The Fallout similarity isn't by accident...it's the series that inspired Fallout and Brian Fargo is responsible for both.

"It's 50 hrs, guys, and this is just the loading time". lole

"The words the words the words the words the words the words the words"

Fallout was derived from the first wasteland, mac.

I actually did review Wasteland 2 but it was early access many years ago and I totally forgot, thanks for reminding me guys :)

It's not "Fallouty". Fallout is the one that is "Wastelandy"!

Really enjoying this game so far. As others have said, the loading times can be long but the story and gameplay (20hrs in) are wonderfully done.

"he's a sly bastard at the back" I love you Mack........ always get a lol

Went back and am replaying Wasteland 2 (the director cut, which is an improvement) at the moment. This series can go on forever as far as I’m concerned.

You did actually review one of the first two Wasteland games, namely Wasteland 2. I remember your custom backstory was about broken xbox controlers and mumbling _the words the words the words_

You did play Wasteland 2 Mac! You reviewed it!

7:35 i'm with you on x-com the story games have a progression that (modern) xcom lacks while also providing a far more complex combat system. OG xcom was fantastic but clunky, you were in COMMAND, from finances, to recruitment, to testing, to equipment and running multiple sorties it was ALL your job. modern xcom is stremlined to the point that within a few hours in you have seen almost everything it has to offer. all that's left is to fill the arbitrary bars with numbers and raise enough psychic squaddies that only absurd RNG will prevent your inevitable victory. Seeing a squad member one-rounded is neither engaging or predictable in xcom, especially when an enemy pod will be discovered, activate, do their little dance for the camera (that was wrenched out of player control), move into cover and prepare for their full-turn half way into the players actions. There is a reminder of what once was with some new fancy visuals (for a turn based game), but the vitality of the setting and threat to your plans are gone, replaced by automated scaling, linear upgrades and the almost total removal of meaningful player choice (and risk/reward). Not got far in the sequel yet but it's even MORE streamlined, only with semi-persistent bosses to interfere with your quest objectives, the in-mission gameplay does seem a little more interesting tho.

It's a good game and I could play 200 hours of this type of rpg. I'm glad they finally realized the quests and looting are the number one priority.

I'm playing it right now and I'm loving it.

This game is so good. I am already pumped for Wasteland 4. I think I am more excited for Wasteland 4 than any other potential game.

What is this "Wastelands 3" Mack keeps rambling about?

This is great! Love when I come to this channel and automatically decide to buy a game based on your video! It's a great mix of Patherfinder: Kingmaker and XCOM, so perfect for me!

6:03 I was so waiting to hear the word BANK at the end of that sequence...you let a good joke get away from you mack!!!

Wasteland 2 was the fallout I was looking for when came out, hope this is just a new history because 2 was perfect

I'm glad you're doing a video on Game Pass. I only signed up to check out Flight Simulator for £1 and I'm definitely keeping it. So many great games and only £4 a month after the introductory offer. You would have to be subbed for 15 months to cost you as much as 1 AAA game. It's a no brainer for a gamer

You really need to play Wasteland 2 - it's fantastic a throwback to the old Fallout games, with crazy characters, tactical combat, humour and a great great story. I haven't tried this one yet, but I liked the grafic's in the old game better.

As far as map free roam, can you revisit locations and will loot and enemies respawn or are things finite? I'm looking for a strategy game like this where I can micromanage everything like Final Fantasy Tactics and replay battles as I like.

5:55 - 6:08 Heat from the cops? Rep and bank? I'm sold!

I was waiting for this video to get uploaded.

Had to check if I'd been missing a "s" all this time

6 hours in so far and we haven't had a single issue in coop so far. Well, the game did just stop loading at one of the loading screen...got stuck at about 1/4th, but that's pretty much it. It didn't work from the get go though but all I had to do (as the host), is to create an exception for the port in the Windows Firewall. My friend who joins the game didn't have anything to do on their end. The only bug we have is the pop up text bubble that don't disappear sometimes...can be annoying when it stays over a dialogue option... I gotta say though, that would be cool to be able to see what your coop partner is doing...at least seeing what attack they're planning and which enemy they're selecting...

Thank you. I've been interested in this game and been waiting for a trustworthy reviewer to review it.

I've got about 45 hours played since Thursday, I love this game. Main complaint is loading times, beyond that not much.

Great to see this one, hoping to get your thoughts on CKIII before release please!!

Kinda reminds me of fallout tactics. Having a base and cars etc. Looks comfy

Yea i noticed the loading times were quite long, i can't imagine not having a solid state for it lol.

Off topic, but does anyone know the instrumental music that Mack plays over the final screens of his reviews? I just love it.

Any news you've heard concerning me and a certain barn animal is clearly exaggerated and fake.

You're great Mac, when you're talking about a game you enjoy it's just so pure and nice and it really shows conversely how passionate you are when you get salty about something. Good to have someone who cares helping you find the good stuff in a sea of toss.

This was one of my favourite games of recent years. The song at the end was amazing lol😅

Is it possible to grind those random encounters for experience and loot or is the game difficulty set in stone?

Yeah Brian Fargo got screwed in the late 80s. Almost a decade after working on Wasteland he got to work on the spiritual successor. Fallout.

Might wait on this one, they came out with a much-improved Wasteland 2 Directors Cut about a year after release. My guess is they’ll do the same to this one.

The thing that really bothers me with Wasteland 3 is the price tag. I think it looks like a great game but I can definitely wait for the sale on this one.

great review. think I'll wait about 2 months for some patches though.

Excellent review as always. Mirrors my own experience. They really need to fix the camera. Consider trying Wasteland 2. It's pretty good and can probably be found for cheap now. It might be more accurate to say Fallout is actually Wastelandy. The original Wasteland was released in the 80s well before Fallout.

Great review Mack. Really entertaining. Thanks for all your efforts.

I think the game is now complete with the 2nd dlc out earlier this month?

Thanks Mac, always come to this channel before I make any purchase.

Sounds like it's best to wait for a patch or two, maybe even a GPU driver update as well.

I've already bought the game, but I watched your review anyway. I've said it before, often I don't agree with you, but I'm always entertained by your reviews and I appreciate your (often brutal) opinions. Thanks Mack.

I have always loved your outro music.

Gona be giving this a go tonight, I’ve never really played turn based, will see how I get on

Mack, will you be doing a new review on Alpha 19 for 7 years to build?

I love this game. I’m 20 hours in and not even a quarter of the way through (I just got passed the Reagan village). It is a very slow game and the combat is quite challenging. I spent a whole hour trying to take down these bandit camps in Denver it was hard af, really fun though!

Great vid Mack! As always!!!

I thought you were named "Mack The Bizarre" in this for a moment.Seems like something one should get stitched on a hat,

what do you think which is the best game among these? Wasteland 3, Gears tactics or Phoenix point. Didnt play any of these and thinking to play just one, maybe two. Thx

Glad they addressed the inventory management. It was really annoying in WL2.

LOL the mad axeman , sounds about right ;)

I love this game, a proper RPG. Have myself as the (fat) leader-medic with shotguns (I'm a student nurse with military background) and made the second "main char" a crazy small woman with sex maniac (or something like that) background and gave her sadomasochistic quirk and specialization in bladed weapons. She is absolutely ridiculous character, I love her. 😅

Been playing this game, enjoying it, one thing though is I dont really feel I am in a wasteland. I have tons of guns, tons of ammo, tons of health kits, tons of future sci fi weapons etc etc (this is on hard). There is no real feeling of having to scrape and improvise and survive in a harsh environment etc.

Mack, did you see the blog post from the Avengers devs that detailed the game's monetisation? It's bloody horrific.

I love love love love love love love this game. I'm going to be playing it all winter. 10 major endings possible to land on. I wish the graphics were just a little bit less foggy on some parts, other parts look great, but the whole game and the way it sounds and feels to play, the charm and the characters and amazing worldbuilding, the story and alllll the different factions and possibilities, it's just a fantastic game to cozy up winter Saturday nights make a fire smoke some herbalinos and hop in the Kodiak for some Colorado adventuring. NPCs have thousands of different continuous conversations that you eavesdrop on, you learn about the world and hear some funny GTA-style conversations. I walked past this guy who was talking to his friend on the street, downtown. He was all worried that he had overheard his wife cheating on him. A few days later, I walked by that same street and he was talking to that friend. The friend asked Did you find out about that infidelity thing? and he was like "Ehhh dont ask.. it was a broken robot's timing belt... apparently it vibrates really fast..." and the friend was like "Oh..." lol, the world feels really alive, awesome game, play it!

6:03 "The more fights you have, the more loot you get, the more loot you get, the more money you get." They missed a real opportunity not calling "fights, loot, and money" "rep, heat, and bank." 0/10, would not buy

Wasteland was a very old game, made by some of the devs of this game, that was the thematic basis of the Fallout series. Than after Bethesda bought the Fallout franchise, than scammed out the rights to make a multiplayer Fallout game from the owners, they continued the first Wasteland game with Wasteland 2, this is the third game in the series.

Mac, if you like this type of game - Silent Storm is a must play. Older title but with fully destructible 3d environments.

MS PC Gamepass really is the best thing to happen to gaming this year. Appreciate the review.

This game is so cool but it is sooo glitchy. It really desperately needs a patch. I had it bug out and crash on me on four separate occasions and I just bought it 24 hours ago. Makes me paranoid to not be saving every two minutes just in case it happens again. And the load times make it even more difficult to deal with. Unfortunately I might just have to shelve this one for a few weeks until they put out the inevitable patch. Great story and fun gameplay at least.

1:48 he reacts well before the bullet hits him

If you penetrate the enemy's ring.. he is definitely going to know you're there.

Frames are buggered on decent rigs too. I got stutters with every gu shit, attack etc with a 2080Super.

You did play Wasteland 2, I've seen your review of it.

just finished Wasteland 2 and despite the atrocious UI and several major shortcomings, I thoroughly enjoyed it

I've enjoyed the game so far (42hrs in) and have only run into 1 or 2 bugs, like fights not ending. But there is always a way around it/ to fix the issue manually 😉 Only stutter I get is talking to certain NPCs like Wolfe or the Patriarch (like very slow transition to next sentence) Haven't tried coop. Might give it a go after my blind play. Also maybe on Supreme Jerk

Can you review pop up dungeon on steam

If you're a console user then don't buy this game yet. I got it on Xbox and it crashes constantly, the camera has also stopped following my team multiple times and just locked in place.

Quite a few no-risk buys recently with Game Pass.. FS2020, Wasteland 3, and Crusader Kings 3 for example. It's been freeing up my money to try out and support more independent games, some of which have turned out to be hidden gems!

The cons about slow load times and stuttering on low end pc's isn't really true. It's just across the board. Load times on an M.2 are still slow.

6:50 P E N E T R A T E T H A T R I N G

1:29 well actually you played Wasteland 2 and reviewed it..

The game is great, one of the best TBS out there, especially for post-apocaliptic fans, but i just don't like the art style in this one. Wasteland 2 had this certain look and feel, like a proper post-apocaliptic game. It oozed personality and the UI also fit the theme. W3 seems too similar to XCOM games, like they tried way too hard to copy that style, and the permanent grid during the combat takes away from the immersion a bit. Anyway, just my opinion, but i liked the art style and feel of W2 more than this one. GG Mack, nice to see you playing more TBS games.

What a game. I can get lost in this for hours. Pop open a beer , close the door and escape the world. Oh, it seems the technical issues including multiplayer are now fixed. I love the dialogue and the brutality of this game.

how's you're health mac ? have you been looking after yourself ? i hope so :)

Mack you did play the secend one dont you remember?

I'll be purchasing this game when they get the Coop fixed.

1:27 You didn't play the first 2 Wastelands? You did a review on the 2nd one, mate.

He’s about to be so disappointed in Mafia Remake

I want a mafia/mob version of this so bad.

6:04 ...and don't forget the more heat you get the more rep you get and you need rep to get BANK!

Its Falloutish, in the sense that the series predates Fallout.

I play it on steam on a 1070 and I'm not having very many bugs. Im15 hours in and once every couple hours the game lags for only a few seconds. It's great btw!

The game takes me back....right back...back to the days of zx spectrum with a tape drive . It takes so long to load . Slow at the start slow between levels and this is not just me . Good game but they have to sort out the load times

i love this review and like the game and its a no brainer on game pass thanks for reviewing it Mack

Try Subsistence mack!

“Crit” sounds dirty

Fallout Brotherhood of Steel, how fucking awesome that one was!!!!

I would really just like more Classic Fallout. But this may have to do.

It’s on game pass. Haven’t seen any slow down on Xbox one X. I have seen a few bugs like being stuck on a vender buy screen with no way to back out.

Game pass is also getting ck3. Definitely a good time to subscribe.

couldn't get into wasteland 2, the lack of polish all around was jarring. It seems they really improved it a lot in this iteration

>I didn't play the first 2 a mistake

Is it worth a beeeeeey... let's read... the words, the words the words, thr words, the words, *hiccup*..... of the developer. I love this channel

Since Fallout Tactics I am waiting for this like a junky looking for another hit

Still the number 1 most honest, brutal and sexiest video game reviewers out there.. hahaha