Atomfall (PlayStation 5)

Bought this on a whim and find it really enjoyable. Big selling points are the gorgeous Lake District environment and little villages, which feels quintessentially like the English countryside, and borrows heavily from British sci-fi and horror in its world design. The cast of characters are also well fleshed out, speaking a variety of different British dialects and a lot of them with their own take on the current quarantine you find yourself in (which is presumed to be caused by the Windscale Fire nuclear disaster, but as the story unfolds it's clear there's more to it than that). Quests have branching paths and can be completed a variety of different ways, which curry favour with the different factions. The game favours exploration, with 'leads' giving you things to do and a lack of quest markers in the default setting. The well-crafted environments are small enough that you can usually get to the bottom of these leads without too much hassle. Gameplay-wise combat is simple but functional - with melee, firearm and stealth options, and with throwables like Molotov cocktails and grenades. There's a kick option to stagger enemies, which is a must, and most of the combat relies on your physically getting out of the way of enemy strikes. There's a simple skill system which lets you specialise a bit into your preferred weapons, but the RPG elements are light. Consumables (from weapon upgrades to healing supplies) can be crafted with materials from the environment - overall I'm not too much of a fan of crafting in games but here it didn't feel too burdensome with enough findable in your environment to ensure you're not pulling up the crafting menu continuously. I've heard combat and exploration are highly tuneable in the options menu, but I've never felt a need to deviate from the recommended difficulty. I've experienced an audio glitch a couple of times (where all sound cuts out) which caused me to restart - but otherwise it has been bug free to far about 8 hours in. Overall I like it, run time feels appropriate for an AA experience and it has enough personality that it feels distinct. I would recommend it if you're looking for something a bit more scaled back than a AAA game but that still has a great story and fantastic world to sink your teeth into. In terms of price you will get 'more game' in AAA for sure, but sometimes that does feel more like quantity over the quality on display here.

This is an excellent game with a novel idea set in the UK Lake District. There are multiple endings which the player unlocks during gameplay choices and 2 great DLCs are available. Well worth getting!

I really enjoyed this game. It has an older feel about the graphics, but you soon settle into the story and get spooked by the various characters and places. I played it with different endings, and there are loads of places to visit. Happy playing!

Great game. Free roam and don't have to follow a plot to proceed. Only playable as one character. No glitches through my playthrough. Great game ability and multiple endings. Approx 50 plus hours completion.

Excellent game. Only 9 hours in but reminds me of English version of Fallout. Keeping me hooked so far. Slight downside is you can’t increase bag size to hold more items. But you get access to these pod things that you can access at any time. So store everything you don’t need in there and use them to trade with people later.

Haven't finished it yet but here's my thoughts It's alright. Enjoyable for what it is, but it doesn't feel *all* there. There's just something missing. There are some comparisons to Fallout (collectible comics and lunchboxes, and the big bad science guys building secret bunkers) but it plays more like We Happy Few in my opinion. 🟢 I like the quest lead system. I'm not just following quest markers directly to where I need to go. Some need a bit more info though. I was told to speak to a particular NPC but I forgot where they said they were. I can't see any circled areas on the map and I don't remember the region. But I can't ask the NPC as there isn't any more dialogue to do check it. 🟢 Appreciate the English countryside setting 🟢 Graphics are nice. Scenery is well designed. 🟢 I appreciate crafting materials being a separate storage system not taking up inventory slots. 🟢 I like the choices of dialogue. It has full sentences for you to pick from not just single words. And each are labelled with your attitude/tone such as "wary"/"helpful"/"threatening". Helps you pick the right options without being surprised with the NOCs response 🟢 Lots of accessibility options. 🟡 FOV took me a while to get right. Felt a bit ill for the first part. 🟡 Inventory menu doesn't pause. I personally don't like these very much as I fumble the menus trying to use healing items and just die. Or I'm reading an important note and I get detected and attacked. 🟡 Enemies push me and take off like a quarter of my health. This feels a bit OP... They were just giving me a shove, not stabbing me with a pitch fork. 🟡 Wish you could sneak around a bit more. Enemy detection is fairly high. 🟡 All outlaws will do the exact same whistle. This will likely get annoying. 🟡 The game said something about survival gameplay when choosing difficulty. I'm not 100% sure what this is. There are no needs meters. 🟡 No day night cycle. 🔴 Inventory too small. Cannot upgrade it as far as I can see. 🔴 Current bug that stops you being able to walk forwards until you use a load door or save and reload.

Thought about purchasing this game for quite some time and glad I did. The cut scenes where you can speak to people have great comedic value. I would say it is more relatable for people from the north of England although I suspect it will be appreciated by everyone. Definitely worth purchasing.

Great game, but short

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Starkes Spiel mit echter Sogwirkung – aber leider ohne deutsche Synchro Das Spiel ist absolut beeindruckend: atmosphärisch dicht, großartige Welt, starke Mechaniken und ein Gameplay, das einen richtig reinzieht. Ich liebe es, mich in Open-World-Games zu verlieren, und genau das gelingt hier auch – zumindest fast. Was mich persönlich aber sehr stört: die fehlende deutsche Sprachausgabe. Ja, ich verstehe Englisch gut, auch britisches Englisch, das seinen ganz eigenen Reiz hat – aber bei so intensiven Rollenspielen will ich mich einfach komplett fallen lassen, ohne ständig zwischen Zuhören, Übersetzen und Mitlesen wechseln zu müssen. Das nimmt mir leider einiges an Immersion und Leichtigkeit im Spielverlauf. Ich finde die englische Synchro sehr gelungen – keine Frage – aber ich hätte mir trotzdem die Option gewünscht, das Ganze auch auf Deutsch zu erleben. Gerade bei großen Titeln sollte eine hochwertige Lokalisierung einfach Standard sein – nicht nur bei Untertiteln, sondern auch bei der Vertonung. Es geht hier nicht um Faulheit, sondern um Zugänglichkeit und Spielgefühl. Fazit: Großartiges Spiel, aber ein Punkt Abzug für die fehlende deutsche Sprachausgabe. Ich hoffe sehr, dass Entwickler in Zukunft wieder mehr in vollständige Lokalisierungen investieren.

Macht Spaß - fühlt sich an wie ein schlechteres Metro Exodus. Ist ein Spiel das man einmal durchspielt und dann nie wieder. Alles in allem - hat es mich gut unterhalten.

Der erste Satz der Produktbeschreibung verspricht "in deutsch spielbar" - aber kein Wort davon, dass damit nur der erbärmlich übersetzte Untertitel gemeint ist und das Menü. man liest sich dusselig, wenn man den Untertitel nutzen möchte. Die Audio Ausgabe mit Bugs ist rein Englisch. Es ist enttäuschend, dass ein aus England entwickeltes Spiel, den deutschsprachigen Raum (D, AUS, CH usw.) einfach nicht beachtet. Schade - ansonsten ist das Spiel ok, aber kein besonderes...