Atomic Heart Left Me Completely DISAPPOINTED... | Review

The wait for Atomic Heart has been mighty long and now it's finally here! After all this build up, it has to be worth something, right? Unfortunately, Atomic Heart is an extremely unbalanced experience with some highs and extreme lows. The game lacks focus as it tries to do too much and ultimately suffers for it. What's there in the world is good, but it's undermined by awful writing, clunky gameplay, and dreadful encounter design.
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[@adamwehib7191]

You also recommended AC Valhalla and disliked yakuza like a dragon so I’ll have to check this out for myself

[@BSultimate]

He also told you forspoken was trash which was correct

[@YaBoi-dd1mp]

​@B.S Nobody asked you bozo💀💀💀

[@dirtyd4cdeeds327]

@@BSultimatethat’s a very easy verdict that even a child could definitely see

[@hugooliveira5578]

Yeah. Imagine someone doesn't have the same opinion than you. Crazy right?

[@lbid2975]

@@BSultimate Forspoken is actually trash

[@ruben7820]

My only problem is the open world part. It's like it punishes you for exploring, with all those respawning enemies and so many of them. It makes me so annoyed, and I just end up ignoring the enemies in the open world.

[@jolu4294]

So true, about 3/4 through the game I got sooo frustrated with the relentless onslaught of robots I turned the game down to Easy mode and it was so much more enjoyable. Normal difficulty feels like Hard in the open world areas.

[@ruben7820]

@@jolu4294 Absolutely. I was playing on normal too and did the exact same thing

[@JustMe-ty2rp]

It's a lot of robots, but if you do things the right way you can avoid so much of it. Similarly to how in the starting complex you can avoid so many of those horrible plant-people-zombies if you manage to strategically take out the flying sprouts before they can infect them, I've found much of the game so far has a bit of an order to how things should be done in order to mitigate the onslaught, or even cut it off almost entirely in a given area. The funny thing is, before I found out how to enable HDR with Special K on gamepass version I'd decided to try the leaked version as it had better graphics (RTX and HDR able to be enabled through .ini) - but it was **punishingly** difficult in a way I had never seen a game be before. So what did I do?? Got gud - and now playing the retail version on normal feels like an absolute walk in the park in comparison lol!

[@DoodlingHitman]

wtf? you guys must suck then. it's easy on normal mode. are you guys constantly in alarm phase 2 or something? you guys just want a walk in the park game, smh...

[@7dogguy]

This game seems like it would have been ten times better if it was just a linear storyline with a deep and dark dystopian plot line accompanied by The uncanny visuals

[@btyler423]

You said Soviet Russia winning World War 2 was alternative history, but that's literally what happened in real life.

[@thejimd]

Noticed this too haha. I think we understand his point tho

[@appleipodtouch2g]

@@thejimd I genuinely dont. The Soviets did win their part of the war and post WW2 USSR had the largest influence on the world outside of the USA. This is literal nonsense and he even claimed this “fascinated” him which is just fluff considering he’s obviously never even spent 30 minutes researching WW2. This is why education is important.

[@Not-Great-at-Gaming]

I think he meant if the Soviets won the cold war and is too young to understand or appreciate the difference.

[@bushmonster1702]

@@appleipodtouch2g it’s a little irritating to be honest.

[@cumstantin_semen98]

YES, finally i find this comment!! Thank you СUMrade, Motherland will never forget you!! :)

[@JohnJohn-pm9wq]

It's people who hype the game up to a crazy unrealistic level and then get disappointed. It's a solid game overall

[@kiekeyz]

Facts. Some of the criticism is so weird. I see people complaining that they mix up environment too often.. yet many of them are the same ones that complaing that most game environments look the same. Having an absolute blast right now.

[@RJRigs]

@@kiekeyz A lot of KZbinrs are just larping as reviewers at this point.

[@MuchCow9000]

Idk lol it's mid

[@TGBurgerGaming]

It seems like more of a niche title from what i can tell I'm liking what i'm hearing so far. I might try it in a few weeks after a patch.

[@SynthLizard8]

I think it's actually people expectations of reviews are absurd, anything that's a 7 or below, people will lambast the score as the reviewer saying it's a bad game, like Jim Sterling gave BoTW a 7.

[@aaaaaaaaaaaaaafafaff]

First off the USSR did win WW2? lol They were part of the allies, that portion of history is not fake?

[@Elizabitchk17]

Yeah the Soviets definitely defeated the nazis. The battle of Berlin resulted in a Soviet victory.

[@Andrewbaysura1]

I'm guessing they never stopped at the Nazis in this universe... Like Trotsky wanted to do if I'm remembering right, he wanted to take ALL of Europe one way or another.

[@Mu77er]

Telekinesis is your best friend in this game for fights, being able to lift up all the enemies that run at you at once and slam them to the ground makes it so much easier and less likely to take loads of damage. Wasting your time trying to freeze an enemy when there's several others coming at you at the same time.

[@Mu77er]

you use the dpad for the snake game

[@SobaYatai]

No skills required

[@dts5308]

Did you not use Telekinesis? I felt like that really opened up combat, especially when large amounts of enemies rush at you.

[@The_Primary_Axiom]

The only problem is outside they never stop coming and makes exploring impossible.

[@DoodlingHitman]

@@The_Primary_Axiom bro, this is not true lmao... they only come when you are in alarm phases. just don't be a dummy and stay in the spotlight the whole time. drones only repair destroyed robots in certain areas. Just don't linger on too long. I myself am a huge exploration lover and have had no issues exploring. Makes me feel like those that complain about this aspect just suck at the game and want a walk in the park kinda game...

[@bgGameClips]

​@Doodling_Hitman same here. At the beginning, yeah I got my ass kicked. But knce I figured out the alarm situation and powered up. I was setting it off on purpose haha

[@DoodlingHitman]

@@bgGameClips lol on purpose even! see? i bet once you know how the system works, it isn't that hard i just feel like people love to complain as soon as it doesn't go their way

[@korvasslade8756]

​@@DoodlingHitman exactly!!! Thank you. This guy honestly kinda reminds me of those ppl that complained about Doom eternal combat and enemies being too "overwhelming" simply because they didn't know what they were doing

[@newtonisaacma]

If you expected Bioshock you WILL be disappointed. This game has its own charm.

[@HyperpigeonMinecraft]

^ This. Obviously BioShock is a huge inspiration, but if we get too caught up in details sometimes we can lose track of the heart of something. But that's still subjective even to the level of the individual artists and players

[@aaronvasseur6559]

I mean I think this is a modern version of bioshock just not set under the sea

[@torvalis1968]

Suck in all that copium.

[@saulitix]

"Charm"

[@SAVANTI711]

@@HyperpigeonMinecraft Litteally has more tires to SystemShock & Metro rather then Bioshock.

[@CaptainBonClay]

I’ve been playing this game for 4 hours at this point and I love it, I also think it’s weird to be okay with fallout 4s combat systems yet not this game! They feel the same to me

[@HyperpigeonMinecraft]

That's really interesting, now that you mention it his description sounds more like my experience with fallout 3/nv than fo4, but then again i've learned to really appreciate the melee in the pre-skyrim "bethesda" fallout days

[@XKathXgames]

This one is RPG so shouldn't be played as a pure shooter or you'll suffer

[@Sir_Slimbread]

I think the difference is that a game that's just come out shouldn't have combat from an 8 year old game.

[@sydneydell5548]

@@Sir_Slimbread ty for common sense. No one else has it

[@pokvirus5705]

Because Bethesda conditions you to expect shitty system despite their 20+ years experience. But dunking on studio’s first entry is easy

[@vonb8984]

"the soviets won WW2" "alternate history" no that is literally what happened.

[@PlaidSuitPinstripeWorld]

No but they won super hard this time.

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

Well to be fair the Nazis lost. Everyone else won.

[@Left4Candy]

"Because Soviet Russia had won World War 2" That's not alt-history

[@JackMiddleton99]

No disrespect Matty I love your content but I completely disagree with you on this one. I'm really enjoying the game and the combat feels great to me. I urge anyone that feels "disappointed" to watch all trailers up until launch and you can clearly see the game launched in a much better state than the trailers had shown.

[@forthe3136]

It’s not disrespectful to have a different opinion(at least in this case)

[@celticspike2522]

based on the reviews I have seen so far this is going to be a very divisive game.

[@kingjeeves4040]

@@celticspike2522 I think the hype around the Bioshock and Prey inspiration might have some fault

[@wishfire20]

Seems like he burned out on games lately

[@dgb921]

Why would it be disrespectful to enjoy something that someone else doesn’t? Nothing abnormal about that.

[@dragonrykr]

2:25 I mean, Soviets did win World War 2, they were one of the Allied powers. That is no alternate history lol

[@ironworkrocks]

He probably means it like 2/3 of the male population not dying so they could become a true industrial power house. Also massive stretch to call the USSR a allied power, more like a enemy who happened to share a enemy that was more pressing

[@Not-Great-at-Gaming]

Maybe he meant if the Soviets won the cold war?

[@profcrow2177]

"Soviet Russia had won WW2" "Alternate History" homie??

[@barcster2003]

He probably means cold war.

[@BananaBrainsZEF]

> "The robots are here because Soviet Russia won World War II, a fascinating outcome for someone who really enjoys alternate history. It reminds me a bit of, say, Wolfenstein, where what happens if the Germans won World War II." Matty, the Soviets *did* win World War II...

[@hdhdnfbxbdbd]

Он что это серьезно сказал?

[@Khakimzhan]

Exactly what I wanted to write here!!!

[@butifarras]

Average American history knowledge

[@MrMattyPlays]

Hahahaha, I think I worded this aspect poorly. The timeline for Atomic Heart diverges around the 1930s and there’s different things that happen during WW2 but their scientific advancements lead to them coming out on top. It’s more like an alternate approach to a similar timeline, if you will. Still, this jab is earned. I made myself sound silly after all 🤷‍♂️

[@maxmayem1684]

No expectations no disappointments. It is good for what it is.

[@hoopyy782]

People have to remember; a game might look like Bioshock but it will most definitely not be Bioshock.

[@bombyo3634]

Good!!!! i couldn't get pass bioshock 1.

[@thecommonsenseguy7935]

@@bombyo3634 dude same, I didn’t really like it. The setting and the story were good but I hated the gameplay and I don’t know why but it was not for me, knowing this game is not like bioshock is good for me

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

Lol I'll take a game that's almost Bioshock over anything else

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

​@@bombyo3634Seriously???? Bioshock was a masterpiece.

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

​@@thecommonsenseguy7935Seriously???. Everything about Bioshock was 10/10 Story, gameplay, weapons, characters and environment. All top tier.

[@PjonaEdits29]

Honestly for this being thier first game it's pretty amazing! They kept up with thier word and accually released the game. Honestly from here on out if they take the criticism and implement with future titles we got something amazing here.

[@Vladislaus77]

большинство отрицательных отзывов из за того что они играют в версию игры до релиза . данная версия не включает патч первого дня и игроки не получают того что в игре заложено

[@LiquidMurky]

@@Vladislaus77 copium

[@Spartanoffaith]

Cope harder, they have your money.

[@mildbillhiccup844]

There’s nothing about this game, that an entire rewrite of the story overhaul of all gameplay mechanics wouldn’t fix

[@YouTubeCensors]

This review actually got me Interested in the game. Want to see how tough and aggressive the enemies are.

[@the77th]

I’m disappointed that people still get disappointed in AAA Games 😂

[@kennypowers1945]

Why? We shouldn’t be lol they should be great games

[@troy1993]

The way matty describes the combat in this game actually makes me want it. I'm sick of games that go easy on you, I want to be overwhelmed with enemy's and play a game where upgrades are actually useful and not optional. I want the world to be a scary place filled with these terrifying robots. It's funny hearing matty talk about crappy combat when we have all played bethesda games, if I can play those I'm sure this game is better than bethesdas combat. I have gamepass so i'll definitely give it a try.

[@williamperry4519]

Same

[@jamesgratz4771]

He’s just a weak soy boy. Can’t even beat a salad in a fight

[@rockthehell6666]

From what I got from the review, combat is not hard because of the clever enemy design or AI. It is hard because you have to fight controls and game just swarms you with numbers. I do like when game is design to be hard, like Dark Souls of Devil May Cry, but I don't think this is the case here.

[@Kazuhira2249]

@@rockthehell6666 its called artificial difficulty, devs were lazy to make good enemy placements and combat scenarios and instead just put 20 enemies in a small room

[@troy1993]

​@@rockthehell6666 first person games have a harder time with difficulty because you can't do as much with the character as you can in third person. So i think what they tried in this game is a good middle ground.

[@theheardtheorem]

This is the second reviewer that I have heard say Atomic Heart plot is an alternate history where Russia won WW2……what am I missing here? 🤔

[@michaelmurphy5]

They did win world war 2 lol

[@iwams1]

USSR were a part of the winners of WW2 so that part is not alternate history lol

[@loC2ol]

2:28 did Matty just say “what if the Soviets won World War II?” They did win World War II. The Allies won World War II. They were one of the Allies: US, UK, Soviet Union (also France, Australia, Canada, and others) versus the Axis: Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Imperial Japan. I’m confused lol

[@shinobly]

For one of their first games honestly very impressive

[@idzumi5596]

They had money to make the game

[@spenny2cents]

First and last game

[@Foat_Gucker]

@@spenny2cents sounds like cope 💀

[@tobiakilo3413]

@@Foat_Gucker he's a boycotter

[@spenny2cents]

@@tobiakilo3413 boycott who? I just don’t overhype mediocre games and if this is what we get after 6+ years of actual development who cares what’s next

[@i69GrzzlyBears]

My main qualm with this game is the endless frustration of being harassed everywhere I go. The repair bots immediately showing up and fixing all the enemies that I JUST spent all my bullets fighting 10 seconds earlier is irritating as anything. Especially when I'm just trying to loot a building that I'm sure has nothing of value in it anyway.

[@benl2140]

2:22 "The robots are here because Soviet Russia won WW2, a fascinating outcome...as someone who really does enjoy alternate history" ...I'm not sure we're operating under the same definition of what "alternate" history is.

[@vision41094]

I feel bad for Matty I’ve been watching him for years. When he branched off from fallout content to doing his own thing I was happy and excited for what was to come but the dude just sucks at video games that aren’t fallout or skyrim. Reminds me of yongyea when all he would do is talk about metal gear and play metal gear games then became a drama channel. It just doesn’t feel genuine anymore.

[@BrandonNeedles]

I personally had no major bugs or glitches on the Series X. There was a few moments in the beginning (mostly when I got to the world itself) where the frame rate dipped from smooth to studdery. Other than that I've had a really good time. It isn't a perfect game of course, but its way better than some other AAA games from the last 2 years. I would call it an awesome first game with definite room for improvement. I do agree I think it should cost less but 100% worth a download if you have the Gamepass like I do :)

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

Same. Love Gamepass. Not a single issue on Series X

[@DEVILTAZ35]

It had some weird frame pacing issue where the whole game would speed up then slow down again. It's not entirely fixed but it is way better than launch now. I actually think it was more a CPU frame step issue as i've seen this happen on old PC Games trying to run on newer CPU"s but not on a game that has only just been released on Unreal Engine 4.

[@santiagoezquerrocordon1470]

same here , although I'm playing in August.

[@OTDECK]

Matty what’s your steam profile name so I can have a look how long you play the games you review for ?

[@mix1ro]

why do developers think we want to hear someone swearing for 20 hours. it's annoying and elementary writing

[@brandon_jens6620]

Because naughty words = funny

[@ramerefauntleroy4881]

Yea imma have to check this out myself I was misled thru your reviews before. Great content BTW just not always on the same page

[@hardcoregammer1964]

I’m hearing the overall game is great. I’ve been hearing people struggle to say what it is they don’t like about the game. Lately, too many games get skull drug by reviewers, only to be loved by gamers later. I’ll have to check this one out for myself.

[@Vladislaus77]

дождитесь релиза и первого патча

[@ivandankob7112]

Looks great, but gameplay is mediocre

[@Aye-Em]

And that’s exactly how I feel about this game. It’s getting dragged. The 10 minute intro was the worse part. Everything else has been great.

[@ghostlegit]

​@@ivandankob7112disagree

[@EccentricMeat]

Pretty much everyone says the combat is annoying due to too many enemies and not enough room to breathe. If the gameplay aspect isn't fun because it's suffocating in a cheaty-feeling way, that's a big problem.

[@Breegullbeak]

Hopefully some patches can address the bugs and glitches. I'm curious to try it out on Gamepass.

[@MrMattyPlays]

Yeah, if you have Game Pass then go give it a shot. Why not, right?

[@Breegullbeak]

@@MrMattyPlays I plan to, but I'll be flying out to the LSM event in a few days. Not a lot of gaming time until I get back. Hopefully by then there will be some improvements. It's not leaving Gamepass next week so I can wait a week.

[@moister3727]

@@Breegullbeak Don't worry, games usually take long before they leave game pass

[@balkaba3927]

the only problem i have with this game isnt the glitches but the story tbh, you dont really feel engaged in it, everything else is great though

[@joshjitzu2271]

@MrMattyPlays because time is money and it can't be wasted on anything but great games

[@fresco_dinero5155]

So how similar is the writing and banter compared to Forspoken? That’s something I would like to know

[@pixelcount350]

Yes

[@Krondon-SSR]

Seems like they wanted the main character to sound badass and stoic but comes off more assholey xd

[@R3TR0J4N]

yes, but the Voice acting or delivery is better.

[@MrMattyPlays]

It’s got the same energy, that much is for sure. While Frey in Forspoken is just miserable, P-3 is a douche to literally anyone. P-3 managed to get a laugh out of me once or twice because of how ridiculous things get at times which is why I didn’t absolutely slam this game. I think some people will actually enjoy that part of the game.

[@fresco_dinero5155]

@@MrMattyPlays makes sense. Thanks for responding. I said that because sometimes games with a lot of banter are quite corny, but even Forspoken had a couple moments that got a chuckle or smirk out of me. So I’d expect Atomic Heart to be the same where most of the stuff is corny but a few lines of dialogue is actually pretty funny

[@bernybornis2914]

The Soviet Union DID win WW2 so that's not the alternative history part.

[@DamnThatsCreepy]

I'm starting to see that youtubers review things differently than us common folks.This game was good and challenging.

[@santiagoezquerrocordon1470]

More than good, it's great. one of the best of the year.

[@kimseniorb]

yeah don't understand what this one is moaning about, great game, really fresh, not perfect but still very commendable

[@BB-pb3hv]

Thank you matty but sometimes i think you are oversaturated with games and your reviews are not on point. How you reviewed High on life is a prime example. I'll wait and see for myself

[@SEXYJESUS69]

High on life was kinda awful tho

[@SEXYJESUS69]

Make game with talking guns that just annoy you and add some shitty platforming bam that's high on life

[@ronmexico7256]

High on Life was a tiktok game

[@enjoshi-godrez8775]

No, you just have very low standards and are immune to what over saturation is. You could be given the same meal every day without complaint, like a dog does. Not something to be proud of.

[@chazz3167]

High on life was a mediocre game for most people. If you like it that’s fine but your opinion isn’t a set fact

[@Reedg333]

PREY 2017 is one of my favorite games of all time. Can anyone tell me if this is kinda similar? I knew nothing about this one until the last couple days.

[@mikewade777]

There's Prey influence but poorly executed, it's boring repetitions and emersion breaking tutorial feel late into the game.

[@KRG30001]

All I want is a modern bioshock 😔

[@thiagoporto8001]

Wait for Judas.

[@Gogo32monkey]

@@thiagoporto8001 was just about to namedrop Judas as well. But we'll be waiting a while, I think they recently said they expect it to release in 2025...

[@mohduk4]

@@thiagoporto8001saaaame

[@ghostlegit]

Bioshock is trash. If it's anything like the first three games. Snooze fest and way too easy

[@michalandrejmolnar3715]

We need a proper cyberpunk fps

[@cash592]

Matty got the Deathnote hoodie now since he just finished it!!!!

[@valeriascholtzova9553]

I played it on PC Game Pass. The inventory is really frustrating. If you don't have enough space, the consumables you create are going to NORA storage and you have to move it to the inv on you own. Could you compare this game to Forspoken?

[@TheGoonTick]

I had a bug that locked me in place when doing certain things. Couldn't do anything had to reload. Also recourse notifications get stuck. But thankfully not bugs you went through.

[@l3fari0us42]

So far I've been pretty satisfied with what the game has to offer. The atmosphere and graphics are immaculate, the soundtrack is great, some of the dialogue and scenes are actually funny, the game is very stable (played it on the Series X, there are only slight frame drops during some cutscenes)... The writing doesn't bother me, because I could see it from the trailers that it wouldn't be anything spectacular, if anything I was more impressed with the English voice actors because they sounded way worse in the trailers. The gameplay is fine, though I do agree that using a melee weapon when there are a lot of enemies is a death sentence (though it's pretty much mandatory in the first hours of the game) and I've gotten stuck on geometry more than once after dodging and subsequently surrounded by robots, leaving me no room to dodge their attacks

[@bodonedidit]

So I am a fan of the bioshock series and after seeing gameplay of the game I knew for a fact that i want to play it and its even better its on gamepass, and also I do expect some bugs and glitches on first day game releases, so that does not change my mind about any game unless the bugs are alot to a point that it just not fun to play

[@RandallBalls]

The puzzles are just incredibly boring in the game overall just feels very Bland and meh. You only get about seven guns the entire game comma and there's no engaging systems like for example it would have been cool if breaking certain parts of robots gave you better loot to incentivize head shots and better shooting

[@infinitecurlie]

I love bioshock too so I'll prob pick this game up when it goes on sale and hopefully some of the bugs and glitched have been taken cared of by then. 😆

[@ghostlegit]

​@@RandallBallsyeah u didn't play it.

[@klokdeth1]

​@@RandallBallsdamn, almost sounds literally like BioShock, thanks

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

Just started it on GP. Not a single issue yet. Solid 8/10

[@skywillfindyou]

Chaotic state??? It is far more polished, stable and non-bugged then 99% AAA trash for last years.

[@Deathstreak36]

Who paid you to say that my dude? I just got a 67gb day one patch for the game lmao

[@PedroPerez-it1vb]

did they patch the game with balance stuff? I'm playing on apocalypse difficulty and I think is not even that hard, even with multiple enemies.

[@whoshotya410]

Guys go give this one a try . Switched over to New Zealand earlier today played about 3 hours . Can't wait to dive back

[@cgray8267]

Great game so far , has faults , but for a studios first attempt ! Excellent…

[@NeverUseAnApostrophe]

There are no spaces that come before any punctuation in English.

[@ArielCleirigh]

Ironicly Callisto protocol got more hate.

[@blackhoodie3461]

@@NeverUseAnApostrophe sUcK MeE , fÂrTs ?

[@jasonrice6966]

Im enjoying it so far.

[@mattiasilva1705]

​@@ArielCleirigh callisto is not a game at all unlike atomic heart. It's barely a walking simulator where you occasionally smash some boring designed zombies with almost zero variety of moveset, while also having to endure such a convoluted and badly written story that dead space 3 was a masterpiece in comparison.

[@mrsnapple5827]

I notice a trend of writing the same “wtf” type characters: deathloop, farcry6 etc

[@jayray7202]

Is there a lot of looting like fallout? Is there armor and outfits, aswell as a vast arsenal of weapons that are unique from one each other. Does the game feel like fallout 76 when it first came out, barely to none life or npcs?

[@joewalsh886]

Yea he literally went into zero deatail about loot,items,armor,weapons,enemy types

[@JohnDoe-yn8uo]

The game was awesome. I don’t know what the hell you’re talking about

[@OldestPagans]

Generally I’ve found that if you like a game, I’ll like that game, and vice versa. I’ll probably check this out because I have Gamepass, but man I can already see how it could be better. I’ve put games down that don’t have a dash button (it’s an important part of the power fantasy for me)

[@OldestPagans]

I like wacky worlds though, so…I might love this too

[@SheepAmongG.O.A.T]

Well at least you aren't picky.

[@Enigmalake]

Oh the horror. No dash 😆

[@santiagoezquerrocordon1470]

I'm playing it right now (4h in the game), and it's AMAZING. I wish all games were at meats half as creative as this game. one of the best games of the year.

[@krazykris9396]

Thank you. I think I'll wait for patches and a sale before trying it out now.

[@LuciusAugustusRex]

Very interesting review Matty. You kept it real but this seems very ambitious for the first game coming from this new studio. The frame rate seems atrocious

[@statesminds]

Idk how you left “completely disappointed” maybe a little let down in some areas but to say you’re completely letdown seems like an exaggeration. The thing about all the enemies spawning along with the bugs seems annoying tho

[@Terrince_Tate]

The game is amazing. I'm curious as to what kind of content will be released for it. The combat and gameplay is really fun and the graphics are insane. UPDATE: Atomic Heart is dope! Having a blast. Graphics, detail and combat make it engaging and fun. Hard as shit but really good.

[@eternal_napalm6442]

Hopefully no content. A full, complete game will be nice!

[@Terrince_Tate]

@eternal_napalm The campaign is over 30 hours with tons of side missions. From what I hear at least 2 major expansions later on. I'm just glad to have good single-player games.

[@GGdude]

@@Terrince_Tate Well you already got 3 stages of the game when pre-ordering. Base game at 70$, "Gold edition" at 100.5$ and 120$ for "Premium edition". Just there you know it will be a cashgrab of shit coming. And this isn't even an AAA game... So i would guess there will be DLC's in the future in the 20-40$ range for minimal work. Just get the game on the Xbox game pass(1$ for new or long time since members or 10$ for a month of play. Bet you finish it before then.

[@madmonty4761]

I hope they make the game bettet

[@swaggdude21]

@@GGdude where are you getting these prices lol gold is $99.99 and premium is $109.99

[@NostalgiaNet8]

I'm gonna try it out. But it's great it's on Game Pass.

[@appleipodtouch2g]

Gamepass will be the brewery of mediocre games. Its on gamepass BECAUSE its mediocre.

[@Scorix]

@@appleipodtouch2g your comment doesn't make any sense and is mediocre lol

[@sirdan357]

@@Scorix It makes a lot of sense if you have a functioning brain. The creators knew the game wouldn't sell and put it on GP to recoup their costs.

[@appleipodtouch2g]

@@Scorix Well, look at basically every gamepass day 1 game. Short, understated, and disappointing. Since games will be attached to a subscription, the philosophy of their design will adapt to meet the bare minimum requirements since they know they wont have to give you $70 worth of content. It will be similar to how Spotify changed music production.

[@ghostlegit]

​@@sirdan357lmfao. It's the first fucking game. My guy.

[@SpaceHound]

We need to try the games for ourselves even if it sounds a bit too expensive to do that.... Cuz i enjoyed a lotta games that were actually not recommended and straight up deleted some of the game that were highly praised and were slapped with a must buy badge... Our tastes differ so if you like the plot and the world and the lore that is being set up i would say just dive into it and try it out for yourself

[@Tbear995]

Steam has a 2 hour refund policy no questions asked

[@moister3727]

It comes to personal tastes. Most of these reviews are highly superficial, not deeper than first impressions because they need to complete the game ASAP. But, it's a way of showing what are you actually buying. It always comes to the consumer to buy it or not. And now, specially in this day and age were the confidence in studios has gone so low.

[@dctrbrass]

Persona 5 Royal for me. Didn't enjoy it at all. Good game but not for me

[@mildbillhiccup844]

I would suggest trying it on Gamepass I for one found it extremely boring.

[@zerkieclarke4024]

Gamepass saves you money enough said

[@PensFan35]

‘Soviet Russia wins WW2’ I mean…they…did? This must be a uniquely American sentence.

[@I_hate_pedophiles]

After trying the game for myself and completely loving it I now understand that his Yakuza review should've a red flag to begin with

[@infinitecurlie]

I mean it's just his opinion lol. He likes what he likes and he's giving his opinion on it there's no red flags about it. You like the game and he doesn't, it's not a big deal.

[@Justsomerandomdude397]

@@infinitecurlie since when did opinions matter no offense nobody cares about peoples opinions I mean hell I have my own opinions about some games but ya some people just don’t care about all that

[@DETRACT0RD00M]

I'm playing on PS4 and the game is completely broken.. horrible FPS dips, audio issues, clipping issues, trophy issues.. I regret buying it honestly

[@FreyOD]

@@DETRACT0RD00M that is to be expected if you're playing it on ancient hardware

[@DETRACT0RD00M]

@@FreyOD if it doesn't run on the fucking hardware than they shouldn't be selling it in the first place.. moron

[@Cie999]

My biggest pet peeve with this game and any other open world game is setting up these huge buildings in the distance you cant reach. Like in this game there are roads on the map leading to these off map locations but you cant reach them :/

[@thereap6390]

Maybe some dlc will fix this. There is always this possibility.

[@deniskasperovich8251]

I’m loving this game. Don’t know why you find the combat bad, it’s quite great, a lot of weapons, powers, variety of enemies and great physics and how you can mutilate and the damage details is just amazing, weapons feel heavy and are very satisfying to shoot. Also, I feel like the game’s writing and comedy is a lot better if you know Russian, some jokes just doesn’t make sense if you translate them. Overall this game is a 9/10 for me so far after 10-15 hours in. I also don’t get why you and others reviewers hated the “open world”. It’s not really and open world, just an outdoor open space of this facility, it’s great to change the pace a little bit and add some variety to the game. I’m also sorry to hear that you had bugs and glitches, I didn’t have any apart from some tv’s in game not showing any images.

[@dontworry7440]

I just got around to playing Atomic Heart...and the negative reviews like this one are just crazy to me. Atomic Heart is awesome. Perfect creepy atmosphere, good combat, good graphics decent story. Yes, some of the dialogue is bad and it's a little janky in certain parts, but it's mind-boggling to me that this game got the hate it did from some people. Weird.

[@ovwarrior]

It's so good honestly... Picked it back up after about an year and I'm having so much fun... I made P3 op but it still really fun

[@kitten-whisperer]

A lot of reviews are saying how it's a lot more linear that it's marketed as. How linear is it?

[@bushmonster1702]

Linear doesn’t mean bad by the way.

[@kitten-whisperer]

@@bushmonster1702 that's up to the person playing. Maybe you love super linear games and maybe I don't.

[@Heliosvector]

The storytelling was so confusing. It felt like it was rushed/ mismanaged. I feel like I missed half the story? Like all the core bits of the main storyline are there… but then it’s like “oh now fade to black. Yeah you know that one of 5 characters you actually talked to? Yeah they are dead now. No, you don’t get to see it”

[@braedonlock3359]

You had a problem with the combat it sounds like you needed to turn down the difficulty. I’ve finished this game and can’t relate.

[@alexover4334]

wtf u mean you have finished the game😂😂

[@Qballiz2kool]

Game isn’t even out yet you dummy head wtf you mean “I’ve finished this game.” 😂

[@braedonlock3359]

@@alexover4334 my pre order came 4 days early.. you want me to tell you the end??

[@alexover4334]

@@braedonlock3359 what u mean it came 4 days early

[@braedonlock3359]

@@alexover4334 come on bro do you not speak English?? Or what’s going on??

[@dmcosiris1678]

I will make my own mind up. No disrespect to you Matty, but reviews often miss the mark themselves these days.

[@thisishabibi6687]

I felt like the game wasn’t long enough, I was taking my time exploring and looting around and it only it me 8 and half hours to beat the game.

[@bdotvisualz7461]

SO basically Wolfenstein and Fallout had a baby and the baby is bad....

[@Clanwalk3r]

As it's game pass I'll give it 5 hours, see how I feel

[@Marmondos420]

This man did not enjoy last of us part 2 and high on life. I love those games, this is his opinion and I respect it but Im going to play today when I get off work.

[@AFpaleoCon]

It infuriates me hearing game reviewers support Game Pass. It’s already bad enough how we lost physical media and now solely rely on digital storefronts that could shut down at anytime and who knows what would happen to your purchases but now people are going to support literally not owning the game in any sense?

[@kennypowers1945]

I only use gamepass and occasionally digital buys if there is a game I want that isn’t there. I don’t mind it cause I I’m not buying the games on games pass just playing them for a few weeks until I move to something else new. As for digital I’ve been buying games for over a decade on digital and have had no problems. They have to keep it available to me if I bought it and so far they have. I

[@NeverUseAnApostrophe]

You never owned a game in the first place. Even physical discs are portable licenses for software that can technically be revoked by its owners. Gamepass is hands down the best deal in gaming.

[@TheGoonTick]

That protagonist has to be one of the worst in a while. Hated every time he said crispy critters. I'll say I enjoy if more once I changed the difficulty to easy. It was too tedious and occasionally broke when on medium difficulty. Like you said it would just send too many too many enemies in a way that made no sense. It would send too many robots sometimes and would literally chug. Changing it to easy made things better.

[@GodEmperorSofaKing]

I’ll wait to see for myself based off of how you reviewed high on life

[@TheMimicTear]

Wym

[@nazeirsvibingandstuff769]

You do know he already posted his review about high on life in his channel right?.

[@chazz3167]

High on life wasn’t very good it was alright at best

[@ghostlegit]

​@@chazz3167disagree

[@murilopires4923]

@@chazz3167 it depends if youre a rick and morty fan or not. For fans it was 10/10

[@allansolano5587]

I need to try myself then because i have a mixed bag of my 2 trusted reviewers cuz ACG really enjoying it but also matty was dissapointed

[@PurpleSeaUrchen]

ngl, i cant go a sentence without cursing either, so relatable to me. From the looks of things, and what you've said about the combat feel, this seems like a PC focused game. I'll report back when the game unlocks for me and let y'all know how it feels on M/KB.

[@holdthisforme8235]

I disagree personally. I knew it wasn’t the biggest AAAA game in the world. But everything feels good. I love the combat and bioshock feel to it

[@marc-antoinemarcoux697]

Soviet Russia did win WW2 dude... You mean won the cold war ?

[@skytime24]

It’s an absolutely beautiful game !

[@aaronvasseur6559]

Matty it’s not a triple A game I wish people would stop expecting these games to come out bug free they will fix this stuff in a patch or 2 it’s fine

[@Marcos-tk1sf]

As some people have said, unrealistic expectations lead nowhere. For an AA game (and not AAA) it's good, I liked it.

[@arcticlusher]

Definitely can’t wait to get my copy tomorrow!! Been had it pre order!

[@anaruenoha9920]

Finally no more boring JRPG and third person walking simulator. Atomic Heart is great FPS.

[@arcticlusher]

@@anaruenoha9920 right it looks amazing!!

[@_CrimsonBlade]

@@anaruenoha9920 are you serious the game is a boring museum were you fight braindead enemies cope harder

[@Easterndude_]

@@_CrimsonBlade bro is mad people like the game 💀

[@_CrimsonBlade]

@@Easterndude_ that not what im seeing so far alot of other reviewers are calling the game mid lol

[@bernardoblanchetramirez6032]

Really appreciate this review. Some people like it, some people don’t. I like how you explained your opinion.

[@yaboyCombo]

Exactly lol it’s at a 75 on metacritic which is probably what it deserves

[@jgalvan09]

@@yaboyCombo no one is talking about how this is the Devs team first game ever smh too much critics on it

[@ghostlegit]

​@@yaboyCombo75 means 75 percent of people everyone likes it

[@hrhrhrj]

They are charging 60£ for the game, so we expect more than this buggy and frustrated game tb

[@hrhrhrj]

And another thing that game constantly throwing enemies at u ans you cant even enjoy the game

[@lilymoon6707]

I can't tell if the line at the beginning where you say "this game takes place in an alternate history where the soviet union won WW2" is a joke or the product of american history education

[@ineptxpython3501]

seeing so many people wanting to try it for themselves in the comments and honestly it makes me happy, because that's how it should be

[@Bedbug451]

You gotta get better thumbnails it’s so generic

[@bryank427]

good review, but seems like it will be a lot more enjoyable of an experience with a few big patches as per usual with games these days.

[@kyledodson2992]

Exactly. I wait for the games full DLC cycles to happen and then scoop up the final editions (for single player games at least) Read Dead 2 was the last game I bought at full price

[@chelseakerr4637]

I've no issues at all on the ps5 though

[@bryank427]

@@chelseakerr4637 thats good to hear

[@MrSiloterio]

A lot of fans in the comments are getting butthurt that they're opinions aren't validated by somebody else. The game has obvious problems with its combat and an insufferable protagonist that won't shut up. For a first person game that serves to immerse as a genre, it's a glaring problem. Deal with it. You can choose to praise it blindly like some cult follower, but demanding others to parrot your arbitrary opinions is lunacy.

[@Lightsaglowllc]

This game is a must buy on pc, imo. Performance is astounding.

[@Phil_is_my_hero86]

I love that you used "the old college try. I'm definitely going to give it that but I appreciate the heads up on it's current state and your first impressions. Your channel is definitely one of my favs man. Keep up the good work

[@mikehawk5722]

@Textthenumberabover......... no

[@cynic5581]

People don’t like the open world because they ignore this games mechanics and try to play the game like an Ubisoft game. Apparently doing tedious busy work or collecting useless trinkets is what is considered “fun” nowadays. Honestly did anyone find doing Merlin Trials and collecting ancient magic in Hogwarts to actually and literally be “fun”? I mean I didn’t hate it but it was soooo boring. Maybe mildly satisfying but certainly not “fun”. Most open world games allow you skip that riveting gameplay with fast travel. Don’t want you too have too much “fun”. /s Atomic Heart has a different approach. The open world is actually hostile and very dangerous. If you choose to ignore the games mechanics it’s incredibly punishing. However if you exploit the mechanics it’s surprisingly easy. You can slip in and out of testing grounds in most districts without enemies even knowing your there (one town is overrun with Sprouts and you can’t sneak by them in the sewer). I think they did a fantastic job with the open world in this game.

[@Lightsaglowllc]

Game is fabulous. Art direction alone makes this at least an 8 /10 for me. At least it’s not a boring ass movie like GOW Ragnarok, the most overrated game ever made.

[@DeanT1987]

I think GOW: Rag is a great game overall production value and story. Was it fun? No. Couldn’t wait for it to end. So that right there loses it’s fun factor. This game is actually fun and I appreciate it

[@Lightsaglowllc]

@@DeanT1987 yep. God of War basically turned into a walking simulator.

[@deepakmohapatra7416]

The game Trailer and all those before release videos showed games having much better color. in this game play it looks more whitewashed. colors are not popping that much. may be its due to compression and youtube and such.

[@oneeyedking2679]

This is am amazing game definitely worth buying and at least a 8.5/10 for me.

[@pottasium7117]

to be honest, only thing i'm disappointed with this is the ending

[@CEO_FADeD]

Matty is only one I've seen disappointed so far. I've been seeing 8-9/10's. I think Matty expected BioShock.

[@shanen.1541]

I appreciate your review, especially with your take on the feel of combat. Reminds me of Hogwarts legacy, not being sure of how the combat and flight would because just watching made me skeptical. I was wrong there. It felt great once I played myself. I hope it's not the opposite here. That said, I'll still get the game myself.

[@dooroofoo6512]

What song is that in the background it’s on the tip of my tongue

[@divifilius4957]

"I don't like I can dodge around and not get hit" after I heard that I turned it off