Atomic Heart

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7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 2387 Ratings

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  1. ozzless
    Mar 10, 2023
    4
    - Way too many bugs
    - The graphics look incredibly bad for a game released in 2023. Probably related to it being released on consoles, but still.
    - The gunplay is really unsatisfying and slow. - Blatant stealing of ideas from other games. The beginning of the game, sailing a boat - stolen from Half life. The death screen is a complete copy of Dark Souls. The improvements you get through    - Way too many bugs
    - The graphics look incredibly bad for a game released in 2023. Probably related to it being released on consoles, but still.
    - The gunplay is really unsatisfying and slow.
    - Blatant stealing of ideas from other games. The beginning of the game, sailing a boat - stolen from Half life. The death screen is a complete copy of Dark Souls. The improvements you get through the game are copying Bioshock (as well as overall design and feeling).    … Expand
  2. 21grams
    Feb 26, 2023
    4
    Aside of nice concept art and graphics - there's nothing there. Game is locked with FOV from CRT 4:3 era, there's forced mouse acceleration which make it vomit inducing for anyone prone to motion sickness - but ofc devs don't give a **** about any adaptability.

    Writing is absolute cringe, on similar level as Forspoken with evenly terrible cocky and braindead protagonist. All other    Aside of nice concept art and graphics - there's nothing there. Game is locked with FOV from CRT 4:3 era, there's forced mouse acceleration which make it vomit inducing for anyone prone to motion sickness - but ofc devs don't give a **** about any adaptability.

    Writing is absolute cringe, on similar level as Forspoken with evenly terrible cocky and braindead protagonist. All other characters are also equally insufferable.

    Lastly gameplay - it's unbalanced and painfully boring with how spongy it is, with iffy hitboxes, terrible melee and some obnoxious mechanics as fixer robots.

    Atomic Heart is a game that promises a lot but delivers very little. Massive disappointment, may be even the biggest in 2023 as I had some decent hopes for this one with how rare story FPS games have become. If not FOV and mouse acceleration - I'd probably give it 6, but with these two problems it's just spit in the face to PC gamers and 4/10 is about as much as it deserves.    … Expand
  3. BloodAndWine
    Mar 4, 2023
    4
    Starts out promising but doesn't take long to squander any potential it seemed to have. The level design is an absolute mess, gameplay gets repetitive, bosses have boring movesets, and the writing is as bad, if not worse, than Forspoken. Like, the story and writing are really, really bad. Like intolerably. Overall, not a great experience. Especially not the 10/10 experience that RussiansStarts out promising but doesn't take long to squander any potential it seemed to have. The level design is an absolute mess, gameplay gets repetitive, bosses have boring movesets, and the writing is as bad, if not worse, than Forspoken. Like, the story and writing are really, really bad. Like intolerably. Overall, not a great experience. Especially not the 10/10 experience that Russians keep touting it as on forums across the internet.

    Edit* And here comes the Russians to drop hundreds of 10/10 scores    … Expand
  4. Takodan
    Feb 26, 2023
    4
    Nice looking game with absolute garbage combat and traversal system.

    First of all, this game looks really nice and have a cool 60s retro sci-fi vibe. Really liked the music, and the voice acting is good. Can't really say too much of the story since I'm mid-game. But oh my God does this game have a **** combat system. Every single weapon and ability in the game is boring and useless. On    Nice looking game with absolute garbage combat and traversal system.

    First of all, this game looks really nice and have a cool 60s retro sci-fi vibe. Really liked the music, and the voice acting is good. Can't really say too much of the story since I'm mid-game. But oh my God does this game have a **** combat system. Every single weapon and ability in the game is boring and useless. On top of that, the game is incredibly slow paced, littered with bugs, and is filled with stupid unnecessary puzzle elements.

    I'm starting to wonder if the imagination of game developers have stagnated, because this is yet another title with sci-fi elements where you have to fight monsters, robots, and combat weird ass creatures. Also, some missions in game are just insane. For example when you need to ride on a train and need a ticket. You get a ticket, but it's expired, so you need a new one. Way to spend my game time developers. >.<

    All in all, if your looking for a nice looking Sci-Fi FPS, then sure... give it a try. But this is seriously one of the most annoying games I have ever played. You waste A TON of time doing **** and useless things while trying to navigate all the bugs and issues in the game. Atomic Heart is not a good game.    … Expand
  5. Alex91ckua
    Feb 23, 2023
    4
    This is another unsuccessful copy of Bioshock, many mechanics that were introduced in the game are not working well. The graphics and environment are interesting, but that's where all the positives end.
  6. BesAaron
    Feb 23, 2023
    4
    Story is cringe, dialogues are cringe, battle system is... well, it is acceptable. But this game feels like it is made by people who know nothing about game design at all.
  7. flobv86
    Feb 28, 2023
    4
    Besides graphics the game is rubbish. The dialogue between main character and Charles(the glove) and the upgrade machine is absolutely cringe. Melee combat is one of the worst I have seen. Story is simple, didn't finish it though as the game is bang below average.
  8. vova22379
    Mar 7, 2023
    4
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  9. Legr4Su
    Feb 22, 2023
    4
    Atomic Heart - A game with a unique style: beautiful, bewitching. And... That's it, that's all there is in this game.
    Well, you can still highlight the bosses, where the game is revealed from the best side, but more on that later.
    Open world: beautiful but empty. There is nothing to do. All mechanics of the open world are used ONLY at the entrances to the bunkers, in which there are    Atomic Heart - A game with a unique style: beautiful, bewitching. And... That's it, that's all there is in this game.
    Well, you can still highlight the bosses, where the game is revealed from the best side, but more on that later.

    Open world: beautiful but empty. There is nothing to do. All mechanics of the open world are used ONLY at the entrances to the bunkers, in which there are weapons / attachments for weapons, that's all, there is nothing else.

    Puzzles: simple.

    Mobs: From extreme to extreme, that's how you can characterize the fight with them. What do I mean by this - If at the beginning you poke them for half an hour, then towards the middle of the game you almost one-shot them. Few types of enemies. (Worth noting, fighting late game with 5+ enemies is fun)

    Bosses: The only real thing in this game is where it's really fun to fight. The hedgehog is the top one, most likely for the music and the unfinished staff (Weapon/Skills) (IMHO).

    Melee/Firearm weapons: There are few of them, you don't feel it, well, it doesn't feel, yes but no, it's a little better than bad, so much so that when you have a mega melee weapon in your hands, it feels like it's a piece of wood. A little better with a firearm, average. Sorry for the tautology.

    Skills: Are they needed at all? No, really, they can only be useful at the beginning of the game, when it's hard for you, long and tedious to kill mobs, and then what?

    Pumping: the main problem of this game, and for which it becomes more and more boring to play, due to the fact that it becomes so easy to play that it is already boring. This item includes both the pumping of the Persian and weapons / skills.

    Plot: average. The plot is kind of interesting, the characters are funny, and the presentation is **** more than half of the story is scattered around the world / bunkers, on terminals. I am still silent that if you accidentally touch the trigger of a new dialogue, then the old one will simply stop.

    Musical accompaniment: Well, everything is clear without comment, it's cool. Not only were there old cool songs, for example, by the same Pugacheva, but also the sound from Mick Gordon (Tracks from DOOM).

    Conclusion: the game is a maximum of one time, boring. A lot of problems.

    Completed the game on Armageddon difficulty with no deaths.    … Expand
  10. Ratingss
    Mar 6, 2023
    4
    Releasing a FPS on PC with a console FoV and no slider to fix it, enemies are damage sponges, cant run, audio bugs, the iron sights are slower than some simulation games, puzzles that make you want to punch your monitor, blatantly copying other games, and some ear screeching dialogues.
    Im not one these dumb russophobes npcs hating for no reason, this game is just an annoying console FPS    Releasing a FPS on PC with a console FoV and no slider to fix it, enemies are damage sponges, cant run, audio bugs, the iron sights are slower than some simulation games, puzzles that make you want to punch your monitor, blatantly copying other games, and some ear screeching dialogues.
    Im not one these dumb russophobes npcs hating for no reason, this game is just an annoying console FPS just like Bioshock was.    … Expand
  11. rocco666123
    Feb 26, 2023
    4
    -It's buggy
    -i'm playing an a..hole
    -bad ultrawide support -they made looting easier, but it takes more time, cause you have to loot every desk etc. There are tons of rooms full of furniture to loot. Am i playing a shooter or a hoover simulator? - inventory is to small - You can save like in a Soulslike, but you don't get health there. Heal my char, or let me save everywhere. this is    -It's buggy
    -i'm playing an a..hole
    -bad ultrawide support
    -they made looting easier, but it takes more time, cause you have to loot every desk etc. There are tons of rooms full of furniture to loot. Am i playing a shooter or a hoover simulator?
    - inventory is to small
    - You can save like in a Soulslike, but you don't get health there. Heal my char, or let me save everywhere. this is the worst out of both worlds.
    - dodging while melee fighting is clunky, cause i can't lock my view on the enemy    … Expand
  12. Kcfree
    Feb 23, 2023
    4
    Awesome beginning to the game. Lead in and story was cool and captivating. Graphics and world seemed good too. Really wanted to like the game but it all fell apart when you run into the time stalling doors the devs put into the game to add time and gameplay. Here’s a door, place the two orbs you find to unlock it. Uhh ooo the door has no power canisters, go find 5 through out the facility.Awesome beginning to the game. Lead in and story was cool and captivating. Graphics and world seemed good too. Really wanted to like the game but it all fell apart when you run into the time stalling doors the devs put into the game to add time and gameplay. Here’s a door, place the two orbs you find to unlock it. Uhh ooo the door has no power canisters, go find 5 through out the facility. Lazy stuff like this kills the game and makes people not even want to play.… Expand
  13. Silent-Heal
    Apr 26, 2023
    4
    This game is of average quality and below. It is felt in everything. But still cinematic. The atmosphere in the game is well conveyed.
    There are puzzles, but the combat is stupid. Remember on MTV there was an advertisement of two fools standing against each other and slapping each other?! It's the same here. The whole fight is to beat and use drugs. There are not enough resources, it was    This game is of average quality and below. It is felt in everything. But still cinematic. The atmosphere in the game is well conveyed.
    There are puzzles, but the combat is stupid. Remember on MTV there was an advertisement of two fools standing against each other and slapping each other?! It's the same here. The whole fight is to beat and use drugs. There are not enough resources, it was not possible to buy anything interesting, despite the fact that I collected everything. And so the game can be played on easy. Also, there are too many opponents, they don’t let you play, at every step you have to look for how to open the next door. We open doors the whole game and every second stupid monsters...
    Also, the game has bugs. The scale of life after increasing the skills is not complete, and if you restored it and reloaded the game, the scale is again incomplete.    … Expand
  14. djorba
    Jun 7, 2023
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Très bon jeu , bon gameplay,direction artistique superbe me rappelle bioshock… Expand
  15. kitty64_yes
    Feb 23, 2023
    4
    In short: the game could be better.
    The story is quite dull, I was playing with interest maybe first 30–40 mins, after it started to be very dull. The graphics and visual effects are not bad, but in 2023 there are many games with better visual.
    The worst part, IMHO, is a many of the Soviet Union and Russian stuff in the game. And I understand the genre with mixing some old things with    In short: the game could be better.
    The story is quite dull, I was playing with interest maybe first 30–40 mins, after it started to be very dull. The graphics and visual effects are not bad, but in 2023 there are many games with better visual.
    The worst part, IMHO, is a many of the Soviet Union and Russian stuff in the game. And I understand the genre with mixing some old things with AI and robot. It looks cool, but not in this game. Somebody forced authors to add such attributes into the game, and it would be better without them. They only make a noise.
    As I said, game quite dull, In my case, it is not worth the time.    … Expand
  16. Alberto31
    Feb 23, 2023
    4
    Troppi bug. Mi ne è capitato uno dopo l'ultima patch che non mi fa piu andare avanti perché quando prendo un ascensore nella storia mi sprofonda sotto la mappa. Ho ricaricato il salvataggio più volte ma nnt. Già come gioco in se ha diversi limiti, poi se capitano pure questi bug è grave.

    Gioco noioso, open world inutile, stealt fatto malissimo, movimenti legnosi, menu di gioco    Troppi bug. Mi ne è capitato uno dopo l'ultima patch che non mi fa piu andare avanti perché quando prendo un ascensore nella storia mi sprofonda sotto la mappa. Ho ricaricato il salvataggio più volte ma nnt. Già come gioco in se ha diversi limiti, poi se capitano pure questi bug è grave.


    Gioco noioso, open world inutile, stealt fatto malissimo, movimenti legnosi, menu di gioco stravecchi, storia banale come poche.
    Mi chiedo come possa piacere un gioco così    … Expand
  17. chlllbump
    Feb 26, 2023
    4
    The game is lackluster and rides on the coat tails of games that have already done its concept better. If you were looking for a BioShock-like game discussing communism in its story, this isn't it. There is no nuance to its story and the dialogue falls over itself (and overtop of other dialogue with its poor sound design). I feel its controversy helped blind people from the faults of thisThe game is lackluster and rides on the coat tails of games that have already done its concept better. If you were looking for a BioShock-like game discussing communism in its story, this isn't it. There is no nuance to its story and the dialogue falls over itself (and overtop of other dialogue with its poor sound design). I feel its controversy helped blind people from the faults of this game. Combat is lack luster, the looting system is okay, and the characters are just bland. Its strongest aspects are its art design and its music. Even for music though it doesn't fit the tone that this game wants to present, or at least tries to present. While Mick's ost is great as always, I think the game is strongest when it relies on classical pieces to elevate the tone of the game. Overall the game has been done and is very uninspiring.… Expand
  18. Gamesalot
    Feb 27, 2023
    4
    Nothing ground breaking, nothing that doesn't seem like a derivative of truly classic entiries of the tech-utopia turned dystopia genre.

    It feels like a superficial and undercooked amalgam of truly legendary games like Bioshock, Deus Ex, Dishonored and Dying Light to name a few. I guess they say why be original when you can copy. Even many of the enemies seem taken from other forms of    Nothing ground breaking, nothing that doesn't seem like a derivative of truly classic entiries of the tech-utopia turned dystopia genre.

    It feels like a superficial and undercooked amalgam of truly legendary games like Bioshock, Deus Ex, Dishonored and Dying Light to name a few. I guess they say why be original when you can copy. Even many of the enemies seem taken from other forms of popular culture distilled into less exciting versions and installed in the world.

    A strong recommendation to Mundfish: invest a little more in your dialogue and narrative design, as all your hard work creating beautiful environments is often overshadowed by the awkward verbal cliches of the protagonist. These works great in Far Cry Blood Dragon and Bulletstorm but less so in a game that seemingly takes it self so seriously. An thesaurus would serve you well.

    As Mundfish is a new studio I'll wait and see their next steps which hopefully will involve a silent protagonist.    … Expand
  19. TDog68
    Feb 28, 2023
    4
    TLDR: I would rate it a 4.5/10 had high hopes and it didn't deliver
    I want to start by saying I didn't buy this game my friend family shared it to me
    This game made me really excited and the concept is fantastic but the game didn't deliver •Story This game has a fantastic world and a good story to follow but besides that I have nothing good to say •Graphics It's visually stunning    TLDR: I would rate it a 4.5/10 had high hopes and it didn't deliver
    I want to start by saying I didn't buy this game my friend family shared it to me
    This game made me really excited and the concept is fantastic but the game didn't deliver

    •Story
    This game has a fantastic world and a good story to follow but besides that I have nothing good to say

    •Graphics
    It's visually stunning with so many cool things to see

    •gameplay
    The pacing of this game is really strange, The world even though good feels really static around you, The abilities you get don't feel like they amount to anything major, the game it most reminds me of is prey but if prey was a underwhelming game    … Expand
  20. skelefalcon
    Feb 28, 2023
    4
    I'm ashamed of this game, a lot of inappropriate vulgar jokes, meaningless mother graphics are very different compared to the trader and the animation of faces is disgusting, and the worst thing in this game is wool and liquids, they are just soapy, banal and little weapons and any variety, it feels like a huge torn off from this game piece of content i love this game.
  21. JustWrightGamin
    Mar 17, 2023
    4
    I was pretty hyped for this game and I saw a few reviews before I had a chance to play it. I thought "it can't be that bad, I'm sure I'll still enjoy it"

    BOY WAS I WRONG. The setting, graphics and world building are gorgeous, but; - The gameplay is mediocre at best - The dialogue is one step away from terrible - The puzzles are unnecessarily annoying - The crafting is an    I was pretty hyped for this game and I saw a few reviews before I had a chance to play it. I thought "it can't be that bad, I'm sure I'll still enjoy it"

    BOY WAS I WRONG.
    The setting, graphics and world building are gorgeous, but;

    - The gameplay is mediocre at best
    - The dialogue is one step away from terrible
    - The puzzles are unnecessarily annoying
    - The crafting is an artificial gameplay extender that adds no value to the game
    - The guns are almost pointless (at least early on)
    - The glove won't shutup
    - The vending machine makes me want to kill myself
    - The parkour often doesn't work properly
    - The tutorials pop up during sections where you're repeatedly hitting the space button, so it auto skips them
    - The rhythm based lockpicking system is the most annoying lockpicking system I've ever seen
    - The protagonist (and glove) treat you like a 5 year old, that needs everything explained
    - The port to PC feels like they did literally nothing to make it PC friendly

    If you like souls-like style gameplay, (I use that relatively loosely) grind-a-thons and games that look beautiful, then you genuinely may love this, but if you're expecting a fast paced, well designed FPS set in an interesting universe, you better hurry along.

    TLDR; The game is a beautiful looking tedious nightmare that does not deliver AT ALL on the fast paced FPS style aesthetic you might be expecting, they've taken the mediocre parts of several different genres and badly combined them into a painstaking, tedious mess    … Expand
  22. odviee
    Jun 20, 2023
    4
    The combat and mechanics are pretty fun, but the story, the puzzles and especially the ending are so boring and uninspired. The autosave not working was so much worse than everything else though. Especially when there's a closed room crowded with enemies and for 2 bosses inside it that can only be damaged in melee being the cherry on top.
  23. Lib
    Feb 24, 2023
    3
    The game is a quite boring Bioshock clone with tons of cheap pseudosoviet aesthetics, as if you were in a tankie's wet dream
  24. Hurrikhan
    Jul 20, 2023
    3
    A pretty FPS with a nice ambience that feels straight from the mid 20th century. The intro was nice to watch and listen to.
    However the combats are clunky and boring. There is no fun to be had the first two hours and I don't plan to ruin more time by playing further.
    What a disappointment it has been.
  25. Andrudis
    Feb 22, 2023
    3
    Huge disappointment. Such things happen if you hire painter to do foreman's job: you get unique facade but absolutely useless conditions for living - the same with playability of this game here.
  26. Guma
    Feb 25, 2023
    3
    Bad optimazed game. FPS drops on modern hardware.
    Much bugs
    Poor and stupid story full of cliche.
    Undistinguished gameplay, looks like bad copy of other good games, nothing new at all.
    Only graphics looks good, but it's do not save this product
  27. Zirou_1
    Feb 24, 2023
    3
    The game is very stuffy, slow, opponents are incredibly strong and are just sponges that absorb damage, and you will be killed in 2 hits. Terrible optimization, with a weak level of graphics, textures are very often soapy, and a constant problem with reflections, which are not only of poor quality, but also lie on objects incorrectly. You don’t feel firearms at all, you shoot, as if withThe game is very stuffy, slow, opponents are incredibly strong and are just sponges that absorb damage, and you will be killed in 2 hits. Terrible optimization, with a weak level of graphics, textures are very often soapy, and a constant problem with reflections, which are not only of poor quality, but also lie on objects incorrectly. You don’t feel firearms at all, you shoot, as if with rubber bullets, opponents absolutely do not react to hits. Also bloated open spaces where there is ABSOLUTELY nothing to do, they are literally empty, all you can do there is run into a new bunch of opponents. The game certainly has its advantages. Interesting and colorful characters, interesting setting, lore and the story itself, but the main character is stuffy and not interesting at all, just a talking box through which we interact with the world and characters. In short, something like this. This is my subjective opinion, and I believe that this game deserves a maximum rating of 3 points.… Expand
  28. TastieToasty
    Feb 23, 2023
    3
    The Protagonist sees dozen dead Civilians lying on the ground while some brutal robot slaughters the remaining surivors, he does not save a single one of them and kills the thing and it **** explodes. he smokes a blunt and quotes some duke nukem quote and leaves.

    55 FOV (Devs said its perfect) The combat is sluggish and not satisfying, melee feels really really bad, 4 Hour    The Protagonist sees dozen dead Civilians lying on the ground while some brutal robot slaughters the remaining surivors, he does not save a single one of them and kills the thing and it **** explodes. he smokes a blunt and quotes some duke nukem quote and leaves.

    55 FOV (Devs said its perfect)

    The combat is sluggish and not satisfying, melee feels really really bad,

    4 Hour tutorial area

    Empty open world with one of the worst GTA 5 police systems. (you destroy something in a area and for 10 minutes 50 repair drones come from time to time to repair and heal dead robots or cameras. not lying I killed 50 drones just because i destroyed one camera)

    2 abilities you can use, they feel meh like the combat.

    the shotgun is one of the weakest weapons ingame and the 9mm makarov pistol is stronger???

    the worst dialogue I have ever seen in any kind of game. The protagonist is like the Postal dude and duke nukem combined, but it does not matches the setting or the circumstances. he will always say some unfunny stuff and will always smoke a fat blunt afterwards.

    the only good thing about this game is the setting and the story cutscenes without the protagonist.    … Expand
  29. yourstupidmon
    Mar 6, 2023
    3
    The only good thing about this game is the performance. One of the worst main characters i've seen.
  30. Gandalf-Jezus
    Feb 22, 2023
    3
    Cheap parody of Bioshock. Terrible gameplay and story. Nice music and graphics. Nothing special.
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Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 39 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 39
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 39
  3. Negative: 1 out of 39
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 23, 2024
    80
    The first hours are spent in laboratory corridors, but eventually the game opens up wide and actually mirrors another game with the numbers 451 in its DNA, which is the closest to it - the modern Prey. It's also the one that best shows what the game does masterfully, and where it stumbles on its ambitions. [Issue#326]
  2. Game World Navigator Magazine
    May 4, 2023
    87
    Great level design, dangerous enemies, good gunplay and intriguing story come together to deliver an unforgettable game. [page 38]
  3. GameOver.gr
    Mar 19, 2023
    70
    For a first try from a studio without any previous games, Atomic Heart is certainly an achievement albeit rough around (some) edges. Its aesthetic and mixture of well crafted action, puzzles and exploration is dragged down a bit by an abysmal open-world design (which thankfully doesn’t last long) and a rather predictable story. Nevertheless, the overall experience created the feeling that Mundfish is a studio that we should keep our eyes on in the future.
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