History VideoGame / Wasteland2

* PointOfNoReturn: Leaving for California mid-way in the game will close all sidequests you didn't finish in Arizona.

* SaveScumming: The loot in most chests is randomly generated. A few bullets and useless scrap? Reload. A few tattered clothes with no armor value? Reload. A high-damage sniper rifle or heavy explosives? Woo-hoo!

** Dengler wants to keep making money by having the townfolk working to death. He also wants to get rid of the former mayor's son, so he wouldn't have to share power and profit.

* OnlySaneMan: Melissa from the Atchison tribe is the only person who thinks that the war between the Topekans and her tribe is needlessly prolonged by two chieftains who are too stubborn and prideful to lay down their arms. She's says if you don't put an end to the war, she'll kill them both and then herself.

* StarterEquipment: You can choose basic clothes and hats. Your starting weapon will depend on which weapon specialization you took at the character creation. Along with these are ammunitions, pain relievers, other items and you don't receive any armor

* OnlySaneMan: Melissa from the Atchison tribe is the only person who thinks that the war between the Topekans and her tribe is needlessly driven by two chieftains who are too stubborn and prideful to lay down their arms. She's says if you don't put an end to the war, she'll kill them both and then herself.

* HeroWithBadPublicity: The people living in Happy Valley have bad opinion of the Rangers. The Rangers leaving for the Citadel may have been good for them, but then the Red Skorpions took over the prison. This led to abuse and exploitation of everyone in Happy Valley. The people are pretty pissed at the Rangers for abandoning them.

At the 2015 Game Developers Conference, a GameOfTheYearEdition version was announced. Dubbed ''Wasteland 2: Director's Cut'', the game was released on UsefulNotes/XboxOne, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, and PC on October 13, 2015. Anyone who owned the original computer version before the ''Director's Cut'' was released received it for free. The ''Director's Cut'' features updated graphics [[note]]due to the upgrade from Unity 4.5 Pro to Unity 5[[/note]] which include overhauled art and lighting and updated character models, a "Quirks and Perks" system similar to the trait and perk systems from the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' series, a Precision Strike system (aimed shots, replacing/expanding upon the Headshot system in the original game), and new voice overs for all major characters.

** If {{Non Player Character}}s enlisted into your squad are somewhat unruly, [=NPCs=] assigned for quests and escort are just plain suicidal.

* LevelUp: Levels are handled as literal {{Field Promotion}}s. Each time some of your Rangers gather enough experience to level, you must radio the base, get the promotion and [[SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound Vargas' congratulations for doing well]].

** Upon [[LevelUp receiving field promotion]] characters restore their full health for no apparent reason.

-->'''Hungerford''': Coulda been worse. I knew a guy once named [[ADateWithRosiePalms Richard Stroker]].

* ArbitraryMaximumRange: Barely any gun can shoot further than 40 meters, even after heavy modifications.
* ArbitraryMinimumRange: Enforced with sniper rifles and assault rifles. Characters armed with them get the "Under Pressure" status, which drops weapon accuracy when enemies are very close. The player must choose whether to attempt a shot with a reduced chance to hit, move to a greater range or switch weapons. Some of the perks added in the ''Director's Cut'' help reduce them.

* ShortRangeShotgun: Played with. Shotguns have relatively short range in general, slightly better accuracy at near-point range. On the other hand, they fire a cone of ''uniform'' damage up to their ArbitraryMaximumRange, hence the tutorial box mentioning to use them at the edge of their maximum range to hit more targets with one shot.

* SpeedRun: In earlier versions, the game could be finished in about 50 minutes via ''extensive'' glitching. It was also leading to really, really [[DownerEnding awful ending where everything that could go wrong goes even worse]].

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Pistols aren't penalised in close range, but that's their only range. They are best as a secondary weapon for Snipers - if you can spare points for training. While ammunition is plentiful, that ammo is also used for [=SMGs=], which are generally better at close range than pistols. There's very, very few reasons to specialize in pistols instead of another weapon (usually due to weight concerns).
** Three of the companions you can pick are a raider who only wants to join you for the killing, a drunk hobo who only wants to 'live a life of danger', and an old wannabe-badass with delusions of grandeur. Unsurprisingly, none of them are team players, and require a high leadership level to stop them going rogue and wasting ammo every turn.
** The game starts out implying that you're out to make the Wasteland a better place, and you are. But then you have to choose whether to respond to Ag Center or Highpool first, and no matter what happens, one of those places will be overrun and destroyed. Turns out being the heroes still doesn't let you be in two places at once.

* SequelDifficultySpike: While not exactly a sequel, Director's Cut is considerably tougher. For starters, Rangers do not receive full heals on level-up, instead only getting a small bonus, and status effects and the new precision strike system rebalanced combat considerably, towards the more difficult end of the scale. In addition, all the weapon classes have been rebalanced, so while pistols are a more viable weapon for your Rangers to use (instead of being completely useless), that means that raiders wielding pistols are now ''much'' more dangerous.

* FilkSong: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZtU2U4rLFA Cries of a Dead World]]" by Music/MiracleOfSound. The dev team liked it so much, that they commissioned a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HloF7F4dPNo remixed version for the credits]].