Atomic Heart certainly has a fanbase waiting for it, and I’d like to think Mundfish will launch something as solid as what it’s presented so far. That’s why I’m writing this, if I’m honest. Traditionally, major Russian games have fared very well with choosing the correct parts of their source material to draw from - something that a lot of other devs, particularly in the English-speaking West, are a bit more hamfisted or “Ooooh look how clever we are” about.
I enjoy Classic Russian literature from the likes of Dosto and, to a lesser extent, Tolstoy, but the more recent texts and films that are less afraid to experiment with ideas pertaining to the apocalypse, the Weird, and the inherent integration of the two are much more intriguing. But we can see the improvements that are being made with each new reveal - it’s surely better than radio silence, and as the famous Shigeru Miyamoto adage goes… On top of that, the fact that Mundfish has now officially partnered with Microsoft for a day one launch on Game Pass is refreshing - surely a collab of that caliber is proof enough that this is a real game that will actually come out one day, eh? I’ll admit, I’m fairly disappointed that we once again didn’t get a release date, to the extent that I’d understand if people thought this is going to be yet another game that never truly launches. Over the last four years, the style, music, and gameplay have remained consistent, but the level of delivery has repeatedly become higher and more professional. True enough, though, this is just a minute-long trailer, and it’s the first one we’ve seen of Atomic Heart in quite some time.īut prior to this new, polished slice of Atomic Heart, we’ve had a total of over 26 minutes of footage since 2017. The powers are comparable to the likes of Dishonored and Prey - speaking of which, check out why Arkane’s new game, Redfall, is going to be great - and the enemy design puts the likes of the aesthetically similar Fallout to shame. The sheer amount of weaponry on display really does evoke what, at least ostensibly, appears to be a Doom-tier investment in gunplay. Atomic Heart’s biggest asset, though, is its ambition.
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