Wasteland 3
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No, unlike Wasteland 2, nearly everything is voice acted (maybe all dialogue is voice acted, not encountered a npc without voices yet). Text is only your dialogue, examining things or looking at consoles and such. UI also scales up the text, so it's not hard to read at all. I am playing in 4k.
Encountered a bug though that forced me to reload. A character got stuck under the world. Walked into some stairs, could only see the circle below the character.. Can't zone out of the area with one missing party member as zoning out requires the party to be together.
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Really enjoying this, though there is a fair amount of jank (to be expected). Really not enamored with the menu's or the UI, there is a ton of lag between looting/lockpicking etc and my party is very poorly balanced (definitely need/want a "tanky-melee" guy) and the loading times are a disgrace. This is on a 970 Pro drive and it's still ludicrous.
That said, I'm having a fecking blast here. Saving right before fights helps a ton as I go back and do the same fight multiple times to get it right. Really great game, and it opens up quite a bit after the first few area's.
That said, I'm having a fecking blast here. Saving right before fights helps a ton as I go back and do the same fight multiple times to get it right. Really great game, and it opens up quite a bit after the first few area's.
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Frenzied Wombat
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Think of the load times as nostalgia regarding Wasteland I, where you'd wait like 3 minutes just leaving town while your C-64 drive provided radiant heat for your entire room.
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Argarth
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Attog
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Frenzied Wombat
Potato del Grande
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I played that C-64 so much I would keep an ice pack wrapped in a towel on top of the drive to keep it from overheating. Also remember having to take it in once a year to get the stupid drive head's aligned.
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Frenzied Wombat
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Has anybody tried this yet, it sounds jizztastic? Three friends currently on wife/kid lockdown so I can't try yet.
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Quineloe
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Finished a "normal" playthrough, 25 hours. Tons of glitches, a few serious bugs and you can run into plotstopper if you try freaky approaches. The game displays itself way more massive than it actually is. You have to follow the main story religiously and there are only a handful locations on the map with a single quest etc. . Do NOT play MP/Coop until they patched the crashes. Even if you claw you way through by reloading and trying over and over again, people report save game corruptions after a while. Oh and do not quick load right now, load manually if you have to.
Well I like how they progressed from 2 and had tons of fun, great writing, nice voice acting and solid humor but WL2 felt a bit more ... wastelandish? The whole plot really gets unbelievable the moment AD steps in etc. All in all worth the 60 bucks if you are into RPGs with Xcom fight mechanics. Also great replay value, you have to make hard decision several times and companions are also very factionbased (and are super touchy when it comes to your deeds this time).
Well I like how they progressed from 2 and had tons of fun, great writing, nice voice acting and solid humor but WL2 felt a bit more ... wastelandish? The whole plot really gets unbelievable the moment AD steps in etc. All in all worth the 60 bucks if you are into RPGs with Xcom fight mechanics. Also great replay value, you have to make hard decision several times and companions are also very factionbased (and are super touchy when it comes to your deeds this time).
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Maybe you can confirm something then: a video I watched while waiting for the game to unlock said that you not only shouldn't max out any skills (which is obvious because of skill books, just like in WL2) but also stats as well. He said something about there being creepy dolls for stat bonuses, but as far as I can tell this is not true and there's no reason not to start with a stat like COO or CHA already at 10 if you really want it maxed. Or start at 6/8 and quickly max it out with the early level-ups.
Kirun
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Did we ever find an answer on this? Making my chars now and trying to decide if 10 in a stat is worth it. Also, what's the max you should put into a skill due to skill books?
Vorph
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You can really abuse the ranger recruit system if you want. There's no reason to have any skills that only get used at the base (weapon/armor modding, toaster repair, etc.) on a active member when you can just make a 10 int + Poindexter mule any time you want. Or if you have a skill on one of your custom rangers, but that new NPC companion has it too, just remake your ranger with different skills. Can do some leveling tricks too, like when I first got to HQ after the tutorial I decided I wanted a different quirk on my sniper (Death Wish is better than Sadomasochist, at least until you actually start seeing unique armor drops). At the time the Leadership 10 character was level 4 and the sniper was only level 3, but all new characters I recruit come in at 4 so it bumped him up a level as well.
Some people might find that using this too much kills replayability, but I never replay games like this anyway when I have so many others I haven't played even once. At the very least it seems like it's pretty much impossible to make bad choices at the start which only become apparent once you meet NPCs or get unique equipment later on.
9 is max with skill books, since there's only 1 of each. If a skill book isn't found until super late in the game you can always level to 10 and then correct the problem via recruiting too. There's also armor pieces that give skill bonuses while equipped that you may want to build around too. Just remember to take off any items before spending points to make sure the game charges you the right amount.
Some people might find that using this too much kills replayability, but I never replay games like this anyway when I have so many others I haven't played even once. At the very least it seems like it's pretty much impossible to make bad choices at the start which only become apparent once you meet NPCs or get unique equipment later on.
Every list of creepy dolls I've seen is the same, and they only give derived stats like perception, hit chance, initiative, specific damage bonuses, etc.
9 is max with skill books, since there's only 1 of each. If a skill book isn't found until super late in the game you can always level to 10 and then correct the problem via recruiting too. There's also armor pieces that give skill bonuses while equipped that you may want to build around too. Just remember to take off any items before spending points to make sure the game charges you the right amount.
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Phazael
Confirmed Beta Shitlord, Fat Bastard
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Wife and I are playing this co-op (side by side PS4s in the bedroom) and its ok. The initiative mechanics are completely different from WL2 in co-op (e.g. Initiative does not matter at all it seems) and there is some clunkiness, but its fun otherwise. Melee guys are broke dick, but a lot of weird difficulty spikes in the first area with multiple encounters that just ignore core mechanics with stuff you cannot possibly be high enough level to defend against. The Irv clone battle was particularly stupidly balanced for its level, as one example. Stats are mostly meaningless except for somewhat coordination for AP and Awareness for perception. It feels like the last game, but a bit fluffed up in some ways. Some of it is good, like the quality of life stuff, but some bad like the interface I would charitably describe as someone trying to drive every PS4 RPG veteran completely insane. Story is solid, so far, and all the core elements are there. Music is also a major step up, along with the voice acting as stated. It looks like a lot of money was spent on eye candy that might have been better spent on better interface and tutorials, though.