After the Fall is a first-person virtual reality shooting game developed by Vertigo Games. The game’s storyline is set in the mid-1980s when an ice age began due to the overproduction of pharmaceuticals. Experiments were done on people to help them get used to the constant cold. These experiments led to the creation of a drug that made people more resistant to extreme weather. The inability to keep up with production and demand resulted in side effects, primarily drug withdrawal, which caused mutations in people, causing them to become vicious and aggressive.
After the Fall comes with a number of game modes like the Harvest Run and Team Deathmatch, Horde, Free for All, and The Line. Considering the game modes, it’s only right to talk about the chipsets that will best serve whatever weapons players decide to rely upon during missions. Chipsets were not always available for weapons when the game first launched; they were introduced to the game on February 15, 2022. Chipsets are new weapon mods and can only be unlocked by playing the new Mutator mode. Chipsets come in varying colors of rarity, which range from blue to red, and as expected, the rarity of each chipset is dependent on the difficulty of the Mutator mode.
7 Service Pistol: The Purple Chipset
The service pistol is the only weapon in the game that doesn’t have to be obtained. It is a semiautomatic handgun that works on recoil and has a chamber that fits 9mm rounds. Having a base damage of 60, a firing rate of 30, and a detachable box magazine feed system.
For this weapon, the best chipset to use would be the purple chip, consisting of skills like Last Stand, Bloodfest, and Mag-Min. Last Stand comes with a 100 percent increase in damage when the health bar is below 25. On any special kill, Bloodfest grants a 50% damage increase and a 30% increase in fire rate for thirty seconds. Mag-Min lets players do an extra 0.3% damage for each round of ammunition that isn't in the magazine.
Out of all the chipsets available for the service pistol, the purple chip has the most firepower to eliminate enemies. It is also important to remember that only one chip can be equipped at a time since each weapon has just one slot for chipsets.
6 Arizona Falcon: The Blue Chipset
The Arizona Falcon obtained mostly through runner remains in the game. It is a gas-operated semiautomatic handgun with a.44-caliber chamber. Having a base damage of 170 and a firing rate of 4.17, it also comes with a detachable box magazine feed system.
The best chipset usable for this weapon is the blue chip. Flat fire, flat recoil, flat damage, flat mag, and flat critical are the five skills available for the blue chip. Flat fire increases the player’s fire rate by up to twenty percent. With Flat Recoil, the weapon's recoil time is cut by 15%, so players can reload faster.
The flat damage increases overall damage by five percent. Flat mag increases the weapon magazine size by twenty percent. Flat critical increases the weapon’s chance of having a critical hit by ten percent.
5 The Pump Shotgun: The Purple Chipset
The pump shotgun offers massive attack damage for players who love close combat. Offering 12-gauge ammunition and a tube-fed, pump-action feed system. It has a base damage of 750, a fire rate of 10, a manual firing mode, and a 7,500 harvest cost.
Complementing this weapon best would be the purple chipset. For this weapon, it only contains the skills Last Stand and Bloodfest. Last Stand allows a hundred percent increase in damage when a player’s health bar is below 25, and Bloodfest sees a hundred percent damage increase and fire rate for thirty seconds on any special kill.
4 Tommy Gun: The Red Chipset
The Tommy Gun is a blowback-operated open-bolt submachine gun with a chamber that can hold only 9mm rounds. It is a detachable box magazine feed system with a base damage of 60, a fire rate of 15, and an automatic firing mode with a harvest cost of about 4000.
The chip players can use with this weapon would be the red chipset. Containing a number of skills like Insta-kill, Semi-Auto, Burst Fire, and Execution. With Insta-kill, players have a 2% better chance of killing a snowbreed with the first hit. Semi-Auto changes the fire type to semi-automatic and allows for increased damage by 10%. Burst Fire changes the fire type to burst fire but comes with a 2.5% decrease in damage. Execution allows players to instantly kill snowbreeds when their HP is below 15.
3 LMG: The Yellow Chipset
The LMG is a gas-powered light machine gun with a chamber equipped to hold only 7.62 mm rounds of ammunition. It can be bought at the armory for 9,000 harvest costs after completing a particular mission. The weapon boasts a detachable box magazine feed system, a base damage of 90, a stopping power of 45, and a 10.5 firing rate with an automatic firing mode.
This weapon works best with the yellow chip, which consists of three skills: Frozen Pool, Shatter, and Charged Up. Frozen Pool allows for a 10% chance of zero consumption of any ammunition on each shot. Shatter sees a 10% increase in damage against ice armor. Charged Up allows players to add a charge to the combat device after 75 kills.
2 Revolver: The Purple Chipset
The revolver is the selected weapon for mutation killings in the game. It is the only weapon with the innate ability to fire critical hits. Boasting a massive damage output of 275 and a revolving cylinder feed system specific to 44mm ammunition. A fire rate of 1.9 and a semi-automatic firing mode while costing 5000 harvest costs. As with all other weapons, players can get it from the armory by doing a certain task.
The best chip players can use in tandem with the revolver is the purple chip which has three skills: Last Stand, Bloodfest, and Mag-Min. Unlike the service pistol, Last Stand this time around deals a 150% increase in damage output when HP is below 25. Bloodfest deals a 100% increase in damage output and a firing rate of 30 seconds on any special kill. Lastly, the Mag-Min allows for 0.3 cumulative damage for each round of ammo not in the magazine.
1 SMG: The Blue Chipset
It's kind of like the Tommy gun because it's a submachine gun that fires 9mm rounds and is operated by blowback. This weapon has a detachable box magazine feed system, 50 base damage, a firing rate of 20, an automatic firing mode, and costs about 3,000 harvests to get.
With this weapon, the best chip players can use is the blue chipset. Flat fire, flat recoil, flat damage, flat magazine, and flat critical are the five skills available for this weapon. Flat fire comes with a 15% increase in firing rates. Flat recoil sees a decrease in recoil time of 15%. Flat damage adds 5% to the amount of damage done, flat magazine adds 20% to the size of the magazine, and flat critical makes sure that critical chances go up by 10%.
After the Fall was released on December 6, 2021, and is available on PC, PS4, and PS5.