- Publisher: Mundfish , Focus Entertainment
- Release Date: Feb 21, 2023
- Also On: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X
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Feb 20, 2023After a half-dozen hours with Atomic Heart, I’m eager to see where it takes me. I’m currently exploring the college town around a mag-lev train station, looking for a dead comrade with a ticket on them. The game’s promotional screenshots suggest far more varied environments than the underground tunnels I’ve been through and a wider mix of malfunctioning worker bots...Atomic Heart is loaded with little loving details, and its combat is notably more fluid and involved than the somewhat plain shooting typically associated with its sub-genre. I suspect the answer to what went wrong with the grand robo-workers’ utopia is going to involve some well-worn sci-fi tropes, but I’m fine with it. It’s a fun, ambitious shooter with a distinct style and worth the occasional kick in the head. [Impressions]
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Mar 6, 2023The problem lies in its mediocre story and downright bad writing. I already grew weary of its big-mouthed protagonist just a few hours into Atomic Heart. [Review in Progress]
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Feb 20, 2023Atomic Heart’s lack of satirical bite might just be one of the most consistent things about it. For every miserable onslaught of respawning bots, there’s an intoxicatingly tense run-and-gun battle. For every work of artistry in the sound design and environments, there’s a scene of utterly sub-par scripting. It’s glorious and tedious, polished and patchwork all the same time, and while there’s an anarchic part of my brain that wants more ambitious-yet-wonky games like it, stronger is my hope that Mundfish’s second game has a tighter grasp on its own strengths and weaknesses.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 1,695 out of 2387
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Mixed: 185 out of 2387
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Negative: 507 out of 2387
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