Last week, I clicked on _Atomfall_ with the mentality of trying it out. As a result, three days later, I sent a message to my friend with dark circles under my eyes: “This game is too evil. Now my mind is full of telephone booths in the suburbs of England.”
The story begins in the quarantine area in England after a nuclear accident. The character I played crawled out of the bunker and found that the world was both familiar and strange. Everyone I met on the road was lying, and even the mysterious voice from the phone booth was warning me, “Don’t trust anyone.” This sense of suspense makes me completely immersed in it, and I often forget the main task in order to investigate a clue.
What fascinates me most is the way of exploring the world. The game will not fill the task points on the map, but let you find clues by yourself. Once, according to the latitude and longitude coordinates on a document, I drew a map in the game for a long time to find the hidden location. Another time, he was attracted by the smoke in the distance and found a secret camp of the Druid. This sense of accomplishment of discovering secrets by yourself is much more interesting than following the navigation.
The combat system makes me love and hate at the same time. At first, I was like a weak chicken. My hands would tremble when I loaded a bullet, and I couldn’t breathe after running a few steps. Later, after finding the crossbow, I became a hunter in the shadow, and I liked to hide in the grass to solve the enemies one by one. But the enemy’s AI is good and bad. Sometimes it can burn me to death across the wall, and sometimes it waits in line for me to blow my head. This kind of unstable experience is really crazy.
The British flavor of the game is simply amazing. I can take off the cup to make gas bombs, eat Cornwall pie to restore blood, and drink Earl Grey tea to calm my heartbeat. As a person who has seen a lot of British dramas, these details make me smile. I even caught a glimpse of a blue telephone booth on the mountain, which made me travel to the set of _Doctor Who_ in an instant.
The design of the skill tree is very thoughtful, and there are no dazzling choices. I mainly added points to stealth and bows and arrows, and slowly cultivated myself into a professional assassin. The production system is also very convenient, and the picked-up garbage can be turned into useful props anytime and anywhere. I remember once I finally defeated a robot that had been bothering me for a long time by relying on my own modified earthen firearms.
What bothers me most is the selection system in the game. I wanted to satisfy all the forces, but in the end I had to make a difficult decision. My choice made a former ally pay a heavy price, and this moral dilemma made me think for a long time.
If you like doomsday exploration like _Fallout_ and want a free adventure like _Elden Ring_, then this game is worth a try. However, it is recommended that you be mentally prepared first, because the battles here sometimes really test your patience. I have been preparing for the second week now. After all, there are still so many secrets waiting for me to discover, such as what is hidden under the blue-lighted medical facility.
Have you played this kind of game that people can’t stop playing recently? Let’s talk in the comment section. Maybe your recommendation can become my next time sink.
