Atomic Heart

"Despite its great ideas and foundation, Atomic Heart is a game with a strong lack of vision that ruins all the good things. Very interesting concept and game mechanics, but weird decisions in narrative and structure."

"Yes, its main character won’t live long in the memory, the narrative takes some time to heat up, and the modern-day curse of technical hitches are noticeable. But as a whole, Atomic Heart is an electric and enjoyable FPS title …"

"Atomic Heart turned out to be a pleasant surprise, a charismatic first-person shooter with gameplay ideas applied almost to perfection. Leaving aside the uninteresting open world stages, the development team managed to create a world with a remarkable aesthetic quality …"

"Atomic Heart wants to be BioShock, but the tone of its narrative rubber-bands in quality. It&s;s hard to tell which parts are poorly written, and which are intentionally comedic. By contrast, the environmental and character designs are excellent, which makes …"

"A half-interesting game is buried by a mess of its own making - and represents an industry conundrum that will only continue to grow."

"Slightly above average or simply inoffensive. Fans of the genre should enjoy them a bit, but a fair few will be left unfulfilled."

"Atomic Heart is a good game on its own merits. The fun and frantic gunplay, outstanding visual design, and intricate level of detail in its world amount to an experience worth your time. On the other hand, it could have …"

"Despite some initial fears and some technical failure, it is confirmed that Atomic Heart is a complete, fun and spectacular game, which promises to hook any fan of shooters who care about the narrative. Bol&s;shoi!"

"Atomic Heart has flashes of brilliance but generally disappoints regarding the basics. Combat is occasionally satisfying but incredibly repetitive, and the balance of encounters is all over the place. The story is predictable and slog to work through, especially because …"

"Atomic Heart is undoubtedly one of the best first-person shooter campaigns I’ve played in years."

"Atomic Heart is a bit of a surprise. It&s;s not perfect and the open world is an unneeded dilution, but when you&s;re in the story missions it&s;s always entertaining, despite occasionally dragging things out a little. It can be a …"

"Atomic Heart is three times too big and beats erratically, but its more confident components prevent it from flatlining."

"Atomic Heart is an "everything and the kitchen sink" type of adventure that feels like it should explode from the weight of its ambitions, yet keeps it together through a combination of good pacing of new elements and a deeply …"

"A competent first-person shooter set against the fascinating backdrop of an alternate history, technologically advanced Soviet Union. Atomic Heart wears its gaming inspirations on its sleeve, but never comes close to their greatness."

"Atomic Heart lacks follow-through on its most interesting narrative concepts and plays it safe with its first-person shooter gameplay."

"Although Atomic Heart is fun to play for its combat encounters, it’s packed to the brim with frustrating platforming and horrendous writing, making it tough to recommend. Ultimately, Atomic Heart feels like a Ubisoft game made by edgelords who love …"

"Atomic Heart&s;s story, gameplay, and world design have promise, but the payoff is lacking across the board."

"Atomic Heart is a messy video game with big ideas and a desperate need for refinement"

"Atomic Heart is a game I was excited to finally play, but went in with low expectations considering how long it was in the oven. The end result is easily one of the best games I have played this year …"

"This mashup of shooter, stealth, and RPG wears its influences proudly but rarely matches them. Its alt-history setting is interesting and there are plenty of ways to approach the robot-killing, but these elements are at odds with messy storytelling and …"

"It&s;s a shame that rough dialogue lets the otherwise brilliant world down somewhat, and that the game doesn&s;t always manage to feel like the full-on power fantasy it could with so many neat powers and gadgets on offer. But Atomic …"

"Atomic Heart is a highly imaginative, atompunk-inspired attempt at picking up where the likes of BioShock left off that makes missteps but definitely has the ticker to punch well above its weight."

"Atomic Heart tries to do everything it can and wants: in fact, it offers a combat system that mixes firearms and powers, and then drops everything into an open world a bit &s;end in itself."

"Setting aside the game’s pervasive Soviet imagery in these complicated times, Atomic Heart is an often impressive game with too many systems and not enough connective tissue between them. Combat and other mechanics veer between janky, confounding moments and an …"

"While Atomic Heart brings nothing new to the table, it brings flair to the concepts it borrows from games before it, making for a fun experience that will have your heart pumping, funny bone aching, and brain working overtime."

"Atomic Heart embraces lunacy, overblown sexuality, and violence at every turn, and feels simultaneously polished and yet painfully unrefined."

"Atomic Heart throws up some interesting ideas and visually is a very impressive game. Otherwise, it&s;s a jack of all trades and master of none that entertains with its brazenly silly throwback madness."

"Mundfish arrives with a charismatic and powerful proposal that leaves us wanting a sequel."

"These are just some of the many signs that suggest the game was rushed past the finish line (including a reference to game crunch), but its problems run deeper than something that can be fixed with a couple of patches. …"

"Atomic Heart aims high and, even if it doesn&s;t quite pull it off, is a decent shooter in an exceptionally realised setting."

"Despite a few missed opportunities to really build on the great games it’s inspired by, Atomic Heart surprised me, with a remarkably inventive world that brings to life (the tears apart) the weirdest, wildest visions of Soviet propaganda. This is …"

"Atomic Heart suffers from that flavor of "already seen" that ends up a bit &s;to distort the workmanship, an important element that could affect the experience of anyone, precisely because of the inability to create empathy with characters lived, in …"

"Solid shooter with a fresh setting, which stands out too little from the crowd because of the lame upper world and some unround mechanics."

"Atomic Heart nails the art design and core gameplay loops but loses focus due to its vast array of game mechanics and untailored open-world segments. Inconsistent writing quality and inaccessible game design will likely frustrate many players, but Atomic Heart …"