Level 92 - "Fallout Shelter" / Discussion

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sultanno 18 Aug 2025 01:49

This article's use of clinical is kind of iffy. There are a multitude of parts where the professionalism breaks and other parts where it tries to prove some point.

Coming from the page announcement channel on discord, It wouldn't have struck me that this was a level scarred by time

This article does a lot of telling but little showing. Especially with the groups part. Writing all of this in the M.E.G. perspective makes something seem missing.

No vote

MoistMilkSocks 18 Aug 2025 20:14

Adding on to this, the inconsistent use of terms (Wanderers, survivors) throws me off when reading. There is a shift in tone around the middle of the article that makes it less enjoyable to read and disrupts the flow. I feel that some elements are included without much value, making it feel like reading a wall of text with no rhyme or reason.

HN0 21 Aug 2025 09:58

No offense or to personally attack the author,

but I've read this three times through, to catch a perspective that could work for me, but sadly to say, that this doesn't really capture and fits in the raw survival liminality frame, that defines the Backrooms.

Personally, I dislike war and apocalyptic themes, and I don’t feel they belong in the lore.

I respect the author and effort put into this, but for the reasons gave above, I decided to give a downvote.

But i'm happy to look forward for your next articles. Please keep it up! ^^

+1

Fartcraft 25 Aug 2025 14:14

I honestly really like this level, but it does still have some screw ups
The Good
I honestly like the concept of this level, it being a Nuclear Bunker where both the Environment and Entities are a threat, meaning that you don't have to only worry about entities. Still, also the Environment of the level itself, and I like how Easy it is to enter, but exiting is not that hard either. The level also has some Safe Parts, and the lore behind the level is also really good. It has a lot of backstories involving wars.
The Bad
The writing is a bit edgy, and I'm not really a fan of it
And the level doesn't really feel that liminal, it's more of a Survival Horror
However that's really all that's wrong looknig forward to more articales from ya

☢ Nukes in Backrooms ☢

Br Miller 29 Aug 2025 13:19

I hope no groups get a hold of those nuclear weapons, otherwise every level might get renamed to "Cratered Wasteland".