![]() The only additional challenge is the Survivalist setting that adds permadeath into the equation with the Expert settings. XP rewards, the number of ability points per level, and the chance to encounter harder ambushes are the only noticable changes between each difficulty level, so playing on Easy doesn't really make the game any easier it makes the game give you the most rewards. ![]() In theory, this results in the world offering the same level of challenge no matter what setting you choose in practice, however, you will play more conservatively on harder modes. In general, there are no noticable differences to how you play across all difficulties. Neither case applies to ATOM because the game is consistently challenging while the difficulty system makes it more or less inconsistent. Most games offer tiers of options that scale the challenge by percentages either from a baseline difficulty at normal, or scale the difficulty down from the hardest mode. ![]() I don't think it really has the legs to stand on its own and the added length just invited scrutiny it can't withstand.Unlike other RPGs, ATOM takes a different approach to handle its difficulty options. I think maybe I would have enjoyed this more if it had remained a 10-15 hour expansion to ATOM, rather than being fleshed out with a bunch of unnecessary padding into a full game. A few nice bits of writing and mystery - something the team does very well - but overall not something I really even wanted to finish once I got rolling. Getting to the upper area finally was especially shocking - seriously? It's one room, two buildings? The random encounters were tedious and interchangeable. Zero improvements to ATOM's already rather boring combat, starting with an endgame character (even if you roll a new one from level 15 instead of importing) takes away the only sort of interesting challenge of the first game, confining everything to one city was a huge blow to the creativity and personality of the setting, especially since the city wasn't especially large or developed in an urban sense compared to what was already present in ATOM. ![]()
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