Another element that makes Wasteland such a great game is the character development system. While some of the darker elements aren't as evident, it's still very obvious throughout the game that there is a detailed, thoughtful, and even meaningful post-apocalyptic theme everywhere. "Even with outdated graphics, the setting sets one's imagination aflame, using familiar elements from life and including them in the game, but overlaying the horror of nuclear war on top. Just how good is the game, and why does it deserve to be in every RPG gamer's collection? George Shannon's eloquent review for MobyGames says it much better than I could: Set in the California after World War 3 nuclear holocaust, the game casts you as a band of Desert Rangers, a vigilante group intent on bringing some order into the bleak, chaotic society, from town to town, gradually uncovering a sinister plot that threatens what's left of mankind. The words “f**k,” “sh*t,” and “c*nt” appear in the dialogue.My most favorite RPG ever, and one of the very few games that earned a permanent place on my hard drive since the first time I installed it, Wasteland is an epic post-apocalyptic RPG that set new standards for the genre that arguably have not since been matched. The dialogue contains references to drugs (e.g., “It's giving honest drug dealers like me and Martha a bad name” “Gangsters, raiders, whoremongers, drug dealers, all banded together”) one mission involves collecting mushrooms for an addict. During the course of the game, players can visit and engage in sexual relations with workers at a brothel-sex acts are not depicted, though sexual moaning is occasionally heard these encounters sometimes result in characters obtaining various STDs (e.g., syphilis, “Drippy Dragon,” and “Crusty Clam”). Some attacks result in decapitations and dismemberment, with large blood pools/blood-splatter effects staining the ground some environments also depict scattered body parts and corpses amid blood-splattered floors. Players use pistols, machine guns, shotguns, blades, and explosives to kill enemies in turn-based combat. From a 3/4 over-head view, players traverse barren landscapes, interact with characters, and fight other human survivors and fantastical enemies (e.g., robots, mutant creatures, giant insects). This is a role-playing game in which players lead a law enforcement faction to investigate a threat in a post-apocalyptic desert.
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