History VideoGame / Wasteland

* RailRoading: Beautifully averted. While the car takes you from city to city and there are two locations that [=NPCs=] need to reveal, but otherwise, you are free to explore the whole map, returning to any earlier location you like and even trying farther ahead ones.

* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Played straight in most of the locations you can go to and with memorization, you can walk through like you belong. Subverted in Ugly's Hideout as you enter the normal way. [[spoiler: the password for his hideout is NOT the same as it is in the town courthouse. If you have been paying close attention to the details, then you'll eventually find out that Ugly's goons have changed it for security reasons. Otherwise after that, the new password for his hideout remains the same.]]

* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Played straight in most of the locations you can go to and with memorization, you can walk through like you belong. Subverted in Ugly's Hideout as you enter the normal way. [[spoiler: the password for his hideout is NOT the same as it is in the town courthouse. If you have been paying close attention to the details, then you'll eventually find out that Ugly's goons have changed it for security reasons.]]

* LateCharacterSyndrome: Mort, Ralf, and other Party Memebers tend to suffer from this. Averted with [[spoiler: [[EleventhHourRanger VAX.]]]]

* NoSell: Armor with a high AC rating will shrug off attacks from weaker enemies without your character taking damage. Be aware that stronger enemies will be able to [[ArmorPiercingAttack bypass your armor with better weaponry or melee attacks]] unless your armor's AC rating is higher than their damage ratings. Power armor, for example, will laugh off any attempt to scratch it from just about enemy in the game outside of the robots and defenses at Base Cochise.

* OnlySixFaces: Because of used and available technology, each type of enemy has standard portray attatched. Rangers themselves have limited and randomly assigned ones.

* RandomEncounters: Everywhere, [[DungeonTown even in the middle of towns.]]

* RegeneratingHealth: You can get back to full health by waiting. In some versions, when your entire party is unconscious, they may recover after a few minutes. However, if you are sick or became seriously wounded from combat, you must get medical treatment or die.

* TheGambler: Dan Citrine's skills qualify him as one. [[spoiler: You can also discover that he was only captured by Ugly John's gang to retrieve a stash of money.]] The same goes for Mort.

* GunsAreWorthless: Played straight during the first half of the game, when a decent Brawling skill lets you deal way more damage; partially averted after the party reaches Last Vegas and finds assault rifles. The [[AnAxeToGrind Proton Axe]] is still a valid alternative until the end of the game, though.

See Also ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'', the series' SpiritualSuccessor.

''Wasteland'' was a 1988 CRPG that was groundbreaking in its combination of a gritty post-apocalyptic setting with a nonlinear play style. Notably, the designers sacrificed more modern graphics for extended detail in the gameplay and created a creating a rich backstory that appeared in the game's copyright protection, a set of "Paragraphs" which were referenced by number at various plot points. Woven into the paragraphs were numerous {{Red Herring}}s not referenced in-game in order to keep players from skipping to the end of the story.

'''''Wasteland''''' was a 1988 CRPG that was groundbreaking in its combination of a gritty post-apocalyptic setting with a nonlinear play style. Notably, the designers sacrificed more modern graphics for extended detail in the gameplay and created a creating a rich backstory that appeared in the game's copyright protection, a set of "Paragraphs" which were referenced by number at various plot points. Woven into the paragraphs were numerous {{Red Herring}}s not referenced in-game in order to keep players from skipping to the end of the story.

* ElaborateUndergroundBases: The Las Vegas sewers, the Sleeper Base, Guardian Citadel, as well as Base Cochise, are all examples of this. While there are several other locations (Waste Pit, the underground ammo depot or part of the Temple of Blood in Needles, as well as Faran Brygo's hideout or the Temple of the Mushroom Cloud in Las Vegas), they don't classify because of their small size or being constructed above ground.

'''''Wasteland''''' was a 1988 WRPG that was groundbreaking in its combination of a gritty post-apocalyptic setting with a nonlinear play style. Notably, the designers sacrificed more modern graphics for extended detail in the gameplay and created a creating a rich backstory that appeared in the game's copyright protection, a set of "Paragraphs" which were referenced by number at various plot points. Woven into the paragraphs were numerous {{Red Herring}}s not referenced in-game in order to keep players from skipping to the end of the story.

'''''Wasteland''''' was a 1988 CRPG that was groundbreaking in its combination of a gritty post-apocalyptic setting with a nonlinear play style. Notably, the designers sacrificed more modern graphics for extended detail in the gameplay and created a creating a rich backstory that appeared in the game's copyright protection, a set of "Paragraphs" which were referenced by number at various plot points. Woven into the paragraphs were numerous {{Red Herring}}s not referenced in-game in order to keep players from skipping to the end of the story.

An enhanced version of the original Wasteland with optional music, voice-overs and an integrated paragraph book has been released on digital distribution sites (including Steam and gog.com) in order to coincide with the sequel.

* BloodyHilarious: Due to the graphical limitations of the game, the results of combat were described rather poetically, resulting in enemies being ''"[[LudicrousGibs turned into chunky meat kibble]]"'', ''"reduced to an undertaker's nightmare"'', or ''"[[PinkMist blown into a fine red mist]]"''.
** ''Player exploded the (enter creature name) like a blood sausage.''

A 1988 CRPG that was groundbreaking in its combination of a gritty post-apocalyptic setting with a nonlinear play style. The designers notably sacrificed more modern graphics for extended detail in the gameplay, as well as creating a rich backstory that appeared in the game's copy protection, a set of 'Paragraphs' that were referenced by number at various plot points. Woven into the paragraphs were numerous {{Red Herring}}s not referenced in-game to keep players from skipping to the end of the story.

Celebrated on several sites, most notably at the [[http://wasteland.rockdud.net Ranger HQ Grid]], which includes info about the game as well as some surprisingly good FanFic.

After a very successful {{Kickstarter}} [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inxile/wasteland-2 support campaign]], Creator/InXileEntertainment, under Brian Fargo's leadership, developed a sequel, ''VideoGame/{{Wasteland 2}}'', with Creator/ObsidianEntertainment, and Creator/ChrisAvellone in particular, joining in as co-developers. The game was released 19th September 2014. A third game, [[http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-09-28-inxile-announces-wasteland-3-and-its-got-multiplayer Wasteland 3]] has been announced and is being crowdfunded on Fig.

An enhanced version of the original Wasteland - with optional music, voice-overs and an integrated paragraph book has been released on digital distribution sites (including Steam and gog.com) to coincide with the sequel.

After a very successful {{Kickstarter}} [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inxile/wasteland-2 support campaign]], Creator/InXileEntertainment, under Brian Fargo's leadership, developed a sequel, ''VideoGame/{{Wasteland 2}}'', with Creator/ObsidianEntertainment, and Creator/ChrisAvellone in particular, joining in as co-developers. The game was released 19th September 2014.

** Gender is actually use in just one case.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: the triplets in the courthouse have gray skin; Ugly John has a purple tinge. Growing up in a radioactive wasteland with a thin ozone layer can be harmful...

* AmbyguouslyHuman: the triplets in the courthouse have gray skin; Ugly John has a purple tinge. Growing up in a radioactive wasteland with a thin ozone layer can be harmful...

** VAX and Christina in particular will use full auto (which empties a magazine) as an attack option 90% of the time, wasting precious ammunition. This is especially painful if they're using the rare energy weapons

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential/WouldHurtAChild: It is possible for the player to wipe out the town of Highpool, which is populated almost entirely by children.

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: It is possible for the player to wipe out the town of Highpool, which is populated almost entirely by children.