Wasteland 2 is Getting a Graphical Overhaul

Wasteland 2 is a fantastic game, but it isn’t the best looking RPG out there. With so many games getting graphical overhauls (World of Warcraft comes to mind) lately, Wasteland 2 isn’t one to be left out. 

The developers at InXile have announced that Wasteland 2  is getting a major graphical overhaul thanks to the developers’ decision to upgrade the game’s engine from Unity 4.5 to Unity 5. In Unity 5, visuals offer “physical based shading”, which translates into better graphics all around. 

In addition to the new graphics overhaul, modders will be getting some new tools enabling them to create their own campaigns and do as they like with the title. Perhaps we’ll even see a remake of the original Fallout games, if modders are ambitious enough.

"In pursuit of this goal," project lead Chris Keenan wrote, "one task we’re working on right now is migrating the Wasteland 2 codebase from the Unity 4.5 engine to Unity 5, which will enable some new possibilities for us. A major benefit of moving to Unity 5 is that 5 will include many of the tools from Unity 4.x Pro. We relied on many of these tools during our development (like creating and building navigation meshes), and they will be available to modders without having to pay thousands of dollars for a Pro Unity license. There is no doubt that this migration will allow us to release better tools for modding to our community in the future."

"As well as visual improvements, we have quite a few quirky tricks up our sleeves. The character system is getting perked up and will include some new elements to modify gameplay. Of course, more details will be released in the future so stay tuned!"

Good stuff. Be sure to check out our review of Wasteland 2.