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Besides a few QoL enhancements, this is still the same obtuse game it was in 1988. I sadly can't recommend it to anyone with modern gaming sensibilities.

It was given a facelift and everything has been faithfully recreated – sadly, this includes the numerous dead ends you'll find because you didn't have a specific skill or lost a key item.

How anyone is supposed to know what skills to bring into the mind maze, know how essential disposable rockets would be, have the necessary IQ for cyborg tech, get by without knowing the window experience trick, or be fortunate enough to carry a plasma coupler on the final floor of the final dungeon is simply beyond me.

This wasn't made to help Wasteland reach new audiences, it's just there for the people who already liked it... and that begs the question of why this remaster exists at all.

Reviewed on Dec 30, 2023


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