Wasteland 2 Early Access Review

You might want to read GameSpot’s early access review of Wasteland 2 while waiting for the title’s release date, which is supposed to be announced this month, assuming everything proceeds smoothly. Here’s a snippet:

Wasteland 2 isn’t complete, but I thoroughly enjoyed my journey. There are a few small issues here and there, like the fact that when you’re fighting unarmed, you can’t attack diagonally adjacent tiles, but they’re minor compared to the rest of the experience. I was skeptical about the idea of making a sequel to a 26-year-old game. From the perspective of a contemporary audience, the original Wasteland isn’t just old; it’s almost unplayable. Wasteland 2 spectacularly balances the older style of classic PC RPGs and more modern sensibilities. Combat moves surprisingly quickly, and the world feels remarkably alive. This is not a game that I would have ever expected to work as well as it does, but what’s here already is far more substantial than most full retail releases.