Atomic Heart | Review Thread

[John Elden Ring]

Game Information​

Game Title: Atomic Heart
Platforms:

• PC (Feb 21, 2023)
• Xbox Series X/S (Feb 21, 2023)
• PlayStation 5 (Feb 21, 2023)
• Xbox One (Feb 21, 2023)
• PlayStation 4 (Feb 21, 2023)

Trailers:

• The Game Awards 2022 | Atomic Heart - Arlekino Gameplay Trailer
• Atomic Heart - Release Date Trailer and Preorders | ****!
• Atomic Heart - Combat Trailer | gamescom 2022

Developer: Mundfish

Publishers: Focus Entertainment, 4Divinity

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Review Aggregator:

OpenCritic: 74/100 - 60% Recommended - 62 Reviews

MetaCritic - 73/100 - Xbox Series X - 13 Reviews

MetaCritic - 75/100 - PlayStation 5 - 25 Reviews

MetaCritic - 78/100 - PC - 15 Reviews

Critic Reviews​

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AltChar - Asmir Kovacevic - 68 / 100

Atomic Heart may be summarised in a single statement as a game with amazing ideas but lousy execution. I cannot say that Atomic Heart is a bad game, it's just that I expected a lot more from it, and as a result, I got disappointed.

Cerealkillerz - Nick Erlenhof - German - 8.4 / 10

Atomic Heart looks great and the overall design is amazing. From the extensive environments over some small ideas, every works really well. Also the gameplay elements shines with a lots of variety in combinations that don't need to hide behind the games that inspired them. Some tedious collecting, unbalanced swarms of enemies and the only "ok" story scratch the paint of this well thought out art piece.

Enternity.gr - Giannis Archontidis - Greek - 8 / 10

Atomic Heart is a title that seems to have been made with care, with its shortcomings only focusing on the parkour which is not often required, the character movement and with a bigger problem the English voice acting

MonsterVine - Diego Escala - 4 / 5

Despite the questionably tasteless tone its narrative takes at times, there’s a lot of fun to be had with Atomic Heart.

One More Game - Vincent Ternida - Wait

Atomic Heart is a mixed bag of weird design choices and gameplay mechanics, and while the combat loop is satisfying when everything comes together, there’s also a lot of jank that comes along with it.

Several parts of Atomic Heart feel like they’ve been made to be unnecessarily complicated, adding layers of interaction that do not feel fun. The game does look very pretty, and the world and its inhabitants are interestingly unique, but the payoff at the end is predictable and ultimately disappointing.

Given a chance, Atomic Heart is a frenetic first-person shooter with a great visual style and some set pieces that pack a punch. Yet just like its overwrought themes and its poor attempt at profound existential exploration, they feel ultimately superficial and shaky.

PowerUp! - Leo Stevenson - Unscored

So far, Atomic Heart is a solid spin on the BioShock formula though it does seem to be a little lacking in cohesion. I'm not quite sure whether a more open-world approach really suits this style of gameplay and I'm not quite sold on the combat or the way it's been implemented. That being said, I'm still enjoying it and am looking forward to finishing it, so that's always a good sign.

Stay tuned as we update our review and give Atomic Heart a final score over the next couple of days.

TechRaptor - Samuel Guglielmo - 5 / 10

Atomic Heart has some fun combat and a soundtrack that absolutely slaps. Unfortunately, it's glitchy, has a terrible open world, becomes a slog in the late game, and has the most aggressively awful writing I've ever seen.

We Got This Covered - David Morgan - 4 / 5

Atomic Heart is, most surprisingly, exactly what I expected. Its biggest strengths are the ones that treat the eyes, but great writing and exploration are welcome in an otherwise overstretched experience.

XboxEra - Jesse Norris - 8.4 / 10

Atomic Heart is an excellent game, and it’s an incredible debut title from Mundfish. Clever storytelling, massive set pieces, fun combat, and more make this one easy to recommend. Hell, it’s on Game Pass Day One, so go pre-install it already and enjoy this ridiculous ride.

eXputer - Huzaifah Durrani - 4 / 5

While the narrative leaves a lot to be desired, Atomic Heart is nonetheless a great FPS set in a beautifully realized Soviet setting.

 

[Vertigo]

SkillUp. Does not recommend.

 

[TubzGaming]

Wow the reviews for this one are all over the place

 

[Deleted member 417]

I wonder if this game will get stealth bad reviews, because the dev is part of the team 'on the wrong side history' during #current trend.

 

[Vertigo]

I wonder if this game will get stealth bad reviews, because the dev is part of the team 'on the wrong side history' during #current trend.

That is no doubt a factor for many hacks in the industry. Can’t wait for Wired’s review. I’m sure it asks for another 100 billion to fuel a proxy war in the last sentence.

Gonna have to wait for actual real gamers to give impressions. I trust Skillup mostly tho.

 

[Satoru]

I don't really trust Shill Up, so I'll ignore that one. As for "political" reviews, I've yet to see someone calling out the game for having russian developers. I'd doubt we'll get many politically charged reviews.

 

[voke]

75 sounds good to me. I'll pick this and ishin up once I finish up Wild Hearts.

 

[Sircaw]

Xbox ERA 8.4 out of 10 lol.

Atomic Heart is an excellent game, and it’s an incredible debut title from Mundfish. Clever storytelling, massive set pieces, fun combat, and more make this one easy to recommend. Hell, it’s on Game Pass Day One, so go pre-install it already and enjoy this ridiculous ride.



Is anyone thinking what I am thinking?

 

[Kokoloko]

You know it's Meta score is higher than Days Gone, a game that this forum loves and adores

Days Gone was the only 1st party game I couldnt finish. It was average with some decent gameplay loops, but overall Bend showed they are not on the level of the other WWS Studios.
Well I didnt play concrete genie either

 

[Sircaw]

Days Gone was the only 1st party game I couldnt finish. It was average with some decent gameplay loops, but overall Bend showed they are not on the level of the other WWS Studios.
Well I didnt play concrete genie either

I really liked days gone, bar the last act which made the game feel way too long.

Also, there were too many bugs and glitches in it, From a technical, polish, and quality title, 100% agree with you on not the same level as other sony studios

I saw flying zombies, and supersonic wolves and even got stuck inside the fabric of a tent with some sort of strange no-clip error.

 

[Sircaw]

@adamsapple @KiryuRealty

Come on guys, let's chill, it's just some friendly banter.

Let's not go too far.

Besides, if i get mad you know i end up taking it out on @Exanthus

Save the cat foundation starts here unless its Catlady.

 

[Kokoloko]

I really liked days gone, bar the last act which made the game feel way too long.

Also, there were too many bugs and glitches in it, From a technical, polish, and quality title, 100% agree with you on not the same level as other sony studios

I saw flying zombies, and supersonic wolves and even got stuck inside the fabric of a tent with some sort of strange no-clip error.

Yeah it was decent but I played it after going through a bunch of games like Ghost of Tsushima, Spiderman, TLOU2 etc. Wasn’t as delicious as those games, Melee, Combat, attention to detail etc. Voice acting and facial animations though were better than more studios worldwide

 

[Sircaw]

Agreed, also it looks like some people don't realize that this is actually a multiplatform game, not a console exclusive.

So it really doesn't matter if a platform exclusive site gives it a good score, it reflects on all the versions unless one of them is severely broken like Bayonetta PS3.

Yep agree, I just get seriously worried about games when I hear the words, overheating problem, that shit should never ever happen.

I don't even think a game should be released anywhere if that is an issue.

Besides, there have been so many excellent games this year that have already been released,

 

[KiryuRealty]

I really liked days gone, bar the last act which made the game feel way too long.

Also, there were too many bugs and glitches in it, From a technical, polish, and quality title, 100% agree with you on not the same level as other sony studios

I saw flying zombies, and supersonic wolves and even got stuck inside the fabric of a tent with some sort of strange no-clip error.

And yet the reviewers were more hung up on the main character being a straight white male than any glitches or pacing issues…

 

[Sircaw]

And yet the reviewers were more hung up on the main character being a straight white male than any glitches or pacing issues…

yep, kinda like the Ree crowd + hogwarts, i really hate the world we live in sometimes.

 

[Gediminas]

So many problems with it on PS5, i hope Digital Foundry is on the phone..

 

[ethomaz]

We're talking about meta scores fishy!






This is an under rated gem

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and this is game pass financed mediocrity

The opposite... Days Gone has design issues and at launch had several bug issues.
Deserved the Meta.

Now sites giving high scores to a game that is a bug festival is indeed "interesting".

 

[peter42O]

i will not risk my system buy buying a game that has been touted as having or causing overheating problems. Would you?

Which game? And this has to do with Skill Up? Please elaborate.

 

[Sircaw]

Which game? And this has to do with Skill Up? Please elaborate.

The game that is the name of this Thread.

I did not mention skill up, you brought him into the conversation with me.

@adamsapple said that the game was causing heating issues.

 

[peter42O]

The game that is the name of this Thread.

I did not mention skill up, you brought him into the conversation with me.

@adamsapple said that the game was causing heating issues.

You quoted my entire post so that's why I mentioned Skill Up. As for Atomic Heart, probably needs a patch or two to resolve the heating issues.