
But no, ATOM RPG has the worst menus of any consoles game I've ever played - and the reason is simple. I'm sure you're mentally scanning for infamous examples of something worse, like Mass Effect's absurd inventory management, or Final Fantasy XIV's MMO interface crushed down into a controller. Genuinely, the menus in this game are quite possibly the least intuitive I've ever seen in a console game. But I'm playing on Nintendo Switch, which is bound to be a very, very different experience, and that experience differs right from the tutorial. You can currently buy the game on Steam for an affordable price, and people really enjoy this retro-styled adventure. The thing is, ATOM RPG has already done this successfully. This game knows what it wants to be, and is directly courting fans of the genre. The green glow of your inventory and text windows is reminiscent of the Pipboy, and even the title screen includes a shot of a wanderer marching off into the distance, a shot which was made iconic by games like Fallout 3 and 4. Every part of the aesthetic of ATOM RPG is inspired, in some way, by the Fallout games past and present.


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Living the life of a sole wanderer in a wasteland far harsher than the survival modes in most survival games has made me appreciate the slow moments, the heartwarming conversations, and the friends we make along the way - because sometimes you're best off just staying with friends.ĪTOM RPG is a truly fascinating cRPG inspired by the classic Fallout games, and those old PC titles your dad mentions whenever it's his time to rant about how he was a gamer when he was young, too. I don't know what I expected from the game going in, but experiencing it has changed the way I think about games like this. I rarely feel so conflicted, and so rarely do my usual likes and dislikes turn on their head so abruptly.
