KickStarter ATOM RPG - Wasteland Soviet style! - now with Dead City update

[HoboForEternity]

So it took me 60 hours to reach bunker 317 and did everything i could find in this playtrough. Weirdly, 60 hours is the time i finished the whole game back in january 2019 . Did the game expanded that much (like i dont remember quests like the whole sewer questline, tawfik, but i do remember most of them. I havent touched dead city or mountain pass of woe yet.

It's probably combination of me being more thorough + hard difficulty (compared to normal on 1.0 release) plus more content.

 

[Feyd Rautha]

Dead City is great!

 

[HoboForEternity]

Dead City is great!

Finally reached dead city and its pretty awesome! 180 improvement over the empty map without much going on in 2018

 

[Feyd Rautha]

It can be a bit tiresome to travel back and forth in the tunnels but overall the area is a great experience.

 

[HoboForEternity]

Does the secret cartel storyline continues in trugodrad? I just completed the woodpecker quest and this is by far my favorite "mystery" of the lore even since the vanilla atom back in release. Like when you realize

Spoiler

the postman at the cinema with th BBQ quest are actually member of the cartel using you to eliminate their competitor

 

[HoboForEternity]

Finally finished the base game. Took 80 hours over 60 hours the first time around.

There are quite some significant content update and it's really great the atom team have made such milestone.

Overall, the flaw of the game is still more of less the same, mainly in the balance (how gimped pistols and SMGs still are because of lack of endgame weapon aside from the <<special>> which is still severely outclassed, and the perk system.

Otherwise, i fell in love with the game’s unique russian atmosphere and culture all over again. Some nice quests even though you have still the occasional fetch quests but overall the game has really improved since release, and i really like dead city. It retain some of its tedium especially in the encounter design, and the tunnels walking speed is too slow, even though exploring the metro itself is really fun.

But yeah, congrats atom team for accomplishing and made ATOM the game it deserve to be.

 

[jackofshadows]

how gimped pistols and SMGs still are because of lack of endgame weapon aside from the <<special>> which is still severely outclassed

Stechkin with ap bullets >> special imo. What's more important, you can wield a shield with a pistol much more efficiently which is huge and balance it out in a sense. But even that aside, would you really prefer if pistols/SMGs weren't outclassed? I think that's pretty cool, actually. At most, would be great if instead of op rifle or in addition to it there would be some op pistol as well with just a handful of ammo, yeah. The perk tree sucks shit, yup.

It retain some of its tedium especially in the encounter design, and the tunnels walking speed is too slow, even though exploring the metro itself is really fun.

Are there unskippable encounters still? If so, that's what suck, not the speed on global map which is too slow everywhere.

 

[HoboForEternity]

how gimped pistols and SMGs still are because of lack of endgame weapon aside from the <<special>> which is still severely outclassed

Stechkin with ap bullets >> special imo. What's more important, you can wield a shield with a pistol much more efficiently which is huge and balance it out in a sense. But even that aside, would you really prefer if pistols/SMGs weren't outclassed? I think that's pretty cool, actually. At most, would be great if instead of op rifle or in addition to it there would be some op pistol as well with just a handful of ammo, yeah. The perk tree sucks shit, yup.

It retain some of its tedium especially in the encounter design, and the tunnels walking speed is too slow, even though exploring the metro itself is really fun.

Are there unskippable encounters still? If so, that's what suck, not the speed on global map which is too slow everywhere.

At least you can get cars in the main wastes, and mountain pass isnt that big. In the tunnels you have to follow the tunnel which is twisting and turning that makes travel time much worse. Yes, there are still unavoidable encounters too

 

[Mikeal]

TBH Dead CIty changed a lot from initial release of a game. It was a bit barebone at the beginning.

 

[jackofshadows]

Yeah, one should clarify either reference is to the original DC or updated DC/update itself with all the undeground stuff, quests etc. I liked the update a lot but exluding aforementioned unskippable encounters and Hazmat suit introduction. Imo such an item is absolute bullshit and shouldn't be in the game, same as respec potion.

 

[FreshCorpse]

Got my first proper firearm a while back, a rusty Nagant M1895. The game calls the ammunition for this ".30" which maybe is technically true (7.62mm == 0.3 inches) but confusing because the ammunition for this gun in real life is called usually called 7.62 "Nagant". Anyone know why this might be? Is this ammunition called ".30" in Warsaw Pact countries?

 

[Wunderbar]

FreshCorpse i think it was done for streamlining purposes, so it'd be easier to distinguish between nagant rounds, mosin rounds and AK rounds (all of which are 7.62mm).

 

[Yaar Podshipnik]

Got my first proper firearm a while back, a rusty Nagant M1895. The game calls the ammunition for this ".30" which maybe is technically true (7.62mm == 0.3 inches) but confusing because the ammunition for this gun in real life is called usually called 7.62 "Nagant". Anyone know why this might be? Is this ammunition called ".30" in Warsaw Pact countries?

I highly doubt any of the prestigious Warsaw Pact countries would stoop down to using the filthy imperial "system" of measures.

 

[FreshCorpse]

FreshCorpse i think it was done for streamlining purposes, so it'd be easier to distinguish between nagant rounds, mosin rounds and AK rounds (all of which are 7.62mm).

Yes, there are a lot of rounds in the world that are "7.62" and I suppose I can understand that. Probably good usability for people who know nothing about guns though bad usability for people who do (ie: the devs probably made the right choice).

I highly doubt any of the prestigious Warsaw Pact countries would stoop down to using the filthy imperial "system" of measures.

Maybe. Though the Nagant is of western design (and, initially, manufacture) so perhaps not impossible and anyway Russia didn't go metric for another 30 years or so after the gun was introduced.

 

[lukaszek]

if i were to give it a try, does one go straight for turd or base game first? Is it like bg1 vs bg2 or f1 vs f2?

 

[Wunderbar]

if i were to give it a try, does one go straight for turd or base game first? Is it like bg1 vs bg2 or f1 vs f2?

it's like f2 and f1. ATOM rpg is big, but a bit of a mess, Trudograd is smaller and more focused. I wouldn't recommend you to skip the first one, it's still good.

 

[Yoomazir]

Just finished this game, what an absolute blast it was. How's Trudogard? I read they're still updating it, is that right? If that's the case I'll wait for the complete edition.

 

[jackofshadows]

Just finished this game, what an absolute blast it was. How's Trudogard? I read they're still updating it, is that right? If that's the case I'll wait for the complete edition.

Nah, you may play it now if you wanna. They're updating it yea but the game is complete in every sense of the word.

 

[FreshCorpse]

I am level 10 and still not found a single assault rifle and could not afford the single sniper rifle that I saw on a merchant. Realistically, I should leave the murlocs in Death tunnel until later right?

There are four of them blocking something good but I already have the water filter and it doesn't seem like I need to go any further in. I have never managed to take down more than one of them in a fight.

 

[thesecret1]

I am level 10 and still not found a single assault rifle and could not afford the single sniper rifle that I saw on a merchant. Realistically, I should leave the murlocs in Death tunnel until later right?

There are four of them blocking something good but I already have the water filter and it doesn't seem like I need to go any further in. I have never managed to take down more than one of them in a fight.

Those things are some of the toughest enemies in the game, you are meant to grab the filter and GTFO. It's better to come in later if you cannot beat them now – I'd say that what's there is worth a second trip for sure.

 

[bobocrunch]

bought the game in early access and got back into it a few months ago, was stuck trying to get the filter because the gas was too much, i couldnt turn it off and apparently the only way to get a real gas mask was to be lucky with caravans
is there any workaround? id like to port a save into trudograd and maybe try that out

 

[Major_Blackhart]

Playing this game now. First time. Really enjoying it.

 

[GrafvonMoltke]

Steppe nomad spinoff when?!

 

[Die Healing]

Is it recommended to port your character into Trudograd or does that make that game really easy?

 

[Alphons]

It's easy either way.