Wasteland 2 Info Tidbits

Fansite Wasteland 2 Guru has listed the most important points of the Wasteland 2 preview in GameStar’s latest issue, for everyone that can’t buy the magazine or read German. Here’s a couple of story-themed snippets:

Story and setting:

• The game begins in a truly Hitchcockesque fashion, with a sudden corpse and mysterious radio signals.
• A new faction, the Mannerites, are revealed. Led by Mr Manners, they pay great attention to etiquette and proper behavior. They also eat people, following the red meat with a bit of red wine.
• Red Skorpions are provided a little more background, described as a paramilitary survivalist group, similar to the ones existing in the United States today. They also hate Rangers.
• The Pistol Packing Priests are confirmed as a priestly group that wants to mop up whatever human trash escaped the scorching blasts of the holy apocalypse. As the name suggest, they favor pistols.
• The synths return, as the half-man, half-machine Children of the Citadel believing in the union between man and machine as the next step in the evolution of humanity as a whole. Pure humans are beneath their notice.
• The Gippers will also be present. If you’re scratching your head, that’s because they’re a faction built around worshipping Ronald Reagan as a god. The name is a reference to Reagan’s role as Knute Rockne in the 1940 biopic Knute Rockne, All American.
• Another faction, the Robinsons, are based on American motivational speakers like Dale Carnegie and Tony Robbinsons. Basically, think positive.
• Finally, the Wrecking Crew. They’re your garden variety psychotic raiders, with fun pastimes like raping, pillaging, and making ever more complicated junk armors. Described as perfect practice targets for energy weapons.