{"id":317559,"date":"2025-02-01T18:02:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T17:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glosarix.com\/glossary\/wasteland-2-en\/"},"modified":"2025-02-01T18:02:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T17:02:05","slug":"wasteland-2-en","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/glosarix.com\/en\/glossary\/wasteland-2-en\/","title":{"rendered":"Wasteland 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Description: Wasteland 2 is a sequel to the original Wasteland game, released in 1988, and focuses on tactical role-playing gameplay. Developed by inXile Entertainment and released in 2014, this game is set in a post-apocalyptic world where players take on the role of a group of Desert Rangers tasked with restoring order in a landscape devastated by nuclear war. Wasteland 2&#8217;s gameplay is characterized by its emphasis on decision-making, turn-based combat, and exploration of a vast open world. 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