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An Overview of The Wasted Lands: NFT Heroes & Play-to-Earn Combatby@danieltran

An Overview of The Wasted Lands: NFT Heroes & Play-to-Earn Combat

by Daniel TranMarch 14th, 2022
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The Wasted Lands is a play-to-earn (p2e) strategy game with a puzzle-based, match-3 combat system. Players aquire NFT warriors which they can use to battle in a PvE campaign or PvE battles. Game will be one of the first blockchain games to be listed on Apple’s App Store and the Google Play Store. The first Player-vs-Player (PVP) season is expected to start on March 15th.

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The Wasted Lands is a play-to-earn (p2e) strategy game with a puzzle based, match-3 combat system.

Players aquire NFT warriors which they can use to battle in a PvE campaign or PvP battles.

Gameplay features include 3 vs 3 battles, base building, character fusions and more.

Gameplay Overview

The Wasted Lands is a post-apocalyptic, sci-fi game that integrates multiple gameplay elements from different gaming genres.

The Wasted Lands includes the following gameplay features:

  • Role-playing elements in the form of character upgrades and leveling
  • Fallout Shelter style, base building gameplay, through their Shelters that players can build, inhabit and defend
  • Match 3 style gameplay which powers the hero's attacks during battles
  • Collectible and NFT gaming in the form of character and item collecting, fusions, and breeding
  • GameFi gaming through NFT staking and token staking
  • Play-to-Earn gaming through token rewards
  • Racing and team-based combat features in The Wasted Lands

These features come together to create engaging gameplay in the post-apocalyptic metaverse where The Wasted Lands is based. 

Gamers can morph into their unique game personas and start exploring the immersive Wasted-verse through the in-game NFT’s collection and upgrade system.

The Wasted Lands will also be one of the first blockchain games to be listed on Apple’s App Store and the Google Play Store. 

Players will be able to download the game from app stores starting from around Mid-March.

The Wasted Lands has three major gaming elements: 

  1. Match 3 battles
  2. Base building 
  3. Role-playing gameplay

Players can create their own unique NFT Warriors and explore a vast metaverse with many gameplay features including:

  • Vehicles & shelter systems
  • Fusing & giving birth to new NFTs
  • Match-3 gameplay
  • Pets, lands & various equipment upgrades.

The Wasted Lands partners include Kucoin, OKEX, Opensea, Magnus Capital, and more.

How The Wasted Lands Is Gearing Up For Mass Adoption

After successful Alpha Testing of the game with over 2,000 players, The Wasted Lands improved the game's features for a more seamless gameplay experience. 

These changes were possible due to user contributions and feedback via game testing.

As a token of appreciation to its game testers, the team behind The Wasted Lands awarded a total prize pool of $60,000 to 1,000 of their most valued contributors.

The Wasted Lands has also gained popularity amongst some of the major gaming guilds in the community, including:

  • YGG SEA - Yield Guild Games South East Asia, a subDAO of Yield Guild Games
  • GGG - Good Games Guild, a large gaming community that sponsors millions of Play-to-Earn gamers
  • MGG - MetaGaming Guild, the first gaming DAO to provide automated yield on GameFi.
  • AGU - Gaming community and guild
  • Avocado - A popular play-to-earn gaming guild
  • PGG - Polkastarter Gaming Guild, a major NFT, and play-to-earn gaming community.

The game has also attracted positive attention from crypto gamers in the West like BHS, Coin Muhn, Crypto Knowledge Tamil, Crypto Rank.

Gamers in the East have also shown interest, with GTA, Crypto Ryan, AnhReview, and Modern Mulan praising the game’s features.

Scholarships have also grown on the game, with other 15,000 scholars currently registered to play the game. 

Scholars are players who play P2E games on behalf of other players, they usually rent characters or get paid a percentage of the earnings they generate whilst playing.

NFT warriors have also seen massive interest from gamers with over 1,000 BNB ($400,000) worth of NFT warriors being traded on the marketplace.

The first Player-vs-Player (PVP) season is expected to start on March 15th.

Soon players will be able to join the official launch of the game on iOS, Android, and Desktop with the chance to win a total prize of $500,000 from the first PvP season.

Conclusion

Being a highly anticipated and promising project, The Wasted Lands stands out from other games through its deep story and diversified gameplay. 

Through their partnership with Kucoin and their trusted partners, The Wasted Lands has made easier for users in engage in GameFi whilst playing.