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I haven't picked this up yet through lack of monies (bloody dollies taking all my money), but its certainly on my wish list. What sells the game for me? Why good old Tetris style inventory system instead of the silly text based scroll menus other games have.
Hmn, I'll like to see how they re-envisioned the original game's setting. Given that the Fallout series was Wasteland's successor, I want to see how this game goes about differentiating itself from the route Fallout took with the original.
What's wrong with tetris inventories? Isn't it like a minigame all by itself?
As for setting differentiation, so far I'd say it just takes itself a little more seriously, meaning it's less OTT than Fallout (more in comparison to the 3rd game as opposed to the first), both in terms of references/jokes as well as sci-fi technology.
Lynata wrote: What's wrong with tetris inventories? Isn't it like a minigame all by itself?
As for setting differentiation, so far I'd say it just takes itself a little more seriously, meaning it's less OTT than Fallout (more in comparison to the 3rd game as opposed to the first), both in terms of references/jokes as well as sci-fi technology.
Yeah it's more serious when it comes to things, expect darker humor over more "silly" alien or random Tardis appearances.
It took Brian Fargo 26 years to get to revisit the world of the Desert Rangers. It took a $3 million Kickstarter campaign to fund inXile’s initial development. And it took a welcome resurgence in complex computer role-playing games to make it all possible. Wasteland 2 lives up to its legacy. It’s a game that has come full circle—from inspiration for Interplay’s Fallout, to spiritual successor for that franchise’s roots. This wasteland is deep and dark and dangerous, and a great place to get lost in.
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It looks interesting, I couldn't get into the first two Fallouts (love New Vegas and 3) but I might enjoy this as it seems to modernize the style of first two fallout games.
Heh, I meant that comment about the inventory system as a positive. I love that type of interface.
Bought it and had a go at installing it. Pity my computer decided to pop out "Disc Write Error" after installing 20% of the game though. Eugh, what a fantastic day. =P
I'm just getting started. I steered clear of the limited pre release stuff, so I am having a hoot just with the character creator.
So far my party is...
Jericho Jones, mostly Charisma/Int with some Coordination - Leadership, Pistols, Sniper Rifles and Toaster Repair (because I feel like that might come in handy). Gonna play him as a well meaning smart ass who aspires to live up to his idealized opinion of the Rangers and lawmen in general.
Rambir Singh - Strength, Coordination, and Speed. Blades, Shotguns and Brute Force.
Jericho's best friend and constant companion - a prickly loner who doesn't fit in well with most, but an absolute terror in a fight.
Lone Sky - Awareness, Coordination, and Speed. Perception, Outdoorsman, Assault Rifles, and Field Medic.
Jericho and Rambir saved her from slavers, and a terrible fate. She absolutely hates most people. A skilled tracker and scout, she is loyal only to her few friends.
Vlad "the Impaler" - Coordination, Awareness, Intelligence, Luck. Submachineguns, Lockpicking, Weaponsmithing, Perception, Alarms and Computer Science. A traveler and vagabond, his casual improprieties and social faux pas spur on his wandering as he is seldom welcome for long. How he ended up in Arizona is anyone's guess, as he remembers only the start of an epic bender in Belarus and "being on a ship, I think."
"Sometimes the only victory possible is to keep your opponent from winning." - The Emperor, from The Outcast Dead.
"Tell your gods we are coming for them, and that their realms will burn as ours did." -Thostos Bladestorm
Name, customize - appearance and skill wise - , choose their religion from Atheist, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Indigenous, Mormon, Jewish, Muslim, None, Sikh;
Ethnicity from among African, Arabian, American, Asian, European, Indian, Latino, Native American, Russian;
and even choose their favored brand of cigarettes from among six or so.
-note that all of my characters are ones that I came up with, on the fly - not pregen ones.
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I decided to start a new party, shift a few skills around. Especially when I found out
Spoiler:
What a whiny bunch of dicks Highpool is
Stuck with the charismatic gunslinger thing for my main guy - got rid of sniper rifles and moved my medic skills to him since he has high int.
Optimized Mr. Singh more for pure combat - aside from Brute Force he is purely weapon based - still Shotguns and Blades.
Redid Lone Sky to use SMGs instead of Assault Rifles and made her a better scout with the points saved on the medic skills that Jericho now has, gave her the animal friend skill.
Ditched Vlad entirely and made Hannibal Chau - built for Int, Coordination and Strength. Gave him tech skills, Assault Rifles, and Snipers. Will eventually get Heavy Weapons too. Basically going to be tech mixed with long range firepower.
I bought the game early access and played through all the content at the time.
By the end of it, I had my 'tank' which used blunt weapons and heavy weapons. Lots of health, and hit things hard. I had the party leader, with leadership and assault rifles for damage, then a medic/tech with some technical skills and energy weapons. Finally, I had my sniper/lockpicker.
Had a good variety of weapons, nice balance of long and close weapons, and all the skills were covered.
Oh, and throw Angela Deth in there for a solid all-rounder.
I enjoyed the game in early access, now I just have to boot it up and play the full version. Kind of hard though, as I'm replaying Borderlands 2, and seriously debating getting Endless Legend, which will be followed by Civ Beyond Earth, Borderlands the Pre-Sequel, and GTA V in the fall.
So many games, so little time.
Mordian Iron Guard - Major Overhaul in Progress
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Yeah been playing a couple of hour this weekend. So far assault rifles seem to be best weapon I've come across, got my hands on a HK33 really early on in a random encounter and that thing just murders.
I have a question about the speech skills, as I haven't finished character creation yet. If one character has Smart Ass and another has Kiss Ass, will both options be available to me in dialogues, or is there only one "active" character in a dialogue?
"Through the darkness of future past, the magician longs to see.
One chants out between two worlds: Fire, walk with me." - Twin Peaks
"You listen to me. While I will admit to a certain cynicism, the fact is that I am a naysayer and hatchetman in the fight against violence. I pride myself in taking a punch and I'll gladly take another because I choose to live my life in the company of Gandhi and King. My concerns are global. I reject absolutely revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method... is love. I love you Sheriff Truman." - Twin Peaks
Tannhauser42 wrote: I have a question about the speech skills, as I haven't finished character creation yet. If one character has Smart Ass and another has Kiss Ass, will both options be available to me in dialogues, or is there only one "active" character in a dialogue?
You can switch between active speakers in a conversation so both I guess.
And it is important to note that you are not limited to four party members. I did not know that, so my starting characters had almost every skill by level 2-3 at at least one point. While redundancy on something like Surgeon seems useful, I haven't seen much use for anything else.
Mordian Iron Guard - Major Overhaul in Progress 
