Survive the apocalypse a second time in this remastered edition
60 Seconds! Reatomized is the remastered version of the darkly comedic survival-strategy video game 60 Seconds! Developed by Robot Gentleman, 60 Seconds! Reatomized brings back the part-scavenger hunt and part-point-and-click survival gameplay of the atomic adventure that 60 Seconds! Had, but improves upon various features—such as refreshed graphics and textures, a new interactive menu, and brand-new content.
A polished sheen
Similar to 60 Seconds!, there are various modes you can choose at the start of the game. The Atomic Drill is the tutorial and practice mode. Apocalypse Mode is the normal gameplay of both scavenging and surviving in the shelter. Scavenge Mode just plays out the scavenging part of the game that’s great for practice, and vice-versa for the Survival Mod,e but the game chooses the supplies for you.
There’s now also a Challenge Mode that has unique short storylines testing your survival skills. There are three difficulty modes like in the original game: the easy Little Boy, the moderate Fat Man, and the hard Tsar Bomba. You can choose to play as either the father, Ted, or the mother, Dolores, for the scavenger part. Unfortunately, 60 Seconds! Reatomized hadn’t really revamped the controls in that mode.
You still move quite wonkily, no matter which of the husband and wife, and the collision physics with the in-game objects can be annoying. It all plays out pretty much the same, though. While you’re in your procedurally-generated house, gather supplies and your family members with only four weight slots for every trip and get to the shelter’s entrance before the 60 seconds are up.
Not a lot of new stuff
Much of the new features can be found in the survival part of the game. The journal has a new interface, as the notes for every day are now divided into four tabs you can check anytime: news about the family’s current situation, the rations you can give out, news about the outside world and what you can do, and any event that may randomly occur.
If there’s new content for the day, you can just click on the tabs with the red exclamation mark and not have to constantly click the arrows on the journal. The gradually-changing graphics that you can see in the shelter are pretty much the same, only cleaner this time. There are also new soundtracks, unlockable CGs, and opportunities.
There’s even a whole new relationship system in the family to make things more interesting. However, other than that, there’s not much else that’s new for you to play with. You still have to rely on luck when you send someone out on an expedition. There still aren’t any pre-stored supplies in your shelter, no matter what the difficulty is.
Just got cleaned up
If you loved 60 Seconds!, 60 Seconds! Reatomized polishes that game up a bit—and if you own a copy of the original version, you can get the remastered version for free. However, there’s not really a lot of new gameplay mechanics here. It’s mostly just new content and shiny interfaces. Strategy fans will have fun with this title if they liked the first one, but if you’re the type who’s looking for more gameplay, this isn’t it. Nevertheless, this is a great game to try if you wanted a tamer Fallout experience.
