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Atomic Adam: Episode 1

Atomic Adam: Episode 1 is a generic beat-em-up that can safely be passed up. The lack of strategy, bland aesthetics, game-breaking bugs, and questionable design don’t make a compelling case for a second episode.
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43%Game Brain Score
gameplay
graphics, monetization
77% User Score Based on 13 reviews
Critic Score 30%Based on 1 reviews

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Atomic Adam: Episode 1 is a single player casual shooter game. It was developed by Mad Unicorn Games and was released on December 29, 2017. It received negative reviews from critics and mostly positive reviews from players.

Atomic Adam: Episode 1 is a gaming experience packed to the brim with nostalgic retro action! Fight, fly and shoot your way through a fully 3D world filled with giant rats, grey aliens, UFO's, boss battles and insane combat, all with an art style inspired by the retro action games of yesterday. As rock star Atomic Adam, you'll battle your way through Delta City defeating bosses on your hunt for th…

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77%
Audience ScoreBased on 13 reviews
gameplay3 positive mentions
graphics3 negative mentions

  • The game features beautiful and colorful art, with impressive backgrounds and character designs.
  • It offers mindless fun and a nostalgic arcade feel, making it enjoyable for casual play.
  • The gameplay includes unique elements like a jetpack and creative enemy designs, providing some entertaining moments.
  • The gameplay is repetitive and lacks depth, with poor control schemes and bland aesthetics.
  • There are game-breaking bugs and questionable design choices that detract from the overall experience.
  • It fails to deliver the expected modern take on classic platformers, leaving players disappointed.
  • graphics
    7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics of the game have been criticized for being lazy and outdated, failing to meet modern standards despite its pixel art style. Reviewers noted that the visuals lack appeal and are overshadowed by better-designed brawlers that offer superior graphics and gameplay mechanics. Overall, the game's aesthetic choices contribute to a negative impression, with many feeling that it does not live up to contemporary gaming expectations.

    • “Think TMNT or Streets of Rage on Nintendo, but with way better graphics, colors, and more fluid controls and character movements.”
    • “There are plenty of brawlers using modern mechanics and graphics which are much more enjoyable.”
    • “You may expect this to be a modern version of the classic Duke Nukem platformers due to the title and pixel graphics, but it's absolutely nothing like that.”
    • “The control schemes are quite bad, and as usual, lazy retro pixel graphics make the game look bad too.”
    • “Pixel games died out when modern computers developed the capability to deliver graphics of higher fidelity.”
  • gameplay
    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay is criticized for being simplistic and lacking depth, with poor controls that can be remapped but still fail to enhance the experience. Overall, it is deemed unappealing compared to other brawlers that offer more engaging mechanics and graphics.

    • “The gameplay is rather simple, mindless fun.”
    • “Overall, the graphics and gameplay are bad. While the awful controls can be remapped, at the end of the day, there's no real appeal to this game.”
  • monetization
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The monetization strategy of "Atomic Adam: Episode 1" has been criticized as a cash grab aimed at exploiting the nostalgia of millennials, suggesting a lack of genuine value in the game's offerings.

    • “The retro movement is just a greedy cash grab trying to extract money from nostalgic millennials, which we definitely see here with Atomic Adam: Episode 1.”
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Atomic Adam: Episode 1 is a casual shooter game.

Atomic Adam: Episode 1 is available on PC and Windows.

Atomic Adam: Episode 1 was released on December 29, 2017.

Atomic Adam: Episode 1 was developed by Mad Unicorn Games.

Atomic Adam: Episode 1 has received negative reviews from players and negative reviews from critics. Most players liked this game for its gameplay but disliked it for its graphics.

Atomic Adam: Episode 1 is a single player game.

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