Atomfall Hands-On Preview – It’s Like Sniper Elite, But…

When Rebellion Developments announced Atomfall, I was intrigued. I love the Sniper Elite series, and I was excited to see the studio stretch its legs after making nothing but Sniper Elite games since around 2013. An RPG-esque Fallout-style game set in the 1960s after a nuclear disaster turns England into a post-apocalyptic, radioactive quarantine zone? That premise alone had me hooked. Imagining that setting mixed with the incredible mechanics that Rebellion is known for? What could go wrong?

Well, after just over an hour with Atomfall, I have some concerns.

As I mentioned, Atomfall follows the protagonist—an amnesiac with no identity—who must explore a quarantine zone in the Lake District, Northern England, five years after the Windscale nuclear disaster to uncover the truth about what happened. The world is full of doomsday cultists, rogue military factions, robots, radioactive monstrosities, and, of course, bandits. Lots and lots of bandits.

The story elements I... Read more