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Atomic Heart

Developer: Mundfish Publisher: Focus Entertainment
21 February 2023
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It's rare that I have such mixed feelings about a game but Atomic Heart is really a game that I both loved and hated. While there is criticism about the writing, I thought the story was actually pretty good and the main thing that got me staying until the ending. The art is great, the graphics and the world is beautiful. I love the alternate history setting and the world futuristic world it created with the USSR in 1955. There's a lot of depth to the lore and the game isn't afraid to poke fun at some of the traits of communism (the game isn't really pro or anti, but it deals with a various topics surrounding it). As far as presentation and world building, this game is really excellent. Like one of the best at it actually.

But... this game is kinda jank. It left me wondering at times if the devs actually played their game? There are so many areas that don't make any sense and had to looked up guides to find the right way to progress, and often times it was something not so logical. I felt the game kinda lacked balance too, it started off ok but then it became insanely hard and frustrating, only the stabilize into the last third. But by that time the systems don't really offer anything new and you are mostly fighting the same enemies but in bigger numbers. I got frustrated so many times with the game, there was day 1 issues but that got patched quickly, but even there so many of the aspects were kinda of unfun. I wasn't a big fan of the open world section because there is literal cameras everywhere and if you miss one, well you probably gonna die in the next seconds. It would have been nice to have more incentive to explore stuff, but I mostly stuck with the main mission.

I liked Bioshock Infinite and Prey more than this, if there is a point of comparison to make. There's just aspects here that don't feel good, and some of the AI behavior is pretty janky. The final boss I managed to get it stuck while I just melee's it to death, which ironically is such a great summary of the types of things that are lacking in the game. Super polished in some places, and then some of the gameplay just feels so bad, it gives me such a weird feeling. I did want to like this a lot more and I'm not sure if I would recommend it, but I wouldn't say to absolutely avoid it either. Kinda middle of the road. Mundfish aimed pretty big for their first game, and perhaps it needed a little bit more time in the oven for it to be truly great. Hopefully they learn from this and hit a homerun with their next project.
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  • DaymanNightman 2023-05-06 16:19:42.644148+00
    The first Bioshock Infinite-like
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  • mzzzanine 2023-05-21 23:40:39.544703+00
    finished the demo and it looks interesting
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  • kalts 2023-07-06 10:27:24.530443+00
    quite a lot of things I liked about this game but overall there's just way too many things that annoy me about this. Loved the testing grounds though, and the soundtrack was pretty fire too
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  • kalts 2023-07-06 10:59:52.76925+00
    also probably the most braindead protagonist i have ever seen
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  • MetalVPocalypse 2023-07-18 01:45:40.88235+00
    I couldn't stomach more than an hour of this game before I quit, why do so many modern games have to have constant grating dialogue with characters who NEVER shut up. I couldn't stop laughing in the beginning segment where your car is being transported by air to a different area and the characters never stop talking for a second. You can't take anything in. Uninteresting gameplay from the start and poorly implemented UI/design. But I guess it looks good.
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  • Froot 2023-11-18 20:02:41.631667+00
    why was this advertised on rutracker for like, most of the year lol
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  • Innerexperience 2023-11-28 00:09:59.955844+00
    Such a strange game which I both liked and hated for different reasons. But I appreciate the effort.
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  • otodusflora 2024-02-22 04:51:22.772112+00
    people really tried to gas this up
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