Your channel randomly came recommended to me a few months back, I’ve been casually watching your library of videos ever since. Glad to see another hit piece!
Wow, you're awfully kind to us! Thanks! I really mean it! Though I did scream at the screen a few times when you were genociding everyone ;((( Even tho I feel like this is our least polished game, esp compared to Swordhaven, we did leave a lot of peaceful talkie-talk routes for every single quest, from the main one to random unmarked fetch-style ones. Your review really steps up from the classic "let's see how they mindlessly copied fallout" ones we sometimes get. Even in this kill everyone route you paid so much attention to the little stuff that really mattered to us as we made this thing. We are the biggest fans of Fallout we personally know, but the goal always was to port the beloved premise onto the phantasmagorical caricature of our own 90's experiences, and not just clone for profit. Thanks for hinting at this. Also, lovely score system! Hugs and kisses from the team xoxoxoxo
The tipping point for me on ATOM was in the middle of the early game grind I found a very wealthy caravaner (M16, power pistol, 5 DR armor, several thousand rubles) and I couldn't afford any of the stuff I wanted but it was all the best stuff for my build. But I could afford the timed explosives, so I bought them and blew up the caravaner and his guards, and steamrolled the rest of the game (having to save scum mercenary encounters). That's when I knew the FIASCO was strong with this one.
The M16 is pretty underpowered, though (most NATO-style weapons in ATOM-verse is, in my experince). If you do the ciggy trick on one of the bunker guards underneath Krasnoz's city hall, you get a AKMS and some pretty decent body armor. You can also just ciggy-trick the merchants, in order to avoid the ill-fated merc encounter.
The merc encounters are really well programmed in this game, i say that despite how redfaced mad they made me. I apparently must have killed some caravaner at some point, and put the game down for a while afterwards. I come back with renewed interest months later, and encounter the mercs. I die easily. I reload and encounter them again, and die. I reload and encounter them again, and die. I reload and try to talk my way out, I die. I reload and having reached the stage of apathy, I say "fuck this piece of shit stupid fucking bullshit fa**ot ass game." And dig my own grave, and... they let me live. But they stole most of my stuff. A light bulb goes off in my head then. I think "okay, so if I leave my most valuable gear in a stash nearby, then I can encounter them and repeat that encounter. Then they'll just steal my garbage instead of my actual gear. I reload, stash my gear and spend the next 30 minutes wandering around trying to force the encounter and it never happens. I go back and get my stuff, and mere moments after leaving my stash with my gear again, I get the encounter. I quit the game and regretted ever buying it, not understanding why this was happening to me and assuming I had been softlocked. Took me weeks to check the discussions on steam long enough not to start fuming over it. Figured out why it was happening to me. Props to the devs, they actually account for players trying to stash their gear away lol.
@@alexanderrahl7034 There are a LOT of little touches like that in the game. I did bunker 317 at pretty low levels with Fidel. If you try to stash your gear before coming out and getting robbed the robbers will know and kill you, depending on your inventory weight going in and coming out. But if you are poisoned when you come out they will assume you're infectious and run away. This game lets you think around almost every encounter. Likewise if you engage in extreme behavior you will face some pretty extreme consequences.
"A VCR Repairman is a well paid profession in Red Banner". Mike and Jay move to Krasnoznamenny, change their name to Red Banner Media, and pound Baltikas.
@@WretchedMog Yeah. Remember that thing Warlockracy disliked in Peregon? They're running it. I made a more explicit answer to the original post, but youtube didn't care for it.
I always apreciate how you always try to give us westerners historical context for the games you cover, i can really feel that you care about slavic contributions to the industry, as a latino, i can tell you that wanting too see your people being directly adressed instead of just being called "the russians" its really important.
Went with a full party. Giving them all mosin nagants trivializes the all the worst encounters. Loved this game and passing my Uber character to trudgrade dlc made it even more fun!
8:06 Dzulbars is named after the border guard dog from the 1935 movie 12:45 wow, a brazen bull. An old and obscure torture device from greek legends, referenced in Gogol's Taras Bulba novel 14:42 it's not a movie theater, it's a videosalon or video café. During Perestroika it was a common kind of small enterprise where people used to watch various stuff on video, some of it was even dubbed. And, as many small enterprises are, it was a target for various racketeers 15:41 this might be a reference to The Fatal Eggs, a 1924 sci-fi novel by Mikhail Bulgakov (the same guy who wrote Master and Marguerite novel and Ivan Vasilievich time travel play). 17:21 Hexogen is modelled after Alexander Prokhanov, a patriotic writer, and named after one of his major works, 2002 novel "Mr. Hexogen". 22:50 The Coward, the Moron and the Pro, the soviet comedic trio portraying lackluster criminals. 37:06 it was also meant as the play on the conspiracy theory about Cheka playing major role in the suicide of Sergey Yesenin, another famous poet from the era of Revolution. It wasn't the only Kuryokhin's historical rant, he also made a couple of pseudo historical movies with Sergey Debizhev, which are available on UA-cam.
Soviet Mr. Beast has gathered a bunch of determined factory workers, idealistic university students and local party officials to compete against each other for luxury items such as vouchers for bread and potatoes, canned goods, an almost functional Lada and a holiday package to Siberia!
I absolutely love how the Bunker Trio's in-game portraits are modeled from the actual photos of their respective actors from Soviet movies: Georgiy Vitsin ("Coward"), Yury Nikulin ("Dunce"), and Yevgeny Morgunov ("Experienced").
By choosing low personality you barred yourself from 70% of quests. For those, who will play first time, I recommend investing in personality and attention.
I always liked the depiction of the ‘raider’ faction in Atom, as they’re more like a protection racket than the a raider faction like the Khans. Plus fulfilling their quest line till the end leads to the best outcome for Otradnoye, very similar to the Blue shields quest line in FO Sonora. Very powerful FIASCO energy with that one.
I feel like a faction which subsists entirely off raiding would die out very quickly. Therefore, it makes sense that due to natural selection, any raider factions would resemble organised crime syndicates (albeit crude) rather than gangs of roving marauders. It shows that the developers actually thought about how a raider society would develop over the years, unlike the modern Bethesda Fallout titles. Packs of drug-addled hyper-violent fiends would be commonplace 5 years after the apocalypse, but not 20 or 200.
@@relishcakes4525 oh its defenetly is. And 'junk' part is more about the whole 'deal with it or GTFO' vibe. Its always like game busting your balls until you starting thinking a very particular way - THE SLAV WAY
@@blackyellowhite Smh even the critics forget the lowest of the low on the totem pole: lube shop techs. Apparently they're actually great places to work at versus a dealership or chain repair shop, but no one gives them any respect and people come back to blame/yell at them for engine trouble that the vehicle owner themselves caused all the time.
The original ATOM is an outstanding game. I used to think it was a Fallout lookalike for people jonesing for more F1/2, but it stands firmly on its own two feet, and the combat system is surprisingly deep with all the rules about armour stacking and penetration. Doing a solo high-difficulty challenge run in ATOM was invigorating.
14:44 just noticed that the same wallpaper used for RedLetterMedia's Half in the Bag set. Glad to see Rich Evens' smile can cross international boundaries!
I don't dare hope. This seems like a bait and switch. But if he really makes a video on Planescape, then I guess he will make a comparison video with Numenera.
@@GhostofJamesMadison It absolutely is- as long as you favor a well-crafted story with memorable characters and great dialogues over combat. Planescape does not play like the first Baldur's Gate, combat grants a very low amount of XP and is not terribly engaging, getting better equipment is not a focus either here.
I am under pressure and have a lot of work lately in addition to some personal issues going on. Your videos are part of what keeps me going. Thank you.
YESSS! I l freaking LOVED ATOM rpg. I played as a very persuasive, smart pistol user who talked his way out of most encounters, helped people, and built apon the settlement you're provided. I look very forward to you reviewing the second game. A shame you didnt touch apon some of the best features in this game (I'm sure you know what I'm referring to) but for spoiler reasons, I understand. If you like fallout, you'll love this game. He left a lot of details out in this game. Please give it a try!
yeah, and he didn't do the speech/utility skills playthrough, which locks you out of tons of content (not to mention total genocide of locations with quests like Peregon).
WOW the ODDS!, I am 65 hours into my first run in this game no fucking clue if I am close to the story or not but I see a Warlockracy upload on it while I am playing? Truly blessed finally something worth listening to while I explore the Soviet Waste.
@@thomasneal9291 100% Agreed but I think I somewhat know what to do to progress the main story the issue is getting easily sidetracked with the amount of side quest in the game and equipment/level difference.
I'll recommend this game to my dad. He'll likely love it. He learnt a lot of English with a two years old me on one knee and a dictionary on the other, playing old Fallouts. And he grew up in Moscow! A perfect game for him!
I thoroughly enjoyed these games, though my lack of stereotypical Soviet culture knowledge probably left me missing a few references or comments. I'm looking forward to their fantasy game, it looks promising from the demo I played.
Interest peaked-not so much by the FIASCO meter but by the unexpected polish and writing chops. Legitimately impressed by the scope and environmental design. Not much commentary on how combat feels considering how much of it there seems to be but the animations look terrific. The game is definitely on my radar now, thanks!
In my head I imagined myself joining your Patreon and asking you during some hypothetical future Q&A if you had heard of this game. I'm glad that through the power of positive visualization my goal has been accomplished.
I bought AtomRPG Trudograd first, not knowing it was basically an expansion of this game, but I adore them both. Faithful to the old school Fallout feel, complete with depressing encounters and hilarious ones, but with a delightfully Soviet flavor. Like vodka distilled behind a frozen shack.
Oh my god i cannot believe we are already here! One of my alltime favorite youtubers reviewing one of my alltime favorite crpg’s! Time to brew up some kompot!
There is a many references to soviet and russian actors Hexagon is a Boris Klyuev Trio from bunker is a famous soviet trio coward, dunce, experienced There is also Pasha Technic at Dacha location who is russian rapper
I object, Hexogen is Alexander Andreyevich Prokhanov, a man and a rabbit hole really worth diving into. the actual guy talks really close to how we wrote him for the game. unhinged in the best of ways!
@@alexanderchernyavskiy5011 Hexogen is both of them, also he is Solzhenitsyn, also he is Dugin, also he is many random bits from other people blended into one NPC. Has surprisingly good stats for 80-something old man, which is understandable, considering that everything he says is elaborate bullshit - including his own age, apparently.
what i find crazy about this video is that it covers things i had no idea were in the game even after 89 hours and 2 games, also skipping the mind control worm event is unforgivable
I was so glad to see you chose Martial Arts. I used it as my sole damage dealer during my first playthrough and while it was brutally hard at times, endgame one-tapping everything felt insane. Glad to see this game getting more coverage, it needs it.
Oh my god, this is the one I've been waiting for! I looove Atom RPG, I've been hoping Warlockracy would review it for ages now. It's a beautiful, weird, janky mess, and I never even play it without Neutron anymore, but god is it so entertaining. I hope he likes it, and I hope he does Trudograd too!
One of my favorite games. I haven't actually finished it, though, I keep getting a bug right before the final Mycelium encounters. I kinda disagree on the point about the vast array of characters. Otradnoye is small enough that as a starting point I got really comfortable spending 3-5 minutes talking with every character, genuinely was one of my favorite parts of the game. There was always a funny reference or joke to be found, or a useful tip that helped move the story along or gave you an advantage in a later encounter.
Georgian food is the only legitimately amazing ex-soviet adjacent cuisine (sorry Ukraine/Kazakhstan/Sakha etc). Just a Western perspective but the rare Georgian restaurant is very popular here in NZ.
@@theamazingbatboy I wish there was more garnish in the cuisine, though. It is usually meat in oil with tomatoes and onion. It's really good to eat from time to time, but when I lived there for a while, it felt like a less-than-sustainable diet for health.
Low key one of the funniest games in my opinion. Remember the early kickstarter era, when every video game writer was trying to be Avellone only to end up looking like a failed English majors that they are? None of that bullshit here. Those bottom dialogue options where you would cut off the poor NPCs trying to tell their life story. The recurring joke about having to ask the same questions to everyone as the part of A.T.O.M. education. Never really sticks out either, the whole world has gone crazy. Mmmm makes me wanna play it all over again
42:23 you can discover that policeman/major is Katya's father, and also elect her as major during Den's election quest. I don't think it's unreasonable over exposition in this case.
So glad YT decided to recommend this video for me. I was on the fence about this game for the longest time but about halfway through I was convinced to play it myself. Skipped the rest of it to the credits to avoid spoilers, sorry, but you earned yourself a subscriber. Thanks
I had a lot of fun playing this a couple years ago. I appreciated that it felt quite authentic to how Fallout is. I need to play Trudograd sometime which I suspect will also be quite fun. I always found it odd when people reviewing the game would comment stuff like they wish it had a cover system or other random stuff. Which only showed that the person reviewing it wasn't keeping in mind that ATOM is supposed to feel like Fallout, warts and all. I'd recommend a second playthrough sometime to check out some of the questlines you may have missed. Peregon has some interesting stuff related to it especially with the dungeon. Another thing I remember at Bunker 317, if you try to dump all your stuff inside before dealing with the scavengers outside they're take notice of it which will cause problems.
While I do understand the ideea of trying to make the game as close to Fallout as possible changes were made to the formulla both to improve it and fix it so why not also improve the combat which is probably the game's most disappointing aspect? Besides the obvious time, money and effort limitations. In other words: I understand why it is like that but I wished it was better and more complex and know more people would enjoy the game if it was.
seriously getting a 30ish FIASCO with this niche build implies the actual FIASCO of Atom is well negative if you consider normal content not covered here😂
@@Yefimov95 Blud Missed The Side Content Blud Could Have Joined The Nuclear Power Plant Wreckers Gang Blud Missed Special Character Cousin Of Chatty Cashier John Cashier
"A man's history is not like a bread ration at the Siege of Leningrad - and therefore, I ain't sharing it." I love such eloquent turns of phrase that could only have originated from (and probably sounds better in) another language before being translated to English.
Thank you so much for posting once a month! I'm not saying that to pressure you in any way to strain yourself to put out content at a rate you dont enjoy, I only say it to thank you for all of the great videos. new patron incoming
"Gry łączą a nie dzielą" - random graffiti on the wall long before Polish translation was available... and then you had to wait for even more because they messed it up. IIRC Trudograd translation was OK? with no dramas or messes. I do remember being puzzled at not being able to craft homemade healing items because it would only accept one material (headscarf iirc) and no other types or rags or bandanas and whatever. Would really help in the begining, but nope - would be too easy, I guess? The battle on the junkyard was amazing. And got car! Kinda weird you fill plastic bottles with petrol for your car, don't remember such weird concept in my country post '89 post apo...
Greetings from USA warlockracy! I just wanted to comment and say you provide me a very new very interesting view of a part of the world we generally don't get taught about much over here. Been a fan for years and never commented and figured now is a good time to tell ya how much I value your content!
36:45 And here I was raging for half an hour that there is Lenins mummified corpse, the F***ing MYCELIUM CULT OF MAGIC MUSHROOMS and nobody, NOBODY IN THE ENTIRE WASTELAND knows thst the biggest bald mushroom is in that museum. Lenin grib! Lenin grib!
I've been waiting for this video since I found your channel from the Sonora video. I have also visited Lenin in August of this year. He looks pretty good for his age.
He didn't mention how the 2 self taught scientists in the roaring forest at 9:25 are actually the same person but gender swapped from a different universe, so you can see them both, but they can't see each other, felt as though it's a cool little factoid.
12:58 the glove with whip sign belongs to neofolk band Death In June. The band uses another similar sign/logo but with a Totenkopf. One of my favourite post-industrial bands.
@@christiankalinkina239ты знаешь, о чем они думают и почему был сделан пост? Сам-то не на диване воюешь, ватан? Такая возможность появилась продемонстрировать "любовь к Родине", а как всегда в комментах копротивляешься.
I remember really struggling to start out in this game until I figured out the crafting system and managed to make myself some basic weapons. Somehow I did manage to get through it all and it was actually really worthwhile so I immediately jumped on Trudograd when it came out, which I think was a really good improvement on the original Atom RPG. Honestly really enjoyed both A LOT.
The ghost of the queen of england is responsible for my gay thoughts? I thought it was the local unit internet control provided by the electricity to my unit. I lived for billions of years as a clerical priestly virgin IRL, then began sexual maturity within a week of turning on electricity. Most fools were judging my age by how long I had been on electricity, and the connection's calendar, my ID, and most static objects were trapped in a conservative state. The calendar loops between 2021 and 2024, which is a time when not a lot of personal freedom is available and there are rapists, murderers, cars, fascists, and scoundrels everywhere I have explored. Come to think of it, since I did not have a car when I was on electricity, I was trapped on a walking route to scrounge for food and intel for these billions of years, and most trips were fatal and very limited to my block and the adjacent ones, just west of an arbitrary triple highway boundary. Immortality is real, but so is defeated boredom. Stasis chamber and cryo chamber style businesses were popular in my neighborhood before I left behind the brutal idiocy of internet gooning to become a cherry candy obsessed cannibalism victim. I definitely centered as a person and sorted through my memories and those of family, which came through to me in hazy ghostlike dreams as I ground through the days.
We’ll gladly accept a crazed fanatic such as yourself.
And now I wait for the AA video
Your channel randomly came recommended to me a few months back, I’ve been casually watching your library of videos ever since. Glad to see another hit piece!
OMG you listened to me thank you!!
Dzhulbars is the only dog i think is a good boy
damn you finally did it :D
Wow, you're awfully kind to us! Thanks! I really mean it! Though I did scream at the screen a few times when you were genociding everyone ;((( Even tho I feel like this is our least polished game, esp compared to Swordhaven, we did leave a lot of peaceful talkie-talk routes for every single quest, from the main one to random unmarked fetch-style ones. Your review really steps up from the classic "let's see how they mindlessly copied fallout" ones we sometimes get. Even in this kill everyone route you paid so much attention to the little stuff that really mattered to us as we made this thing. We are the biggest fans of Fallout we personally know, but the goal always was to port the beloved premise onto the phantasmagorical caricature of our own 90's experiences, and not just clone for profit. Thanks for hinting at this. Also, lovely score system! Hugs and kisses from the team xoxoxoxo
Thank you for making this game, I played it twice and really loved it, Trudograd too, looking forward to see Swordhaven :)
@@hommedegout thanks man! Cheers!
I love ATOM and Trudograd, I can't wait for Swordhaven!
Thank you for creating Gexogen, one of the best companions in all of games!
Thanks for STR-based peaceful options, funny as hell.
The tipping point for me on ATOM was in the middle of the early game grind I found a very wealthy caravaner (M16, power pistol, 5 DR armor, several thousand rubles) and I couldn't afford any of the stuff I wanted but it was all the best stuff for my build. But I could afford the timed explosives, so I bought them and blew up the caravaner and his guards, and steamrolled the rest of the game (having to save scum mercenary encounters). That's when I knew the FIASCO was strong with this one.
Art of trade
The M16 is pretty underpowered, though (most NATO-style weapons in ATOM-verse is, in my experince). If you do the ciggy trick on one of the bunker guards underneath Krasnoz's city hall, you get a AKMS and some pretty decent body armor.
You can also just ciggy-trick the merchants, in order to avoid the ill-fated merc encounter.
Hell ye
The merc encounters are really well programmed in this game, i say that despite how redfaced mad they made me.
I apparently must have killed some caravaner at some point, and put the game down for a while afterwards.
I come back with renewed interest months later, and encounter the mercs. I die easily. I reload and encounter them again, and die. I reload and encounter them again, and die. I reload and try to talk my way out, I die. I reload and having reached the stage of apathy, I say "fuck this piece of shit stupid fucking bullshit fa**ot ass game." And dig my own grave, and... they let me live.
But they stole most of my stuff.
A light bulb goes off in my head then.
I think "okay, so if I leave my most valuable gear in a stash nearby, then I can encounter them and repeat that encounter. Then they'll just steal my garbage instead of my actual gear.
I reload, stash my gear and spend the next 30 minutes wandering around trying to force the encounter and it never happens. I go back and get my stuff, and mere moments after leaving my stash with my gear again, I get the encounter. I quit the game and regretted ever buying it, not understanding why this was happening to me and assuming I had been softlocked.
Took me weeks to check the discussions on steam long enough not to start fuming over it. Figured out why it was happening to me.
Props to the devs, they actually account for players trying to stash their gear away lol.
@@alexanderrahl7034 There are a LOT of little touches like that in the game. I did bunker 317 at pretty low levels with Fidel. If you try to stash your gear before coming out and getting robbed the robbers will know and kill you, depending on your inventory weight going in and coming out. But if you are poisoned when you come out they will assume you're infectious and run away. This game lets you think around almost every encounter. Likewise if you engage in extreme behavior you will face some pretty extreme consequences.
2:20 Backing this game on Kickstarter was a great deal. But seeing my own face pop up in 7 years later in a Warlockracy video made it even better.
Oh wow
We meet again ;)
Thank you
It’s the guy! 👉🏻
you are Wilson from House MD
@@Cyproterjoanpipsqueak version
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"A VCR Repairman is a well paid profession in Red Banner". Mike and Jay move to Krasnoznamenny, change their name to Red Banner Media, and pound Baltikas.
They're actually running the pedophile snuff ring in Peregon. 100% seriously.
That's where the human skin wallet came from. They paid their way in with a Green Beret.
You joke, but Jay's likeness is in the game, as is Rich Evans I think.
Mike and Jay at Krasnoznamenny, Rich his eyes closed.
@@WretchedMog Yeah. Remember that thing Warlockracy disliked in Peregon? They're running it.
I made a more explicit answer to the original post, but youtube didn't care for it.
lenin was a mushroom
And lost war to Poland in 1921.
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@@dukenukem8381 But regained it in 1926!!!
Of course he was a fungus based lifeform, he was the first of the orkoid race
I always apreciate how you always try to give us westerners historical context for the games you cover, i can really feel that you care about slavic contributions to the industry, as a latino, i can tell you that wanting too see your people being directly adressed instead of just being called "the russians" its really important.
What's a rusian?
@@GhostofJamesMadison i wanted to say "russian", in spanish its written with only 1 s, so i forgot to add another one.
"Tensions grow between the New Kaliningrad Republic and Kaiser's Legion" 😂
Real banger of a headline ngl
Hell nah, German Empire LARPers in Russian Fallout
@@JHohenhauserhell nah, trad cath in Warlockracy comments
Patrolling the Mother-Wasteland almost makes you wish for a giant asteroid to wipe out humanity.
@@alfredandersson875they are clearly Lutheran
I freaking loved ATOM, especially Trudograd. The dialogue in it is absolutely unhinged and some of the funniest shit I've ever read.
I just love that it's easy to misread the title as "Turbograd".
Trudograd is genuinely one of the best and most rapid growths of franchise identity I've ever seen tbh.
@@Supercohboy I'll pick Turbograd over Turdograd and Trudeaugrad any day! Gotta go FAST
Went with a full party. Giving them all mosin nagants trivializes the all the worst encounters. Loved this game and passing my Uber character to trudgrade dlc made it even more fun!
Not now babe, slav jank just dropped.
been out for years bro
@@Imarealzombi Well I did not know that.
@@Imarealzombi years?
@@ncrranger2281 Late 2018 release
@@ncrranger2281 yup, pretty old game
8:06 Dzulbars is named after the border guard dog from the 1935 movie
12:45 wow, a brazen bull. An old and obscure torture device from greek legends, referenced in Gogol's Taras Bulba novel
14:42 it's not a movie theater, it's a videosalon or video café. During Perestroika it was a common kind of small enterprise where people used to watch various stuff on video, some of it was even dubbed. And, as many small enterprises are, it was a target for various racketeers
15:41 this might be a reference to The Fatal Eggs, a 1924 sci-fi novel by Mikhail Bulgakov (the same guy who wrote Master and Marguerite novel and Ivan Vasilievich time travel play).
17:21 Hexogen is modelled after Alexander Prokhanov, a patriotic writer, and named after one of his major works, 2002 novel "Mr. Hexogen".
22:50 The Coward, the Moron and the Pro, the soviet comedic trio portraying lackluster criminals.
37:06 it was also meant as the play on the conspiracy theory about Cheka playing major role in the suicide of Sergey Yesenin, another famous poet from the era of Revolution. It wasn't the only Kuryokhin's historical rant, he also made a couple of pseudo historical movies with Sergey Debizhev, which are available on UA-cam.
Soviet Mr. Beast has gathered a bunch of determined factory workers, idealistic university students and local party officials to compete against each other for luxury items such as vouchers for bread and potatoes, canned goods, an almost functional Lada and a holiday package to Siberia!
This is Douglas Pearce actually
I absolutely love how the Bunker Trio's in-game portraits are modeled from the actual photos of their respective actors from Soviet movies: Georgiy Vitsin ("Coward"), Yury Nikulin ("Dunce"), and Yevgeny Morgunov ("Experienced").
By choosing low personality you barred yourself from 70% of quests. For those, who will play first time, I recommend investing in personality and attention.
Damn just like real life.
It has no such effect, but, yes, you’ll lock yourself out of a handful of important quests.
It's definitely necessary for getting one of the best followers, but perfume and other items can overcome that deficiency.
Yeah, my character starred in a porn, I doubt personality 1 character can do that.
@@Mirthful_Midori And female characters can stack up on more varieties of perfume IIRC
Guys If you are wondering why he didnt play Fallout london it is because the russian translation isnt out yet
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He's gotta wait for the Russian version so people can poorly re-translate that back into English. It's the only way he can play fallout anymore
That much Anglo-Saksi exposure would destroy him
Fallout London is a bad joke
@@gabrielmajin5265 L
I always liked the depiction of the ‘raider’ faction in Atom, as they’re more like a protection racket than the a raider faction like the Khans. Plus fulfilling their quest line till the end leads to the best outcome for Otradnoye, very similar to the Blue shields quest line in FO Sonora.
Very powerful FIASCO energy with that one.
Somewhat similar to the situation in Adytum in the first Fallout.
I feel like a faction which subsists entirely off raiding would die out very quickly. Therefore, it makes sense that due to natural selection, any raider factions would resemble organised crime syndicates (albeit crude) rather than gangs of roving marauders. It shows that the developers actually thought about how a raider society would develop over the years, unlike the modern Bethesda Fallout titles. Packs of drug-addled hyper-violent fiends would be commonplace 5 years after the apocalypse, but not 20 or 200.
Fuck yeah, new Warlockracy video. Fuck this work meeting, I've more important stuff to do.
I am your boss. You have valid reason to skip work meeting. Carry on Marco.
Take a break from managing the global economy, im sure everything will be fine... oh no!
It is what Lenin would have wanted
"Soviet themed post apocalyptic indie arpeegee"
I'm starting to think this channel has a theme.
Is slavjank a genre? I'm starting to think so.
Neverwinter Nights moment
Subtle, but it's there!
@@relishcakes4525 oh its defenetly is. And 'junk' part is more about the whole 'deal with it or GTFO' vibe. Its always like game busting your balls until you starting thinking a very particular way - THE SLAV WAY
"The Shinomontazhes have no allies, only servants and topographies of ignorance" - Truly a powerful quote, big fan
It's hilarious because there is nothing more blue collar or servile than changing tires
Something Private Suka would say.
@@blackyellowhite Smh even the critics forget the lowest of the low on the totem pole: lube shop techs. Apparently they're actually great places to work at versus a dealership or chain repair shop, but no one gives them any respect and people come back to blame/yell at them for engine trouble that the vehicle owner themselves caused all the time.
Pretty sure that's an Invisible War reference.
@@B00mano Yep
IT JUST РАБОТАЕТ!
-Ilya Howardonov
And Don't forget, comrade, if it just работает, just don't трогай it.
The original ATOM is an outstanding game. I used to think it was a Fallout lookalike for people jonesing for more F1/2, but it stands firmly on its own two feet, and the combat system is surprisingly deep with all the rules about armour stacking and penetration. Doing a solo high-difficulty challenge run in ATOM was invigorating.
Game: has two different ways to represent the map
Warlockracy: I will make my own map
14:44 just noticed that the same wallpaper used for RedLetterMedia's Half in the Bag set.
Glad to see Rich Evens' smile can cross international boundaries!
we're huge fans of RLM but believe it or not the wallpaper is a coincidence... the part where a guy says "folding chable" isn't tho
Don't you fuckin' tease me with the Planescape: Torment music at the end man
I don't dare hope. This seems like a bait and switch.
But if he really makes a video on Planescape, then I guess he will make a comparison video with Numenera.
I never played it but i heard it was incredible, is it worth picking up nowadays?
@@GhostofJamesMadison gameplay and combat are not very good but if you like story and dialogue it’s one of the best written games of all time
@@GhostofJamesMadison It absolutely is- as long as you favor a well-crafted story with memorable characters and great dialogues over combat. Planescape does not play like the first Baldur's Gate, combat grants a very low amount of XP and is not terribly engaging, getting better equipment is not a focus either here.
Yes. It's the best video game ever made. @@GhostofJamesMadison
I am under pressure and have a lot of work lately in addition to some personal issues going on. Your videos are part of what keeps me going. Thank you.
"У шиномонтажей нет товарищей, только слуги и враги".
Кто-то за недельку до монтажа ролика стоял в очереди на переобувку несколько часов 😂
Lenin is a mushroom. And that is why he cannot be safely removed from the Red Square mausoleum
it's the containment cell of his mycelium. We can't let him breach the walls of his prison
Yeah, I can see myself diying just like the ant. I love buckwheat porridge.
Same
YESSS! I l freaking LOVED ATOM rpg. I played as a very persuasive, smart pistol user who talked his way out of most encounters, helped people, and built apon the settlement you're provided. I look very forward to you reviewing the second game. A shame you didnt touch apon some of the best features in this game (I'm sure you know what I'm referring to) but for spoiler reasons, I understand.
If you like fallout, you'll love this game. He left a lot of details out in this game. Please give it a try!
yeah, and he didn't do the speech/utility skills playthrough, which locks you out of tons of content (not to mention total genocide of locations with quests like Peregon).
I absolutely loved the spoof of Warhammer 40k in this game where cult of the emperor of mankind is parodied with the Cult of Lennin
WOW the ODDS!, I am 65 hours into my first run in this game no fucking clue if I am close to the story or not but I see a Warlockracy upload on it while I am playing? Truly blessed finally something worth listening to while I explore the Soviet Waste.
yeah, I finally had to look at a walkthrough about halfway through the game. you can get lost easily.
@@thomasneal9291 100% Agreed but I think I somewhat know what to do to progress the main story the issue is getting easily sidetracked with the amount of side quest in the game and equipment/level difference.
I'll recommend this game to my dad. He'll likely love it. He learnt a lot of English with a two years old me on one knee and a dictionary on the other, playing old Fallouts. And he grew up in Moscow! A perfect game for him!
Yes, comrade. Do it.
Hey, that's how I learned English... Except, it was Exile 3: Ruined World by Spiderweb Software.
LETS GO HE GOT AROUND TO ATOM RPG!!! Now all I need is him to play Caravaneer 2 and my life will be complete
I've been asking him as well, it feels genuinly great when a creator does this!
Spilled my tea at the "Count Shinomontazh" bit. Can't even remember the last time I heard the word.
the queen sending gay rays to a random russian modder is a whole new level of fallout lore i wasn't prepared for
I remember deciding to max out my character's luck. My best choice.
In trudograd luck is op
I thoroughly enjoyed these games, though my lack of stereotypical Soviet culture knowledge probably left me missing a few references or comments.
I'm looking forward to their fantasy game, it looks promising from the demo I played.
If anything you learn lots of new thing about soviet nostalgia culture
Interest peaked-not so much by the FIASCO meter but by the unexpected polish and writing chops. Legitimately impressed by the scope and environmental design. Not much commentary on how combat feels considering how much of it there seems to be but the animations look terrific. The game is definitely on my radar now, thanks!
Trudograd is good as well. And the soundtrack is top notch
The writing is good because it was re-translated after initial release. The first translation was much, much rougher.
Trudograd is great and if you play the original it will get special dialog from an imported save game.
Well, I had asked for it a few years ago from ATOM RPG and you did not disappoint me.
I spent 290 hours on STEAM on this game and really enjoyed it.
Oijj blyaat another 44min banger from Warlockracy? Damn guess it's time to crack open a cold one and enjoy.
In my head I imagined myself joining your Patreon and asking you during some hypothetical future Q&A if you had heard of this game. I'm glad that through the power of positive visualization my goal has been accomplished.
I bought AtomRPG Trudograd first, not knowing it was basically an expansion of this game, but I adore them both. Faithful to the old school Fallout feel, complete with depressing encounters and hilarious ones, but with a delightfully Soviet flavor. Like vodka distilled behind a frozen shack.
Oh my god i cannot believe we are already here! One of my alltime favorite youtubers reviewing one of my alltime favorite crpg’s! Time to brew up some kompot!
There is a many references to soviet and russian actors
Hexagon is a Boris Klyuev
Trio from bunker is a famous soviet trio coward, dunce, experienced
There is also Pasha Technic at Dacha location who is russian rapper
I object, Hexogen is Alexander Andreyevich Prokhanov, a man and a rabbit hole really worth diving into. the actual guy talks really close to how we wrote him for the game. unhinged in the best of ways!
@@alexanderchernyavskiy5011 Hexogen is both of them, also he is Solzhenitsyn, also he is Dugin, also he is many random bits from other people blended into one NPC. Has surprisingly good stats for 80-something old man, which is understandable, considering that everything he says is elaborate bullshit - including his own age, apparently.
It's obviously De Niro
@@LLlap De Nitro?
what i find crazy about this video is that it covers things i had no idea were in the game even after 89 hours and 2 games, also skipping the mind control worm event is unforgivable
I was so glad to see you chose Martial Arts. I used it as my sole damage dealer during my first playthrough and while it was brutally hard at times, endgame one-tapping everything felt insane. Glad to see this game getting more coverage, it needs it.
"FIASCO" is literally the Brazilian word for "drama", so every time you said it I laughed.
Wtf, another Brazilian fan? We're truly everywhere kkkkkkk
In Russian it is mostly used as substitute for "epic failure", for some reason.
@@vos2693 That's just the actual English meaning tbf 😭
That's the Spanish and English meaning as well 🤷
@@SecuR0M Because English language is the first language ever created, right?
YES!
I have been silently wanting to suggest this game but every time the thought has occured I knew it would be coming.
last time i was this early the VDV still had air support
Oh my god, this is the one I've been waiting for! I looove Atom RPG, I've been hoping Warlockracy would review it for ages now. It's a beautiful, weird, janky mess, and I never even play it without Neutron anymore, but god is it so entertaining. I hope he likes it, and I hope he does Trudograd too!
1:50, you never fail to deliver :D, awesome writing as always.
13:04 haha didn't notice Death in June logo in my playthrough
Also the NPC that appears at 42:06 is definitely modeled after Douglas Pierce
One of my favorite games. I haven't actually finished it, though, I keep getting a bug right before the final Mycelium encounters.
I kinda disagree on the point about the vast array of characters. Otradnoye is small enough that as a starting point I got really comfortable spending 3-5 minutes talking with every character, genuinely was one of my favorite parts of the game. There was always a funny reference or joke to be found, or a useful tip that helped move the story along or gave you an advantage in a later encounter.
Hi from Georgia! Glad you love our food! Great video as always.
Georgian food is the only legitimately amazing ex-soviet adjacent cuisine (sorry Ukraine/Kazakhstan/Sakha etc). Just a Western perspective but the rare Georgian restaurant is very popular here in NZ.
@@theamazingbatboy No need to say sorry, they all know :D
Thank you for the kind words!
@@theamazingbatboy I wish there was more garnish in the cuisine, though. It is usually meat in oil with tomatoes and onion. It's really good to eat from time to time, but when I lived there for a while, it felt like a less-than-sustainable diet for health.
@@theamazingbatboyGeorgian wine is the best. For real.
@@63Limarjust drink the house wine and everything turns healthy
Low key one of the funniest games in my opinion. Remember the early kickstarter era, when every video game writer was trying to be Avellone only to end up looking like a failed English majors that they are? None of that bullshit here.
Those bottom dialogue options where you would cut off the poor NPCs trying to tell their life story. The recurring joke about having to ask the same questions to everyone as the part of A.T.O.M. education. Never really sticks out either, the whole world has gone crazy. Mmmm makes me wanna play it all over again
Now I'll wait anxious for the other slav fallout inspired game "Encased" !
The yin to ATOMs yang.
42:23 you can discover that policeman/major is Katya's father, and also elect her as major during Den's election quest. I don't think it's unreasonable over exposition in this case.
Oh man, I was waiting for this one. Now, you need to cover Gothic, and we home.
I did a run of atom RPG and trudograd at the end of last year. Really solid games with an intriguing setting. Hope they end up making a sequel
My wife is probably sick of hearing your voice tell me stories while I go about my day
my partner is the same about this and other game commenters I listen to. interesting.
She probably doesn't like salt factory's voice either then lol @@thomasneal9291
Wish I had a life partner.
I’m cursed to meet anyone who are already taken. Never seen a “single” in my life.
I cant believe you lost the dog you monster.
Great video. Picked this game to ten minutes into it
So glad YT decided to recommend this video for me. I was on the fence about this game for the longest time but about halfway through I was convinced to play it myself. Skipped the rest of it to the credits to avoid spoilers, sorry, but you earned yourself a subscriber. Thanks
I had a lot of fun playing this a couple years ago. I appreciated that it felt quite authentic to how Fallout is. I need to play Trudograd sometime which I suspect will also be quite fun.
I always found it odd when people reviewing the game would comment stuff like they wish it had a cover system or other random stuff. Which only showed that the person reviewing it wasn't keeping in mind that ATOM is supposed to feel like Fallout, warts and all.
I'd recommend a second playthrough sometime to check out some of the questlines you may have missed. Peregon has some interesting stuff related to it especially with the dungeon. Another thing I remember at Bunker 317, if you try to dump all your stuff inside before dealing with the scavengers outside they're take notice of it which will cause problems.
While I do understand the ideea of trying to make the game as close to Fallout as possible changes were made to the formulla both to improve it and fix it so why not also improve the combat which is probably the game's most disappointing aspect? Besides the obvious time, money and effort limitations.
In other words: I understand why it is like that but I wished it was better and more complex and know more people would enjoy the game if it was.
seriously getting a 30ish FIASCO with this niche build implies the actual FIASCO of Atom is well negative if you consider normal content not covered here😂
I personally like that player can talk with every NPC if they want. I mean, it's not obligatory, but i had fun with it and appreciate developers work.
You have no idea if it’s obligatory or not when you are playing for the first time.
@@Warlockracy i mean, in real life i have to choose do i want to talk with chatty cashier or not.
@@Yefimov95 Blud Missed The Side Content
Blud Could Have Joined The Nuclear Power Plant Wreckers Gang
Blud Missed Special Character Cousin Of Chatty Cashier
John Cashier
"A man's history is not like a bread ration at the Siege of Leningrad - and therefore, I ain't sharing it."
I love such eloquent turns of phrase that could only have originated from (and probably sounds better in) another language before being translated to English.
Hahaha the F.I.A.S.C.O is such a S.P.E.C.I.A.L G.E.C.K thing, it gives you 11/10 score!
Thank you so much for posting once a month! I'm not saying that to pressure you in any way to strain yourself to put out content at a rate you dont enjoy, I only say it to thank you for all of the great videos. new patron incoming
This day has finally come!
Теперь осталось дождаться eye divine cybermancy
I rewatch your videos all the time so getting a new video is amazing
"Gry łączą a nie dzielą" - random graffiti on the wall long before Polish translation was available... and then you had to wait for even more because they messed it up. IIRC Trudograd translation was OK? with no dramas or messes.
I do remember being puzzled at not being able to craft homemade healing items because it would only accept one material (headscarf iirc) and no other types or rags or bandanas and whatever. Would really help in the begining, but nope - would be too easy, I guess?
The battle on the junkyard was amazing. And got car! Kinda weird you fill plastic bottles with petrol for your car, don't remember such weird concept in my country post '89 post apo...
What means?
@@AC-hj9tv "games brings people together, not divide"
Greetings from USA warlockracy! I just wanted to comment and say you provide me a very new very interesting view of a part of the world we generally don't get taught about much over here. Been a fan for years and never commented and figured now is a good time to tell ya how much I value your content!
36:45 And here I was raging for half an hour that there is Lenins mummified corpse, the F***ing MYCELIUM CULT OF MAGIC MUSHROOMS and nobody, NOBODY IN THE ENTIRE WASTELAND knows thst the biggest bald mushroom is in that museum.
Lenin grib! Lenin grib!
Everytime warlockracy uploads a new video it makes my day, keep up the good work man, your content always picks me up when im down 👍
The combat in this game surprisingly looks fantastic. I'll play it.
I've been waiting for this video since I found your channel from the Sonora video. I have also visited Lenin in August of this year. He looks pretty good for his age.
One for the algorithm.
Man, I really love getting to hear your perspective on things.
I will employ the F.I.A.S.C.O. in all media analys from here on out.
Where has this channel been all my life?
the lenin lore is hyperbolic and amazing. i love it
Grampy Bone says we be needin' to walk the planes again, chief.
Based and Mushroompilled. Thank you mr. Warlockracy!
fungus amongus
This game is perfect for this channel, I was wondering when you play it.
He didn't mention how the 2 self taught scientists in the roaring forest at 9:25 are actually the same person but gender swapped from a different universe, so you can see them both, but they can't see each other, felt as though it's a cool little factoid.
12:58 the glove with whip sign belongs to neofolk band Death In June. The band uses another similar sign/logo but with a Totenkopf. One of my favourite post-industrial bands.
I always love learning about Eastern European pop culture and memes from these videos.
I guess I finally need to finish Atom RPG so I can watch this video in all it's glorious context.
9:10 Speeding up combat animations was a feature in Fallout too
Even with the maxed out settings fighting packs of wolves took ages in the original game (fixed with sfall speedhack)
Roly-poley gamer youtuber uploaded a new video, it is a good day.
0:32 i recall devs actually posted an anti-war statement on their VK page and let's say average VK dweller wasn't very pleased.
Либералы думает что они более популярным чем реально
@@christiankalinkina239ты знаешь, о чем они думают и почему был сделан пост? Сам-то не на диване воюешь, ватан? Такая возможность появилась продемонстрировать "любовь к Родине", а как всегда в комментах копротивляешься.
So much hyped every time Warlockracy uploads a new video! 🗣️🗣️🔥🔥
33:21 that has to be a DOOM reference XD.
I remember really struggling to start out in this game until I figured out the crafting system and managed to make myself some basic weapons. Somehow I did manage to get through it all and it was actually really worthwhile so I immediately jumped on Trudograd when it came out, which I think was a really good improvement on the original Atom RPG. Honestly really enjoyed both A LOT.
Ahhh..., Slavs and Fallout, name a more iconic duo.
"The next video however..."
*casually plays PS:T OST*
The Queen: Still projecting gay thoughts in the afterlife.
I have an essay due in 4 hours but when i saw you posted, I realized where my priorities are at.
The ghost of the queen of england is responsible for my gay thoughts? I thought it was the local unit internet control provided by the electricity to my unit. I lived for billions of years as a clerical priestly virgin IRL, then began sexual maturity within a week of turning on electricity. Most fools were judging my age by how long I had been on electricity, and the connection's calendar, my ID, and most static objects were trapped in a conservative state. The calendar loops between 2021 and 2024, which is a time when not a lot of personal freedom is available and there are rapists, murderers, cars, fascists, and scoundrels everywhere I have explored. Come to think of it, since I did not have a car when I was on electricity, I was trapped on a walking route to scrounge for food and intel for these billions of years, and most trips were fatal and very limited to my block and the adjacent ones, just west of an arbitrary triple highway boundary. Immortality is real, but so is defeated boredom. Stasis chamber and cryo chamber style businesses were popular in my neighborhood before I left behind the brutal idiocy of internet gooning to become a cherry candy obsessed cannibalism victim. I definitely centered as a person and sorted through my memories and those of family, which came through to me in hazy ghostlike dreams as I ground through the days.