Atomfall

[phil bottle 9,925]

I could have sworn there was a thread on this game but just in case, here's one now 😉

 

I just got back from a holiday in Menorca so not had a go yet and it's on GamePass with reviews mostly decent. Anyone tried it out? Set in Lake District.

[phil bottle 9,925]

 

[Luseth 2,088]

I have had a brief go, it felt very British with the accents and such, was a bit more difficult than I anticipated and I like they have tried to do things a bit differently with how investigations work and there isn't levelling up as such.

 

The world is very British though probably greener than I am familiar with! You can tell it's based around the lake district.

 

Just some points I have picked up on so far -

- It does not encourage combat the way fallout does. You can only take so many hits so it sort of forces you to be mindful of who you fight, adding in a bit of stealth and such. You can even scare enemies off by just pointing a gun at them in some instances.

- Ammo is very sparse but as noted above the game does not really want you going in all guns blazing it seems.

- I like the fact it does not point you to the exact location like some games, with clues and such you can narrow down locations but it does not hold your hand right up to the point or item you are looking for. The game encourages you to investigate things and it makes a nice change.

- I don't think I have seen a world or map in a game be so green, it's quite nice and refreshing and surprisingly pretty to look at.

- The amnesiac protaginist has been done so many times...

 

[J4MES OX4D 10,165]

The developers are literally based down the road from where I live but I'm just not a fan of their games. It's great to see them try something new outside of their safe Sniper Elite series but they just can't seem to shake off their reputation for making games that are just somewhat decent but nothing overly special or original. I don't have Game Pass so I wont try it and I wouldn't want to pay anything more than £13 for something like this. May have a look in the future but it seems to be just another ok game from them. 

[phil bottle 9,925]

I've had a quick go on the Xbox version. Runs pretty well and looks pretty enough. I haven't much time for it, with others in the queue but I'll give it a few goes to see if it grabs me.