Wasteland 2

Wasteland 2
Cover artwork by Andrée Wallin based on Barry E. Jackson's cover art for the original Wasteland
Developer(s)	inXile Entertainment
Publisher(s)	WW: inXile Entertainment (digital) WW: Deep Silver (retail)
Distributor(s)	NA: Square Enix EU: Deep Silver
Director(s)	Brian Fargo
Producer(s)	Chris Keenan
Designer(s)	Chris Avellone Michael A. Stackpole Liz Danforth
Programmer(s)	John Alvarado
Artist(s)	Andrée Wallin Josh Jertberg
Writer(s)	Colin McComb Nathan Long Patrick E. McLean
Composer(s)	Mark Morgan
Engine	Unity
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux,PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Release	Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux WW: September 19, 2014 Director's Cut Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux WW: October 13, 2015 PlayStation 4, Xbox One NA: October 13, 2015 WW: October 16, 2015
Genre(s)	Role-playing
Mode(s)	Single-player

Aggregate scores
Aggregator	Score
GameRankings	80.70%
Metacritic	81/100
Review scores
Publication	Score
Destructoid	8/10
Eurogamer	8/10
Game Informer	8.75/10
GameSpot	8/10
GameTrailers	8.6/10
IGN	8.4/10
Joystiq
VideoGamer.com	6/10
PC Gamer	83/100
Hardcore Gamer	3.5/5

Wasteland 2 is a post-apocalyptic role-playing video game developed by inXile Entertainment , published by Deep Silver and distributed by Square Enix in North America for Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. It is the first official sequel to the 1988 video game Wasteland (though 1990's Fountain of Dreams, the cancelled Meantime, and the original Fallout from 1997 were considered spiritual successors). The game was successfully crowd funded through Kickstarter, part of a trend of high-profile developers launching projects on the site. After the postponement of the original release date from October 2013, it was released on September 19, 2014. An enhanced version of the game, named Wasteland 2: Director's Cut, was released on October 13, 2015.

Wasteland 2 features a semi-overhead view with a rotatable camera. It is a turn-based and party-based role-playing game with tactical combat. The player's party has room for seven characters, including the four player-designed characters and up to three non-player characters (NPCs). The player characters are highly customizable and the player's choice of statistics, skills, and appearance gives them an individualized personality. The non-player characters in the party each have their own personality, motivations, opinions, and agendas.