History YMMV / Wasteland2

** [[SequenceBreaking Rushing Rail Nomad Camp from the very start]] gives access to Ralphy, who even at worst can be used as a damage sponge. At best, he will be one of the most useful recruitable members of the squad. There is also Scotchmo, who at this point of game is insanely useful, saving a lot of points on Lockpicking an Cracking. And even if you ignore them both completely, you can just dig out two tier 2 guns from caches, one of them being guaranteed Farsight - an unique sniper rifle on par with tier 3 guns and about three times more powerful than the starting Hunting Rifle.

** [[SequenceBreaking Rushing Rail Nomad Camp from the very start]] gives access to Ralphy, who even at worst can be used as a damage sponge. At best, he will be one of the most useful recruitable members of the squad. There is also Scotchmo, who at this point of game is insanely useful, saving a lot of points on Lockpicking an Cracking. And even if you ignore them both completely, you can just dig out Karabiner sniper rifle from a cache - it's almost three times more powerful than the starting Hunting Rifle.

* HypeBacklash: Many people have complained that the game doesn't meet their expectations. While much of it is because of the game's below-mentioned status as a ToughActToFollow, many valid complaints have been made by disappointed fans regarding the lackluster final act.

** FridgeLogic: He won't let you use them because he's trying to update all of them. With all the squads calling in and out, there's no telling what conflicting info comes in.

*** This unfortunately tends to break the game in ways beyond making it easy. Being able to start 99% of combats with a free opening salvo means that most fights will start out at long range, which limits the usefulness of the 6 weapon skills that focus on short to mid-range combat. Not only does that mean that melee/short-range weapon users will have to spend their first round either waiting for the enemy and/or running towards them, it can also put a bulls-eye on their backs as the AI will often focus on the forces closest to them. So, combatants from both your side and the NPCs will tend to get gunned down by entrenched gunmen as they scramble out in the open just to get in range.

* AltItis: Being able to create four characters from the get go encourages players to get creative with their teams. Even with [[NewGamePlus subsequent playthroughs]], one or more of the characters used to complete the game can be used to mentor newers ones as an ExperiencedProtagonist.

* ToughActToFollow: Probably the toughest in gaming history. ''VideoGame/{{Wasteland}}'' was a TropeCodifier and GenrePopularizer that was considered absolutely legendary following its release in 1988. This, combined with its wildly popular SpiritualSuccessor [[VideoGame/{{Fallout}} series]], the nostalgia factor, the record SequelGap, and the hype around a Kickstarter-funded RPG, caused expectations to reach such monstrous proportions that it was almost impossible to fully satisfy them.

* FridgeBrilliance: It makes perfect sense that [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Henry_(folklore) John Henry]] would be mythologized by the Rail Nomads -- according to the folk tale, [[ManVersusMachine his opponent was a machine]] designed to replace humans, rather like the robots and cyborgs that plagued northwestern Arizona for decades until the Rangers intervened.

** The Gamma Ray Blaster. It's an energy weapon with a huge base damage potential with both single and burst fire capabilities. The kicker is that it has an Armor Threshold value of 2[[note]]Energy Weapon damage is reduced against enemies with armor that's lower than the threshold, and is greatly increased against those that exceed it[[/note]]. In California, where enemies typically have armor values of at least 6, one burst shot can kill most anything in a single turn. [[DiscOneNuke And you get while you're still in Arizona]]!

* PortingDisaster: Wasteland 2 was ported to PS4 and XBOX One. That version of the game was called "Wasteland 2: Director's Cut", and was also released for free on PC for everyone who bought the original game. Sadly, that "Director's Cut" version of the game didn't add any new content and came with numerous new bugs which didn't exist prior (including some game-breaking ones, such as a door in the Ranger Citadel which would not open if you decided to Examine it instead of trying to open it directly, and several bugs concerning companions, who would disappear entirely is you decided to dismiss them, and who would lose their perks), memory leak issues, and downright terrible performance on consoles. While players liked some of the new changes (namely some weapon balancing and the inclusion of perks and quirks), the other problems made the game barely playable for most while waiting for a much necessary patch. Said patch was released November 5th 2015 on PC, with the console version following quickly after.

* PortingDisaster: Wasteland 2 was ported to PS4 and XBOX One. That version of the game was called "Wasteland 2: Director's Cut", and was also released for free on PC for everyone who bought the original game. Sadly, that "Director's Cut" version of the game didn't add any new content and came with numerous new bugs which didn't exist prior (including some game-breaking ones, such as a door in the Ranger Citadel which would not open if you decided to Examine it instead of trying to open it directly, and several bugs concerning companions, who would disappear entirely is you decided to dismiss them, and who would lose their perks), memory leak issues, and downright terrible performance on consoles. While players liked some of the new changes (namely some weapon balancing and the inclusion of perks and quirks), the other problems made the game barely playable for most while waiting for a much necessary patch.

* FridgeBrilliance: It makes perfect sense that JohnHenry would be mythologized by the Railway Camp dwellers, [[ManVersusMachine as his opponent was a machine]] that sought to replace humanity (from their perspective).

* FridgeBrilliance: It makes perfect sense that JohnHenry would be mythologized by the Railway Camp dwellers, [[ManVsMachine as his opponent was a machine]] that sought to replace humanity (from their perspective).

* FridgeBrilliance: It makes perfect sense that JohnHenry would be mythologized by the Railway Camp dwellers, as his opponent was a machine that sought to replace humanity (from their perspective).

* AntiClimaxBoss: Matthias has only 75 hit points, compared the the {{Mook}}s he surrounds himself with, who typically have around the 400 mark. A single shot from a rifle is usually enough to bring him down. [[spoiler: Of course, since he's been assimilated by the Cochise AI, he's not really the BigBad anymore.]]

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: The announcement of the Director's Cut, which promised more polish, new features and fixes. It's also free to people who have already purchased the game or backed its Kickstarter.

* FakeLongevity: Many feel that the game suffers from this, noting the extremely large amount of combat (even by RPG standards), large amounts of backtracking in certain areas, sidequests that have unclear objectives, and a GuideDangIt attribute system that can cripple new players.

* ObviousBeta: One big complaint about the game is that, despite having been in a semi-open beta for months before release, the game still launched with a number of [[GameBreakingBug Game-Breaking Bugs]] and poor combat balance. Many of these have been fixed with patches, but a number of fans remain disillusioned by it. It doesn't help that the original PC version seems like a testbed for the upcoming console release.

* DisappointingLastLevel: Many feel that by the time California is reached, the game starts to suffer from a combination of this and EndingFatigue. Most of the California questline involves [[spoiler:a glorified FetchQuest for rad suit components]], and many of the sidequests in the area can be broken very easily, making it feel as though the game is railroading players towards certain outcomes and decisions. It is then followed by a long series of combat sequences, [[spoiler: a [[ContagiousAI plot]] [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs twist]] that was only barely foreshadowed]], and a series of Videogame/{{Fallout}}-style ending slides that often displayed the wrong outcome.

* WhatAnIdiot: Thrasher was promoted to the Ranger's cartographer between games, making maps of Arizona. You would expect he would share them with his comrades, right? Nope. His explanation? "I had to find water myself on patrol, you'll manage too". While it makes sense from gameplay perspective, story-wise it makes him look like a complete jerk. Exactly what are all those maps for, if he won't allow anyone to use them?