
The only downside, which I've only read about and not yet experienced, is that the perk tree is expensive and you can't be expected to reach many higher-level perks. Because I have most likely picked a few bad choices, but it doesn't matter, I only look forward to that. I hope ATOM is similar in that regard, but I of course have already realized I will have to restart sooner or later and remake a new, proper char based on those experiences. I've tried a build with is stat heavy with penalties to skills, very similar to my fallout builds, which in FO lead to being very good at fewer things rather then decent at many things. The stat points are few and you can't be good at anything without also being bad at something else.

The character creation is complex and comes with really tough choices. Some of the rumours are hilarious since they reference Mad Max, Fallout, etc in a very humorous way, as if those things would have happened in the ATOM world. A few minor spelling errors etc, but the overall feeling of the game is magnificent so far (I've only seen the first little town). I only played like 2 hours yesterday, and half was just making the character, so I am very interested in playing further. It's very, very FO-esque, almost too much since it has kept many of the things that wasn't that great in FO1 and 2. I had watched a little LPs of the beta so I knew approx what I was getting.

A powerful character creation tool, aimed at making the wasteland hero you want to portray!.

And to investigate a shadowy conspiracy, aimed at destroying all that is left of life on Earth. Your mission - to explore the wild and wondrous world of the Soviet Wasteland. You are one of the survivors of the nuclear Holocaust.

In 1986 both the Soviet Union and the Western Bloc were destroyed in mutual nuclear bombings.
