



You can raise your character’s skills and attributes, but they will also affect outside of combat. The feature that made Wasteland stand out was its skill system. There are also towns to visit to acquire party members, items, and information. Combat itself is turn-based, and you can see a little picture of your enemy as you fight them. You travel around on a top-down map with random enemy encounters possible and utilize a point-and-click interface.

In the aftermath of World War III, you are the leader of a band of rangers traveling the Wasteland. It was later followed by Wasteland 2 in 2014, with a few failed sequels in between.Ĭlearly, this is a precursor to Interplay’s series Fallout, one of my favorites. You even get your own battle truck, which you can upgrade into a hardened war beast, bristling with weapons, to help mow down your enemies.Wasteland is a post-apocalyptic RPG developed by Interplay and published by Electronic Arts in 1988 for the Apple II, DOS, and Commodore 64. Create a squad of up to six Rangers and customize them with perks and abilities geared to your playstyle. Wasteland 3 is a squad-based RPG from inXile entertainment, featuring challenging tactical turn-based combat and a deep, reactive story full of twists, turns, and brutal ethical decisions that will keep you hooked whether you’re a Wasteland veteran or new to the series. Will you be Colorado’s savior or its worst nightmare? Build a reputation for yourself by making decisions that will profoundly impact Colorado, its inhabitants and the story you experience. All the while, you’ll have to decide who to trust in this land torn apart by corruption, intrigue, warring factions, crazed cultists, cutthroat gangs, and bitter sibling rivalries. You’re dispatched on a desperate quest from the scorching deserts to the snowy mountains to start from scratch, building a new base, finding a snow-worthy vehicle, training new recruits, and fighting your way through hostile frozen wastes. Then the self-proclaimed Patriarch of Colorado radios, promising aid if you’ll do a job he can only entrust to an outsider-rescue his land from the ambitions of his three bloodthirsty children. More than a century after the bombs fell, you’re fighting a losing battle to keep your beloved Arizona alive. In Wasteland 3 you take command of a squad of Desert Rangers, lawmen and women in a post-nuclear world, trying to rebuild society from the ashes.
