Coming off a Fallout TV marathon of episodes, I was thinking about one of my first pre-Fallout post-apocalyptic games (and one of the first post-apoc CRPGs released!), Interplay's Wasteland. While it shared elements from Fallout, it did not embrace 50s retro-futurism, instead 80s sci-fi. - ThreadSky

sharkabytes.bsky.social • 322 days ago

Coming off a Fallout TV marathon of episodes, I was thinking about one of my first pre-Fallout post-apocalyptic games (and one of the first post-apoc CRPGs released!), Interplay's Wasteland.

While it shared elements from Fallout, it did not embrace 50s retro-futurism, instead 80s sci-fi.

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sharkabytes.bsky.social•322 days ago

If you fire up OG Wasteland in all its crude glory, you'll quickly notice that much of the writing is absent from the game itself. Like many CRPGs from the time, storage space on ye olde floppy floppies was a problem. You'll frequently be asked to read paragraph X in a separate paper manual.

sharkabytes.bsky.social•322 days ago

It's an interesting timepiece but difficult to play these days in its original form.

InXile released this new edition in 2020 and is worth considering for a more accessible version of this pioneer of dark-humoured post-apocalyptic RPGing.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/875800/Wasteland_Remastered/

sanitytheshow.bsky.social•46 days ago

I remember hearing it isn't a good remake a while back.

theianator.bsky.social•322 days ago

I only played wasteland 3 but boy did I beat it. DLC and all. It was so cool when I showed my boyfriend(we weren’t dating at the time) and our friends it and instead of indifference like everyone I told about it they BOUGHT THE GAME AND PLAYED IT TOGETHER(with me as a guide cuz Xbox not pc)

theianator.bsky.social•322 days ago

It felt so good and it really made me felt like I had found my people. Like people that I could bounce back similar interests with genuine interest in it.

Sadly I haven’t played 2 or 1 because im a quality of life baby.

sharkabytes.bsky.social•322 days ago

Aww, that sounds like it was a very sweet experience. I've played through Wasteland 3 as well, really good game.

theianator.bsky.social•322 days ago

It was!
My friends ran a sniper build, a weird science and brawling build and a few other stuff for the other characters
I ran a QuickDraw crit rocket build. Because snipers only take out one person with a stealth crit. Rockets take out an area code. (Or one Faran Brygo for 231 damage.)

lostdragon.bsky.social•322 days ago

This is one of the games I wish I’d bought when it came out but I was a kid with only so much to spend. 😅

x-pert74.bsky.social•322 days ago

I've beaten Wasteland 2 and 3, but never actually finished the original. I did play a good chunk of it though! I made it as far as to the Temple of Blood, as I recall. I imagine it would be rough to re-learn the controls and etc., but I'd like to finish it someday.

ovga.bsky.social•46 days ago

Oh I've never seen that ad! Very cool. The box art is by Barry Jackson, and I imagine that he also painted the ad. Thanks for sharing!

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