Here's something to add excitement for today: Wasteland 2: Director's Cut, the direct sequel of 1988's Wasteland, which is the first ever post-apocalyptic computer role-playing game, is released today. Director's Cut is available on PC (Windows, Mac and Linux), Xbox One and Playstation 4 and offers controller support.
Just what is in store for players with this updated version of Wasteland? A graphical overhaul has been made since the game updated to the new Unity 5 game engine, as well as new visual effects and improved lighting. If you want fire and explosion when you play, Director's Cut can give it to you. What's more, the game added over 8,000 voiced-lines for characters and scenes!
inXile, Wasteland's game developer, also promised that the game has been rebalanced accounting for changes in the game's content scenes, weapon stats and merchant inventories, among other changes. It also added new quirks and perks — that is, a player's character can be customized with a new set of personality traits that has its own advantages and drawbacks. A player may choose to opt out of having character quirks when customizing a character, but should one be chosen, the quirk cannot be removed anymore. Perks are bonuses that can be used as characters level up, but the availability of perks depends entirely on a character's skill set. It was revealed that almost 20 quirks and 90 perks were added.
The game also features added precision in combat in defense, offense and damage. The armor system improved to reflect damage according to the type (light versus heavy armor) as opposed to the old versions wherein damage is scaled off the enemy's armor value. New weapons have been added but players will have to work hard on finding them because they have been kept in hard-to-find places. There is also a Precision Strike option during combat wherein specific strikes automatically redirect an offensive move to a specific body part to deal a core-determined percentage of damage.
The game also offers unique gameplay because each decision, whether for a short or long term activity, carries consequences that ripple towards other game events and changes future situations the player must face.
One very important thing to note about this release is that, while the Director's Cut is smaller than the original game by approximately 4 GB, because of the graphical overhaul, 32-bit systems can no longer support the game on Windows.
Watch the Launch trailer of Wasteland 2: Director's Cut below to add to your excitement.
