Posted on: August 21, 2020

Peasant0

Игр: 96 Отзывов: 21

Fallout without the Fallout

Yes I know Wasteland 1 inspired Fallout 1 but this is a Kickstarted project 26 YEARS later that's clearly banking on the popularity of the Fallout franchise. And after decades of Fallouts, Metros and STALKERs, going back to pure Rangers v Raiders feels a bit empty – not bad, just basal, primitive. Roleplaying is a letdown. Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of narrative choices and alternative mission paths but they're all aimed at YOU, the player. Opportunities for CHARACTER expression are really limited, not helped by having an entire squad of player-generated characters. Gameplay is based on XCOM but isn't as good (e.g. the cover system's a bit wonky). Really it plays on par with Shadowrun Dragonfall but without the aesthetic or writing or characters that make that game great. I just don't see what this brings to the table which hasn't already been done better. If I want the combat, I'll play XCOM. If I want narrative and roleplaying, I'll play Shadowrun Dragonfall or Planescape Torment. If I just want that Mad Max feel, I'll play Fallout.

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Posted on: October 11, 2020

kanamor392

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Игр: Отзывов: 60

Disappointing, more becomes less

Ran without problems on my Win10, Intel HD machine in late 2020, but I still lost a spade in an inventory bug. Wasteland 2 in a nutshell: There are three separate speech skills, featured prominently in your very first conversation: Smart Ass, Hard Ass and Kiss Ass (actual names). All of them have several levels and are upgraded separately at the cost of a few skill points per level. Your character usually won't be able to pay for a new skill level with just the points he'll get when advancing one character level, however. More skill insanity: Machine Repair and Toaster Repair, Field Medic and Surgeon, Lockpicking and Safecracking, Brute Force (for kicking down doors -you didn't think just being strong was enough, did you?). All these are actual skills. Combat isn't tactical, at all. There's cover but doesn't make a lot of difference. I wish it was like XCOM for XBox -not even close. The one thing I liked is everyone has their turn individually, not as a group. Camera control is unwieldly and room design doesn't help. Something that bugged me a lot: if you create a custom character you select his 2D portrait from a small, detailed premade gallery but then have to customize his 3D avatar separately instead of having a premade 3D avatar somewhat matching the portrait. If you don't fix it the immersion is totally ruined, as the UI relies on portraits a lot. And you'll want to make your own characters to avoid the insane skill system. I gave it two stars instead of one because they tried, but this is a case of more is less. The UI is great considering the underlying mess, but still has issues. Wasteland 2 was supposed to be great by doing the squad turn-based combat FallOut 3+ dropped. And I personally thought it could surpass XCOM by adding an immersive world with CRPG elements. Well, nope. I might give it a last chance by creating a squad of very similar soldier types who don't talk a lot, but the game itself warns you'll probably run into ammo problems.

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Posted on: April 25, 2021

YvesW

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Игр: 67 Отзывов: 2

Could have been so much better...

Old fan of all the Fallouts here. This is in the line of the first ones. Not bad but too many shortcomings. First: lots of crashes on loading. UI: painful. Screen readbility: poor. I keep zooming in and out, using Z all the time to spot tiny colourless objects on the floor. Gameflow: laborious. Is the game fun? Yes. Do I come back to it? Yes. Is there a sens of urge to keep playing? Alas, no...

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Posted on: September 20, 2021

Vigilante_2084

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Игр: 465 Отзывов: 30

Настоящий Fallout 3

Вышедшая в далеком '88 году Wasteland произвела фурор в тогда еще молодом жанре компьютерных RPG, и не в последнюю очередь успеху поспособствовал уникальный на тот момент постапокалиптический мир игры. Спустя почти 10 лет на свет появился наследник - Fallout, который своей культовостью затмил предка. Третья часть (Van Buren) от Interplay так и не увидела свет, а вышедшая F3 от Bethesda хоть и получилась очень хорошей игрой, больше напоминала серию The Elder Scrolls и из игры практически исчез фирменный черный юмор, что понравилось не всем. Ситуацию частично поправил New Vegas от отцов серии, но все равно оставались те, кому не нравился полностью трехмерный геймплей и открытый мир-песочница. Для таких и была создана Wasteland 2. Фанаты классических Fallout и спин-оффа Tactics почувствуют себя как дома: мир мрачный, но в то же время полон юмора и абсурда, которых не достает играм Bethesda. Партия аж из 7 героев. Замороченная ролевая система(даже слишком). Изометрия. Полностью пошаговые бои. Увлекательный сюжет и хорошая нелинейность - выбирать здесь часто приходится между злом и злом меньшим, а последствия выбора порой не такие благополучные, как можно было ожидать. Перед нами самая что ни на есть олдскульная RPG в духе 90ых, но в современном исполнении. К примеру, управления во время боя и сами бои очень похожи на нынешний XCOM... в том числе частенько бесящим рандомом, особенно на ранних стадиях игры(неудача при 90% обычное дело). К слову, W2 не просто длинная, а ОЧЕНЬ длинная. Первое прохождение отняло у меня 67ч., а ведь я не задавался целью прочесать каждый уголок Пустоши и некоторые квесты в силу моих выборов были аннулированы. К тому же, еще остаются поводы перепройти игру, чтобы увидеть альтернативные варианты развития истории, благо их хватает. Для кого-то продолжительность может стать как плюсом, так и минусом. В целом, это хорошая игра. Не культовая, но хорошая. P.S.Отзыв на режиссерскую версию, в оригинальную сейчас играть смысла мало, она хуже во всем.

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Posted on: October 21, 2014

realpingo

Владелец игры

Игр: 298 Отзывов: 4

A gem hidden there... somewhere...

Well - not as great as I thought. Don´t get me wrong - it´s a cool game! But at this price-tag, it should be more than "cool". Story, graphics, music etc., is all fine by me. I love the setting, and it´s neatly crafted. There are some major flaws though, which makes it difficult for me to play more than just small bits at a time. 1. The interface/controls are very messy. The camera (very "upwards") and crew-control is just not good. I understand that it´s a party-game with turn-based system - but controlling the camera with WASD and the crew with the mouse is simple put: totally opposite from what we´re used to today. It´s messy! 2. The skills system is kind of nice with simple points. Though the skills themselves doesn´t make any sense at all. Some skills are general to extreme - and some are split up in absurdity. It feels like the skill system is in beta-test stage, and that´s not a good thing. 3. The inventor. Oh boy... It´s so messy that I just simply shoot anything instead of using items. Who has time to figure out what all those tiny icons mean anyway? Too much, too cluttery and, again, very messy. I haven´t even come close to trading since everything has to be pooled around and - well, it gets pretty frustrating after a while. Those three major complaints make the game difficult to enjoy. And I SOO much want to enjoy this game! It´s just so sad that the developers has such a gem hidden in there - but controls, inventory and skills makes it so damn hard to find. Well... maybe Wasteland 3 is better, but frankly - it will be tough for me to pay for that...

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