My first impression Wasteland 3 It's "Damn, that's pretty vivid." As a newbie to the franchise, I didn't expect that the latest project of inXile Entertainment will have such a cruel, cruel introduction, and it will definitely not relax during the preview.
Wasteland 3 is a true sequel to Wasteland 2 where you will play as a survivor of one of the November Rangers. Rangers contacted a man named "Patriarch" who claimed to rule Colorado despite fierce competition. He provides you with the resources, which is just like a bargaining chip, like the doomsday deal, in return for your service, that is, killing his three children who want to seize the land themselves. It is then up to you to decide how to overcome the cold waste and fight Dorsey's, a group of skulls with animal skulls, who like to kill people.
The battle of Wasteland 3 is bordered by comedy-like brutality, and whenever you shoot, your head explodes and splatters around the area, but it is always accompanied by wit quirks. During the demonstration, I saw one Dorsey dancing in human blood, and the other was blown clean and tidy in the dialogue cutscenes, and a judge slowly performed Dorsey's actions through penetrating exposure.
To say the least, the language used to describe the torture of Colorado residents by the Dorsey and their children and Patia Archie's children is disturbing, but at the top is full of a sense of humor without a border. It won't hurt you in any way, but it's definitely enough to make you breathless.
You can choose from a variety of entry characters, each with unique backstory, skills, and quirks, or create your own for a more personalized experience. From appropriately named "Sneaky Shit" to "Nerd Stuff", "Animal Whisperer" and "Mechanics", there are many skills and attributes to choose from.
If you choose "Animal Whisperer", you can recruit animals from the squad that can improve your stats and fight alongside you later. During the preview, we met Major Cat Tomcat, this cat wearing a cool hat and shaking a little handkerchief. I'm glad to confirm that you can slap cats in Wasteland 3 and attract dogs and talk to chickens. If all this is not true enough, the rabbit will yell.
Wasteland 3 uses the same turn-based tactical battles as Wasteland 2. In this case, you need to distribute successful field goal percentages, use cover effectively, and generally avoid using large robots that will surely surprise you. If you have played a predecessor of XCOM 2 or a similar game, although it is easy to master for amateurs, you will master the combat system fast enough. If you don't like fighting or want to form a larger squad more effectively, instead of just hovering over all the muzzles that are firing, then the enemy's perception ring can help you plan a path around them.
Needless to say, after InXile was acquired by Microsoft, Wasteland 3 benefited a lot. Fig funding, originally provided by fig enthusiasts and investors, and Microsoft's resource injection allowed the company to fully express the sound of "Wasteland 3." Part of the dialogue is part of the cutscenes, where you will have one-on-one conversations with some characters, while others are the top characters falling during the exploration process. Although one-to-one chat does bring more weight, you can still make choices and influence the situation in each case.
The dialogue and selection system in Wasteland 3 is huge and not to be underestimated—every decision you make (regardless of size) will have a noticeable response, although some of them will not become apparent until later in the game. Your choices are also limited. If you disobey the patriarch and kill one of his children, those who have played Alpha remember to play games on the screen, so you can only be a dick.
Depending on your skills and traits, there are things you can't access, such as locked doors or computers, and certain conversation options will be grayed out because your "hard ass" ranking is not high enough. The omission of these smaller choices can be frustrating, especially when there may be something cool behind the closed door.
One of the first ethical choices was to convince one of Dorsey not to kill a colleague, or if you don't have the privilege to let her down, kill her immediately. It may be tempting to play as a good man and talk to her, but she will immediately run away and notify her friends that you are approaching and will join the ensuing battle. This eliminates any chance of quietly ambushing them, so you might as well shoot her on your face and get out.
Later, you can choose to save a boy from execution and recruit him to your team, but it's unclear if everyone you "save" is really useful, whether they will betray you or just suffer in the ass Later time. The system in Wasteland 3 is inherently violent, so you might as well become a brutal killer who likes to talk to animals.
It is recommended that you use cooperative games in Wasteland 3 because you and your friends can experience the story together. If your partner does not have access to the Internet, you will be able to continue to make decisions and explore until sometime. The prudent choice is to have one of you as an ethics tester and the other as a combat expert, but equally tempting is that when your partner is unable to participate in the game, being a guy makes fewer decisions than barbaric decisions. decision.
Although the cooperative mode makes completing the story a real effort for the team, there is no multiplayer mode. It's up to you to decide whether you want to be alone with your friends or recruit everyone you can take with you, or take something with you, or take turns telling the story when your partner is away, because hey, friends ?
Wasteland 3 promises to be as long as Wasteland 2, and the total duration of Wasteland 2 is about 80 hours. This is still a point-and-click adventure and you can collect a lot of loot to improve your arsenal or sell it to fund your team tour. The content should be updated after release, and some DLC work may be in progress, although inXile has remained silent about it so far.
When it feels like only two isolation video game options are the cute fun of Animal Crossing or Hell of Eternal Destruction, Wasteland 3 feels like a stupid mix of the two that should make your isolation more interesting.
Supporters of Fig 3 will be able to participate Backer Beta (March 17) Starting at 4 pm GMT / 12 pm EST / 9 am Pacific Standard Time, although Alpha players will not receive a new key, they can log back into the game. I highly recommend you beware Tomcat Join me and become Steve Irwin in Wasteland 3.
Wasteland 3 will be available on PC, PS4 and Xbox One on May 19.
