ATOM RPG - Review @ Gamereactor

Gamereactor has reviewed the ATOM RPG:

Atom RPG

From Kickstarter to full-fledged Steam release, Atom RPG is a massive love letter to old school CRPGs. Here are our thoughts.

Story-wise, starting off, the player (a government special forces operative working for a branch called "Atom", tasked with restoring the world to its pre-war stage) sits alone by a fire in the desert, listening to a tape recording containing classified information, so classified in fact, that the recording has to be destroyed upon hearing the message. The mission given to the player is to find General Morozov, a higher-up who went missing under mysterious circumstances. After destroying the message, our protagonist sits by the fire, getting some rest before heading out, minding his/her business, commenting on what a nice day we seem to be having in the cold, nuclear wasteland when five men approach. One of the men asks our character if she's Little Red Riding Hood on a mission to bring food to my sick grandmother before her demise while nodding at my supplies. "Are all those bags yours?" he asks with a grin on his face. "I could help you carry them for a price". The many skill points we put into speechcraft instantly show their value as we get two skill exclusive options right off the bat to tell the strangers to bugger off in two manners, differing in the amount of aggression displayed. We decided to use our strength option, buffing our character's petite female body to that of a very, very small man (it turns out we're not the Hulk with beginner stats) but neither of the strangers seems very intimidated. In fact, the leader of the bunch walks over to us and knocks our badass lady to the ground with one light punch. As we wake up, this Little Red Riding Hood's gear is long gone. Looks like grandma will have to manage.
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Atom RPG is a love letter to the classic CRPG genre. Those of you who dream of a new Fallout or can't wait for the new Wasteland to come out should definitely check it out. The game has a solid narrative, a long storyline, interesting dialogue, retro (but lovely) visuals, and an old school combat system. There are a couple of bugs, weird translations, and some odd NPC behaviour in combat, but these issues are easily fixed with a patch or two and are minor enough to still get through the game. For all you genre fans out there, this indie is a real gem and it has the potential to grow into something even bigger in the future - and we'll be following said future closely.

Score: 8/10

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Cant' stress enough how much I love this game, It's mostly bug-free since launch and feels like playing a classic Fallout game. Just beware the Russian-English translation.

To clarify the translation is good just you'll just see comrade and other Russian words. Picture Arnold from Red Heat. A macho 1980's action star with a fake Russian accent.

Good thing it has no audio speech just text. One more thing the game will get more content all year round, and the best part is it's free if you purchase the base game.

If it hadn't been turn-based I would have been all over this one. I just can't stomach another TB game right now. Maybe down the road as it does look good.

Originally Posted by Couchpotato
To clarify the translation is good just you'll just see comrade and other Russian words. Picture Arnold from Red Heat. A macho 1980's action star with a fake Russian accent.

A plus in my book !

Currently this game is top of my list of must-play games this year. I'll likely give it a try before summer.

I didn't really like the way you were forced down only one viable path while it gave the illusion of choice.

Far to easy to gimp yourself with a terrible build.

Shame cause it really came on from the earlier builds, maybe with more patches it will be better

The link in the topic directs to a Sunless Skies review.

Originally Posted by Couchpotato
Cant' stress enough how much I love this game, It's mostly bug-free since launch and feels like playing a classic Fallout game. Just beware the Russian-English translation.

Too many decent Russian (and some Eastern Europe) made RPGs suffers from poor tranlation. Hard to be a God and A Farewell to Dragons come to my mind from the old days. Or more recent example: Insomnia. I know hiring a professional and experience localization studio costs money but it is an important factor that determines the quality of the game.

My enthusiasm is somewhat lowered because there don't seem to be interesting companions available.
I'll definitly play it when all content is released.

Bump as I just received call from a friend asking me if this one is any good.
I said not sure as I didn't go for it yet (time management), but if it's good it needs some more media coverage!

The most important question. Does it contain sexpert perk?

EDIT:
Got my answer, the first achievement on steam page is called "Love Guru".
Will text the guy to buy it.

lol, well the screen pans out and there is nothing to see. You hear some springs and get some flavor text. Ooh aah, right there, ouch!, etc.

Another game I'm looking forward to playing, hopefully maybe this spring if it's completed by then.