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Wasteland 3 Review Thread
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NoMoChokeSJ
Banned
There is a windows store tab under troubleshooting in Win 10. Run it and see if it solves your problem.
BlackProdigy
Member
Pretty good for me
Nikana
Go Go Neo Rangers!
Have it on PC but my hand is fucked up so a controller would be ideal. Good controls on zee pad?
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
Made a few choices that I am really curious how things will turn out. I am really enjoying this game so far.
Still haven't found all the staff for the base yet.
Still haven't found all the staff for the base yet.
Mister Wolf
Member
Has to start over. Wasnt happy with how I leveled my characters.
CatLady
Selfishly plays on Xbox Purr-ies X
I just couldn't get into the 2nd, maybe it was the initiative combat rules or the random events when traveling but the game just felt off.
Thus far W3 has kept me interested and my toons and skillsets have gel'd so I'm having a lot of fun.
So far there hasn't been any SJWisms on the contrary the humour, sex, drugs, booze has been really good, been a while since I laughed when playing an RPG so W3 and it's writing has been great.
My complaint thus far is load times, they are abysmal.
I expected it to be bad on Xbox, even with SSD it takes a while, switched over to pc and still it's very long even on a nvme drive.
Not game breaking but if you want to save scum you might change your mind after seeing load times
I'm loving it so far too but I totally agree with load times. It's on Unity and it always seems to me Unity based games have shitty load times. WL2 had the same engine and same issues with loading.
One of the funniest things I saw in WL2 was there were signs you read and one of them said "We should have used Unreal"
Slings and Arrows
Banned
Really enjoying this so far. The controls on xsx are a bit clunky.
LT/RT to move along the top bar in the inventory and LB/RB to swap characters... Bit of a switcheroo IMO.
Moving along the tiles is has a magnetic force which is a bit frustrating and there are juddering on the X and very long loading times, which I'm surprised at.
Other than those little niggles the game is actually really fun. You can see that the devs have had a bit of freedom to play around and put their own humour in it without being stifled.
LT/RT to move along the top bar in the inventory and LB/RB to swap characters... Bit of a switcheroo IMO.
Moving along the tiles is has a magnetic force which is a bit frustrating and there are juddering on the X and very long loading times, which I'm surprised at.
Other than those little niggles the game is actually really fun. You can see that the devs have had a bit of freedom to play around and put their own humour in it without being stifled.
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GHG
Gold Member
It's a skill point allocation and attribute point allocation based system. You get points to allocate at each level up and when you reach certain milestones on certain skills you get bonus abilities.
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
You swap the characters out for new ones at any time in your HQ. I don't know for certain if the exp is global or not.
93xfan
Banned
Sure. I did the dollar upgrade trick so it was $1 for me. I’m thinking I’ll continue the service afterwards though
BlackProdigy
Member
It’s not the best but it’s serviceable you get used to it
JLB
Banned
its good, only issue i found was -so far- on Little Vegas (talking to cashier to buy some stuff, couldnt close the buy/sell window).
I still think this is more a pc game due to higher fps and mkb, but so far enjoyable on the x.
JLB
Banned
yeah... i made a decision on little vagas that im now lamenting...
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
BlackProdigy
Member
This game is really good man I hope it gets the exposure it deserves.
manfestival
Member
Kinda wish we had a regular general thread. The games performance seems a little off to me. Loving it so far.
JLB
Banned
yeah... i should have done that.
Jaguar Victory
Member
I love how the game makes you take sides. Some tough decisions.
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Mister Wolf
Member
I have a feeling investing in weird science is going to pay off down the line.
Jaguar Victory
Member
You ever just run up to a place and mid battle realize all your sniper ammo is gone and you can't reload?
Raphael
Member
Hey guys. Is wasteland 2 as good as this? Are those very similar in the npc/story/side quest departament? I never played w2 but im super enjoying my time with w3 so i think i Will have to come back to w2 after this, if they are very much alike.
Also is there any way to pull out installed mods?
Also is there any way to pull out installed mods?
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Bridges
Member
I must be at least 15 hours in and this still trips me up. The controls aren't bad but I'm having a hard time unlearning similar games' button mappings for sure.
Raphael
Member
How hard is it. Im paying on hard and find it quite easy. Only reloads i do if i rush it like a fool without realizing this is a flight and fuck up my positioning.
GHG
Gold Member
Always make sure each character is also proficient in a secondary offensive weapon.
Having your sniper also be able to handle rocket launchers is a solid combination since it won't require repositioning them.
ZZZZ
Member
The enemies have insane amount of HP, my characters die a lot during fights but i rarely lose them unless i get ambushed.
ZZZZ
Member
It would be for me as well if it the loading times and fps wasn't so horrible.
I have a M2 SSD at 3500mb/s and it still takes a year to load, jesus.
Slings and Arrows
Banned
Big props to the sound track as well. I love the "washed in the blood of the lamb" song while fighting the first 'boss'. It adds an eerie calmness to it all
JLB
Banned
I have plenty of ammo always. btw, my main character is a sniper, loving it so far!
We don't have a review thread and its a damned crime I tell ya. Not going to post my own someone else can.
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Opencritic https://opencritic.com/game/9140/wasteland-3 (Currently 84% and 97% Critics Recommend)
Fextralife - 8.3
Wasteland 3 Review: Baldur’s Gate Meets X-Com
Eurogamer
"Wasteland 3 review: a devilish satire of post-apocalyptic America"
Duelshockers - 9
Improving on its predecessor in almost every way, Wasteland 3 is one of the best and most reactive RPGs I've played in a long time.
PCGamesn - 9
https://www.pcgamesn.com/wasteland-3/review
I probably won't be around to post more reviews. Feel free to take over and have a Main person on the thread.
Excited to play. This stretch of time for Xbox first party is highly underappreciated with titles like Grounded, flight simulator, Battlegrounds and now Wasteland, all within the last couple of months. I have been pleasantly surprised by Grounded and Battletoads and I already have high expectations for Wasteland 3.
Bkdk
Member
So apparently I beat the encounter before reaching Denver and that's it? What? The game really feel a bit rushed there, thankfully I got trainer and I tweaked a bit for some reward I feel like I deserved and just load the save file and continue playing the game, that's why I'll always play games on PC because there are always some tweaks that I would like and I can do that with the PC version of a game. However this really should be patched and let the game go on with some really nice reward.
JLB
Banned
normal, i had a complete painful experiences on wasteland 2 on higher difficulties so I played safe lol.
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pr0cs
Member
The performance, certainly with disk performance is really bad, though likely systemic with Unity
Some pathfinding and AI glitchiness exists
but saying "bugged as hell" sounds hyperbolic.
GymWolf
Gold Member
fair point.
pr0cs
Member
I'm only about 12 hours in but considering how complex the RPG system is I'm impressed that I haven't found more serious bugs thus far.
I'm sure by typing that I'll find a game breaking bug that will fuck up my save file or something that will force me to start over
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GHG
Gold Member
I'm only about 12 hours in but considering how complex the RPG system is I'm impressed that I haven't found more serious bugs thus far.
I'm sure by typing that I'll find a game breaking bug that will fuck up my save file or something that will force me to start over
Save scum.
I don't know why more people don't in these types of games to be honest.
I get wanting to live with your decisions but sometimes my curiosity gets the better of me.
bender
What time is it?
Stutters frequently for me. Seems more like a loading/streaming issue than a frame rate issue.
Nikana
Go Go Neo Rangers!
That's a bummer. Still haven't gotten around to Xbox version. I'll have to throw it on my external SSD and see if it helps at all.
pr0cs
Member
Sure, though a lot choices presumably have impacts much later in the game, plus as mentioned the load process is PAINFUL even on nvme it can take upwards of 25 sec to reload.
YA ya, first world problems, just that I'm so used to not hating to reload because it's so sluggish
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CatLady
Selfishly plays on Xbox Purr-ies X
That happened to me really early in the game. I was like why doesn't this idiot shot. Thankfully it was really early in the game before I could buy ammo but the early enemies were super easy so I just beat them to death with my bare fists.
Is anyone on the 1X and encountering freezes that crash to dash occasionally or more frequent crashes to dash on loading?
Jaguar Victory
Member
Yes, I've learned to save more frequently.
CatLady
Selfishly plays on Xbox Purr-ies X
Yeah, saving a lot more than even my usual scum saving in this game. Had the same thing to a lesser extent on WL2.
Oh well the game is really excellent otherwise, but damn I think I spend more time looking at loading screens to see what happens with different responses or actions and from crashes than I do playing with the damn load times.
JLB
Banned
Definitely this is a game that will be awesome on PS5/Xbox Series X. Main issue I find with it are the loading times. Not a big big issue, but noticeable.
Apart from that, this is seriously GOTY contender. The story, the characters, the battles, the fucking consequential decisions. This is really good.
Roberts
Member
Crashed only once so far at Ranger HQ after the base was established.
But for those of you who want to play but are afraid of bugs: I am playing on XOX. Save for terribly long loading times, rare framerate inconsistencies and occasional non-essential graphics glitch, It's perfectly playable. Haven't seen a single gameplay related bug or a glitch.