Atomic Heart [split topic]

[Jim_MacLaine]

Atomic Heart comes to gamepass today. Bioshock comparisons have been made but it looks more of an outright fps to me.

Nice aesthetic though.

[bgmnts]

80gb mind so it's either going to be graphically intense or huge.

[Blue Jam]

Atomic Heart comes to gamepass today. Bioshock comparisons have been made but it looks more of an outright fps to me.

Nice aesthetic though.

Yeah, looks like my kind of game, that. Surprised there isn't a thread on it. Might give it a go and start one myself.

[madhair60]

Already bored with Hi-Fi. Think these gimmick games just don't hit me right.

It's mid

[Thursday]

I liked it, but people instantly jumping to "10/10 GOTY" is  very strange and off-putting. Like the platforming and traversal isn't very good. That's a bit of a problem when you probably end up spending more time doing that then the actual rhythm fights.

[Jim_MacLaine]

80gb mind so it's either going to be graphically intense or huge.

Are you talking about pc because I downloaded it this morning for XBone and it's taking up 42gb.

[bgmnts]

Are you talking about pc because I downloaded it this morning for XBone and it's taking up 42gb.

I'm downloading it from this morning and it's taking up just over 79gb.

[Blue Jam]

80gb mind so it's either going to be graphically intense or huge.

Doesnae matter when you've got an Xbone and you can play in THE CLOUD. 80Gb makes it just over twice the size of Deathloop though, let's hope it plays as smoothly. I imagine the servers will be dead busy right now, which isn't good for a single-player game.

Russian developer, hmmmm. Is buying this wrong? Is playing this on Game Pass slightly less wrong? Are both of these things still less wrong than paying for that Harry Potter game?

[Mister Six]

All I know about this is that weirdos are very excited about the fetishy gynoids, and there's some hoo-hah about buying from a Russian developer with question marks over its funding while Russia is invading Ukraine.

As usual, I'll probably forget all about it and maybe pick it up super cheap in about five years. Unless, somehow, the war is still on.

[Zero Gravitas]

weirdos are very excited about the fetishy gynoids

weirdos.

[Jim_MacLaine]

Playing the opening it's very Bioshock Infinite. There's also a nod to the original Bioshock.

[bgmnts]

Russian developer, hmmmm. Is buying this wrong?

Nah! Also I have Xbone but cant be arsed with cloud gaming, dont think i'd have the internet for it. It's downloaded now so excited to see what's up with it. I'm intrigued to see a Russian version of Bioshock.

[Timothy]

There is some controversy about this game.

www.playstationlifestyle.net/2023/02/21/ukraine-atomic-heart-ban-sony-microsoft-valve/amp/

www.gamerevolution.com/news/935427-atomic-heart-female-robot-twins-ukraine-yulia-tymoshenko%3famp

www.polygon.com/platform/amp/23600961/atomic-heart-composer-mick-gordon-russia-ukraine

Seems the game is quite buggy as well, so might be worth it to wait for more user reviews and/or patches.

[Zero Gravitas]

None of those are going to catch on because none of them have the crucial element of humour or vicarious cruelty, Yulia Tymoshenko owning the halo braid is passingly funny though, if you push the sexualization of the chrome Yulias as a deliberate slight that'd be a goer.

[Egyptian Feast]

This will only be of relevance to followers of the Glinner thread but there's an ad for this on my xBox home page and the main character reminds me of Wet Ass Ferguson's heavily photoshopped avatar every time I see it.

[bgmnts]

So it was 77gb and now there's 65gb update... what?

Haven't even gotten to play it yet.

[Jim_MacLaine]

Are you playing it on a series x because on my bog standard xbone it's still 42gb and the update was 20gb?

Might bin it if Mundfish are indeed found to be dodgy.

I've already found some odd revisionism in the (Bioshock-esque) recordings you can find about treating Stalin's prisoners like human beings.

[bgmnts]

Are you playing it on a series x because on my bog standard xbone it's still 42gb and the update was 20gb?

Might bin it if Mundfish are indeed found to be dodgy.

I've already found some odd revisionism in the (Bioshock-esque) recordings you can find about treating Stalin's prisoners like human beings.

Series S optimised so yeah just all that extra goodness I suppose.

[Blue Jam]

Jeez, this is very on rails isn't it? Binning it off may be an easy choice.

[Mobius]

yeah looks a bit shit to be honest

[bgmnts]

Oh ffs people it hasn't even fully downloaded it yet.

I don't care how shit this is, it's getting played for a few hours after this.

[bgmnts]

Yeah quick uninstall fucksake.

Remember when iconic video game characters would let you control them and they didn't talk? I miss those days.

[Mobius]

the dialogue in this game sounds great

https://twinfinite.net/2023/02/forget-forspoken-atomic-hearts-dialogue-might-be-the-worst-of-the-year/

also apparently you get raped by a fridge?

[PlanktonSideburns]

    Shit on a shingle!

    Crispy fuckin'... where's the shit-ass way out of here?!

[Blue Jam]

also apparently you get raped by a fridge?

Oh Christ, the horny robot weapons upgrade thing is so painfully unfunny. And with the frequent reminders to visit it as well... arrrgghh fuck off.

Yeah, sacking this off.

[Jim_MacLaine]

I haven't even got to that bit yet. Started yesterday, got beat by old laser eyes and turned it off as the melee seemed a bit clunky.

The banter with 'Charles' got tired almost immediately.

Will give it another go as I like the aesthetic.

[Blue Jam]

It looks great alright, but what's the point of making a game look so nice when you can't have a good wander round at your leisure? And you keep getting pulled out of the action because your glove wants to have a poorly-scripted chat?

This is an immersive single-player sci-fi survival horror influenced by Bioshock, Prey, Alien: Isolation... on paper it sounds like my kind of game but I've just found it so boring.

[Jim_MacLaine]

Apparently it gets more open world in the second half when you make it to the surface but I've got PREY lined up so may give that a go instead.

[Blue Jam]

The second half? So, about ten hours in? Fuck that.

Enjoy Prey, it's great. Has a little bit of that Soviet aesthetic too.

[Pink Gregory]

Apparently it gets more open world in the second half when you make it to the surface but I've got PREY lined up so may give that a go instead.

please post about it in the Prey thread, I loved Prey and would like to hear more