Wasteland 3

Here's my pros and cons for this game:
+Fun combat
+Awesome soundtrack
+Really good roleplaying opportunities
+Snow (I love snow)
+Libby is my Queen
+220% American (certified by Real American Patriots™)

-Waaaay too short for my liking :( (around 20 hours or so for a single playthrough)
-My inner gun-nut has an aneurysm whenever I see 5.56 do more damage than 7.62
-The main story is alright, but it's more of an excuse to explore Colorado than a gripping story

Overall, 10/10

I didn't play other Wasteland titles, so I don't know how this one compares to them.
What I do know: this is a fun CRPG set in a crazy post-apocalyptic world.
The story is interesting - good not great. The combat is enjoyable and progression seems meaningful. Soundtrack is awesome even though this is not the kind of music I usually listen to. Also, there are some hard decisions to take, which I think is always a good sign for an RPG.

The game is not actually THAT bad. But expected so much more from a third title of the game that wants to compete with Fallout series. My main complains are 1) Story - it's plain, too boring and too straightforward and 2) Gameplay: interesting at first glance, but very, very repetitive and predictable; builds and action sequences are almost always the same.

I could go into details, but not really sure I want to do it for the review nobody will read. Bottom line: the game has its own flavor, nice UI, good graphics, and some other positive moments. But I play such games for deep, intelligent story scripts. Choices are little here, behavior of many characters is very dumb, and the main character seems to always understand what's going on the last.

Much better than Wasteland 2. Despite me not liking the "sillier" tone, good writing is good writing. Random encounters are buggy as hell though, 50/50 have to reload earlier save when you cant leave them.

Great fun creating a squad of Rangers with different weapons and skills to use in combat and role-play. Armor is important as is continually upgrading weapons and matching skills and perks and items that can be deployed in combat (like turrets).

Decent entertainment but lots of bugs that require reload or restart. Detracts too much from the fun IMO

Great game. Super fun, especially if you're into music. Solid mix of roleplaying, choices on builds and equipment, and multiple ways to solve problems and combats (i.e., gotta think through many rather than go head-on). Recommend.

Solid Game. 8/10

The good:

Combat and Gameplay is fun. Plenty of ways you can go about building your units. Choices makes sense. Investing in a specific skill feels rewarding. Story is decent, characters are likeable. World is immersive. There is plenty of drip.

The bad:

The fact that the game is balanced around having a team. I like playing as one character, and from the start you are stuck with two. Personal preference.

Bugs. There are a few but the most annoying one is the one where a turn freezes, be it enemy or ally. It is incredibly frustrating in the middle of a long drawn out fight that a random character just stops doing anything and holds up the entire game, forcing you to reload and do everything again.

The stealth system, idk its just ass and underwhelming for me.

My thumbs up is a little "Eh.". Good, fun start. Stakes established, objectives set, and then you're off on the road. The fact rocket launchers can be your main weapon is always a plus. The road just kinda swerves off the edge of a cliff towards the end, where quests that give you XP are dried up and most of the enemy encounters are replaced with double-sized armies of high-health psychos who shoot AoE laser beams that wipe out half my party's health in one hit. It's not necessarily difficult so much as time-consuming and annoying.

That I could forgive if the characters whose alliance decides which of two endings you get weren't completely insufferable. There's the "moral" option with no common sense guiding its enacting and the "pragmatic/evil" option that makes you feel like a [Insert Swear of Choice] knowing what your ally's done. What's annoying about this plot is how much the game reveals about the lore to push you into choosing the former over the latter as a "good guy", but then proceeds to make the pragmatic/evil option feel more and more reasonable. And then I played both endings and learned that it was somehow the best choice of the two, coz the "moral" option ended just as badly as you'd expect just talking to the NPC.

And then that NPC doubles down on making things worse if you don't be their "good" little Ranger, which makes the pragmatic/evil option more enticing out of spite alone.

The game was fun for the most part, but the last third of it kinda kills it for me. I'd give it a 7.5/10 overall.

Team November, this is Ranger HQ. We are detecting some kind of signal near your current location that is speaking of something called "Wasteland 3". We'd advise checking out.

8/10 would commit war crimes in Colorado again

It's Wasteland, a tactical RPG set in a post apocalyptic full of questionable moral choices. If you're looking for a darker Fallout, at least darker than the last few were, this is the game for you. It's just as good as I expected but I have to mention the soundtrack which is incredible, I don't often go to youtube to relisten songs I heard in video games.

Infinite Inventory. Native triple screen support.Many different ways to approach combat and missions. Meaningful choices.

The music brings it to a new level during some of the most important fights. Truly a CRPG goat.

Loads of story options, Good for lots of Replay

best game i played for a long time. sadge the story only took me 30h but you can play it more often with different endings and sht.

I think I am half way done the game and I can say I am enjoying every moment of it. I like the combat system (similar to XCOM) and the variety of dialogue and options to direct your characters in which clans they associate with. There are a bunch of different skills you can choose for your characters and there's just so much content to it. I bought it on sale for $10 so I recommend it.

8/10

Generally found the game play quite positive. It felt like it lacked a little depth and the driving experience felt a little tedious but ok. All in all, I would recommend this game.

I was never into CRPG's or TRPG's but after the release of baldurs gate 3 I tried the genre a lot. Other games required some serious brainpower and knowlege of certain board game systems so I dropped them after some time but damn this game made me love this genre so much. I believe this game is the best entry for beginners in this genre. The gameplay, music and humor is excellent, character building and making choices seems to make a lot of impact. Fuck fallout this is what a post apocalypse should be handled like. This game surely got added in my one of the favourite experiences of this medium and I surely am going to play and understand a lot of CRPG's going forward... Side note: "Thanks Mortym(mortismal gaming) for getting me hooked with CRPG's love u man!!!"

A very fun multiplayer experience that leaves something to be desired in terms of buginess.

When a game is morally ambiguous, you know you've got me. I finally understand why fallout took inspiration from this game. The amount of paths you can take and how the world and character interacts with your choices coupled with the amazing soundtrack. I couldn't ask for more from this game. I simply love it and would definitely have multiple playthroughs with it. The only thing I regret is I didn't play this game much earlier

Great turned based game. I played it for the third time and never got bored. A lot of things to do, great story, great upgrade system, great fighting system. The only con I think is the covering because you can hit or get hit 90% of the times when an automatic weapons is involved no matter if u are behind low or high cover. I really hope for a successor.

I really REALLY enjoyed this game! It reminded me of Divinity but if divinity had a ravishing s*xual experience with a Fallout title. The quests were super fun to complete. I loved the different areas and the vehicle customization even if there was only a little bit of it, it was still great that it was there. I also highly enjoyed the easter eggs, exploration is HIGHLY rewarded in this game and I love that. So yeah if you like turn based games like XCOM, Divinity and games from the Fallout series, I think you will enjoy this game greatly.

Very good game for turned basis game. it's nice to have much much more story lines. I just play it through on my own choices... I hope to bring a good ending or either way.
Bought it after 4 years long wait and for better prices.
It's kind of pity that it is not support Chinese hopefully I can find a patch to play it without any problems. Thanks for the efforts of the Chinese fans.
In order to play it in 100% fun. Don't cheat the game, don't follow others' path to play it in your own way.
Just the way it is in your live in this game.... it's GREAT!

First Wasteland game I played and had a blast with it, very much like the original two fallout's. Highly recommend, going to play Wasteland 2.

Fantastic turn-based strategy game. The original Fallout world with dark humor. Progression and layout design is top-notch. Lots of different ways to build your character and explore. Combat is very fun and engaging. Lots of meaningful choices and branching outcomes.

Not sure why it's listed as no controller support. The only thing you need a keyboard for is typing in a characters name. I played this years ago on console and picked it up again on sale. If you like blood, guts, dirty jokes and dark twisted humor, then this is your game.

Fun engine and mechanics (if a bit buggy), but forced morals are tough to swallow.

This game has its faults.

Like some of the quest being "Go here, do thing, come back, go other place then come back to finish"

Story is very good, loved the chats with the NPC's around the world. Quarex is my beloved.

The OST (or soundtrack) Is honestly very fucking good. The way some songs play in certain battles make it a good slap to the nuts




Buy the game

But its dlc's

Love this game. Starts a bit slow and sometimes things aren't quite as clear as they could be, but in the long run it's a game worth playing 3 times over. Base game is fantastic, don't bother with the expansions.

Wasteland 3 is a classic and a very good RPG in the grand tradition of Wasteland and Fallout, with which it has a common ancestry. I can highly recommend it.

But it is dark as feck. Just so that's said. Like Fallout it has some black humor, but here it's blacker and less humorous; more adult, in a way - coupled with more nerd humor. So there's that.

Re-training characters is very important and the game heavily punishes you for it, having so many characters while trying to avoid overlapping skills is impossible without re-trains.

Just as "DOOM" (1993) set the gold-standard for what an FPS should be at its very roots, so does "Wasteland 3" (2020) for what a CRPG should strive to achieve at a bare minimum. This is a tight, plug-and-play, highly rewarding, and EXTREMELY open-ended game that needs to be studied for decades to come.

great game, can't wait for the apocolypse to come.
Luckily it seems closer in the current political climate then ever ;)

This game is still a buggy mess after 4 years of being out, ive had over a dozen game breaking bugs and i had enough. Im just going to deinstall it and be done with it.

Its.....ok.

Combat is somewhat fun but there are limited options when it comes to character skills and such. Tons of super specific passive skills and a couple of super specific combat skills. Very limiting. World combat (random encounters) use the same combat field always and get super tedious over time.

The story is ok at best, predictable and cliche at its worst. Character growth and story is limited to your npc companions (non-created ones) and is VERY limited. It got to the point i was so bored i just gave up. Captured 2 out of 3 of the main objectives and dropped it. The story and motivations it gives are so bland you just don't care.

This game is really amazing. I don't know where to start. The art, the music, the story, the choices, the combat. It's a really fun RPG - I'd argue the best post-apocalyptic RPG ever made.

Controversial opinion: I also really enjoyed the DLCs. I'm actually a fan of the long drawn-out combats in them, but I'd imagine it's not everybody's cup of tea. (I'm also the kind of weirdo who enjoys XCOM 2's Beta Strike mode, so keep that in mind.)

5.0/10.0

As someone who thoroughly enjoyed Baldur's Gate 3 and Divinity: Original Sin 2, I was excited to dive into Wasteland 3, expecting a similar level of depth and engagement. Unfortunately, the game falls short in several key areas.

The narrative lacks the richness and complexity found in BG3 and DOS2. The story feels linear, and the choices you make don't seem to have meaningful consequences. Unlike the memorable characters and intricate plots of the other games, Wasteland 3's characters feel flat and the dialogue is often uninspiring.

When it comes to combat, Wasteland 3 doesn't offer the tactical depth that I've come to appreciate. The battles feel repetitive and lack the strategic variety that makes combat in BG3 and DOS2 so engaging. The enemy AI is inconsistent, swinging between too easy and frustratingly difficult without a satisfying middle ground.

Technical issues are rampant and severely hinder the experience. The game is plagued with bugs that can inexplicably halt your progress. In particular, during the mission to destroy the robots in Steeltown, the game gets stuck in a cutscene, making it impossible to proceed. These kinds of game-breaking bugs are unacceptable and ruin any immersion the game tries to build.

Overall, if you're a fan of deeply immersive RPGs like Baldur's Gate 3 and Divinity: Original Sin 2, Wasteland 3 may leave you disappointed. It doesn't capture the same magic, and I'd recommend investing your time elsewhere.

Fantastic game if you like spending about 15% of your time trying to workaround and fix bugs.

This is a great game. It's very creative and well done. The turn-based combat is a lot of fun. The levelling up, 'classes', character progression, skills, perks, attributes, etc. are all really fun here. Allows for a lot of meta-gaming. The impossible decisions are fun; I have no issue with being forced to choose between two evils in a game. I have read this critique and dismiss it. The art is great and the music is greater. The combat is compelling. I want them to make a Wasteland 4.

The game has a well-crafted story and atmosphere.
The humor and cynicism are unparalleled. The cutscenes are very well directed.

The combat and tactics are decent, though not exceptional.
There's plenty of equipment, the skill tree is okay, and there are some cool Easter eggs.

For difficulty, I'd say it's advanced, and the boss fights are quite enjoyable.

Some decisions in the game have significant consequences.

9/10 points from me. A solid mix of real-time and turn-based combat.

Positives:

• One of the most engaging turn-based combat systems in the CRPG genre
  
• A wide range of weapons, including conventional, futuristic, and cartoonish options
  
• Extensive systems for crafting and gear modification
  
• Great soundtrack
  

Negatives:

• Companions are not fleshed out
  
[*]The setting feels reminiscent of Fallout and does not try to stand out

I Love this game. I have over 170 hours in it and I'm still playing it. The choices, the strategy, the gear, it is all fantastic. This is one game that should be in your collection.

It's a pretty nice game. I like the ambush system. Got progressively more and more bugged though, basically crashing every other hour by the end of it. Also the multiplayer session shouldn't just brutally stop on disconnect, should have at least an automatic save or something for those cases. The way armor and weapon modding work in the vanilla game is just silly imo, but you can mod it out so it's ok I guess.

8/10 farts. nicely done. many choices, upgrades, and characters. great graphics. sometimes your team doesn't follow you when you move? so staging is important

20ish hours into the game and I'm loving it so far (i restart a lot), the story is good, the quests are fun, I found myself laughing out loud a couple of times because of funny dialogue, your choices kinda matter and they have an impact on the world, the classes and customisation are fun and diverse, and finally the combat is a blast

Highly recommend for any rpg fan

If by chance you haven't played this game yet and are curious. its like a CRPG with xcom combat. Can be serious but lots of jokes/goofy moments as well. Overall i think it's worth a buy, it has kept me entertained.

Crazy little world building with some rather interesting folks to meet and kill. Never quite sure if we were the bad guys, but it's kinda hard to tell since everyone seems to be the bad guys. When in Rome....

Overall this is a great game and entry to the Wasteland franchise, however, the story did not feel as carefully crafted compared to the previous games and the latter parts feel rushed through development, effectively deflating all the tension leading up to the final conflict. Nonetheless, the music, dialogue, characters (especially Lucia & The Patriarch), combat, weapons and gameplay (except for crafting) were all amazing and fun to experience. A lot has been improved regarding those aspects from the previous games. Regarding both of the DLC's, unfortunately, they are really lackluster with combat being drawn-out boring encounters, an ensemble of annoying uninteresting characters and little to no nuance to the decisions you can choose from.

Wasteland 3 is an absolutely fantastic (isometric?) RPG. I've never played the first two and even then I don't feel lost in terms of the worldbuilding, this game is so fun!

Good Music, Good Storytelling, much enjoyed.