Although there was definitely voice acting before, it was used in more limited fashion. inXile Entertainment also fleshed out the voice work. Wasteland 2: Director’s Cut comes with additional precision strikes as wella s Perks & Quirks for your teammates. Of course, that’s likely more to do with my lack of tactical foresight (and lack of skill at Wasteland 2 in general) than a problem with the title itself.Īlong with all the other differences such as a revamped interface, there’s actual core updates to the game itself. Since Wasteland 2 is turn-based, I often found my crew situated just slightly too far as the enemies did their best to hightail it out of fights. The only issues my team came across during battles were actually killing enemies as they ran away. As a non-game design person myself I don’t particularly understand how one makes things work better for console players, but battles worked out fine. Basically, it appears they’ve been redesigned slightly in ways that make sense. Some might be wondering how exactly battles play out now that you’ve got a controller in hand rather than keyboard and mouse. Although I didn’t notice the visual differences, inXile also notes that the release also has improved graphics over the original. Basically, things feel right at home for PS4 or Xbox One players. That was the first surprise, given the PC release doesn’t actually have complete or partial controller support currently.

The first thing I noticed was that there wasn’t really a big difference between controlling the game with mouse and keyboard versus, well, a controller. It’s a brave move but one that seems being treated with the care required.ĭuring my time at E3 I was able to sit down with Wasteland 2: Director’s Cut on console and give it a shot. In a surprising move, inXile Entertainment more recently decided to bring this title to console players as well. Both existing fans and modern PC players with no previous knowledge of the series fell in love when it hit Steam in 2014. With that said, tons of fans adore it to this day which is why when Wasteland 2 hit Kickstarter back in 2012 that fans raised nearly $3 million dollars to see it brought to life. Going back to it now, though, is a steep challenge. The classic PC RPG Wasteland deserves enormous amounts of credit for what it did, not only for gamers at the the time, but for folks it inspired to create their own amazing games.

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