Atomic Heart

Phenomenal first hours but sadly when the open world sector gets available it loses a lot of its charm. Still,the game is one of the most unique and ambitious titles to date,we haven't see someting like this in 10 years time(Bioshock Infinite) and if you get the chance,please do yourself a favor and play this game.

This game starts off in excellent form, but as soon as it turns into an open world game it turns into a mediocre mess. What a shame.

another I couldn't finish, started pretty good but got repetitive very quick, enemies are bullet sponges, not much variety, movement is awful, no sprint sort of does it automatically and the power glove thing feels irrelevant

"Atomic Heart" is a mixed bag, but an undoubtedly interesting one. It's fantastic graphics and stylish environmental design compliment the refines, but disturbed enemy design and chaotic combat encounters that require improvisation to survive its often surprising and sudden escalating chaos. When these scenes occur with an accompanying heavy rock Russian soundtrack, you get a glimpse of what "Atomic Heart" is trying to, or at least could, be. However, much like the themes and ideas the game touches on briefly before abandoning, much of the game lacks the depth it appears to have on the surface. An alternate-history setting where the USSR managed to spark technological growth resulting in revolutionary steps into a utopian future before going awry should be very rich ground for a provocative political story. Themes such as government controlled information, free will, individuality, and the limits of evolution are present in Atomic Heart, mostly via quite jarring philisophical discussions between the killing machine protagonist and his more eloquent glove companion. However, aside from the occasional elaboration on these themes through micro-stories in text logs or the experiments taking place underground, the game doesn't go much deeper than simply acknowledging the themes existance. It doesn't have much to say on these societal concepts, which could be attributed to the games lack of interesting or endearing characters with an emotionally charged perspective to share, whether they be human or robotic. This can also make certain themes that do remain prominent throughout the narrative, such as the temptation/lust for technological advancement and evolution (illustrated in game by the ballerina twins), feel underdeveloped. At best, the theme feels amatuerly handled with an on the nose visual metaphor. At worst, as frequently displayed in the game, it feels unintentional, immature, or gravely misunderstood by the developers, made evident by the abundance of blatant sexual references that are out-of-place, childish, and occasionally uncomfortably insensitive/mishandled. When done well, "Atomic Heart" handles this theme with class and gravitas, using themes of sex and lust to, while in an admittedly unoriginal manner, analyse the modern humans desire to advance technology and society towards a future of convenience and indulgence without regards to how this will make us complacent and vulnerable within nature. It's just rare that the game does explore anything well or thoroughly, choosing to loghtly cover a wide range of concepts and mechanics instead. Ambitious? Absolutely. Shallow? Unfortunately. This shallowness extends to gameplay, sadly. There is little in the way of creativity with its mechanics, unlike its genre counterparts. There is little difference in approach based on skill point investment or what weapons you focus on, with even fewer options regarding combining supernatural or skill based actions with weaponry. Likewise, a lack of options regarding progression through story or levels limits the immersion of this immersive sim.

Pros: Great Visuals Amazing level designs Nice puzzles Amazing OSTs Cons: Open world section are very annoying too much is going on & enemies which makes terrible to explore Gameplay is not satisfying and not balanced

Performance problems With textures and frame drops. Few bugs with NPCs. Badly optimized. Looks great, kinda good story.

The main character and his talking glove are so annoying I nearly turned the game off after five minutes, but instead I pushed through the boring intro that goes for soooo long. I had a powernap during a cutscene and when I woke up the cutscene was still going. When I finally got to play the game, I was very underwhelmed. Combat does not feel satisfying at all and the enemies are frustrating to fight against. And then one of the puzzles bugged out and I couldn't progress the game so I uninstalled it. Save your time and replay Bioshock instead.

Ever Update is 50GB, I'm done

I just wasn’t really sure who this game was for—maybe crispy critters?

What if Russia had develop very advance robots and technology to preserve human consciousness, that is basically the plot of the game. Story itself is good but had a terrible pacing. The story feels dragging on and only really catching up about 70% into the main story. The character interaction is quite amusing, especially P-3 and his glove lol. The gameplay is quite good, your typical fps with some skills to match your playstyle. You can upgrade your weapon and use parts you found to further customize your upgrade style. The problem for this game is the tutorial doesn't do a very good job in explaining some of the game mechanics, enemy have very small variations and most of them have little variation in their movesets including bosses, I mainly only do dodge and shoot, and use shields for those who uses polymer shield skills. The puzzle also have very little variation making it feels repetitive very fast. I also encounter small bugs like stuck in some places and enemy AI behave strangely but in very small chance and nothing game breaking. Overall this game is good if you can get over the slow burn at the start of the game. Also, I feel very sorry for agent P-3, he's like a magnet for trouble and annoying things lol. His reaction is always amusing tho. Crispy critters.

A game based on a very good theme, they just spoiled it with this half open world.

Amazing style, entertaining story, weak combat, completely pointless open world

Look. I'm glad this game exists, it exudes a feeling similar to Bioshock in its best moments while the graphics and detailed and original assets impress and help to build a world of another timeline. While the story is very generic and lacks any surprises or twists, the environmental storytelling and all the e-mails you can read in the game make up for it. Unfortunately, in other areas the game has many shortcomings. There is little interactivity, the world feels stale and static, assets, you will realize, start to repeat not far into the game, especially if you want to unlock many upgrades without which, the game would only be a few hours long.

So... I really really want to love this game. The environment and visuals are great. The combat is decent and the story and atmosphere are interesting. The struggle is the very quick to repetitive gameplay where there are crafting systems that require a lot of materials which can be annoying as you feel you can't leave a room without scanning and checking every box (is actually more painful than revelio). Now of course you can forget the materials and power on through but you'll be at a disadvantage. The open world feels like more of a hindrance than anything else as everything is out to get you and apart from materials there aren't many advantages (if any) to taking robots out. It's not a bad game and I love the sway towards horror and the bioshock vibes but it feels like there are a lot of features that have been slapped in and could use a tweaking.

Beautiful game , we need a sequel or maybe a DLC for the second ending.

I think you most be a fun

Amazing but found it hard to play on controller, maybe it is just me.

Decent plot with a likeable protagonist. I want the twins to sit on my face

It's not perfect but I enjoyed it. Soundtrack is 🔥

Amazing game but also difficult