#Wasteland 2

[sleights-of-hand]

Mutuals: Can we get Nick and Lucky tonight ???? Please???

Me: We got Nick and Lucky at home already.

The Nick and Lucky we got at home already:

[omgnoabsolutelynot]

I decided to give myself a little treat and commissioned the talented @kirnet to draw my faves just having a good time. I've tortured them for so long - they deserve some relaxation! And we all know that if any gaming console would survive nuclear destruction, it would be the Game Boy.

[ashelymiami]

SATURDAY MARCH 30TH @ 1PM ET We gotta push through so on this week's stream @thedoommerchant and I will be doing a SPEED EMAILS segment. Which means quick answer emails are encouraged so we can get RIGHT TO Wasteland! (hopefully)

ashelymiami69@gmail.com

ashely.party

(short emails/retrosprings encouraged this week! if I don't get to an email don't worry I'll likely be saving it for another time. we just REALLY need to push through wasteland to get to the finale)

[calder]

[sophiebaybey]

The world…. is ended……. but four travelers are destined…. to make it even worse. Come join Sobiba, Big Hat Logan, Tires, and Now You Fucked Up The Clown on their EPIC journey in

WASTELAND 2!!!

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[artwithextremeprejuice]

I drew these 12 charters. Lets roll call theses bitches.

Alex Churchland, as a Rook for the EPS (Lisa: The Pointless chapter 2, not coming out anytime soon.)

Wednesday Addams (Curse you Tim Burton, you can interpret that as you will.)

Wendy and Abigail (Don't starve, the most goth blonde you'll meet and her ghost twin sister, 2 spooky 4 u.)

Snake Vargas, Pizepi Joren and Jodie Bell (Wasteland 1, 2 and 3. This is probably the most unknown)

Larry Laffer and Faith Less (Leisure Suit Larry, Specifically the wet dreams saga, good game.)

Eleanor Lamb (Bioshock 2, ons of my favourites of the bunch.)

Something called Fidget (Elysian Tail, I don't know, this was a suggestion from a friend so blame her.)

Engineer (or Dell Conagher) (TF2 this was suggested by a different friend, look at him go.)

So I hope you quickly got who's who before reading this. Have a good morning/evening/night. 

[fridge-reviews]

Wasteland 2: Directors 2

Developer: inXile Entertainment Publisher: inXile Entertainment Steam Deck Compatibility?: Unverified Rrp: £23.79 (Gog.com, Humble and Steam) Released: 19th September 2014 Available on: Gog.com, Humble and Steam Played Using: Mouse and Keyboard Approximate game length: 60+ Hours

A Brief History; In 1988 Interplay productions created the game ‘Wasteland’, an RPG set in post-apocalyptic USA, which was published by Electronic Arts. Unfortunately due to legal issues between Interplay and Electronic Arts the rights to Wasteland were later denied to Interplay. This would cause Interplay to create the original Fallout series which as we all know today are now the property of Bethesda. At some point EA relinquished their hold on the Wasteland name and Brian Fargo (the founder of Interplay) and his team at InXile Entertainment was able to create Wasteland 2 with a large amount of funding through Kickstarter.  You may be wondering why I bothered to include all of that. Simply put, I wanted to highlight just how influential Wasteland was and what a strange journey it's been to get a sequel to it.

Wasteland 2 is an RPG set in post-apocalyptic Arizona. You take control of a team of Desert Ranger hopefuls. Originally starting with a team of four but can expand to include three additional companions. When you start the game you're given the choice of starting with a default team or one you customise for yourself. Ordinarily I'd choose a custom team however, because I didn't know the game's mechanics I thought it best to work with the default set.

The game utilises an isometric camera angle that you can pivot and zoom in and out with. I found it much more useful to generally keep the camera zoomed out.When zoomed in it’s hard to see too far ahead, which is terrible for navigating, but also makes it very easy to get ambushed by enemies.

Similar to how Fallout has its SPECIAL attributes to represent the base attributes of your character Wasteland uses CLASSIC (Coordination, Luck, Awareness, Strength, Speed, Intelligence and Charisma). Each of these attributes influences things like how many action points you have in combat, base health and ability to dodge attacks etc.

As is typical with RPG's experience is gained through combat, completing quests and successfully using skills. However, in order to receive a promotion (level up) you have to report back to Ranger command either in person or via the radio.  With each level up you will be awarded a number of survival points (the amount of which is determined by your intelligence attribute) that you can spend on skills. Skills come in four varieties; Combat, Knowledge, General and Special (special skills have been found in the Wasteland). As these skills increase they will start to pass thresholds that will unlock new perks that you can acquire. Sometimes these perks simply add a couple of points into the skill, but plenty of them provide different bonuses such as additional dialogue options, combat abilities or finding loot. Every fourth level your ranger earns a perk point along with the survival points and then at every tenth level a new attribute point is awarded allowing you to increase one of your CLASSIC attributes.

Combat is turn based with each character using AP (action points) to perform actions. The amount of action points you have is determined by specific CLASSIC stats. If you don’t use up all your action points up to two will carry over to the next turn of that character. Remember those additional companions I mentioned previously? Well, when in combat, those additional companions have a ‘rogue’ percentage which is how likely they are to do their own thing in combat. Sure, they'll attack the enemy but perhaps not the one you want them to. The chance of this occurring can be reduced by having a character with the ‘leadership’ skill ranked up, which also confers bonuses to friendly characters within a certain radius of them.

Your Desert Rangers are going to be travelling a lot in this game which occurs through a world map. While travelling across the world map you will occasionally find random encounters, such as a combat against raiders or a friendly travelling merchant. The act of moving on the world map costs water, if you run out of that and it's game over. Thankfully you can refill your water supplies at the various oases you can find.

In conversation you can choose and switch which  member of your party is speaking. At the bottom of the screen are subjects you can speak about, however, above that is a text bar you can type in. While you can type anything you wish in that but it will only really recognise certain keywords which funnily enough are below it. That being said, sometimes there are secret words you can write to get a specific outcome or reaction. Sometimes, while speaking to someone you can perform a ‘smart/kiss/hard ass’ check, when that happens the game automatically selects the party member with the highest stat in that skill.

Almost all weapons can have modifications applied to them to make them more potent. These modifications aren’t anything unrealistic, you won’t find a modification that makes your weapon cause fire damage etc. What you will find though are scopes, magazines, and other such realistic modifications. Attaching these modifications requires ranks in the Weaponsmithing skill to apply and the modification determines what rank is needed. You can also field strip excess weapons which will give you junk parts you can sell. There's also a chance you might find a weapon modification as well.

When opening a container  or looting an enemy you can select the ‘distribute all’ button which will automatically give the right item to each character. For example, a medics kit would go to the party member with the highest 'Field Medic’ or ‘Surgeon’ skill.

Something to bear in mind is that while this game does share a lot of its DNA with the original Baldurs Gate series it doesn’t play like Baldurs Gate 3. Instead of having voiced narration  this game has an update log on the bottom right of the screen. If you aren’t willing to spend time reading then this game might not be for you.

I tried to run this game on the Steam Deck. The game isn’t verified but I thought it worth a shot since there is controller support. Unfortunately while I could get the game running I found no way to control it.

I absolutely loved my time with this game, that’s why I tried to install it onto the Steam Deck. I do have a small complaint about a sudden difficulty spike midway through the game but with some careful tactics you can struggle your way through. This is a definite must play for those who enjoy CRPG’s or the Fallout franchise.

If this appeals to you perhaps try;

Fallout  Wasteland 3 Baldur's Gate 3

---- If you’d like to support me I have a Ko-fi, the reviews will continue to be posted donation or not.

[am1vf]

I can't understand those who like to play "evil runs" in games just for the sake of evil.

No judgement, really, it's just games. But when I have to select a terrible decision to stay true to character I feel terrible and it takes me two days to convince myself to keep on playing them.

[zillychu]

i'll keep putting him in gacha games until I'm paid for my silence. this is a threat

[hyolks]

oh what a lovely family! i sure do hope nothing bad happens to them :')

[zarla-s]

TF2 Casual is still a bot wasteland (the petition's at 285k+ signatures currently and valve has said nothing) but every now and then you run into another real person which I consider a personal victory, haha. Under these conditions what else can you do, there isn't any other way to win! Shout out to you, CRINGE-ineer gaming, wherever you are.

Remember to go to save.tf and sign the petition if you haven't already! And if you still can lol. The bot hosters are big mad about the #fixtf2 tag right now from what I've been seeing in casual.

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[cherriesxinthespring]

WASTELAND, BABY!– ellie williams x reader

hi! I'm writing a new series that happens after the events of TLOU II. it's an enemies to lovers. A story about ellie eventually finding happiness and love again. She finds her light; and so do you.

Before you read the summary– please read this. Free Palestine. Do not consume tlou fanfics without educating yourself about its zionist themes.

this story is only posted on ao3. read it here.

*SUMMARY: You had decided to give life one last try. That was it. After the events in The Last of Us Part II, Ellie decides that the only way to find peace is to turn herself in to the fireflies. She finds a lead; they tell her to find you, a young woman who wanders around with no purpose. When she eventually does, you refuse to tell her where the fireflies are; if she finds them, everything that you did in your past would've been for nothing.

You embark on a journey together, walking through rain, snow and through the darkest places this cruel world has to offer. What neither of you expect, broken and traumatized, is to find the light again in each other.

"For the world is Hell, and people are on the one hand the tormented souls and on other the devils in it." (Schopenhauer, On the suffering of the world)

LINKS: read it here. playlist.

C.W/GENERAL TAGS: enemies to lovers, AFAB reader, eventual smut, gun violence, ellie kinda kidnaps you?, suicidal ideation (both ellie and reader), r! is wounded, PTSD and trauma, triggering flashbacks. canon violence in the game, depression. overall heavy themes, but happy ending i promise!

CHAPTER 1: One last try. You encounter Ellie. She follows the trail of blood you were leaving. You refuse to give her the information she wants. So, she drags you through the entire state of Montana. "You’re bold for someone unarmed and bruised, with a gun pointed to their head"

CHAPTER 2: Courage, dear heart. A small flame inside you ignites. you finally have a purpose; to mislead her, and to escape from her. You come up with a plan, and that involves earning her trust. just enough until she becomes sloppy. But you can't let her see your skills; she might see you as a threat. That plan quickly goes to waste when you encounter a large group of clickers.

“I could kill you right now,” she said, holding your own knife against your throat. Her knuckles were white from how much force she was using. Her features were almost unrecognisable.  “Then you’d break your promise,” you said. “Promises mean nothing in this world.” 

CHAPTER 3: No one left to sing to The rain doesn't stop, so you and this strange girl are forced to stay inside the cave. You're feverish, disoriented. After a conversation in which she mentions the fireflies, you decide to go through her journal to find answers. And you do.

"Are you a firefly?" she asked, like she had just read your mind, or you were thinking out loud. “not a firefly,” you said. you held back a laugh, but she saw the flash of a smirk. You, the reason why they were gone after Salt Lake City, a firefly. “Definitely not.” you paused.  “are you?” you asked. “No.”

CHAPTER 4– Your blinding light (flashback chapter)

Summer 2033, Boston QZ You waited for Hannah to come to you. Life in the QZ was simple for you; being confined in between four walls, listening to your mom's Beatles cassettes, and sneaking out past curfew. That is, until your mom slowly starts abandoning you. "Maybe Hannah was the only one you had, after all"

CHAPTER 5– This darkness i'm condemned to

Ellie and you finally reach the nearest town. And your plan is successful; you finally lead her to danger. What you failed to account for is that this danger can harm you, too.

“took them out right?" you said, trying to test the waters. Trying to sound lighthearted, but failing completely at it.  "Damn right you did," she said.

CHAPTER 6– The injury of finally knowing

taglist: since i impulsively deleted my old account, i'm tagging my old taglist. it's still me! the bitch that wrote the abby greys anatomy AU! you can still join my taglist here

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[omgnoabsolutelynot]

Hey you. Pspsps. Come on, Wasteland 2 fans, come get some doodles.

(and talk to me about the game, my inbox is open)

Shoutout to @lexcanium​ for suggesting the arcade game.

[ashelymiami]

I haven't been updating this blog with stuff relevant to my stream BUT i have been playing Wasteland 2 on stream this year and intend to finish it before the year is over. This is a link to a playlist where every VOD will be uploaded. They'll still have the preshow segments/discussions which are also fun in their own way

[hoziercriespower]

Hozier performing De Selby (part 2)

Live at ACL Music Fest 2023.

[sophiebaybey]

LAST TIME on Wasteland 2, we found an ancient relic. THE BLOOD STAFF, granted to Big Hat Logan, will allow him to achieve his status as a FULL WIZARD. What other artifacts await us? What shall we find to reach our party's potential? Find out...

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