But if you allow it, the game can become punishingly hard requiring you to consider every possibility of every single move – like a game of chess where every piece is different and the abilities of the enemies are often unknown. On the lower difficulties you pretty much just have to point and shoot. It’s a step forward from the original Wasteland though, and if you don’t recognise the influences from the first two Fallout games the tile-based movement and use of action points is also reminiscent of everything from Laser Squad/X-COM to Fire Emblem. In fact we still can’t help but think that Wasteland 2 would be a lot more interesting as a straight Telltale style adventure, since the combat system is rather long-winded and not always that interesting. The game’s script is well written, and one of the main improvements in this Director’s Cut is that a lot more of it now has proper voice-acting.
There are serious points being made here too, about the folly of nationalism and tribalism, and the dangers, and temptations, of moral absolutism. The modern Fallout games had their fair share of moral quandaries and no-win situations but Wasteland 2 makes them the focus of its otherwise formless narrative, and ensures not a single easy choice – and that no good deed goes unpunished.
If you're interested in something else, there are a number of other games worth a look on sale ahead of the Steam summer sale, including XCOM 2 for $40 and Dirt Rally for $36.Almost immediately you realise that the jokes aren’t there to to make the game funnier but to make the unbearable bleakness of the situation bearable. Steam free weekend events typically feature more than one game, but it appears Wasteland 2 is the lone choice this time around. It was released in 2014 thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign, bringing a sequel that fans had waited more than 25 years for. InXile Entertainment's RPG is the follow-up to the original Wasteland from 1988, which was a predecessor of sorts to the first Fallout. With either version, you also get a copy of the original Wasteland and both the Director's Cut and non-Director's Cut versions of Wasteland 2.
The standard edition is $20 (down from $40), while the digital deluxe edition-which comes with a copy of The Bard's Tale, three digital novellas, and a digital soundtrack-is $30 (down from $60). If you decide you want to continue playing after the weekend event ends, Steam also has the game on sale.
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