Wasteland 3: Cult of the Holy Detonation

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Posted on: April 9, 2022

Elkor_Alish

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Games: 304 Reviews: 59

Surprisingly Bad

Think of those game mechanics which take you out of an experience because they are lazy and contrived, then imagine a DLC that incorporates most of them. Invincible enemies? Check. Endless spawns? Check. Obtuse level design? Check. Singe path solution and outcome? Check. The only thing missing is a real time countdown for completion. Even for a dedicated fan of the franchise this is an appalling experience.

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Posted on: January 18, 2022

Gordon1592

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Games: 171 Reviews: 6

Waste of time

If you're wondering if you want this dlc the answer is "no". Save your time and money - don't buy it, it's really not worth it. I love Wasteland 3, but this thing should never be realesed.

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Posted on: January 30, 2023

[__Lucidperplexity__]

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Games: 320 Reviews: 8

Not enjoyable at all, fely like a slog.

Just overall a lot of mechanics that I did not enjoy. Contemplated reloading before I started this DLC and ignoring it. - New buff / debuff system similar to steeltown but persists in and out of combat. I found it a bit pointless and irritating. - 2 of the main boss fights are very drawn out and tedious. - The music gets VERY repetitive considering some of the tracks are not very long and seem to be played on loop. - Difficulty seems to have been ramped up compared with where I was at with the base game so that was a bit jarring to begin with. - Infinite respawn enemies on a number of encounters with various mechanics to turn them off. I hate this feature the most. - Not a lot of skill checks and / or dialogue options leaves it feeling a bit bland. - Maybe it was just me but encounters were a bit linear and there didn't seem to be many other options / quirks when completing them. If you don't buy it or just skip it during a playthrough then you're not missing much.

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Posted on: October 16, 2022

Hawke_404

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Games: 413 Reviews: 60

Poorly designed

Cult of the Holy Detonation is the prime example of how not to design combat encounters in turn-based games - infinite reinforcements in each location and a stacking debuff lowering the chance to hit. On the other hand, at high levels pets and followers can easily keep the opponents dead, but not before they take a turn prolonging the battle. The rest of the design seems extremely structured as well - 3 McGuffins to collect, 1-2 tricks to make the infinite respawn encounter of the location slightly easier, most quest objectives have a large purple arrow pointing at them. Also, half of the doors and computers ignore Lockpicking and Nerd Stuff skills. Finally, there are a lot of long unskippable cut-scenes, which take control over the party, thus preventing it from taking a favourable position or starting the combat without dialogue, which obviously leads to combat and the opponents cannot be debuffed during the dialogue, and occasionally you have to watch a 10-second long cut-scene in order to open doors and chests. In terms of narrative, thematically, it is more hyperbolic, as the both parties involved are nuke-worshipping cultists, but the quality of writing, from lore to characters, is lower. There are also two intentionally-obnoxious characters who repeatedly reference your past actions in a derogatory manner, which is occasionally bugged. As far as I can tell, it is impossible to shut them up, but the interactions are contained within the DLC.

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Posted on: June 4, 2023

asequai

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Games: Reviews: 1

Frustrating

I really liked the original game, but the DLC just sucks. So far I've seen unkillable enemies, endless respawns and persisant debuffs you can't get rid of. And I am only half way through...

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