Polygon.com / 16.09.24

Atomfall is a proper British detective mystery with Fallout: New Vegas vibes

Like limited-time public demos, media hands-on preview builds often feature handy text boxes that flash on the screen to inform the player that only a few minutes remain. During my half-hour with Atomfall at Gamescom, one appeared while I was chatting with the flat-capped landlord of a painstakingly British pub. Alf Buckshaw of the Grendels Head had done well to frame the world beyond his grimy windows, waxing about the post-government military quarantines and Droog-like bandit gangs that have cropped up in the wake of Rebellions fictionalized exaggeration of a real 20th-century nuclear disaster. But time was of the essence, so I brandished a cricket bat and started lamping the poor bloke in the head. To my surprise, he was up for a scrap, even in his old age. Check out Polygons Gamescom 2024 hub page for all our coverage of the worlds biggest games event. Playing a choice-driven RPG with a built-in time limit can force you to do some strange and ethically murky things. And I dont ...
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