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Either way – I’ve made my choice, easily did the mission and only then realized that I did it early and technically underpowered. There are more of these this time around, it seems, but they’re still uncommon. I accidentally exited the first location early and got hit with the choice of two timed quests, just like in the previous game. Yet, in Wasteland 3, both in terms of gameplay and in terms of how the world feels, nothing seems to change. And the achievements of the Rangers, as a whole not just for your team, became well known across the world. Sure, you still couldn’t do everything, but you could do much more than what you could at the start. And by the end you would get powerful, your team members would become specialists in certain skills with the best gear there is. In Wasteland 2 you started like an almost powerless part of a bigger organization, desperately trying to bring justice and order to the dying world. The combat is mostly similar to the previous game, for example, with few additions and tweaks here and there. It’s hard to explain what even is wrong about Wasteland 3, because it’s hard to understand what it wanted to be, what to consider an achievement and what a failure. But at least TOW had some fun ideas going for it. And just like The Outer Worlds, Wasteland 3 thinks it is funnier than it actually is. Just like PiE 2, Wasteland 3 dismisses deep well-written storylines for the sake of adventuring, except Pillars handles that transition much better (for as superfluous as its world feels). Overall, it reminded me of the 2 recent Obsidian Entertainment titles – Pillars of Eternity 2 and The Outer Worlds. The game is all over the place and if it’s possible to take its world and story seriously at the start, by the end it’s hard to care.
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Not a bad thing when handled well, of course, and yet again, it’s not. It’s not like Wasteland wasn’t absurd before, it’s just that 2 focused far more on the serious “surviving the post apocalypse” side of things, while 3 often goes completely off the rails. Maybe aping Borderlands, maybe just feeling like this is what public wants. It seems like Wasteland 3 tries to be more of a satirical title, going completely into the camp territory pretty early on. Then there’s the tone of the game that also feels off from the very start. Possibly because of the cooperative mode? Which is probably also why the game never pauses, even when you’re in the inventory or a pause screen. You’ll still have one for the rest of the game, mind you, and you still should focus on spreading the skill set across 4 characters, not 2.
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For one, you only create 2 Rangers at the start of the game instead of a full team. The introduction cutscene and the initial situation you’re put in are great and just like in the previous title, you start the game feeling underpowered and scared of the harsh post-apocalyptic reality… Yet, already you’re facing some strange changes and decisions.
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The opening hours of the game are actually quite good. Wasteland 3 aims to be… different? Frankly, I’m not sure what it aims to be, but the result is not great. It had its own take on a post-apocalyptic tactical turn-based RPG that still remains enjoyable today despite some flaws. Back then I said that it didn’t feel like a Fallout game not because it couldn’t be one, but because it didn’t want to be one. New players can get the base game and DLC along with the Colorado Survival Gear items with The Colorado Collection, which is 30 percent off till October 19th on Steam.Even though I’ve still never gotten in the mood to try and conquer the original Wasteland, as with many other cRPGs of that era, I did enjoy Wasteland 2: Director’s Cut quite a lot. It’s purchasable either standalone or with the Expansion Pass (which also includes The Battle of Steeltown).
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Wasteland 3: Cult of the Holy Detonation is now available for Xbox One, PS4 and PC. As with the base game, one’s decisions will have extensive consequences (and some of your earlier choices will factor in as well). These encounters promise to be some of the toughest in the game especially if players crank the difficulty up. Objective-based encounters are also new here with the Rangers having to complete different objectives – like activating countermeasures or shutting down reactors – while being assaulted by endless mutants and machines. Along with new characters and quests, the DLC also adds new weapons, armor and enemies. It sees the Arizona Rangers venturing to the Cheyenne Mountain complex and encountering cults of mutants that worships a nuclear explosion in stasis.
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The second paid DLC for inXile’s Wasteland 3 is now available with Cult of the Holy Detonation.