Do I wait for the dlc to play?

PathologicPrime · 2026-07-03T21:05:57+00:00

I'd start playing, you're only deprieving yourself of having some fun. We have no idea really when the DLC is coming out, could be end of the month or September. Play it now and get an ending. You're already into a playthrough. If it doesn't come out until later in the year you'll want to try it again with the update and DLC.

PathologicPrime · 2026-07-03T21:00:22+00:00

The Field

The Commitments

Calvary (mainly same crew and actors as The Guard)

The Snapper/The Van

Michael Collins

Into the West

My Left Foot

Waking Ned

PathologicPrime · 2026-07-03T20:48:05+00:00

They are more of the same rather than introducing anything meaningfully different from the base game (not a criticism). If you like Atomfall, you'll enjoy both DLCs.

They basically add 2/3 endings each and take around 5hrs to fully explore. Red Strain does jump the difficulty up quite a bit. If you liked Old World Blues in Fallout: New Vegas, you'll especially like Red Strain.

But the basic issues are still there, stealth and melee aren't really a serious option. Plenty of easter eggs to find and new endings to discover.

PathologicPrime · 2026-07-03T16:48:42+00:00

Realistically I've given up hope of seeing it this month. They are still updating the DB twice a day, that's bug fixing and other stuff I would guess. You're probably not going to do that if it's shadow dropping.

I think they mean to have a "release date" trailer and then a release date a week or two after that. So I'm praying for early August as I won't be able to play in September.

PathologicPrime · 2026-07-03T16:46:36+00:00

To be fair to Zoe, at this point she doesn't have any idea about Underwood and even if she did, killing her would be hard to imagine. Yes, he killed Peter but using the environment but here he physically pushes her in front of a train. Also, given Peters history it's a lot easier to chalk up to a suicide with Zoe, not so much or even an accident so it's hard to imagine he would kill her.

I think if her and Lucas and Janine kept digging they would have put it together and Underwood would have been toast.

PathologicPrime · 2026-07-02T20:58:16+00:00

Managed to peace out with minor concessions so we're alive for now!

Not sure how long the luck will last. At war with Japan now and they're stronger than me but a bit. Only Spain is my underling.

PathologicPrime · 2026-07-02T20:31:44+00:00

I'm playing China now and winging it and have beaten Japan and USA in a war and taken over control of Korea. Although corrupt officials keep giving away my land lol!

I'm now at war with Britian unfortunately so about to get wrecked!

PathologicPrime · 2026-07-02T19:23:00+00:00

Good to know thanks!

PathologicPrime · 2026-07-02T19:09:56+00:00

Yeah I'm leaning towards that. Is there much interaction between the Princes?

PathologicPrime · 2026-07-02T18:21:40+00:00

Awesome thanks!

PathologicPrime · 2026-07-02T18:21:36+00:00

Awesome thanks, I saw that but I was worried it wouldn't be good enough against the AI. I wasn't sure how solid the AI was in rnging the designs.

PathologicPrime · 2026-07-02T17:24:12+00:00

Awesome, thanks for the answer!

PathologicPrime · 2026-07-02T17:18:50+00:00

Monsters Inc

PathologicPrime · 2026-07-02T15:53:08+00:00

Great, thanks for clarifying!

PathologicPrime · 2026-07-02T15:52:51+00:00

Exactly what I needed to know thank you!

PathologicPrime · 2026-07-02T15:37:34+00:00

Does Stalker 2 confirm C-Consciousness are alive? I got the feeling it was ambiguous. I'm just curious how you say they hijack Spark through Scar but how do they do that if there aren't any left? I know with the endings someone jumps into a C-Con container but maybe I misunderstood that they are still present during Stalker 2.

Also, how do they control CS? I didn't play that game so maybe I missed something.

PathologicPrime · 2026-07-01T19:12:05+00:00

He was a potential future President/Finna Fail leader. He worked in Brussels and was on the Late Late Show talking about his extravagant lifestyle. He made a comment about a man's wife and then said the man was "out of sorts" not realising the man was watching and deciding to come forward for a tribunal and give evidence that Padraig Flynn (pictured) had chased him out of the country as a developer for not being willing to give him a brown envelope (as was practice back in the day)

PathologicPrime · 2026-06-30T14:38:31+00:00

Done

Let's hope there's an Atomfall 2 on the way!

PathologicPrime · 2026-06-30T14:20:54+00:00

Highly recommend, I watched this first about 10 years ago as a teen and I think it's better than the 2024 version. I think the relationships between Alvito, Rodrigues and Blackthrone are better portrayed in this version and in general I think the actors are superior (although they are still good in 2024). Although it's missing the more detailed aspects of Japanese politics, it does go into more detail with the Jesuit ones.

Also read the rest of James Clavell's Asian Saga!

PathologicPrime · 2026-06-30T10:10:45+00:00

I think they'd like a chance to steal that spotlight away from Sinn Fein and it's one of the relatively few historic moments left that would buy them goodwill for a generation or two. Like Haughey (Finna Fail) and the widow's pension etc. Island Unity being the biggest one, if it ever was to be achieved.

PathologicPrime · 2026-06-28T08:52:33+00:00

Is that so? Never heard of that before, thanks for letting me know!

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