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Atomic Heart | Review Thread

YuLY

Gold Member
I haven't looked over there but I'm about 30 minutes into the game and, yeah, they're going to shit themselves. It's got the proud Russia thing going on and they metion how great China is. It's the of propaganda shit that won't bother your average person, because we understand it's a futuristic fantasy video game, but will make them see red. And the two hot robot chicks in the intro will have them seething. The game seems 100% designed to piss off the ResetEra crowd.
We're playing an alternative history dystopian game, I would be more worried if it didnt depict those ideas. Love the "fish out of water" feeling these types of games give, the more weird ideas the more interesting it is to me. Its a game, I dont need to agree with it to experience how it would be to live in their shoes.
 
Such a creative game, worldbuilding-wise - but it has a bit of jank so of course it is "mediocre" compared to AAAAAAAA extravaganzas like Horizon and God of War.

Of course, I will enjoy this one much more than those, as usual.

Why bring up two totally unrelated games (that happen to exist only on PS) that no one else is comparing this game to?
 
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Denton

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The first hour is absolutely phenomenal. I think I am more impressed than by Bioshock 1 or Infinite.

Anyway, even from the reveal video I knew the English dialogue would be ass, and it is, but unfortunately you can't change the voice language, just the UI and subtitles. It sucks I think the game would be much better in Russian.

On PC gamepass I can select russian (and play in it, in fact). Weird it would not be possible on console.

Why bring up two totally unrelated games (that happen to exist only on PS) that no one is comparing this game to?

It is a note about general trend I notice, where these AAA super polished games usually get very high (85+) scores in western press, while central/eastern european games get lower scores despite (me personally) finding them more creative and interesting.

But I do not want to get into some protracted argument about quality of those games, plus it is OT, so I suggest let it go.
 
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Punished Miku

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We're playing an alternative history dystopian game, I would be more worried if it didnt depict those ideas. Love the "fish out of water" feeling these types of games give, the more weird ideas the more interesting it is to me. Its a game, I dont need to agree with it to experience how it would be to live in their shoes.
It's a pretty common historical fiction. What if the confederacy won? What if the Nazis won? Etc. The whole point is that it's a dark and dystopian failure. Bioshock is what if Ann Rand won? This shouldn't have to be explained honestly. Everyone knows this. Bioshock Infinite is American Exceptionalism on steroids.
 

ungalo

Member
The game doesn't feel neither critical nor apologetic so far. The main character is really not subtle and it gives a down to earth tone that i like. French dub is doing a great job.
 
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If it's a "bad" PC port then in the case of 3rd party games usually the performance on consoles is equally as poor but because the settings and resolution are turned down for those versions it's not as impactful.

Fine if you have no standards I guess.
Im running it on a 4090 like you would...It has some of the UE Stutter(Nowhere near as much as the dev build that leaked...I tried that too) but its in there.

Now mind you my PC Gamepass version just got an update that I didn't have this morning, and now its pre-compiling the shaders upon launch. So ill try it again here and see if thats been fixed.
anyone know what ray-tracing features are included with the PC version?...I know it has RT reflections but what else?
i'll post a screen of the pc settings menu for you if no one else does, gimme a sec


Sidenote: The voice actor for the English audio track...guy really sounds like dude from the Mafia game lol
 
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Bo_Hazem

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CatLady

Selfishly plays on Xbox Purr-ies X
I haven't looked over there but I'm about 30 minutes into the game and, yeah, they're going to shit themselves. It's got the proud Russia thing going on and they metion how great China is. It's the of propaganda shit that won't bother your average person, because we understand it's a futuristic fantasy video game, but will make them see red. And the two hot robot chicks in the intro will have them seething. The game seems 100% designed to piss off the ResetEra crowd.
That alone should give the game lot of 10/10s
 

ByWatterson

Member
I haven't looked over there but I'm about 30 minutes into the game and, yeah, they're going to shit themselves. It's got the proud Russia thing going on and they metion how great China is. It's the of propaganda shit that won't bother your average person, because we understand it's a futuristic fantasy video game, but will make them see red. And the two hot robot chicks in the intro will have them seething. The game seems 100% designed to piss off the ResetEra crowd.

I'll be honest, though, if it's actually pro-Russian, that's not for me, either. If it's tongue-in-cheek nationalism, that sounds fun.

But Russia is a failed, murderous state so...eh. No issue trying it out, but I can see that grating on me unless the gameplay is S-Tier.
 
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ANDS

Banned
It is wild how many posts in here are just "Well, these reviewers just don't get it." FORSPOKEN comes out with an equally groan inducing narrative tropes and tone on top of an overall "junior varsity" level development and it's "Oh, well sometimes these reviewers get it right!"

Definitely affected hogwarts

No it didn't. The activist reviews are obvious and are a drop in the bucket compared to the overwhelming reviews that played it straight. Even the most infamous review isn't even counted among the games OPENCRITIC score, which still sits at a MIGHTY 84/89. From everything I have seen of this game, including an uninterrupted five hours of gameplay, this is a solidly "Okay" title whose quality folks wouldn't be making excuses if they had gone in a different direction for their MC.
 

Punished Miku

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I'll be honest, though, if it's actually pro-Russian, that's not for me, either. If it's tongue-in-cheek nationalism, that sounds fun.

But Russia is a failed, murderous state so...eh. No issue trying it out, but I can see that grating on me unless the gameplay is S-Tier.
I haven't played it yet. But it seems to be Soviet Russia wins and becomes the dominant superpower technologically. And then following their ideals leads to a robotic hellscape ending in death and destruction and the complete implosion of the society.

We'll see. I don't need spoilers.
 
If it's a "bad" PC port then in the case of 3rd party games usually the performance on consoles is equally as poor but because the settings and resolution are turned down for those versions it's not as impactful.

Fine if you have no standards I guess.

anyone know what ray-tracing features are included with the PC version?...I know it has RT reflections but what else?
Here are the PC Settings...Im on a 4090.

Has Frame Gen by the way if youre on a 40xx card.

Something im really curious about is the game doesnt display ray tracing settings anymore.

But the Dev Build had the ability to switch to DX12 and enable ray tracing...all of those types are settings are missing now:

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Xcell Miguel

Gold Member
Im running it on a 4090 like you would...It has some of the UE Stutter(Nowhere near as much as the dev build that leaked...I tried that too) but its in there.

Now mind you my PC Gamepass version just got an update that I didn't have this morning, and now its pre-compiling the shaders upon launch. So ill try it again here and see if thats been fixed.

i'll post a screen of the pc settings menu for you if no one else does, gimme a sec


Sidenote: The voice actor for the English audio track...guy really sounds like dude from the Mafia game lol
I tried the patch with shaders compilation and I did not had big stutters like the earlier version.
 
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ByWatterson

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I haven't played it yet. But it seems to be Soviet Russia wins and becomes the dominant superpower technologically. And then following their ideals leads to a robotic hellscape ending in death and destruction and the complete implosion of the society.

We'll see. I don't need spoilers.

Ahhh, see that sounds interesting. I'm down for that.
 

Flutta

Banned
Gman says he enjoyed it and that it's unique and ACG says to buy it, thats all I need, miss me with the rest of these activists camouflaged as jounalists.
Yup and people still fall for it. Don’t give the crazies power over you.

MC/OP is bascially useless to use as a deciding factor for games or movies.
 
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j0hnnix

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following ACGs review. how is the fps paced.. ended tearing my bicep tendon sat afternoon but want to play this. kind held off playing anything this weekend.. blahhhhh
 

TintoConCasera

I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
I tried the patch with shaders compilation and I did not had big stutters like the earlier version.
Great! Didn't happen with the version I tried earlier this morning.


Damn son, that's quite the shitty port. And here I thought those devs would give priority to the PC version like many other slav devs do. :goog_relieved:
 
I wonder if the current political landscape might be affecting this game's reviews. Hopefully not.
I think so, and I think that it is much more subtle than the Hogwarts Legacy drama. Not surprised about the writing or technical issues, though, slavjank is a meme for a reason.

Cant afford it day 1 since I spent all my money on plumbing supplies, but I'll buy it as soon as I can.
 
cool thanks...I'm hearing conflicting info...some say that ray-tracing on PC is not available on Day 1 and will be added post launch via patch

I tried the patch with shaders compilation and I did not had big stutters like the earlier version.
Yeah im playing the gamepass version now that they've released the patch and im sure the reviewers didnt get to play this version either. The intro area alone had huge stutters and now its near perfect

And yeah they removed the ray tracing settings...also some changed direction with certain assets an such(Like the floating video screen when the guy calls you in the intro..the design of the device and screen looked way better on the dev build etc)

It looks absolutely amazing tho, no more stutter when this area had them plenty. I can stream some if people want...The reflections are super toned down in this version too, that elevator looked amazing before, now its flat(The guy above who posted the PS5 comparison where the PC version doesnt have the reflection is showing what I mean)
 
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The Cockatrice

I'm retarded?
Great! Didn't happen with the version I tried earlier this morning.


Damn son, that's quite the shitty port. And here I thought those devs would give priority to the PC version like many other slav devs do. :goog_relieved:

Are we rly gonna trust a random twitter? Dont you have the game? You can check right?
 

TintoConCasera

I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Are we rly gonna trust a random twitter? Dont you have the game? You can check right?
The random twitter is posting pics from ElAnalistaDeBits. But yeah that dude isn't the most reliable source either.

I'll check the game again later today, can't do right now sorry.

dang, game pass on pc preloaded this on Friday, has an update and is downloading entire game again
Makes you wonder if those hacks might have uploaded the wrong build. :messenger_grinning_sweat:
 
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Xcell Miguel

Gold Member
Yeah im playing the gamepass version now that they've released the patch and im sure the reviewers didnt get to play this version either. The intro area alone had huge stutters and now its near perfect

And yeah they removed the ray tracing settings...also some changed direction with certain assets an such(Like the floating video screen when the guy calls you in the intro..the design of the device and screen looked way better on the dev build etc)

It looks absolutely amazing tho, no more stutter when this area had them plenty. I can stream some if people want...The reflections are super toned down in this version too, that elevator looked amazing before, now its flat(The guy above who posted the PS5 comparison where the PC version doesnt have the reflection is showing what I mean)
Maybe RT can be enabled again in the Engine.ini file, I noticed it mostly use SSR.
 

The Cockatrice

I'm retarded?
The random twitter is posting pics from ElAnalistaDeBits. But yeah that dude isn't the most reliable source either.

I'll check the game again later today, can't do right now sorry.


Makes you wonder if those hacks might have uploaded the wrong build. :messenger_grinning_sweat:

Doubt the game doesnt come with RT. It was heavily marketed by nvidia. Must be a patch error. They'll prolly hotfix it.
 

Hugare

Member
That's a stretch considering he has made it abundantly clear he doesn't give a shit about the woke mob or anything political when it comes to how he commentates on games.
His excuse for not making a Hogwarts Legacy review was because so many better games were releasing in February, like ... the Destiny expansion

So yeah, I dont know about not caring for politics or woke mob
 
I wonder if the current political landscape might be affecting this game's reviews. Hopefully not.
I think so, and I think that it is much more subtle than the Hogwarts Legacy drama. Not surprised about the writing or technical issues, though, slavjank is a meme for a reason.

Cant afford it day 1 since I spent all my money on plumbing supplies, but I'll buy it as soon as I can. Im all about anything this imaginative.
 

TitusTroy

Member
Doubt the game doesnt come with RT. It was heavily marketed by nvidia. Must be a patch error. They'll prolly hotfix it.

it's not so unusual...A Plague Tale: Requiem RT was also heavily marketed by Nvidia and didn't launch with RT...it took a few months for them to release a patch that activated RT
 
Maybe RT can be enabled again in the Engine.ini file, I noticed it mostly use SSR.
I hope so...cause even tho it looks great and performs amazing...the lighting when I was able to enable RTX was incredible...the reflections were amazing

That elevator ride in the beginning looks completely different now for instance.
 

GymWolf

Gold Member
The first hour is absolutely phenomenal. I think I am more impressed than by Bioshock 1 or Infinite.



On PC gamepass I can select russian (and play in it, in fact). Weird it would not be possible on console.



It is a note about general trend I notice, where these AAA super polished games usually get very high (85+) scores in western press, while central/eastern european games get lower scores despite (me personally) finding them more creative and interesting.

But I do not want to get into some protracted argument about quality of those games, plus it is OT, so I suggest let it go.
Since you specified pc gamepass, is it something you do outside of the game or in the ingame options? Like do i have the option inside the game on the steam version?
 
Doubt the game doesnt come with RT. It was heavily marketed by nvidia. Must be a patch error. They'll prolly hotfix it.
Its not in there when it was in the dev build. Dev build had Ray tracing settings...but it didn't have DLSS3. The fully released and patch version has no ray tracing settings - but it does have DLSS3 lol
 

oji-san

Banned
Great scores, probably will be higher for me.

Is it really 60fps on Series X?

And what's the latest version on XSX game pass? i downloaded it a few days ago and it was 1.0.0 ver
 

RafterXL

Member
Ok, my initial thoughts:

Gameplay is cool, setting is cool, performance has been stable, RT and graphics are really nice. Main character has hilariously bad dialogue.

But Russia is a failed, murderous state so...eh. No issue trying it out, but I can see that grating on me unless the gameplay is S-S-Tier.
From what I can gather so far it's Bioshock if Russia had won WW2. I get the current events would make people not want to play it, but it's no different to me than other alt-history media.

It is wild how many posts in here are just "Well, these reviewers just don't get it." FORSPOKEN comes out with an equally groan inducing narrative tropes and tone on top of an overall "junior varsity" level development and it's "Oh, well sometimes these reviewers get it right!"



No it didn't. The activist reviews are obvious and are a drop in the bucket compared to the overwhelming reviews that played it straight. Even the most infamous review isn't even counted among the games OPENCRITIC score, which still sits at a MIGHTY 84/89. From everything I have seen of this game, including an uninterrupted five hours of gameplay, this is a solidly "Okay" title whose quality folks wouldn't be making excuses if they had gone in a different direction for their MC.
Has anyone in this thread defended this games dialogue? You're literally making shit up. I straight up called it bad in my last post. The main character is written like what a 13 yeold old edge lord thinks sounds cool.
I hope this gets bashed to oblivion for cringe terrible dialogue just because Forspoken got destroyed imo very undeservedly. japanese charm gets destroyed and this gets a pass? Fuck no.
And Forspoken plays great and it's genuinely a good game
WTF is with this victim shit? Forsaken's dialogue sucked balls, it deserves every bit of criticism it got. Japanese charm my ass. Also read above, no one is defending the dialogue in this game...lol. You're not going to redeem Forsaken by shitting on this. It's not happening.

The only thing people are defending is reviewers doing what they tried to do with Hogwart's, which is neg the game based on their bullshit agendas instead of the actual content of the game.
 

Isa

Member
Been waiting a looong time for this, since what, 2017? Can't wait to dive in. Might have to quickly move to New Zealand... and put my Evil Within 2 playthrough on a slight hold and go offline so my buddies in Wild Hearts don't see me haha!
 

adamsapple

Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Great scores, probably will be higher for me.

Is it really 60fps on Series X?

And what's the latest version on XSX game pass? i downloaded it a few days ago and it was 1.0.0 ver


Yes it's 60 FPS on the modern consoles, and I don't think there is a day 1 patch so the version you've got is the latest.
 
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