drealmer7: I think Wasteland 2 is fantastic. The combat encounters are very rewarding and very well thought out. The whole game encourages you to really get into the mind frame of a group of rangers that YOU are in control of. I'm finding myself to be in the mind of the characters more than most RPGs I play, and they are all self-created with no individual personalities written in the game. It's all what I create for them in my mind, except not really, because all of their skills and attributes just lend to their personalities inherently (I think they really wanted you to create rangers that YOU think make sense to and interest the player to have as a role-playing party, it's not about meta-gaming or power-gaming or the best-builds and it really lends to being able to RP.)

There are not just potential enemies around that you might attack at some point depending how things go. If there's a chance combat will ensue, they designed it to be a fun tactical little map, each one different and fun in their own way, they really thought about each one it seems to me. Once you get into the mind frame of the game. It really makes you think like a group of rangers making your way through the wastes.

On top of that, it starts you as a group of novice rangers, and makes you feel like you really learn how to survive and improve yourselves in the harsh world. It's rich with atmosphere and character. It's also got that hard to get quality of dark serious shit mixed with the elements of real-life humor and pleasantries and just simple things that make it feel like the real world in all its complex ugliness and beauty.

I do see that a lot of people don't like it for varying reasons, and you may not because of things I see you say about other games here and there, but I really have no idea if you will or not. I think it might be received poorly by some because it has its own unique play-style and personality that takes getting used to/learning. First and foremost It doesn't play like anything you've played before because of the way the camera handles and landscape is. I didn't like it at all at first and it was a bit off-putting having to figure out how to navigate and turn the camera and all that, but after a while I started to love it. First, it makes you pay attention, it makes you path find, look at your compass and look where you are going/pay attention, learn the terrains and areas (it's not just like "here's a giant map that is easy to navigate even though it's a giant city and shouldn't actually be easy as pie to find your way around unless you actually take the time to learn your way around), and look around turns and watch your steps and all of that stuff that you should be doing as a group of rangers venturing through the wastes. It's very real in that regard, I love that aspect more than any other I think (well aside from it being post-apocalyptic in the first place.)

Now that you've beaten PoE, maybe you can try it out.

Coelocanth: I'll second this. I thought it was an excellent game. When I fired the game up, I did about 5 runs up to the end of Arizona, and a few more into the next area (want to avoid too many spoilers), and completed the game 3 times. Considering I got this as a bonus for my pledge level on PoE, I find it rather ironic that I liked it far better.

Breja: I guess I'm a strange gamer. I love RPGs, I like D&D, but I never got into Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale or Torment the way most people did. I could never really put my finger on what was it that rubbed me the wrong way about them. It's not like I hated them. But they felt cluttered, I never felt fully at eas

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