It's a party-based game from the start, with your four-man team a group of Desert Rangers sworn to defend the people from the raiders and robots and monsters that plague their lives.

Old schools don't get much more compatible though, and Wasteland 2 wastes little time carving out, or reclaiming, its own identity.

Classic Edition (includes Wasteland 1): £29.99.

Digital Deluxe Edition on Steam: £44.99.

While original Wasteland was definitely this game's alma mater, it's obvious where it got its PhD. Here, Wasteland's more whimsical apocalypse and tongue-in-cheek style - where you're as likely to face giant mutated rabbits and toads as radioactive scorpions - meet Fallout's combat, exploration and interface.

At the very least, it's the two branches of the family tree finally wrapping around each other. It's an old-school RPG from a simpler era, but the charm endures regardless.Ģ6 years is a hell of a long time to wait for a sequel, though it's arguable that Wasteland 2 is as much an alternate Fallout 3 as it is the continuation of the original post-apocalyptic role-playing game.

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