![]() ![]() Since then, inXile has improved it further, releasing nearly a dozen patches in total that added new features and quality of life improvements in addition to bug fixes and balance changes. Released in late 2020, it was deemed good enough to become RPG Codex's Game of the Year. The Rangers have agreed to work for the man who brought some measure of stability to the area in exchange for supplies to be delivered back home. The setting has moved from the deserts of Arizona and the overgrown cities of California to the snowy mountains of Colorado. ![]() Oh, and there’s the gigantic Ronald Reagan statue that fires lasers from its eyes.Wasteland 3 is inXile's latest addition to the turn- and party-based post-apocalyptic series. Others, meanwhile, are discovered as you do quests, such as randomly encountering Scotchmo in a dungeon or Santa Claus going “ho ho ho-ly shit” after you reveal that he’s got a drug den filled with elves. Some funny moments come from ambient dialogue, like people prank calling Ranger HQ. ![]() There are zany, over-the-top characters that’d make you giggle due to their dark humor. In the end, I still found that Wasteland 3 provided the same vibes that the series is known for. Still, “America the Beautiful” does suffice. It came to a point when I half expected Nancy Sinatra’s version of “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)” to start playing in the middle of a firefight. The talents of Mark Morgan (who also composed the soundtrack for Wasteland 2, Fallout, and Fallout 2) and Mary Ramos (the musical director for several of Quentin Tarantino’s films) are on full display. In terms of audio and music, there are no qualms here. Barring the rare FPS hiccup, the effects remain clean and crisp, with destinations and the world map fully immersing you in the unforgiving frontier of Colorado. In spite of these misgivings, I can’t fault Wasteland 3 for its visuals, as inXile Entertainment really did a fine job with this title. Bear in mind that I already reported these issues, so we could see some fixes in time for the game’s release. Lastly, AI-controlled companions can be quite a nuisance when they start wading in your line of fire or AoE blasts. I’d also like to see a sorting option (price or damage/armor stats) and utility items don’t even have their own tabs. For example, you can’t use certain First Aid consumables on a teammate directly via your inventory (as you’d need to equip the item first to use it on the tactical map). Some features, likewise, need QOL improvements. There were also a few hiccups, such as framerate drops when lots of special effects were on-screen (i.e., flames), the times when your squad’s lineup (i.e., listed order) continuously resetting, consumables disappearing from your quick slots (you’d need to re-equip them again), and the names of zones staying on-screen all throughout (which requires you to relaunch the game). These include sidequests that don’t get completed, instances or incidents that seem to be unfinished, and a particular zone that led to an infinite loading screen if you loaded your save. Although Wasteland 3 doesn’t suffer from a litany of atrocious bugs, there were a few minor issues. ![]()
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