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From: Rin Stowleigh <rstowleigh@x-nospam-x.com>
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Subject: Re: Atomfall
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2025 20:23:56 -0400
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On Thu, 27 Mar 2025 10:32:56 -0400, Rin Stowleigh
<rstowleigh@x-nospam-x.com> wrote:

>On Wed, 26 Mar 2025 18:16:41 -0400, Rin Stowleigh
><rstowleigh@x-nospam-x.com> wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:37:23 +0000, Mr Rob
>><noemailformethx@jsjsaiiowppw.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Has anyone else played Atomfall yet?
>>>
>>>I did get a special promotion discounted copy which came with some DLC
>>>and 3 days of early access.
>>>
>>>I'm enjoying it so far. It does remind me greatly of Fallout games and
>>>especially Fallout London. It has its own quirks that make it clearly
>>>its own game with its own ideas, but it is close enough to a Fallout
>>>game to make you want to play those games again once you've finished
>>>it. 
>>>
>>>I like games that encourage and reward exploration , Atomfall does
>>>both of those things. It does have its own grating version of
>>>invisible walls in the form of sloping ground that looks easily
>>>scalable, only to be forced back down again part the way up via a
>>>sliding animation. Other similar areas where the game wants to let you
>>>go will of course allow you to traverse them.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>So far, I really like it though.
>>
>>I looked at the Steam store page, it does appeal to me...  $50 for a
>>single player game, unless I have another reason to buy early is a bit
>>of a hard sell for me though.  I did wishlist it, will more than
>>likely get it on sale at a later time.
>
>Wow I guess the $50 price I saw yesterday was a pre-order deal, now
>it's at $70.  So yeah, I'll be waiting for a while on this one I
>think.

Welp, it seems this morning when I looked the $50 version didn't
appear, but now it does.. weird.  Sentiment still stands though, I'll
take a look at this when it's maybe $15-20.