What Makes The Mystery In Atomfall Great? - How The Gameplay Breaks and Makes The Game

Atomfall is a fantastic example of how stories can be told through the video game format. The combination of a mystery story with the freedom of the interactive medium that is games creates a magical story. Atomfall does a lot of things right when it comes to its story. What I want to talk about is how the narrative design of Atomfall. How the story is told. How the story is structured. Why it works, and why it fails. It usually fails to work when the gameplay, and specifically the combat fails. There are a fair amount of problems with the combat that makes it frustrating to engage with.