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Have you ever ever thought to your self, “What if Stalker was extraordinarily British?” Okay, in all probability not, however if in case you have—or if you’re now intrigued by the suggestion—then you may additionally be fascinated with Atomfall, a recreation that appears as if it simply would possibly match that invoice.
Developed by Sniper Elite studio Revolt, Atomfall is a singleplayer “survival-action recreation” set within the fictionalized aftermath of a real-world nuclear disaster—on this case the Windscale fireplace of 1957, the most important nuclear accident within the historical past of the UK. Whereas nowhere close to as devastating because the 1986 Chornobyl catastrophe, the Windscale fireplace burned for 3 days and launched radioactive fallout throughout the UK and over a lot of Europe.
The actual-world authorities of the time apparently coated up a lot concerning the accident, however Atomfall imagines a special end result: As a substitute of attempting to bury the entire thing, authorities set up a quarantine zone round what’s, for probably the most half, an idyllic, pastoral panorama—the type of locale you’d see in a typical episode of Midsomer Murders.
As common, appears will be deceiving: Atomfall is about 5 years after the Windscale accident, and issues aren’t going particularly nicely. 5 years is a very long time to be lower off from the world, and among the locals are beginning to get a bit twitchy. You’ve got additionally received army encampments and the armed fellows who reside in them to take care of, deserted underground bunkers, pagan ruins, large robots that do not look particularly pleasant, and different “secrets and techniques buried beneath the floor,” which your trusty steel detector will show you how to dig up.
And what’s your job amidst all this? Determining why the supposed short-term quarantine is now as much as 5 years and counting, I suppose. “Discover the fictional quarantine zone, scavenge, craft, barter, combat and speak your approach by means of a British countryside setting crammed with weird characters, mysticism, cults, and rogue authorities companies,” the Steam web page says. “Unravel a tapestry of interwoven narratives by means of exploration, dialog, investigation, and fight, the place each selection you make has penalties.”
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Stalker is not the one post-apocalyptic comparability you possibly can make right here. The Nineteen Fifties setting makes Fallout an apparent selection, and I even get a little bit of an Atomic Coronary heart vibe off it right here and there. However for my cash, Atomfall appears like Very British Stalker, and for that, sure, you may very a lot have my cash.
Atomfall is about to come back out in March 2025, and is on the market for wishlisting now on Steam and the Epic Video games Retailer.
