This or Wasteland 2 Director's Cut?

[8-The-General-8]

What do you feel are the differences in these games and any pros and cons you'd like to add, please.

I can't decide which to buy as both are same price due to sale and only discovered this one today...

Thanks for any feedback.

[?????]

If you want Fallout experience then this. Wasteland 2 is more combat focused squad based.
Although Wasteland 2 may have better writing (Atom devs are working on better translation from what i know), it's a mostly linear experience with theme parky design.

[La Bourlingue]

honestly wateland 2 has a higher prod value and is way more polished on the overall scale at least for now, that's a given.

-If you don't like micromanagement, first off, Wasteland has A LOT of it. I mean A LOT.think baldur's gate, pillars of E , etc.

-Wasteland is really more tactical based, but it's a pamering game, you will have to play each battle like a chess game controlling every single of you (up to seven members if I recall) team
your build startegy concerns the whole squad, not necessarily just your character.

-Wasteland forces you into a ranger role. you're a ranger with expected conduct even tho lot of it is up to you. that means it's more linear, Atom is more flexible in line with fallout.

-wasteland has a goofier vibe and less subtle & realistic world. it's like, more cartoony for better or worse.

-the camera in wasteland is horrible (or so many say,including me, I agree, that's the worst top down camera I have yet to see ever) it feels extremely claustrophobic as there is conter-intuitive automated tilt to it. they made the camera even worse than what it already was in standard edition and never fixed it. Atom camera is pretty much faking iso/trimetric projection, the angles are better than in alpha and the camera has never been a real issue and got better even.

PLayed like 70% of wasteland back at release, it's good but I hated pampering a party and lost interest with the shear amount of micro management combined with a sh*t camera only to be restricted eventually in a linear pattern I was tired of. That and director's cut needed new game, I couldn't bother to restart, I eventually did, but they screwed the camera so much I had claustrophobic nausea 30 minutes in.

Honestly If you want the true oldschool fallout top down RPG experience, atom, even with the low ass prod value (that's a given with that budget) is just a way more solid contender than wasteland 2.

[?????]

Also, Wasteland 2 is a game about opening things using different skills.

[Something completely different]

I'd get both games. They are both worth it if you ask me.

[EzPaz(Niyaniya's dog)]

For me who greatly enjoyed Fallout 2 and Arcanum(another CRPG made by same dev of Fallout), I found Atom RPG really fun to play despite that it have few frustrating moment.

[Chillermaschine]

+1 for ATOM

Low production value doesn't really show for me, I hated Wasteland 2's graphics - the character models especially. ATOM looks nicer in places I value highly, for example animations.

Considering I shrugged it off as "possibly never gonna happen" less than a year ago and am loving it now, the dev's rreally showed a lot of talent, spirit and dedication, in my opinion.

[Asabrasa]

I don't have a lot of play time on either game, but so far I preder ATOM.

[Irrelevant]

Both are worth it but right now I would throw my money on Atom because I have a weak spot for small dev teams that deliver nice work.

[One]

I would take both as they are quite different games

Wasteland 2 Director's Cut isn't that bad as some people speak about it. It's just not Fallout style but goes into it's own direction and still worth playing.

Atom is just like russian Fallout 1-2, so if you liked Fallout 1-2, you should definetly try it.

[The Mogician]

ATOM is basically Russian Fallout classic (i.e. the old Interplay ones), if you like those, this game is right for you.

[fury872]

Is this more realistic post-apoc, or does it enter weird monster territory? I know, post-apoc is already sci-fi, but the game looks more realistic. Does this have real-world weapons, or does it have lasers, plasma, etc.? In other words, how sci-fi does this game get?

[Priestie]

I spent alot of time with wasteland II, and really enjoyed it. However, I'd have to say that if I was on a desert island, with only one of the two, i'd pick Atom RPG. For the simple fact that the storyline, and characters are alot deeper in Atom RPG. The translation is pretty good considering, although some of the sayings translated directly seem a little foreign.

When it comes to player choice and meaningful outcomes, I'd have to say hands down Atom RPG. However, if you want a purely tactical experince (where the focus is all about combat) Wastland II probably wins by a hair.

Lastly, I think that Atom RPG just has more personality and humor than Wasteland II. Not to mention that the Atom RPG still looks really good, even on high resolution, and zoomed in.

[Butzelbaer]

Id say this 1 simply bc wasteland is far too short for an RPG imo. I was really disappointed when i finished it and there was literally nothing left to do which made all the effort put into levelling and building your groups equipment feel like wasted time and effort. I did prefer wastelands combat system though from what i remember bc imo it really makes no sense that units cant "ambush" with their remaining action points and theyre simply lost if you skip the turn in this game. Im sure mods will fix that though so not really a valid reason to go for wasteland.

edit: I also like how much this game adapts the NPCs actions to your characters stats/ gender. Thats very well done imo.

[Vael]

And i like the devs in Atom, you have a prob, they jump to it immideatly and try to fix it or they help you with good tips.

[Butzelbaer]

Originally posted by Vael:

And i like the devs in Atom, you have a prob, they jump to it immideatly and try to fix it or they help you with good tips.

^ THIS