After the thousand adventures spent in the heat and dust of the Arizona deserts, the best thing to do is certainly a beautiful and relaxed ski week, perhaps in the pleasant ski resort of Aspen, Colorado. Are you ready to go? NO!
As you can easily understand from the opening words, Wasteland 3, the new chapter of the interesting post apocalyptic saga coming next May 19th, transports us from the sunny deserts of Arizona to the majestic and snowy Rocky Mountains, in the state of Colorado. A change of setting that certainly gives new life and further charm to the game, allowing to further expand the already detailed and complex lore of the post-atomic world of Wasteland.
The version we were able to try is still in beta, so far from being complete or free of bugs and defects, but it has certainly given us a precise and substantial taste of what the full game will eventually be.
The work of InXile Entertainment, as far as it was possible for us to try it with our own hands, re-proposes and improves the tried and tested scheme implemented with the previous chapter. The veterans of Wasteland 2 they will immediately feel at ease with the isometric view and the combat system à la Xcom, so to speak, as well as with the various perks and abilities, whose use and usability has been further simplified in this Wasteland 3.
Special mention goes to the player character editor. In Wasteland 3 we will be asked to create a couple of characters instead of just one, a bit like it also happened in Divinity Original Sin 2. In addition to the aesthetic customization, it will be possible to put hand to all the initial characteristics of our characters through the assignment of a series of traits based on the character's background, some of which are definitely over the top.
Two above all of the craziest, which we obviously applied to our party: Sex Machine, which implies a certain obsessive propensity for sex that brings some bonuses / malus on a relational level with companions and NPCs and Goat Killer, trait that gives us some useful fighting skills, due to the character's obsession with revenge against the ... monstrous mutant red goat who was responsible for the brutal murder of his parents!
Obviously some coupled characters are also foreseen for generated but, in our opinion, those proposals are perhaps a little too stereotyped. Much better to proceed with creativity.
Wasteland 3 gives us the opportunity to make many choices, which affect the global situation, both in the short term and, we are sure despite the few hours of play, in the long run.
Wasteland 3 immediately sets the record straight: post-apocalyptic Colorado is not a place to be taken lightly. In fact, starting from the introductory sequence, our unity is literally wiped out by the ambush of some degenerate madmen who have regressed to the state of tribal life. We would like to say a few words about these opponents. Although "marginal" the degenerate mountaineers are characterized to perfection, both in the way they act and in that of speaking (fantastic English dubbing!) Which, obviously, for their appearance, dressed in skins and shreds of uniforms, adorned with macabre animal trophies ... and humans!
All this is perfectly in line with the general atmosphere that is presented to us: harsh, brutal, survivalist. Which makes no discounts.
After the initial clash, following countless ups and downs, we will finally reach the town of Colorado Springs, a place that will later serve as a central hub for our adventures and that we will have to populate with the best elements that we will be able to find in circulation, in so as to always be the best party for every situation. In the beta we finally tried the Kodiak, a heavy tracked vehicle that we could use as if it were a real character, highly customizable and that will hinder us much more than once. The Kodiac will also be our main means of transport in open world raids, which however in this beta are still blocked but which, we are sure, will give us a lot of emotions.
This beta of Wasteland 3, net of the inevitable defects and which will certainly be corrected, gives us really hope for this title to be released on PC, PlayStation 4 e Xbox One, a title that seems to take what was already good in its predecessor, improving it as much as possible without distorting it.
Moral: in May all ready to leave for Colorado!
► Wasteland 3 is an RPG-Strategy-Turn-Based-Adventure game developed and published by InXile Entertainment for Linux, PC, Mac, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, the game was released on 28/08/2020
Wasteland 3 is a beautiful game that cannot be missing from your collection: we have decided to evaluate it with a 78%, if you are interested in learning more you can read the Wasteland 3 Review
