Atomfall

I think this is the second review that I have done. I recommend this game for a any level of gamer. I really enjoyed it. With the DLC, I completed all 5 (I hope that was all) endings. I'm rarely the completionist. Pros: Good pace, you can change the level of combat interactions, great story. All clues you can track and lead you around. Personally, I love the running around finding stuff. Limited backpack space made me think of what I really need at any given time. Out of backpack storage was well done. Cons: Needed a better ending video of something blowing up. I was expecting a world shattering Kaboom, It was alright seeing the carnage once you were out. (I don't want to spoil it) The rapid transit system was only really useful toward the end. Manipulated Items were limited. Vendors need a larger selection and need restocks quicker. OVERALL 4 of 5 stars

I wish I could recommend this game I really wish... but I just can't. The game has the making of a quite fun game but sadly falls short in so many aspects. It is very insistent on it's survival part, especially with how limited your inventory is, for example. Yet is also insists on just having enemies respawn infinitely. It's story as well is just baffling. You do basically nothing and already get access to the militaries high security prison and are allowed whatever you want there. If you go back to the military and report your findings, including the device that just let's you ♥♥♥♥ with all advanced electronics, especially the militaries, he just goes ''Well damn... anyway, feel free to keep it'' He also seems to be entirely interested in doing so one thing he REALLY should do for the only apparant purpose of having the main character do it. The interchange as well, I mean, it's okay? I kind of just sighed when I opened one of the shutters and saw that it went for the very creative choice of ''The bunker is filled with mutated zombies''. In many cases I also really do not see what is supposed to incentivise you to go explore. Killing enemies neither gets rid of them nor does it get you anything usually, as such you don't really have a big reason to go explore.

Finely tuned gameplay, a rich atmosphere, and a deep sense of exploration are choked by lack of both story and player progression throughout the game, limited inventory management, and a malnourished economy. Scarcity of ammunition does a great job of making you feel like every shot counts, but melee offers such a poor alternative that it's usually easier to just run through areas rather than clear them out. The playable areas are stacked with hidden clues and bunkers, partly because there are only a handful that you will spend the entire game shuttling back and forth between. Reminiscent of Myst, time is suspended with no discernable sense of progression other than how many puzzles you've solved; the further I got through the game the less interested I became in finishing it.

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.

The game is fine overall, good in many places. The story is where it shines most and really should be a narrative driven RPG but it's not. The most interesting parts of the experience are meeting people and discovering the secrets of the zone and its characters. This is, however, not that in depth or developed because, again this isn't really a narrative driven experience. You can do what characters ask of you, or not, sometimes with no ramifications and things simply being left open ended. With no character creation, the game is limited only in how you choose to take things in each moment. The minute to minute gameplay is a survival horror (sometimes) adjacent experience. The whole thing boils down to a series of fetch quests interspersed with stealth which you will use probably in the earlier game and combat which you will likely use later. Resources are scarce and most everyone is hostile. It can be engaging, especially in its early hours, though quickly becomes tedious. There is not much enemy variety (about 5 off the top of my head) and once you have dealt with them once or twice, seeing them reappear over and over for entirety of the game will just feel like an annoyance. As mentioned before, the story is the strongest element of the game, though even here I would have to emphasise what is clearly the only thing driving the plot forward: mystery. This is fine and it is interesting to uncover what you can. But it really isn't that much. Even by the late game, nothing is particularly clear and barely anything is fully explained to you. You keep playing thinking, now I'll find out, or after this, it will all become obvious, but it doesn't. This can only carry a narrative so far and leaves you feeling a bit underwhelmed by the finale. Perhaps this is to set the game up for a sequel, which I would not be opposed to. Despite many criticisms, I would still suggest people give this game a go. The gameplay is more than passable and the story is mostly engaging. There's a lot of potential here and it would be fun to see where else this trajectory of alternate history can go. And for purely selfish reasons, as a UK resident its fun to see this country and its history depicted in games, and would always love to see more of it.

beautiful game 10/10, good old English slang as well very funny.

Game Breaking bugs even after such a long time ... wtf. And thanks to only 2 Auto Saves I can't even load back to before the bug happened ! I lost at least 1 1/2 hours to this and who knows when it will happen next time