Atomic Heart

[Radu]

 

[blackdog]

I love this demo! The game looks an intriguing mix of Wolfenstein New Order, Bioshock and Fallout in terms of setting/art style.

@Radu do you know any background story? Is it taken from a book like Metro or something?

[Radu]

@blackdog Taken from their website: https://mundfish.com/en/

"Atomic Heart is an action RPG game. The story is about all the things that could have happened in the reality of the USSR but didn’t. Technical revolution has already occurred, robots, the Internet, holograms have already been invented, but all these innovations are immersed in the atmosphere of communism, imperialism and confrontation with the West. The protagonist of the game is a Soviet KGB officer and his Party sends him to the facility 3826 and are waiting for the report. The world of the game consists of several regions – an open parts of the surface with different biomes. It has a multi-level structure with surface and underground abandoned departments of the Facility. The combat system in ordinary (non-PVP) regions encourages the use of melee weaponry, while in PVP areas we give players more freedom and don’t limit the use of the firearms. Most of the enemies are a variety of combat vehicles produced at the Factory. Each robot was originally made to serve the needs of the Soviet industry or to help Soviet citizens in a daily life. The robots are implemented with a combat program that should be activated in case of a war."

[Radu]

Mick Gordon composing for this now

 

[blackdog]

I didn't get the feeling from the previous videos that it was going to be such a Bioshock clone, this makes me a bit less excited than I was.

[Radu]

12 minutes ago, blackdog said:

I didn't get the feeling from the previous videos that it was going to be such a Bioshock clone, this makes me a bit less excited than I was.

Oh no, another one of those Bioshock clones!

[blackdog]

3 minutes ago, Radu said:

Oh no, another one of those Bioshock clones!

Not that there are many, I mean that it didn't give me the impression it would be and it doesn't seem to fit much, but I haven't been following closely, just watched the videos.

[Radu]

 

[FMPONE]

 

other than the terrible voice acting this actually looks insanely dope

[blackdog]

BioTechoShock.

It's impressive but this special abilities (magic ) glove seems really out of place. Like freezing powers, what have this to do with a world of robots?

[FMPONE]

2 hours ago, blackdog said:

BioTechoShock.

It's impressive but this special abilities (magic ) glove seems really out of place. Like freezing powers, what have this to do with a world of robots?

I think you have to take the good with the bad with this game, it seems completely all over the place and random. Sometimes it's going to work and sometimes it's just going to be goofy. At least it all *looks* fantastic.

[blackdog]

Yeah hopefully the gameplay is still fun!

The early gameplays were all about melee basically, was making me think of The Surge but FPS. Seemed a bit slow and repetitive.

I wonder if they’ve changed much the gameplay choices over time or it was always envisioned like this.

[blackdog]

https://80.lv/articles/atomic-heart-devs-have-spent-633-600-hours-working-on-the-game/