All views are that of the writer and usually are not influenced by any copies of video games supplied by publishers for assessment functions. Atlas Fallen releases on PS5, Xbox Collection X/S and PC on August tenth.
Atlas Fallen is a 3rd individual motion RPG set in a desert-inspired fantasy world dominated by an oppressive god. You play the Gauntlet Bearer who’s given the accountability of mastering the gauntlet and the sands to defeat the god and free the individuals.
Emphasis on extremely addictive fight gameplay and fast-paced exploration give the world and the sport a dynamic really feel that makes this the proper sport for anybody seeking to experiment with their playstyle and discover other ways to defeat their enemies.The sport might be performed as a solo marketing campaign or a co-op journey with two gamers.
The gameplay in Atlas Fallen is primarily centered on the fight. Gathering and fusing Essence Stones and equipping Icons all assist to tailor your gameplay to fit your particular person type permitting you to focus your fight on quite a few totally different areas, from therapeutic to break to constructing your momentum for extra highly effective assaults and talents.
There’s an actual emphasis on discovering one of the best ways to defeat every wraith you encounter with each Essence Stone and weapon coming with their very own strengths and weaknesses and it helps to create an attractive and harmful world.
The sport is not in need of exhilarating motion and the first rate worldbuilding helps convey the world to life with recurring facet characters serving to the story to really feel compact all through its essential missions, facet quests and errands and a few of these characters – like a thief who all the time results in sticky conditions – are enjoyable to work together with.
The compactness of the sport does let it down in the long term nonetheless. The sport’s story is mild on cutscenes, opting as an alternative for characters to speak to one another in stationary dialogue.After I obtained in the direction of the tip of the sport, I discovered myself questioning if there can be some twist however as an alternative I used to be simply left with a sense that it had ended abruptly.
It is simplicity is ok for a simple playthrough however it means there’s a whole lot of potential that fell by means of and the sport by no means appeared too considering making you root for or care concerning the participant character who felt like extra of a automobile versus some supporting characters who had actual emotional stakes within the story.
It felt like there was a greater story hidden inside the sport and that potential peeked by means of typically however it all finally went nowhere and was reduce off earlier than issues began to get actually fascinating.
The breathtaking surroundings of Atlas Fallen wasn’t disappointing within the slightest. I used to be blown away a number of instances by the gorgeous vistas and the sport is breathtaking whether or not you are within the underground caves, forest woodlands or the sweeping desert landscapes.
I used to be additionally fairly impressed with the character design. There was a various vary of NPCs and the visuals of the enemies was suitably different and imposing. I appreciated the armour design as properly and it was enjoyable experimenting with the assorted cosmetics to construct my very own look.
The music within the sport is nothing to jot down house about however it suited the setting properly and the battle music was fairly atmospheric, immersing me within the fight. You’ll be able to inform they needed to make the fight expertise as thrilling as doable and it labored although typically the music throughout exploration died out and also you had been simply left with sound results.
The voice appearing for the assorted characters additionally helped to convey the sport to life. A few of the characters are fairly memorable even when the overwhelming majority of them do not get sufficient time to shine.
The sport ran significantly better than I anticipated. Probably the most vexing drawback I encountered was the time the assault buttons stopped working however it was largely simply run of the mill sluggish texture loadings and setting particulars popping up randomly.
I’ve had quicker load instances on PS5 video games however total there was nothing immersion breaking and for essentially the most half it was a clean and an pleasant expertise.
There aren’t too many accessibility options for Atlas Fallen. Most of it was commonplace fare akin to having speaker names and backgrounds on subtitles and with the ability to scale back digicam shake, regulate quantity on totally different results and regulate the depth of movement blur and lens flare.
The sport comes with three difficulties, straightforward, regular and laborious, making it accessible to gamers who need a extra relaxed expertise in addition to catering to those that need a problem to kick the fight gameplay up a notch.
General, the sport is a enjoyable, energising expertise that makes essentially the most of its fight to supply difficult and rewarding gameplay that encourages range and experimentation to customize your playstyle to create the most effective expertise for you. It is let down by the story however it’s nonetheless value diving into to expertise the fight and exploration for your self with loads of enjoyable little challenges all through the world to maintain you entertained.
Gameplay/Story: 7/10
Visuals: 9/10
Sound: 7/10
Efficiency: 8/10
General: 7/10
