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Wasteland 3

Good, but should have been better

It looks like there is a huge amount of cut content, sadly. Most of the game is combat and the quality of the combat is not as high as I wold like. The progression in gear feels a bit too quick, and there are many balance issues between different weapon types and even within the same weapon type. Too often weapons that have special damage types are just outright better than the rest due to extra scaling with skills. Some weapons and abilities, on the other hand, are quite useless. It would be nice if there were more significant differences between weapon types, especially in range. Combat ranges are artificially compressed to make melee viable, just like Wasteland 2. Overall there is little to no innovation on top of Wasteland 2 combat mechanics. There are some simplifications in the skills which I think is good, but that's about it. Making the turns squad-based is a cool idea, but it can end up in a mess when the combat is swayed too much to the firepower side. If player starts first, most fights are quite easy. If enemies start first, you can die before getting a shot off. Too many bugs, but mostly UI-related and technical. I did not notice any quest-breaking bugs and the game hasn't crashed once. Loading times are extremely long. There's lots of potential for replayability, but with the combat not being that great I think I'll take some time before I go for a 2nd run. In the meantime maybe they'll fix some of the bugs.

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