WASTED

WASTED is a name that points straight at its tone: a game about scrappy survival, ugly choices, and the kind of scavenging humour that comes with being permanently short on supplies. By our assessment, that rough, post-apocalyptic attitude is the main draw, because the title promises chaos more than polish. The downside is that this kind of game can feel narrow if the moment-to-moment loop of looting, fighting, and limping onward does not land. In practice, it is the sort of experience where the setting and attitude do a lot of the work, while the mechanics have to keep up. It sits in the crowded survival and action space, where style matters almost as much as systems. WASTED sounds like a game for people who enjoy bleak settings with a crooked grin, and less like one for anyone looking for neat comfort.