The team also wanted to reinvent as many aspects of game design as possible – the looting, enemy spawns, things like that. And when we started working on Atomic Heart, that’s the way we went – the difficult way of creating new things, listening to our guts, steadily throwing aside mechanics and ideas we didn’t like, and elevating stuff we fell in love with. And frankly speaking, no one wants a Half-Life or BioShock clone. And we think that an endeavour like that can’t be boiled down to some rules of thumb and data-driven development decisions like ‘put this, this, and this so you create a masterpiece of a game’. We wanted to create a game that will captivate and immerse you. And we always wanted to create something like that. There are not so many titles like that nowadays. The games that make you take a vacation to fully immerse yourself in their worlds. Mundfish: First and foremost, these are truly exceptional, generation-defining games.

What is it about those games that has stood the test of time for you, and how does Atomic Heart build on those ideas, lessons and philosophies? RPS: You've spoken about how you want to create a game that stands alongside titles such as Bioshock, Fallout and Doom. We posted some questions to the dev team at large, digging up more info on Atomic Heart’s trailblazer aspirations, the source of all that perverted Russian science, and the challenges and importance of the game’s ambitious visual design. Here it be, and there’s also an original Russian version if you’d prefer less questionable lip syncing.ĭespite the Glove's proximity to BioShock's Plasmids, word from developers Mundfish is that this won't be a retread of immersive sims past. Not to mention some fresh looks at Atomic Heart’s combat, which blends axes and AK-47s with the the superpowers of 'the Glove'. And in the meantime, there’s plenty of weirdness to pick apart in the trailer: moustachioed androids, giant drill worms, a flying city, and that pyromaniac nan from the E3 2022 trailer. This does at least narrow Atomic Heart’s release date to the final four months of the year. There’s your release window, puzzle fans. As in, “#ber” literally pops up on screen. It looks like the four-year wait for answers will end this year, though: a new story trailer ends with confirmation of a 2022 launch, apparently in a month ending in “ber”. In the meantime, check out the official Atomic Heart trailer below to tide you over until the Atomic Heart beta arrives sometime in Q4 2019.Freaky sci-fi shooter Atomic Heart has often been as mysterious as the Soviet research base-cum-house of robot horrors it takes place in. The upcoming game takes place in an alternate version of the Soviet Union, where a technological revolution sparked by Communism has caused machines to mysteriously turn against their human creators. Pre-ordering the Atomic Founder’s Edition will also give games the opportunity to have their name and photo featured in the game when it releases.Īll editions of the game will grant access to the Atomic Heart beta and one-week early access before the official launch. The most expensive version of Atomic Heart is the Atomic Founder’s Edition, featuring everything from both of the cheaper editions and more. These bonuses include a Founder’s badge in the player’s in-game profile and a unique in-game Founder’s mask. A more expensive version is the Deluxe Founder’s Edition, which comes with everything from the Digital Deluxe Edition and additional Founder’s Bonuses.

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