Atomic Heart - Story & Endings Explained

[@uberjuice9438]

@Gingy, the Ballerinas are called left and right not because of the hands but because of the brain. When Katerina died he tried to put her back together but couldn't do it in one piece, so he restored left and right sides of the brain. It is explained while you are fighting them.

[@SlavicUnionGaming]

i really wonder what kinda weapon would haved to blow her to pieces. to end up in such a destroyed state

[@pugchi5352]

I think he just meant that left and right are like his hands

[@mhead1117]

That's stupid

[@sonicpitre1]

So basically p-3 is fighting his wives

[@just_right9642]

@@sonicpitre1not basically, he is literally fighting what remains of his wife

[@BigBoyMan01]

Gingy feels like that squirrel from the movie "Over the Hedge" when he drinks energy drink the whole world freaking freezes. Making him do anything in a small amount of time.

[@Xerodm]

Fry after 300 cups of coffee.

[@revenant2550]

Hoodwinked is a movie with a squirrel that talks fast, especially on coffee.

[@chinaman1]

He speaks a bit too fast for my Asian ears.

[@BaDArxz]

@@revenant2550 *incoherent fast-paced gibberish*

[@theGazzer]

bro played all darksouls in like 3 weeks, hes a legend

[@user-fy3oy8lj4j]

The rings are not for twin-robots, they were supposed to be worn by P3 and his wife as wedding rings, so they would be moderators, while Sechenov will administrate the network. So destruction of all 3 connectors with hi access leaves all the network to the will of Zakharov.

[@zgaming6806]

This actually makes more sense. When do we find this out? I was wondering why the twins having connectors would really matter so much in Zakharov's plan.

[@thegamerserpent4271]

@@zgaming6806 because the ring would prevent Glove from controlling P3

[@Gingy]

That’s fascinating, I don’t recall this being mentioned. Do you remember where by chance? This would further reinforce that Zakharov had his own sinister motivations and planned on betraying P3 when he had the chance.

[@zalabit927]

"Hey man, wanna help me run my Minecraft server? You can bring your wife too" 👍🗿

[@_12k70]

Does that imply the "terrorist" atack that almost killed Major may had not actually be that and instead was an inside job?...

[@Succubfan]

There is some points that weren't announced. And they are interesting. 1. Zakharov wasnt killed, so to speak, He was someone who was disgusted by limitation of human body. You know that usual stuff: eating, copulating, having good time. He was sure that the true potential of human mind was handicapped by flesh and body. So he willingly dissolved himself in the polymer. When Sechenov was made aware about it, he tried to help his friend, but Zakharov refused. Because he started to feel as something else. A new species, that is not locked in the fleshy prison. Also in his new state he was able to make scientific breakthoughs. Such as creating Voshod device. By the start of the game he has pretty misanthropic view on humanity overall. He is not mastermind of the whole clustermess, but he effectively uses what he got his hands on for his goals. 2. Ring we see in the game were design for Nechaev couple. Because they were right and left hand of Sechenov before. Accident happened not in the war, but after. Terrorist group got them. They were supposed to be guardians of the rings, but shit happened. 3. On combat tactics in robots, it is a part of defensive mechanisms that were put in if enemy army once again invaded Soviet union. Atomic heart project was about collapse of tht electric grid of USA, not mindless slaughter. Basiclly mass diversion on power plants, that only Soviet Union can handle. USSR have actual combat robots, and they are terrifying. P-3 actually had to deal with them at some point. But he doesn't remember that. 4. Petrov is suffering from immense ego. He created this malfunction to make his name stand in the history. If not like a great mind, then like a villain. He was envious of the position of the Scientific Cohort. And wished for similar privileges. 5. Important to note that all the craze people in the Neptune facility are volunteers. They are not victims it was their own decision. That the grey morale area, on one hand it looks pretty brutal and inhumane, on the other there is no way to push science without someone to be sacrificed on the operation table. Game specifically ends in an open way. It gives us a riddle who is a good guy, and who is bad one. Who is right and who is wrong will be different for different persons, depending on their view of life.

[@redtoneredtone6592]

I'm guessing natasha was one of the USSR military robots?

[@kaido1805]

​@@redtoneredtone6592Natasha was a robot living in the USA thats why she gained weight 😔 thats what i think

[@og_playa_nub8576]

@@redtoneredtone6592 Natasha was a robot used in construction. If you look at the lore menu you can read up on different enemies and robots including Natasha. There's also the Plyusch, the Balyesh, and the robogirls that were at the theater. All robots in the game are meant to be civilian bots that are reprogrammed to activate their combat modes.

[@condorX2]

I'm glad I found this video. The comment section is filed with amazing topics! I'm interested to find why Viktor Petrov sabotaged the robots to make them killed his own people? P-3 and Petrov could be good friends if they had a chance to talk because now I realize Petrov wanted the US to know that the Russian are creating sophisticated killer robots that look like human.

[@user-wy7ix1tp4f]

​@@og_playa_nub8576 they meant to conquer USA and pretend being civilian to infiltrate

[@sterlinsilver]

I love the look of this game. I've always loved American retrofuturism, but it seems often times that's all there is. It's neat to see what other places around the world dreamed up at the same time. I used to collect stamps and I would often get stamps from the former Soviet union, and they were always these very abstract visions of tomorrow from the 1950s or 1960s. They were similar to the American visions of tomorrow but always seemed a bit... Off. This game nailed that look.

[@bryan...5047]

From what I recall the game had interesting theme called "Atompunk" its the retro futurism that you are talking perhaps and Atomic Heart nailed the look only difference its in the soviet union but this whole game is just bizzare of its story and everything

[@dsheep9937]

Today the US is one of the biggest exporters of socialism which is a derivative of communism. haha

[@lelagrangeeffectphysics4120]

@@bryan...5047 there are the 3 main styles of punk: Steampunk goes from the late steam revolution up to 1920s, Dieselpunk is from 1930-late 40s, Atompunk is 50-60s

[@anonymall]

​@@lelagrangeeffectphysics4120and Cyberpunk is anywhere in the far future (2070+ is a good start)

[@andrewchan5101]

Pppp

[@Skwadley]

-Companion that you never see until the end, you only talk to each other (Except in the very beginning when you see Fontaine from a distance trying to “save his wife and kids”) -Companion turns out to be someone different than who they said -Similar transformation (boss fight BS1) -Underwater city, “Rapture” -Scientist(s) a part of the projects change their minds when they learn the true horrors (Tenenbaum) -Plasmids? Def more but I haven’t played AH and I’m just spitballing lol. The Bioshock influence is palpable and I love it

[@leonemaledetto1500]

Yeah it's bioshock with communism. However that ending make me want to take a golf club to the skull of the Devs!

[@julienloudes3394]

I also wanted to flip the table, but if you think of all the information you are given in a global sense, the "I go, even if the world will crumble" is the right. P-3 have a lot of hole in his memory (the trip to China, the WW2 mission, his wife) and Sechenov wouldn't have to hide all of it, so it means that somebody else have the strings

[@julienloudes3394]

I think the game will have some DLC

[@Bananaandhandguns]

Tho it isn't a exact copy of bioshock say story delivered differently

[@Rrgr5]

@julien loudes just think about the intro, P-3 always says he was never there, seems confuse and is said he recently aquire the glove, so is more like BioShock infinite rather than the first one, you know nothing at the beginning of the game, but you knew untill then, Charles was doing his bid all along and we are lead to go with it.

[@fatemakhan3843]

Ya know the bad ending kinda reminds me of "The Upgrade" movie where the villain Stem manipulate it's own host Grey, thinking he's the good guy. But in reality he's Not. When he realizes this truth then Stem put Grey into a deep sleep coma like, where he can dream endlessly about the happiness with his wife. Just like in this game Chariton is also done the same thing to P3 😲🤯

[@nokhtarthiam809]

You should check out the Dead Meat video on it.

[@arnulfoochoa7720]

Exactly

[@guilhermebotossi]

Holy shit

[@TheWhiteMamba3000]

No mention on how Nora was practically warning you about the glove the whole game.

[@valentinbarinov]

Nora is a real one

[@shawcobra]

Damn, i thought she was bullshitting

[@Andres00Martinez]

I got the "Bad" ending of the game today and I feel played, betrayed like I was merely a tool and like all my decisions and choices did not matter. Which is probably exactly what the Devs wanted to make you feel I have to say it's quite a bold thing to do for a studio's first game which I can respect it just left a bad taste in my mouth ( which again was most likely entirely on purpose ) I hope the story wraps up differently with the 4 DLCs they have planned

[@JohnDoe-or2qg]

I am now feeling as an idiot since I had all the pieces of the puzzle right in my eyes but still got the bad ending for being naive and stupid.

[@Sorain1]

@@JohnDoe-or2qg Well, that's a really good mystery writing then. If it's done right, there's enough evidence that someone could piece together what's really going on, but 99% of the audience won't before you pull the reveal.

[@beric0bartman]

@@Sorain1 The game only poses the option before you get to talk to Sacharov tho, so getting the "good" ending skips the final bossfight and confrontation, which is really lame. Even if i had 100% known my hand robot was even more psycho then Sacharov i wouldve wanted to try the bossfight and see the final dialog. Bad ending to a decent game imo, also you really have no choice in all of this (kind of the point? maybe some political statement on how communism is control (lol)?

[@Sorain1]

@@beric0bartman If nothing else, it's a really good example of a manipulative villain who's power is built on information control.

[@samaBR_85]

@@beric0bartman i chose the "bad" ending just for the fight. but it surprised me! i thought it was the good ending! awesome game.

[@Buddy_VanDoodle]

In the loading screen, one of "Charles' Tips" mentions that he 'is a cat person.' After defeating the twins in the final cutscene when he climbs out of the tub in his new polymer goo form, you see him petting one of those fuzzy cat-things that you first encounter in limbo. Kinda crazy that perhaps the first hint as to who charles really is can be found in a loading screen before the game starts; Of course without the context from the ending you wouldn't pay this tip much attention. Great Vid!

[@austinmoore1405]

Oh wow. Nice catch!

[@tommy3670]

And that his password for the archive at the end of the game is “fluffy”!

[@lukemartin4572]

The ending was a mindfuck for me. the amount of twists and turns in this story really cement it as something special in my opinion.

[@NuclearFallout1]

Big time I cant think of another game that had the villain win while at the same time giving a satisfying conclusion to the experience hopefully theirs an atomic heart 2 and we get to hunt down zhakarov now that hes a super jelly monster.

[@justinmoudy6833]

​​@@NuclearFallout1 infamous was pretty much like that. Spent the entire time thinking the villain was a bad guy but his goal was only to help you achieve yours the entire time. He ruins your life to save it and everyone else's essentially. It's pretty much the first major mindfuck that blew me away

[@JustMaxior]

@@NuclearFallout1play far cry 5 and also its stated there will be prob 4 dlcs (not cosmetic shit, actual story content)

[@rodi8266]

Idk man The game just straight up lies to you and doesnt really give you any hints to figure out the end yourself other than the "glove man" being your main source of info (bias?).

[@NoHandle44]

Too many twists.

[@SmoughTown]

Thanks dude, don't think I'll play it myself but Im interested in the story

[@adnansaleem6167]

Yo!! Good to see you here! Very excited about the upcoming Ranni video! Also, same opinion. Didn't feel like playing this game but was interested in the story! Cheers!

[@SmoughTown]

@@adnansaleem6167 Thanks Adnan! Good to see you here too! Hope you enjoy the Ranni video when it comes out

[@goroakechi6126]

@@SmoughTown Cheers to that, your lore vids are always a treat.

[@SmoughTown]

@@goroakechi6126 Means so much, really appreciate all the kind support I get. Thank you!

[@adnansaleem6167]

@@SmoughTown A Pleasure as always! ^_^

[@turos6383]

Hopefully they add a 6 hour DLC scene

[@america2793]

*yes please*

[@user-mn7dk2mt8j]

Ohhhhh yeaaaaa😉

[@royliber3824]

Gotta see more of the twins 💀💀

[@nigelwigglwattle]

Oh boy I've seen that meme 😅

[@OOP-png]

Gingy: *very thoughtfully explaining every detail about the game* My dumbass: *r o b o t t i t s*

[@audiolatte]

😂😂😂😂😅

[@yuvalgabay1023]

The boobys? Did you see there curvs?

[@ibnu7942]

i want robot lady to step on me

[@LuisSierra42]

robot thighs

[@dgsams]

Robot Faaa , O wait.... 😄

[@loopinf]

I think the reason Zakharaov destroys the controller is that the controller may override Zakharaov's control. Zakharaov does not need the controller to control people, the evidence is that he can send P3 to limbo by himself. In the good ending, P3 also mentioned this, and confirmed that Secherov had no intention to control every one. The controllers may be the counter measure.

[@Hadgerz]

Man, as soon as I noticed 'Charles' was awfully quiet in front of Granny Zina when you reach her hut, I went straight back to her house as he and P3 began speaking again, hoping that she would hear the glove's voice and recognise him. P3 and Zacharov then proceeded to have a 5 minute conversation right in front of Zina. Sure enough, she only freaks out when the plot requires it, right before the choice between leaving and killing Sechenov.

[@mkzhero]

He didn't call them left and right because they represent his left and right hands though, but because they're made of the remnants of the left and right halves of MC's wife's BRAIN. Also the end isn't him going into limbo and being happy, because he wasn't supposed to meet his wife, it's his wife that's been converted to polymer calling him to wake up, or maybe from the great beyond? Either way, she kept guiding him out before that too, and telling him to wake up, so that's NOT a part of limbo

[@konstantinsheafer5841]

Wait would that mean there may be a sequel or dlc where MC wakes up and fight back ?

[@guarana-suquinho]

​@@konstantinsheafer5841 It's possible, but I am unsure of the likelihood of such event happening.

[@thatoneguy3590]

@@konstantinsheafer5841The devs already said dlc are on the way

[@mkzhero]

@@konstantinsheafer5841 i'd guess so

[@NhatAnhPhamDr]

@@konstantinsheafer5841 Fighting his way out of limbo is a good dlc ideal

[@MajorasRS3]

Issues with gameplay aside, Atomic Heart was a fantastic ride the entire time. Really hope the game is a success for Mundfish and will give us more USSR Bioshock in the years to come.

[@HelloKolla]

Same man.

[@darksimx4020]

9:30 bunching😊

[@kajika574]

Kinda sucks that if you want to fully understand the story and what’s going on as well as do the final boss fight you have to do the bad ending, that game was cool and I enjoyed it but the lack of choice left me unsatisfied to say the least. I was hoping there was an ending where p3 keeps the beta connectors, confronts sechenoff (pardon spell) gives the beta connectors to the twins, let sech launch collective and let p3 live happily with his robo wife or wives.

[@cheeseninja1115]

Yeah, the fact you have no choice in holding onto the beta connectors kinda ruins the choice at the ending. Giving the player the choice would also instill more boudt in them about CHAR-LES. As everyone keeps telling you not to trust anyone.

[@krismorrelle1088]

It's a Russian story. They never end happy.

[@royliber3824]

I also find it interesting how the bad ending is the one making you go through another boss fight against the twins while the good ending you simply leave everything behind. In most games, its usually the other way around. The good ending requires you to play a bit more and fight more baddies to achieve true victory but here actually leaving is the better choice. Also I never realized that the entire plan of Atomic Heart was simply taking over the US by the robots built with combat mode. This strings beautifully to the Cold War itself and its also interesting to see how government officials take part of the plan knowing the potential risks. The guy from the committee isn't any better than Sechnov himself. He was willing to preserve Atomic Heart project in order to take over the US... Maybe the gameplay itself isn't really break-through, but the story is more compelling than most games ive seen in recent years.

[@condorX2]

@@krismorrelle1088 We won't be talking about it if they give us a happy ending. Cliff hanger motivated the minds

[@weaner556]

I wonder what they will add in the DLC.

[@enkokniggemann8711]

Something I want to share: I believe NORA isn't just talking P3 into getting rid of the glove out of spite, but rather because she knew about Charles' plan. NORA was altered by the actions of Petrov. We are introduced to that in the beginning of the story. Petrov knew about Setchenovs plans with Kollektiv 2.0 and tried to stop it. He also immediately knew that P3 came by Sechenovs command after Filatova mentioned her encounter with P3 and him wearing an experimential glove. It is therefore possible that Petrov knew about Zhirkov in the glove and altered NORA with this knowledge. I haven't yet put all the strings together but I think NORA knows a bit more about the glove than I first anticipated.

[@PetitTasdeBoue]

No I think she just want the glove out to kill him since it hacked her lol

[@mauriciosv2177]

You are right, I just finshed the game and if you choose the bad ending, the NORA at Granny Zima's warehouse where you spawn will literally tell you to "take of the glove, it is manipulating you"

[@TangoGamingHd]

@@mauriciosv2177 also Charles days when you first meet Nora that she’s dangerous and bad, possible that he new Nora new he was manipulating you?

[@rexesshadow8628]

Wait, there was a story? I never left the room with the two robo ladies

[@legitplayin6977]

I love funding the Russian war effort to experience sex in a video game 👍

[@sequin_sandman7149]

There was more than one room?

[@YourFreund]

@@sequin_sandman7149 there was a room?

[@someguywithawi-ficonnectio931]

@@YourFreund there was a?

[@MrCalist3r]

@@someguywithawi-ficonnectio931 There was.

[@Emily-lh6em]

I love these kind of videos. I know I probably won't play this myself but I love hearing the stories presented in them. I've definitely watched a lot of your videos because they're done very well. Thanks for making this! 😁

[@LateNlght]

the only thing that still gets me confused is the final boss fight when P-3's wife is trying to communicate with him. Telling him that she's been trying to talk to him and only managed to get a clear connection when he's semi in limbo. During the fight Teardrop (who is supposedly katya) says to set her free, whatever that means. I feel like thats a mystery in itself, but idk if that is real or a hallucination. I was hoping the future dlc (we were told there will be 4 dlcs) will expand upon the story after the ending but I believe they said its going to take place during these events rather than after. Edit: Some other details i’d like to point out is the testing grounds. The reward room has graffiti of Zina’s chicken and the mysterious cat we see in limbo/with Sechanov. That cat holds some importance idk what. In previous old trailers we actually know what we look like in limbo, and this is but a theory: what if teardrop (aka: the silver roaming polymer, aka: our wife) comes to rescue us out of limbo from the ending where charles reveals himself to be the true villain in future dlc? All we know is that were getting 4 more expansions with new puzzels, locations, enemies, and weapons. Devs never specified exactly where and when the dlc take place so imma cross my fingers for dlc story that takes place following the ending.

[@FRD-vr1hw]

I think P-3's "wife" in this scenario is just more manipulation by Zakharov, especially because in the limbo he sends P-3 to we see the metal twins. It probably isn't a stretch to say that he's using "her voice" to further encourage his destruction of the twins (free the girl, destroy the robot). Though this also calls into question exactly how deep he's embedded into P-3's mind.

[@reddishcarp1237]

@@FRD-vr1hw I doubt the voices are from Zakharov, he explicitly tries to get P3 to wake up & stop listening to it.

[@Sorain1]

That suggests to me that there was intended to be an option an throwing away the rings (or a portion of the game to retrieve them) in order to achieve a more victorious ending for P-3, but release timing meant the devs had to focus on delivering something functional and push that off into DLC territory.

[@LateNlght]

@@Sorain1 do u think the beta rings could protect P-3 from the implant to stop Charles from disabling his movements? Definitely would have been cool where if u waited long enough in combat for the voiceline where P-3 is trying to convenience Sechanoz to stop fighting and he asks him to remove the glove to give us the option to remove it right there an then

[@Sorain1]

@@LateNlght Could potentially work. The idea of the beta's is that they are independent from the network's control, so it could be explained to have blocked Charles access to P-3 if used. (Also having him keep one to wear out of sentiment would be a neat way to unknowingly foil Charles.)

[@liathi]

Another bit of info that leads you to suspect Char-Les is if you read the terminals in the Academy while you are recovering P-3's past. It's shown that Chartin did have a lab accident, and sechenov goo'd him as a recovery but chartin LIKED being goo

[@BeesQuestionMarkk]

Specifically, he liked being goo because he *hates* humans. He hated humanity, even when he WAS human. Now, he doesn’t *have* to be human. Of course he’s happy about it.

[@LucciClubStudios]

Damn the story is much much deeper then most people was claiming

[@definer0]

Doesn't really matter when it's presented poorly

[@gabelster3729]

@@definer0 tf are you talking about lmao? have you even played or seen gameplay of the game? 💀💀💀

[@shawcobra]

@@gabelster3729 Yes, and he is correct this shit sucks.

[@arielfetters5662]

I think there's more endings, but they're 'hidden' like the 'Don't fear the Reaper' ending of Cyberpunk. To get them you need to do certain things at certain times. Also, Sechenov suggests you surrender and hand over the glove. Yet I've never seen anyone make any effort to. So is it possible at the end to simply refuse to hurt your wife and just... not?

[@kcsodaa354]

if you get any updates on this can you please reply to my comment? id appreciate it

[@SlavicUnionGaming]

so far there is only 2 endings lol. so there is no hidden endings

[@LateNlght]

there isn't an option to take the glove off, as cool as it would have been to be able to do that.

[@LateNlght]

@@fryoneepsilon6763 this is something i saw from a comment, each ring was for P-3 and his wife, hence why there’s only 2 rings. Which i thought was nice and why we see them at the end in his limbo

[@draketurtle4169]

@@fryoneepsilon6763 the twins are two half’s of the same whole, even in her fractured state she would not require two rings for each body. Only one. (When you fight the twins together you only actually have to lower one of their hp bars to 0, I know this is more of a moot point but still) So it does make sense than one ring was intended for P-3 and the other for his wife and even after the incident that nearly kills them.

[@Rrgr5]

It got even more interesting if you revisit the intro after the endings, since you will notice that the game begins with P-3 recently acquiring Charles, so he's awake as he gets the glove, and the more you ask at the beginning of the game the more obvious it is that he shouldn't been that confused and out of place, at the moment he took the glove everything changes.

[@DS01]

I enjoyed this game. Lots of great callbacks and mindbending lore. Great video as usual, Gingy!

[@cog9389]

i enjoyed the game as well. Did not expect this game to have an intricate story; only complaint i have really was P-3's over the top dialogue.

[@LapisGoBlue]

@@cog9389 thats his character doe

[@blondeboi4444]

I liked the robot twins. They were pretty cool for the five minutes that they were in it.

[@15chagO]

THIS IS WHAT I WAS WAITING FOR, THANK YOU!

[@Dejavu-ht9eu]

Funny thing is when it seems that Sechenov would be the true antagonist of the game you still see P-3 not believing that Sechenov could truly be behind all of this, making him look foolish or naive while in the end he was right about Sechenov not behind behind all the atrocities all along

[@carlsmith7008]

This game went from being a re2 survival horror to a mgs/re4/soma like game. Also the Boss guy was said to always wanna keep things around him. He was a greedy guy who didn't like losing the ppl around him. So he put the 2 halves of Katrina in the twins. In the fight, he also says he's still working on fixing her. I think he wanted to complete collective to be able to never lose a valuable member again. As everyone's memory of each other would be able to fix any problems such as damaged brains or people.

[@skyevanderheijden5382]

According to the twins character page in the digital art book it says the key the twins use to summon the jelly man to dissolve Molotov is the actual Alpha Connector

[@valdy534LP]

This game was really something special for me, I grew up in eastern Europe so I loved the setting. And the story was mindblowing honestly, gameplaywise I had a lot of fun too, this is my GOTY candidate for sure!

[@DavidKen878]

I just finished Atomic Heart an hour ago. It was such an amazing experience.

[@churlbreak671]

Someone pointed out that Charles being the actual bad guy is foreshadowed in the recordings and computer messages. And in the loading screen, there's a hint from charles telling you not to read every message on every computer terminal you see since it wastes time.

[@RiveryJerald]

16:03 a very subtle reference with the moving glass cages to Cabin In The Woods

[@gregorysandy2960]

I like the 'good' ending, from a gamer's perspective I can see why they wouldn't like it but from a story perspective, it's nice to see the mc use their head for once and not just be go getters and yes-men. Too many mc's are just gullible dimwits and just be doing anything for anyone who thinks they are in the right without ever questioning it. Alot of games have you being the baddies and the main character just never seen to have a conscious on it. It's nice to see one where the mc's says he's had enough and just quits and you can still complete the game. Bioware games are the only other game i know that allows you do that like the shooting the star child ending in mass effect or Jade empire where if you chose the path of the closed fist you can screw people over instead of being screwed over. There was this one mission where the villain steals the power of a goddess and u had to get it back for her, but once you got it you could tell if it was really that important to her then she would have worked harder to keep it and just keep her power for yourself. Then she tries to convince some of your companions to fight you and get it back for her but they were starting to get on my nerves anyways. Even the villain is like damn, you worse than me lol. But fr though, if you a goddess of all things and manage to get your powers taken, you just wasting your powers. It loathing to play a character that justs helps without thinking it through.

[@danielungvari9394]

New Gingy upload? Today is a good day❤️

[@futurecrusader9228]

Bro I’m so proud of you. From For Honor to this!!!!! Man you have really taken off i wish you well and continued success. You did it man👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@quik478]

The Sechenov didn't kill Zaharov though, Sechenov in fact offered him multiple tiems to find a host body and the rings were supposed for the P-3 and his wife

[@NautPSYCH097]

Ngl I thought Charles was a bro by the end so the ending actually caught me by surprise. Pretty good game, glad I played through game pass as well

[@km6832]

Bro you work so fast and i love you for it

[@MrFish-ei9ty]

I hope dlcs will clear up some questions. (It would also be amazing if they added another secret ending, maybe somewhere where you don't throw away the rings, and handle them to either the doctor, granny, or the main guy ( im bad with names) like it seems the game was going to. Being able to rip the glove off your hand during the battle would also been great.

[@trinalgalaxy5943]

It was a fun game, but the ending was rather at odds with the rest of the game, namely once the ending slides hit. The treatment of the Beta Rings strikes me as sequel bate, with the rings now being the only thing that can potentially stop Kollective. The multiple endings strike me as the non-canonical "Good ending" where the biggest threat isnt allowed to manifest while the Atomic Heart is allowed to be set in place as a non-nuclear check against the west vs the canonical "bad ending" where Zakharov is unleased on the unsuspecting world and the PC is conveniently removed for however long is necessary for the sequel setting to be established... I wonder if his wife will take the role of glove in the next game or if it will be something new with her personality given the secret ending.

[@FearTheVikingYT]

Yep, this is why the endings rubbed me the wrong way. Feels like the game is trying to railroad you toward the "bad" ending that they want to use as canon for DLCs/sequels. Why is there even a timer when you're making the big decision? Other than Zina pressuring you to kill Sechenov, there's really no time pressure at that moment to justify a countdown that's only seconds long. I suspect the devs wanted to make it more likely that players choose the "bad" ending by not giving them enough time to think things through and review all the clues pointing to Zakharov being a villain. The "good" ending feels very rushed - an anticlimactic afterthought with AI-generated slides that leaves you without a full understanding of events. Not to mention that it robs you of a boss fight, which is a crime from a gameplay perspective. In addition, I found the alternate history lore and geopolitical worldbuilding somewhat lacking. It's highly unlikely that a world power like the USSR could successfully maintain a monopoly on polymer technology for 20+ years. The whole premise banks on Sechenov being this uber-genius that is one of a kind and indigenous to the USSR. If we take an irl example of a world-changing technology that emerged around WW2, nuclear weapons, it only took the USSR four years to catch up to the USA by making their own atomic bomb. Having someone like Einstein didn't make that big of a difference for the US, as brilliant as he was. Also, the idea that they could just sneak armies of robots into the US with barely disguised weapons is quite silly. Some of those "civilian" robots carry frigin' missiles hidden behind a single sheet of metal lol. It would take some seriously incompetent US customs officials to let robots like that be imported from an adversarial world power. Same with Kollective 2.0. I highly doubt any government opposed to the USSR at the time would just allow their citizens to plug this foreign tech that they barely understand into their heads. They would be very suspicious and 1) investigate the tech, try to reverse-engineer it, and 2) not allow it to be imported and used until they could confirm it aligned with the interests of their states. Not that a highly advanced USSR would even need to fight the US in such a crude manner. The economic, military and even cultural advantage granted by a monopoly on polymer tech would allow the USSR to win the Cold War w/o any robot-powered coups. I appreciate the attempt at Cold War geopolitical intrigue with neural nets and robots but I feel like it falls apart under scrutiny. Not that those details make any more sense in series like Bioshock but I feel like Atomic Heart wants players to take it a bit more seriously.

[@monkeydluffy9131]

thanks, ur account is literally my only genuine source of excitement from this website

[@Jacobiscool360]

Your videos are great to fall asleep to at night thanks gingy :))

[@_Admin_01.]

Molotov's guards have AKs using what looks like BARS (Balanced Automatic Recoil System, used by the AO-38, AL-7, and AK-107/8/9 series) interesting to see it come into a game.

[@bingchilling_____]

the king dropped a banger already and it’s literally only been 2 days since the game released 😭 love it

[@sameepmoriarty4276]

Explained Quite Beautifully & Precisely. Thank You!

[@johnnsong5078]

Really love your videos! Could maybe do a video series on the zelda games or armored core?

[@cancerino666]

3:20 Actually, Sechenov killing his friend is likely to have been a lie. Charles was manipulating P-3 after all. Most likely he did have an accident and Sechenov tried to save him, just like he did for everyone else in this story.

[@davidfrancisco3502]

Sajarov is described as a mysanthrope willing to do deathly experiments on humans including himself. He believes humanity is being kept down from evolution because Of our own bodies.

[@pilotman9819]

You have to do the lore of the Theater. The entries there are... very interesting.

[@davidschuessler1993]

Also love the vid well explained my friend.

[@lesliekilgore648]

that was pretty good! thanks for showing/talking about the other ending. i've only seen RadBrad playthrough the 'fight twins' ending.

[@idontknowwhatimdoing4792]

I was expecting to have to fight the Char-Les polymer monster after the robot twin gave out her hand. I thought we would have control of our limbo strength, and we would have to fight with the challenge of no SHOK or any Char-Les stuff and just go brute force on him but no game ends and I feel empty after fighting the robot twins and beating them first try while the Natasha was harder

[@sadmarinersfan8935]

There’s going to be 4 DLC’s so I expect to fight him

[@dereksanchez9171]

There was a part where after Molotovs Death i went to a testing ground not far from where you come in on the big train. I spoke to a corpse and it said something like "oh im speaking to two people at the same time right now" then he dies for real. P3 asks the glove about it and he sounded shady as hell. Thats when i knew something was up

[@hitlucked]

Dude i literally jumped when I saw you uploaded and how are you so quick w this game

[@MrXbloodx28]

Loved your Review !!! It looks very interesting !!!

[@gajeelshadowdragon]

It’s funny when I keep seeing criticism around this game… I played it, beat it, and every second I was invested. Sure there are a few things you could knitpick at but overall this game was a great experience. The world building, the style, aesthetics, the twist and turns to the story, constant speculation about what will happen next, like my gosh what an absolute banger of a game. The way the told the story too was great in my opinion. Sure yeah listening to the glove was a bit annoying at times but knowing that he was actually an integral part to the story just makes his presence in the game that much better and understandable once you put the pieces together. Excellent vid explaining the story my man and to everyone out there just give it a chance you might be surprised just how fun it can be.

[@jord1215]

That’s what I was thinking, people sooking about the dialogue and some of the things he was saying. visually the game is stunning and I was really invested in the story.

[@darykeng]

From the get go, FYI Gingy - just "major" would be enough. "Comrade major" is just a proper way to address somebody, espesially in Soviet and Russian army (which still maintains the formality)

[@michalhrdy577]

love the bioshock references, great video, thanks for explaining!

[@ffejpsycho]

reference, plagiarism.... who could tell?

[@slava_ukraini5830]

Good breakdown. Logic on point.

[@halloweye4613]

True story I was on the ropes about this game. I was waiting for your video. Your reviews are always spot on.

[@theegg7520]

Review? This is an explanation video. Watching this would ruin your experience.

[@halloweye4613]

@@theegg7520 at nearly $100 a game title some of us single parents need to do the research before investing. My experience hasnt been ruined. I've purched and enjoyed a few games due to this channel.

[@theegg7520]

@@halloweye4613 i understand researching but this is a video explaining the story. An almost hour long video at that. Half the fun is experiencing the narrative for yourself, now you’ll be stuck with just gameplay. It’s like going to a water park and not going on any slides.

[@halloweye4613]

@@theegg7520 video games as a whole over arching theme are more than just the story. I suppose the question is how do you view art, a some of the parts or as a whole. As I personally havent experience all of this arts parts I can not fully experience it as a whole yet. Just my view point.

[@sadmarinersfan8935]

I really loved the story so so much that the twist and endings are just amazing so excited for DLC

[@takeovermars]

Wow I wasn't expecting a really interesting story for this game! Thank you for he video I'm going to pick it up

[@e_moo]

love the song choice

[@haruchai]

P3's wife was a ballerina and a martial artist, the boss used Blasna's consciousness to utilise those traits. That suggests to me that the stances/mannerisms of the twins are remnants of Blesna's memories/consciousness and not just because it turns Sechenov on. Just my take.

[@Tourettes42069]

Oh boy this place sure does seem like a perfect utopia I’m sure nothing could possibly go wrong here

[@devosr.2617]

Damn…I remember when you covered For Honor. Been a long ride! Good stuff, bro!

[@topcat59]

Great vid bro.😺

[@Karmmic]

Would you kindly, keep making amazing content.

[@leonardoariewibowo1325]

Can it be played with 1 hand? I heard it's kinda hard

[@user-we3no5pw9n]

Nice video!!!

[@dellawilliams7161]

I've just discovered Gingy and I'm hooked. I've been binge watching like crazy 🤣😂

[@nooneknowsidc]

Someone who really play for the plot 🗿👌

[@Daniel-ym4to]

If P-3 says "Crispy Critters!" one more time I'm throwing myself off a bridge

[@TheAiket]

At least this thing explained as some imprinting he had after being reconstructed. This explanation suits well, but the phrase is irritating even in Russian which delivers better

[@KamikazeeAliens]

Treat the game like anime. Yeah the subtitles aren't the best, but just do the sub. The translating isn't the best to be honest

[@mikeyestrada1674]

I love how they homage this game to all bioshock games and gave us a new bioshock feeling game. I love the references they gave too about bioshock

[@NickyNicest]

Thanks man I honestly tend to get confused with these types of games and forget what’s going on.

[@michaelahn1327]

All good with the explanation and stuff but for the visuals I would like for them to be split into more bite sized information in an organized pattern. You could possibly put chapters into the actual script and section them out on KZbin.

[@WSendam]

It really would’ve benefited from a silent protagonist the game is pretty fun tho ❤

[@Grigoriy1996]

Well, at the same time the whole point of the game is that P3 is stupid and brainwashed. Basically, he's a prime example of toxic masculinity on purpose, so his believes and world view gets shattered later. It's literally taking him from heavens (the game starts in a flying city) to the ground and even deeper. Also, if the devs would translate his surname to English it would literally be Ignorantiev.

[@E.V.A.N-COProductions]

Yeah, but that trope has not really been executed correctly, not many games does that right, And it's something new, even with the Mediocre acting.

[@thatoneguy3590]

Bioshock, which is exactly what this game is just dumbed down story and interesting characters and good graphics

[@gw840]

The devil works fast, but Gingy works faster 💀

[@rsey659]

Honesrly my favoritw youtbe channel the moment i see yhe upload im watching. Evwry vide is great

[@valkyriesc]

gawddam new gingy vid. at full candy corn rn

[@aldrinsyahluddin2325]

The 'full clip' in 10:03 got me acting unwisely...

[@capperbuns]

Same

[@barunmajumdar679]

This game has interesting lore and decent worldbuilding, though I wish it was more polished and the endings need more work as well. In the end Good Video😄😄👍👍Good job Does Sechenov use the twins for sexual relief? I am not sure if this question has been answered in-game, but I was wondering if it was?

[@Grigoriy1996]

It was in the Theater, he does.

[@TheAiket]

It isn't stated that he does that. In a theater other robo ballerinas are used in this way. Those 2 he has were booked with an empty mind by him as one message states. So it doesn't seem to me, and it just sounds stupid inside the context of situation

[@The_Kharski]

Dude, the explanations are on point (I came here to see what this great game is/seemed to be!), but the voice... less monochord would be more beneficial :)

[@geleZ]

Thank you!

[@Notmyday2009]

Both ending are non ending were they don't resolve anything set up by the story. They just end it with whatever animation they had left My best guess is feature creep and having to work with whatever they had to finish the game. I am sure the blob dude was important for the end (if not something you fought as final boss) but since they never got to the point working on all that feature creep. Whatever original ending got canned for this rush ending. Seriously the ending is such last minute asspull. That the ending could be the robot became sentient and are having an uprising against there slave master and everyone involved just refuse to see the robot worker had agency. So everyone is just covering each other ass trying to cover it up. The limbo and mind control was design to put down the sentient robot rebellion. Since the only sentient being is human they tested on human first and Collectiv 2.0 would take away there emerging robot free will. So they can keep there robot worker. Actually I take it back as asinine as my ending I offer is it at least in corporate the plot and doesn't deny every character agency. Instead of having the last minute villain agency crush everything that happen before it rendering the game meaningless. The whole US take over plot makes no sense in universe. This Soviet union is super advance and has most of the world under there influence. That the US allow the building of nuclear reactor by commie robot showcase there essentially a client state of the Soviet Union. Destroying them make no sense. They have plan to colonize the solar system in few years. Why would the US matter at all. I understand that Russian didn't translate well which is why the developer stated they expect you to put the Russian audio and put subtitle to your language. So some of the confusing dialogue at least make sense when even they don't recommend using the English dub. Cultural/language different aside this is just poorly written non ending to the game there is nothing to explain. Is not confusing or incoherent is non ending. Non ending aren't inherently bad. They can work just fine but here is just bow so they can hit the credits. Because they ran out of content and time.

[@beauty_isnomore]

MOM GET THE POPCORN GINGY UPLOADED A NEW LORE VIDEO! 😍

[@arthenosthefirst8176]

I think Zakharaov was "killed" by his own hand, and that he was mostly harmless for a while, as a dead man you can talk to in the clinic says that he found documents and prjects with Chriton's writings quirks that were made even after Chariton's "death"

[@austinnoliphant]

It looks like a really artistic looking game, bioshock meets call of duty sort of look. Great video, great job.

[@condorX2]

The looting mechanic in this game is by far my favorite over any game I've played, not only is it aesthetically satisfying but it's also not tedious. Looking through every nooks and cranny is my favorite pass time. The interesting part is that you can tell the main character is being control by something implanted in his head that altered his personality. You'll able sense it at the beginning when a vendor asked you to try one of his free head band, and he later say "there is something inside of your head". I've also notice when they're riding the flying car, Charles was surprised P-3 never ride one before. At granny Xena hut, he mentioned about his head injury and losing some of his memory. Anyway I'm interested to find out why Viktor Petrov sabotaged the robots to make them killed his own people? P-3 and Petrov could be good friends if they had a chance to talk because now I realize Petrov wanted the US to know that the Russian are creating sophisticated killer robots that disguised as janitors and chubby bartenders. When Petrov fake his own death to stop you from going after him, this prove he's really smart. The most intriguing and underrated feature is the talking glove call Charles. A true genius! I wonder why only the main character has it. Update. As I'm getting deeper into the game, I've learned that the glove is the bad guy and it was giving to P-3 by his boss (Dmitry Sechenov). I haven't beaten the game yet. I'm still at the quest call Made in USSR, but found a spoiler that answer some of my questions regarding the P-3 memory lost. It turn out the robot twins, one of them is P-3 wife. They're being used as sex slaves for his boss and other Fembots for the Russian Elite. Knowing one of the robot twins is P-3 wife, I always hoping to see one of them slowing turn their head to look at you lol. As for the horny fridge, it was Charles the glove who able to tamed/hacked her, why was she attracted to P-3? Was this part of Charles plan as well? Note 2 self. The red blob scene is a tribute to Breaking Bad when Jesse fills the bathtub with acids to dissolved a dead body. A little about my playstyle and build. For my build, I'm old fashion and invested all the points into health and elemental/physical resist. For damage I maxed my electro pistol and swirling axe. I like to imagine I'm playing the Barbarian from Diablo 2, using whirlwind to vanquished my foes. Quick draw against flying units with my Electro. This game is part RPG, part shooting and part puzzle. For RPG I always looks for large horde of robots to farm. The only thing I don't like is lack of robot to kill. Atomic heart is my Half Life 3. Currently playing the dev build without any navigation marker.

[@coutbrown]

i gess that both sechenov and the glove are villains. But in the game,they’ve put sechenov as a “well inttentioned” villain and the glove as a minipulative villain.

[@TheAiket]

I kinda agree but we don't know Sechenov intentions for sure till the end too. The main difference is Sechenov seems shady almost from a start and Zaharov(glove) has a twist in the end. But for sure both are villains, even your wife says that in a final battle

[@jonaswint5071]

I was waiting for this

[@joon-young9589]

I wonder if they will make a part 2

[@chalk7843]

why did you skip over the 6 hours long sex scene with the twins?

[@samikel1159]

bro if the game doesnt have "that" scene im not buying

[@marcsteinbruegge254]

I just finished watching a play through the game before watching this. I'm not sure if its formatting or if it's just me personally, but i think it's a mistake starting the video out explaining who the glove is. a large part of the game was interacting with the glove and learning more about it through interaction. It's like starting a move just before the big reveal at the end.

[@roycearandolph]

Halfway in and this is really giving me bioshock vibes