5/10 I Atomic Heart The mix of highbrow story concept and complex first person combat is certainly reminiscent of Bioshock, but this churlish homage has nowhere near the same nuance in terms of either plot or gameplay.
, 2023 has made judging a game purely on its own merits far more difficult than it used to be. Although, if nothing else, the verdicts on the two games are unambiguous: Hogwarts Legacy is a very good game and Atomic Heart… is not.
You play as Major Sergei Nechaev, who is tasked with investigating an underground facility where something has gone terribly wrong with the update, which has already been uploaded into his head. Like all good science fiction, the real thrust of the story is about the modern world – not what is to come – as you begin to realise that your and Sergei’s view of the game world is being manipulated by distorted and cherry-picked information.
The action is more accomplished than the storytelling but, as with everything else, it relies too much on Bioshock as a template, without accounting for how old those games now are. You can use both traditional weapons and what are essentially magic abilities – including telekinesis and fire, electricity, and ice powers – via a talking glove called Charles, who is a far more engaging and sympathetic character than Sergei.
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