Set 15 years after the original 1988 game, the story begins in the arid remains of after a nuclear Armageddon. You command a squad of Desert Rangers , a group evolved from a U.S. Army engineer battalion that survived the blast and dedicated themselves to protecting survivors from cultists, cannibals, and synth-uprisings.
: You manage a party of up to seven members, including recruits who might occasionally go rogue if your Leadership skill is too low. wasteland-2-ranger-edition-2014-repack-by-seyter-kuyhaa
: The game is famous for "multi-path problem solving." If you can't find a key, you can blow the door open, but those actions ripple outward and permanently change the lives of NPCs in the wasteland. Set 15 years after the original 1988 game,
: In 2012, it became one of the first major video game successes on Kickstarter, raising nearly $3 million from over 70,000 backers who wanted to see the return of old-school, isometric tactical RPGs. Key Gameplay Elements : You manage a party of up to
To get a better sense of the world and how the Rangers operate, check out this gameplay introduction:
Beyond the in-game plot, the game's development is its own legendary tale: