ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game

I bought this because plenty here say it's what newer Fallouts (if they'd stayed isometric) would've been like. Well, I didn't really play those (watched a pal play some Fallout 2), but I'm a huge fan of Fallout 3. And as an old strategy wargamer I've played lots of isometric games over the years, and most of them are turn-based too. So I thought, after a second Fallout 3 playthrough, I'd try Atom - ugh, big mistake! I got little or no sense of the supposed charm or sense of place or time. The rpg elements seem painfully potted, the plot is shallow and very pedestrian, and the frequent and often very wordy text interactions reminded me of a rather uninspiring 1980s text-based dungeon game - and a naff one at that. The graphics ARE defintiely quite a lot better than Fallout 2 from 1998, though for a 2018 game I was expecting more isometric zoom than there is (I kept wanting to pull back for a wider view), and wanted more camera height options. And the point'n'click, map and item handling aspects are of haphazard/inconsistent logic and often unguided guesswork - so the game seems stuck in the 1990s in more than just appearances! And it is a game that's aimed at 11-16yr olds. It would've probably been ok for those younger players in the late 1990s too, but in the early 2020s? Definitely not, unless they're in need of a fix, no matter how bad.

Creating my character was enjoyable, if seemingly way too similar to fallout 1s intro. Then upon getting into the game i was met with a very non engaging story and awful dialogue off the bat, immediately after getting to the first town I uninstalled. Just go play 1 of the 100s of fallout esque games from the 90s/2000s.

Began looking like an isometric STALKER style game. Ended swiftly & abrupty unable to even exit the base in the tutorial starting area. Tells me a lot about the game already. Even bought the extra additional content. Shouldn't have bothered.

poor layout, choppy performance, the story doesnt really flow at all its hard to follow your quest or find anything. def not worth $14

This game doesn't offer anything special. It's like the original Fallout games but without a soul of it's own