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Based on 42 critic reviews
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Game Information
Developer: InXile Entertainment
Publisher: Deep Silver
Genres: RPG, Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy
Reviews
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An excellent RPG despite its glitches, with combat and writing as good as its predecessors'
These mostly minor issues aside, Wasteland 2 is a great sequel. It's very clearly made with love to be true to the original game while still learning from the games that followed. In going for something so unapologetically old-school it does sacrifice the ability to do anything new with the format, as Divinity: Original Sin managed to do in many ways; that game's flexibility does arguably make it the better of this year's two old-school, turn-based computer RPGs. This hardly matters, though, because if you like one you're almost certainly going to like the other. Both are great games that set out to stick their fingers in the same quivering part of your brain and make it throb like it's the 1990s. Choose magic, choose a shotgun, or better still, find time for both; computer RPG fans haven't had it this good in ages.
Full of meaningful choices and rich lore, Wasteland 2 justifies the 26-year wait for a sequel.
It's a little too zealous in its old school approach, but this is still a great computer role-playing game and a welcome, if unofficial, part of the Fallout family.
Recent News
Wasteland 3 slated for May 2020 release date
Developer inXile Entertainment debuted a new trailer at Microsoft’s X019
Read full article on Polygon
Wasteland 3 preview: InXile is poised to go 'AAA' with this gritty apocalyptic RPG
Recently, I had the opportunity to take a look at Wasteland 3's pre-alpha PC demo, and it exceeded all my wildest dreams for this classic franchise.
Read full article on Windows Central
Wasteland 3: Even the apocalypse can’t kill the One Percent
Even the apocalypse can't kill the One Percent, Wasteland 3 lead level designer Jeremy Kopman says of InXile Entertainment's upcoming RPG.
Read full article on GamesBeat
Pathfinder: Kingmaker is getting an Enhanced Edition in June
It'll be a free upgrade for all owners of the existing game.
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Wasteland 3 dev touts 'quality increase by leaps and bounds' post-Microsoft acquisition
inXile Entertainment continues to grow under the Xbox Game Studios family.
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The Bard’s Tale 4 PC Release Date Has Been Announced
The Bard's Tale 4 PC release date has been confirmed to be September 18, and you can play the beta now. It's also coming to Mac, Linux, PS4 and Xbox One in the near future. Full details and pricing.
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The Bard’s Tale IV is a rough but compelling take on first-person puzzle-dungeons
I'll be frank: The Bard's Tale IV looks like what I'd expect to see if I found a DVD-ROM from 2005 with 'Legend of Fantasy: Mages & Goblins' scrawled on it.
Read full article on Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Wasteland 2 Nintendo Switch Announcement Trailer
Just in case you missed the spoilers back in December 2017, Nintendo just released an official Wasteland 2 announcement trailer. It might be coming sooner than you think!
Read full article on Game Revolution
Wasteland 2 is coming to Nintendo Switch
Make sure it doesn’t Fallout of your pocket
Read full article on Polygon
