Rebel’s upcoming Atomfall already attracts robust comparisons with Stalker, what with it being an open-world shooter set in a cordoned off zone within the aftermath of a nuclear catastrophe. Nevertheless it appears the most recent recreation from the Sniper Elite devs can also be taking a leaf out of Dying Mild 2’s ebook, if the phrases of lead designer Ben Fisher are something to go by.
Talking to VideoGamer, Fisher defined that Rebel is utilizing Atomfall to play with some concepts that they would not have in any other case tried in different video games, stating “We took the inventive pillars we had been aiming for and simply ran with them, so there’s some experimental stuff you wouldn’t attempt elsewhere as a result of you’ll be able to’t assure a outcome.”
In line with Fisher, this consists of hidden occasions that may dramatically alter the world state, and Rebel is not completely positive how these inventive selections will likely be acquired by gamers. “There’s occasions the participant can set off or fully miss that may have an enormous affect on enemy inhabitants within the recreation world, and stuff like that… It would work, it may not… I’m trying ahead to discovering out.”
On the face of it, this sounds just a little bit just like the concepts Techland had deliberate for Dying Mild 2, the place participant selections would have an effect on which components of the world had been occupied by zombies and human factions. Ultimately, these concepts ended up being pared again within the remaining model of the story. Nevertheless it was nonetheless an attention-grabbing concept that I might prefer to see explored elsewhere.
That is solely my interpretation of Fisher’s define, and the system he is speaking about might be completely totally different. Fisher did present some barely tougher details about Atomfall in the identical chat, stating that it was designed as a more difficult “high-intensity expertise” by default, and that its quest design would not be overt in its instructions, and that Rebel wished gamers “to really feel extra like a detective and [have] extra of a way of open freedom.”
This detective component was what PC Gamer editor-in-chief Phil Savage loved most when he took Atomfall for a spin final September, remarking upon the way it offers you “leads” fairly than quests. “That is the great things—scavenging by a valley, poking round deserted bunkers and discovering clues that time to someplace on the map. Teasing out mysteries that result in conspiracies and unexplained phenomena and peculiar sci-fi nonsense.” He was much less satisfied by the moment-to-moment fight, nonetheless,calling it “Slightly bit janky and customarily unrefined.”
That was six months in the past, although, so hopefully Rebel has discovered the time to tighten up the fight techniques within the interim. Both manner, we do not have lengthy to attend earlier than we discover out. Atomfall launches on March 27.
