Atomic Heart: A Skeptical Review

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Atomic Heart is an upcoming FPS action role-playing video game developed by Mundfish and published by Focus Entertainment and 4Divinity. The game is planned for release for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on February 21, 2023.
Atomic Heart is an FPS video game with action role-playing elements.[2] The combat in the game consists of shooting and slashing with improvised weapons. A wide variety of enemies are featured, which may be mechanical, biomechanical, biological, and some of which are airborne. There is a crafting system where the weapons can be pieced together from metal parts that can be detached from robots or taken from household appliances. Weapons can also be upgraded via a mechanic called "casettes.” Ammo in the game is scarce, and there is a stealth option. Quick-time events are also featured in the game.[3] The player wears a special glove, the Polymer Glove, which grants him powers such as telekinesis, freezing, and electricity to defeat his foes. Its powers can be combined with both melee and ranged weapons.
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@LukeStephensTV Год назад

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@JeremyBX Год назад

this is an out of left field question, but i like your clear eyeglasses and am wondering what brand they are so i can shop for them.

@yellowbeez93 Год назад

The part at 34 min where you said that they could have done it in a 'lame' way when it should have been 'cool' way is probably your weakest criticism. It's essentially just your style of preference which is as good as saying "Jake is way cooler than Alex" which is....ok? Lol but apart from that, in general your criticisms are well made. Now the only question that remains is, will Atomic Heart be Atomic Heart if they start changing things here and there in the sequel when they do ponder on the remarks and criticisms?

@jessegartung294 Год назад

Well I’m getting Metroid prime remastered I know I have a Xbox pass but…prime is better

@bobzip3994 Год назад

The game is too challenging you need a patch yeah tells me everything I need to know. Crispy critters it’s his catch phrase. You’re definitely missing something????????

@pyner0s496 10 месяцев назад

Atomic heart is a beautiful game on ps5.. That's were it stops. Edit :The looting system is awesome

@reizak8966 Год назад

I kept wondering why this game wasn't categorized or treated like a horror game, then realized that not everyone has a phobia of mannequins and robots that look like people. 😅

@yeahboyz9314 Год назад

Yeah we got re8 DLC for that shjt

@MrSpartan993 Год назад

I have a pretty deep phobia of mannequins.

@gur262 Год назад

We need mannequins that look like raccoons in stores. I'd buy a shirt that looks nice on a raccoon.

@DanielGonzalez-iz2zg Год назад

Well, to be fair it has horror elements.

@primalfeline Год назад

I’m not scared of mannequins or robots but this game still scares me.

@brucevandermescht6957 Год назад

In a weird way, the $70 thing (which I hate but it is the standard now) has made people a lot more critical of games which is a blessing in disguise. We've been accepting poor and outright shit games for far too long and now people actually take the time to evaluate if a game is actually good before buying it. I suspect (and hope) that we're turning a corner in gaming as a whole.

@Lowkey-yb4nm Год назад

Yea this is true. But even then, the whole 70$ standard is still bs. Yes games cost more to make now but, a large portion of the copies are sold digitally. No cases, no booklets, no distribution etc. They charge 70$ because they know people will pay it, not because they have to.

@Aelitagurl Год назад

It's a bit sad that it's taken an increase in price to get people to take pause and consider/do research before purchase, but it's a start at least

@thebadwolf3088 Год назад

@@Lowkey-yb4nm + a much bigger group of consumers than ever before, people forget to consider this.

@TKO-1503 Год назад

@@Lowkey-yb4nm they charge more because the games are more advanced, and look better. The more man power they put into a product the more it will cost. If they made a 2 day game, or graphically less powerful of a game then they would charge less. Not to mention paying voice actors.

@MuiKaHo Год назад

@@Lowkey-yb4nm game pass. $1

@timfrank7461 Год назад

So fun fact is the crispy critters is a reference to P3s backstory when he was "rebuilt" one of the doctors kept refuring to him his wife as "those poor crispy critters" so much that when p3 regained consciousness he choked out the doctor and its thought to be a trauma response

@Cool_Adam Год назад

"Why Atomic Heart was underrated" "The thing about Atomic Heart" "We got it wrong about Atomic Heart" "Why Atomic Heart is a masterpiece" "Atomic Heart was great and here's why" "Blown away by this!" Edit: God, lmao I can even believe this...this is really what we're doing now? Atomic heart is a great game.

@merlylvsm Год назад

'I Tried Atomic Heart Again' 'In Defense of Atomic Heart'

@AD3SPG Год назад

😂 sometimes I like them but damn we know !

@norak38 Год назад

Somebody’s gonna get at least 100k using one of these titles and give us a basic recap

@JayDog459 Год назад

Glad I'm not the only one bothered by this. These videos really annoy me unreasonably for some reason. Another trend is "I Played (insert game here) in (insert year here). Is it worth it?"

@Cool_Adam Год назад

@@JayDog459 This will happen. Check back in a few years.

@thedude2596 Год назад

But, to play devil advocate (and working in the AAA business), people forgot that it's a first game for Mudfish, they have flush of 80 (growing during developpment) staff members and the stylistic choice is so original, every assets need to be made. I think, for a AAA level game from a 40-80 people team (not 500-1000 people +, like a COD for example), it's pretty amazing to see how game developpment is now more accesible than ever.

@MuiKaHo Год назад

as a first game.. they need to hit it for a home run. Especially since its a AAA title. If it was an indie title, it would've been ok. but there are standards to AAA

@partyuptown Год назад

triple a games used to be made by 30-50 people

@aegisofficial3819 Год назад

@@partyuptown yeah, back when crash bandicoot as a character was 512 polygons. Not good comparisons. AAA games are typically made by 200+ people because those people are NEEDED. 40-80 is very impressive.

@orlandoblanco9993 Год назад

@@MuiKaHo”standards to AAA” Wait, you’re serious!? Allow me to laugh even harder then bro where have you been for the past 20 years. You’re right, AAA games apparently do have standards and this blew them outta the water

@Void6- Год назад

@@MuiKaHo that it is just simply not true. There are so many dogshit games out there that are "triple A" titles. This graphical fidelity and gameplay responsiveness for a team of 80 people is incredibly insane. They are lacking on the writting department and they need to improve their gameplay loops but technically speaking they created something that looks astonishing and runs smoothly, which is more than we can say for most triple A titles that are coming out nowadays.

@CommanderCodyChipless Год назад

I think what Bioshock successors are missing is the fact that the gameplay of Bioshock was built around the story and vision of the game, whereas all Bioshock copies are building a story around bioshock-esque gameplay, and it doesn't work.

@JustSkram Год назад

That's literally Prey 2017, go fucking play it. Also Bioshock didn't start it.

@CommanderCodyChipless Год назад

@@JustSkram Thanks for the reply! Yeah bro I LOVED prey. Such a cool game. And you are right! Bioshock wasn't the first, it was System Shock. I edited my comment so that it didn't say that Bioshock was the first game of it's kind, sorry I added that part, I'm a dumbass /:

@thebadwolf3088 Год назад

@@CommanderCodyChipless You're not a dumbass lol, it was a small mistake. Bioshock was the one that truly made it popular.

@CommanderCodyChipless Год назад

@@thebadwolf3088 kinda sad you didn't catch on... I didn't edit my comment, because I never said Bioshock was the first of it's kind. My point has nothing to do with Bioshock being the first do it. My point is that all the successors after Bioshock aren't doing it like the way 2K games did it

@Jak239JC Год назад

@@CommanderCodyChipless Bioshock didn't start yeah. But it did made it popular

@dr.loomis4221 Год назад

One of my pet peeves is when a game makes you do something lame/tedious, and the devs think it's OK because your character points out that it's lame/tedious. Hate it hate it hate it

@skullsaintdead Год назад

Yep, and I don't even think its that the devs condone it, rather they're anxious about the lacklustre mechanics and they add 4th-wall-breaking dialogue to try and placate their fears. Why not rework the mechanic if they're so worried? People, more broadly, do this nonsense all the time, rather than try and resolve the negative feelings, they just pretend it doesn't really matter to them, when it clearly does. It's all very disingenuous and tedious. Doesn't help anyone.

@garrick3727 Год назад

The protagonist of this game complains about absolutely everything all the way through the game, so I wouldn't take that to mean the devs thought the tasks were tedious. I also hate those upbeat protagonists who tell you how exciting it is that they're doing exciting things. Honestly, I think the only non-silent protagonist I ever liked was Geralt in The Witcher, since his attitude was mostly skeptical with a side of badass, and he didn't say a whole lot most of the time.

@dr.loomis4221 Год назад

@@garrick3727 What about Niko Bellic or Arthur Morgan?

@Lightsaglowllc Год назад

God of War is a great example of this. Game is tedious as heck.

@fatbroccoli8 Год назад

Yeah it's the most obvious joke that takes no effort at all, its ok if they have amazing side quests other than that one but if not it's lazy at best

@navtektv Год назад

Maybe just maybe, Atomic Heart shouldn't have tried to become the Next Bioshock but should have just focused on becoming the First Atomic Heart.

@Gary_a_normal_human_being Год назад

I think that’s a problem in a lot of new games, maybe we should just get creative instead of Nostalgia bait

@quantumvr7941 Год назад

its still a great game ya it cant be bioshock but cant be mad its a great game still

@pilotmanpaul Год назад

Maybe because its not Bioshock and its Atomic Heart.

@Dexxter_slav Год назад

Maybe play the game yourself first. I played it for few hours and it's not Bioshock. It's closer to Prey but it stands it own

@ChaddeusThaddeus Год назад

@Dexxter I loved prey so if this game plays like that one I'm pretty stoked

@argnator Год назад

It sounds like it imitated Bioshock perfectly. Incredible start, many powers, but only a few are actually useful and you're fetch questing through hoards of the same enemies broken up by a couple of different fights, and then eventually it ends. I guess that's more Infinite than first game, but still its closer to Bioshock than what most people remember.

@jamesgratz4771 Год назад

And infinite was still loved by many. It’s a great game but not the complex masterpiece people think it is

@aytony4090 Год назад

@James Gratz Most people just abhor the story of Infinite and how disappointing it was in comparison to the trailers and interviews. It's a good game with little knowledge of the marketing but no where near the first one.

@jamesgratz4771 Год назад

@@aytony4090 I agree. The gameplay is powerful and kinetic

@chiefinasmith Год назад

@@jamesgratz4771I don’t think anyone thinks Infinite is a masterpiece

@thebadwolf3088 Год назад

@@chiefinasmith many do.

@DrSarcasmo Год назад

The English voices were so bad that I switched the voice option to Russian and it's soooo much better. I don't mind subtitles, so now that I don't hate the protagonist's voice acting, the game is much more enjoyable. Plus, you get to learn to swear in Russian, so it's educational too!

@theMerovingianMan Год назад

Just past the opening and already considering it.

@daijimin Год назад

I did this with Metro too, adds immersion IMO

@CrazyBunnyGuy Год назад

The only issue I have with the game is main character's accent or rather lack of it? Just pure american english, totally does not fit in the setting at all. I'll be switching to Russian as well, this is painful to listen to. Nothing against the actor and the voice in general, and I definitely don't mind the swearing however the language itself simply does not fit :)

@blue3094 Год назад

this game has a vision, it has love and care put into it and I really like that. the game has issues but I really do hope that it sells enough to help the devs create what they want.

@utrocks97 Год назад

Agreed. Obviously, no game is perfect and almost no one does things right the first time. This game gets things right more than it does wrong. It’s got creativity and passion and I’d love to see what they could do by learning from their mistakes of this game

@oh-not-the-bees7872 Год назад

Just because they tried hard doesn't mean ignoring the problems will do anything but hurt gaming as a whole. The more people get away with selling copies of trash and mediocre games the more trash and mediocre games we'll get. I hate people that think like you guys. For the record, LOADS OF GAMES GET SHIT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME. That's called having good ideas and TALENT.

@theonewayroad3867 Год назад

@@utrocks97 yeah this ain't a bad start, interested to see where the Devs go from here.

@deadshot9946 Год назад

I have been really enjoying it so far, no real complaints other than some minor bugs but that’s normal I guess.

@ALiberalVeteran Год назад

Its on gamepass, im sure another game is coming from the devs.

@divinkitty9452 Год назад

I think "Crispy Critters" is supposed to be like his version of, "Jinkies!" or "Zoinks!" But the execution just... makes it sound like the VA was expecting some kind of enemy called crispy critters to show up and he now has to get ready for battle, rather than a verbal tick representing anxiety.

@matheusrangel7002 Год назад

I died with this commentary lol

@63alkash Год назад

Well, russian version says Fucking pies, and it's just a swear, like any other ,still, near the end they explain why he uses it.

@corvuscorax8459 Год назад

I think the mistake was using English Audio. Russian VA is so much better.

@olex2999 Год назад

It sounds better in Russian. I switched to English after the train, and cringed so hard. I think a lot got lost in translation

@timfrank7461 Год назад

So fun fact is that its a reference to p3s backstory when he and his wife were being "rebuilt" one of the doctors kept refuring to them as "those poor crispy critters" so much infact that once when p3 regained consciousness he strangled the doctor and he had his mnd but he camt forgot that and so its trauma response

@creecher1118 Год назад

We already have a spiritual successor to Bioshock. It's called Prey (2017).

@Jak239JC Год назад

Still mad because people didn't get it because the name was based on a old ip. Even the creators wanted a different name. Oh well its still great game.

@Zayindjejfj Год назад

@@Jak239JCI heard they originally wanted to call it Neuroshock. But I'm not entirely sure if that's true. It probably would've been a cooler title. I don't remember why they kept the Prey name.

@Jak239JC Год назад

@@Zayindjejfj i think because publisher thought prey name would get more sales.

@red0death1 Год назад

God Pray was so good.

@porkerpete7722 Год назад

Sorry Prey was too boring for me. Didn't finish and probably never will.

@Bock728 Год назад

It sounds like a lot of folks are giving this title the "tough love" treatment. They really wanted this to be a BioShock successor but it was just a very good looking game with average to sub average mechanics. Not bad for a first outing.

@hoarder1975 Год назад

Despite the game’s flaws, I can forgive em given how this is their first title. We can only hope either stuff gets improved with future patches, or they make another game in the future that’s better. I’m fine with giving Mundfish my money cuz it’s clear they care about making a good game which I can respect the Hell out of.

@EJD339 Год назад

A lot of potential but some choices weren't the best. If they create another game, I'd imagine they will learn from the feedback.

@contiplays Год назад

You flame if for 10 min and give it 7/10? doesn't seem the number with the arguments.

@habadasheryjones Год назад

"Waiting for a Successor to Bioshock for ten years..." As Prey 2017 has been out for 6 years now. I know that game flew under people's radar but its disturbing the lack of Bioshock fans that are aware of that game.

@drantil Год назад

let's be honest, it was not correctly covered by media. The game is a piece of art in my books.

@RampidWarthogStudios Год назад

I think the game looks impressive for a first release. Excited to try it out

@AveryHyena Год назад

Of course it "looks" impressive. Do you not know who funded it?

@itsve8632 Год назад

@@AveryHyena Even with all the funding in the world, this is really their first game ( their actual first game was VR very different to "normal games)

@RustedCroaker Год назад

@@AveryHyena And who funded it? Are you their accounter?

@AveryHyena Год назад

@@RustedCroaker The russian government. It's 'accountant' by the way. And you don't need to be one to know this unless you've been living under a rock.

@AveryHyena Год назад

@@itsve8632 So what does that have to do with what I said? It doesn't, because it's a strawman. You're arguing as if I claimed that it wasn't their first game, which I never did.

@sk.mahdeemahbubsamy2857 Год назад

The Rule34 version of this will live up to its hype....i think

@PumpkinChi Год назад

Heck yeah

@thebadwolf3088 Год назад

Ballerina bots 🤤

@dubsane1 Год назад

In Russian, Major P3 Nechaev says "4king pies." This is explained by the plot, in one of the computers. The phrase sounds completely "almost burned there like 4king pies." But English -speaking publishers did not miss such speech circulation.

@dustinakadustin Год назад

Why do so many modern games miss the fact that shotguns are meant to be fun? You start with a pistol then upgrade to a shotgun which has less ammo but is powerful and kills enemies instantly with glorious head shots. How is that hard?

@PotatoJonson Год назад

Atmosphere, originality, personality, combat are all things this game does well.

@dr.loomis4221 Год назад

Maybe atmosphere and personality.

@krona3803 Год назад

original does not equal good

@rumuelnathanael8043 Год назад

Originality? Bioshock and Fallout would like a word with you.

@PotatoJonson Год назад

@@rumuelnathanael8043 What’s wrong with having influences from great games while still being original in its own right?

@ellenripley4837 Год назад

Some interiors and exteriors are very original because they are very inspired in Soviet era architecture aside from that, there's a lot this game takes from Bioshock and fallout. That's not bad but I wouldn't say it's original.

@melomaniakjm Год назад

The sluggish control are inexcusable. I think overall it is a fun experience but they were too ambitious.

@maxm2639 Год назад

This is the 4th review I've watched so far, and the criticisms are all mentioned in one or more of the other reviews, along with some of the same positives. So even if you have played thru the game & disagree with his opinions, he's not the only one mentioning things that will be problems for some of us.

@stevenietz2531 Год назад

Luke, I always come to your vids to enjoy e deep and elaborated review. Love your work to the core! Thank you❤️❤️❤️

@nahuelcutrera Год назад

several times I've been critical of your work but as time goes on I have to say I trust you more than I trust other reviewers, you aren't afraid of telling the truth and you are commited to your public instead of the videogames companies so I have to say Chapeau Mr. Stephens Chapeau... you do a great job as a videogame critic and public figure for gamers.

@radiatedritch Год назад

game is trash

@banderas1879 Год назад

@@radiatedritch no u

@alessandrodelpierojuventus8156 Год назад

@@radiatedritch Amazing game lol

@naevan1 Год назад

@@radiatedritch its top

@Stebborn Год назад

Can't wait for an 80k sub youtuber to make a recap video in a year or two with a thumbnail that says "PERFECTION"

@FAArscape Год назад

The chore of all them 'Door-Puzzles' was what made me uninstall the game after a few hrs in..

@SplittingOfPrides Год назад

I like this game. When the game was first announced, I didn't believe it would come out. Surprisingly well done.

@radiatedritch Год назад

game is trash

@Username-wh2ij Год назад

It's too bad that your money will be used to fund the Russian government while it's trying to genocide a country. Plus, I've heard that the game is stealing the user's data. Definitely not picking this one up.

@RustedCroaker Год назад

@@radiatedritch It's a masterpiece

@alessandrodelpierojuventus8156 Год назад

@@radiatedritch looool it's great

@cykablyat9526 Год назад

man i wished they had the balls and kept with the original vision of the game where it looked more like a resident evil 7 with robots, even now after i looked again at the initial trailers some of the original designs looked terrifying

@fatimapavon7787 Год назад

Love the vids❤

@MAzK001 Год назад

Love the format of the video. Keep it up!

@lukerhead5370 Год назад

when the heart is atomic:

@JacobSantosDev Год назад

I love when he is talking about Androids being able to take more than a single head shots when in the video he missed. I get the point. Bullet sponges are no fun and can turn a game into a chore. Just funny and ironic.

@purgatoriprytania5382 Год назад

The developer's lack of experience shows in the amateurish gameplay design.

@Cloudoru Год назад

You had me at "mc makes quips with glove"

@Matsdewilde Год назад

Your reviews are great man, really interesting opinions. But i have one tip: sometimes you drag out small things waaaaaay to much. You explain a small opinion again and again and again. When you do this i am like :”damn dude iknow, move on”.

@AbuHajarAlBugatti Год назад

His reviews is just being a Karen who is sceptical towards every game in the world because it brings him views and youtube is this lazy ass's only job

@Dragonit_es Год назад

Exactly my thoughts. Also what I think he does too often is the comparison of a title to similar games, like in this case with Bioshock. I dont think these comparisons are relevant especially when he doesn’t expand on what the similarities are. Just « Bioshock » vibes lol

@redfin382 Год назад

I get this too. Sometimes he talks to us like we are stupid and it bothers me. People that are watching his videos follow gaming and probably know more than the average person. You don't need to shove our faces into a point just to make sure that we get it.

@thebadwolf3088 Год назад

People have pointed this out multiple times before, maybe someday he'll stop doing it.

@GimmickCloud Год назад

It might be his talking mannerisms, sometimes I get mentally locked into talking like that, but sometimes I don't think the point being made at least when made in a comparison, has enough constructive value, more like he's interested in selling you a point

@rahmadrenaldi2624 Год назад

For a new studio, it's pretty decent. Look a little bit rough around the edge but that's a natural progression, cd pr doesn't start with the witcher 3 but the witcher. But nowadays game studios are being twisted by the marketing department and loosing sights of actually make a good enjoyable game. But still, hopefully for the next entry they'll be improving it from the feedbacks of the consumers.

@lilfern3466 Год назад

Throughout the hour I played, I appreciated the fact that it was a Game Pass title. Started playing Dishonored instead.

@JustSkram Год назад

How long until you post a "Came back to atomic heart and was BLOWN AWAY" video?

@BlazingConfetti Год назад

Sounds like you meant 5/10

@jhitcho2026 Год назад

Are unlikeable playable characters a popular things these days? I guess these kind of games are written for someone but not me.

@garrick3727 Год назад

Unlikeable is subjective. Personally I thought the way he insulted everyone was amusing. Apparently it loses a lot in translation though.

@drantil Год назад

@@garrick3727 like A LOT. Spanish version, for instance, has nothing to do with the english one, I don't know about the intended russian one.

@palamedes4740 Год назад

Hello Luke, I watch your reviews here and there but I want to say hope everything his well with you the wife and the son. K wish you all well and thank you for the review 💙

@kriskater Год назад

Dude Lukes impersonation at 11:48 has me dying 🤣 i love it lmao

@kellz9972 Год назад

Kind of crazy this is the first review I've seen talk about the dialouge attacking or satirizing what you're actively doing in game during a mission. Meanwhile, "High on Life" got obliterated for this and it's almost entirely a satirical game so it actually matches the tone there unlike Atomic Hearts which looks like it actively tries to be gritty and more grounded in tone.

@thebadwolf3088 Год назад

IGN did it as well.

@Deiwert_Shock Год назад

Skillup made some mention

@kellz9972 Год назад

@Nathan Deiwert skillup just said the dialogue was bad and didn't mention much outside of the main character talking like a douche.

@Deiwert_Shock Год назад

@@kellz9972 That’s true, I was mostly equating the dialogue to the writing

@XxWolfxWaRioRxX Год назад

It's emulating old action heroes such as Duke Nukem it's just OTT cheesy fun, sick of people not understanding this and crying lol

@D..S.. Год назад

The second I heard about the infinitely respawning enemies that you can't permanently disable, I was immediately out. Who the hell would think that is fun...

@Bemenhorst Год назад

Same here man! Probably one of the most annoying concepts I could think of

@AD3SPG Год назад

Honestly hopefully something changes, but I'm sure someone on PC will mod to change the pace.

@ashutoshbundela3744 Год назад

Try playing frigid outskirts in ds2. You'll have fun.

@obitosenju3768 Год назад

Especialy in an immersive sim. That ruins so many rules of them

@navtektv Год назад

You mean like every From Software game?

@naedanger123 6 месяцев назад

A bit late now, but you don’t need to use melee attacks to recharge your energy for energy weapons, it automatically recharges. You can acquire some upgrades that let you get extra energy by making melee hits, though.

@DrewSwenson Год назад

At one point P3 even asks if he's going to end up a crispy critter before he gets into the hot lab

@joshwent Год назад

22:06 I think it's actually the opposite. That this started off as a pretty linear game, that then added the semi-open world when they got more funding. Classic feature-creep leading to a diluted experience.

@thewhitepanda10 Год назад

Right at the beginning he says crispy critters and the glove tells him to watch his language, so I guess that was their attempt at some sorta dystopian curse word 😆 that’s why he say it so often

@drantil Год назад

was it in russian or english? because let me tell you, the english version has NOTHING to do with the spanish castillian one. The amount of curses, how strong they are and sound, and more than a few licenses with castillian swearing expressions make me feel that in the original russian version the swears have nothing to do with the other ones either. For instance, when the drone first attack and you fall, and then the lady robot gets you on the elevator the character says "pero que pollas en vinagre pasa aquí?" that would literally translate as: what dicks in vinegar is happening here? a classic swearing castillian expression. Also, when interactinc with the glove, in spanish the swears are MUCH stronger and feel more hostile and threatening than in the english version.

@cheetany5207 Год назад

@@drantil in Russian he also uses a stronger swear instead of crispy critters. I guess, the English version is a bit milder. Also, thank you for sharing the castillian swears, I feel culturally enlightened and will use "dicks in vinegar" in my swear vocabulary now XD

@DeathSocrates Год назад

Crispy critters is P3's favorite snack. He's just hungry.

@joseribamarjr5164 10 месяцев назад

I've just finished the game and I agree 100% with everything you said (and this is after all the patches and stuff).

@Manan_K Год назад

I pre-installed the game a week ago. Does the game re-install when you update it? (in the game pass) because I got 66 GB of update. Edit: 29:50 He explains this in the video. If anyone is wondering.

@AndRei-yc3ti Год назад

The game had two patches released. Likely that is thr cause

@chr0my850 Год назад

Seems like they implemented denuvo with the update on steam you mentioned.

@wildeyshere_paulkersey853 Год назад

Yep.

@discod992 Год назад

Ken Levine's new game will be the real spiritual successor of Bioshock

@kenjikune2565 Год назад

We're only two months in & this year seems to be banger game after banger game.

@Tbear995 Год назад

For a game I paid $1 to get gamepass for, I love it

@Jonathan_Sherwood Год назад

Let's be real, the bathrooms at Disneyland and Disney world are pretty neat.

@user-vf6dc2qh4f 4 месяца назад

About the "Crispy Critters" line: It was a term used in the Vietnam war referring to the enemy that had been burned to death in their thousands from the napalm and other explosive bombs. Many of the soldiers became very cold-minded and hardened of heart towards the enemy and frequently used quips like "Crispy Critters" to refer to the enemies who had been horribly burned to death.

@RagingSpartan24 Год назад

I had a glitch when i played it, the line "according to biometric readings, this is Petrov" stayed up for the first hour of the game. Me and my brother kept making jokes about it when an enemy or new character would show up.

@synicritic524 Год назад

24:30 but doesn't Elden ring also have unfair boss battles. Like how often their approach to difficulty is, "yknow that one boss you fought? well fight 2 of them at the same time"

@yeahboyz9314 Год назад

Yeah but you can always avoid bosses to grind until you can take them on

@synicritic524 Год назад

@@yeahboyz9314 that’s fair

@morkgin2459 Год назад

Bro one is a shooter while another is a melee game.

@garrick3727 Год назад

I think the problem is the definition of "unfair". If the game gives you various tools you can use, but you choose not to use them, is the game unfair or are you not being fair? This applies to both Elden Ring and Atomic Heart. The true issue, I feel, is reviewers trying to blow through a game without engaging with the mechanics.

@drantil Год назад

@@garrick3727 best review I saw, from someone who completed the game and the optionals, put emphasys on how you tackle the enemies. Every enemy has weaknesses that must be properly work on in order to have a pleasant time defeating them. If you ignore those weaknesses and just go ham, they feel like bullet sponges and the combats are tedious. So yeah, reviewbombing the game because the reviewers are willingly ignoring core mechanics of said game doesn't say anything good about them.

@Zayphar Год назад

Mortismal liked it, sort of. He liked the asthetic and the atmosphere and hated many of the combat mechanics. Enemies swarming in unending wave attacks and always respawning after being killed. For example, none of the enemies stay dead. If you clear out an area and go back through it, it will be refilled with enemies you have to kill all over again. And...oh yeah...the ammo is limited and the enemies are massive hp sponges, so it does the Callisto Protocol thing where you have to use melee combat most of the time. Fortunately, the melee combat is much better than Callisto. This makes it so the best tactic is to try and avoid combat entirely. Which would be a really wierd game mechanic for a FPS, except, of course, that stealth doesn't really work, so you have to fight.

@garrick3727 Год назад

I didn't sense that Mortismal "hated" the combat mechanics. He's the only reviewer who pointed out that there was an alert level, so if you go into some sections guns blazing you will be swarmed with enemies, and instead you had to take out cameras to lower the alert level and keep it down. He did say that the stealth mechanics were basic, which makes it hard to keep the alert level down, and that once the alert level is high it is difficult to get it under control. He was also positive about the higher difficulty, saying that you had to play smarter to avoid running out of ammo, likening the early part of the game to a survival horror. Since he 100%'s the game, and his track record is someone who prefers harder difficulty, I tend to pay closer attention to his reviews because he doesn't just race through the game on easy/normal like most reviewers.

@drantil Год назад

but... you don't have to kill them... enemies are supposed to be dealt with if needed for parts or if you want to; the sense that everything must be dealt with until nothing is on it's feet is a flaw from the players; a preconceived notion fed to us from other games. It's like one of those games with a sequence where infinite enemies keep swarming you until you realize there's no end to it and you must procede with the objective and/or flee the area completely, only a lot of people spend minutes and minutes dealing with the enemies expecting it to end. The only difference is, here the robots are so efficient on their repairs, the thread is constant throughout the game, and to me personally it just feels right. I would expect an AI robotic kind of enemy to be that efficient with all the resources it has on it's power when gone haywire. The game just keeps repairing the destroyed robots while sending out bigger meaner ones to deal with the thread (you), now tell me that's not only efficient but also logical from a machine standpoint and strategy. It's best to run from the robots (on open world area) or procede to disconnect them altogether for a few minutes via the flying control drone, so you have a few minutes to check the area/secrets/loot before they reconnect.

@fatbroccoli8 Год назад

You just described a really bad game

@Zayphar Год назад

@@drantil The problem with this theory is that you can't escape fighting the robots. If they see you, then mobs will gather and chase you down, and stealth doesn't really work, so you can't really avoid combat by trying to sneak past. Finally, you need to kill robots to get reasources in order to improve your character in order survive from enemies that can 1- or 2-shot kill you, and are at the same time massive bullet sponges that eat all your ammo. But you need to kill robots in order to gain the resources you need to craft more ammo. They created a beautiful world, then discourage you from exploring it. It is what they call a 'Catch-22'.

@adriangutierrez3196 Год назад

The problem with this game in my opinion is that it doesn’t do it’s own thing, it just looks so shallow considering it’s main selling point was the art style, when you compare it to bio shock, ur just never going to get to that point because bio shock makes sense, the world of bio shock feels real, philosophical questions are introduced and makes the gamer question humanity itself; this on the contrary , was created by developers that only see art in a art museum and not everyday life

@mrman-yj3bn Год назад

I just noticed..... the new "gimic" games are having now is putting the player in a large room and giving them a puzzle that isn't hard but takes a while to complete so they end up staying in the room for 20 mins rather than 2 mins. And when that happens a lot in an under 50 hour game (looking at you gow ragnarok) you start to realise that multiple hours of gameplay have been spent moving a char around a room to solve 80 iq puzzles. Take hogwarts legacy, for example, of the HUNDREDS of puzzles. Only about 2 of them took more than a single glance to figure out what was going on.

@jamesconlin5099 Год назад

Atomic Heart: A Skeptical Review bro used Skeptical so much t lost its meaning

@garrick3727 Год назад

I don't think people know what skeptical means.

@jayjaymyers5276 Год назад

Game is impressive for a first release tbh

@KFGSHFDGJDS Год назад

Wedding cake analogy is exactly what concerns me about Lies of P

@godlyaardvark7265 Год назад

I agree with all of your points except for the difficulty of the game. I found it only challenging at the beginning as you learn how to play, but as soon as you begin learning the flow of the game and gain new skills and weapons, it becomes fairly easy imo.

@Lightsaglowllc Год назад

This game is pretty great so far (about 4 hours in). The art style is 😘chef’s kiss

@GK_Imagimotion Год назад

Actually looks cool, I personally never liked Bioshock 1&2 but liked Infinite, which stylistically looks more like this game. Maybe will buy it when will be on sale.

@MuiKaHo Год назад

when ur aware of your issues and dont go out of your way to rectify it, is WAY worse than not knowing. At least when not knowing you have an excuse of "shiet i didnt test it out enough" or some sht. But here, they KNOW that its boring, "tim cook" KNOWS about the battery issue. They are willing to shove a broken product which the makers of or manufacturers of should have pride in.

@tvthecat Год назад

i think the people who want to play it already made up their mind a long time ago. i've been avoiding reviews for spoilers

@jeremybrown9611 Год назад

The Skeptic has returned. Awesome review. Honest gives the good and the bad

@canonballz8346 Год назад

Visually they nailed it. Combat wasnt bad. Story also wasnt bad. Not asking anyone to love it, but its a solid game. They couldve ditched the open world

@Juliett-A Год назад

2018 feels like a decade ago, but it hasn't actually been quite that long.

@CdrRogue Год назад

I really wanted this game to be an imsim like Prey, but it seems a bit limited in that regard.

@VForcesoul Год назад

Always watch multiple reviewers for the games you want to know about. Watching other tubers have fun with the game vs this review I'm like huh? I didn't think this game needed a variety of enemies if the enemies are mostly made by the same company. I'm grabbing this game later this year after Legacy, NFS and Crew 3 if it actually gets released.

@flow185 Год назад

I think you just want your opinions on the game to be validated

@VForcesoul Год назад

@@flow185 Nah he put skeptics review on the title so I knew what it was going to be and I always watch his videos all the way through. I just didn't think he trash everything about it, the game is gold compared other releases lately.

@VForcesoul Год назад

@ont-elegram_lukestephens Oh boy warm up the kabbage cuz Ima comin in hot~!!

@garrick3727 Год назад

This game lacks the massive enemy variety that Bioshock had. Oh wait. Actually, I wonder if people actually listened to his review because he doesn't trash it. He says "Good, not great." Also, his criticisms vary from other reviewers, and none of the other reviewers agree with each other, so I am left wondering who to believe.

@VForcesoul Год назад

@@garrick3727 I'd agree if this was Dr.Robotnik making 500 types of robots but they showed the majority of the machines in the opening cutscenes I never really expected the doctor to make more than that, I guess you're talking about the real world with bioshock and I'm talking about the in game story . It's not the biggest deal to me I guess. I just like the game, it's 100% playable and that's all we've been asking for these last four years.

@pilotmanpaul Год назад

Why are people comparing it so hard to Bioshock? Yeah the Devs took inspiration but its Atomic Heart. It has its own taste and art.

@porkerpete7722 Год назад

Ik people just run with comparisons, especially in games. Probably the elemental hand ability.

@drantil Год назад

Because gamers seem to have lost any ability to have crytical thinking, and just love to be spoon-fed reviews and bashing games without even trying them. The same people that is told who to vote, where to go, what to do.

@TerraWare Год назад

I heard from a commenter that the Game Pass version of the game is broken when it comes to the ray tracing settings, which if true would be another time Microsoft drops the ball completely allowing an inferior version of the game to be on Windows store while Steam and other storefront have the complete package. Come on.

@KinGDGaminG63 Год назад

Great review thanks

@bigfootisreal_ Год назад

So... P-3 is basically similar to Fray from Forspoken 💀.

@dontfallyoumighthurtyourse4694 Год назад

Not quite that annoying but still pretty bad

@yt12356 Год назад

I've never seen a game that has divided opinions as much

@lukebrunker264 Год назад

Last of us 2

@alejandrovallencci Год назад

“Baffilingly boring bloat buttressing an otherwise beautifully balanced opening” damn Luke spittin

@Art__E Год назад

For anyone wondering how this game performs on an average pc. My pc is pretty average in terms of everything but I can still run it on the highest graphics. It’s the first time I’ve been able to run a game on the highest graphics without experiencing constant frame drops, so I applaud the devs for giving us good graphics without killing the experience. I also experienced like maybe 1 or 2 bugs that were noticeable throughout the entire game.

@Stevie-pr8tk Год назад

The crispy critters thing is explained very clearly in the email terminals later in the game

@mrfrenglitch2172 Год назад

Im.... confused? "Its a solid 7/10. Its just fine...". Sounds pretty good to me lol. I was expecting more like 5/10 after watching xD.

@garrick3727 Год назад

It's a "skeptical review" meaning he bashes it because that's what gets the clicks. He often releases another video at a later date titled, "I was wrong about ..."

@someoneofsomething Год назад

It feels like we're with Pinkman, then White as the glove

@gman9tree851 Год назад

Aren't the people who made this behind bioshock and isn't bioshock 4 confirmed to be in development?

@192venom Год назад

I’ve heard it before and I’ll say it again because of how accurate it is, this game was originally a tech demo forced into a full.

@cryingsurrogate Год назад

No, originally, it was a movie.

@johnciano3524 Год назад

This is this studios first game I think they did amazing for that alone...there next game should be better

@zylozylo9922 Год назад

Crispy Critters is something his unconscious mind picked up when the scientists was working on him, its explained in the game later on

@SupremeR3laxation Год назад

They released the game "Soviet Lunapark" for VR but took it down again.

@kyler247 Год назад

We already got a spiritual successor to bioshock, it was called Prey and nobody bought it lol

@Weiswolfe Год назад

and is excellent

@spendsshanks6050 Год назад

Prey was amazing

@jeanfrancozaratemarcial7916 Год назад

Thank Bethesda for royally fucking up the marketing and nearly dooming Arkane Studios for it (the creator of Prey left because of it)

@thebadwolf3088 Год назад

@@jeanfrancozaratemarcial7916 sadly I have to agree, Bethesda killed Prey with the shitty marketing and publishing.

@porkerpete7722 Год назад

Prey was boring. I could see why most didn't get it.

@devantetoppin7879 Год назад

Honestly not surprised. This game was getting AAA hype but always had AA energy and a troubled dev history it seems. Still looks interesting enough to try especially since it's on gamepass. Definitely a tougher sale if you pay full price though.

@buddykaiser2380 Год назад

I kept thinking he was going to hulk-out in the beginning of this video. Lol

@GreatWhiteNinja21 Год назад

I don't know if they rebalanced the game at launch but my weapons were pretty OP most of the time playing on the middle difficulty. I used melee the entire game and loved it. grinding resources and exploring the environment for new weapons and upgrades kept me busy beefing up my build and seeing new areas. I feel like Luke didn't really spend time to take in the sights and notice the environmental story telling. Comparing it to Bioshock that game also doesn't have as an impactful lore or story if you don't seek it out by exploring off the main path or listening to audio logs. Its one of those games you have to take everything in to fully enjoy not just blow through the campaign. Another thing is that the enemies being repetitive make sense because they are produced to fulfill a specific duty or role in the lore of the setting and again Bioshock has mainly Splicers and Big daddies as enemies so... Idk what he was expecting from Atomic Heart. I'm guessing Luke was a bit over hyped and ultimately disappointed because the game didn't meet his expectations. I love Bioshock and Atomic Heart did a decent job for what it was I don't think the developer intended it to be a ten out of ten as their first big game. I hope everyone takes a chance to play Atomic Heart and has a good time.

@believeinmatter Год назад

Been pretty excited for this game, have had it downloaded through Gamepass for a week now in anticipation 🤙

@drewandcharlie7583 Год назад

I’ll probably buy this game. I thought bioshock infinite fell off bad halfway through. But i still liked it. If the combat is good, if i think it’s good, then i’ll buy it. Its interesting that you and skill up said you wouldn’t recommend it but that you both enjoyed playing it. Interesting. Sounds like it has fun combat. So i’d like it.. maybe most people would like it. It looks great but ya cut in and its boring and tasteless… but i enjoyed my time with it. Doesnt really add up

@garrick3727 Год назад

SkillUp's review was poor - he clearly rushed through it. Fairest review I've heard so far is Mortismal Gaming. He has more or less the same conclusion, that it's good but not great, but he provides a lot more detail because he spends more time on the game.

@Deepseashark Год назад

sounds like a company to look out for in the future. they tried and made something good now they can use what they learn from this game to make something even better in the future