Atomic Heart

 Xbox Series X
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6.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 574 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 46 out of 574
  3. Negative: 172 out of 574
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  1. sangine
    Feb 28, 2023
    6
    Gran apartado artístico, tiene buenas ideas pero no aprovecha ninguna, la banda sonora es muy buena. Te cortan constantemente el tempo con cierres y búsquedas de objetos señalados en la misma zona. El gameplay es tosco, la narrativa es mala, he tenido que reiniciar varias veces la partida por el típico bug de quedarte atascado en alguna zona del terreno. No se por que algunos lo hanGran apartado artístico, tiene buenas ideas pero no aprovecha ninguna, la banda sonora es muy buena. Te cortan constantemente el tempo con cierres y búsquedas de objetos señalados en la misma zona. El gameplay es tosco, la narrativa es mala, he tenido que reiniciar varias veces la partida por el típico bug de quedarte atascado en alguna zona del terreno. No se por que algunos lo han overhypeado tanto, no se lo merece. Y en xbox, hace dos dias derroté al segundo jefe, y solo lo había hecho un 10% de los jugadores...dato mata relato.… Expand
  2. DoctorZack
    Mar 1, 2023
    6
    Atomic Heart is a game I really wanted to like, but actively and excessively gets in the way of its own enjoyment.

    The game on concept is fantastic. While "utopia gone to hell" fiction isn't really a new take, the intent of making everything engineered and have a purpose within the world rather than arbitrary enemy types doing different things. You will feel threatened, back against the    Atomic Heart is a game I really wanted to like, but actively and excessively gets in the way of its own enjoyment.

    The game on concept is fantastic. While "utopia gone to hell" fiction isn't really a new take, the intent of making everything engineered and have a purpose within the world rather than arbitrary enemy types doing different things. You will feel threatened, back against the wall constantly, scanning before going around any corner or through a locked door. Combat and movement feel solid, barring the game landing you on an awkward slope during a jump or a dash. The story and concepts within have an interesting premise, even if excessive exposition and dialogue causes more disinterest than interest.

    That's literally where the compliments end. Music is good when on, but constantly off pace or just not present. Dialogue and Exposition are extremely detrimental to the ambience of setting the tone, and its far more annoying than interesting. While weapons and items are craftable, I often never needed to really craft anything unless I wanted to experiment, as everything came fairly abundant from the absurd amount of loot raiding. While the terrain map is fairly wide, there isn't anything unique to do other than go facility-to-facility, or risk getting mobbed on the off chance of finding a weapon mod.

    And that's not even mentioning the numerous bugs and issues plaguing the game at the time of this review. Getting stuck between a slope and a rail and considering reloading is probably the worst and most common frustration I had.

    Atomic Heart has it's heart in the right place perhaps. Unfortunately the game feels like a weak imitation of the greats of the genre.    … Expand
  3. churros
    Apr 9, 2023
    6
    Pros:
    + interesting world-building
    + good visual and audio design
    + weapon variety
    + fun side conversations

    Cons:
    - boring story
    - bad puzzles
    - easy to get stuck in environment
  4. Burzyk
    Mar 10, 2023
    7
    Good idea, smooth and fun gameplay, nice shooting but something is kinda weird about that game... characters, erotic machines, story... Still thats a nice addition to Xbox Game Pass.
  5. Jattaman
    Mar 19, 2023
    7
    Francamente deludente. Bella l'ambientazione e l'impatto iniziale.
    Le prime ore sono un susseguirsi di missioni noiose (prendi tot oggetti, portali in un punto per andare avanti, prendi altri oggetti, riportali in un altro punto per andare avanti ecc).
    Combattimenti poco stimolanti e ripetitivi, con il protagonista piuttosto goffo nei movimenti e nemici che si limitano a correrti contro e    Francamente deludente. Bella l'ambientazione e l'impatto iniziale.
    Le prime ore sono un susseguirsi di missioni noiose (prendi tot oggetti, portali in un punto per andare avanti, prendi altri oggetti, riportali in un altro punto per andare avanti ecc).
    Combattimenti poco stimolanti e ripetitivi, con il protagonista piuttosto goffo nei movimenti e nemici che si limitano a correrti contro e attaccare. Lontano anni luce da Bioshock, con il quale si fanno spesso improponibili paragoni.
    Un punto in più per lo stile estetico e la buona grafica.
    Videogame non completato.    … Expand
  6. LilitNefara
    Apr 16, 2023
    7
    Идеальный хронометраж игры, не слишком короткая, не слишком затянутая
  7. brentpowen
    Apr 16, 2023
    6
    There are so many things to love about this game, from the unique setting, interesting combat mechanics and seemingly interesting story. Unfortunately almost all of these break down by the end, which should have been at around 10 hours if not for the CONSTANT fetch quests.

    The ridiculous puzzles also serve to undermine what could have been a really fun 10 hour game, but was instead padded    There are so many things to love about this game, from the unique setting, interesting combat mechanics and seemingly interesting story. Unfortunately almost all of these break down by the end, which should have been at around 10 hours if not for the CONSTANT fetch quests.

    The ridiculous puzzles also serve to undermine what could have been a really fun 10 hour game, but was instead padded to over 20 to justify the price. Developers clearly thought higher of their product, but in my opinion they are definitely wrong.
    Silly Russians.    … Expand
  8. Merlim
    Apr 22, 2023
    7
    Good game, good story, good characters, good game progression, and cool abilities. The levels and locations are well designed. The enemies are challenging and for the most part, very interesting. You can tell the game was made with care and I would love to see an Atomic Heart 2. However, there are a few points that made me lower the score: Some platform puzzles are cool, but others are aGood game, good story, good characters, good game progression, and cool abilities. The levels and locations are well designed. The enemies are challenging and for the most part, very interesting. You can tell the game was made with care and I would love to see an Atomic Heart 2. However, there are a few points that made me lower the score: Some platform puzzles are cool, but others are a bit boring and repetitive. There is one point that I found honestly quite bad - in several parts of the game, there is a terrible glitch that makes your character get stuck in the terrain or somewhere in the game. About 5 or 6 times, my character got stuck trying to pass through a rock in a way that it couldn't get out. In another passage, after farming for more than an hour in a certain location, when I recovered my save, I realized that my character wouldn't be able to leave the location because one of the robots he eliminated had its carcass in front of the door, blocking the character's exit from the structure. For over an hour, I tried all possible options, including levitation, bazooka shots, calling other enemies, and nothing worked. I had to keep trying to recover previous saves, but they all brought me to the same situation. Only the last save restored the game to a previous location, and I lost hours of gameplay because of this... In another situation, near the end of the game, after facing two bosses, which were quite difficult, my character got stuck to the back of a truck and I had to restart the entire level and face the two bosses again... very frustrating!! It would have been very important for the developers to have fixed this before the game's release... I believe that some people may get really upset about this, to the point of giving up on finishing the game. Overall, it's a good game and I will certainly want to buy a sequel when it's released. My recommendation is that everyone plays it, but with the patience and perspective that in some parts, due to this terrain glitch, some levels will need to be repeated...… Expand
  9. Hany126126
    Feb 22, 2023
    5
    The gameplay is not that bad however the game is buggy. the guy‘s hand goes inside the wall and alot of other visual bugs. The protagonist comments are stupid also. All in all im disappointed with this game could have been a master piece. not worth it
  10. dlhcnyl
    Feb 23, 2023
    6
    Exciting and interesting world, with fun but, clunky combat and a poor script.
    It's a fun game to play but, the more you hear the dialogue the more you want to chew your ears off.

    6.5/10
  11. BeardedYoda
    Mar 6, 2023
    6
    Atomic Heart is certainly an interesting experience, but it is not a great experience. Mundfish's debut game is filled with beautiful visuals, interesting places, and tough enemies. However, the game is also plagued by a meandering story, some sub par to absolutely atrocious dialogue, and gameplay that is excellent at times but horrendous at others. The most infuriating flaw in AtomicAtomic Heart is certainly an interesting experience, but it is not a great experience. Mundfish's debut game is filled with beautiful visuals, interesting places, and tough enemies. However, the game is also plagued by a meandering story, some sub par to absolutely atrocious dialogue, and gameplay that is excellent at times but horrendous at others. The most infuriating flaw in Atomic Heart's gameplay is its usually RNG based loot system, which means its random. I have done nearly everything in the game and still have not unlocked two of the weapon blueprints because of this RNG system, and have - frankly - given up trying to get them. I wouldn't say Atomic Heart isn't worth playing, but I would recommend going in to the experience with reserved expectations.… Expand
  12. ehtaco
    Feb 28, 2023
    5
    A solid, slightly underwhelming game.

    The Bioshock vibes are very much there, but it just made me want to play Bioshock. A lot of this game is essentially Bioshock if it were mid. A commendable effort and by no means a bad game, there just isn't much here that I will remember a few days from now. The story is nothing special, the writing is abysmal, and the voice acting is fine. It comes    A solid, slightly underwhelming game.

    The Bioshock vibes are very much there, but it just made me want to play Bioshock. A lot of this game is essentially Bioshock if it were mid. A commendable effort and by no means a bad game, there just isn't much here that I will remember a few days from now.

    The story is nothing special, the writing is abysmal, and the voice acting is fine. It comes across as weak, but the performances were perfectly OK. The writing does it no favors, unfortunately.

    Graphically not much stands out. This is a mid-life-cycle PS4/X1 game graphically for the most part, though some of the environments really do look great. They admittedly do some cool things with the lighting and whatnot. The environments - shocker - are only memorable when they seem ripped right out of the world of Bioshock Infinite. I swear, there are parts of this game that would be indistinguishable from that game if looked at in a still image.

    The game usually nails the atmosphere. It is incredibly unsettling at times, but not quite a horror game. They do a phenomenal job of adding something ominous to environments that would otherwise be beautiful. It doesn't always hit, but when it does, it's pretty great.

    The gameplay is janky as hell and reminds me of the bad aspects of a game like Dying Light. It's playable, but it's not great. The gameplay really leaves a lot to be desired. It's fun a good amount of the time, it's just super underwhelming.

    It doesn't perform very well either. Lots of dropped frames and buggy objectives depending on the area you're in.

    I had ZERO desire to explore the open world. I don't even know if there is side content. I focused completely on the main story. Nothing about this world is compelling. It's mostly similar, ugly-looking areas littered with tons of enemies, and the combat is not good enough that I want to clear out enemies to explore any of the open world. It's a complete clusterheck, and I didn't enjoy it. At all. I found out 6h into the game you could drive, lol. I don't recall it ever being mentioned. But yeah. You can drive. Thanks for telling me. This game wears the influence of so many other games on its sleeve. Little bit of Far Cry, a little bit of Fallout, a good dose of Wolfenstein, a whole lot of Bioshock, etc. Unfortunately, 90% of it is evident in the bad parts. The melee reminded me of the worst aspects of games like Dying Light. The world reminded me of a toned down and bland versions of things seen in Bioshock Infinite, the "powers" were a less fleshed out and borderline useless version of things seen in the OG Bioshock, the gunplay reminded me of Fallout games 10+ years ago, the driving reminded me of the worst driving ever seen in the Far Cry games, the world building and dialog was like a middle-school version of the newer Wolfenstein games.

    I'd recommend a playthrough if it looks intriguing to you, but temper those expectations. This is one of the most mid games I have ever played, and I will not remember anything positive about it in a few weeks.    … Expand
  13. Koteevich
    Feb 23, 2023
    5
    Минусы:

    Открытый мир тут НАХУЙ ВООБЩЕ не нужен. Либо его надо было делать по уму, меняя многие механики. Когда на тебя накидывается толпа роботов, хочется заблевать. Некоторые ачивки работают хуй пойми как Есть Цой Тема Лимбо, как по мне, раскрыта хуево. В трейлере интриговало. Ебаные коллектоблсы. КАК ЖЕ ОНИ ЗАЕБАЛИ НАХУЙ СУКА ВЕЗДЕ УЖЕ В КАЖДОМ ОЧКЕ БЛЯТЬ. Концовки бред. Первая    Минусы:

    Открытый мир тут НАХУЙ ВООБЩЕ не нужен. Либо его надо было делать по уму, меняя многие механики.

    Когда на тебя накидывается толпа роботов, хочется заблевать.

    Некоторые ачивки работают хуй пойми как

    Есть Цой

    Тема Лимбо, как по мне, раскрыта хуево. В трейлере интриговало.

    Ебаные коллектоблсы. КАК ЖЕ ОНИ ЗАЕБАЛИ НАХУЙ СУКА ВЕЗДЕ УЖЕ В КАЖДОМ ОЧКЕ БЛЯТЬ.

    Концовки бред. Первая просто бред сумасшедшего, вторая сильно скомканная и недосказанная.

    Мата. ДОХУЯ. НЕ надо СТОЛЬКО мата.

    2 бесячих пидораса. Баба и ее куколд.

    Достаточно однообразно играется.

    Первая +- половина очень унылая.

    Плюсы:

    Бабушки бабушки бабушки старушки

    С дробаша стрелять прикольно

    Под конец становится лучше. + Театр ахуенен.

    Открытый мир атмосферен и стилен. Но его все равно не хочется изучать, т.к. до ужаса душный блять с этими оравами роботов

    Баб Зина. Особенно ее озвучка. Прям очень хорошо.

    Итоговая оценка по Пахому: Как земля    … Expand
  14. Anonym123450987
    Mar 8, 2023
    5
    Disappointment of the year. The world design, the ambience and Mick Gordon carried the hell out of this game
  15. Ryang23
    Mar 6, 2023
    5
    Atomic heart is a top tier AA game that was promoted non stop for years as the AAA game we've all been waiting for. It's a decent game that can be fun at times and can hold you over until the next game your waiting for to release. It definitely is not as fascinating visually, story wise and gameplay wise as was promoted and made to look like. Personally I quit about 20% of the way throughAtomic heart is a top tier AA game that was promoted non stop for years as the AAA game we've all been waiting for. It's a decent game that can be fun at times and can hold you over until the next game your waiting for to release. It definitely is not as fascinating visually, story wise and gameplay wise as was promoted and made to look like. Personally I quit about 20% of the way through when I realized every single enemy in the outside world gets almost instantly revived. This mechanic never stops and makes killing anything absolutely pointless and exploring extremely annoying. Real head scratcher… Expand
  16. REUCistrash
    Apr 29, 2023
    5
    cool world, cool story, thats about it. Combat is so fuxking, wonky game bugs out 50% of the time. Ive had to quit out to main menu losing 30 mins each of playtime having to replay **** gameplay. Personal pet peeve of mine but unless I am playing a puzzle game I dont want any fuxking puzzles in my combat game, call me nit picky but if in the middle of me trashing mutants and robots, I havecool world, cool story, thats about it. Combat is so fuxking, wonky game bugs out 50% of the time. Ive had to quit out to main menu losing 30 mins each of playtime having to replay **** gameplay. Personal pet peeve of mine but unless I am playing a puzzle game I dont want any fuxking puzzles in my combat game, call me nit picky but if in the middle of me trashing mutants and robots, I have to stop and do a stupid fuxking puzzle I will blow my brains out. for the love of god stop putting puzzles in games that are not explicitly puzzle games. its not a fun way to mix up gameplay its just a drag. I am 65% of the way through the game and im not gonna finish it, idk why so many people suck this game off but good on yall for being able to enjoy it so much, I can not. man was this game a disappointment. Mid Heart.… Expand
  17. notifycritic
    Jun 22, 2023
    7
    Eu comecei a jogar muito empolgado, os gráficos são bons, a história é muito boa porém quando cheguei na área externa eu simplesmente não gostei, pra mim deveria ser todo em ambiente fechado.
  18. Chirritox
    Jun 22, 2023
    7
    Bueno este juego lo jugamos en vivo ye stuvo bueno en general la historia esta bastante buena el protagonista es muy chad y te va a caer muy bien, la musica esta buenisimo muchas canciones rusas le da su toque entretenido al juego, el gameplay esta bien pero deben mejorar hartas el craftos es horrible y da mucha flojera buscar las recetas de las armas igualmente que las armas no seBueno este juego lo jugamos en vivo ye stuvo bueno en general la historia esta bastante buena el protagonista es muy chad y te va a caer muy bien, la musica esta buenisimo muchas canciones rusas le da su toque entretenido al juego, el gameplay esta bien pero deben mejorar hartas el craftos es horrible y da mucha flojera buscar las recetas de las armas igualmente que las armas no se sintieron tan fuerte o tan llamativas sabiendo el mundo donde estamos, me gusto el zap y sus variaciones pero podrian tener mas variedad, otra cosa que el mundo abierto es muy malo es aburrido y no se siente como un mundo abierto si hacen una secuela deberia ser linea tipo call of duty y no tanto como far cry o fallout, pero en general esta correcto… 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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