Atomfall - Rebellion makes MetroSTALKEROut set in the British Countryside

[Vassal]

Got it, had time to fuck around in it for a couple of hours last night. These are some notes I took last night; bear in mind I make no claim that these are true as the game progresses, it is merely what I observed in my early hours. The game has six/seven (I can't remember exactly) difficulty levels, with the default one being the second-to-highest, so it's certainly prepped for games journalists. There's also a custom difficulty level, much like Sniper Elite has, where you can adjust things to your heart's content.

• You wake up without memory, no idea who you are, that trope. The skill selection screen shows a character wearing a vest that says "security" and a gasmask, so it's possible you acted as protection for the scientists in the area.
• The maps are Fallout-esque in the sense that you have a hub area to explore, which are inhabited by the various factions, which are dotted with smaller locations like caves, bunkers, sewers, etc that you can enter and explore.
• Enemies will only engage you if you engage them/get too close. If they spot you, they'll ask you to kindly fuck off. Even if they engage, you can just turn and run and they'll lose interest relatively quickly.
• Leveling up, or rather, skilling up, seems to come only from finding "Training stimulants", which are prevalent in bunkers. Doing quests and murderhoboing around doesn't seem to reward you with much in the way of levels/skills.
• In the early game, stealthily skulking around snapping necks doesn't seem too worthwhile - usually their mates will notice, even if their backs are turned. You can learn skills to offset this though, generating less noise with a takedown, but you not only have to find/buy the skillbook to unlock that ability, but also find the points to level up.
• Only engaged in one big firefight thus far, didn't feel super rewarding - very little loot for lots of precious bullets. (It might become more worthwhile later on when I know more recipes and the loot can be used to craft stuff.) Headshotted a woman bandit, and her buddy right next to her casually went "Crikey" like I'd just dropped a bag of potatoes.
• Exploring is fun, especially the bunkers. Melee combat against ferals is really fucking dangerous.
• The whole spiel about "no quests" is kinda bullshit - you get a lead, but oftentimes you'll also get the location (either directly marked out on your map or the exact coordinates, which are also visible on the map) of where you need to go to explore. Generally, you'll be going there to find some items or another lead.
• Inventory space is very limited, and there's no currency used, only bartering. This means you can't stick to an area, loot every last corkscrew and sell it to the trader for cash as you'll need to trade your items in for other items. Bunkers all seem to have a world-connected pneumatic tube system which can be used to store loot, but I didn't find one like it in town (yet) where it'd probably be most useful.
• There are niggers - though only seen two thus far, neither of whom said anything to me. Also no girlbosses yet, only met an herbalist lady who treated me as you'd expect a human being to.
• The maps aren't crazy huge, but they're pretty stuffed with things to see, loot, and/or murder, the latter being primarily of the human variety. I've been to four areas thus far, briefly stepping foot in a fifth.
• Haven't had any crashes or severe bugs yet, although a trader I ran into in the woods suddenly turned hostile the second time I went to buy from him. Could be because he doesn't like me killing the nearby (hostile) druids, I guess.

 

[30+GameOvers]

Got it, had time to fuck around in it for a couple of hours last night. These are some notes I took last night; bear in mind I make no claim that these are true as the game progresses, it is merely what I observed in my early hours. The game has six/seven (I can't remember exactly) difficulty levels, with the default one being the second-to-highest, so it's certainly prepped for games journalists. There's also a custom difficulty level, much like Sniper Elite has, where you can adjust things to your heart's content.

Your writeup makes it sounds more like STALKER than Fallout. If that's the case, fine by me, Stalker 2 really shit the bed and an alternative is welcome.

 

[BradeRunna]

There is nothing to be upset about, he outed himself as a shill and therefore he doesn't deserve to be taken seriously. Anyone who still respects his opinion on anything related to gaming is, simply put, naive, and will believe quite literally anything. You don't come back from "I don't care that a developer lied to me!".

It doesn't bother me that he liked KCD2 enough to overlook the woke shit they stuck in the game for the ESG money. People do that all the time with games that have stuff in it that people don't care for. If the game is good or people like it, they will overlook some things. It's just how people are.

I don't consider myself naive. I just know how people are. He liked KCD and there isn't shit anyone can do about it.

 

[Vassal]

Your writeup makes it sounds more like STALKER than Fallout. If that's the case, fine by me, Stalker 2 really shit the bed and an alternative is welcome.

Yeah, I mentioned Fallout because I played that much more recently than STALKER and thus it was the first thing to pop to mind. I looked up the plot to Shadow of Chernobyl to remind myself, and holy shit it does sound similar. The bunkers in Atomfall do seem to be where the majority of the story is to be found, piecing it together as you go.

Now, if I hear someone go "Oi, git outta 'ere stalka'"...

 

[30+GameOvers]

I am naive

Good for you, bro. I didn't ask for your cope.

Yeah, I mentioned Fallout because I played that much more recently than STALKER and thus it was the first thing to pop to mind. I looked up the plot to Shadow of Chernobyl to remind myself, and holy shit it does sound similar. The bunkers in Atomfall do seem to be where the majority of the story is to be found, piecing it together as you go.

Now, if I hear someone go "Oi, git outta 'ere stalka'"...

I am actually pretty hyped if this is just a British Stalker. I will take a closer look at it, maybe even add it to my backlog.

 

[Seaside Ronin]

I am actually pretty hyped if this is just a British Stalker. I will take a closer look at it, maybe even add it to my backlog.

Same here

I went from not really noticing this game to being very interested in it

 

[CyrusHowler]

The wizard dude said it's good

Him trying to say it’s a Bethesda killer is retarded. Atomfall and Fallout share almost nothing in common besides atomic/nuclear things and being an alternate retro futuristic timeline.

Anyone say how big the map is? large empty world is a no go for me, skyrim and fallout are saved by world filling mods.

Several smaller open world areas instead of one massive open world.

Are you still butt hurt because he liked KCD2 and wouldn't shit on it because of the gay main character option?

KCD2 sucked just like the first game and the gay character option is literal pedophilia but @30+GameOvers is not someone to take seriously on anything. It is a New Vegas fanboy and Obshitian shill.

shill

I don’t think you actually know what that means.

Stalker 2 really shit the bed

Stalker fans said it was great so idk what you’re talking about.

Good for you, bro. I didn't ask for your cope

Do you have any redeeming qualities?

 

[BradeRunna]

Good for you, bro. I didn't ask for your cope.

I am actually pretty hyped if this is just a British Stalker. I will take a closer look at it, maybe even add it to my backlog.

The Boomer won't hate the same game I hate. RRRREEEEEEEE!!!!!!

Go cry somewhere else faggot. LOL

Him trying to say it’s a Bethesda killer is retarded. Atomfall and Fallout share almost nothing in common besides atomic/nuclear things and being an alternate retro futuristic timeline.

Several smaller open world areas instead of one massive open world.

KCD2 sucked just like the first game and the gay character option is literal pedophilia but @30+GameOvers is not someone to take seriously on anything. It is a New Vegas fanboy and Obshitian shill.

I don’t think you actually know what that means.

Stalker fans said it was great so idk what you’re talking about.

Do you have any redeeming qualities?

I don't think he said it's a Bethesda killer. He said they should be worried. As in there is competition for those games. A game doesn't have to be the exact same to compete.

STALKER 2 is actually shit. A shit game made on a shit engine. Even if you can get past the performance issues and the ugly ass graphics. The game isn't as good as the first 3 games. Shit tier AI no sniper scopes binos or NVG's. It's basically just Ukrainian Far Cry. It feels like Ubislop. The graphics in no way justify the shit performance.

The content takes a huge drop after the starting area as well.

When you take Anomaly into account it just gets worse for STALKER 2. Anomaly with graphics mods looks better than STALKER 2. GSC should have never released the game.

It's a shit game filled bugs poor performance and if it was Bethesda or Ubisoft people would want them strung up and eviscerated for it. But because it's STALKER some people are willing to look the other way, and this shows a level of hypocrisy. It's mostly just STALKER fan fags.

 

[CyrusHowler]

It's basically just Ukrainian Far Cry

I know you’re trying to denigrate the game but calling it Ukranian Far Cry only makes me wanna try it, but I love most of the Far Cry games.

It feels like Ubislop

As someone who has been playing Ghost Recon: Breakpoint recently, some Ubisoft games are pretty damned good. Granted, that game came out in 2019 but still.
Like I said, I enjoy the hell out of all the Far Cry games except 6 cuz they tried to add too many RPG and gear score elements to it and both Ghost Recon Wildlands and Breakpoint are still awesome to this day. Granted, Breakpoint I heard was bad at release but you can get the game and all the expansions for cheap nowadays and I really like the customization. That and Wildlands really let you find tune your outfit wether you wanna be a fully geared up soldier looking guy or the way I like to do it is dress as a sort of PMC/Operator type dude.

When you take Anomaly

Idk wtf that is.

 

[Red Dragon]

I would rather see more games set in the 70s, it's a really underused era in gaming.

The first two Drivers are supposed to be set on the late 70s/early 80s. But Driver 3 and that abortion called Driver San Francisco fucked everything up and pretty much killed the series. A proper reboot of Driver set entirely during the 70s is my wet dream. Driver Parallel Lines was a cool game, but it succumbed to the 'I wanna be GTA' virus and the later half of the game is set on modern times.

When you take Anomaly into account it just gets worse for STALKER 2. Anomaly with graphics mods looks better than STALKER 2. GSC should have never released the game.

STALKER Anomaly + Gamma killed STALKER 2 before the game was even released. STALKER is best played as a sandbox shooter, it's Fallout without a stupid main quest getting in the way.

Atomfall looks like a step on the right direction. Seems like the devs are experimenting with an idea they had while drinking beer, and made the game to test the waters.

 

[BradeRunna]

I know you’re trying to denigrate the game but calling it Ukranian Far Cry only makes me wanna try it, but I love most of the Far Cry games.

As someone who has been playing Ghost Recon: Breakpoint recently, some Ubisoft games are pretty damned good. Granted, that game came out in 2019 but still.
Like I said, I enjoy the hell out of all the Far Cry games except 6 cuz they tried to add too many RPG and gear score elements to it and both Ghost Recon Wildlands and Breakpoint are still awesome to this day. Granted, Breakpoint I heard was bad at release but you can get the game and all the expansions for cheap nowadays and I really like the customization. That and Wildlands really let you find tune your outfit wether you wanna be a fully geared up soldier looking guy or the way I like to do it is dress as a sort of PMC/Operator type dude.

Idk wtf that is.

Liking Far Cry is the same as someone liking McDonalds. They know it's crap but they like it anyway. I like Far Cry as well. But STALKER was a much better game. People expect more from a STALKER game. The only Far Cry game that can even compare to the original STALKER games would be Far Cry 2.

I never played the new Ghost Recon games. I only played the older FPS Ghost Recon games. Usually if I want the PMC/Operator feel I just play MGS5.

It means STALKER Anomaly. Most people just call it Anomaly. It's one of those free standalone STALKER mods.

 

[CyrusHowler]

STALKER is best played as a sandbox shooter, it's Fallout without a stupid main quest getting in the way

Stalker and Fallout are also not really alike just like Atomfall and Fallout aren’t. Stalker doesn’t really have the perks, level ups and skills that Fallout has. It’s more of a “loot better stuff as you go” sorta thing.

Liking Far Cry is the same as someone liking McDonalds. They know it's crap but they like it anyway.

Nah Far Cry isn’t crap. Far Cry 2 is awesome because it lets you pick different characters (Warren Clyde is objectively the best), its setting is unique and I like the weapon degradation/jamming and the healing animations.
3 has a great sub-villain but is generally glazed much too much as later games did what it did but better.
Blood Dragon is a top 3 Far Cry game and shows how awesome standalone DLC’s used to be. Just like Undead Nightmare.
4 is okay, gameplay wise it’s better than 3 but the villain isn’t quite as good and Ajay Ghale is not as good of a protagonist as Jason Brody. 4 also introduced the secret quick endings which is awesome.
Primal gets props for introducing the animal friends and better melee weapons and for being a unique setting even tho it’s map is just a reskin of 4.
5 suffers from having a mute protagonist but is the best of the post 2 games as it has decent character customization and great villains as well as awesome human companions and animal friends.
New Dawn gets too much shit IMO. I like the unique take on a post Apo world where it makes crazy colors instead of bleakness.
6 just wasn’t fun. I did like the secret ending tho.

But STALKER was a much better game

Comparing Stalker to Far Cry doesn’t make much sense to me.

The only Far Cry game that can even compare to the original STALKER games would be Far Cry 2.

Far Cry 2 has more in common with GTA 4 thematically than Stalker.

I never played the new Ghost Recon games.

I think they’re great both alone and with friends. Especially with friends.

Usually if I want the PMC/Operator feel I just play MGS5.

That doesn’t make much sense but OK.


Quick tip for Atomfall if anyone is interested. There’s an audio bug that’s tied to the auto save feature that makes all the Audio in the game cut out. Restarting the game fixes it but change your settings to make the game Autosave every 60 minutes instead of 3.

 

[Maker's Mark]

Not adding a dodge or block mechanic for melee feels like a terrible idea. It’s janky as hell to me.

 

[Hermiöne Granger]

The biggest question now is how many sambos, fags and feminists sjw girlbosses will there be in this 1950s globohomo english countryside.

 

[CyrusHowler]

But Driver 3

I remember liking that game when I was younger. I had no idea about the big scandal around it until I saw the Larry Bundy Jr video.

The biggest question now is how many sambos, fags and feminists sjw girlbosses will there be in this 1950s alternate globohomo history english countryside.

Technically it’s 1962…

 

[30+GameOvers]

I don’t think you actually know what that means.

Why am I not surprised that a Bethesda fan has the lowest IQ, most uneducated opinion possible and he's loud and proud about it?

The biggest question now is how many sambos, fags and feminists sjw girlbosses will there be in this 1950s globohomo english countryside.

I am expecting a rugpull on that front, considering the recent Sniper Elite games. That's why I am still lurking the thread, in case something awful and retarded from the game pops up.

 

[Stasi]

Yeah, I mentioned Fallout because I played that much more recently than STALKER and thus it was the first thing to pop to mind. I looked up the plot to Shadow of Chernobyl to remind myself, and holy shit it does sound similar. The bunkers in Atomfall do seem to be where the majority of the story is to be found, piecing it together as you go.

Now, if I hear someone go "Oi, git outta 'ere stalka'"...

Seeing some of the videos it also reminded me a bit of Atomic Heart (more so than Fallout), which is good, I really like that game.

Looks like a pretty interesting game with some neat ideas, might check it out at some point.

 

[CyrusHowler]

Why am I not surprised that a Bethesda fan has the lowest IQ, most uneducated opinion possible and he's loud and proud about it?

I’m not the one getting laughed at and dunked on by multiple people in this thread bucko, that’s you.
Just because I like Elder Scrolls 3, 4, 5 and Fallout 3, NV and 4 doesn’t mean I’m a fan of Bethesda’s recent bad choices from 2018 onward.
I find it ironic that you’d call me uneducated and low IQ when you don’t have the mental capacity to know what the concept of nuance is. Tard.

 

[Jace on ice]

I know you’re trying to denigrate the game but calling it Ukranian Far Cry only makes me wanna try it, but I love most of the Far Cry games.

As someone who has been playing Ghost Recon: Breakpoint recently, some Ubisoft games are pretty damned good. Granted, that game came out in 2019 but still.
Like I said, I enjoy the hell out of all the Far Cry games except 6 cuz they tried to add too many RPG and gear score elements to it and both Ghost Recon Wildlands and Breakpoint are still awesome to this day. Granted, Breakpoint I heard was bad at release but you can get the game and all the expansions for cheap nowadays and I really like the customization. That and Wildlands really let you find tune your outfit wether you wanna be a fully geared up soldier looking guy or the way I like to do it is dress as a sort of PMC/Operator type dude.

Idk wtf that is.

When I bought Far Cry 5 for $5 I made my deputy a black women because a sassy sheboon slaughtering her way through a 99% white rural Montana county is almost certainly the way Ubisoft intended you to play the game.

Your character (spoiler for an old game I guess) ends up being the villain of the story who dooms the world which made it even funnier.

 

[PanLake007]

Game set in the 1960's, England, has niggers and warrior women, don't give these anti-White scumbags your money, it's not that hard.