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[Santiako]

Oh my god so many traits and attributes when creating characters D: I'm going to be here forever.

 

[Ricker]

Does this have similar sort of gameplay to XCOM Enemy Unknown ?

Some say its a cross between Divinity and Xcom yeah...

 

[Santiako]

There is also Quirks for the characters.

Aaaaahhhhhg I'm never going to leave the character creation screen.

 

[Sinatar]

What order would you prioritize skills since I don't think you have enough party members to make each one a specialist?

Honestly the game does an excellent job of making sure *all* the skills are used a lot, so I can't really give a recommended priority.

 

[Santiako]

The quirks are hilarious, now I have to make at least an alcoholic, a psychopath and a forever unlucky characters.

 

[Shake Appeal]

Per Fargo's Twitter, InXile plan to patch the camera on PC today.

Honestly the game does an excellent job of making sure *all* the skills are used a lot, so I can't really give a recommended priority.

Barter sucks, though. Unless they rebalanced it.

 

[Corpekata]

It's only similar to Divinity in that it is turn based and has AP points really.

It's mostly like a smaller scale XCOM in combat. And it has a lot to do outside of combat, similar to the Fallout games, like skill checking to disarm a bomb, open a lock, talk to people, etc.

 

[Recall]

I think I'm ready to restart, not having both leadership and perception on my "leader" is causing me problems. I hope they release more portrait art for the Ps4 version

 

[Chabbles]

Some say its a cross between Divinity and Xcom yeah...

Idk what Divinity is.. but an open world, post apocalyptic game with similar gameplay to XCOM sounds too good to be true.

 

[Rhaknar]

Downloading this now, maybe ill finally give it a shot. I need something to hold me over until Fallout

 

[RulkezX]

Idk what Divinity is.. but an open world, post apocalyptic game with similar gameplay to XCOM sounds too good to be true.

It's like Xcom in that they are both turn based combat , but the comparison ends there. The general consensus was that vWasteland 2 had terrible combat but the other parts were solid.

 

[Sinatar]

Barter sucks, though. Unless they rebalanced it.

Oh yea, good call. I completely forgot there even was a barter skill.

 

[Dr. Kitty Muffins]

Man, I hope this goes up on PSN soon.

 

[BrokenFiction]

Man, I hope this goes up on PSN soon.

BF sez: I'm told that the PS4 version will go live sometime between 11-2 PDT.

 

[Tigress]

BF sez: I'm told that the PS4 version will go live sometime between 11-2 PDT.

Wow... makes it seem like me getting the physical version from Amazon means i won't even get it that much later than if I bought digitally. Sony, this is not how you treat digital if you want people to convert. I, as some one who prefers physical, will admit one advantage to digital is getting the game right away when it comes out. Doing this takes away one of the few big advantages I see of digital games.

 

[vocab]

I think I'm ready to restart, not having both leadership and perception on my "leader" is causing me problems. I hope they release more portrait art for the Ps4 version

Perception on someone else is fine.

 

[Dr. Kitty Muffins]

Wow... makes it seem like me getting the physical version from Amazon means i won't even get it that much later than if I bought digitally. Sony, this is not how you treat digital if you want people to convert. I, as some one who prefers physical, will admit one advantage to digital is getting the game right away when it comes out. Doing this takes away one of the few big advantages I see of digital games.

The game was up on the Xbox store digitally to preorder since at least yesterday. I saw it. I could have had this preordered but maybe it isn't Sony's fault but the pub.

 

[Atolm]

According to my local Amazon branch, I won't receive the game until the 22th... The game releases this Friday here.

I hope they aren't doing this in purpose with small games because this already happened to me with Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence for the PS4. In contrast, for MGSV they even sent me an email a few days before to reassure that I would have it on release day.

And this isn't why I pay Prime, I pay it to have all the games that interest me on release day, whether they're big or small.

 

[Tigress]

The game was up on the Xbox store digitally to preorder since at least yesterday. I saw it. I could have had this preordered but maybe it isn't Sony's fault but the pub.

Well xbox is known for a better digital store. I'm just pointing out why that would be so... I still prefer physical for other reasons but I do admit I'm jealous of the get to play the game from midnight of the launch day. Which Sony just ruined by not even having it available 'til mid day (UPS is promising me I'll get my game before 3. We'll see).

 

[Rhaknar]

how do we know if its the director's cut? the main screen still just says Wasteland 2

has it not been patched yet?

 

[mejin]

Well xbox is known for a better digital store. I'm just pointing out why that would be so... I still prefer physical for other reasons but I do admit I'm jealous of the get to play the game from midnight of the launch day. Which Sony just ruined by not even having it available 'til mid day (UPS is promising me I'll get my game before 3. We'll see).

PSN USA is really GCT. lol

But this week we have 14 games launching on PS4:

Arcade Archives: Crazy Climber 2
Back to the Future: The Game
Bedlam
Dragon Quest Heroes
Goosebumps: The Game
Grand Ages: Medieval
Minecraft: Story Mode Episode 1
One Upon Light
The Jackbox Party Pack 2
The Talos Principle
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Hearts of Stone DLC)
Three Fourths Home: Extended Edition
Wasteland 2
WRC 5

Microsoft has fewer games to up on their store.

 

[Bony Manifesto]

how do we know if its the director's cut? the main screen still just says Wasteland 2

has it not been patched yet?

It's a separate game that should have appeared in your Steam library (if not, exit and restart Steam).

 

[Rhaknar]

It's a separate game that should have appeared in your Steam library.

son of a bitch...well thats a waste of a 10gig download

 

[Santiako]

Holy shit, I picked "Raised in a Circus" for my leader character's quirk and she started the game dressed as a clown hahaha

 

[Lashley]

Just purchased on XB1. Cost me about £13

 

[Dr. Kitty Muffins]

It is up now on PSN!!!

 

[Last Hearth]

Holy shit, I picked "Raised in a Circus" for my leader character's quirk and she started the game dressed as a clown hahaha

Which you cannot remove.

I started the game with him and decided I don't want to be looking at a clown for 60+ hours and had to restart with a different perk.

 

[foxdvd]

I won't get to start this until later tonight...

Can someone post some of the quirks (along with the negative and positive) they have seen so far?

Also, the perks, any of them stand out?

 

[Rhaknar]

The character creation is really overwhelming, will I be good if I just use the pre made characters?

 

[Lanrutcon]

Anyone have a changelist for the enhanced edition? I want to know exactly what they did to weapons. The armor changes sound ok.

 

[whoaduh]

It is up now on PSN!!!

Finally!!

 

[Mobius and pet octopus]

So the current currency market is the excuse for the pricing. So I will wait until it changes and be perplexed how we don't see any change in our favour.

8 years of precedent is being negated because it "isn't simple".

Amazon you crazy bastards and your crazy prices.

I did not say it is because it isn't simple. Please take your angst out on someone else. I have nothing to do with the reason you are angry.

 

[Corpekata]

The character creation is really overwhelming, will I be good if I just use the pre made characters?

Most of them have a few wasted points but should be doable. I'd personally go in and change any that start with melee skills unless you're dead set on a melee character, you're too squishy at the start of the game for it generally.

I didn't look too closely at them though. Just make sure you have at least one character with surgeon skills.

And really it doesn't hurt to have 2 surgeons, one as your main with probably some field medic points, and one person with a single point in it in case the one that needs reviving is your surgeon.

 

[Santiako]

Which you cannot remove.

I started the game with him and decided I don't want to be looking at a clown for 60+ hours and had to restart with a different perk.

Goddammit, I thought it was just a costume. Well, that's half an hour down the drain.

 

[Chabbles]

It's like Xcom in that they are both turn based combat , but the comparison ends there. The general consensus was that vWasteland 2 had terrible combat but the other parts were solid.

Ok, cool.

 

[-tetsuo-]

Does this have similar sort of gameplay to XCOM Enemy Unknown ?

Not too much. They are both turn based tactical games in combat, but the whole Strategy layer is gone and replaced by a really good RPG layer. The combat isn't as good as XCOM.

 

[joeblow]

One thing I don't understand about the console reviews. If the option screen allows the player to increase the text size (based on gamer confirmation a few pages ago), why do some reviews chalk up small text as a negative in their write-ups? Does the increase affect all of the UI text, or just parts of it?

 

[Santiako]

One thing I don't understand about the console reviews. If the option screen allows the player to increase the text size (based on gamer confirmation a few pages ago), why do some reviews chalk up small text as a negative in their write-ups? Does the increase affect all of the UI text, or just parts of it?

The biggest text option is still fairly small.

 

[Lashley]

Most of them have a few wasted points but should be doable. I'd personally go in and change any that start with melee skills unless you're dead set on a melee character, you're too squishy at the start of the game for it generally.

I didn't look too closely at them though. Just make sure you have at least one character with surgeon skills.

And really it doesn't hurt to have 2 surgeons, one as your main with probably some field medic points, and one person with a single point in it in case the one that needs reviving is your surgeon.

Thanks for this

Any other beginner tips people have would be welcomed

 

[ghostjoke]

Played about 8 hours of the original before hearing about the director's cut. Let's do this.

 

[Seductivpancakes]

Cool. I never really spent much time on this game. When I finish Dead State, Ill reinstall it.

 

[AcAnchoa]

Holy shit, almost an hour creating the characters. Hope I didn't screwed it up.

 

[tmespe]

The biggest text option is still fairly small.

It's way too small. If you sit more than one meter from your TV prepare to move. In a game this text heavy, it feels like a huge oversight.

 

[Rhaknar]

liking what im seeing so far, just walking around the starting town talking to everyone and shit, havent actually done any combat yet.

I went with the default squad, I wasnt in the mood to create 4 characters especially when I dont know the systems. Hopefully it will be fine /shrug

 

[Niahak]

Thanks for this

Any other beginner tips people have would be welcomed

Disclaimer: Haven't checked out the character creation differences yet, so these tips are based on the original version.

My suggestions:

• Everyone should have an INT of at least 4. Skill points are very useful. At least one person with INT 8 is good (probably your #1 surgeon, as higher ranks in that are limited by INT IIRC).
• Luck isn't that useful. Low luck can cause critical misses which are bad, and high luck can give you bonus AP in battle, but neither is reliable.
• Charisma is only useful for one character, although your party's aggregate charisma can affect some things. Put CHA only on your character with leadership skill. Dialogue skills are independent of CHA and do NOT all have to be on the same character.
• Weapons are not created equal. I've heard they re-balanced weapons, but in the base game (weapon effectiveness spoilers I guess)
  Spoiler

  pistols stop being useful around ~10h in. Rifles of both kinds are good throughout. Melee isn't very useful early on, but gradually becomes useful.
  Do make sure to diversify so your team can make use of various ammo types.

 

[Justice_Bolt]

It is up now on PSN!!!

Yeah!! I will go buy the game now.

 

[bati]

[*]Everyone should have an INT of at least 4. Skill points are very useful. At least one person with INT 8 is good (probably your #1 surgeon, as higher ranks in that are limited by INT IIRC).

If you're going for 8 then you might as well go for 10, you get an extra skill point per level for only 2 points invested.

It's probably not a bad idea to give 10 int to your charisma guy and put various lockpicking/demo/safecracking skills on him so he'll get bulk of the XP from performing various contextual actions.

 

[BrokenFiction]

Apparently the camera fix is live, but I haven't seen it yet.

 

[Fjordson]

PS4 peeps should post some impressions. May get it on PS4 if that version looks decent.

 

[vocab]

Hotfix is out for camera, and it's much better. The way it should be.