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Nuclear fallout: New video game reimagines Cumbria post-Windscale disaster (cumbriacrack.com)

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A video game inspired by the Windscale disaster is set to be released next year.

Atomfall is a survival-action game with horror elements based in a post-nuclear apocalypse version of Cumbria and the Lake District.

Players will be able to explore a dark version of the county’s countryside and interact with cults, rouge government agencies, a military beset with factions and other unusual characters along the way.

West Cumbrian landmarks including Sellafield and the site’s old golf ball building and cooling towers, also make an appearance in Atomfall.

The Fallout-esque game was announced yesterday evening at the Xbox summer showcase and is being developed by Rebellion, best known for the Sniper Elite franchise.

Inspired by the real events of the 1957 Windscale disaster – the game takes place five years after the fire, in a fictionalised quarantine zone.

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[–] flamingos 4 points 5 months ago

The trailer for this looks good, but 'open world survival-action' doesn't fill me with confidence. The other post-apoc game set in Britain, We Happy Few, was also an open world survival-action-up and wasn't very good (it was well written though).

Also, 'Fallout-esque' but no talk of any RPG elements. I get that FO4 barley qualifies as an RPG but come on.