Atlas Fallen, the brand new recreation from The Surge’s Deck13, appears to have gone underneath the radar for a lot of. Contemplating how enticing the sport appears to be like, we figured it might present up at Summer season Sport Fest as a part of the large present, nevertheless it did not fairly create a buzz at Not-E3.
The excellent news is that Deck13 did exhibit one thing new for all of us excited to get our arms on the sport: probably the most complete have a look at its construction, fight, co-op, and extra.
Maybe probably the most attribute factor about Atlas Fallen – outdoors of its sand-covered world – is the sport’s fight. All of it comes again to the Gauntlet, which you purchase early on within the recreation, and it modifications issues perpetually. The Gauntlet principally turns you into a brilliant model of your self. It is what enables you to air sprint, and glide throughout the sands.
However the extra attention-grabbing half is the way it elements into the sport’s weapons, which change their kind and performance based mostly on what you need. Assaults will be customised utilizing Essence (acquired all through the world), which is the place the depth of play kinds seems to be.
There is a explicit give attention to huge boss fights in opposition to Wraiths, which look to have a number of phases of forwards and backwards. You may goal weak factors and alter the tempo of the combat, and it is positively the sport’s greatest spectacle.
In terms of exploration, a lot of Atlas Fallen’s ruined world is begging to be raised up from inside the sands that cowl it. You get the same old assortment of issues to seek out, like chests, and improve supplies, however there’s extra hidden beneath the sands that provides an attention-grabbing twist.
Atlas Fallen is a recreation we have had our eye on since final yr’s gamescom, the place Dom obtained handled to a demo that bought him on the idea. We performed it simply final March, and Alex was intrigued by the sport’s Darksiders and Zelda influences, with a contact of Souls fight.
Atlas Fallen helps drop-in, drop-out co-op for 2 gamers, and will probably be obtainable August 10 on PC, PS5, and Xbox Sequence X/S.
