 2 in every way. Fully voiced dialogues for the whole game.
  40. terryw3316
    Sep 1, 2020
    9
    Fantastic game with a Fallout experience, from one of the original creators of Fallout. It can be a bit janky in places, though nothing compared to a Bethesda title. It takes everything from Wasteland 2 and dials it up to 11, I would recommend this for anyone who is looking for an authentic RPG experience as well as a preference for tactical gameplay.
  41. Arkane7
    Sep 3, 2021
    1
    The previous Wasteland was a pretty good tactical rpg. It was a bit like playing the classic Fallout games again. Wasteland 3 however is a very poor example of how to make a sequel to a good game. Terrible starting character and very poor writing make this one for the bargain bin. The graphics are decent and the sound is fine but the numerous bugs and bland story just make this aThe previous Wasteland was a pretty good tactical rpg. It was a bit like playing the classic Fallout games again. Wasteland 3 however is a very poor example of how to make a sequel to a good game. Terrible starting character and very poor writing make this one for the bargain bin. The graphics are decent and the sound is fine but the numerous bugs and bland story just make this a frustrating experience.… Expand
  42. TommY2033M
    Sep 2, 2020
    10
    Incredible game and amazing rpg. The world is intricate and beautifully crafted and the story and characters are great. Gameplay and combat are awesome as well. I haven't experienced any crashes on pc in singleplayer and I've been playing for 12 hours every day since it came out. Can highly recommend to anyone who likes fallout style rpgs. This has a fallout new vegas feel and is similarIncredible game and amazing rpg. The world is intricate and beautifully crafted and the story and characters are great. Gameplay and combat are awesome as well. I haven't experienced any crashes on pc in singleplayer and I've been playing for 12 hours every day since it came out. Can highly recommend to anyone who likes fallout style rpgs. This has a fallout new vegas feel and is similar to OG fallout games, and it proves bethesda never understood fallout and never will.… Expand
  43. BUSTINS_
    Aug 31, 2020
    10
    Wonderful Game, very complete and amazing, BEST game In Xbox one x and windows10.
  44. MetaJohn117
    Aug 31, 2020
    10
    Gorgeous game with the refreshing take on xcom style combat and action play.
  45. Ninininini
    Sep 2, 2020
    10
    I live this game from the first time and it only became better, characters are great and a lot of decision making is awesome
  46. fleshgakker
    Sep 4, 2020
    10
    Game of the year so far. Constant crashes after approx 1 hour of playing but regular quick saves manages to overcome those problems. Looking back on the rest of inXile games quick fixes can be expected to get the best of this game experience. Keep it up guys. Thanks for this gem.
  47. Jiloc
    Sep 6, 2020
    8
    Besides crashes, and bugs a wonderful world with plenty of choices. Nice history, gameplay and weapon system. A mix of fallout and xcom. Worth 60usd for me, i am usualy only read reviews but that game was a wonderful surprise that i write this.
  48. Namethief
    Sep 27, 2020
    2
    I know the games been out for a while so it was $10 off so I decided to get it.

    Pop it in and start playing. Watch The cinematic customize some characters go through the tutorial the tutorial has a bit of jank but it is a top down so I expected it. After finishing the tutorial the FPS drops to two and I cannot open a menu or move so I close out the game delete the save and restart. Then,    I know the games been out for a while so it was $10 off so I decided to get it.

    Pop it in and start playing. Watch The cinematic customize some characters go through the tutorial the tutorial has a bit of jank but it is a top down so I expected it.

    After finishing the tutorial the FPS drops to two and I cannot open a menu or move so I close out the game delete the save and restart. Then, get through the tutorial go to the HQ do some stuff around the base look around that kind of thing etc, then I go out to do my first quest in the open world. I decide to do a caravan instead of homestead I can't spoil anything because when I take caravan I was going to sneak up to the enemies I got pulled away in real life to do something I came back to a game I thought I had paused to find out that the game does not pause and two out of my four teammates are on deaths door and one of them is dead I pick that character up with my one standing character that has half health.

    I move the tank up get all my characters behind cover have a guy peel off armor and then I have my tank shoot that guy does only half health and the tank is the most powerful character on my team. Next turn of mine I have to pick someone else up because they got hit down to zero HP again have two of my standing human character shoot at the half health guy and they do one damage per hit and he's standing out in the open because he has so much armor and this is the first quest you do **** this game, **** the developers, this is fallout 76 level of bad design.    … Expand
  49. FALLmei3
    Oct 2, 2020
    0
    This game is unplayable trash. I have had over 15 crashes and entire quests broken. Combat is horribly designed with the winner being whoever can shoot first. To put it bluntly this Is a middle schooler learning programming tier beta game where you will be the unplayed tester.
  50. MartishSafriels
    Oct 25, 2020
    10
    Very nice! It's got everything I could have hoped for in a sequel, a true successor to Spelunky THX)
  51. techboy
    Dec 18, 2020
    4
    Welcome to Wasteland... waste of human lifetime!

    Yeah, I played round about 30 hours with that game... on a brand new XBX with NVMe... There have been said enough about bugs of that game... And yes, I can still confirm that, there are still bugs and bad implementations in the game. Well, its the customers fault, that they buy unfinished games... Even after the recently released    Welcome to Wasteland... waste of human lifetime!

    Yeah, I played round about 30 hours with that game... on a brand new XBX with NVMe...

    There have been said enough about bugs of that game... And yes, I can still confirm that, there are still bugs and bad implementations in the game. Well, its the customers fault, that they buy unfinished games...

    Even after the recently released patch, that really improved the loading times (~60% I have read), the loading times still killed the game for me! It is incredible, that the game still needs up to 30 seconds to load a new sector! We are not talking about huge maps and sectors, come on!

    Do not get fooled! This game wastes a lot of my lifetime for just loading game contents...

    No one can tell me, that they could not preload game contents, when the player is going to a particular exit point! Other games also do preloading of game contents. It can't no so hard to be implemented.

    The game sectors or maps are just ridiculous small, I do not know why the game needs to load each time I am entering another part of a city! LOL?!

    By the way, I have seen a lot of video games. This game does just copying previous games and does not show much new stuff. Do not understand high people can rate that game about 80%!

    It's just fooling us! Even Fallout 1,2 and Tactics or XCOM 1&2 did better job here!

    Wake up, it's 2020 and we play games that are released not finished and are also boring and time wasting!

    Thanks MS I did not have to buy that game! Thanks to the Game Pass!

    No wonder it is in the game pass...

    I am getting loosing respect for game development, if I see such crap going release since years now!

    It's okay to copy ideas, but even worse making things even worse!!!

    The game is playable, that's why I give a 4/10!

    But it really burns my lifetime... You have to walk a lot in that game to get things done and then, even if its not enough, they also burn my time with those loading times each time I move from one part of the game to another... ROFL

    And this is the third part of that game... LOL again.
    What will Wasteland 4 look like? Another copy of Wasteland 2/3???    … Expand
  52. kruci
    Dec 12, 2020
    4
    Wypuszczanie gry w takim stanie technicznym to skandal. Spokojnie moge powiedzieć że przez minutowe czasy ładowania a że to gra taktyczna to wczytuję sie często. Spokojnie straciłem 5h z 25h na ekranach ładowania. Sama gra uproszczona krótka i liniowa. Nie warto
  53. Jameson-K
    Sep 19, 2021
    0
    What a teaming pile of garbage. I HONESTLY cannot understand how this game received some high scores. I love turn based strategy etc, but this game is a complete pile of steaming donkey **** From the terrible character creation to being suddenly dropped into your first combat with absolutely NO clue as to what you are doing - not even some on screen prompts to tell you key assignments,What a teaming pile of garbage. I HONESTLY cannot understand how this game received some high scores. I love turn based strategy etc, but this game is a complete pile of steaming donkey **** From the terrible character creation to being suddenly dropped into your first combat with absolutely NO clue as to what you are doing - not even some on screen prompts to tell you key assignments, objectives - NOTHING.

    Life's too short for garbage games.    … Expand
  54. BarisB
    Sep 10, 2020
    5
    Final Edit (10/Sept/2020) - I am going to bump the score up to 5 now as the game has improved a bit after the 3rd update. Still too little too late. I genuinely do not understand the high scores by gaming media... and 10/10 scores by gamers who are admitting that game is really buggy and full of glitches; you guys are no better than the Zero horde.
    Edit (7/9/2020) - I came back to    Final Edit (10/Sept/2020) - I am going to bump the score up to 5 now as the game has improved a bit after the 3rd update. Still too little too late. I genuinely do not understand the high scores by gaming media... and 10/10 scores by gamers who are admitting that game is really buggy and full of glitches; you guys are no better than the Zero horde.
    Edit (7/9/2020) - I came back to change my score from 8 to 3. Sadly the game became more and more unstable as I continued to progress. So many bugs and glitches everywhere, frequent crashes in most inconvenient times... enough is enough !!! I have also encountered a bug which halts game progress altogether, the mission where you need to fight with Fishslap is bugged and the game freezes or stays indefinitely in "enemy turn". I have no idea how a game in this condition can be released, shame on you really. I am so frustrated of paying full price to this game.
    ------------------------------------------
    I am playing the game on PS4 Pro and I have played around 20 hours. So far the game has crashed on me only once. Though I haven't opened half of the map yet, obviously the crash frequency might increase eventually but It is not an issue for me yet. That said, I haven't seen so many glitches and minor bugs on a final release since a really long time. Some of them are really annoying too but nothing game-breaking so far. It is just a bit ridiculous and kills the fun up to an extend.
    Otherwise this such an amazing game... The writing, the RPG structure, attention to details.,.. these are all at the top, way ahead of current industry standards.
    For me, this would have been a 9/10 game if there were no bugs and glitches. Currently, it is at 6 or 7 due to technical issues - That said these are all going to get patched soon and I feel this game and the developer deserve some love - so it is an 8.    … Expand
  55. yoav2020
    Dec 19, 2020
    9
    The game is great, a delight for Fallout 1, 2 players. There’s alot to do in the gameworld and the choices have truly head scratching consequences. I played on base-PS4, game build v1.1.2 and encountered minor gameplay bugs as well as crashes; on average it crashed for me approximately every 2 hours so make sure you save often. Still the fact I got through an entire playthrough with theseThe game is great, a delight for Fallout 1, 2 players. There’s alot to do in the gameworld and the choices have truly head scratching consequences. I played on base-PS4, game build v1.1.2 and encountered minor gameplay bugs as well as crashes; on average it crashed for me approximately every 2 hours so make sure you save often. Still the fact I got through an entire playthrough with these just shows you how fun and addictive this game really is!… Expand
  56. xvvolf
    Jun 7, 2023
    9
    Quite a bit of fun with decent choices. If you can nab the Colorado Edition on sale and enjoy turn based games, this game is easily worth it.
  57. Teela
    Oct 21, 2020
    9
    I really love this game despite that it has some annoying bugs and glitches. This is like the masterpiece Divinity Original sin 2 but with Fallout like world. This was biggest surprise in 2020 cause this appeared totally under my radar.
  58. SplitMind
    Jun 12, 2021
    4
    Wasteland is a game that has masses of potential but really needs barriers removed for a great experience. After a few hours I had to give up as I could see these barriers were going to be omnipresent and very noticeable. I have almost identical gripes with Divinity Original Sin and its sequel.

    The graphic are quite decent. Being able to zoom in and out is a nice touch, however the    Wasteland is a game that has masses of potential but really needs barriers removed for a great experience. After a few hours I had to give up as I could see these barriers were going to be omnipresent and very noticeable. I have almost identical gripes with Divinity Original Sin and its sequel.

    The graphic are quite decent. Being able to zoom in and out is a nice touch, however the camera angle itself makes it very difficult to see where you are going properly. This is quite a problem in a game that explains a mechanic whereby you should strategically place your soldiers before battle, but that's a bit hard to when you can't see the layout of the field or your enemies properly.

    The map of the game is also horrendous, as well as the overall UI. It's messy and overly complicated, introducing you to far too much too early into the game. Unless you have a lot of hours and patience, this is overwhelming. Granted RPGs are time-consuming by definition, but this is an avoidable issue.

    The gameplay is where more issues arise. I really liked the RPG mechanics of levelling up and increasing attributes, but again this is cumbersome in the early hours as you are thrown into the deep end of tutorials and RPG mechanics, some not very well explained. For example, lockpicking and other skills are largely seen as one option out of many, however I was meeting locked doors that were key to solving missions, meaning if you don't level up a character in this then you're going to get stuck and frustrated a few hours later like I was.

    In addition to this, weapon modding seems to be locked behind a skill tree also, which doesn't make sense when you have a vast array of skills needing your attention. I put the difficulty on easy as I foresaw issues with the game, so modding wasn't needed but this could be a major problem otherwise.

    Another major gripe I have is with the layout, the maps and mission structures. The guidance is absolutely lacking and minimal. I'm not sure if this is intended ala Divinity Original Sin but I think it's a terribly lazy game mechanic. To even access the map you have to open the menu and cycle through about five tabs to get there. This is very cumbersome and the mini-map is pretty much useless. There are no map markers to show your destination - usually you are given place names but this involves arduously searching through the map, which is also not user-friendly at all.

    In general, the gameplay is not user-friendly and nowhere near as fluid as it could be and should be. Then there are bugs, such as when I press X to exit and area and nothing happens, meaning I need to repeat and repeat until it temperamentally works.

    The story is where Wasteland 3 shines regardless of the abundance of issues. The characters are diverse and show some personality whilst also allowing you dialog trees that influence mission progression. The downside for me was that characters are thrown at you thick and fast, so it's hard to get to know your teammates, never mind your accomplices and enemies. Unfortunately I did not progress far enough to benefit from this promising story.

    Overall, Wasteland 3 makes me dread the state of the games that came before it. What is most frustrating really is that none of the issues are particularly complex or difficult to resolve. There is clearly a blueprint of an excellent game that I can see, however I simply cannot get past the arduous menu navigating and incomplete mission structures.    … Expand
  59. JMVegas
    Dec 20, 2020
    10
    Raised my score. The game has had great support, and I really enjoyed the first DLC. I will be playing this game for years to come.
  60. No1else
    Jun 26, 2022
    9
    Great game. Interesting plot, pumping, combat system, music. Fallout has a lot to learn.
  61. Xcommander
    Sep 10, 2020
    5
    Very good game in every way but full of bugs every 2 hour going to crash(update 1.0.7)some quest doesn't work properly.some times in combat screen keep freezing and doesn't respond you have to restart the game and alot more if you want to buy this game wait a t least 2 month to properly patched(i hope so)if it wasn't for the crashing and bugs i gave it 9/10
  62. Usefulidiot
    Sep 1, 2023
    10
    Amazing game. Sucked me right in. I love all the dialogue choices and the game is so fun. So underrated. User reviews are pathetic. This game is easily an 8 or 9. Gave it a 10 to balance out the clueless other user scores.
  63. qqry
    Oct 20, 2020
    7
    Normally would give around 8+, either 8 or 9.

    Game is really good, has interesting characters, plot, relatively long gameplay, many weapons/armor etc. and extremely climatic music. I had a great time playing it. Only thing I've maybe missed is a bit more deep in the relations with your companions, and related quests. Few more hours of gameplay and few more locations would made this game    Normally would give around 8+, either 8 or 9.

    Game is really good, has interesting characters, plot, relatively long gameplay, many weapons/armor etc. and extremely climatic music. I had a great time playing it. Only thing I've maybe missed is a bit more deep in the relations with your companions, and related quests. Few more hours of gameplay and few more locations would made this game almost perfect for me.

    However, during my gameplay I have experienced, besides some smaller bugs like equipment fully disappearing on one of my characters, like dozen of crashes. Majority happened during loadings (only one in the middle of a map), and Wastelands has quite ok autosave. So instead of hours you just lose several minutes each time. Nonetheless, it just prove that this game had very low quality assurance testing and was sold as full product even with that major bugs. For this, I cannot give more than 7.    … Expand
  64. Zeltiko2018
    Sep 28, 2020
    7
    I think that this is a very depth and good Game, but the Game is devaluated by a horrible mix of Bugs and crashes that make It unplayable. I'm sorry but this is The crude reality.
  65. Cesspul
    Aug 10, 2021
    10
    This game doesn't get the score it deserves because the console releases were and still kinda are buggy messes. I have encountered an army of audio glitches and a handful of very annoying glitches that made me load a previous save because I was stuck in battle after defeating everyone or the game would freeze during random dialog choice sections. Despite all of that I am absolutely in love
  66. Drakilliam
    Sep 21, 2020
    6
    Great story and would be great but the glitches and bugs in this game just makes it unplayable and you spend most of your time in loading screens.
  67. Shemhazaj
    Oct 20, 2020
    4
    The game would be great if not for the constant bugs and crashes. Interface is not great either but could be forgiven if the game ran smoothly, now it just adds insult to injury.
  68. bluebelt5150
    Oct 2, 2020
    9
    I actually really enjoyed this game. I thought the combat was excellent and the voice actors were fantastic.
  69. useless-trash28
    Oct 26, 2020
    5
    This is one of the buggiest games I have ever played. This has crashed more times than I can count, and I have to constantly reload previous saves to get around frequent game breaking glitches. However, this is an extremely fun game when it works properly, and is deserving of a 8 or 9 out of 10, but in its current state the highest review I can give it is a 5. I do not recommend buyingThis is one of the buggiest games I have ever played. This has crashed more times than I can count, and I have to constantly reload previous saves to get around frequent game breaking glitches. However, this is an extremely fun game when it works properly, and is deserving of a 8 or 9 out of 10, but in its current state the highest review I can give it is a 5. I do not recommend buying this game in its current state, and it is extremely frustrating to try to play the game because of its terrible technical performance. I recommend waiting at least 6 months before you buy this, and get it at a heavily discounted price, when hopefully most of the game breaking bugs have been worked out.… Expand
  70. PePSchaepp
    Sep 10, 2020
    6
    Have not played a CRPG in a long while.
    Short review!
    The good:
    The story, the voice acting, the world, the characters...AMAZING and COMPELLING!

    The mehhh:
    Super slow paced
    Loading takes too long! Everything is connected by looong loading screens.

    The bad:
    So many bugs! Game crashes so many times!
  71. Rodolfo1660
    Oct 4, 2020
    6
    Good game but it crashes too often, to the point i couldn't watch the ending (it frozed, so i ended up having to watch it on youtube). the bugs really wreck the experience. i played it on an old PS4 system, maybe with a pro or an xbox the game wouldnt have crash all the time. still, i dont recomend playing the game now, on a console at least, maybe in a couple of months when te developersGood game but it crashes too often, to the point i couldn't watch the ending (it frozed, so i ended up having to watch it on youtube). the bugs really wreck the experience. i played it on an old PS4 system, maybe with a pro or an xbox the game wouldnt have crash all the time. still, i dont recomend playing the game now, on a console at least, maybe in a couple of months when te developers take out a patch that fixes all the glitches, or ar least the more annoying ones.… Expand
  72. free-meerkat
    Dec 17, 2020
    8
    Tons of bugs on PC but still a fantastic, quirky RPG with many fun characters, moments and shootouts
  73. rvp
    Nov 30, 2020
    8
    I really liked the game. Loved the interesting story with so much focus on how ones decisions affect the story. Liked the gameplay, the battles are fun. The length of the game is also decent. It's great that you can solve quests in a lot of different ways. Unfortunately, it has quiet a few bugs and the loading times are slow. However, for me that only lowered the fun not destroyed. I stillI really liked the game. Loved the interesting story with so much focus on how ones decisions affect the story. Liked the gameplay, the battles are fun. The length of the game is also decent. It's great that you can solve quests in a lot of different ways. Unfortunately, it has quiet a few bugs and the loading times are slow. However, for me that only lowered the fun not destroyed. I still enjoyed the game a lot.… Expand
  74. Icewave
    Jan 13, 2021
    7
    The story and the RPG elements carry this game. Never played any of the Wasteland games before so I didn't know what to expect from this, but I am overall impressed with what I got. Could've been a 9/10 game if it wasn't for the minuses I listed below.

    Overall: + Good writing, proper RPG elements, plenty of options for customising characters, good art style, good voice acting, balanced    The story and the RPG elements carry this game. Never played any of the Wasteland games before so I didn't know what to expect from this, but I am overall impressed with what I got. Could've been a 9/10 game if it wasn't for the minuses I listed below.

    Overall:
    + Good writing, proper RPG elements, plenty of options for customising characters, good art style, good voice acting, balanced difficulty levels, good combat mechanics, decent AI
    －Dated graphics with blurry textures (PS4 Pro version), poorly optimised, long loading times, some glitches and bugs, sub-par audio mixing

    Verdict: Very refreshing, definitely worth buying it if you can find it on sale.

    Notes:
    • If you're new to the genre, the amount of options you have for building characters can be overwhelming. The game does explain each stat and option, but it doesn't hold your hand when it comes to builds and team synergy
    • I didn't try the CO-OP yet    … Expand
  75. Marodeur80
    Dec 31, 2020
    8
    After the latest patch (1.2 on PS4) the game is still slightly buggy but improved hugely compared to previous versions. However I have not encountered any gamebreaking bugs, only smaller annoyances (approx. 20h in the game). The story is well written and I like the apocalyptic setting. I would recommend...
  76. ICURAgeek2
    Apr 14, 2021
    9
    Great game! Feels like if Fallout meet Xcom. Lots of great choices and tough decisions about what group to help and what trait to develop. If you like both fallout and xcom type games this one is worth a shot! I do give it a 9 as towards the middle and end of the game to much was happening sometime and the game would freeze/stop. That said save often just in case and if you save every 15Great game! Feels like if Fallout meet Xcom. Lots of great choices and tough decisions about what group to help and what trait to develop. If you like both fallout and xcom type games this one is worth a shot! I do give it a 9 as towards the middle and end of the game to much was happening sometime and the game would freeze/stop. That said save often just in case and if you save every 15 minutes or so it's not too bad of an issue. Overall very glad I gave this game a shot and would love to see more games like this being made!!… Expand
  77. Eltop
    Jun 6, 2021
    8
    Tolles Spiel. Macht vieles besser als der zweite Teil, ein paar Kleinigkeiten auch schlechter, aber alles in allem jedem Wasteland oder Fallout Fan zu empfehlen. Ist aber ein richtiger Zeitfresser. Ich habe ca. 80 Stunden gebraucht und war eigentlich zügig unterwegs.
  78. twgwNew
    Jul 1, 2022
    7
    The game is alright but too many bugs and glitches. It is not polished enough
  79. PlayCCB
    Feb 5, 2023
    0
    Nonstop bugs, slow, boring combat, terrible writing and humor, an unworkable UI, and repetitive "go fight this and get an item" game play all highlight how much of a mistake this game is.

    The impossibly bad AI means the game is extraordinarily easy on any difficulty, as enemies will never adapt to anything you do, or even attempt to avoid hazards. This applies to any friendly allies    Nonstop bugs, slow, boring combat, terrible writing and humor, an unworkable UI, and repetitive "go fight this and get an item" game play all highlight how much of a mistake this game is.

    The impossibly bad AI means the game is extraordinarily easy on any difficulty, as enemies will never adapt to anything you do, or even attempt to avoid hazards. This applies to any friendly allies you have as well. This adds considerably to how boring the game is. You will quickly come to dread combat as any encounter is a slow slog as enemies quickly become heavily armored bullet sponges as a stand in for actual difficulty.

    I bought this game for under ten dollars on sale, and regret it. I should have purchased a nice sandwich instead. Do not buy this trash.    … Expand
  80. TianLong1
    Mar 31, 2023
    10
    Great RPG game set within a post-apolyptic world in the US, heavily inspired by Fall Out New Vegas, the story is very straightforward but the gameplay is incredibly fun and complex, makes you really think about how to build your team in order to get the most out of every situation. The comedic and satirical aspects of this game are a nice touch.
  81. HydrophobikFish
    Jun 9, 2023
    8
    An engaging cRPG where the side-quests quests and gameplay carry a bland main story and limited customization all the way to the end. Ok roleplaying opportunities but missing a certain something.
  82. Nyxblade
    Sep 8, 2023
    7
    It's a cookie-cutter game whose dark atmosphere drew me in. I think that it is a game that is not tiring and difficult, which I think will get positive feedback from people who have never met turn-based games in the process of getting used to this genre. The story was also very satisfying.

Awards & Rankings

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#66 Best PS4 Game of 2020
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#40 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2020

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. LaPS4
    Nov 10, 2020
    83
    A classic role-playing experience that leaves great feelings and unforgettable memories in its wake.
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  2. XGN
    Oct 20, 2020
    85
    Wasteland 3 is an excellent RPG by keeping the spirit of the original, while also borrowing from Xcom. While the load times get in the way sometimes, there is no denying that you need to play this game if you love a great story with an edge.
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  3. PLAY! Zine
    Oct 8, 2020
    85
    Wasteland 3 is a technically and visually flawed work of art. It is a true successor to the cult cRPG franchise, both masterfully written and designed, where the player is presented with a true impactfulness and meaning to their choices and decisions.
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