All of this said, burst shots are extremely tempting in close quarters, and the ammo isn't exactly common. All three types of shots you can take with it note Hip/Single-shot, Aimed and Burst fire cost 4 AP, and it's silenced, allowing you to assassinate people left and right from afar. It's both an assault rifle and a sniper rifle.

Awesome, but Impractical: The Vintorez.

In reality, they seek to contaminate the water supplies of local settlements with the spores of a sentient mushroom, forming a Hive Mind. On the surface, it appears to be mere symbolism, with humanitarian and scientific efforts being their forefront activities.

Assimilation Plot: This is Mycelium's end-goal.

Archaeological Arms Race: ATOM and Mycelium both seek and try to control and impose on Soviet advanced technologies pre-nuclear war, to become stronger and more powerful and to dominate what remains of the Soviet Union after the atomic conflict.

In Krasnoznamenny, Mycelium embraces mushroom symbolism in order to work towards their goal of achieving symbolic unity between people. In Bunker 317, you find several amulets with Mushroom-symbols on some of the dead expedition members. In Otradnoye, your very first quest can potentially be to go pick mushrooms for Katya. Morozov himself appears to be an egregious case of possession, for his eyes glow extremely brightly compared to other victims, and he even has crackles on his face when you meet him!

And Then John Was a Zombie: General Morozov and almost all of his expedition have either been killed, assimilated into Mycelium or possessed by the Mushroom Mind.

They have no redeeming qualities and, while they can be talked out of fighting you or tricked into fleeing, will otherwise be utterly ruthless and bloodthirsty. Always Chaotic Evil: The Army of Death is a handful of roving bands of marauders that butcher people in the name of darwinism.The resulting tensions boiled over in 1986, and the world was consumed with atomic fire. A protest at the Berlin Wall escalated into a battle between NATO and USSR forces, with machinations attempting to scapegoat the conflict onto Russia. Alternate History: One in which the Cold War turned hot.For bonus Greedy Jew points, he explicitly adopts the Happy Merchant pose (hunched over and rubbing his hands together) upon getting paid. His dialog is peppered with stereotypical Yiddish phrases, and he has the highest bargaining skill in the game (thanks to his Kippah providing +10 to bargaining). All Jews Are Cheapskates: Abraham, the bookseller.You lose your shot at a car after several quests for it, and Kovalev dies. All for Nothing: Kovalev's project to rebuild a car quickly bursts into flames when the man you sought help from in getting the parts for it orders a hit on the good comrade for bad blood.A.K.A.-47: Averted! Every gun is specifically named and detailed on in it's description.After the End: 19 years after, to be specific.A large number of the quests are even ripped straight from the first two games, from the first village suffering from bandits lording over them, to making a porno, to stopping an organization devoted to 'unifying' humanity by voiding individuality.

Affectionate Parody: Equal parts this and Homage to Fallout.You'll have to meet locals and learn to live in this new world while your mission unfolds, and hopefully you'll be able to get in contact with the ally they order you to seek out in Krasnoznamenny, the large settlement nested on a river in the southeastern section of the region.ĪTOM RPG contains examples of these tropes: You are a cadet in this organization, about to be sent out to find a lost expedition, led by one General Morozov, which was last seen heading to a mysterious bunker, numbered 317. This organization, ATOM, began a long, covert mission to rebuild pre-war society from the shadows. When the bombs dropped, however, an organization sheltered itself from the carnage, and maintained a strong, if discreet, presence. Civilization collapsed almost entirely, outside of a few small pockets, with the vast majority of humanity falling into amoral infighting. Unlike in our world, the Cold War ended up turning hot in 1986, drowning the world in atomic fire. The game was released on December 19th, 2018. ATOM RPG is an indie, survival-horror RPG set in an Alternate Timeline, post-apocalyptic Soviet Russia.

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