Wasteland 2 Director's Cut Digital Classic Edition

So for my first run i built a lot of specialized characters without any combat skills, and the game is almost unplayable. Now, one could argue that this is a combat game and that you should know that every character needs to be balanced for combat. However, if combat is a necessary skill, why even make it a stat you can nerf? I would much rather have something like X-Com where all your soldiers are capable of combat but you can specialize them. Some might enjoy the "authentic" role-play aspect that you can build unusable characters that makes the games combat heavy style nearly impossible, but it takes me forever to get through combat because i have about a 6% hit chance with my basic melee and i fight every encounter about 10 times until i get a few lucky crits in. Maybe I will go to the nexus and see if there are any good mods to balance out combat, but if the game doesn't have any mods I'll most likely uninstall it and never touch it again.

This is the closest thing you'll ever get to Fallout. Post apocalyptic setting, dark humour, repercusions, choices. You don't see games like this in the present. It's for old school gamers. I have played for 16h non stop, and i haven't done this since college. Yes, it has bugs because of the immensely complex situations given by the simple fact that you have choices and at least 3-4 ways to solve a situation. But so it Fallout had. Save often, save hard :D This phrase from the game says everything. Mad Max like: "A lone road stretches on. A dry wind whips your back with the sandy shards from decades of lost hopes and dreams".

I guess that GOG should add a sixth star, to be reserved only for those games that really stands out. Fallout 2 was great in many ways, despite some unpolished details. Wastelad 2 is a great game, the interface is better than Fallout, the detail level of interactions, the texts and the plot itself are incomparably better than anything the market has to offer nowadays (I've red someone is comparing this to Divinity? Are you kidding?). I have to give 5 stars. Sadly this game doesn't possess the same feeling that permeated Fallout 1&2. It takes more than an isometric view and few lines of well-written text to become a great game. It takes a soul, which doesn't have a recipe or a recognizable format. In my opinion Wasteland 2 hits the mark of being a very good game, but lacks the spark that allows it to stand out from the rest of the good games. Combat is a bit repetitive and lacks the features of Fallout (variety), however this isn't a major issue for an RPG. What makes it annoying is that it is almost inevitable. In Fallout you could build a non-combat character and finish the game in a satisfying way. Here you can avoid encounters and other minor things, but you definitely have to slaughter most enemies on a map. Also it reminds me of X-Com, which is another great game in its own way but it isn't an RPG. Characterization is nice, but I've seen better (not recently however). I've played a bit but haven't seen many different paths out from the main plot. Real paths, not simple limited quests. You have to play a morally aligned ranger. Do you remember rushing to save the deathclaws in vault 13, or boxing in New Reno, becoming a slaver, a porn actor, a caravan driver etc... forget that. Don't get this wrong, this is a great game and you'll enjoy it, however right now I don't feel that you'll still remember this game 15 years from now, like Fallout 2. Still I recommend buying this. You cannot expect a Fallout 2 every year (but once in ten years would be nice...).

I must say that this game was a little... underwhelming. There isn't anything bad, per say, but there just isn't much good. It's hard to put my finger on why it wasn't good. It just felt like a cheap game and not a title worth its price. Probably the biggest selling point of this game, for me, was the promise of great tactical combat. I was so excited that I sat down and played this game for over 20 hours since I purchased it (what like a day ago?). Slow week, for me. Combat was fun, for the first little bit. Until you realize you will spend hours and hours fighting the same random battles. The same boring enemies over, and over, and over. Everything is so bland (well, it is post-apocalyptic after all). Each area in the game has a small pool (if even that) of random battles that you can run into. Which are BORING. You NEED these battles, because you need to grind, and you need money. They are EASY. However, knowing that this was just a mechanic made to solve a critical problem in the game, they created a skill that reduces random encounters. Talk about a cheap way out. Another sad part about the combat is that you don't need to specialize your characters. Certain weapons are just infinitely better than others and certain skills net you more. The higher difficulty wasn't a challenge. The voices are good, but limited. There is a lot of great story, but any of the side information is just lacking and unnecessary. At first it was great, but then every character started re-hashing the same lines in different ways. The game tends to make you "run errands." You spend a significant amount of time running back and forth between areas on the main map. The menu, while improved from EA, is still a nightmare. Often, you must click a skill multiple times, then click on the object for the game to register. Very glitchy controls. I just don't know how to best describe this game. It's not horrible, but it isn't good. It's not average. Watch a few videos before you purchase.

Wasteland 2 is no fallout 2, but its still a very good game. The writing is well done, compared to a lot of games, but not as top notch as others, and effectively pulls me in to the game far more than the visuals. the visuals aren't bad, but they lack polish, which is something wasteland could use a lot more of. everything is good, or even great at times, but it just lacks polish. my biggest, and only real complaint is the camera angle... When you pull the camera back, it goes to a almost completely top down view, as compared to the zoomed in camera, which is at more of an angle. its not bad, but sometimes when I'm looking around my squad, i want to focus on whats more in front of them than whats behind them, and it honestly drives me pretty nuts. but keep in mind that is totally subjective per player. its a game i will replay at least a few times to see how things can play out, especially with a team with different skills (There are not enough skill points to go around, even with 4 squad members.) I think the game is money well spent, but maybe not for nit picky people. but it ever goes on sale, its a must!