Wasteland 2 - Review Roundup #4

Here is the fourth round of reviews for Wasteland 2 in two weeks. This time I only found four of them, and the scores are once again positive.

Softpedia - 4/5

Wasteland 2 manages to be both a little nostalgic and innovative, and there’s a lot of value here for long-term fans of the genre and for those who want to see how crowdfunding allows developers to go back in time and revive some of the most interesting ideas in the history of gaming.

CNET - No Score

For me, Wasteland 2 managed to make me feel nostalgic for 'old-school' RPGs, while still feeling like a fresh and well-made game that made me want to keep playing long after I should have been doing something else. You're getting a lot of bang for your forty bucks (or 30 quid) of game and one that I think may have a decent level of replay value. It certainly bodes well for anyone waiting for InXile's next project, Torment: Tides of Numenera.

Playnation - 8/10

For those of us, who likes this noble and ancient form of video game, there is plenty at offer here. You’ll get to use your characters wide array of skills to beat or bungle assignments. You get to dialogue your way to quest solutions and failure. You get to splatter raiders with machineguns and hand grenades under a dying sun.

Game Over - 85/100

I think had I supported the Wasteland 2 Kickstarter, I would be happy with the outcome. It faithfully recreates the atmosphere of Wasteland 1 (a copy of which, I should probably mention, comes with Wasteland 2) while at the same time modernizing the game with new gameplay elements. It’s a little buggy, and a little bland on the eyes (I bought a new 30” 1900×1200 monitor for what exactly?), but it is funny as hell if your humor runs blackly, and is absolutely packed with stuff.