Codex Review RPG Codex Review: ATOM RPG

[Darth Roxor]

))))))))) the game

 

[RK47]

 

[Van-d-all]

Better than POE 1 or not?

Better then anything i played since 1998 ( Fallout 2 ). And i played them all.

Quite frankly it sounds you missed Fallout Nevada at the very least.

 

[Kyl Von Kull]

Better than POE 1 or not?

Better then anything i played since 1998 ( Fallout 2 ). And i played them all.

Quite frankly it sounds you missed Fallout Nevada at the very least.

this is better.

 

[Prime Junta]

I enjoyed this review so much that to save time I'll just keep re-reading it instead of playing the game.

Massive of the Codex bataille

 

[Van-d-all]

Better than POE 1 or not?

Better then anything i played since 1998 ( Fallout 2 ). And i played them all.

Quite frankly it sounds you missed Fallout Nevada at the very least.

this is better.

ATOM is a whole new game, so it depends if you consider using F2 engine/assets/setting in FN as a flaw or an aesthetic choice IMO.

 

[oscar]

Nazbol the Game. A+

 

[PrettyDeadman]

Very nice review! I only read first paragraph but I am laready very impressed and have lots of thoughts.
I didn't think of Atom as a work influenced by nekrorealism movement untill I read the first paragraph. It's a fascinating idea, I need to dwell on it more before I continue reading.
Very nice language too, a joy to read. Please PM me the original text in russian (or whichever slavic language it was written in).

 

[Feyd Rautha]

Very prestigious. Best review ever

 

[I ASK INANE QUESTIONS]

-oh ok, if I don't know russian culture I won't catch anything interesting

Oh but if you do, you get to find out that it was written by something you can only describe as a russian equivalent of a redditor. That's right. If reddit was Russian, that cunt would be all over it. He'd love it. He'd fit right in, he'd rubbing shoulders with the giants of modern videogame writing like Anthony Burch, because he seems to genuinely believe that a semi-coherent sentence consisting entirely of le ebin references strung together with semicolons is what the good writing is all about.
This game is a meme, and bataille is even more of a meme for buying into it. Rip.

 

[commie]

Where the fuck is bataille so he can get his deserved brofists instead of Zionotron?



Roxor's reviews are pathetic, under-grad snark in comparison!(EDIT: To be fair, Rox is on top of things with detailed musings on the mechanic side, though for ATOM, like Fallout, whining about the ease of combat would miss the point).

 

[vazha]

Excellent review! Particularly overjoyed at literary quotes. Shalamov FTW!

 

[majestik12]

the less you know about "russian culture" the better, since you'll be spared of all the cringey winks and nudges

 

[vazha]

-oh ok, if I don't know russian culture I won't catch anything interesting
-meh, maybe i'll play a few years from now; should I learn russian first? idk
- crooked bee really liked it (the review), maybe I should read the greeks first

Honestly, if thats the case, you better do some reading then instead of playing games. This coming from a guy whose country is at war with Russia.
And while you re at it, read the greeks too. At least the essential ones.

 

[Israfael]

Well, as I said, petrosyanstvo either triggers people hard, or they laugh with the author at his own low-brow humor. Not sure where I stand, I have to play the game first, also, I certainly do not qualify as I did not read most of the postmodernist literature (sans Solzhenyzin, who also can be considered as a postmodernist as his work is not grounded in reality, lel)

 

[Mark Richard]

Thanks for taking the time to review this, it sounds wonderful. Looking forward to the GOG release!

 

[Prime Junta]

you can apply multiple perfumes to yourself to increase personality and speechcraft to absurd levels

definitely a Russian game

 

[PrettyDeadman]

 

[Projas]

Need a RUS))) rating

 

[Prime Junta]

Does the game have Radio Yerevan in it? Please?

 

[Heretic]

Unconventional but interesting review.
Thank you for including links to Prokhanov, Darger and Blue Cities.

 

[samuraigaiden]

This was a great read. Really insightful, haven't seen other reviews highlight the Russian cultural references in such detail. I hope this game gets a GOG release.

 

[Deleted Member 22431]

First, let’s address the enormous, almost embarrassingly fat elephant in the room before proceeding. The elephant that, before now, I have tried not to glance at too often.

ATOM RPG is exceedingly postmodernist. Actually, I’m fairly certain that it’s the most conventionally postmodernist game I have ever played. Virtually its every aspect is a citation. Its source may be an old Soviet song, a socialist realist film, an actor from the era of Perestroika, a novel written by a dissident, a controversial public figure, an internet meme (yikes), or Fallout. A lot of Fallout. At its most surface level, mechanically and story-wise, ATOM is made of Fallout. It’s got its own Iguana Bob, Richard Grey, The Followers, Rad-X, Vaults, FEV, the BoS, etc. Whether it’s part of the nostalgia motif, a set of homages, or plagiarism is for you to decide, but I think it fits the game’s fever dream feel very well.

It’s not Fallout 2, however, where the elements of its first part were deconstructed to inspect them from a different perspective, but rather a boxful of stuff to play with. In Atom Team’s hands, the borrowed material is clay to create a statue of Lenin with, tear it down, and then make a million other things following the same scenario. It’s playful, lively, and not preachy in any way.

No, it's not.

 

[Deleted Member 22431]

This pretentious pseudo-intelectual review made me barf. The game is great though. If you like games like FO and FO2, buy ATOM RPG as soon as possible and play until your eyes bleed.

 

[bataille]

Hi! Thanks for reading it!

I've just had a brilliant idea that all the stupid memes in the game fall under the 'enchanted with death' part! The rot sown in pure nuclear souls by the evil propagator's crooked hand! A great defense against the anti-ATOM sentiment! Kinda.

Spoiler

Sorry if some people wanted another review of Fallout. To emphasize the things that make ATOM RPG really (really) special, I needed to structure the review in a way that would adequately demonstrate the ghosts rattling their chains in its most removed chambers. For me, writing (and caring) about its mechanics to an unnecessary degree is like getting trashed on fine wines that your grandparents made when they were 25. Somewhat misses the point even if serviceable to a degree.
Besides, it just seemed unfair to me that so many people had been talking about the balance of pistols versus assault rifles and all the ways to create the perfect character while completely ignoring some of its more esoteric aspects, so there wasn't much choice but to alleviate this unfairness by shedding some light on the overlooked side of the game. Hope the article succeeds at it at least partially!