I do not recommend: Atomic Heart (Review) [PC 4k]
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Atomic Heart is full of ideas but like the machine you're fighting, all of them suffer some critical malfunction. The result is a game that feels thrown together, poorly balanced and lacking in vision. There are some things to enjoy here, but the overall package is just bit of a mess and I can't recommend it.
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@SkillUp Рік тому
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@jgg6932 Рік тому
Dawg why you always hating 😂
@ghuldorgrey Рік тому
Will buy it anyway. Other previewers had nothing to complain about. Your takes lile "wooden fence next to laser fence" are ridicilous. Its exactly how people imagine it to be
@jgg6932 Рік тому
@@ghuldorgrey yeah game looks sick imo either way I'm playing it on gamepass to decide for myself
@stickman4087 Рік тому
This is Heart breaking, I was really hyped for this game
@jgg6932 Рік тому
@@stickman4087 still give it a try on gamepass it's getting good reviews and you might love it even if someone else doesn't
@petrlazar5240 Рік тому
"There's wooden fences next to advanced laser fences." That's 100% how I imagine Soviet utopia would be.
@lodickasvlajeckou Рік тому
Not everyone enjoys modern style and you seen it is a sci-fi game and also you seen that all other parts are really modern
@NotShaikan Рік тому
I came down to the comments to write that it's how modern Russia is today. Well it's not lasers of course, but the "advanced technologically and luxurious surrounded by run down rotting wood, manure and hay huts and such" is a good example of how things went wrong in real world Russia today. I don't know if the game gets the critique across but yeah.
@ghuldorgrey Рік тому
Yeah skill up did a huge L take on this one
@PointlesslyNecessaryConvos Рік тому
How? He just didn’t like it all that much. You can still like it you know
@kosmonument2682 Рік тому
Yeah that was a misunderstanding on SUs part.
@dyakonov Рік тому
I can confirm: futuristic buildings next to ancient wooden fences is exactly how everything is in Russia.
@Vladislaus77 Рік тому
да да. и еще медведи в ушанках и с балалайками на улицах. это как сказать что все американцы жирные
@7777777fresh Рік тому
sure, sure, maybe in Ukraine but not Russia.
@Elphirein Рік тому
@@Vladislaus77 Живу в России, в Москве - не вижу в чем этот чел не прав, все по факту.
@chillsy_pluto Рік тому
@@Vladislaus77есть одна примечательная литературная тропа которая называется "преувеличение" оригинальный коммент и есть пример данного преувеличения
@JustK0SH Рік тому
@@7777777fresh Here's your 15 rubles, good boy, but don't spend it all at once. Keep it up and mb one day you will be able to afford this game out of torrent.
@Sengial Рік тому
For the first game of a new studio basically formed of enthusiasts... they did awesome job with art style, technical graphics and a decent job with gameplay. If they hire new writers and learn from the shortcomings of this one they can make a great sequel
@dajair01 Рік тому
yeah, 15519 years of development too?
@neighborofthedevil Рік тому
I agree, this looks to be a cool first outing for a new studio that could really grow into making some remarkable games in the future if they make some key new hires.
@2n974 Рік тому
Funded by the local government (like Activision and Blizzard) with 2 million years of development
@pajeetsingh Рік тому
True. Should have made an animated movie because games need proper gameplay to be fun. Ain't gonna make it first time in Unreal Engine.
@mr.lonewolf8199 Рік тому
Exactly, this is their first game, give them some slack
@salmonlegs Рік тому
Just finished the game and I mostly agree with this review, especially the comments on the open world. It's boring, frustrating and only serves as a time sink while you go from mission to mission (or testing ground), I would love to have seen this game as a more focused, linear experience. I loved the combat as well but think they could have gone all out Doom, ditched the stealth mechanics, given more ammo and more enemies. The theater Cod Zombies section was a big highlight for me, but I never really got that experience again.
@GURken 10 місяців тому
Developers said that it's not an open world game in its traditional form because they simply made a believable place in terms of scale. Like how different buildings of this secret town would've been connected in real life. It isn't some kind of Zelda where you can find a shrine in every corner. You can just walk pass wherever you go. And I liked it. It felt real to me. And I destroyed windmill towers so no robot distracted me in my path. I much prefer this to a far cry style open world.
@Nico78Not 6 місяців тому
Making a world realistic doesn't make it less shit.@@GURken
@xiphosmaniac 4 місяці тому
illl be honest, i expected a Doom x Bioshock hybrid. All the innovative combat mechanics and immersion of Bioshock with the balls to the wall combat and soundtrack every level. ALso, i expected levels. Maybe im just too old at this point, thinking levels aint a bad thing in a game...
@CosmicD 4 місяці тому
the open world allows you to do the side mission centres at your own will (except for polygon 8 and 12 which are story and area gated respectively; It's fun that you can gather all the polymer and loot needed to make your character powerful enough for playing the main mission centers like the VDNH and the opera with a better equipped skill build and weapons. And it's not that big of an open world so it won't to take you that long. Playing polygons 1,2,9, and 6 before you do the hedgie boss fight , allows for a better build, where you can skill up your "character" and quick tool progression. like having double dashes without taking damage. and find & update the kalash. if you're not lucky enough to find it in the first vavilov center. the puzzles in these centres remind me of portal and are a great intermezzo to the real mission. It's one of my favorite games of 2023!
@aledantih6524 Рік тому
With the example you gave on the art direction, that setup of high tech/new mixed in with low tech/old is what a lot of Eastern Europe does look like. You'll see almost antique buildings right next to ultra modern ones, especially when it comes to areas like the one in the example.
@acceptablecasualty5319 Рік тому
Reminds me of Half-Life Alyx!
@chillax319 Рік тому
@@acceptablecasualty5319 Well the city in Half-Life Alyx and 2 was apparently set in the Eastern Europe so it's checks out anyway.
@acceptablecasualty5319 Рік тому
@@chillax319 Yeah, hence the comparison.
@MFDOOOOM Рік тому
Shillup didn't get his shekels this time
@teach9023 Рік тому
I was going to comment something similar. The world they created looks like a Soviet-bloc country ripped apart by some automaton-tech. From the video footage SkillUp shot, I thought the devs did a good job capturing it. Was also a bit odd to see him complain about how different the laboratory/building sections were, but then say the open-world has the opposite effect? All subjective really, but the historian side of me doesn't have any problems with the Soviet-esque presentation of the country
@jasonmendoza9541 Рік тому
More than a decade ago, Totalbiscuit championed F.O.V sliders in games and always discussed it on his review of ports. That's when I first realised that my motioned sickness in fps came from a narrow f.o.v. It's inconceivable to me that a modern PC game doesn't even had minor options in regards to this. What a shame.
@sexyfishproductions Рік тому
Agreed. I started playing Resi Village on PC and the lack of FOV made me sick. No idea how this isn't an industry standard... even on consoles.
@NicholasBrakespear Рік тому
I mean, the gaming industry as a whole still hasn't actually taken responsibility for this issue or even acknowledged it - a few more games started including FOV sliders, but for years we had people telling us that it had nothing to do with the FOV, or the low FOV was an "artistic choice", like that somehow justified giving people nausea and eye strain. Personally, it always hit me as a form of eye strain more than sickness - I'd start to feel dizzy and tired, like my head was really heavy, and once this feeling kicked in, I'd have to rest my eyes for a couple of hours.
@666slateran666 Рік тому
RIP total biscuit. Had no clue I was watching one of the best reviewers to ever do it at the time. Really miss his presence even of he would have hated the state of triple A gaming. He was one of the first guys to push for dark souls on PC as well. No eldenring pc port without TB
@JosieJOK Рік тому
Yeah, no FOV slider, I pass. I’m getting slightly dizzy just watching the review!
@Aliens4ever117 Рік тому
games don't need a fov slider. You don't have 1 in person or in a vehicle. You don't need 1 in a game. Clearly u need a better hobby
@fernandozavaletabustos205 Рік тому
Atomic Heart's scores may be mixed but considering this is Mundfish first marketable game, I’m really excited to see what they can do in the future.
@TheMusic4Soul Рік тому
A game without fundings by war criminals would be nice.
@bruhyldrm5191 Рік тому
@@TheMusic4Soul reviews without politics would be nice.
@gibocvh392 Рік тому
@@bruhyldrm5191 no politics in MY vydia game
@abc98114 Рік тому
I wouldn’t say they’re mixed. Majority of the reviews are positive.
@gibocvh392 Рік тому
@@vapor-cake Its prob botted LMAO
@joshwhite557 Рік тому
You can tell the devs had fun making the game that's why I like it. Its also like playing a corny B movie action game set in russia with weirdness around every corner.
@generaljim9857 Рік тому
Everything about this game was fun. I haven’t been this into a setting and game world in a long time
@boneless_Jungle_Ham Рік тому
Fo sho…. Just to see what it was like I switch solve a dialogue to Russian completely change the tone of the story and game…… stuff that he was saying in American English was nowhere to be found in subtitles…..
@CP077 Рік тому
lol well said, its as b-rated as an aa title and a eurojank.
@pearl6198 Рік тому
There were people who said that such inconsistency of designs are often met in eastern europe and i agree completely. When he talked about how often bioms change i thought of how many time as saw rundown village homes near modern apartment blocks, how often i came in some old soviet building, for some documents or installations just to see an old building, with old wallpaper and red leather soviet couches outside, while having a perfectly modern whitish space in one of the rooms. So yeah i guess this stuff looks not out of place for me
@benten42069 Рік тому
As an eastern european I agree
@garrick3727 Рік тому
I had the same thought.
@lovelesswing458 Рік тому
Yes also agree glad someone else thought this. It reminded me very much of Eastern Europe
@lodickasvlajeckou Рік тому
@@cowmath77 Instantly Soviet propaganda man not everyone enjoys moder style someone just wants to stay in old wooden houses. And it is a sci-fi game and you are saying that it is propaganda. You just think that where the USSR is there is an infinite amount of propaganda
@MrMozkoZrout Рік тому
Might be true but it is never this abrupt and i mean the problem isn't even just the location diversity. Look at one location as itself and idk it doesn't feel like a real place i can't help but feel like its fake. The whole game has this feeling of being a tech demo with random assets being thrown in, like it was a fan mod instead of creation of art designers.
@semiramisubw4864 Рік тому
Kinda weird to see Atomic Heart, coming from a small studio kinda with beeing the first game for them released beeing literally WAY better optimized than alot of games that comes from modern AAA studios, really sad actually.
@vincentthendean7713 Рік тому
Many such cases from indie devs.
@xelldincht4251 Рік тому
that Ukraine war must have really motivated them to polish that game as much as possible
@Shubham-hk6yf Рік тому
@@xelldincht4251 "polish"
@Masochistickoala Рік тому
so well optimized they couldnt include an fov slider
@nicknamenick9448 Рік тому
yep. that's some strange phenomina i've also started to see
@eddythefool 11 місяців тому
I tried playing this on the harder difficulty and i went back to normal after the first few melee fights. I like the small details like how you can have a bullet in the chamber so you can get an extra round loaded though.
@Mohgenstein Рік тому
They added an FOV slider and fixed mouse acceleration.
@melonbread4269 Рік тому
I'm surprised it runs that well while maintaining that sort of graphical fidelity. I always thought it looked too good to be real
@Astralmess Рік тому
What fidelity? Any scene where the camera isn't making 180 turns constantly looks extremely average.
@lordhandsomeswag1854 Рік тому
@@Astralmess straight up talking shit there chief - we get it: you're going for the jaded gamer archetype. The graphics of this game look pretty cutting-edge to me
@guyfieri791 Рік тому
@@AstralmessI think it looks super good
@nolanlehman6392 Рік тому
Uhhh no
@fenexus404 Рік тому
I mean, skill up said that elden ring was really well optimised, and look how that turned out. Just be cautious
@dr.k8610 Рік тому
Considering this game is essentially a passion project coming from a studio that’s never published before, and it’s EXTREMELY ambitious, I think it’s actually somewhat miraculous the final product turned out as good as it did. Between the awesome designs and Mick Gordon soundtrack, I think I’m not going to regret getting it, despite the flaws. The developers have said that between expansions and potential sequels they want to keep making content in the same universe. This is their first game, it is definitely possible they will learn from the shortcomings of atomic heart to make superior games moving forward
@verlorenish Рік тому
Agree. Lots of bethesda games had a LOT of the same problems at launch, especially the unbalanced combat and bullet sponge enemies. Other than the quirky dialogue this can all be patched eventually.
@jurtheorc8117 Рік тому
I've got a similar feeling with Soulstice and No Straight Roads. Different genres of games, but both are the first REALLY big, or just first, game of their respective dev studios. Both have rough parts to them, but the love and passion clearly shines through and there is potential for more.
@punchykarma6685 Рік тому
Yea like for their first game it's pretty impressive. Hopefully they learn from it and continue improving. Overall tho, it's pretty impressive for a first game
@kylenewcomer9697 Рік тому
Well said!
@skontejonte Рік тому
I hope people consider the state owned russian companies that have invested and somewhat hijacked the project.
@hta3139 Рік тому
Played this game on Gamepass, love it so far. Combat and gun play is fine and I can even call it insane for the first time release from a small studio.
@Road_to_Dawn Рік тому
Good to know it’s on Game Pass! That’s how I’ll probably play it
@Mr_CopaceticGamer Рік тому
Yeah, I don’t know what’s going on with these reviews man they have to be being paid for slander or something. The game is phenomenal, especially the combat..!
@user-rc6jy3kw6y Рік тому
@@Mr_CopaceticGamer politica
@Volyren Рік тому
If anyone's wondering how political a game this is (you know, like... "capitalism bad! Communism good!") outside of dialogue from characters who are soviet, ya know..., theres no political messaging. You see the *dream* of communism, with all the warts and bs intact. It really *is* the yin to bioshock's yang. Like how you totally agree with "is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow?" but then see the depressing reality of the concept. Atomic heart nails that. But with communism. Equality. Power to the *people.* But the reality is all lies and political power-struggles, leaving the *actual* people as replacable cogs. I'm playing on gamepass, xb1. Theres a bug that can wreck you near the start. The first time you meet the vending machine, before you jam your meat in her and spew your goo into her dirty socket.... you'll have to upgrade a weapon. But it glitches. Theres no upgrade to select and you can't back out of the menu. If you reload, not only will that not fix it, you'll need to listen to the 5-minute verbal foreplay again, just to be stuck on that same bug again. The solution for me was rage. Slapping the controller. The slap that fixed it and made the upgrades appear was the abxy buttons in some combination. Thats all I got for ya.
@Mr_CopaceticGamer Рік тому
@@user-rc6jy3kw6y understandable…! 🤝
@Jughulator Рік тому
After 6 hours I went from disagree to agree with your review. The open world killed any enthusiasm left for me.
@TheMusic4Soul Рік тому
"No run button, you can only walk." Ah, the good old technique to stretch your game. There are not many things I hate more than slowly crawling through the levels.
@eloisecole3579 Рік тому
Escort Mission?
@DoesNotInhale Рік тому
SkillUp is lying dude. Theres tons of gameplay vids of the character being able to spring lol wtf
@mariobadia4553 Рік тому
Don't believe this guy you could actually Sprint in the game. He's just too stupid to figure out how to do it
@jay-5061 Рік тому
@The Infidel destiny 2 has > 20 million players so
@mariobadia4553 Рік тому
@@jay-5061 its still bad. You can't play 99% of the story because they took it out of the game. Plus its art style is way worse than the first game.
@lignenox Рік тому
Interesting point about the melee combat - Gameranx say it's the weakest part of the system but here it's praised quite highly. I guess you're right when you say the review scores are going to be all over the place!
@llawlied6902 Рік тому
Try Sekiro has really fun melee too
@elbiggus Рік тому
The melee combat would be substantially better with an increased FOV - with the current narrow view it's very easy to lose sight of enemies when you're within striking range.
@zugzwang8761 Рік тому
@@llawlied6902 who hasn't tried sekiro lol
@llawlied6902 Рік тому
@@zugzwang8761ppl that believe into this ,, souls are only for hardcore gamers " bs that the media spams since DS1
@lucariette Рік тому
I honestly do not understand him praising the melee combat. you only have 2 moves and no block so its basically R1 > Dodge > Repeat. This review feels like he played a really early build and forgot to mention it
@garfunkle5447 Рік тому
Playing it I'm am really enjoying it. Not a perfect game but it's art direction is the one thing that keeps you motivated. There was a patch the 1st day of 67gb. Maybe a lot of bugs were worked out. Can't tell just started on the second day out.
@dylhas1 Рік тому
I thought the many different areas greatly helped with not becoming bored. There were so many different areas and always something new to see and the aesthetic is by far the best part of the game. The game constantly introduced new enemies and right when I’d get bored they would hit me with a boss fight. Compared to most FPS games released in the last few years, Atomic Heart is one of the better ones. Hopefully the next game the studios makes has a bigger budget and refines many of the things that were only “okay.” I think whatever they make next will be a classic. At least they have the potential to, if they focus more on improving the systems they put in this game
@ryanvandoren1519 Рік тому
Technically speaking, this game is pretty incredible for a first release from a studio. If they just nail the story, visual, and word gameplay elements, their next game should be a banger.
@daitedve1984 Рік тому
Первый блин - комом! И игра это только подтверждает.
@Marko25Polo Рік тому
If my granny had balls shed be my grandad.
@marcosramirez2278 Рік тому
@Daite Dve I believe it was Ernest Hemingway who said "the first draft of anything is always shit"
@skontejonte Рік тому
Hopefully people consider the russian state owned companies that has partly funded it.
@LiberatedMind1 Рік тому
Gameplay elements, the most important part.... what a fail of a game.
@gavinderulo12 Рік тому
I'm hoping that this is a similar situation as with Control. Where skillup didn't enjoy it that much and gave it a mixed review, but when I played it it turned into one of my favourite games of all time.
@bloodczar9353 Рік тому
I've found that other then obviously beloved games like RDR2 or something, anything he recommends is boring and anything he doesn't I adore so I'm excited personally
@jamaineelmore5722 Рік тому
He didn't like control??? Man he's great at laying out all the information you need about a game to make as good a choice as you can without actually buying the game yourself but the conclusions he comes to are astounding sometimes
@mathewsbusiness1263 Рік тому
Yeah I love Control
@cactuss33ds Рік тому
@@bloodczar9353 he's a Marvel fan, so I guess that's not the most surprising thing.
@OfficialChronicle Рік тому
@@jamaineelmore5722 Control ran terribly at launch on all platforms. SkillUps review conclusions aren't just based on the gameplay and story etc. He takes into account whether the actual polish of the game is worth your money, which Control was not at release. Don't get me wrong I loved the shit out of that game, but I went in with the knowledge of it being a little janky.
@riceplatter8102 Рік тому
Games should have a "game reviewer" difficulty for people like this. If you take time to loot and upgrade your weapons and glove then the game is easy even on the hardest difficulty. This is why I don't trust reviews by people who have to pump them out, they don't have anytime to spend with a game.
@purringbluzzmuffin8030 Рік тому
I know. My second playthrough, on hard, was easier than my first playthrough on normal.
@Lucax97 11 місяців тому
People constantly using the "I live in europe our architecture is a mess like this" is driving me nuts. People loved City 17 in Half Life 2; a dystopian Eastern European location with futuristic tech bolted on to it. There's a clear distinction between THAT and something like Atomic Hearts, which just cannot blend and construct its world in a compelling or immersive fashion. Walking around London you can cross the street, turn a corner and it's literally rags to riches. That's speaks volumes, and no one even contests high and low living co-exist. But walking into a building that has a sci-fi weapons room with a plain local library opposite isn't a space, that's an art installation.
@MoonManPictures Рік тому
10:08 I actually hard disagree in the example given, this looks fantastic and intended, especially in regards to the setting. Top notch art design imho
@mehabox Рік тому
it looked like "a shack on chicken legs" from Russian folklore. The house of Baba Yaga, the evil old witch living in the forest. As a Russian, I instantly got that
@qmarkp98 Рік тому
100% agree
@krisavedisian Рік тому
I’ve played for 2 hours. This games art direction is awesome. The interior spaces are looking incredible. Tons of detail
@ChernobylGuy Рік тому
yeah, we have a lot of that in Russia today. New beautiful building standing near dilapidated wooden houses. I'm pretty sure this thing was intentional.
@Davelever366 Рік тому
Shill up has embarrassed himself with this review In my opinion. It’s fine if he doesn’t like it, but the utter drivel in this review is ridiculous. And yeah, the art style is amazing. I guess the people that follow what he says like sheep deserve to miss out on a really good (with some things that could be better) game.
@ericharbour9254 Рік тому
When this was originally announced it seemed like a much shorter indie project. I feel like they recieved more funding and made the game bigger to the detriment of the experience.
@hibanamain5709 Рік тому
When it was first announced, it was a scam with no release date asking 90 bucks for a preorder
@Kazuhira2249 Рік тому
they are funded by the russian government all of their investors are high profile pro russian military people
@bikechan9903 Рік тому
@@hibanamain5709 so like 90% of AAA games
@Konycraft Рік тому
Thats what GazProm money gets you.....
@vincentthendean7713 Рік тому
So like Hello Neighbor?
@SwitchUpYt Рік тому
Great review. What framerate is the video rendered at? Looks 24fps
@ThePsychoRenegade Рік тому
Coming from a studio that's never made a game before, and making a game this ambitious, a 6/10 is actually pretty good.
@anaruenoha9920 Рік тому
Atomic Heart is going to be huge especially because it's also on game pass
@Jasna88 Рік тому
this is atleat 7.5/10 game. from new dev. cant imagine what they will make in future
@nicknelson1975 Рік тому
@@anaruenoha9920 The horrible writing and voice acting is probably gunna close the doors for a lot of players.
@PeixeDeEstoque Рік тому
@@nicknelson1975 i legit saw some of the scenes and it felt so goofy💀
@Sengg0 Рік тому
@@nicknelson1975 I mean who would play this with English voiceover
@Isaac-hm5ef Рік тому
Everything I've seen of the art direction of this game has really captured my attention. Major props to them for doing something so unique and interesting.
@Gutlard Рік тому
Yeah, I attribute the random set pieces to being built by a crazy AI within the game or something with purposeful art design. It seems to fit with what we see AI create in art IRL as well.
@crooster1 Рік тому
Yeah but the game is Russian (hate them as much as next guy) and got to much diversity in locations 1/10. Wonder if this compromised "reviewer" got the guts to review the new Harry potter game what with all the "transphobia". Im done with this guy. He is a coward afraid to be cancelled, this was the last drop.
@cagneybillingsley2165 Рік тому
this game is better than system shock and bioshock combined. truly original art direction and settings. i buy it just to trigger the anti russia npcs
@kannanshrinivasan6984 Рік тому
@@cagneybillingsley2165 this is some copium
@TheMusic4Soul Рік тому
@@cagneybillingsley2165 How is the art direction original, if its a shameless copy of Bioshock? The setting being in russia doesnt make it original, Einstein.
@lustrazor44 Рік тому
Your note about the art direction sounds like you haven’t visited any post Soviet societies. They literally mix the old with the new. Same can be said about having high tech security cameras on old 600 year old buildings in watchdogs legion. It’s the same thing.
@troonsneed3480 Рік тому
I wonder what if he says the same thing about Dishonored or even Half Life
@Kholaslittlespot1 Рік тому
@@troonsneed3480 But it's measured and considered in those games.
@duckmidley503 Рік тому
Gotta say I don’t agree with you on a lot of your negatives about this game, obviously the lack of an fov slider is pretty bad but the environment and combat and are stellar for a first showing from a studio. The story might be a little predictable but this alternate history setting is keeping me engrossed. Plus the fact that this game runs so well at launch is so refreshing.( also when the music hits it really hits )
@generaljim9857 Рік тому
Yeah there was something so off about this review in my opinion. He really misses the mark but I guess reviewing a review is ridiculous lol
@ralphwarom2514 Рік тому
Its just reality of being a reviewer. For the average vidego game enjoyer who plays 1 or 2 games a month, the game is great. If your entire life is game reviews, your standards go way up high. I will totally buy atomic heart, but will wait for a few months for some more polish and letting the games bugs get ironed out. Otherwise, its seems great, looks different, cant wait.
@TheImmilky Рік тому
@@generaljim9857 He probably has no idea about soviet russia, how it looked, what architecture of soviet era was like and overall his takes about artistic choices are bad.
@HappyLarry. 11 місяців тому
The fact that Singularity had a better version of this story 13 bloody years ago, despite it not even focusing that much on it's story, says a lot
@ethan2670 Рік тому
Okay, but as Mundfish's first AAA outing, I am impressed. Like, a lot of the complaints here aside from maybe the writing can be improved with more experience. There is a very solid foundation, and I think if they can learn to trim the fat, they might have a bright future ahead of them. Just hire some more writers.
@rafabuda0 Рік тому
Yeah, for the first thing that Mundfish put out this is damn impressive. They got some real talent in there.
@arthurdent9281 Рік тому
@@rafabuda0 Development and art talent, sure! I don't even really agree with all of the art direction issues that Skillup had. But man, the writing is just sooooo bad. They really need to bring on some new talent to fix that.
@heretic124 Рік тому
Not more writers. More writers won't make a game better, it's usually the exact opposite. They need one person who knows what he's doing and has a vision. And maybe two other co-writers to craft the main story.
@CrystallineLore Рік тому
The problem is their director, even the developers say so, he kept changing his mind every time a new game came out that did something he liked and so feature creep turned the game into... this. But this is the same problem a lot of doomed studios have. Easy to grow but not when there's a tumor right on the heart also growing.
@Kholaslittlespot1 Рік тому
And stop treating your devs like shit xD
@DMBisAwesome Рік тому
>mouse acceleration >no FOV slider >in 2023 That's just incredible to me. These things were standard in the late 90s.
@flowname Рік тому
these look like a patch material, doesn't seem to be hardcoded into the game engine and mechanics to be difficult to modify after release.
@MrDelord39 Рік тому
The pc community will fix it with mods.
@LargeInCharge77 Рік тому
They werent standard then hahaha
@randomguy6679 Рік тому
FOV was?
@emulation2369 Рік тому
So, Dead Space remake, that everyone loved
@MaybyAGhost Рік тому
Delighted to say that Mundfish put out multiple comments since release day saying that they're working on getting an FoV slider along with a few other things into a patch as soon as possible! Also after playing the game to completion I gotta say I recommend! The worst part is 100% the MC's English dialogue but if you approach it as B-movie style parody it becomes much better!
@SIPEROTH Рік тому
Just put it in Russian.
@MaybyAGhost Рік тому
@@SIPEROTH Oh for sure things feel a lot better and more serious in Russian, but not everybody likes reading subtitles especially with how much talking happens mid action. But I totally agree, Russian audio feels way better than the English audio.
@iota-09 Рік тому
I really do wonder how come EVERYONE that i know who played it in italian loved the protagonist, but at the same time the ones who played it in English hated him and found the dialogues in general to be poor, i hadn't expected such a stark contrast in localization quality... Assuming it's the localization and not just the markets.
@anonymouseovermouse1960 Рік тому
@@iota-09 I'm assuming that it must be the localization. I don't speak Russian, but translating the dialogue into Polish in my mind, it all seems much more natural and much less jarring than the English localization. Some insults and sayings are wildly out of place in English, while if i imagine their equivalents being said in Polish, they're much more natural that way.
@WSS_the_OG 11 місяців тому
Checking in three months later, have any of these game-design issues been addressed with patches? Specifically, the broken stealth is what I'm most curious about. This game looks like it could be a master-class in offering a stealthy alternative to dealing with the open world; any progress there?
@DogTheSnoopie 10 місяців тому
I would say if you really want to go for full stealth it would be very hard but you can also reset enemy aggression, especially in the open world and certain powers can be used to lock up enemies that are about to spot you so you can finish the stealth animation. There is for sure parts of the game where you’re forced into all out combat though
@TaylorWilmes 4 місяці тому
Yes everything is fixed.
@diogo763 Рік тому
I will always enjoy how people come to a review to hear someone's opinion and then get mad at it because it's different from their own
@mitchellgoldstein1573 Рік тому
your profile pic is anime, your comment is invalid please delete it
@711ramen Рік тому
@@mitchellgoldstein1573 but its true. Gamers are such a pissy lot.
@SuperZura91 Рік тому
They want to fap to reviews who praise the game they play. Atomic Heart seems like it's gonna be remembered for the android porn.
@jerrodshack7610 Рік тому
@@mitchellgoldstein1573 do you ever get tired of making the same 10 year old joke over and over and over and over
@mehemynxm6974 Рік тому
I will always enjoy people going into a game review and complaining that people use the comment section for discussion
@TheDeconstructivist Рік тому
It really sounds like if they added and FOV slider, let you turn off mouse acceleration, reduced enemy health by 25%-33%, and increased the time it would take before overworld enemies were repaired (or make it easier/permanent to turn the repairs of), it would go from "flaws overwhelm the potential" to "mostly lives up to the potential despite some significant flaws." In other words, despite its remaining flaws, they could make this game recommendable with less than a week of work. Game design is a funny thing.
@chiffmonkey Рік тому
Meanwhile Stalker took 10 years for modders to fix.
@10secondsrule Рік тому
I’m sure someone will edit the cfg file to fix it.
@ArcaneAzmadi Рік тому
Dunno what you'd have to do to make the story not a complete bomb, though. That'd be more than a simple patch.
@TheDeconstructivist Рік тому
@@ArcaneAzmadi Agreed. But I think you can have a good game with a bad story and/or bad writing.
@TheDeconstructivist Рік тому
@@chiffmonkey Is Atomic Heart mod-friendly? I sure hope so!
@Vipus2501 Рік тому
Jesus Christ, what game did you play? I'm 20h in and loving this one.
@os1no Рік тому
What difficulty did you play on (if there is one to choose from)?
@harambe4267 Рік тому
The fact that the port actually runs well is worth a point or two in itself considering how rare it is nowadays.
@hollywooda111 Рік тому
This comment Is a sad reflection on PC gaming now days
@captanki5961 Рік тому
No it isint. This should be the standard.
@harambe4267 Рік тому
@@captanki5961 No duh, but it isn't. Praise good behaviour, scold bad behaviour, you know, basic incentives.
@sirzebra Рік тому
how low do you want your standards ? Are you for real dude ? Are we supposed to be amazed by what always had always been the basic minimum expected in any industry ? Are you happy because your film had it's sound working fine when going to the cinema, that the picture was not turning black every 10 seconds ? That your oven can actually turn on when you just bought it ? Your way of thinking is what levels from the bottom.
@thanos2715 Рік тому
No its not worth a point. Just dock points off the bad performing games
@Xonthos Рік тому
Of all of the things, the fact that it runs, and it runs decently well, is both impressive and a sad example of how little a game developer has to do nowadays. So many titles I have played recently just don't even work or run correctly, so at least Atomic Heart actually runs.
@ActNasty5 Рік тому
Where do you see it running well, these frames look rough
@maximusmirov6478 Рік тому
@@ActNasty5 Because video itself is 30 fps not 60
@ActNasty5 Рік тому
@@maximusmirov6478 i saw him talk about performance now. Kinda lame to not recommend a game then to make it look even shittier by posting the video at 30 fps lol
@matttheradartechnician Рік тому
Yea Dead Space Remake still stutters every time I enter and new little area and its so annoying 99% of aaa game devs these days lack the ability to release a game not broken.
@art7104 Рік тому
@@ActNasty5agreed, skill up a little off on this review. I think he let the “Russian dev” hype get to him. His reason for not liking outside of story is basically “everything good but something missing, 2/10” 😂
@zerg6001 Рік тому
Just like forspoken, bad dialogue and an accessory side kick (glove/cuff) for some reason this is becoming a genre
@nousername2942 Рік тому
Everyone is pretending they don't see that as a problem and it's driving me nuts. The random object witty sidekick shit is actually driving me insane. I absolutely hate it even Watch Dogs Legion was ruined by that
@weegi7227 Рік тому
its not a big deal. We aint pretending, it is FARR from being even close to forspoken dialogue.
@xhuxhoo90 4 місяці тому
I finished the game some days ago. I mainly focused on main history, ignoring as much as I could from the open world, and I kind of enjoyed it a lot. A more linear focused experience could have been better, but I liked the game overall
@thenotorioustaha 3 місяці тому
The highlight of the game is the world building right? And also how's the story of the game?
@richbunnell7426 Рік тому
Playing it right now on the Series X. About two hours in. I can tell a lot of time and effort was put into the game. Not sure if I love it, but I like it so far. Major Bioshock vibes.
@positronikiss Рік тому
Yes but they fucked up the exploration badly i hear. Enemies are at an infinite and constant respawn rate. Thats so incredibly stupid....
@weegi7227 Рік тому
@@positronikiss you havent played it, until you play it, respectfully, pipe down.
@scalf_ Рік тому
I agree.
@positronikiss Рік тому
@@weegi7227 Just knowing that completely erases it from my wishlist. Imagine if elden ring or any souls game was like this... STUPID decision is the term.
@weegi7227 Рік тому
@@positronikiss god you’re stupid
@hitlord Рік тому
Seriously, from this video my main problem with the game is exactly the combat. Not because of the enemies being bullet sponges, but because of how often you seem to lose control of the character (drop kicks that reposition you and your view point, punches that turn you side ways, your own attacks making you rotate around), all that coupled with the FOV that looks like things are right next to your temporal lobe. Just watching you makes me "dizzy". (Not actually dizzy, but I feel like in a prolonged fight I'd definitely get there.) Seriously, it's like my monitor is 1 inch away from my face. You can barely see what's going in your peripheral view.
@schweizer3301 Рік тому
The axe rotation attack was an instant deal breaker, dont take control away from me game devs ffs
@LiberatedMind1 Рік тому
@@schweizer3301 Good to know, not buying this game.
@Sorain1 Рік тому
@@schweizer3301 No kidding. Adjust the animation, remove the spin of the PoV, how did this make release in this state!?
@flosthebos Рік тому
Just get flawless widescreen. Completely fixes the FOV and makes the game so much more playable. I was getting motion sick before I patched it. Highly recommend.
@skeletor8951 Рік тому
Yeah, watching gameplay of this felt so disorienting. The camera jerks around so much between the dashes, taking hits, swinging weapons, and rebound from melee hits, and so many of the guns look like they have lots of recoil.
@OneGrumpyDragon Рік тому
So on the topic of combat. I haven't really heard anyone talk about the funny russian magic abilities intergrated into combat. From my experience they made the group fights alot more fun (I used mass tele and cryo) Towards the end of the game where they swarm you with tons of enemies you could pretty much lift up a group of like 6 enemies, shoot the tanky ones with your shotgun before slamming them all into the ground killing all of them in a few moments. For more devious foes that have specific weak points you can use cryo to freeze them, wander around and one tap them with the axe
@Kholaslittlespot1 Рік тому
But these are skills we see in games all the damn time. Yeah, it works and feels ok but nothing new here.
@Archeaon Рік тому
That is nothing new, for example Dishonored had a lot of similar abilities, plus many more to do stealth.
@BWMagus Рік тому
So it has plasmids.
@OneGrumpyDragon Рік тому
Aye it's not new, but I was just saying that with using those abilities the more tanky enemies become trivial and the swarms are killed with ease. Alot of people tend to complain "enemies are too tanky" while using basic gear because they didn't unlock any of the upgrades or are just not using any of the abilities at all
@vitorsilva7783 9 місяців тому
@@Archeaonnot even nearly as fun
@starwatcherusa Рік тому
11:29 Love that you chose to show footage of Black Mesa: Classic. Talk about clashing artstyles!
@Aisaaax Рік тому
That was actually one of my favorite reviews by you. You don't recommend the game and explain why. But also give enough praise to many elements that I could see somebody buying the game based on the review even despite the bottomline score. It feels like a very well-balanced take.
@MrKrabs.00. Рік тому
@@DarylDixonNewelaborate please
@Aisaaax Рік тому
@@DarylDixonNew I don't know. Maybe. At least he did'n have a 5-minute-long "This was made by russians, so it's bad" bit.
@XiLock_Alotx Рік тому
@Daryl Dixon 2023 how so? Or is this going to be one of those “ because other reviewers said so” type of situations?
@fortresstraining Рік тому
I actually feel like this is one of his worst reviews. Most of his complaints arent exactly justified. Edit: i see you guys want an elaboration? Okay... he says the "boss design is bad becauae all you do is avoud enemy attacks while attacking them" thats literally all you ever do. "The art design is bad" people with more knowledge of the setting in the comment section think otherwise" "the open world is bad because the best way to get threw the objectives is speed running" 😀. And a whole lot of "this just doesnt really work" entirely opinion based.
@Duby-rv7bx Рік тому
@@MrKrabs.00. I think one of the arguments he had was with the aesthetic of there being wood fences next to futuristic things which is actually very realistic to how the Russia is
@strymoon Рік тому
10:13 lol that's actually a part of the slavic folklore, the russian version of it is called "isbushka na kuriih noshkah". the art direction seemed thematically cohesive to me and pretty fun but that might be because I'm russian. either way your criticism is still valid, thematic cohesion should not be hindered by cultural barriers, if you didn't understand something that's partially the writer's fault
@onlyZieltar Рік тому
Yea I too see this house as new version of domek na kurzej łapce (I'm polish), and I agree they should better explain those things only slavic people understand.
@Jasonwolf1495 Рік тому
To be fair many people will see this in japanese games and go "oh japan you wacky people" and praise it being weird. But have something slavic and they're like "what's going on?" If its not baba yaga they have no clue, edit: and by that i mean literal name drop and house walking on giant cartoon chicken legs, levels of on the nose.
@AmericanHairlines69 Рік тому
Wrong. Not everything needs to be explained and be understood by everyone, especially if it manages to look good in of itself without that context.
@meow2175 Рік тому
@@Jasonwolf1495 I think the problem comes in it being a bit too grounded. If you introduce flying penis worms people just laugh it off as ridiculous because it has to be based on somethin else. A rocket powered house just makes me think of terran buildings in starcraft. Its a bit too believable in setting for there to be rocket houses so the assumption is that its based on the setting and not a reference to something weird.
@wserthmar8908 Рік тому
@@AmericanHairlines69, it's just the superiority complex + ressentiment. they always get hurt by "unjust representation" in popular media or something.
@mattpenix8438 4 місяці тому
Usually with you on your game takes but 100% wholeheartedly against this one. Just finished the game and while it did have issues, it was simply badass. The original music, gameplay, combat. Not spelling out certain things for you really hurt but now that I’ve finished it, those things can be easily overlooked when considering the whole of the package. The world building was second to none , art direction sublime. Combat was fun as heck. Not sure how this can’t be recommended by anyone who loves FPs games much less one as unique as this. Seriously, what would it take if this is a no go. The story alone was brilliant assuming everyone understood.
@BugbugAdventures Рік тому
this has a 'very positive' rating on steam reviews.. I think shillup is wrong on this one, although its his opinion i guess
@Lightsaglowllc Рік тому
Agree. Game has exceeded my expectations. Dialogue isn’t even that bad.
@Kagetora- Рік тому
No shit it's his own opinion. Not everyone will like this game
@BugbugAdventures Рік тому
@@Kagetora- reeeeeeee
@walter4180 Рік тому
@Frumentarii "Why do you think so many games are woke" You mean barely any and you most likely consider a few black dudes in your game woke
@sup3rAVATARtlafAN Рік тому
I'm glad we get different opinions, IGN gave it an 8/10 and ACG says he enjoyed it, but Skillup doesn't recommend it. Nice to get varied opinions
@johnbishop2536 Рік тому
As much as I like Skill up he's had some odd takes also his review of launch day Cyberpunk was a bit sus.
@tylerdyrdan3005 Рік тому
Yeah, many people praise and enjoy the game.
@Mantrahiroshima Рік тому
@@johnbishop2536 almost 6 minutes of this review is whinging about the visual consistency of areas in the game lol. He’s so up his own asshole these days it’s brutal
@-BarathKumarS Рік тому
@@johnbishop2536 wasn't everyone's review deceiving? I can't find one reviewer during launch day who said they don't like it/ that it had a mountain of issues.
@sadmarinersfan8935 Рік тому
Always good to get many ideas I’m still excited to play it I figured it would not live up to the hype very few do but I just hope the parts that looked great end up being great
@gregowen2022 Рік тому
I absolutely love these reviews. It's never just "it's garbage". Always a detailed, nuanced assessment so you can accurately judge whether you want to give it a try. Outstanding reviewsmanship. That's a word now
@shuyaku99 Рік тому
To accurately judge you must try it for yourself not listen to ramblings from some rando on the internet.
@fredricmourath4907 Рік тому
Yeah, Skill Up is basically the only reviewer I take fully seriously. Not because I always end up agreeing with him, but because he evaluates all the parts of a game thoroughly and from a more advanced and educated perspective compared to most reviewers. I'm so sick of reviewers saying things like "Oh the art is good", and I wish more reviewers went into the nitty gritty of art design. Even if Ralph isn't an expert it's clear that he has some understanding of subjects like art, narrative and game design, and he doesn't pretend to know more than he does.
@acceptablecasualty5319 Рік тому
@@shuyaku99 I'm not looking for Judgement, i'm looking for impressions from people i know the personal tastes of so i can see if certain aspects appeal to me and if there are any glaring issues that might be deal-breakers. In this sense, SkillUp is way less random than most IGN reviews where can click the Review Author and find out their only gaming experience is Cookie Clicker and Eels and Escalators, but they have a degree in 12th Century Art or some shit.
@danceyrselfkleen Рік тому
@@fredricmourath4907 the ball gargling is crazy
@SAVANTI711 Рік тому
@@fredricmourath4907 Skill Up is the biggest Twitter simp on this platform. Literally every-other trusted person like Gman or ACG think the game is good and very unique. If anyone sucks on a rod harder it's Skill-Up.
@dah3071 Рік тому
as someone who just finished it i found it fun and interesting as a setting but looking back on it the testing grounds padded out the game way too much and damn they really shove in a lot of plot stuff in quickly so personally i found myself lost a few times and fuck me that ending
@dont_jinx_me Рік тому
If you're on console, there's on ads sensitivity, looks sensitivity and aim sensitivity are in the same setting, so either you have to play with a super slow look sensitivity or a really high aim sensitivity, hopefully they add it later, kinda put me off the game as the gunplay and melee doesn't feel very good.
@mrworldwide5811 Рік тому
Most art styles in games also have through-lines that keep locations feeling like they're within the same game world, even if the different places have different styles to them
@austinwaymire1152 Рік тому
@@Mrpersonman0 the word potential is doing a lot of heavy lifting for you.
@DajuOnYoutube Рік тому
Well i think the game has a very clear and obvious style throughout. It's pretty hard to describe but I'd say retro futuristic soviet brutalism but also art deco. The mix of advanced technology and the atomic eras vision of the future is still pretty unique to this game even though there's other well known examples of this such as Fallout and Bioshock, I don't think I would have trouble identifying which is which if I were presented to a mix of unlabeled screenshots.
@RevJ7 Рік тому
This game clearly has that, idk wtf he's talking about lol
@brilobox2 Рік тому
@@Mrpersonman0 Even if the game sells millions of copies which is very optimistic, the money going to the russian government will be miniscule. We're talking about a government. Governments deal in billions a week. Its not exactly good pro-soviet propo either considering it becomes a shitshow dystopia in about 15 minutes because of some social control fuckery.
@dontshootmex5588 Рік тому
@@Mrpersonman0 Would you say the same about Fallout's style and how it ties to the U.S.?
@kamilkowalczyk7195 Рік тому
Every time I was watching any gameplay trailer of Atomic Heart I had the uncanny feeling of enemies being horribly tedious to kill, just very bullet spongy, I am surprised how correct that intuition was. Even looking at the gameplay in this review makes me feel tired, it's such a laborous task of killing all those swarms of robots constantly flooding the screen. Especially bad when combined with small, flying, annoying enemies...
@90lancaster Рік тому
Same deal with Hogwarts Legacy you use the wrong techniques, You can expect to be there a while.
@theboy1625 Рік тому
@@90lancaster ehh not really, enemies in Hogwarts legacy are far from bullet sponges
@saifali9853 Рік тому
@@theboy1625 after the midway point in the game they definitely could be, those trolls would take me FOREVER (but i was also severely underleveled and beelined the main story)
@CREESTAFAH Рік тому
@@90lancaster I'll agree with you, but only when it comes to the early stage of the game. As a low level, I found enemies to be somewhat bullet-spongy--especially those weird swamp frog things. However, once you're able to apply perks to your character (as long as you select offensive spell buffs) enemies are killed very quickly.
@jamesc178 Рік тому
Winge winge winge nobody asked for ur smelly opinion. Its a game u fool
@MetalArrow Рік тому
if THIS is how their first game looks and plays, imagine their next..
@andrewjohnson9044 Рік тому
I can’t seem to turn on vsynch. Even when switching to on in nvidia control panel. Anyone know how to fix this?
@neighborofthedevil Рік тому
This seems like one of those games where a silent protagonist might have helped, or maybe some more dialogue choices so you don't end up hating the character you're playing as. I also get the impression that it's one of those games with pretty huge scope creep, plus maybe a bit of lockdown development preventing things coming together fully. That said, it seems like the team had a very clear vision for what they wanted the game to be, and it seems like they delivered on that. Apart from the writing, I think a couple of patches could turn this into a really good game. Question on the bullet sponge enemies/spawn rate, what difficulty did you play on? I am not afraid of playing on easy mode if it makes it a more pleasant experience.
@flowname Рік тому
It's pretty much how Serious Sam's ramblings felt like, isn't it? (no pun intended) (maybe)
@BigHalfSteps Рік тому
Lockdown? Game is made by a studio that originally said was a moscow studio, but then retracted and said it's a global with many people from different countries... lockdown does neither affect russia nor home office workers to that extent, unless you have little children, but even then it's not Lockdown issue.
@Idolhands360 Рік тому
Shill up didn't mention the game is supposed to be played in Russian, with English subtitles. Just like anime is cringe dubbed, so is this.
@pickledparsleyparty Рік тому
I'm wondering if the dialogue is better in Russian. There's definitely some stuff that can be cool in one culture and lame in another. And trying to translate a script to your second language does risk losing all of the original script's quality.
@neighborofthedevil Рік тому
@@flowname that was exactly the impression I got!
@big.atom37 8 місяців тому
So according to Skill Up Immortals of Aveum is a better game than Atomic Heart. Just wow.
@platinum2905 4 місяці тому
The guys say the writing is bad like he has 10 books published.
@xcharlesbronsonx 11 днів тому
Did he really say immortals of aveum was better than atomic heart? Wow just wow. He's an absolute shill
@raresmacovei8382 Рік тому
20:00 "walk is really slow" Hot damn, when I played the recently released demo, my dude felt like Doom Guy walking, Jesus Christ, lol.
@pocketinfinity6733 3 місяці тому
imagine an fps not having a sprint button wtf
@OscarRobbing Рік тому
Honestly I'm impressed that this game actually lived up to the visuals and general gameplay it always claimed it would. Seems like maybe with some mods it could be really good, if not exceptional.
@yeahboyz9314 Рік тому
Absolutely explosive action rpg of the year
@AlternaHunter Рік тому
It does sound like the gameplay side of things is extremely fixable with some numbers tweaks - drop enemy hp, extend the reinforcement timer, add a cap to the number of repair drones that can spawn within a given time frame. That could easily make this a game worth playing even if the story is a forgettable mess.
@ShoorfLonelyLokly Рік тому
@@AlternaHunter That is what I thought while watching this. Yeah the story is shit, sure. Long puzzles - bleh. Let me skip puzzles, fix the combat and I'm in.
@danb4900 Рік тому
D E N U V O
@mono4818 Рік тому
@@AlternaHunter cope commie shill
@goldforpewter Рік тому
The bullet-sponge enemies/bosses and open world mechanics are very solid critiques. Thanks for the review.
@ShhhHhhhz Рік тому
yea well, 10 minutes later, he said enemies are diverse and fun to fight against..
@pixelcount350 Рік тому
Well no to the open world mechanics cause that's subjective but i can understand the bullet sponge.
@MajkaSrajka Рік тому
Cyberpunk had both of these tbh
@Camad Рік тому
@@ShhhHhhhzYeah? The enemy’s are diverse and fun to fight, but still sponges, therefore, it’s bad. Use a little critical thinking.
@brilobox2 Рік тому
@@Camad these people aren't interested in nuance. they want 10/10 for game that look cool and 5/10 for game that look cringe and thats it.
@epicunicat20 Рік тому
One thing I noticed at the start is that stealth was pretty much useless. I'll be crouched behind a sideways desk and somehow still be noticed by the bots all the way across the room????
@Kholaslittlespot1 Рік тому
path finding in general is broken
@oscarlara7351 Рік тому
Could you explain the Chekov reference, please?
@MajkaSrajka Рік тому
So thats what happens when a team works on a single title for *5+ years and is competent? Great graphics, great combat, great technical aspects, great art design, but lack of experience in tying things together (combined with just the sheer length of development time). I'm interested in their trajectory as a studio, potential sequels etc. and whenever they are able to address these issues. *Originally I had "15+ years" written as I swear I've seen 2008 floating somewhere... the points still stands, as the team had only one VR game on their resume before.
@afaxmachine5045 Рік тому
@Free R Kelly piss off rusbot
@VitorHugoOliveiraSousa Рік тому
Wait this game has been in development for 15 year's?
@DatAsianGuy Рік тому
was the game really 15 years in dev time? Does this include the time period where the dude with the original idea wanted this to be a movie?
@ivanleon6164 Рік тому
this means, great technical talent, bad directing or lack of a strong vision.
@user-bb3mb1wk9n Рік тому
@@VitorHugoOliveiraSousa 5+ years! I am not sure where people get this crazy numbers.
@trevmizer9784 Рік тому
Room temp iq takes here
@rpglover101 Рік тому
The part about the art design is interesting. I'm not from Eastern Europe, in fact, I barely know anything about the place. I DO know that Eastern European games have a certain "janky flair" to them that I love, and that comes from a deeply personal, cultural place. The dissonance between old/new kinda feels like the point though? The excess of design feels very Soviet to me, especially since they're the parts that are "not meant to be shown" to the world. I'll probably still play it, but I have a feeling that intense dissonance between art styles might represent the reckless abandon the USSR pushed towards fostering this technology in any way they could.
@RawbLV Рік тому
His complaint wasn't that the environments themselves were noisy or something, but that the game made you jump from one environment to the next one all the time.
@Aj-om9nm Рік тому
@@RawbLV his actual complaint was that there were modern street lights on a wooden pole. Which is not only normal for eastern Europe, that's normal for most of north America as well. From the shots that he showed the game perfectly matches up with real world eastern European architecture.
@toxicwaltz0863 11 місяців тому
I got stuck in test chamber 8 by a glitch that keeps the ball candle fron appearing and haven't been back since 🤷♂️
@Mightyxenos Рік тому
I'd be curious to see the frame time data on this game. I don't know if it's UKposts compression but watching you play, even with a 120 fps looks jittery to me. Same on other reviews as well. I watched footage on my 144hz monitor at 4k and my LG BX and it still looks like it has a jitter/stutter problem.
@jeka65536 Рік тому
maybe coz of not working vsync option
@jeka65536 Рік тому
@@SmokeWiseGanja so good to hear that series x optimized well too.
@Kholaslittlespot1 Рік тому
I am having mild frame pacing issues that appeared about 6 hours in. 3080ti. Tested, stable system. It's minor but it's there. FPS stays high.
@CradtheLad Рік тому
well this is not the title i wanted to see :( always love the reviews regardless
@wz9573 Рік тому
Ah yes, no FOV slider in 2023, the hallmark of greatness. Hopefully they get rid of mouse sensitivity options & run toggle too.
@diogo763 Рік тому
They would first need to implement a run option
@sealgaming4563 Рік тому
@@diogo763 the ultimate hallmark of greatness
@adron7748 Рік тому
Edit: okay okay. I get it 3rd person vs first person. Halo 3 didn’t have FOV slider in the 360 and it’s still a 9+ masterpiece lol To be fair, Elden Ring not only doesn’t have an FOV slider, but it’s also completely locked at 60fps. With that, it’s still a 9+ masterpiece imo.
@AintPopular Рік тому
@@adron7748 fps vs tps
@Kazuhira2249 Рік тому
@@adron7748 yeah but elden ring is not first person therefore fov barely matters
@CP077 Рік тому
agree, based form the footage/gameplay, the amount of visual motif's does introduce player's fatigue/eye strain mostly aforementioned interiors or a closed space, that it makes exploration annoying. or was it cause its the aesthetic, if USSR is technologically progressive back during cold-war era? seeing how they design their abandoned projects shrugs
@goatpurple2964 Рік тому
I’ve seen a lot of reviews saying the combat is tedious and enemies are bullet sponge. Do they know there is a thing called testing ground where u suppose to get weapon part, ammo and material, so u can upgrade your weapon. And we got people say that fighting robots when u are detected feels overwhelming because they keep getting spawn in and repaired. Did they ever try, i don’t know, fucking get the fuck out, the robot will unaggro if u get far away from them. Then u can go disable the system in area, and safety loot the body for material, and use those materials to UPGRADE ur weapon. So seeing these gameplay where they fighting a big horde of robot and refuse to run away, and use poorly upgraded weapon fighting a end game boss, and complaining about the boss health is kinda funny. This game is visually stunning and the sound track is fucking juicy.the dialog is pretty cringe sometimes but it’s ten times better than forespoken, the part that I really don’t like is the ending, I feel there is a big Chunk of the game is cut, other than that the game is 8 to 8.5 for me. The only reason I bother to comment is that the game devs deserve the support. They really did a fantastic job, and people shouldn’t be misguided by some bad gameplay, I’m glad that I played this game, I would be fucking sad if I didn’t buy this gem.
@blakearius Рік тому
I dropped this game on the first boss fight because it became tedious bs after the first minute. Before upgrades are available.
@Gollvieg Рік тому
Me: Surely the writing can't be that bad. Skillup: Imagine Claptrap being the main character of Prey. Me: Oh... oh shit...
@FormalGibble Рік тому
Me: Which Prey? The original or the new one? You know what nevermind, I don't want to know.
@thetallestdwarf7041 Рік тому
Ikr? Sounds like a Marvel movie, yikes.
@Swirrt Рік тому
Perfect gamepass title. Interesting enough to try it out, but not good enough to actually spend more money on it.
@HarryB291 Рік тому
Anyone spending £65 on a game need there head testing
@ironmaidenmetalgod Рік тому
@@HarryB291 not everyone is too poor to buy full price games.
@itsaUSBline Рік тому
@@ironmaidenmetalgod it's the principle of the thing.
@bobby_c07 Рік тому
@@ironmaidenmetalgod says quite a lot about you that you think the sentiment here is about wealth.
@biohead66 Рік тому
@@HarryB291 *their
@banderas1879 Рік тому
19:32 bro didn’t even try a melee weapon? 😂
@pocketinfinity6733 3 місяці тому
if a rocket does crap all what can a melee weapon do :/
@ANO-.-NYM Рік тому
Gotta disagree with your take on the art-style and visuals. I loved the high-tech-next-to-rustic-building since it reminded me of my old country and you don't really see that in the West since the building/safety codes are way more advanced. The fast transitions of different aesthetics reminded me of how ethereal and unrecorded a lot of aesthetic subcultures there were in the Soviet Union and 2nd-world / 3rd world aligned regions at the time. It really DOES feel like that when you think about the history of non-Western aesthetics (the chaotic changing of different artstyles)- since there is SO much change and revolution in a short amount of time and the archiving of art history and aesthetic changes is spotty (lots of unrecorded changes in culture and art during the 20th century in Soviet and even non-aligned countries).
@87you87tube Рік тому
I tend to agree with your analysis because many of the problems could actually be spotted in the trailers and the 10min gameplay videos. In the first half of the 10 min gameplay, the player fought a swarm of enemies in the open world part. And just as you said, not only they are massive bullet sponges, the reinforcement also just keep pouring in, make fighting them pointless. And in he second half, the player fought the ball-shaped boss at the fountain. And it took forever to chip away 20% of its health, whilst the boss just repeat its few attacks. It just felt very padded. That said, I think I'm still gonna try the game, maybe later at sales price. The aesthetics alone should be worth checking out even if everything else fails.
@flowname Рік тому
> not only they are massive bullet sponges, the reinforcement also just keep pouring in > And it took forever to chip away 20% of its health basically, Serious Sam bosses and enemies?
@Super-wr6cf Рік тому
To be fair, that boss fight gave some insight to the problems (that's true). On the other side, that boss fight wasn't that good of an example. The red motors or whatever they are popping out of the boss at different times must mean you shoot those, not the boss. So ofc it's gonna be a bullet sponge if you just shoot at it's shell.
@whythefrown Рік тому
@@flowname the biggest difference is that serious sam has faster player movement and lots more ammo
@polinttalu7102 Рік тому
I can see that they wanted to aim a little bit of surrealism with the art direction here, I find it cool.
@samsorge27 Рік тому
What I would like to know: are the gameplay shortcomings things that can be patched? Maybe even in a community patch or something like that? Bullet spongyness and infinite respawns should be things that can be adjusted, right?
@MegaMerdeux Рік тому
I think the devs might be able to fix the bullet sponge and the respawning issue with patches
@nsomjimi Рік тому
@@MegaMerdeux the bullet sponge enemies isn't that much of an issue if you upgrade all your guns and glove powers.
@Kholaslittlespot1 Рік тому
The game is just a bit ragged and cobbled together imo. Signs that the rumours of such a troubled development cycle are true. I honestly hope they didn't treat the original developers as badly as I've heard. If so, I won't be supporting the publishers in future.
@WHTMANY Рік тому
I totally agree with the FOV option every game now has it and I started getting motion sickness after a few hours, now with the open world is kinda hard to explore and loot after you terminate every robot just for them to come back instantly:/
@ngolokantecar Рік тому
remember guys just because skill up doesnt like the game it doesnt mean that he thinks its bad or that its not for you.
@Gogo32monkey Рік тому
Fun fact: Mick Gordon, the man behind the Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal soundtracks made the soundtrack for Atomic Heart, so expect lots of heavy metal goodness for those checking it out!
@SimplexPL Рік тому
Even funnier fact - he donated all profits from this soundtrack to support Ukraine.
@SlackWi Рік тому
@@SimplexPL Why is that funny?
@R0ndras Рік тому
@@SimplexPL Because the game developers are tied to russian oligarchs so Mick probably realized how much of a fuck up he just did.
@pixytorres7117 Рік тому
@@R0ndras It's funny you guys point out this game is made by Russian while COD for years now is spread with propaganda of USA being the good guys and the rest are bad.
@michaelmonstar4276 Рік тому
@@R0ndras - How are they tied to them? Do you think they’re Russian?…
@HyperionTitanus Рік тому
I think it's worth waiting for a patch to enemy density and health, either an official or fan made. also if you play it, do ot in Russian, whether you understand it or not.
@MirelRC Рік тому
With the FOV thing I agree the most. In the first day, I've played it for 5 hours and 30 mins, the last 5 mins I wasn't feeling good, so I had to stop playing it for a period. For the combat, in some parts I've felt like I was playing Doom Eternal.
@spacedout4061 Рік тому
Cant relate, never had motion sickness at all
@MirelRC Рік тому
@Spaced Out well, that is probably different from a person to another. When I was a little boy, I've had motion sickness when I was sitting in the back seat of my uncle's car. Now I have no problems, except that in some games with pretty narrow FOV, from time to time, I suffer from motion sickness, usually if I play too much.
@zoinksscoob6523 Рік тому
@@spacedout4061 good for you, I can play the game for an hour tops before getting dizzy.
@SeniorCharry Рік тому
Good thing this game is on the Game Pass so I can play it without having the regret of paying $70 lol.
@thepeps101 Рік тому
Oh it is? Might give it a try then, and then drop it if it get boring
@weegi7227 Рік тому
@@thepeps101 have fun completing the game :)
@jeagerkej3171 Рік тому
He’s such a good reviewer that even if he doesn’t recommend it, he still presents the game well enough to intrigue me on the game .
@Episode_13 Рік тому
He's wrong!
@acceptablecasualty5319 Рік тому
@@Episode_13 No, he's not. He has opinions which he explains and leaves open for you to agree or disagree with. Which you would appreciate if your ilk didn't just skip to the end to see the X/10 score and go from there.
@Episode_13 Рік тому
@@acceptablecasualty5319 He's wrong, as he's putting people off trying a great 8 out of 10 game, come on now, ACG loves it!
@stevenwebbmusic Рік тому
@@Episode_13 cope
@toxicdermyillunary4103 Рік тому
@@Episode_13 oh no someone has different opinion. Boo hoo what should I doo. If anyone is so easily put off by a single UKpostsr's mixed opinion, kindly tell them to grow up and stop being a parasite of someone else's opinion. Watching more review and making their own call is free.
@ryusgnal Рік тому
Between the lack of FOV slider, mouse acceleration and the shaky camera, I couldn't get 10 minutes into the game without feeling dizzy.
@skrimph Рік тому
I LOVE the visuals of this game, haven’t watched the whole review yet but I hope I can still enjoy the game
@anthonyplanzo1082 Рік тому
You will enjoy it. He's so far off base with this review.
@tsu08761e Рік тому
@@anthonyplanzo1082 nah you people are just mad hes not a sheep
@fel524 Рік тому
@@tsu08761e he's more of a shill for not giving the game an actual chance
@zoinksscoob6523 Рік тому
@@anthonyplanzo1082 hurrrr guy speak nonsense I love boobie bots atomic heart goty huurrrrrr
@ninjakiwi2476 Рік тому
Dam not a title I wanted to see for this game. It looks really interesting and right up my alley
@0uttaS1TE Рік тому
@@sound4117 There's no demo, is there?
@valletas Рік тому
Well he did do that for sonic frontiers and that game is really good I like his reviews a lot and he is one of the few reviewers i trust but man if you like the game dont let a negative review prevent you from playing You never know what you will or will not like
@ninjakiwi2476 Рік тому
@@sound4117 yeah I was still going to play it when I had the time. Negative reviews don't really stop me unless it's overwhelmingly negative but it sucks to see nonetheless.
@Destiano.Y Рік тому
@@0uttaS1TE cmiiw, but pretty sure it's free on gameplay
@doxxi5319 Рік тому
@@0uttaS1TE no but it’s on gamepass
@confusedcabal342 Рік тому
Honestly this lines up with some of the rumors about development; the dev team was forced to constantly change the size and scope of the game due to the studio heads. It would explain the terrible writing and the unbalanced aspect of things. Great review!! I’ll see you at lightfall!!
@AstinCrow Рік тому
The clashing aesthetics is actually a lot more closer to the Eastern Europe portrayal they were trying to go for, actually. That's just how the eastern bloc was and kinda still is.
@confusedcabal342 Рік тому
@@AstinCrow I was referring more to the story and gameplay side of things, but now that you mention it- the clashing architectural styles do kinda fit the aesthetics of that era, don’t they?
@Drbeattles Рік тому
@@confusedcabal342 i think some of the balance issue skill up is complaining about comes from him missing the upgrade system. cause his guns look stock in every clip shown in this video.
@tzuki6249 Рік тому
The good news, the fov slider is being implemented in a new update. According to the studio.
@GTOmegaZ3000 Рік тому
Should've been in there in the first place but whatever.
@spacedout4061 Рік тому
Yep
@spacedout4061 Рік тому
@@GTOmegaZ3000if game devs put every little detail in the game at launch, we wouldnt see them release for twice as long. Usually things like fov slider and quality of life changes are put aside since they can be done post launch. Keep in mind this is a first game, they arent making any money until it goes out. While they are getting investments, investment will end if no sales are made.
@zoinksscoob6523 Рік тому
@@spacedout4061 yeah, you're the exact kinda people that makes games studios regress by constantly tolerating them. I paid for a full product not an unfinished one.
@LineOfThy 10 місяців тому
@@zoinksscoob6523 That's incredibly ironic considering the state of most AAA games these days
@sicdedworm09 Рік тому
Especially with what you’ve been recommending lately, I couldn’t disagree with you more on this. Idk how it didn’t come together for you? The systems are all in place. Playing on hard and having no issues. Feels very fresh. Combat, puzzles, graphics, design. I don’t know what you people are smoking.
@Justinpitchford Рік тому
Yes!! This game is on point!!
@Luke-lg4vx Рік тому
The open world parts do suck tho
@fel524 Рік тому
@@Luke-lg4vx and the MC
@Asufiku Рік тому
To be fair, it's his opinion
@sicdedworm09 Рік тому
@@Luke-lg4vx have you been taking down the security systems? The open world is actually better than I thought it would be with all the complaining. People saying they don’t get a second to breathe… hack the security system. It literally shuts down most of the enemies in the area so you’re free to explore without the constant respawning enemies. I love that the world isn’t filled with quests and has more to do with exploration for gun parts that are actually pretty important to skip over
@DennisBraam Рік тому
There was a time when I was looking forward to games like this, but unfortunately there is no more room for games that are only 'kind of enjoyable' in my adult life. I have so little time and there are too many better games coming out all the time.
@21innocentbystander Рік тому
Maybe not.
@AlkisGD Рік тому
This. I wish I was independently wealthy and didn't have to work. My backlog is huge 😩
@charlesmartiniii1405 Рік тому
Where are these better games I may ask
@williamfox6826 Рік тому
@@charlesmartiniii1405 They go to a different school you wouldn't know them.
@rinvalentine7108 Рік тому
@@charlesmartiniii1405 The games these reviewers tell them are good
@Ojos.juntos Рік тому
I was rolling my eyes when you started describing the plot cuz it seemed very predictable, so I really laughed out loud when I heard you say "Chekhov violently polishing his gun in the corner" at 9:04. Brilliant!
@sugardaddyhohig3460 Рік тому
3 hrs in first game of the studio. I love it.
@Hard2hit94 Рік тому
Wait til you hit the 8 hour mark
@MadOrange644 Рік тому
This game definitely put Mundfish on the map for me. I'm interested what this studio can make in the future.
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