Posted on: June 4, 2015

cleverestNick

Games: 2 Reviews: 1

It'll do.

Right before I bought this game I tried reloading fallout tactics to see if that would satisfy me (having already replayed fallout 1 and 2 so many times...) It didn't... tactics is a buggy and unfinished mess with brain dead AI. About 2 hours in I'd totally penetrated it and there wasn't any challenge left, just a lot of naked flaws daring me to get upset about all the missed potential. Fallout 1 and 2 were buggy as hell too but you know, you stuck with it because you loved it or you bailed because you didn't. I'm about, I dunno, 20-40 hours into Wasteland 2 and I have at this point totally penetrated it. That makes it 10x better than tactics but at this point only my interest in the story is carrying me forward. Needless to say I'm playing on the "supreme jerk" setting, but despite the colorful name, even terrifyingly impossible battles are easy enough to blow through at this point, and the real shame of it is that 3 of my characters are basically useless for combat and my conservative skill point commitments ( at least 70% unassigned ) means I'm basically only at 30% capacity of how much I could be tearing through these baddies. I could 6 people with maxed out weapon skills but I'm destroying everything with only 3 gunners with minimum skills, 2-3 points here or there. The bottom line is that the game is too easy, I'm not trying to be a badass or something, you just can't argue with those numbers. Everything else is great but damn... unless you're like hopelessly bad you will learn the system and have it pretty much cornered after your first couple major quests are complete. After this point only the cheapest of surprises will even have REVIVING a fallen party member, outright deaths are so rare its just ridiculous. That and the economy is already breaking pretty bad as well... I have almost no supply stress whatsoever, even for freaking bazookas. What I find is that I'm basically playing a rather gimmicky and violent adventure game, which is cool and all, but the gameplay, which is awesome, just runs out of challenge way too early in. That's my honest opinion and I don't regret buying it.

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Posted on: August 17, 2021

jdgremmer

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Games: 229 Reviews: 1

Most frustrating game I've ever played

I've been playing video games for 35 years. I'm guessing I've played close to a thousand titles. This is the most frustrating game I've ever played. It is the kind of game that is fun 75% of the time but is so mind-numbingly bad the other 25% it doesn't really matter. The things that really stick out (difficulty spikes, ridiculously long encounters, massive sections of the game with no variety in combat/enemies) are all design flaws. It is absolutely infuriating.

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Posted on: October 12, 2014

Aikahu

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Games: Reviews: 5

post-apoc oldschool goodness

I'd like to give this 4.5 stars, if there was a bit more rating granularity. If you are after loot explosions and mindless clickfests, or are allergic to reading, this won't be your cup of tea. If on the other hand you want a gritty, dark (but with understated touches of humor) post-apocalyptic RPG that rewards tactics and resource management, this might be just your game. I am about 30% through my first play through, on "Ranger" difficulty (one notch below the hardest). The game is nicely resource constrained on the higher difficulties, particularly if you don't cheat by reloading. That means there are locks you will break permanently, doors you won't open, resources you'll never acquire. You end up finishing fights thinking, "Have I found enough rounds of 5.56mm to make up for what I expended killing those mutants?" You might even want a backup weapon skill for those times you've run out of ammo for your main weapon and all you can find is a few rounds for that old 38cal pistol you've been lugging around. The post-apoc atmosphere is top notch. The are radio broadcasts from other squads "out there" in the wasteland, interesting characters to talk to, and an intriguing story to explore. It's a gritty world of burnt out trucks, rusted out abandoned buildings, sawed off shotguns, and choices that save or destroy communities. The native Linux version works great on Kubuntu 14.04; No crashes, only very minor bugs. On the negative side, random encounters are a good dynamic but feel repetitive. Unlike the primary exploration, the random encounters use a few "canned" maps, so feel a bit samey. Also, not all the dialog is voice acted, and some fights are too easy even on the 2nd hardest difficulty. Overall, it's imperfect, but still the best squad based tactical rpg in years. It was clearly made by folks who value the genre, not by a soulless EA-type company. More than worth buying, IMHO.

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Posted on: August 7, 2021

manowar85

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Games: 202 Reviews: 25

Fallout: New Arizona

I received the "Director's Cut" of Wasteland 2 for free a while back and what a gem it turned out to be! - If you're a fan of the turn-based isometric role-playing-games like Fallout 1 & 2 and enjoy the western look of New Vegas, then my friend you're in for a treat. The two series share so many similarities that for a long time I actually thought they were set in the same post-apocalyptic world. - Sadly, I fear Fallout/Wasteland fans will be the only ones that truly appreciate this title, since newcomers will be immediately put off by the DATED GRAPHICS and difficulty in CREATING A COMPETENT TEAM. - Fear not however, as there are many guides to creating the "perfect team" found over the internet. I admit to even using a mod called "Wasteland 2 save and char editor" found over at Nexusmods.com to adjust some of my stats later on, so as to not start the game all over again. Thing is, once I actually started playing, everything just fit into place and I stopped worrying about having the "perfect team". - When it comes to graphics, you either accept the dated look or move on. I recommend at least grabbing "Wasteland2 DC Patchwork Mod" from Nexusmods.com, since it fixes the camera view a bit. - Voice acting is good, just wish there was more of it. Ambient music is also good. - Without a doubt the BEST PART about Wasteland 2 is the journey you embark on. Exploring the war-torn world, meeting different factions each with their own quirks, picking sides and settling disputes, all make for a great time. - Just make sure you have ample free time as the campaign is quite lengthy, taking place on 2 large maps, Arizona and California. Nobody that finished this game can complain that it was too short. As I said in the beginning, Wasteland 2 is a real gem. But the initial experience can feel more like a "diamond in the rough".

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Posted on: June 6, 2015

e_boulanger

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Games: 466 Reviews: 1

Badly optimized, laptops beware

The game is enjoyable. If you like the post-apocalyptic RPG genre (like Fallout), you should like this title. However, note that the game is badly programmed. I am not talking about bugs, but about optimization. I am playing on an Alienware 17 laptop (i7, nVidia 980m) and this game, even if nothing is moving on the screen, sends the fans to their highest RPM in less than a minute. I can play games like The Witcher 3 at very high settings, without hearing the fans running.. but not Wasteland 2. I would give it a 4 if it wasn't for the game bad optimization, which probably is related to the Unity engine they decided to use.

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