Wasteland 2 Director's Cut Digital Classic Edition

I was neither a player of the first Wasteland nor Fallout series, and one this I noticed is that the game is pretty noob-unfriendly. There were no tutorial nor in-game instructions (aside from several icons on the right of the screen that don't really help. Logs looks clumsy and rarely provide any useful information. Ammunition and medical supplies are scarce as hell (witch actually make sense for an post-nuclear-wars setting), and enemies are either very nimble or tough to kill. Random encounter on the world map sometimes spawns enemies way stronger than the rangers, forcing players to load a save. The storyline I've seen so far is frustrating, watching the player's super noobie team running around as if they are all the manpower Desert Ranger has on hand. I gave up on this game after several hour of gameplay and felt regret buying it. Maybe it doesn't suit my taste, or it just doesn't really worth the prise.

It was mostly fun. Overall the game felt a lot like they had big intentions but weren't able to follow through. The story line was so so and was really hurt by all the late game quest bugs. The story really fell apart at times due to this. In part I just had to keep in mind what the intended story line was and ignore some of the discrepancies. There wasn't anything I found particularly new or interesting in the story or setting. Though that's not really a problem but it also means the game left a much weaker impression than it could have. And the story just wasn't all that compelling to me. In general it was fun and is a decent filler if you're craving this style of game. The style being post-apocalyptic and/or the mostly overhead RPG/action/tactical combat game. Overall there weren't many major engine type bugs. There were a few annoyances about the engine setup. In particular the lack of keys for many options including moving the selected character. Also there is no real control over the camera angle. You can rotate the camera around the main character, but the angle is locked in to the zoom and there is no way to change that. The biggest problem are all the quest bugs. There far too many of them, and they really broke immersion. Especially in the later half of the game. Hollywood in particular was really bad for quest bugs. At least none of them broke the main quest line. So far I've played it once, and I don't know that I will replay it. Though I probably will but with hefty character edits to easily skip over a lot of the buggier parts or to be able to skip content. I finished the game and hit alt-F4 to get out of it without bothering to read the epilogs for each of the locations. That's a first for me for this style of game. There were 2 reasons, first was the story just wasn't interesting enough for me to really care. And the ending route I took resulted in a pointless race against the clock just to find a f***ing room you've never been to before.

I got it for free on GOG and that is one of the best things that ever happened to me. I love the gameplay as it encourages to carefully plan but also forgives small mistakes. The story made me feel helpless and lost but still made me care and never demotivated me. And finally the credits song by MIRACLE OF SOUND... Gave me goosebumps.

Having recently played or replayed Fallout 2, Fallout Las Vegas, Wasteland Remastered, and Wasteland 2 I can claim without any prejudice that Wasteland 2 is my favorite followed by Fallout 2 and Wasteland Remastered.

This game is fun and has a lot going for it. There are absolutely some issues like a broken quest line, typos, some disappearing characters and environmental hiccups, but these things shouldn't deter you. The story is fun, the setting is great and the role-playing options abound. I just finished the game and after they patch it, I'm going to play it again and try all the different things I didn't try the first time through. If you liked tactic rpgs from the 90's, like Fallout, commandos, jagged edge, or the first Wasteland, you'll really like wasteland 2.