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Wasteland

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description Wasteland Overview

This role-playing video game, released in 1988, features characters with seven attributes governing skills and weapons. Players manage a party that can expand up to seven members through recruitment. The gameplay is noted for its difficult nature and sometimes unpredictable non-player character behavior.

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info Wasteland Specifications

Country	United States
Year	1988

help Wasteland FAQ

What is the main objective in the original Wasteland?

Players control a team of Desert Rangers investigating disturbances across the post-nuclear American Southwest. The journey leads through locations such as Highpool, Quartz, Needles, and Las Vegas before confronting the artificial intelligence Cochise.

Why does Wasteland ask players to read numbered paragraphs?

The 1988 release stored lengthy descriptions and story events in a separate paragraph book to conserve disk space. The book also contained unused passages intended to punish players who read ahead looking for spoilers.

How permanent are choices and character deaths in Wasteland?

Character death can be permanent, and the game writes changes to the active world as the party explores. Original players were advised to copy the game disks before beginning because a damaged or depleted world state was not automatically reset.

Which later games continue the original Wasteland story?

InXile revived the series with Wasteland 2 in 2014 and followed it with Wasteland 3 in 2020. Wasteland 2 returns to the Desert Rangers, while Wasteland 3 moves the organization into the frozen politics of Colorado.

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