Wasteland 3 - Review @ Gameffine
 

Gameffine has reviewed Wasteland 3:

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@yemeth I agree with everything you wrote. Another good review.:thumbsup:

Nice one Jay.

Ah…. and people wonder why independent reviewers are better than giant gaming sites that spend 30 minutes reviewing early access preview material and balancing that against how much advertising revenue the publishers provided.

Well, I do agree with the review overall, but I guess I'm lucky. I don't have a top-of-the-line rig but with all graphics settings at the highest, I've never seen any kind of fps drops. It has, however, froze up twice while loading a saved game (from within the game). But 2 in 65 hours of play ain't bad, and at least the save wasn't corrupted.

Glad you guys liked the review :)
I kept annoying Brian Fargo on Twitter regarding some of the QoL changes and hopefully they'll patch out the issues soon.

Oh please, keep doing that :)

Searching for "bloated" within the review und comparing this to my experience I would describe the UI as too minimal, not "bloated". Strange wording for the UX within this review.

I have yet to see a game come out and not have its UI criticized. It's just one of those things people are never happy with.

The UI is not just the HUD, it includes the inventory, the upgrade, journal, and stats screen as well. Imo they're designed with controllers in mind and just a hassle to navigate. Not to mention the 1 sec micro-lag every time you go to a new screen. I prefer a more compact UI that shows me all the info I need in less mouse clicks. In fact, I think WL2 had a much better inventory and stats screen.

Looks like a fair review. Like always I am going to wait until they patch out most of these kinks and hopefully add a bit of polish. And who knows, there might even be a small expansion on the cards given the success it has been so far.

Yemeth, I also liked your other balanced and fair reviews including the Mortal Shell one. Thanks for your hard work.

:D Thank you for the kind words

I heard there are some content updates on the way but they are prioritizing the bugfixes

Oh look, a review I can agree with, with a score I can agree with.

Good job. (Obviously because I agree with it!).

I loved the music in those scenes. It was really a nice touch !

Have to agree the music fit the setting this time.:nod:

Ugh.. that first track is god-awful. Is that actually in the game?

The rest seem like pretty good BGM.

Yes most of the songs will play at a boss fight, or on the overland map.

Matter of taste, I guess. I love the first track. It plays early on when you fight a gang called the Dorseys.

The music during key battles is pretty amazing I agree, very immersive in a way, and well fitting in most cases. Funny that to me too that first song together with "America the Beautiful" were by far the worst of them all. Felt so immersion breaking and generally dull and boring compared to most others. I think Blood of the Lamb is my favourite.

One thing I'll be thankful for to Wasteland 3, besides the fact that was a good game that was held back by how unpolished and buggy it was, is that it allowed me to explore MS Store to try out some pearls like The Dark Crystal Age of Resistance, Mistover, Dragon Quest XI or Disgaea 4 Complete, which are all pretty amazing games that had gone under my radar probably out of being busy with something else when they released. I've bookmarked them all and playing them one by one now while I await for other stuff to release, and it's being a treat.

This may have been one of the best £1 I ever spent, and likely will translate into extending the sub for at least one more month.

Well, that's a pretty confusing opinion, given that the first song is Blood of the Lamb.

Edit: I'm dumb.

Couchpotato linked the "Wasteland 3 Full Soundtrack Video" which clearly reads in the track list:

00:00 (ie, first track) - Battle Hymn of the Republic
…..
38:55 (ie, second to last track) - Blood of the Lamb

I don't see what's confusing, but my guess is you're ordering tracks in some way that's not the one provided in the ongoing conversation, thus confusing yourself.

I didn't read any track list, just pressed play, and yes, I mistook the song I was hearing for Blood of the Lamb. I only listened to a few seconds and the singer sounded similar to me.

Fair enough. the first few chords an even the tone of the song for the first 20 or so seconds do sound similar. :)