Apocalypse Rising 2 absolutely nails the feeling of a world that already ended, the fog, the gutted towns, the held breath when you loot a building not knowing if another survivor is already inside. As a survival looter it delivers. But for someone who shows up for the lore, there just isn't much beneath the surface, it's atmosphere without a narrative, you scavenge and you PvP and that's the loop. The world gestures at a collapse and then never tells you a single thing about how or why. A neutral 3, it's good at exactly what it sets out to be, it just isn't the deep-mystery survival I chase.