The Waylanders

Critic reviews

• 3rd-strike.com

  Noparg · Mar 20, 2022

  2.0

  The Waylanders is a game that could be described as unfinished at best, and plain bad at worst. Despite spending a year in Early Access, the game doesn’t seem to have improved in any noticeable way. What’s more, the developers seem to only now have started to do what should have been done before, releasing large patches and a roadmap almost exclusively containing bug fixes and missing content.

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• MMORPG

  Mitch Gassner · Mar 02, 2022

  5.0

  Everything about my experience points to GATO Studio either running out of time or money (or both) before they could complete The Waylanders. A story that starts off in a fresh setting and filled with interesting characters, nice visuals and outstanding voice acting is quickly derailed by technical flaws and an ever-growing list of bugs. I rarely complain about too many side missions or additional features like romantic endeavors being added to a game, but this is a perfect example where cutting out unnecessary features would have allowed GATO Studios to focus on the things that really mattered. Sometimes, less can be more, and that appears to be the case here.

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• Softpedia

  Cosmin Vasile · Feb 08, 2022

  8.0

  Most combat encounters feel interchangeable, companions do not have much personality, there’s a lot of walking around. Working the camera never feels good, especially in tight quarters during battles. The Waylanders also needs major tweaks to its difficulty if it wants to attract more than a very niche audience.

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• COGconnected

  Mark Steighner · Feb 04, 2022

  5.8

  I really liked the setting and core story, but I’m afraid that the game’s bland combat and awkward controls are baked in by now. It has character, charm and style to spare but swings and misses in the execution. The Waylanders is a collection of really good ideas, almost none of which are allowed to shine without compromise.

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• Hey Poor Player

  Heather Johnson Yu · Feb 03, 2022

  6.0

  The Waylanders has a somewhat meaty tactical experience wrapped around the bare bones of an RPG. And while it may be light on the actual role-playing elements, there’s enough of a unique spin in terms of story, setting, and battle system that those who prefer mechanics above anything else might have a good time.

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• Wccftech.com

  Francesco De Meo · Feb 01, 2022

  6.0

  With its unique setting and interesting story mechanics powered by time-traveling, great sense of scale, and nice visuals, The Waylanders had the potential to be a remarkable role-playing game. The uneven pacing of the story, writing with wild quality shifts, the rather run-of-the-mill combat, the clunky interface, and a general lack of polish, however, make the game often frustrating to play, preventing it from reaching the heights it could have achieved.

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