Atomic Heart

 Xbox Series X
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6.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 574 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 356 out of 574
  2. Mixed: 46 out of 574
  3. Negative: 172 out of 574
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  1. Tigershark
    Apr 19, 2023
    1
    Meh. Way over hyped bio shock clone. Boring lack luster. Pass on this game for the fact that it brings nothing new to the table. Infantile, bug riddled, robot fetish game.
  2. guiletheguiles
    Mar 28, 2023
    4
    Atomic Heart is probably the worst game I've finished in 2023 so far. And that is a shame, giving the major potential it had. The main problem here is lack of identity and bad execution of good ideas.

    From the start, this game captivated me with its beautiful world and premise. It all looks and sounds very nice. The presentation is, in fact, the best thing it offers. Great artstyle,    Atomic Heart is probably the worst game I've finished in 2023 so far. And that is a shame, giving the major potential it had. The main problem here is lack of identity and bad execution of good ideas.

    From the start, this game captivated me with its beautiful world and premise. It all looks and sounds very nice. The presentation is, in fact, the best thing it offers.

    Great artstyle, cool animations, an amazing soundtrack, creepy enemies, crazy abilities and even crazier weapons. It was all off to a good start. Hell, even the jokes were fun, ocasionally. But... the more I played the more I disliked it.

    For every good thing in Atomic Heart, there are two equally bad things. That feeling only got worse by the time I watched the credits roll. The enemy variety got stale, the semi-open world got boring, the interior environments got repetitive, puzzles were obnoxious, melee combat became a joke, the difficulty spiked out of nowhere, the sense of pregression halted... the magic just died.

    Honestly, the story was the only thing that, in my opinion, got better as I moved forward, but that was ultimately held back by bad character development, poor storytelling (like dumping major plot points on you while robots kept jumping in your face), empty endings and a gameplay that just didn't seem to hold up! I can't quite put my finger on why, but I started to loathe how its slow and cumbersome system plays and, especially, its inconsistent pace.

    And those bosses? My god, they were insufferable! I'm not kidding when I say that this game would improve, like, 30% if they fixed boss fights. Almost all of them felt annoying, frustrating and, most of all, unrewarding. The only ones I enjoyed were the two final battles. Pack this with the amount of dreadful puzzles you encounter in the game and you have yourself a very tedious experience. And not all of the puzzles were bad. Some were quite clever. But there were A LOT of them and A LOT of unnecessary and recurring ones.

    One of the puzzles even made me play SNAKE, FOR **** SAKE...

    Atomic Heart's real problem lies in its identity crisis. It was almost as if the game tried to be other great FPS games. It wanted to be Wolfenstein, Bioshock, Fallout, Duke Nukem, Dishonored, Half Life and it managed to be nothing. Not even its own thing.

    There is fun to be had here. But very little. It's cool to try this out if you have Gamepass. If you don't, just don't waste your time.    … Expand
  3. eutohius
    Feb 25, 2023
    4
    Game looks really good, although all the good stuff is just a decoration. You can’t even jump out of the window, for god’s sake.
    It’s well done technically. Animations are smooth and basic combat is fine. The problem is that it lacks everything else. The gameplay is boring, the writing is terrible. Overall, after first 30 minutes good impression is replaced by boredom, then annoyanceboredom
  4. FabioLopes
    Feb 23, 2023
    0
    Many bugs, performance drops and a gameplay much inferior to the trailers...
  5. bobend
    Feb 22, 2023
    0
    Unlikable protagonist and long and slow elevators. Horrible English Voice acting.
  6. jogurt_
    Feb 22, 2023
    0
    Parody of Bioshock.Super cringy hero.Very bad openworld.Really it's just boring,nothing interesting.
  7. YomoMush
    Feb 22, 2023
    3
    Was extremely excited for this game before launch only to realize the writing was on par with an edgy 13 year old, extremely cringey protagonist with terrible voice acting almost like they picked a random guy off the street. Not to mention how buggy this was even on a series x. Constant frame drops and blurry visuals. I do commend them for the city at the beginning for looking interestingWas extremely excited for this game before launch only to realize the writing was on par with an edgy 13 year old, extremely cringey protagonist with terrible voice acting almost like they picked a random guy off the street. Not to mention how buggy this was even on a series x. Constant frame drops and blurry visuals. I do commend them for the city at the beginning for looking interesting and unique but it's overshadowed by the fundimental problems the rest of the game has. You can tell they took inspiration from games like Bioshock with the utopian looking design of the world but at least Bioshock had decent writers to make the story seem believeable and lived in which leaves Atomic Heart looking like a bad parody. It's almost like they knew this game had nothing new to offer so they just advertised to the soyboys who think the robots are hot.… Expand
  8. samstylle
    Feb 22, 2023
    4
    Primeiramente 10 horas zerei o jogo o porque desanimei o jogo e chato o mundo aberto só tá ali pra você passear sem propósito então foquei só na história principal que no final me surpreendeu de forma negativa! Que droga pois e. Q história e arrastada cheio de conversa com aquela luva falantr e irritante. A história de perde depois de 4 horas do jogo que seu propósito e só seguir reto. EuPrimeiramente 10 horas zerei o jogo o porque desanimei o jogo e chato o mundo aberto só tá ali pra você passear sem propósito então foquei só na história principal que no final me surpreendeu de forma negativa! Que droga pois e. Q história e arrastada cheio de conversa com aquela luva falantr e irritante. A história de perde depois de 4 horas do jogo que seu propósito e só seguir reto. Eu zerei o jogo sem vasculhar nada eu acho chato você fica entrando em asinha pra fica sugando itens r pra isso mundo aberto que na vdd nem existe. Final do jogo sério que final tosco o final ruim e o final bom. E o final bom e o final ruim. Ou seja o jogo todo e uma droga minha nota e porque a única coisa que presta e a gameplay e o combate o resto e sem nexo entendo que muita gente vai se iludir com começo que parece mó cinematográfico mais depois o jogo só cai pro fundo do poço personagens pouco carismático o cara fica FALANDO MESMAS PLAVRAS MIL VEZES CARNIÇA DEFUMADA ! QUE POHHA E ESSA. EU ENTENDI A HISTÓRIA MAIS ELA NAO E COMPREENSÍVEL ELA NAO TE FAZ FICA INTERESSADO NELA PENA QUE A IDEIA FOI MUITO MAL ADMINISTRADA SEM MAIS INFELIZMENTE ESSA MINHA NOTA.
    Joguei no series s e puta que pariu que jogo feio gráficos tão horrível eu juro que gráfico tá mais feio que época de PS3 borrado capado não dá nem vontade de joga seus olhos sangra. Agora jogando nos lugares internos e até aceitável mais lá fora mundo aberto nossa borrado de mais    … Expand
  9. Roberter
    Feb 26, 2023
    0
    I recently purchased Atom Heart and was extremely disappointed with the overall experience. The game had an interesting style and it had a lot of potential, but it fell short in many areas.
    I found myself struggling to move my character and shoot, which made gameplay frustrating and unenjoyable. The animations were poor, compressed textures and unimpressive visuals. Only some CG scenes was    I recently purchased Atom Heart and was extremely disappointed with the overall experience. The game had an interesting style and it had a lot of potential, but it fell short in many areas.
    I found myself struggling to move my character and shoot, which made gameplay frustrating and unenjoyable. The animations were poor, compressed textures and unimpressive visuals. Only some CG scenes was ok, but not in real gameplay. Also many bugs from the start.
    I noticed issues such as characters getting stuck in the environment, checkpoints not triggering correctly and I can't pass, crashes that forced me to restart the game. I haven't finished it yet but I would not recommend this to anyone looking for a fun and engaging gaming experience. Amazing ad but not the game. Maybe save your money and look for a better game to play.    … Expand
  10. Celtezi
    Feb 25, 2023
    1
    the game lacks many aspects, at first it catches you but the more you play it you realize how poorly designed it is, it's a good idea poorly implemented
  11. Merdilim
    Feb 25, 2023
    0
    No entiendo las criticas positivas a un titulo como este que tiene muuchas carencias, simplemente son imparciales.
  12. Yirtama
    Feb 25, 2023
    1
    the game looks like early access, hopefully one day they finish it and it's the game they promised
  13. daspasilte
    Feb 26, 2023
    0
    La version de series x tiene muchos problemas de caidas de fps, lag, probe la version de pc y va mejor no se por que.
  14. turtepirto
    Feb 26, 2023
    0
    Not even close to being worth $60. FOV is locked to 80 and cannot be changed, dialogue is cringe at best, combat is unimaginative and very generic, enemies are bullet sponges, map is useless, low enemy variety, forced mouse acceleration that can't be disabled, boss/enemy pathing issues causing enemies to just stand in place, lack of a true open world, too many fetch quests with too fewNot even close to being worth $60. FOV is locked to 80 and cannot be changed, dialogue is cringe at best, combat is unimaginative and very generic, enemies are bullet sponges, map is useless, low enemy variety, forced mouse acceleration that can't be disabled, boss/enemy pathing issues causing enemies to just stand in place, lack of a true open world, too many fetch quests with too few enemies, game is way too short (can easily be finished in 10-15 hours) and progression-breaking bugs that should've been hammered out before the game released (people becoming stuck off the map, interactable items not allowing interaction, etc).… Expand
  15. lertayumla
    Feb 26, 2023
    0
    Сюжет: Смесь комедии, интересных и серьёзных рассуждений, весёлого абсурда, сатиры, серьёзных рассуждений и контрастами всем на всём!

    Геймплей: Хорош, приятен, но игра, как-будто не знает, хочет быть тяжеловесной, тактической и размеренной или дум-лайком с бешенной    Сюжет: Смесь комедии, интересных и серьёзных рассуждений, весёлого абсурда, сатиры, серьёзных рассуждений и контрастами всем на всём!

    Геймплей: Хорош, приятен, но игра, как-будто не знает, хочет быть тяжеловесной, тактической и размеренной или дум-лайком с бешенной
  16. Warzyffo
    Mar 9, 2023
    2
    Naive plot, stupid main character(literally), poor combat(QTE, yuck) and a terrible, terrible ending. Moreover, from a tech point of view, this game is a disaster, often freezes, crashes and loses fps.
    Not recommend.
  17. vaknonirke
    Mar 6, 2023
    0
    Writing - bad
    Voice acting - bad
    Puzzles - bad
    FOV - atrocity
    DENUVO - should be punishable by 7 hells
  18. medrekagnu
    Mar 17, 2023
    0
    disque era el sucesor de bioshock y termine más decepcionado, parece un juego hecho para otakus.
  19. mafyivorko
    Mar 19, 2023
    0
    Awful game. i played 10 hours and that was the worst game experience i have ever had, the cringiest voice acting, millions of bugs, the most stupid fight system and sexuallizing robots, seriously . Is this game was created for 13 years old who enjoy robots nudity????
  20. Nyanraze
    Feb 23, 2023
    1
    Quiso ser el sucesor de bioshock pero no se le acerca ni a los talones, como callisto protocol con dead space.
  21. MaximoRO
    Feb 22, 2023
    0
    The game is so boring. After 20 hours, i can just say: parody of bioshock :(
  22. Chachelandia
    Feb 25, 2023
    0
    Another woke game, with so many glitches, someday probably this game is gonna be easy.
  23. Kakela
    Feb 25, 2023
    0
    The game lacks the bioshock esscence, is very lineal and boring, twin sisters doesnt help to the plot.
  24. Kakelas
    Feb 25, 2023
    0
    So many glitches and stuttering, the game need to be optimized more, its imposible to play.
  25. Yirtamake
    Feb 25, 2023
    0
    this game was sold as the successor to bioshock and it was a disgrace, it needs a lot to improve
  26. Repsike
    Feb 25, 2023
    0
    Crashes and lagging, its like the game is an early access comon fix it......
  27. Nartezu
    Feb 25, 2023
    0
    El juego está bien para pasar el rato, pero más parece un indie que un juego aaa, se supone que fue desarrollado por el mejor estudio de Rusia.
  28. Segnatorto
    Feb 25, 2023
    0
    Es un buen juego, me encabto su diseño de niveles y más gemelas, realmente muy entretenido.
  29. restolorke
    Feb 26, 2023
    0
    Atomic Heart была одной из самых ожидаемых игр! А что мы в итоге получили?? Скучный симулятор красной помойки, геймплей не очень, оптимизация норм, низкое качество открытого мира, визуально игра смотрится классно но не более чем, Сюжет так себе, Открытый мир красивый, но пустой. Здесь абсолютно нечего делать! Вся механика открытого мира используется только на входах в бункеры! ДешеваяAtomic Heart была одной из самых ожидаемых игр! А что мы в итоге получили?? Скучный симулятор красной помойки, геймплей не очень, оптимизация норм, низкое качество открытого мира, визуально игра смотрится классно но не более чем, Сюжет так себе, Открытый мир красивый, но пустой. Здесь абсолютно нечего делать! Вся механика открытого мира используется только на входах в бункеры! Дешевая пародия на Биошок!… Expand
  30. zarkutikko
    Feb 26, 2023
    1
    Atomic Heart has been one of the most anticipated games in recent years, with its impressive trailers and stunning visuals, but unfortunately, it fails to deliver on the gameplay front. Despite its potential, the game falls short in almost every aspect of its gameplay mechanics.

    First and foremost, the combat system is clunky and unresponsive. The hit detection is unreliable, making it    Atomic Heart has been one of the most anticipated games in recent years, with its impressive trailers and stunning visuals, but unfortunately, it fails to deliver on the gameplay front. Despite its potential, the game falls short in almost every aspect of its gameplay mechanics.

    First and foremost, the combat system is clunky and unresponsive. The hit detection is unreliable, making it difficult to accurately land a hit on enemies, and the overall combat system lacks depth and strategy. It feels like a chore to engage in any combat encounter, and it's clear that the developers didn't put enough effort into fine-tuning this crucial aspect of the game.

    The AI of the enemies is equally disappointing. They lack any form of intelligent decision-making, often running straight towards the player with no regard for their own safety. It's as if the developers forgot to program any sort of basic AI behavior.    … Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 29 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 29
  3. Negative: 1 out of 29
  1. KeenGamer
    Apr 4, 2024
    70
    Atomic Heart offers great graphics and enjoyable combat. While the weapon variety is moderate and the story predictable with some cheesy dialogue, the game excels in providing enjoyable character upgrades. Though it may not fully live up to the initial hype, it remains a decent choice for players craving an immersive dystopian game with an incredible soundtrack.
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  2. Riot Pixels
    Jun 18, 2023
    67
    Atomic Heart surprised me, this is a solid game. And it is very frustrating to see her flaws. I hope that in the sequel, Mundfish will not try to grasp the immensity and focus on what's important.
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  3. XboxAddict
    Mar 14, 2023
    80
    Overall, Atomic Heart is an enjoyable FPS title that sadly misses out on being great. From issues that were stated above, Atomic Heart had the potential to be up there with games such as Bioshock, but in the end came up short. While the plot does offer some amazing moments that seem to raise more questions than they answer, Atomic Heart fails to deliver any meaningful reason to go explore and in that reality, shortens the gametime to about 15 hours(ish). Despite all that, did I have fun playing the game? Without question yes. Atomic Heart may not be perfect but it does deliver an enjoyable FPS experience with a plot that will take you on a rollercoaster ride.
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