5/5 ★ – falloutt51b's review of Wasteland 3.

Wasteland 3 takes the RPG genre to another level when it comes to meaningful choices, consequences aplenty and excellent turn-based combat that never feels unnecessarily punishing nor trivially easy. On normal difficulty the gameplay felt very balanced, being challenging in the places it needed to be whilst not taking it to the extreme (unless you want that, in which case the brutal higher difficulties are for you). Every character I met had their own interesting and unique personalities, quirks and skills, many of which could also be recruited into my team thus changing the way the game plays drastically. The characters you choose to tag along with your ranger squad have their own questlines and unique dialogue, changing the way you interact with main quests and side content. This takes replayability to an all new level, allowing for different dialogue, choices and gameplay each time you play. The game's narrative is incredibly enthralling, taking you across a world filled with a vast array of factions and characters, all of which are widely unique and creative and backed by their own motives and goals. Practically everything you do in Wasteland 3 is a choice with a direct consequence that might come and bite you or aid you later, and many of the choices you make come into play later in the game. The choices you make are rarely black and white, many of them requiring you to make hard decisions that are rarely good for everyone. Its this kind of writing that makes the games story and large amount of side content so engaging, putting you into a world that feels as complicated as a ruined post-apocalyptic world would be. Overall, Wasteland 3 feels like a true successor to its routes, breathing new life into the CRPG genre that prides itself on incredible writing and deeply engaging gameplay. For Fallout fans in particular, especially those with a love for the original games (originally inspired by the first Wasteland game), this game is a no-brainer to play.