Atomic Heart

Skerries

http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2018/05/soviet_shooter_atomic_heart_has_the_best_trailer_youll_see_today

ShadowHearth

I sow trailer last night and it looks sick!!! Its like Bioschock and Fallout in soviet russia. For someone like me, who grew up in eastern europe and still sow remnants of soviet union makes it even more exciting.
Someone on reddit mentioned that it is set for 2018 reliese too!

Oh yeah, the bit with a tin of "Condensated Milk", I can vouch for it, extremely accurate.

Skerries

I was wondering how they will get away with the Blade Runner Blaster at 42 seconds in to the video

Sephiroth_dude

If anything else its nice to have a new original IP to look forward to.

Sign me up.

TerrorFirmer

Looks a bit like Bioshock meets Singularity.

And it looks deadly.

Mr Crispy

Posted about this in Gaming News without realising this thread was here.

Anyway, as first impressions go, that was pretty great. Hope to hear more soon!

BeerWolf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyHkMK3cT_c

This game's aesthetics looks fantastic.

Mr E

Looks incredible!

Canis Lupus

That head bob/general movement is nausea inducing and that kind of thing never bothers me. I'm going to assume it's just the video.

Dcully

Interesting !

BeerWolf

Canis Lupus wrote: »

That head bob/general movement is nausea inducing and that kind of thing never bothers me. I'm going to assume it's just the video.

Probably due to the motion blur.

Mr Crispy

Has been all quiet on this for a while, but there have been a couple of videos this week. Nothing really new in this one though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2Q-ougaadw

BeerWolf

Marketing is really lacking on this. They'll have to go by the YouTube influencers route I guess.

Zero-Cool

BeerWolf wrote: »

Marketing is really lacking on this. They'll have to go by the YouTube influencers route I guess.

Pre-release: OMGZ YOU GUYS THIS GAME IS GONNA BE AWESOME!!!!!

Post-release: 10 Reasons why you will HATE Atomic Heart.

Mr Crispy

New teaser...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ7cCN-DmFY

EoinHef

Have to say I do like the art style. I'd like this to be good.

Mr Crispy

Mundfish revealed this will be also coming to PS5 and Series X with a new gameplay trailer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxdWSyoBcH0

Skerries

da tovarisch!

Mr Crispy

The latest trailer, but not much new in it tbh, apart from a look at the protagonist. Maybe Russian speakers can tell us more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FndjDVw72sg

Skerries

the shotgun looks underpowered

Mr Crispy

Trailer for the photo mode essentially.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDESohikfGo

Mr Crispy

The devs have said on Discord that the game is nearly ready, being at "the stage of polishing and final assembly". They also revealed that it will have two endings, but players shouldn't expect an RPG type experience; it's more linear than that. Performance seems to be good too, with the PS4 version running "smooth and stable".

EoinMcLovin

https://youtu.be/SstWbERMv00

https://twitter.com/Nibellion/status/1491489706844078080?s=20&t=DX9pxefdeC6RNbwesOFDMg

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Mr Crispy

Nice to see the little oul one from Watchdogs Legion getting more work in the video game space.

Seriously though, this looks to be exactly what I like in an FPS.

BeerWolf

The latest trailer, the voice acting for its English dub is just spectacularly bad... XD

EoinMcLovin

https://youtu.be/AjO49qyEnVc

New story trailer also confirms that out this year

BeerWolf

New trailer

https://youtu.be/VbIc2_FwReE

looks great

EoinMcLovin

https://youtu.be/SI11vqvGStw

Now coming out on February 21st 2023

EoinMcLovin

14 minutes of gameplay leaked

https://youtu.be/cW9QJ-xyBSs

Retr0gamer

Wide mix of reviews, although the high marks are from some of the less reliable sites. The more reliable ones aren't so enthused, saying the game has major problems and is a bit uneven despite the charm it has at times.

brady12

initial impressions are the game is stunning ,love how weird the world is . Some of the dialogue a bit concerning and feeding into the narrative that it's russian propaganda to a degree . One conversation i heard with a npc was basically like how happy everyone is living in china are and they are our great allies . now i know game world isn't real world but it made me feel a bit uncomfortable 😅

johnny_ultimate

My god the main character is annoying in this. Like, borderline game-ruining annoying. The ‘horny shop bot’ isn’t any better. A 12 year old boy’s idea of ‘edgy and cool’ writing. Embarrassing stuff.

Tried switching the dialogue to Russian to see if that made it easier but the game is throwing so much audio and video stimulation at you anyway it’s hard to keep up with the subtitles.

The game looks and runs great on PC, although sorta bizarre a game long-since advertised as a ray tracing showcase doesn’t have RT enabled at launch - some dodgy screen space reflections definitely stood out. The first combat encounters feel a bit janky and it has that awful Bioshock vibe of ‘collect every bit of **** you find in random drawers’. I’ve only unlocked the first powers so will try them out tomorrow, but my god that obnoxious main character is already tempting me to hit uninstall!

brady12

Ya he is painful . no option to change to russian dialogue on console . You finding game kinda hard ? I am , at start anyways . First couple of hours is an mis mash of games and i'm not sure will i end up liking or hating it !

johnny_ultimate

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120277343#Comment_120277343

The Russian audio option is only available in the main menu for me on PC anyway, can't be changed on the fly through the in-game menu.

I think the Russian audio is much more befitting the game and setting, but there's something about the way the game presents in-game text, dialogue subtitles and audio (all often overlapping) that made it seem somewhat overwhelming on a first attempt... sort of like watching a bad anime fan sub. I say that as someone who plays any Japanese game with an original language option in Japanese. I'll try it again though as the Russian audio didn't seem great as grating... still not great though :P

The gunplay did seem pretty bullet-sponge-based in the first few encounters (on standard difficulty), and I don't like the way it implements its dodge mechanic. But given the opening is a good 45 mins I didn't get that much time to try combat. I did see some people suggest the game is more fun on easy, as the shooting isn't really very good so it makes it easier to just appreciate the gameworld.

brady12

Ok So i played this for two more hours this eve . Seen some people switching it to easy takes away a lot the frustration and it defo has ! Enjoying it a lot more now . I just got ' outside '.

Potential-Monke

Wait, wait, wait... I thought switching games to/playing on easy was gaming taboo... Can we have an easy mode for the Soulsborne games so it can make it easier to appreciate the gameworld? :pac:

Also, main character, worse than Frey? I had initial interest in this game, and now that it's out I've no interest in it for some reason.

Retr0gamer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120285932#Comment_120285932

Git gud.

DeSelby83

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120285932#Comment_120285932

As I've gotten older and had kids I've learned to love easy mode, who's got time ( or energy) for not progressing in a game 😂

jobrien874ie

Is this game worth playing at the moment? seen its on Xbox PC Game Pass and considering whether its worth sinking time into

johnny_ultimate

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120288837#Comment_120288837

If you REALLY like Bioshock-style games or REALLY like the setting / aesthetics, then yes give it a go. There are some interesting presentational ideas here, and it’s certainly a different perspective on shooter ideas. But the game is poorly designed in a lot of ways and straight-up obnoxious in others.

Personally, I’d say go play Hi-Fi Rush instead if you haven’t already.

jobrien874ie

Cheers dude @johnny_ultimate - yeah I've heard a lot of praise for Hi-Fi Rush - gonna give it a look :)

brady12

I nearly stopped playing once or twice due to some frustrations . The driving was ridiculous tip off something twice and car was blowing up . Some frustrations over finding my way in levels too and the dialogue etc . But over all it's a good game and I am glad I finished it . Potential of a greet game if they ever get make sequel.

Glebee

Just bet the first main boss, finding it hard to motivate myself to continue if im honest.

pixelburp

A YouTube channel I quite like did a little dive into why this game failed to truly ape the game(s) it was so blatantly reaching for. By all accounts it involves aspects people have already mentioned when it comes to the synergies of its combat - or lack thereof?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7RFL7rllMU