Atomfall

I REALLY wanted to rate this positively - but.... Pros: Beautiful game. Great setting. Great voice acting. Good atmospherics. Cool introduction and underlying story. Cons: Terrible combat - really basic. Inflexible difficulty settings give a very limited experience. Very short. No true end game, most of the content will be missed due to finite items. Skill trees are irrelevant due to above. Chaotic 'leads' system instead of quests. Many overlap each other and can become confusing. Main quest line is very vague and doesn't really make sense. I wasn't aware of the options I had. Ultimately very forgettable, felt quite 'templateish', like a game made without any real originality extending beyond the charm of its setting.

Great game, thoroughly enjoyed it. Red strain DLC was excellent.

Have played 1000 of hours in S.T.A.L.K.E.R (all 4 of them) and just as much in all the Fallout games - was my expectation not particular high as it initially looked like a knockoff, but despite the setting seem similar to S.T.A.L.K.E.R is this game in my opinion closer to FarCry and this is by any means not a bad thing

Atomfall is a good game that’s almost, but never quite, great. It was initially sold as British Fallout, but British STALKER is closer to the truth - it’s a slow-paced game where ammunition is scarce set in an isolated area plagued by bizarre anomalies. As someone who grew up in northwest England (not Cumberland, but close), it’s clear that this was made by a team with a clear love for the area, filled with tiny little details that delighted me, and brilliant portrays its slow story and the revelations about what happened in Windscale. Unfortunately, it isn’t great - it’s clunky, combat is too awkward at times, and none of the characters really shine (though all of the voice actors are great). It’s also pretty short for the price, and I’m a bit doubtful about how much replayability there is. But still, I do like it, it’s just not quite great.

9/10

worth it

super