Topic: Wasteland, the original
started by: Malcolm
Posted by Malcolm on Feb. 16 2014,18:50
In anticipation of WL2, I dusted this for the umpteenth time since '88. Except this time I decided to add a couple additional handicaps. 1) Use the premade PCs.
2) Use hand-to-hand combat whenever possible.
3) NPCs are available for mule purposes only, not for attacking unless dire need is present.
If you haven't played this, it's like Mad Max meets "The Bard's Tale." If you don't know what the latter is, then ... jeebus, I can't help you.
Made it through 99% of the battles without using guns, including the entirety of Guardian's Citadel. The vast majority of gun-time was full auto to blast things punching way harder than me, particularly in Vegas. That's about as good as anyone can do. There are a few places where your armour isn't standing up to the punishment if the random number generator tosses too many creatures your way.
In other news, I may have helped hunt down a bug on the inXile forums for the new version of the game, so woohoo.
Posted by Malcolm on Mar. 05 2014,11:12
Came in the mail today. Except mine says #66.
Posted by Malcolm on Mar. 05 2014,22:02
16.5" X 16.5" print. Strange dimensions. Until my buddy pointed out that since the original C64 game cover thingy was square, the print would follow the ratio lest it fuck with the fidelity. Which is goddamned motherfucking beautiful. It'll look good next to the version of < this > I have. Painted around the date I was born by a lifer doing time for murder at a prison up here. Used some hand-mixed paint and framing technique which makes everything have crystalline undertones. He also flipped the image 180 degrees around the vertical axis for some reason. When the light hits it, they highlight. Never seen any canvas like it. Traded my buddy for it for cheap because it was freaking out his kids.