{"id":2906,"date":"2025-03-24T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=2906"},"modified":"2025-03-27T18:21:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T18:21:36","slug":"atomfall-review-fallout-in-the-lake-district-is-a-fun-nuclear-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/24\/atomfall-review-fallout-in-the-lake-district-is-a-fun-nuclear-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Atomfall review \u2013 Fallout in the Lake District is a fun nuclear disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Atomfall – very British nuclear fallout (Rebellion)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fallout<\/a> 5 may be a long time coming but the British-made Atomfall offers an interesting alternative, that has plenty of unique ideas of its own.<\/p>\n

Given there\u2019s still no clue as to when The Elder Scrolls 6<\/a> will be released, it could be the best part of a decade before we see another Fallout game<\/a> from Bethesda<\/a>. The logical thing for them to do is get someone else to make a new game but so far there\u2019s been no sign of that, which means the only alternative is to just play the old games again or look for a spiritual successor.<\/p>\n

Although it\u2019s not nearly as similar as it first seems, Atomfall is very clearly attempting to fill that gap. The fan-made Fallout: London<\/a> is a much more literal homage but a lot of the basics in Atomfall are clearly very similar, given it\u2019s a first person action adventure (but pointedly not a role-player) in which you play a hapless survivor emerging from a bunker to discover a world changed by nuclear disaster.<\/p>\n

The difference is that Atomfall is set in the UK during the 1950s and the world hasn\u2019t been destroyed. Instead, a portion of Cumbria<\/a> has been sealed off, following an accident at what is now the Sellafield nuclear processing site. What results is certainly Fallout-esque but while Atomfall is covered in rough edges, the best parts are surprisingly innovative.<\/p>\n

The nuclear disaster at the Windscale nuclear power station<\/a> is a real thing that happened in 1957, except in Atomfall\u2019s version of reality it was considerably more serious. Although one of the key questions of the game\u2019s plot is whether what\u2019s going on is due purely to the meltdown or if it has triggered some other pre-existing danger.<\/p>\n

You certainly have no idea when you start the game as, in true Japanese role-playing style, you wake up with amnesia and have no clue who you are or what\u2019s going on. In the first moments, a badly injured scientist gives you a hacked key to the door of the bunker you\u2019re in, which he promises will open up a much larger complex called the Interchange.<\/p>\n

Gaining full access to and reactivating the Interchange is implied to be your overall goal but Atomfall is surprisingly ambiguous as to what you need to do or how you should go about it. This is not a negative but one of the best things about the game.<\/p>\n

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