This game receives so little praise from so much of the gaming community, and that is a damn shame. Hell it's one of my favorite games of all time, and dude, you can roleplay as Slav Fist Of The North Star very successfully with martial arts and throwing weapons and I did that and lost myself with one character for like 70+ hours.

The best game I've played in my opinion that does eat, drink, sleep right: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Anomaly has just the right balance. You can go a while without eating, but need more drink.

This game is soaked to the bone in a certain kind of nostalgia that, I think, will only be understood and appreciated by the people who lived back at that times. How the game world looks, how it sounds, how characters talk and smaller things like a huge amount of NPC are based upon actual soviet actors and their famous roles - all this is targeted for a specific demographics and I wonder if the developers managed to translate this unique atmosphere beyond the few oldtimers like myself?

I discovered your channel about 3 weeks ago and I am loving your current and older content. It has everything I'm looking for. I especially enjoy the story supercut series. Thanks for this seriously.

I finished this game around 1 year ago I truly loved it and enjoyed it thoughtfully, one of the best CRPG I've played in a while. It's one of those games where you can tell it's a labor of love.

Hexogen is best companion, always says something hilariously random :D

Love the content! You review games very quickly and i like your unique perspective from reviewing games after 100%. I find it very refreshing coming from the ign style reviews after the first two levels. I would like to hear more about the actual 100% part of your experience from the game, like what specifically was difficult about doing the 100% or what was the most enjoyable part of getting 100%.

Man, you are one hell of an awesome gaming and reviewing machine! Every time I log onto Steam I see you grinding away. Mad respect man... keep up the good content.

Good review, I'm glad this game is getting the attention it deserves. Btw personality checks are required for getting some of the npc companions to follow you so neglecting it can make you miss out on some really great dialog between the characters

first time i played fallout one i bounced right off, it was a little alien to me and i had a hard time learning to play, but i just recently played wasteland 2 and 3, and i am consumed by hunger for this kind of rpg now, atom is definitely going on my to play list, getting a soviet post apocalipse sounds like an awesome spin on the theme

fair review. Honestly, I wish they could just incorporate both games into one big "director's cut". Trudograd improved engine fixes almost every "indie jankiness" the first one suffer, but alone, it's an incomplete story.

I honestly think that some of the worldbuilding and faction interactions are on par with Fallout: New Vegas. Dan’s factory gang is my premier example: they don’t operate as generic raiders, they’re a protection racket. And they actually do protect some smaller towns from even worse threats, like slavers coming from Syoma Voronock

I appreciate that atom team still updates their first game. Yes it has a bunch of issues but it is the closest thing to Fallout 1 and 2 that you will experience today. And actually ATOM began before the great war. That never made much sense to me. It makes more sense that they formed AFTER and for the collection of pre war tech. As far as stats go, yes personality isn't as important in this game however, you will miss out on ALOT of side quests. However, it is easy to boost your personality with cologne and joints so I always just put it at 2. But personality is still good for a first playthrough as you won't miss out on some of those sidequests. Trudograd gives you more xp for your conversations. So having a high personality speeds up those xp gains.

I loved ATOM, however, what broke the game for me is that if you dump points in Dexterity and attention (if i remember correctly) you are invincible and hits 100% everything very early in the game. This in combination with stealing, i basically had enough ammo, items and money to do everything. I was just clearing areas at that point in the game with no challenge. I don’t know if they changed this with patches as i finished it some years ago.

Thanks for the review. I was stuck on deciding what game I want to get next and I feel like a lot of games that have been coming out lately have been too expensive for the content they provide (i.e. Evil West which I love butttt still not worth $60+) and I know this will be a big bang for my buck.

One of my husband's favourite games recently 😊👍

This game keeps getting recommended to me so i had to check if you reviewed it and ofc you did legendary, Great video as always.

I hope you will play Trudograd too, It's a big improvement imo over the first game.

What can you tell me about worm encounter? Who was under its control? Is it even real? Also worth mentioning that getting your own car lead you to one of the biggest battles in the game. Quickly dropped crafting when it restricted what rags you can use for healing powders. Found maybe 3? bandanas, nothing else worked. Also can't wait for your take on Grimoire - Heralds of Winged Exemplars if you want to try it, those Wizardry-like RPGs are still quite rare even indie industry don't want to touch it.

Your reveiw is spot on,But i feel like you left comment out, everygun every helmet, amrour is all historically accurate, i was expecting just basic kinda gear set, but that fact they have full soviet gear, genuine soivet camo etc, and accurate gas masks was cool

This game was for me the greatest surprise of 2020, i got the game in August for around 1 dollar, i even brought it to a friend and we both really loved the game. And i made a strength unarmed build, and i have to tell you that past some point in the game a became the one punch man.

Wait a minute, is that ESO at 3:03 in the video!!! Been waiting to get my hands on this game for some time now. This gave me a good idea of what to keep in mind when playing it. Thanks!

Every time I play this game I can't help but feeling that it's almost exactly what I want if TPTB ever decide to give us another classic fallout title. Almost.

I really wish I'd had this review guide when I played this game. I loved it at first, huge OG Fallout fan, but it ended up being one of the most frustrating and punishing gaming experiences. After seeing this I'm half tempted to give it another go, however especially as there's a console version. You do good work, Mort.

Atom RPG looks really interesting. I got it and Trudograd at Winter Sales. I intend on playing them both later this year!

Been playing Fallout 1, man really love how the game looks. There's another one that released last year. Atom RPG Trudogad

Did you ever play Wasteland from 1988? This pretty much inspired the first Fallout game. Nice old school difficult turn based rpg goodness. Once I grow tied of the traditional Roguelike vibe I'm on at the moment I might give Atom RPG another go.

This is quite timely as I just purchased this to try to feed my Underrail itch. Phenomenal analysis my friend. You earned a sub.

I'm definitely getting this. I loved Wasteland 2, and found 3 a bit disappointing and goofy. I've been looking for a console, post apocalyptic, isometric RPG to get into and I think I've found it

After having this on my wishlist for years, I think I'll be getting it. I do hate how DEX determines your AP. I feel this is very dated gameplay but I guess for being a Fallout successor it makes sense.

It's a cool game, I like that in recent years Russian developers have started making more games. Especially about the apocalypse, Russians are more sensitive to it, more dramatic, you feel complete despair, depression in such games. Example a series of subway games. Yes, I know that the developers are from Ukraine, but the author of the books on which the games are made is from Russia. And there is no difference between Ukrainians and Russians, one people divided by corrupt politicians

I'm glad you finally covered this about a year after I spammed your stream and comments about it 🤣 amazing review as always. I'm sure I'll find something new to recommend soon!

Great work as usual. Would appreciate it if you could spare a minute going over the settings menu. Doesn't need to be too detailed but things like full-screen options and controls customisation are good to know in advance.

I always check this channel whenever thinking of starting an rpg on my steam backlog.

Finally, a decent game reviewer and a man of culture. Subscribed.

I bought this game ages ago, played it for about 10 minutes and decided it wasnt for me, now I LOVED the fallout games and played them over and over, but for some reason this just didnt do it for me, your review has left me wondering if I should give it another look and go down the 'fast, intelligent, talkative sniper route'

I love this game. id say you are spot on with the review. I got Trudograd first and couldent get a hang of it, so I bought 1.1 and all fell in place. Realy nice. Feels abit wierd playing it with the state of the world at the moment though.

I was lucky enough to stumbled into a garage swarmed with bandits but somehow most of the time they try to shoot they end jamming their weapons and got away with a shit of rusty weapons to sell and actual armor, lady luck is blinding

Love your review style. I just got to the end of the game on normal- I'm level 15, but it seems like you need to be closer to level 25 to have a better chance with that fight. So grinding is going to be necessary, given that I've finished most side quests. Other than that, it's been a really fun CRPG. Definitely worth playing.

9:27 Like getting elite weapons from The Glow in Fallout.

They're channels you have only to watch one vid to know you wanna subscribe. This channel is one of them. Cheers mate!

Wished they added in some active abilities along with the basic attacks and called shots for combat. Still I’d probably enjoy combat anyway

There some quests that I really like and are written with enough info to get you to that point, but yes some are very ? Thought you would just tie Trudogard into this as well, but guess doing it separate?

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Great review it’s on my wish list backlog on PlayStation

I enjoyed playing how to survive games and most recently the last stand: aftermath, is this game similar to or better than those games?

Pretty much all RPGs fall into the trap that intellect/intelligence is just overpowered. Wasteland (all of them), Divinity Original Sin 2, Fallout, Elder Scrolls... They all struggle because maxing intelligence for more skill points each level is just too strong. It needs a redesign.

I passed this over for so long because the name makes it sound like just another poorly made, generic phone game. The only reason I ended up buying it was because Wasteland 2 was such a terrible Switch port. Atom RPG ended up being almost everything I could want in a game of the same genre. If they made a directors cut with dlc included & changed the name a little they could make a killing.

Finished this twice. Couldn't get my head around Trudograd.

i really liked encased it was cool game but I didn't really like the shadowRun games the mechanics filled to outdated so I have a really weak spot for Fallout style games would like this??

Why is your HUD way more different than that on mine and also it almost looks the same as that from Fallout 1 and 2 … Perhaps because i’m playing on console. BTW nice review, and i’m enjoying this game af lol

I really love your reviews, you do videos on the types of the games that I love. I would love if you added a score at the end or at the start. Doesn't need to be the classic 1-10 or 1-5 but something that your regular viewers will understand in the long run. If you always have the same scale, and we as viewers understand your reviews, we will see the (example) 3.5/7 and we will understand what that means for you.

Basically took the what made stalker and the classic fallout games good and put them together

I'm a mobile gamer and I really want to buy this game on google play store but the only thing that holds me back is that most of the games on android have a high chance of getting removed sooner, playing games which is quite costly and requires huge amount of play time to complete is kinda fun, but on mobile google playstore, it's worrying to think that all your progress might vanish sooner.

If you are tired of replaying Fallout 1/2 yet another time, this and Underrail are your godsends. And it's miles ahead of both Wasteland 2 and 3.

Would you prefer Atom RPG or Encased?

I was waiting for this review! I knew about this game but didn’t wish list it. Then I saw you were playing it and decided to check it out again. With your review, I think I feel confident to actually give this game a shot. Fallout was just so very good and I do need more of it in my life

I'm facing a bug on the android version of the game. Not a single merchant re-stocks even after spending almost 2 in-game weeks without buying anything

Thanks for this I'm going to pick it up based on your review 👍

ATOM RPG surprised me after stumbling across it in very positive way. Game is funny, brutal (only if you WISH it it be - apparently it can be finished for character not to kill anyone but one boss, or something like that), funny, difficult at some stages (havin 50 lvl I was spreading the fear over the Wastlands and I thought I knew everything about everything and - SPOILER!! SPOILER! - I went to Dead CIty. And gotten melt down by first demon I faced), funny, pretty "role play friendly, I would say. And funny :)

Trudograd should be next, now, since it's the "sequel/expansion"

The portrait (9:58) looks like the youtuber ESO.

I really wish studios would stop with half-hearted CRPGs whereby there is a clear optimum build and most of the time it relates to DPS or alpha strikes. It would be so easy in a loot based game to allow the social skills to give you a material advantage such as much cheaper gear or easier access to loot and currency while the usual combat skills have to struggle to gear up and make ends meet but is perfectly capable at offsetting their inadequate gear with personal abilities. The DEX thing is also an unforgettable oversight as it flat out increases both offense AND defense while giving you more freedom to not commit to any risky decisions. Thanks for the honest review, I was thinking of buying the for my next CRPG but it I'd prefer to not be gimped for not choosing the specifc builds the game was designed for.

Good review! It made me play Atom again ;)

Mort is it as good old Fallouts ? Is there any humor like in the second F.?

Those cutscenes have the tiniest subtitles I've ever seen.

Are you gonna finish the second atom rpg? I seen you made a video for it back im the day

Can I Run It says the video memory on my Surface Pro isn't enough for this. 💔😭

3:10 That is ESO Danny.

Never heard of this game. I loved Fallout Tactics, might take a look.

Just a quick, unrelated advice. If you plan to try Knight of the Chalice 2, don't. Me and a friend followed the alpha closely and it objectively isn't worth 40 dollars. Hopefully fans will knock some sense into Pierre soon enought.

Good review. Most annoying stuff was the wall of text that every npc gives. They toned it down in the expansion

My man 100%’s games faster than mine download.

Any tips on the sniper build?

Reminds me a ton of wasteland 2

The only one part of the game that I disliked was: SPOILER ALERT!: You don't get the car after helping an NPC building a car, and the said NPC died in an ambush. Otherwise this is an overall fantastic game! And I'll be starting the sequel very soon!

3:06 Is ... that picture is ESO right? The Bethesda youtuber guy? But why?

This was hands down the best review I have come across for this game. I felt the majority of reviews on this game are so wishy-washy. Maybe I will dig in for the nostalgia aspect of the game.

I’m so drunk right now, this is great.

buying it now

Looks neat, but Underrail is higher on my list

hi Mort,any advice for a sniper build?

I'm at the beginning of the game, it felt promising, I love how it is the USSR counterpart to FO1&2 as a veteran of those, but in the end it fails to deliver, the combats are poorly balanced, animations were better in 1998 FO2, it's a bit overwritten, the story is not really engaging (it's quite literally a variation around "Heart of darkness" found Morozov and its team). But it was made with so good intentions I must support ambitious developers full of good intents like that. I think my run is a bit broken for combat considering my character sucks at fighting/shooting and is a speech master, but I wish combats were slightly less unbalanced nonetheless you could be a speech master and a poor shooter in FO and still be able to win gunfights. I'm almost unable to win in any combat situation against humans when more than one are present, most of the time even if my partner and I are armed with guns fighting against unarmed characters it always fail because guns are bad and we get punched to death. Also the lack of karma system is a bit problematic, I mean I could steal, murder people in front of my partner and he doesn't seem to care. The foundations are there, but the game needs plenty of refinement to reach FO2, perhaps the sequel Trudograd fixed all those issues, I don't know, I'll try to finish my run first and learn how it should be played and then I'll go either for a second run or for Trudograd. Despite all those critics and small flaws, I would still highly recommend playing that game.

playthrough video series?

Just bought this for mobile. Usually don't play on mobile, but this game just hits different. I wish more companies did what these guys did. Bring the whole PC version to mobile and charge 10 bucks for it. Can't beat it honestly. Amazing game so far.

So it's basically a different version of S.T.A.L.K.E.R but it's the whole of the USSR

Is there a level cap?

About time!

Interesting that you did not mention the writing - the main point why I could never get into this game and wouldn't even think of comparing it to Fallout.

MASTERPIECE!!!

Pretty good review IMHO. In my Steam review I said that given it's jank it had no right to be as compelling as it is, but nevertheless it is and that's largely due to it being somehow worth more than the sum of it's parts.

3:14 ESO Danny?

Reminds me of Fallout 2...

I tried playing fallout 1 and 2 again but I could not make it, let's hope this game will bring me back to CRPGs (I got tired a bit after kingmaker, and just playing less CRPG games as Kingdomcome or even anthem:o)

That was quick ;) thx

Fallout????old fallout????it look great

The only thing I dislike about this game, like I did with fallout 1 and 2, is that shit inventory management.

Is better than fallout2?

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