Please Don't Buy Atomic Heart | Asmongold Reacts

[@bc9554]

Since he pulled the "Speaking as a Ukrainian" card I'll do it too to counter him. Speaking as a Ukrainian, if you think this game looks fun go buy it.

[@edattacks]

This the part where other Ukrainians that think otherwise would call you a country traitor and take your Ukrainian card. Sucks when people are like that

[@RushianBear]

Thank you random Ukrainian person. I will buy this game.

[@danya1190]

Чел, харош!

[@lagushkafrog5077]

Uno reverse card, but if it was a political card game 👁️👄👁️.

[@Nani_M]

and you are based ukrainian i hate it when people shove politics into games and tells people dont buy this cause its from there like main reason i play games and check internet to avoid real life problems

[@atraxian5881]

"if you are the kind of person who is still going to buy and play Hogwarts Legacy despite it's infamy, you can click off..." That phrase right there just tanked the credibility of that content creator to seabed levels. It pretty much means all his future arguments are based on feelings and politics instead of reality.

[@scotthirschausen177]

Don’t you know? Buying atomic heart is killing trans ppl 😂

[@scotthirschausen177]

@@abduljabars obviously

[@VitaeLibra]

I do disagree with him saying that but in his defense, his country is currently being invaded so him being not emotional would almost be weird

[@A1Steaksauce58]

I honestly have no idea why hogwarts is considering controversial? Can anyone fill me in?

[@deeznutz8320]

@@VitaeLibra His Jewish president shouldnt have provoked Russia so much, NATO and the EU broke their own terms of service.

[@sinzin5773]

Dude literally said at the end that anyone that disagrees with him he’s going to ignore. So there is no debate to be had. No different than half the twitter activists these days, presenting a flimsy argument against something, providing little to no ACTUAL evidence, and then saying he will not hear out opposing views. Typical

[@uberboomer8670]

I was surprised Asmon didn't tear that to shreds, what an ignorant thing to say especially coming from someone that's supposedly trying to spread objectivity

[@moxieman2452]

@@uberboomer8670 why would he tear it to shreds? Asmon literally says he does exactly the same thing. Everyone else is wrong and he is right, and if you disagree he will ban you.

[@uberboomer8670]

I guess I haven't seen that from him, I know I've seen discussions of differing opinions in the comments but he could filter things out as well, I suppose I don't know

[@ThirdGradeProductions]

@@moxieman2452 Difference is that Asmon isn't on a soapbox telling everyone to do what he wants, and not so subtly try to alienate 143 million people. He just says his opinion and doesn't care if you agree with him or not.

[@whimsybomb7929]

I don't care what he has to say about it honestly after his little condescending speech at the beginning. The dude only cares because he's Ukranian and the company is Russian. It literally hit close to home. Our country gave his 40 billion dollars. It's not seeming like any propaganda is working. EDIT: Holy crap, it's literally just because the game takes place in Russia. The company is in Cyprus.

[@SlightlyItchy]

My wife is Russian, this guy's logic would mean I should divorce her because of some politicians actions. He's completely deluded. A lot of Russians are seriously badly impacted due to this war. Many families split across many countries, especially Ukraine.

[@td9250]

Does the Russian parliament actively having intercourse with her? Then yes, divorce her. If not, she is irrelevant and not comparable to a money maker like this.

[@KarmineSlash]

Ah, yes. What an "impact" it is. Badly impacted, is it? Hurt feelings while russian scum wages treacherous, genocidal war out there. Deluded much?

[@mesnyankin89]

Готовься отдать половину имущества и платить алименты 18 лет.

[@liquerp7364]

@@mesnyankin89 твоя мамка бросила твоего папку и теперь у тебя обида на полноценные семьи?

[@kordeliant]

🐷

[@mchowast]

I always like it when the 'There's a lot of reasons for ...' isn't followed up by naming any and people are just expected to accept it. The only thing missing after Asmon asking 'Name one', would have been the guy telling him to 'Educate yourself!'.

[@rahmadrenaldi2624]

It's as if it was a propaganda huh ?

[@gurmyigoll3535]

Or the classic "Do your own research". No bitch, YOU are supposed to give reasons because YOU are giving the argument.

[@watchdog6529]

Just trust me bro.

[@zeppelincraft1443]

I never seen such a video in 2023 that just leaves the viewer to their confusion without presenting anything conclusive. It's like "So, what?". Also as a Japanese, the US making a game how they won the war is fair and square. I mean, who won't lol The way he strings in very obscure connections, flows of money, to directly to the Kremlin for a DAMN VIDEO GAME is insane. Like do you seriously think Putin reviewed this game personally with 5 stars lol

[@PasDeBrasFR]

Trust me brah™

[@theusernameicoodfind]

Believing the “Hogwarts legacy controversy” and saying everyone who doesn’t needs to go listen to their joe rogan podcast tells me all I need to know about this guy.

[@ununun9995]

I just quit the video when he said that

[@Sirbushyballz]

exactly lol, seems a bit condescending from him

[@Lunk42]

Yep a smug condescending attitude is a good way to turn everyone against you.

[@ds1jmadx5]

I don't even like Joe Rogan, but that comment from him was completely uncalled for and caused an early dismissal of opinion from me

[@oldworldblu3s305]

@@LifeTries_STEVE Ikr I love joe but that doesn’t mean I agree with him on all things and especially with his guests , people forget he’s an entertainer and entertainers need to stand out, and what better way than talking about controversial things and having interesting people on your show . That’s how I discovered the beautiful person that is David Cho 😂

[@tonystark8757]

The guy sides against Hogwarts in favor of Trans issues, then condemns the Russian guy for changing his name to something less Russian, in essence "deadnaming" the Russian and then going a step further by using his old name to condemn him.

[@IndicatedGoodLife]

@@CSRT123 Hey, I acctualy know a lot of Ukrainians. Most of them are neither racist nor transphobic. Sure there are alot of right wing people and carzy nutz there too but its not that common. The people who I know are definitely more open minded than alot of americans I know.

[@ahuman7199]

The ukraine war made Russian focused racism acceptable.

[@repoilify]

@@FirstYokai damn just like trans people with their gender

[@ozan7427]

@@ahuman7199 yeah they literally banned some students and there were some no russian cafe s on europe like wtf

[@RavenShugo]

@@repoilify Ahahahaha good one))))

[@alexanderkartashov8776]

This is true that Mundfish is a kinda new studio and it was questionable if they can manage a project like this, yet i can only see it as a major victory for them that they actually pulled this off. They had their difficulties yet they never gave up and delivered a decent game that has great success at the moment. My respect!

[@ERTChimpanzee]

The game has a lot of glitches and bugs. Read the reviews.

[@perteraboofolympus150]

​@@ERTChimpanzeeAgreed it was pretty damn buggy on launch not as bad as a lot of games that come put these days from big ass AAA studios though. Also its been fixed up quite a bit nowadays

[@apex9806]

@@ERTChimpanzee Some minor bugs that were patched out. I love the game, it's great.

[@ERTChimpanzee]

@@apex9806 You're correct! Let's support Rus sianmilitary. All the cash u give away, goes of supporting Rus sian military.

[@apex9806]

@@ERTChimpanzee I don't mind if they take some, I'll still be supporting the developers of the game. You should too. :)

[@gervoh]

Lets be honest, the sexy robots are simply realistic - the very moment somebody can make them, they will.

[@ThezRude]

I think they already had on some level.

[@energeticyellow1637]

That is if sexiness isn't completely stigmatized in the future lol

[@LeoGuda]

@@ThePhysicalReaction In his reality, rule 34 applies.

[@goranstojanov1160]

Well to breka to people TEHRE ARE its juts they arent as functioning as in game BUT you alredy have S*X Dolls wich cost over 20k-50k and more dollars that have EXTREMELY HIGH TECH polymer or whatever type fo material wich is EXTREMELY easy to WASH/maintain and ahs good amount of wear and tear resistance. There are similar one sfrom some otehr Japanese conpatines were they use SAME material as otehrs but addition to that the doll has fwe sets of moevemens or modes where there is few hand movements with few sets of sped alongside has certain mechanic inside artificial vag,as*,throat wich simulates tightnes and you still must manualy adjust/calibrate all of that individualy before the use.Its still in its infancy and still isnt so to say one connected automated thing but you need to individualy set prameters for each individual part and you must do it before usage and you cant modify it mid action nor it can automaticaly calibrate while still in action to simulate sensing needs to up the gaem. BUT THE ROBOST LIKE THAT DO EXIST ist just MOST like 99% are STILL IN INFANCY STAGE and the ONLY THING they managed FULLY TO MASTER or to atelast HIGH END QUALITY is the DOLLS SKIN ITSELF wich amde realy realistic and close to hima skin BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS SITLL PISS POOR EXUSE OF A QUALITY,

[@erichzannbusoumuzan]

"the very moment somebody can make them, they will" Dude. They already did.

[@SoCloseToToast]

Love a good Asmon rant that just completely shuts down the points in the video being made

[@yoral]

Isn't a asmon video otherwise

[@vargasaurus1210]

mind posting a time stamp? I already watched the original content and don't want to go through an our to find it.

[@CaIypso5150]

Well as one of the least educated people on here his word doesn't mean much.

[@Petmyhead]

@@TrippyPixels right on the gold

[@Frozbroz]

@@CaIypso5150 dude is more informed than a majority of streamers

[@mcbadrobotvoice8155]

Man acts surprised that a Russian living in Russia would work with Russian companies for 20 minutes straight

[@glebskachko1811]

Devs can say whatever they want, but they still indirectly buy rockets that will drop on someone's family. So it's not they fault, and the game is good. Taxes are the problem

[@someperson1829]

@@glebskachko1811 And US is bombing someone somewhere everyday since forever, and nobody gives a phaque. These are the hard realities - people will not move their bums from their chairs, as long as it does not affect them directly.

[@td9250]

@@glebskachko1811 do you think people care? Let's be real. Most of these people live miserable lives. They go to work, come home and play games. And that's just how real life is. Most people don't care that other people pay for their comforts.

[@KarmineSlash]

@@td9250 Not unless tenths thousands of people actually die because of those. Atomic Heart devs openly glorify communism, which is a totalitarian, genocidal regime.

[@Scrotum74]

@@glebskachko1811 by this logic i financed a lot of dead afghan families

[@IgorFranca]

Asmongold analysis of USRR idealization is just on point. American games just do USA idealization every time. Thank you.

[@milkymilk53]

Most Americans are brainwashed into thinking anything not American is propaganda and bad

[@ChaoticNeutralMatt]

Some, sure. I tend to enjoy a good Russian themed piece myself. Not sure exactly what it is *shrug*

[@crazychase98]

It doesn't even idolize the ussr. It a bio shock fall out mix. It had dialog that put the ussr in a bad light. An the whole point of the story is to cover up a government experiment gone wrong. Which the soviet union did multiple times

[@lisarogers4715]

As a woman, I am not offended by the sexy dancing robots. The only problem I have is that there are no sexy male dancing robots for us ladies.

[@jesuszamora6949]

I imagine they're all with the female KGB agents. :P Maybe for AH2?

[@CamaradeJuk]

Ahah 😁, good answer Lady.

[@mahuk.]

lmfao based

[@Telarielle]

Lol, true)

[@nova_supreme8390]

As a guy I second this!

[@That_guy_mike.]

Couple things that are pretty egregious errors in his video as well: 1. The 2017 teaser trailers did not link to pre orders but to steam wish list and a crowd funding site. The preorder breakdown he showed, and the gold/platinum editions, didn’t exist until the full gameplay trailer released last year. 2. Gaijen moved to Hungary in 2015 not 2022, a fact that is easily found on their Wikipedia page

[@nec5513]

The prices are not even entirely correct, the VK play that the creator complained so much about has regional prices of 2500/3200/3600 roubles for standard/gold/premium editions which is roughly 34/44/49 $, not 60/90/100 $. Also fun fact, when searching for those prices i wanted to see them on steam but apparently atomic heart is not available in Russia on the platform.

[@shmekelfreckles8157]

@@nec5513 yeah, VK bought the rights to distribute the game in Russia and other CIS countries. Which is kinda bad, because people don’t like VK.

[@alondjeckto]

@@shmekelfreckles8157 A lot of people from Russia and CIS boycotted game because of that, or decided to pirate

[@Xelluse]

Also the thing is that VK is Publisher in Russia, not world wide, it's like WoW is Published in China, similar to...

[@SpaceRaider.]

So he’s just a big bubble bass liar then

[@biggusy25]

"Don't buy a rural Chinese farmer's tea because it gets sent to a factory that also processes yogurt that ends up in the lunches of Chinese politicians." -This guy

[@viktoriyaserebryakov2755]

That's what these people are is it not? The embodiment of a double standard? Ultimate accountability for thee. Your money however many times it changes hands and inevitably ends up in Russia via some guy buying a burger in Moscow on a business trip makes you a literal murderer. No excuses allowed for you. But if they riot and rob the local family owned grocery store then it's not their fault. Society made them do it.

[@CH3TN1K313]

This guys is everything that is wrong with modern day society. The minute he mentioned "the scandal surrounding Hogwart's Legacy" I knew,, after already seeing the "muh Russia bad" tone 1.) we were in for a treat 2.) this guy is batshit crazy 3.) this guy struggles at night thinking about how he loves his non-binary intersex feminist best friend, but also really likes WW2 Nazi collaborator and "Ukrainian hero" Stepan Bandera.

[@armintor2826]

Link?

[@dergunter1237]

if you would stop buying from companies who support unjust wars you would never buy a single product from any company ever again in your entire life.

[@talesofgore9424]

@@viktoriyaserebryakov2755 leftoids love them some double standards - like screeching about Nazis for half a decade just to ship rocket launchers to Azov Battalion lol.

[@broncharis]

You can already tell by the way he presents himself that he's the type that snitches on people. The way that he talks about the people who worked on the game and digging up their past affiliations and history painting them as guilty by association when we don't even know whether its true or not.

[@ImperativeGames]

Exactly because of people like him accusing neighbors of being German spies or political conspirators real USSR arrested people and sent them to Gulags. For every arrest to happen NKVD had to have some reason, someone had to snitch.

[@MrEsphoenix]

This is a masterclass on how not to make an argument. Using strawman points and turning people against you by insulting them based on things completely unrelated instantly puts them opposed to you and any genuine points you make later in the video.

[@susfringgaming4018]

I agree, I get his anger for Russia but his points based of emotion font have the same weight for other people, and insulting gamers for wanting to play games without real world politics in them and using a factually incorrect strawman argument (fallout doesn't include politics, but it has political and cultural satire, which is completely different) is a pretty wild thing.

[@herkerr]

Basically every wrong point one can make with a strong political and emotional bias behind it all. I understand why he is mad, why he thinks even this game plays a fraction of a role in what ruins his country and life. But connecting a pre-order to the FSB, complaining about investors who are remotely connected to the games development and then “gAmeR” culture sexualizing the female body… sheesh dude you spent countless hours just to make a “Russia bad” argument with the same mentality Alex Jones does his theories. This is the behavior that slowly desenzitives people about the conflict in UA, due to the pointless sh!tposts and high-horse mentality oozing from every aspect of the boycott/sanctions. The fken audacity to think - One would report the game based on the local law of a country… sure I’ll report Doom for breaking Vatican canon law. - One SHOULD cancel a pre-order based on this pile of garbage argument and donate the money to ukraine (if you do not donate it’s still okay but I’ll still use a tone like the Duolingo terror to make you feel shit… Hell why don’t you just cancel and spend the money on a plane ticket to join the ukranian army? Are you a Putin supporter? 🤨)

[@susfringgaming4018]

@@herkerr exactly. Ukrainian responded to another one of my comments pretty much saying "as a Ukrainian who often comes to a shelter because of Russian bombing, Harenko is right and people shouldn't support the war by buying this game" which is also a wild comment. Like I feel really awful for Ukrainians who have to suffer under the actions of Russians, but it's not my fault, I'm not over there bombing the Ukrainians so why is it being brought back on me all of a sudden? Spending $60 on a bit of entertainment and being implied that imm financially supporting Russian crimes because the developers are Russian is pretty insulting when the taxes that my family pays literally sends Bushmaster Armoured Cars and Anti-Tank weapons to Ukrainians to help them fights and believe me, it's a lot more than $60

[@pottyputter05]

Agreed, fascism often accuses people of being fascist energy here.

[@pottyputter05]

@@susfringgaming4018 ya that kind of thinking is a great way to destroy the freedom they think they are fighting for.

[@feltycomic8558]

Hes also a hypocrite because he said mundfish's response to criticism was to ban people but hes also limiting the comments on the video

[@SciFiMangaGamesAnime]

After being swarmed by kremlin trolls, but somehow no one mentions that.

[@aerwiniv]

ya smell me?

[@gustach6167]

Europe or USA can believe that ruzzia huckers can steal money, manipulate elections, etc. But cant bot-attack a video about "stop monetizing terrorism". Give me a break And about "it is only a game and fiction story, lol dudes, USSR literaly do "storytelling" shit all history about "how great they are and how futuristic".

[@Jsaers]

@@aerwiniv I smell ya king

[@foxin109]

Right I noticed that, made an excuse about bots, but only comments that agree with him are allowed lol.

[@countmarkula1993]

"You bought Hogwarts Legacy, so you must be a fan of Joe Rogan and x, y, and z." How about we're just Harry Potter fans...

[@CertifiedSunset]

Yeah, I ragged on the guy in his OG video for making a pretty incoherent argument against a company simply for being Russian.

[@armintor2826]

One of the very first things he does in the video is resorting to ad hominem before even presenting his argument. Which is a great way of getting nothing across to anyone.

[@miko67]

Meanwhile these people themselves tend to be the most intolerant and most unemphatic people you could think of.

[@RatEnjoy3r]

Yes which means you support JK (a real transphobe who affects the life of real trans people) as you are actively funding her.

[@spookyman7248]

@@RatEnjoy3r You will never pass

[@BigJMC]

This guy managed to became the PR Manager of Atomic Heart and has now made more people buy the game 😊

[@zepuppet._.master]

It's exactly what happened to Hogwarts Legacy, they tried to minimalize the publicity of the game but instead gave it more attention and increased its sales.

[@NoblessObligee]

Not really. If there's an under 2 hour refund. I'd refund it. It's bland, lacks a breath of life, it takes elements directly from atleast 5 well known games and somehow has no enjoyable aspects. And truely fun enjoying gameplay. The collectable diologe is more interesting than most of this game. It starts with 20 minutes minimum of not playing the game at the start. It's boring and un-skipable intro that doesn't lead or have much interest or information to the start of the game. Not to mention the foreshadowing of the slow interactions and puzzle mechanics that leaves you with nothing but the question why im playing this and gives more time while you ride a gondola or elevator while in progress to complete a puzzle to think and look for enjoyment in this game. It's bland and boringly slow with it's direct copied gameplay elements. Games copied from: Far Cry, Deus EX, Fallout (blatantly shown within 10 minutes, Halo, ARMA, Metro exodus, Dying Light and more.

[@larryboyzz]

@@NoblessObligee Copium lol. 87 percent steam review btw.

[@BigJMC]

@@NoblessObligee You can't really make a game that copies from more than 7 games? That would more be like inspired by, sure it has very similar mechanics but copying is still very different.

[@stevengucum]

@@NoblessObligee don't look up Quentin Tarantino movies, you will have a heart attack because of "blatant plagiarism"!

[@MrGyrations]

This man hates all of the Russian fanbase, the Harry Potter fan base, Joe Rogan fanbase, and the call of duty fanbase. Damn this guy is really accepting and progressive, casually hating millions of people for arbitrary reasons. The dude is using his country of birth as a shield for his hatred.

[@goliver9991]

"We are tolerant, X is for everyone except **those** 'people'."

[@nathanl4083]

Tbh who actually doesn't hate all of those fanbases

[@dimatut007]

@@nathanl4083 Normal people?

[@freedomgaming9987]

Yeah it's a reflection of who he is.

[@SunnyWave174]

Except it's absolutely fine to hate russians

[@jonlocke7112]

“Today is August 9th, 1945” Immediately pauses video “No it’s not”. You got me Asmon.

[@Kecifely]

5 seconds in, already rewinded 3 times. It really tickled my funny bone.

[@dampintellect]

It's common for people to change their name moving to different regions. The reason being it helps them fit in, and it saves them time correcting everyone they speak with on the pronunciation of their name. Imagine he comes up to you and tells you a name you can't even spell. Huge convenience thing.

[@theatheistbear3117]

This is why westerners will get Chinese, Korean or Japanese names. It’s much more convenient and really helps make any cultural gaps less of a hurdle.

[@DerAykac]

@@theatheistbear3117 I do know some Ukranian people who have done that as well.

[@ShoanQuebecCoD]

Some African people has tongue clicks in their name I can see why they’d want a more western sounding name if living in the US or somewhere similar

[@HappyAspid]

Slavic names are notoriously hard for other language groups to pronounce.

[@SumThingFawful]

As a Ghanaian which Nigerian friends. I can tell you its is EXTREMELY COMMON for us to to shorten or change our names to something simple when moving country or doing business. African names can be really long with unorthodox pronunciation. Yet he attaches nefarious purposes to all these things as if the Russian man with a Russian name working for a Russian company is trying to escape the fact he's Russian. Its a good video if your trying to win a twitter argument

[@kotrena]

As a woman, I feel like we are forbidden from being sexy in the media. All this robot twins controversy is simply insulting towards attractive women who are not ashamed of their bodies We don't want sexy women to disappear from games. We just want diversity. Stop shaming devs for inserting beautiful women in their games

[@milkymilk53]

Women: we want to be sexy and represented in media Also women: We don't want to be represented as sexy in media Damned if you do, damned if you don't

[@kotrena]

@@milkymilk53 that's because every person has their own opinion. Unfortunately activists in Twitter are shouting louder

[@HateshWarkio]

1:06:23 The ironic part is that he criticized the company behind Atomic Heart for censoring responses to their posts and then goes and does the same shit

[@Vollmond720]

Their lying propaganda, silencing truth. Our protection from payed bots.

[@hadeshaveaniceday4594]

He'll probably blame it on the monetization or some bs saying it wasn't his fault at all when it's 100% all him

[@HateshWarkio]

@@hadeshaveaniceday4594 more likely on bigots creating bots and fake accounts to harass him or something similar He is getting a taste of his own medicine and does not like it

[@cIoudbank]

not true, Russia has millions of propaganda bots on posts that are anti Russian

[@ZedricBullneck]

i disliked his video and bought the game hoping it wil make his day just a litte worse :)

[@jpteknoman]

there is a Russian guy where i work. people who were in his friends list on social media blocked him as soon as the war started and he was like "damn man, i didn't tell Putin to start the war why are they acting like its my fault?"

[@VitaeLibra]

Same thing happened after 9/11. Or when coronavirus came from china. You can track the increase in hate crimes and racial violence along with those events

[@shamelor5430]

Maybe because it is? It's not like millions of clones of putin is sustaining and wagging this war, you know, this is the biggest war since ww2 and it's not putin himself who is building rockets/making all the war crimes

[@VitaeLibra]

@@shamelor5430 How dare people be forced to work to be able to afford food in an authoritarian dictatorship. Also, the russian guy at the original commenters work clearly isn't working in russia dimwit. If you're gonna generalise an entire population based on the worst logic I have ever seen, at least read what you're replying to

[@shamelor5430]

@@VitaeLibra The problem is not him paying taxes. The problem is russians who are okay with living in an authoritarian dictatorship who wagging conquest/genocidal wars all of their existence. There were like ten years in russian history where they didn't have a tyrant on the throne. Many of them worship Lenin and Stalin even now, and they know that Stalin literally killed millions of russians. If you watch any interview with russians on the street, quite often on any political question, you will hear the answer, "our government is the smart people. They know better than us, so I'm not thinking about politics at all". They literally have a demand in their society for tyrants and they are okay with it. "Putins war" is complete bs. The majority of russians are okay with Putin and with him wagging war even if they will be living in total shit. The people you are talking about are literally considered a marginal minority inside of russia, and many of them have already left the country. The problem with "asmon fan base club" in this comment section, is that you are living mostly in the US in your bubble and trying to extrapolate your US situation in every possible situation in the world. This is complete bs approach. You don't know russians, you don't know their society, and you don't know their history and relationships with neighboring countries. If you meet a russian, you can assume that he fully supports the war in one way or another, and 99 out of 100 times, you will be right. And the fact that this russian lives not in russia doesn't mean shit. There are russians who are living in Berlin, Estonia, and Latvia, and at the start of the war, they had protests, but not against the war, they had marched in support of russia/putin, and their actions. You are mor*ns who assume that they don't want the war and that they are just "regular people", but you have zero knowledge about their society and the context of this war.

[@selenium9479]

That was me. I told Putin to start the war. It was the only way to block google pay in Russia. I had problems with gacha games, you see...

[@michaelstrodick1769]

Atomic Heart VR wasn't a scam. There was a playable alpha. You could play 3 or 4 levels of wave shooters with interesting additions. And then they pulled the plug because they realized, it wasn't working as hoped. So they changed it to the game we can see now.

[@Sugmaprime]

Also they let all the original owners get this game for free I remember seeing

[@Emjayography]

feels like it would be a better VR game

[@Geuelthefool]

@@Emjayography True, like half life alyx.

[@heyhoe168]

@@Emjayography probably. However market is not wide enough for profitable gamedev yet.

[@craftysmithkeith3653]

Thank god, I thought I was imagining that there was a VR atomic heart

[@Lin117]

2 and a half minutes in and this guy has already convinced me to get this game I've never heard of

[@weebigs4406]

Right!!!!!

[@_MrDreamer93]

A peak level of negative campaigning, taking notes

[@michaelschafer1026]

I've heard about it, but I wasn't thinking about getting the game myself. But now I am LOL. I think of hogwarts legacy proved this doesn't work. the more they say, "Don't buy it," the more people will.

[@mage1439]

This guy is the epitome of "I chose my stance without doing any research, but if you say I'm wrong I'll cry."

[@BudgieandAviaryBirds]

which guy

[@jorencice]

Evidence looks pretty good. But fuck any type of cancel culture. Ill buy Russian propaganda just like ill buy America propaganda.

[@silenceyouidiot]

@BlackTiger Studio Nah, he has a bright future in Destiny content.

[@amannamedsquid313]

@BlackTiger Studio I hope he does it while crying. :D

[@gigabit6226]

​@@BudgieandAviaryBirds the guy who made the original video, not the guy reacting

[@Er404ChannelNotFound]

That intro is such a classic example of poisoning the well lmao. Like holy shit bro, it didn't occur to him that it's propaganda in of itself to come up with a hypothetical scenario to emotionally manipulate the audience before even beginning to argue as to why the game itself is propaganda or not? Or was that the intent?!

[@HFBeal]

If it was a good example I could have seen it work. But yeah, totally false equivalence and lost trust immediately

[@davidm2031]

And what was up with the comment about Hogwarts? He's one of those crazy people eh?

[@Chippydip]

Yeah that really fuckin rubbed me the wrong way dude. Like… what a weird way to start a position

[@lanirus7515]

genuinely could not make it past the intro

[@MrFunzerker]

This is meta level shit

[@I.Fumblebee.I]

As someone who does event management, an event is planned months in advance, you usually need at least 6 months before the main event to plan and coordinate everything and once a date is set it's nearly impossible to change that date, think of things like catering, valet services, the people who supply the tables, the people who supply the plants, people who supply the tarps, etc etc. The fact it coincided with the new anti lgbt law is purely coincidental.

[@Ruzzky_Bly4t]

That argument makes no sense on many levels. As you said, it's probably a random coincidence, and even if not, who cares? It's an event about a first person video game set in a soviet dystopia, where you fight robots. I can't see any correlation to lgbt.

[@sadsenmmxvi]

The whole segment was so idiotic I was in disbelief, like yeah of course they're going to make an expensive soviet themed event because it's like...the same aesthetic as the game they're making and currently showcasing? And it's a PRESS EVENT (in russia by the way) so of course they're going to go all out on it because it's for marketability and to drum up hype in the media? Also the "Nazi themed party" argument is a complete false equivalency because in Wolfenstein you're playing from the perspective of an American soldier FIGHTING Nazi's, where as Atomic Hearts seems to be a USSR agent fighting robots gone mad.

[@Garret007]

Ty for the insight.

[@NoPantsBaby]

Wait there's another LGBT spastic fit about another game? But I just bought Hogwarts Legacy. Now I gotta pre-order again?!

[@MrAudriem]

"superiority of one gender" ????!!!!! this guy watch incest porn i sure

[@MouradMokrane]

In a world where all Russians are being cancelled for being Russian, a video cancelling a game just because it's Russian isn't surprising. It's just sad.

[@westerxxx9220]

We are tired of this tbh. They don’t give a shit about why war started and how we suffer from it too. It’s just hilarious how u can buy all world wide media and make a 140m of people evil in 1 month.

[@l3ddy]

True

[@vladyslavgooglya9902]

So, you are just like all others americans, who think, that this is just Putin war, and russian people are good, they want peace, e.t.c? You're funny)

[@MouradMokrane]

@@vladyslavgooglya9902 Blaming people because of their race or nationality, is basically what Nazis used to do... Russians aren't responsible for this war. Same as blaming all Americans for the coup in Ukraine, that led to this war...

[@someperson1829]

@@vladyslavgooglya9902 Check out the list of countries that US bombed, then answer me what are you doing on American platform after seeing the list.

[@AltFromTheLimbo]

" Cancel this russian game, cause it's a russian game made by russians about Russia. I'm ukrainian. " - it couldn't be more prosaic

[@BooM04]

It's not about russia you donkey 🤡. It's about ""great soviet" for some reason where only russia shown. The same soviets that killed like 10+ million of Ukrainians. The game not only a russian state propaganda it is also financed by RU gov orgs like Gasprom.

[@Ruzzky_Bly4t]

And one of the first arguments is that the developers don't openly state that they're Russian, and try to be an international studio. How dare they?

[@BooM04]

@@Ruzzky_Bly4t 1) they are not international, and never tried to be. Registering in Cyprus is just a mask for westerners. They never distance themselves from Russia. They just tried to hide every fuckup or just pretend that there no issues. 😊😊😊 Moreover if they are international would they do communist style party in MOSKOW while ruzzia literary raised UA cities to the ground.

[@edgar7456]

@@Ruzzky_Bly4t and if they said they were russian, this guy would still find a way to criticize that stance with something like "look, they are proud of their link to this war-mongering country"

[@shotat9820]

You don’t understand the culture that exist in Eastern Europe. There is so much hate and animosity against Soviet glorification that it causes reactions like this. That statement is completely fine and understandable there. In Georgia people will spit on you if you even do anything glorifying the Soviets. It’s even worse in Poland and the Baltic States. They can’t stand Russians or the Soviets. You don’t get the culture and think that canceling something because it’s Russian is unjust. Being pampered does that to you. It’s completely just.

[@soldiersvejk2053]

That “please don’t buy” video just persuaded me to buy it. Thank you.

[@Hal0Strike1]

lol same, though i only made it 30 min

[@SquishyOfCinder]

I wanted it before, I need it now.

[@moreza4689]

Same here. Even though it’s on Gamepass

[@MB-rt9dq]

Same. If it makes "that" kind of person mad, its good.

[@purefoldnz3070]

free on game pass

[@chaoscultist5679]

This guy's video against Atomic Heart not only introduced me to it, but pretty much sold me on buying it too. Good job bro.

[@MrGamabunta33]

Same

[@NoName-ym5zj]

Helping fund murder of civilians must be a good selling point.

[@10forthebigguy61]

Same with legacy and those screeching. I find all the best games from people whonare trying to keep me from it rofl.

[@10forthebigguy61]

@@NoName-ym5zj yes

[@sonidoge6777]

@@NoName-ym5zj 🤡

[@slendydie1267]

I used to dislike Asmondold but with every video I watch i respect him more and more. He isnt some stupid mindless streamer, he actually thinks and makes critical points.

[@RTRC_2012]

Same, this and the Hogwarts Legacy discourse are what finally made me see this side of him.

[@elconquistador9667]

I didn't think it was possible for a streamer to be this based until i found asmon.

[@thenonexistinghero]

He doesn't make critical points on all issues. And when it comes to this issue... it's very clear that he's extremely ignorant about the subject matter that's involved. Couldn't come across as more of a dumb f*** if he tried. Usually he's pretty reasonable, but in this video the lifelong anti-Russian indoctrination & brainwashing are showing its effects. And he's invested in Ukraine because he did a charity stream (which sadly knowing how corrupt the country is likely made its way into the hands of a few who didn't deserve it), so he's inclined to be biased towards 1 side simply because he doesn't want to feel like he did something that could be wrong, questionable or pointless.

[@daicaghund3587]

Ya its funny seeing the people that dont like Asmongold express negativity when they clearly havent watched him. I could see that take on him if you just watched a mount off or transmog competition but he hasnt done those and those are older now. I started the same way. On thumbnail alone I wouldnt watch them. I missed out on a lot of good content.

[@TheArachnoBot]

He for some reason cannot wrap his mind around that income -> tax -> state budget -> military spending -> more dead ukrainians/russians. Like fuck, the video is cringe but this shit is not hard asmon.

[@blaz3xxx893]

i like how the guy brought up a point that the devs bad because they are against the lgbt community with the date of the party they had but then brings up how the female robots dancing together is wrong🤣🤣

[@vonnie0_0]

Yeah, kinda hypocritical lmao

[@vargrath3238]

I was confused about that one too, but i think this shows very good his perception about all of that. He's looking for evry bad argument in his reality he can find eventhough they make no sense or are percived wrong cause of the things going on arround him/ his world or better say country. Im sure this had a big impact why he sees things this way, but like Asmongold already said many of those are typical problems in video game industry and so on.

[@Stompehhh]

This mfer is gonna play the shit out of this game. 😂 he lying saying he’s boycotting this thing. You can tell he’s a little hype

[@raskolnikov1461]

Females are world famous Russian gymnasts ❤❤

[@jaqenhghar6244]

Plenty of homophobes watch lesbian porn. The inclusion of two (robot) women in a sexual scene for your male character to watch doesn’t negate being homophobic. That being said, holding a party for your game on the same day as something else doesn’t mean you approve of that other thing. And this Ukrainian guys arguments flop between being sloppy and non-existent. Game looks interesting.

[@Bobbyboy-by9gi]

I personally think all of the points about it being pro USSR just don’t land. The game isn’t out yet, we can’t criticize a product we haven’t touched or seen. And the part where he recommended flagging it so it can banned in your country is absolutely disgusting. People have spent 7 years minimum making this and not even giving them at least a chance is just wrong.

[@СашаЛагаев]

For Ukrainians who knows about USSR cult in Russia(sadly for some Ukrainians also) it's pretty obvious. But the guy is stupid and assumes that everyone in the world as familiar with that as we are. Again flagging game isn't necessary, for example in Ukraine USSR symbols and propagana are banned and you can actually make a solid point from it but again the guy is stupid ). Yeah they spent a lot of time making it but it isn't justifying taking money from government organizations when your government participating at war since 2014.(you know who cares right? now a lot of people do :) )

[@NoName-ym5zj]

What about the argument that the company's major shareholder is a russian state-owned gas giant and your money will go directly to russian oligarchs and thus Kremlin one way or another?

[@AzureScintillae]

Plus the game’s setting of system gone wrong like Chernobyl but with robots. Like is it really promoting if it shows how it went to shit because of it?

[@RedsHitpostMedia]

@AzureSparks Yeah i watched the trailers and its feels like Bioshock where its a critique of unregulated capitalism but instead its Communism.

[@MrOrzeker]

The only point that was kinda valid is the USSR theme party with propaganda messages, it's kind of weird.

[@damienstegman5667]

Congrats to Horendo or what his name is.... You actually convinced a lot of people to buy atomic heart. Insulting people in the first 3 minutes made me actually buy it twice.

[@eyesfullofsky9776]

Aye, insulting _any_ portion of your audience is very, very rarely a good idea. Especially considering just how contrarian people are becoming these days. Bro, he hasn't even gotten through his opening statement and I already am 90% of the way to buying this game I literally never heard about, solely because the guy who made the video comes off as holier-than-thou.

[@Cheddar_96]

Dudes video is a joke, someone else made a video right after his called please buy atomic heart 😅 he shut him down like asmon does lol

[@kkammei]

Unironically more interested in it now because I have seen practically zero marketing for it. Didn’t even know it was coming out soon.

[@spaceghostcqc2137]

Damn so an insult is all it takes to manipulate you into spending 60 bucks? Expect every game from now on to have an astroturfed insult campaign to boost sales.

[@srbusao]

@@spaceghostcqc2137 hell yeah

[@Ajbajnificent]

Thicc robot=buy. Jokes aside, this guy wasn't only a clown, he was the entire circus. I bought the game, played it a little bit and so far its been great. Gg to the devs and gg to you Asmon, for good content.

[@valentinbryanskiy651]

Don't you mean GC.

[@crazychase98]

To many puzzles that don't give directions very well. Wish they toned down the puzzles a little other then that I'm enjoying it

[@AlfreskAtWork]

- "I'm not gonna watch this 20 minute video" - Actually watches it and makes it into 1.15 hours of content like a boss

[@Gerald0613]

@@brumaliaworks7662 bro I watched every MILLISECOND

[@KibitoAkuya]

And doesn't speak nonsense for filler

[@EggtasticTaco]

1.25 hours

[@AlfreskAtWork]

@@EggtasticTaco Got me there

[@jhgfdsalk]

its 1.25 hours

[@ni.fatcat]

"whenever ppl say they don't like politics in videogames what they really mean it's they don't like heavy handed politics that are put in by ppl that are trying to spread their minority opinion that actually is not held by the general population but they are trying to use this videogame as a trojan horse to push that opinion or that agenda" The truth of a thousand suns has never been more truer.

[@zeppelincraft1443]

Yeah, even if its fantasy there is a clear line where people find it to be breaking their immersion. This is not videogames but in Starwars sequels you see 2020 earth politics and minority agendas pushed in a whole galaxy where there is a myriad of worlds and laws like its the only rule and trend. That is impossible and nobody cares about that in that setting and it pulls them out of the experience.

[@Lunk42]

This exactly people don't just hate games with politics like everything in the metal gear series for example because despite basing some of the in game politics on reality the politics in those games are for the most part fictional and made to serve the story of mgs itself Kojima didn't feel the need to try and preach to his fans about his own political beliefs he rather presented you the facts of the story and basically left it to you to figure out your feelings on it. It wasn't a vehicle to just try and push his views onto others it was a form of storytelling.

[@JesusProtects]

In short, people who are clearly not oppressed in the slightest claim to be victims of systemic oppression. Of course I'm not going to take them seriously.

[@bobsnob3073]

I always saw it like that too. No one likes games where the developer is trying to portray their politics as the "correct" point of view. People are okay with politics in games that leave it up to your interpretation or give you the choice. That's why I always felt them using Fallout as an example is so stupid. You make the choices in Fallout.

[@StuartEaston23]

@@lordfrz9339 Completely incorrect but you keep believing whatever silly narrative you want buddy.

[@XartiXV]

My only mistake was assuming that he's an American wokescold from Twitter with ten billion flags (Including the Ukrainian flag) on his Twitter bio. But he actually lives in Ukraine. Sob story doesn't cut it and there's something fishy, since he's deleting comments that are criticizing him and giving him feedback. But he's leaving only the "Happy, happy, joy, joy comments."

[@LeafMaltieze]

I feel really bad for the developers of Atomic Heart. They just wanted to make a cool game, but because of geopolitical conflicts outside of their control, they will have massively lower sales, and people will judge their game negatively just because it was made by people who are ethnically Russian.

[@quasi2258]

Now you understand Russia a little better. They were acting this way long before this game lol.

[@ERTChimpanzee]

They support Russian war machine with the profit the company earns.

[@люблючакчак]

​@@quasi2258как?

[@MyZk089]

They didn't have to become a way for the Oligarchs to launder money thru META Publishing, they chose it - because they want to get rich too.

[@different_stuff]

Funny thing about lower sales is that it was the most popular steam game in ukraine when it came out.

[@therandomblackguy1983]

US: Makes war game showing old USA propaganda. Everybody: No Problem Russia: Makes game showing Old Russian Propaganda. Everybody: No you can’t do that.

[@Azmania3000]

Academia: Yeh but winners write the history books. Putin: oh I've been doing it wrong. Hold my beer

[@CamaradeJuk]

Morals standards from the West, disgusting... 😝

[@simonschneider5913]

@@CamaradeJuk encapsulated pöerfectly in Josep Borell's speech about the garden and the jungle....these people are insane, and immensely dangerous.

[@鍵17]

less like everybody, more like only this guy

[@ERTChimpanzee]

I don't have anything against the game, but I don't like the money they support the war.

[@kyrian7600]

The best part is that if you go to the original video, he says that he has to "limit comments as they are currently being botted by more faceless, newly made accounts than anyone could ever realistically keep up with". At the time of me writing this, the last new comment was 4 days ago and there are shockingly few comments that are actually disagreeing with the video considering the video itself has roughly around 135k dislikes.

[@everus8558]

Because he just removes any comment that disagree with him.

[@Arcticanine]

Being fair, there are comments who spring even more chaos then the original person did with his one. People make "justified" comments making fun, threatening and just being dumb themselves on these videos. Because we don't know why it was deleted or which comments are deleted, I don't think we can take that either way.

[@PiousSlayer]

@@Arcticanine He is obviously doing a scorched earth approach, no new comments and only positive comments were previously approved. It's hilariously hypocritical considering the context of the video. I bet its lost on him.

[@nsomjimi]

is that guy actually being serious? i thought he was just trolling.

[@Arcticanine]

I only said mine on the basis on not knowing what happened in that comment section. If you guys did see it, then you do you.

[@direct_d4574]

The fact Harenko is only allowing comments that agree with him, meanwhile his video is getting totally ratio'd, tells me everything I need to know.

[@Layjus123]

When I heard there was some controversy about this game, I'd thought that maybe its creators had said bad things about Ukraine because I gave the benefit of the doubt that people weren't stupid enough to boycott a game simply because its creators were Russian. Humanity proved me wrong again. I'll have exceedingly low expectations next time this happens. This game's story looked interesting to me as I love dystopia stories in movies, novels, and games in general so NOW because of the incredibly stupid logic and non-controversy these people created I will buy and try this game.

[@hollowman9410]

Don't be so sad. If we lived in the past. The american goverment would have labeled the game as soviet propaganda and would have banned it. The fact that the game is doing well proves that people no longer fear "the red manace".

[@hanyolo2041]

People like this guy are the reason we don't get swastikas in WWII games anymore

[@Ruzzky_Bly4t]

I fear this will get so much worse in the future. 1984 level brainwashing, but instead of an authoritarian government, it's the society that does it.

[@KennyIsUndead]

Maybe but it could also be that publishers want to sell them everywhere. In germany for example showing those signs is forbidden and will be punished harshly. Its just easier to exclude them then make two versions i guess.

[@basedstreamingatcozy-dot-t7126]

well, no, that's because there's a holocaust museum in every city

[@truckywuckyuwu]

@@KennyIsUndead Game companies just release different textures for things when they want to do that. Games in China for instance aren't allowed to show bones or skeletons of any kinds. Game companies usually just edit those things out.

[@kubatrolski5450]

Dude, nazi germany lost the war 80 years ago, while ruSSians are murdering innocent people in this very moment. Don't you see a difference?

[@CertifiedSunset]

On the changing name thing for the dev, Asmon is right, it's a lot more common than most people think. For instance Nicholas Cage the actor changed his name from Nicolas Kim Coppola to Nicholas Cage so his name would be more appealing to the hollywood world.

[@diagon2771]

it's not a common thing in russia, like at all. Guy just wants some additional money for this cheap price of changing his name online. It's the problem, you don't know their culture as close as we do and don't understand them as we do.

[@CertifiedSunset]

@@diagon2771 I was speaking generally, not just specifically about Russia, but go ahead and pop off king.

[@NotSoSerious69420]

@@diagon2771 no one said russia in particular just saying it’s not a uncommon practice and isn’t a meaningful argument.

[@tahirmehdi]

@@diagon2771 lol, that's not true. You might not be aware of it, but It's pretty common thing to do in Russia, especially when trying to appeal to society's norms

[@Redmanticore]

there was a time when people actually changed to russian name, instead of out of it, in usa, because people knew russian sounding names better. our finnish show wrestler was in WWE named as Ludvig Borga. his real name was tony halme.

[@ElhajMahmoud]

I like how his argument about “this was made by a Russian dev, then it should be boycotted or something” as if USA isn’t responsible for ton of horrors in the world

[@ceod00msdayy]

true

[@ilhamseptian1604]

yeah he made the video based on racist and hate lmao

[@syressx9098]

@@ASS_ault How is it justified? Some bs if I ever heard one

[@augustosantos7621]

@@ASS_ault Hawaii, northern mexico, Texas, indian nations, phillipines, Samoa, Guam, thousands of islands in the Pacific, Diego Garcia island, etc

[@AzureScintillae]

@@ASS_ault that is not justified, that is just emotion that stemmed from the war. A bias or anti-sentiment towards those from the opposition. Say you have a neighbour who is from the opposition who settled in your neighbourhood years before the conflict. Then someone comes along and says that he’s a spy or terrorist even though he’s not doing anything nor had any history of it. You now treat him as the enemy on your belief and hatred towards them. There is no justification there, only emotion.

[@TerminalMonk]

"Don't buy this game it's Soviet propaganda" "Oh, how is it Soviet propaganda" "Yeah I'm not really gonna explain in what way it's propaganda, but it also objectifies women 👍"

[@engi6297]

Idealizing Soviet lifestyle: Killing batshit insane robots with crazy ass axes as a maniac mercenary

[@egosdragonis6149]

Perfect 👌

[@doragonL]

No wonder putin wants soviet union back

[@Magnum_Express]

the good old days.

[@Alba_kn]

I saw here the idealizing of technocracy only. And I don't think it's bad.

[@JustinSmith-zt3hd]

Come join out utopian society where murderous robots are trying to kill you constantly.

[@jojowasukranian8131]

Funniest part is how he said the game supports anti lgbt law and then called the sexy robots lesbians lmaoooo

[@thorveim1174]

"how does game dare not do my politics exactly how I like them?" yeah the gus is really going out of his way to find all criticism possible.. even if he has to contradict himself in the process.

[@dragonsmith9462]

What he's saying is that something is pro lgbtq if it forces straight men to pretend to find trans women attractive, but it's problematic if the robotic women are appealing to straight men on the level of biological women. It's confusing , but it's about control and shame.

[@Sirbushyballz]

its well known that people who keep preaching the whole lgbt stuff are actual haters themselves, so many have been caught off guard and saying wildest things.

[@СергейСмирнов-ф9к5л]

@@Sirbushyballz well, tbf he is mentioning lesbians in a context of "ongoing issue of sexualizing lesbians". But I have another problem with that argument - why do you need to specifically mention that they are lesbians if you already arguing about sexualizing women?

[@Sirbushyballz]

@@СергейСмирнов-ф9к5л because nobody cares about it other than the people who keep preaching it online how its wrong and seek validation from everyone else so they can feel morally right and superior but meanwhile are hypocrites behind the closed doors and use the same type of insults or generalizations/slurs when they get angry at someone.

[@BunsenMusic]

Buddy is like "the 3rd cousin of the aunt of a man who invested $20 into Atomic Heart development one time visited Russia on a school trip 12 years ago. PLEASE dont play this"

[@demilung]

Except replace "the 3rd cousin of the aunt of a man who invested $20 into Atomic Heart development" by "listed on the company site among the Main Investors" and "one time visited Russia on a school trip 12 years ago" by "Russian oil oligarh" and you got it figured out, congrats

[@Prushinthespirit]

@@demilung because people with money can afford themselves to establish a company, you know. If you think that past working in russian oil company is some kind of a mark that can't be washed - well, I can't wait to see what dark unforgivable secrets you're hiding...

[@demilung]

@@Prushinthespirit Do you know anything about Russian oil? It's not an open business, you need to be in bed with the ruling party to get a status like that. And to wash something you need to actually do something - not just say "I got my cut of the blood money, time to branch out"

[@heronekkotheanimer7386]

@@demilung Ok so some questionable individuals invested in the company, so What? The company isnt using that money to fund the war on Ukraine, they are using it to make a video game. A lot of companies receive money from shady people or companies, this is nothing new and isnt even the worst one, after all a lot of tech companies that promote a lot of activist bs propaganda also buy their materials from shady companies that uses child and even borderline slave labor. So in the end if you own any tech device like a cellphone, a pc or even a electric car you are already helping a lot of horrible stuff than just not buying a game or shaming people that bought such game. There is no black or white in the world, only grey.

[@demilung]

@@heronekkotheanimer7386 Make a video game parading the same USSR bullshit that is used to justify the declaration of intent to conquer my city right now. Country A invades country B, seems pretty black and white. And the devs tried their hand at glorifying that soviet history themselves. They changed it after people noticed how fucked it is, but if you use Wayback Machine to check the earlier version of the "lore" segment of their website, you'd see that even before all the fantastical stuff, they wrote it as if in 1939 USSR started a war with the Nazis, not work with them to divide Poland. Who cares about all that you might ask? Soviet fanboys do. Russian warmongers do. "the heroics of our grandfathers" is another thing that is constantly used to justify the conquest right the fuck now. Here's a thing. If the devs had an unfortunate timing with their passion project, that could be fine. But the're splitting their asses sitting on that fence. In the only supposedly related comment they don't even say what standing as "an organization against violence towards anyone" is related to. They stuck their tongues way up their asses in regards to the whole thing, everything they do and say is riding the line so as to not get in trouble with the west while not putting off homeland vantinks.

[@HenkinChonk]

It’s an amazing game and even better if you speak Russian. It can be challenging but still playable and I’m so glad I gave it a chance

[@cbhlde]

But Russia bad, playing this makes more Orcs! Play that Ukrainian game instead, because those are exclusively great guys! 😉😁

[@waysearcher]

@@cbhlde I think for gamers doesn`t matter political part of game developer if political opinion don`t inject in game process

[@Swiftymvm]

I'm Ukrainian I speak russian and hands down best game ive played in years

[@AkumanoKuma2236]

@@Swiftymvm You lie

[@airton4412]

​@@cbhldeyou funny😂

[@bigmyke2008]

Can’t wait for Gamergate 2.0 to pivot from “buying the wizard game makes you a transphobe” to “buying robocommie Bioshock” makes you a Putin apologist.

[@evobsm2328]

And the reasons dislikes are not public anymore and the comments were being deleted i was like... how can someone agree with this and i started to doubt myself lol

[@MrGamelover23]

To be fair, trans people are well within their rights to say why giving a bigot money is problematic. It's just that I'm like being gay or black, nobody give a flying fuck about trans rights, unfortunately.

[@MrZombiekiller23]

"here is something that never happened, and here is a video game" intro was truly mind bending

[@Ba1T]

🤣

[@FlokiTech]

Asmon seem to like the intro, But i don't get it. Can you explain if there is a deeper meaning behaind the intro then just wasting time?

[@mangocookie4790]

@@FlokiTech it has no meaning 💀

[@98mita]

@@FlokiTech As far as I understood it, and please take this with a grain of salt, I believe he wanted to paint a picture so that the viewer could better understand the feelings he has for this game. While he did draw a parallel with a game that never existed, I think he made his point. Personally I found the intro part of the video the best, while the rest is very shallow and forced, and as dark as it sounds if there wasn't a war going on right now the video wouldn't get the tenth of the support it currently has, it is purely emotionally driven IMO. I get it, but it does make for a very unhealthy discussion about art expression.

[@TheHellSpawn000]

The fact that the guy makes a statement about people playing hogwarts legacy in the beginning of the video? That told me every single thing i needed to know. After a bit of research on the game The music is done by Mick Gordon and he actually got f**king paid for it, Thats a +1. Never heard about the game but as a russian living in canada? you better bet im buying it now.

[@johnwalker3602]

Russian? Stay true to yourself and pirate it!

[@CatacombD]

Very true. I gave him the benefit of the doubt, "Just because he has one horrible take doesn't mean all his takes will be horrible," but nah. The original video author is just as wrong about hogwarts as he is about atomic hearts.

[@ValbrandrLeonhardt]

It's funny because Hogwarts Legacy really is good. I've only put like 4 hours into, but the detail is incredible. From what I've seen of Atomic Heart, Its gonna be good. Only 10 days to go.

[@gravemind883]

Hope we've been nice :) Stay safe man!

[@BotLaneTaken]

Wait Mick did the music for AH? Yup, buying it.

[@Michael-f5e2x]

"It's shady because its from a company with no history" What the actual fuck is this argument?! Every studio has their first game bud...

[@gumpable]

Really happy someone with a large viewer base responded to this. I saw this video being posted all over the place on sites like reddit and other forums and quite a bit of comments on those sites responding to it were people hopping on board the "Don't Buy This" bus with zero research being done into the videos claims.

[@itstime5138]

It's a controversial video with 120k views and only a 100 comments. For comparison Asmongler's video has 80k views and 3000+ comments. The comments you see that agree with him are the 3% that have been approved personally by his majesty.

[@nolen991]

@@itstime5138 I just checked it out again today (I watched it, thought it was silly and was glad to see Asmon react) 1.5m views and less then 200 comments. Dudes in an echo chamber, he even said he himself is limiting commenting because "fresh acc bots"

[@emperorborgpalpatine]

ya asmon with his W take.

[@OwlskiTV]

Looking at the mass dislikes on the video and the comments only showing neutral/supportive comments, he's most likely removing any criticism his video is getting.

[@BrandonHeat243]

@@aerus3446 I replied to a comment with 23k likes where i was critical of the video the day the video came out and my comment has no likes and no responses. So it's gotta be censored because even if none of the woke bots liked my comment, they certainly would have attacked me for it. But there's nothing. The best part is he justifies censoring people like me saying we are "newly created bot accounts". Lol. My account is from 2006.

[@sirscratchalot05]

This guy wanted to speak of how shady it was that the devs were deleting comments and banning people to silence and conduct damage control. But then you look at the comments for his video. There isn't a single person showing a different opinion as him. Despite the fact that outside of his video, everything is positive for this game. It happens early on in the video, so you can see pretty quickly what type of person he is and tell how hypocritical he is.

[@NotSoSerious69420]

Of course they are. If people like him didn’t have double standards they wouldn’t have standards at all.

[@PeachDragon_]

He literally only used the Ukrainian card as a shield and it did work on me originally not gonna lie

[@Kratos_Messi7050]

My comment got deleted recently 💀💀

[@RainbowRenegade]

This dude's video must have been on the agenda of every Russian troll farm for the past two weeks.🙄 Their FSB handlers must be pretty worked up about it. Russian bot raids is a thing tho, for example you need look no further than his vid's comment section.

[@NotSoSerious69420]

@@RainbowRenegade of course. It’s always Russian bots. Ever wonder if people just disagree?

[@IchbinX]

"If you're the type to play Hogwarts and watch Joe Rogan..." Wow, dude just outed himself as a butthurt lefty within 2 mins.

[@agiyx8591]

As a lefty it hurts to see people like those existing.

[@FireJach]

True. Among leftists and lgbt is a ton of garbage people

[@spartacus1155]

Right

[@delivererofdarknessshoguno1133]

I think he is just really failing to read the room, honestly. He is trying to rile up "the westerners" against this game, and he says what he thinks is mainstteam right now for this purpose. Ukrainians don't really support most of the modern west's woke stuff, much like most other eastern europeans. This is why I think that he only said this because he thought it would generate support (failing to see that Hogwarts is pretty much numbah one everywhere right now, meaning that the absolute majority are liking it)

[@mikeransom9210]

Yeah, because this speaks to 100% of leftists. Get a clue.

[@OPKECTPAHT]

3:27 Смотрю этот стоп-кадр (видео стоит на 480p), при этом думаю качать ли игру, пытаюсь прочитать надпись из букв на параде, слева... Читаю "ПЕСДА ВЫХОДНЫМ" и понимаю - это знак! Скоро будут выходные, когда я буду проходить эту игру! )))))

[@guyfromzanarkand]

"Hey, so, US nuked Japan, which is similar to Russia that didn't use nukes at all." 10/10, amazing take right off the bat Also the original "review" has 1,5 mln views and 120 comments, because the creator "was forced somewhat to limit comments as they are currently being botted by more faceless, newly made accounts" (you can guess what kind of comments weren't deleted). This is gold.

[@raikau3029]

Ye Japan was good guys who supported nazis, tortured Koreans, made gulags like concentration camps. Don't paint here Russia as good guys ,they killed a lot of people, with out nuclear weapons.

[@hahahahanope7659]

@@TheMCmace Yes , everybody loves the gulag.

[@Lekser]

@@Kalergi_Plan_Accelerationist he doesn't delete them it's set to where each comment has to be manually reviewed by him to be posted. It's not a shadow ban

[@shelbyspeaks3287]

Ah yes, the nanking, unit 731 Japan... good guys.

[@mage1439]

@@Lekser I'd bet he put that thing in place BECAUSE he was having to delete so many comments.

[@chrispybacon6198]

"Stop playing Atomic Heart!" "I'm going to play it even harder."

[@judzam14]

“What's that supposed to mean?”

[@RSRtwothousand5]

@@judzam14 you know what it means

[@ttemmowwkk]

@@KZbinCensors bruh, 14 y o kid

[@mihkelmatsina1431]

@@KZbinCensors russia is losing

[@redReiRei]

@andrewryan8507 It's not Soviet Bioshock really. It's Duke Nukem Soviet Forspoken with a sprinkle of Bioshock

[@ssweetroll]

Damn, I'll be broke if these people keeps boycotting shit. If they tell you to not buy something, you know its actually something good and you now have to buy it or you'll miss out.

[@numbron803]

That's my rule nowadays If Twitter SJWs say it's bad and insult people that like it, then it's most likely really good And if Twitter SJWs praise it and insult people that DON'T like it, then it's most definitely garbage

[@numbron803]

@@TheWikkdOne how?

[@CacaPooPooos]

Good marketing strategy if I ever make a game. Tell people it's controversial, pay people to tell others to not play it, and boom! Instant money in my pocket.

[@CacaPooPooos]

@@SirSpence99 Gamers love gambling.

[@OrionDawn15]

@@Chromodar Why not both? Nowadays, games are kinda lame and safe. If some retard on Twitter is bitching about it? Well, my interest is certainly peaked. If Twitter's crying about your game or saying some really seemingly dumb shit about it then it might just be something worth keeping an eye on. And you get to annoy those children by buying it. A win-win. Also it's mainly a joke, to me anyway.

[@BeefyCats]

I loved the game you guys should try it. Perfect mix of weapons and movement. Bosses are pretty hard unless you explore and upgrade a bunch first. Favorite thing is the dodge mechanic tho when you have to dip on their heavy attacks . Game grew on me

[@zumbak9187]

Russian game dev here. About VK Play affiliation. Since the war began we can't buy games from Steam so the studio decided to make it VK Play exclusive in Russia. We just don't have any other platform to buy games. You have to understand that the still existing studios just trying to keep things afloat. Many devs work from abroad, HRs try to get papers to avoid mobilization for employees. We just try to keep doing what we love.

[@sun41KA]

Mobilization? Mobilization is over. There was a partial mobilization and only the most experienced people were selected. This is somewhere around 300 thousand experienced fighters. Stop listening to your propaganda. Here in Ukraine there is really a constant mobilization and men are not allowed out of the country. Мобилизация? Она у нас давно закончилась. Была частичная мобилизация и отбирали только самых опытных людей. Это где то 300 тысяч опытных бойцов. Откуда ты эту информацию берешь? Эти дохляки которые покинули страну, кто их бы взял в горячие точки? Это ссыкуны. Вот в Украине реально идет постоянная мобилизация и мужчин не выпускают из страны.

[@sun41KA]

PS Судя , что ты подписан на пивовара и варлама , я представляю уже, что ты из себя представляешь. Пятая колонна.

[@zumbak9187]

@@sun41KA ещё тупа в гугл переводчик текст вбил)) she ended)))

[@sun41KA]

@@zumbak9187 Ради тебя исправил, видишь какой гугл тупой, лучше бы яндексом перевёл.

[@zumbak9187]

@@sun41KA спасибо! Ты по тексту ещё в Украине живёшь. Here in Ukraine - здесь в Украине.

[@XDarkAllNightX]

"Don't play Atomic Heart for it's pro-russia/USSR message, go play something like Disco Elysium" Ah yes, the game from the Devs that literally on stage praised Marx and Engels.

[@TheWhalsh]

The 100 Million NetEase investment to Bungie had me laughing my ass off. Imagine having your entire argument dismantled by a 30 second google search.

[@mxtung4209]

Those "activists" don't care about them being a hypocrite. They'll bring up "omg omg whataboutism omg omg". That's their new holy grail to justify themselves being a bunch of hypocrites.

[@GaijinNomad787]

10 second search lol

This kind of video is EXACTLY what makes me buy the game and do exactly the opposite that I'm being told. Thank you Harenko

[@DundG]

34:55 Asmongolds voice gradually getting higher the more he lets out the frustration and disbelief on how bad this BS is, is just so good! It's not anger, but a state of total fremdschämen!

[@cykeok3525]

> fremdschämen Well, learned a new word.. thanks dude!

[@DundG]

@@MasterDragonPaladin Those people pick easy fights to feel a sense of achievemt. They want to feel they can change something for the better, so they go for the small "prey" and inflate it to make it seem like a big deal. It is a coping mechanism for feeling powerless. Thats why the ones most hurt leach out the most brutal to those mini issues, while ignoring the bigger, more complex ones as they can't handle it. They're to broken! Beware those who got hurt! As they can easily become perpetrators themself to regain a sense of security!

[@Evulchair]

Dude, Harenko is convinced that all the dislikes on his video are russian bots. xD I hope its at least sexy russian bots~

[@NotSoSerious69420]

Perhaps even lesbian robots.

[@greed1sgood130]

nice one

[@tucherkoro158]

Сексуальные русские боты, так и запишем)

[@alexeyamosov664]

@@tucherkoro158 надо их и использовать, чтобы потеснить пригожинских)

[@Alexander-yt3dj]

95% of comments saying exactly same thing, yeah, sure, they are definitely not bots

[@potongusleonardus8046]

The funny part to me is that like Hogwarts, i didnt even know this game existed until i saw someone on youtube complaining and telling me not to buy it. Also like hogwarts, in said video they showed scenes from the game that genuinely looked fun and interesting making me want to play said game they are complaining about. Literally supporting the game without even trying lol

[@D64nz]

I wasn't even looking at this game before, but I might break my rule and pay full price for it. First AAA game in a long time that looks new and creative. Z wins again.

[@Its_Chris07]

This is the type of guy to not breath air because J.K. Rowling breathes many times a day

[@mawest71]

I held off on buying Atomic Heart for totally other reasons but after hearing the opening Hogwart's statement I went and bought it.

[@acreativename2781]

lol no you didnt, be quiet xD

[@ANPC-pi9vu]

It's funny how the hysteria against good games by new studios mirrors the hysteria we often see against other new media vs ether support or silence by activists regarding legacy media. Really makes you think.

[@Sam-fe2yi]

@@acreativename2781 i went amd bought the collectors edition just out of spite

[@acreativename2781]

@@Sam-fe2yi nope, you didnt

[@Sam-fe2yi]

@@acreativename2781 how not?

[@Untolddead]

I used to do historical educational reenactment and sometimes I represented people who were not 100% good. That doesn't mean I glorified or aligned with them. It's like when people get mad that the bad guy is bad because it brings representation to people with bad ideas.

[@arsenii_yavorskyi]

this game doesn't 'represent' bad people, it glorifies them. it's a love letter to Russian imperialism.

[@sakuraa2008]

@@arsenii_yavorskyi have you played the game?

[@РоманПолухин-ъ3ч]

@@arsenii_yavorskyi And why is it bad actually?

[@arsenii_yavorskyi]

@@sakuraa2008 no, but I know the context for a lot of the imagery and symbols presented in the marketing material. to put it simply, this game shows the Soviets as the good guys.

[@arsenii_yavorskyi]

​@@РоманПолухин-ъ3ч because presenting evil as good is bad.

[@minimmats]

The funniest part is where he gives credit for the "research". That made me laugh.

[@Pleshie]

The dude deletes any comments that aren't in complete support of his video lmao

[@raphses6871]

Jacketless Twin: “Sister, what is this… odd feeling I’m sensing?” Jacket Twin: “It appears to be what humans call a “hot take”, sister. And it seems to be aimed towards us.” Jacketless Twin: “Oh my! Should we be concerned?” Jacket Twin: “I highly doubt it. According to my data, most humans see these “hot takes” as inconsequential and treat them as laughing stock.”

[@raphses6871]

I deleted the original comment by accident, I’m so dumb!

[@Servellion]

Conveniantly, they're named Left and Right. Right is the jacketless twin

[@Vaguer_Weevil]

​@@SarcasticSloth69 I'm.. almost certain they're not named after political parties. Also that speech was REALLY lame.

[@zepuppet._.master]

@@SarcasticSloth69 Bro just... just stop. Take a seat, you're not in a shonen anime here. Just relax, okay? lol

[@Toefoo100]

mask pfp into the trash it goes lol

[@Fixti0n]

As for the Why of why someone would fake their name, in case you didnt know, but there is a lot of discrimination agenst Asians over in America so having an American name when you are from Asia would help you to get less discrimination. An other reason, as a Scandinavian, my name is nearly imposible for american and english speakers to pronounce, much less remember, so i have an englishified name that is easyer for americans to say and remember. Because saying "Hi am Fred" is a lot better then "Hello, my name is Hooka Daku Krunshnifi Ashlak", i assume its easier for Asians to do the same.

[@Lesyenka]

Russians in America rarely change names completely, but it's very common to use latinized and/or simplified forms, which are easier to pronounce for English speakers. (In Russia most of these forms are viewed as diminutive and informal). Mikhail = Misha (actually, just Russian for Michael) Alexander = Sasha Dmitry = Dima Nadezhda = Nadia etc.

[@goranstojanov1160]

@@Lesyenka BASICALY SELF ASSIMILATION,SELF ANNEXATION,SELF ERADICATION.........IT IS AS IT ITS...PANDERING TO LAZY PEOPLE WHO CANT EVEN MAKE AN EFFORT OR ATLEAST HAVE SOME THING TO IDENTIFY BY LIKE THIRD NAME TO THE ORIGINAL NAME THAT WILL EASLY BE IDENTIFIED/PRONOUNCED BY NO YOU MUST BE SUBSURVIANT AND CHANGE YOUR NAME,ERASE YORU OWN CULTURE JUST TO PANDER TO SOMEONE.....

[@redbeardsteelskin6723]

@@Lesyenka Okay, so "Alexander = Sasha". That's like "Richard = Dick" to me, I don't see the correlation. Dmitry & Mikhail I've known before, never heard Nadezhda, but changing Alexander seems odd as "Alex" is a rather common name.

[@Lesyenka]

@@redbeardsteelskin6723 speaking about latinization of Russian names, typically, Alex would be short for Alexey, not Alexander. Ofc no firm rules there, merely informal traditions.

[@Lesyenka]

@@redbeardsteelskin6723 Indeed, short forms for Russian names may be quite unpredictable - same, as in English (and probably many other languages).

[@ArkbladeIX]

Throughout the whole argument I just had the feeling his was grasping at any straw he could find to try to twist it into something bad so he could look like the good guy for exposing it.

[@nicoinformatics]

If decisions whether to support or develop a game should be based on whether the theme of the game or some of the developers ideology coincides with certain negative connotations or whether those "offends" some people in some way, then no game would ever be made, ever. You can correlate ANY game with some bad ideas anywhere, all games will undoubtedly offend someone somehwere.

[@Pand0rasAct0r_]

true but i would put negative connotations not really together with being supportive of mass genocide upon a population. thats like having a game being made by nazis and people still support it because oh well its just a game right? some issues are really not that problematic. some are being put bigger than they are like with hogwarts. but a company that says its based in cyprus but is really based in russia and states its pro peace yet doesnt want to say they are against the russian war directly eh thats all very fishy.

[@harveyflippers9531]

The answer is clear; we gotta kill gaming 😞

[@alexabramiuk]

Yeah, but mundfish games is sponsored by companies affiliated with Russian government. And also if in the case of the Hogwarts legacy, money you give for the game partially goes to one hated woman. In case of atomic heart it goes toward killing more Ukrainian civilians. Yes, one purchase won't change anything, and even boycotting one game doesn't do much. But it's a part of the greater picture. It's really important to create clear understanding that till invasion ends there will be no support for Russia and Russian companies.

[@HansWurst-gm2rx]

@@alexabramiuk Whats the point? With your game purchases in the early 2000s from American Publishers you supported the wars against Afghanistan and Irak. Did you have moral problems with that aswell? Did you use Amazon while the Irak war was going on? This supported killing Iraqi civilians by proxy. Do you feel guilty yet? Get your head out of your ass, you cant control every flow of money.

[@XX-rs7sq]

Make a game idolizing nazis that is the equivalent. The ussr are killed 30-70 million of it own citizens, so many it is impossible to freaking count. Learn history

[@hanzo90]

I've never seen someone have such bias that's so strong that it overtakes every bit of logic and common sense

[@Ruzzky_Bly4t]

As a Russian, this reaction is unfortunate but expected. The war is horrible, and it's no surprise that some people will be blinded by hate towards Russia, even towards those who have nothing to do with the war. Luckily, it seems to be a minority, and most people understand how little sense this behaviour makes.

[@imaginarystranger1974]

@@Ruzzky_Bly4t The development of this game was sponsored by Gazprom, which is one of the major reasons noone should support it.

[@OwlskiTV]

@@Ruzzky_Bly4t Thankfully it is the minority, and there's still common sense out there. I can sympathize with Ukrainians for going though such turmoil. Heck, even heard the people in Russia are suffering as a result as well. As it's been said from the start; It's not Russia's war, it's Putin's.

[@Ruzzky_Bly4t]

@@wykydytron Seems like your reply got deleted, and for good reason.

[@shamelor5430]

​@@OwlskiTV It's not the minority. Almost all people in Ukraine, across EU, every person in the US following situation (except maga), and every neighboring country of russia (except north Korea and China) hates russians and deservedly. The minority is the "gaming community" in this comment section that lives in some kind of bubble. "nOt aLl rUsSiaNs" are guilty is pure bs, literally the marginal minority in russia (like 5-10% of people) is not supporting the war, but the rest of them either supporting or indifferent (which is the same as supporting by an effect), and the war of such scales (the biggest war since ww2) can't happen without the massive support of the population, and it's not like millions of clones of putin is fighting for russia, building rockets, and celebrating every rocket strike on Ukraine in social media. It's not the minority. Almost all people in Ukraine, across EU, every person in the US following situation (except maga), and every neighboring country of russia (except north Korea and China) hates russians and deservedly. The minority is the "gaming community" in this comment section that lives in some kind of bubble. "nOt aLl rUsSiaNs" are guilty is pure bs, literally the marginal minority in russia (like 5-10% of people) is not supporting the war, but the rest of them either supporting or indifferent (which is the same as supporting by an effect), and the war of such scales (the biggest war since ww2) can't happen without the massive support of the population, and it's not like millions of clones of putin is fighting for russia, building rockets, and celebrating every rocket strike on Ukraine in social media.

[@karl_boss]

Didn't even know this game existed. This looks dope

[@demaisher182]

Oh it is alright lmao

[@monrepos1001]

yup it looks crazy and fun times

[@Tomiply]

It even has music by Mick Gordon, so look forward to that!

[@WotanAlgiz]

@@Tomiply you already know that the soundtrack is going to be amazing then

[@HFBeal]

Even more excited to buy it now… lol

[@HectorCotto97]

The dude in the video is honestly difficult to listen to, I think it goes without saying that he has some sort of bias going on that he's projecting on the game and its developers. A lot of the stuff he said just sounded like he was doing everything in his power to paint the game and the developers in a certain negative light.

[@macatk35]

This video is the best example as to why I watch Asmongold. He attacks the opinion and not the person. The take this KZbinr has is egregious, but he doesn't deserve personal attacks because at the end of the day we all have at least 1 opinion that would be considered controversial.

[@HAWSHPAWZ-GAMEZ]

​@@sirrealism7300 if you don't want to support countries that are committing war/war crimes then be prepared to not buy any American, British or any other of the western world game developers currently operating. They are not selling the game to fund anything, the tax from the game may do so but then tax from USA games goes to sending bombs into Syrian children hospitals on the regular so let's ban COD as well no?

[@dondemonico]

@@HAWSHPAWZ-GAMEZ yeah exactly 💯 If you don't buy what you like and if we hear to ppl like this guy: You only could play games from countries what have NEVER done something wrong. Every country has done something bad - somewhere and somehow. And then we can't play games anymore, AT ALL!! 💯 Not America, not China, not Europe, in this case - Russia and etc etc..

[@dumbly-stupid]

​@@sirrealism7300 so does that mean people can't buy nestle products because of what they're doing

[@westerxxx9220]

@@HAWSHPAWZ-GAMEZ no no russian war is bad american war is good see the difference (sarcasm)

[@td9250]

The people down here should learn a thing or two from Asmongold.

[@LockpickGamer]

It makes me sad that the creator of that video has been so traumatized by the war that he believes that there are enemies lurking behind everywhere, including videogames and their developers and players. I hope one day he will be able to heal and move on from that.

[@MiraSubieGirl]

Im Russian... its not from our War. (We have warred for centuries) Its from Western Media. And I understand how cliche and bias that sounds but... your Western Media has shaped many huge lies.

[@mralumina3566]

Lmao 😂

[@nonsense3455]

Not sure about developers, but some players definitely are. U will be amazed of how many russians actually support war - just by playing dota 2. If someone joins match with Ukrainian flag as their avatar - the massacre will begin

[@guyguyver7552]

He whines just like the beggard in chief of his country....🤣😂🤣😂👎

[@Poppenheimer69]

@@nonsense3455 Ukrainian flag = black square. Dumb people and a-hats use it to feel good about themselves. No one likes an internet activist. Wanna help? Donate or participate. I doubt people would praise anyone for using Z and russian flag as their pfp. Doing that shit in video games is useless and doesn't help the situation. People who choose escapism for passing time are not the ones you should preach to unless you WANT a negative reaction. Plain and simple. Frankly, I find it to be quite hilarious that people do that kind of crap. Imagine showing how much of a peace seeker you are by changing a pfp and spending your time GAMING lmfao Like Jesus Christ there are ukrainians and russians dying in the trenches and you are fucking going around waving their flags around while sitting on your farted through gaming chair. Russian government does the same crap posting Z posters all over the places, cheerfully spewing their bs while a common man has to die over a billionaires squabble. "CATCH A NADE WITH YOUR FACE TODAY! FIGHT OVER NOTHING!"

[@randybutternubs5206]

My issue with the Wolfenstein Nazi-themed party argument is that you don't play as a Nazi in Wolfenstein. So the parallel for this would be Atomic Heart throwing a robot-themed party. An accurate comparison would be something like 2k games throwing a Rapture or Columbia-themed party since it is just the setting of the world.

[@hayate.aiwar1511]

Thanks to remind me of Wolfenstein games. Right at the start of the video, its what I thought of. LUL

[@Divine_Darkness]

thats not the point he made. He was complaining about there being propaganda in general (the person that made this video not asmon). Also its a game? That isnt real life? There are far worse and more damning games out there then that. Have you not heard of games like "Hatred" or "Postal"?

[@rusland9]

I think argument is about how nazi themed things are not okay and Soviet themed things are ok? Like how having nazi themed birthday party would attract a lot of negative attention compared to Soviet themed one. This point suffers from the same things as his other points - it only makes sense in the context of being a Ukrainian, since there's a lot of negative feelings towards USSR there, as well as the mentioned new law banning sexuality in advertisements. People in most of the world see nazies as smth very negative, while soviets are still bad, but most people don't really care much. So for a person from Ukraine it's possible to see smth Soviet related the same way some American would see smth Nazi related. It's just that not nearly as much people have this strong of an opinion on USSR, and it's not considered wrong/unmoral. (Also maybe because Nazi had that whole race superiority, and USSR was supposed to be a multi national place)

[@depressedcheems9961]

@@Divine_Darkness Hatred and Postal aren't even that bad tbh. I feel like we should just be adults and realize fictional forms of expression really aren't that bad for society.

[@rusland9]

@@SquaulDuNeant who are you referring to? The video's author? I'd say he's a bit delusional for thinking everyone else support his personal beliefs. Also the rest of his arguments (apart from sexualization, which goes in the same basket as the Nazi argument) are flawed and nonsensical - I just didn't focus on that but instead on the only thing he said, that could maybe make someone agree with him, because everyone disagreeing with this particular point imo missed the point and made weird arguments why it's justifiable (even asmon himself didn't really have a solid argument in that regard)

[@Krylast33]

What’s funny is the fact that more people probably bought the game because of his video and guarantee the fact that no one canceled or refunded their game

[@selay333]

When I first watched this he turned off comments and it was at 30k dislikes so I knew I was in for a treat. Turns out he turned them off at the time to clean it up to make it look like everyone agreed with him which funny enough is rather soviet like.

[@b-17gflyingfortress6]

Im just wondering how the hell a small channel like him with other videos having low views suddenly makes a 1.5 mil view video like this

[@naxergss2625]

@@b-17gflyingfortress6 Because of Ukrainian drones replying to every tweet and reddit post about this game saying that you "support" genocide in Ukraine by buying the game

[@yhormthemidget]

@@b-17gflyingfortress6 The power of a horrible take I guess. Also, politics.

[@inkoalawetrust]

@@b-17gflyingfortress6 It's actually not too uncommon, small channels often do end up having really popular videos that make them blow up. For example my channel only had 100 subscribers, and got an average of 200 views per video, until I happened to post something the KZbin algorithm really liked.

[@brentenglish268]

Anytime someone tells me I shouldn’t do something they might as well put a bullseye and a buy me sign on it. It also kills me when guys do this and think they are doing anything more than promote the things their bashing. Because people by nature are gonna do something their told not to do..

[@thomaswilson2621]

The ending about the southern accent hit home for me. I have always been prideful of being southern and also always been online. But I used to have a heavy southern accent but I phased it out just because people online constantly bullied me over it

[@EvanCops]

Im sorry dude :/ those types of people are cunts

[@dicktracy9473]

I remember being a kid on xbox and hearing a really thick southern accent. I made an attempt to mimic it, honestly just cause it sounded cool. Looking back I can see that being really condescending. Mimicry is the sincerest form of flattery is I guess what I'm saying.

[@seussusamongoose2905]

Bring it back 😔 I wanna hear it 🥺

[@EvanCops]

@@seussusamongoose2905 me too!

[@hydeparanormal9074]

I LOVE this game! I'm thoroughly enjoying it. But what I DON'T like is that in order to get resources to progress you need to explore to gather resources. By the time you have gained new resources you have to replenish what you've used to survive. Making it almost impossible to craft new weapons. Killing robots attracts repair bots, which sends up the alert level which attracts more robots. Taking out the cameras also attracts repair bots. The pistol is nice and all but once you've used that power the other powers have no charge. There is no time to chill out and explore and gather. It's always super full-on battle whenever we try to explore. The robot spread rate needs to be nerfed.

[@radscorpion8]

In my playthrough, a few judicious skill choices and you shouldn't take that much damage fighting enemies (I loved cryo at the start of the game, but in principle any skill carefully used would do the same trick). I was more often than not able to get more medicine back from them just as a random loot drop than what I used. You have to be careful at first, taking only small packs or one at a time. And second, I discovered that its useful to fight the bots inside of houses where the repair bots can't reach them. If you can lure enough into a house then you won't have to worry about respawns. Failing that you can try bringing down the "hawk" by gaining access to its control station on the ground. It should be down for like 10-15 minutes allowing you to mop up the bots with relative ease and not have to worry about alerts bringing in reinforcements. Also not sure if you realize but the powers use energy that is independent from that used by your weapons. You can have zero energy left for the energy pistol and still use all your powers. I played on hard and finished the game only a few days ago, only using energy weapons and a saw blade melee weapon :P. I don't like relying on ammo As you level up your abilities you can steamroll through many of them. I don't want to spoil the best ability but there is one in particular that is mind blowingly effective haha

[@channel_no_longer_active]

When will they learn the more they boycott a game the more popular they make it.

[@zarlev9083]

I wasnt interested in this game but becaus of the braindead anti russian(not russian state) takes, i m interested

[@arghpee]

That's exactly why I bought Hogwarts Legacy

[@apfelnudel]

Psst, dont tell them!

[@daghostds]

@@arghpee I'm only holding on buying due to the high price! But it look like a quality game, like we used to get 10-15 years ago without all the BS.

[@neinne6693]

I was thinking thats maybe the Aim, i mean 2 Games "Boycotts" in like within 30 days? Not a bad idea to be honest. Pay a KZbinr to make a few bad Arguments against you and take the free Press of the VIedeos made about the first bad Argumentviedeo.

[@odise25]

I think this guy convinced me. I'm buying this game.

[@imaxinsertnounherex]

I am gonna let the gameplay reviews do the convincing for me, but it definitely doesn't have a predisposed bias on my end. I was not really even considering the game beforehand.

[@CriticalHeat]

Same

[@odise25]

@@imaxinsertnounherex This game never came up on my radar until I watched this video. Game has beautiful graphics, intriguing story and since I'm a big fan of all Bioshock-like games it scratches my itch just right. This guy did such a bad job trying to convince us not to play this game that I'm thinking this is some clever marketing scheme for this game. I got to thank him for spreading the word out, because this game could be my next Witcher III experience.

[@toxiiskullz]

@@odise25 if you're a fan of Mick Gordon, composer of the Doom 2016 & Eternal ost. He is also working on this game.

[@Gozkiel]

I only let reviews and discounts lure me into buying games lmao But for this, it's very tempting for those two robot gals.

[@Jedimasta21]

I'm generally not into the whole Atompunk aesthetic, but this looks pretty wild. I'm glad this dude made a video compiling a bunch of the marketing material into one video, and then paired it with a bad take so Asmon could react and I could see it. I might pick this one up, even though I spent my video game budget on Hogwarts Legacy.

[@itami04]

Get it next paycheck as to not strain your wallet.

[@boneman-calciumenjoyer8290]

Do you have a steam account? I might be willing to contribute to your video game budget. Gamers need to help eachother out.

[@Exxy6965]

@@boneman-calciumenjoyer8290 I salute you. Always nice to see kindness online, it's so rare.

[@19Crusader91]

I comes out at the end of the month. You can wait a week or so for next salary and buy it in march. No need to go over budgets.

[@Arcticanine]

@The Real RWK Why?

[@Zombie_Apocalypse]

@14:47 No, Russia didn't attack Ukraine on 24.02. On 21.02 Russia officially recognized DPR and LPR as independant countries and signed treaties with them, as Ukraine was bombing them since 17.02. So, on 22-23.02 it was Ukraine who attacked two already independant countries, allies to Russia. And before someone jumps on, for a new independant country, the recognition of just ONE UN security council member is enough.