Please, Don't Buy Atomic Heart.

Atomic Heart is a videogame set to be released on February 21st 2023, that is positioned by the developers as Bioshoсk in the USSR. It describes the events of the alternative history of the 50s, where the Soviet Union emerged from the Second World War scientifically and technologically advanced, reaching the peak of development with cold nuclear fusion and intelligent robots.
So far the game has been universally appraised, earning top spots in oncoming games lists on sites like PC gamer, IGN and Gamescom, but who is really behind it?
SOURCES:
PC Gamer: www.pcgamer.com/this-year-is-...
Office visit report: dtf.ru/gameindustry/38112-viz...
Russian media claiming it’s a russian studio: app2top.ru/industry/moskovska...
dtf.ru/gameindustry/623514-ra...
Mundfish original tweet: / 1614903977333637120
More info about the tweet: www.gamesradar.com/atomic-hea...
Anatoliy Paliy research tweet: / 1613983730846007298
About the press event: ain.capital/2023/01/17/atomic...
More press event info: gameworldobserver.com/2022/11...
Shoutout to DirtyWallUA for helping out with the research.

[@lucasconde6427]

for those who can't see, the likes/dislikes is at 50k/161k

[@ncrrangerrolandtembo4615]

I don’t doubt it

[@ncrrangerrolandtembo4615]

He’s deleted comments that don’t agree with him or talk shit he’ll probably turn the comments off after awhile

[@schlechtgut8349]

@@namelessstranger1270 it might be true but it's one thing in case of hogwarts legacy where it just crazy people who hate rowling and another thing to buy a game from a russian company. i am from russia and it is troubling because the game does promote "soviet heaven theme". And it is viewed in russia as tool of propaganda just like any other things.

[@conqueror_the_based]

Thanks G

[@JustinStrife]

@@schlechtgut8349 You're just copying and pasting your responses at this point.

[@Lemosa3414]

The game: portraying Russia as an apocalyptic hellscape filled with killer robots and poverty This dude: The game is pro-russian guys

[@MarcusErection]

Way to refuse to comprehend what was explained very comprehensively

[@Assassin21BEKA]

​@@MarcusErection looks like we watched different videos

[@kurosumomo]

@@MarcusErection What, that Gaijin moved their offices to Hungary in 2022? Comprehensively, or is the truth that Gaijin moved their offices in 2015. Caught him on one lie, so there's probably many more lies in that video. Also the "sex marketing" part, where he shows Ukraine law excerpt, which is funny considering literally 90% of prostitutes around Europe are from Ukraine, seem like the biggest export of Ukraine, also Ukraine law is not World law, I couldn't care less what the Ukraine law is unless I would live, visited or done business in Ukraine. Besides the point, but the vast majority of video games have attractive men or women as the protagonists or characters you can play and they market heavily on that, sex sells, nothing wrong with that if it isn't targeted at kids.

[@Apex-vj2ef]

​@@MarcusErection do you genuinely believe that buying this game supports the war?

[@bigcheesedimension5987]

@@Apex-vj2ef these people wildin 🤣😭

[@MakutaZuul]

"When you buy Atomic Heart, you support the war in Ukraine" just like you supported the war in Iraq when you bought Call of Duty 2: Modern Warfare in 2009 - I wonder why no one moralized about that game back then. 🤔

[@coc235]

You don't understand, Russia is a terrible war criminal but USA were just bringing peaceful democracy to Iraq! It's different!

[@thewolfstarfire]

Because of American propaganda lmao

[@truesosense7722]

Because it supported the US (the good side) edit : this isn't sarcastic

[@sberman2833]

Well, technically they supported themselves as well, since Ukrainian troops took part in the war in Iraq.

[@MakutaZuul]

@@SpazeOfficial The only comment I can delete is my own.

[@violety.j.8651]

They took 15 years to develop this game, from concept to final, and I've been expecting the game three years ago. Nobody saw that stupid war happening when their first trailer released. How could you stop the developers from what they put in effort 15 years ago? They might live on making games and doing what they really like. Whatever people say, I will buy their games and every dlc they make.

[@shadowedsoul]

@@a-ha4940 Okay but...Hollow Knight has a very simplistic design. There's so many different variables going into this game than Hollow Knight. 3d models for characters, locations, items, background scenery, weapons, etc. That Hollow Knight doesn't have at all because it's entirely 2d which is significantly cheaper. It's also not voice acted.

[@sorrowinchrist3387]

The game’s composer, Mick Gordon, also donated all the money he made working on Atomic Heart to the Australian Red Cross’ Ukraine Crisis Appeal as a sign of solidarity. Other gamers have chosen to take similar steps to protest the game.

[@nicknucks661]

"Everyone who disagrees with me is a Russian bot" -Harenko

[@SamWallcroft]

да

[@NumbDiggers1998]

It do be like that

[@nd_2c0ncua55]

Ukrainians in their natural environment =.))

[@lolnoobus]

Russian bots are everywere! Hide, humans!

[@GrigorsPlay]

окей, а минусы будут?

[@ayafumogaming4151]

now i understand "if you play tetris your a russian supporter" edit: aye 500 likes

[@ejkej47]

money straight to SMO :D

[@ayafumogaming4151]

@@ejkej47 ong

[@heeholee216]

money straight to honest russian workers who pay taxes for kremlin 😰

[@skvirtyoz3819]

Well, if it was financed by ros gas, then yes.

[@NKVD_Enjoyer]

@@skvirtyoz3819 good

[@theslavcommissar]

So you mean you can't take criticism? "Everyone who likes this game is a bot" "if you like Russian games you are a bot" "if you buy this game you support a war and not on my side" This is the whole video

[@KekekChidori]

the author decided to shit the game, but forgot to take off his pants

[@aratof18]

golden comment

[@bobasks]

когда хател абастраться но забыл снять тряпье

[@Silenthero66]

Saying Atomic Heart is pro Soviet is like saying BioShock is pro Ayn Rand.

[@dedcaesar2325]

Or that Wolfenstein is pro-Nazi.

[@MottaFilms]

There's a ton of languages in the world but you choose to speak BASED

[@coolwolf5425]

Watch out! Hes gonna delete your comment just wait

[@general_termi1798]

He might delete it be careful chad!

[@Copium445]

I can’t imagine what bioshock infinite would be pro 🤣

[@Bigdaddymittens]

>critiques company for censorship >censors criticism in comments

[@svts9308]

Лицемерие: одно из их бичей. У нас кстати тоже

[@ChannelofSunshine]

xD

[@KuranIsAFantasyBook]

Deleted BOT comments.

[@bobsemple9341]

@@KuranIsAFantasyBook bot being everyone who disagrees with him

[@martyrsaint]

@@KuranIsAFantasyBook The only "bots" are the people who are calling him out on his blatant and easily debunked lies.

[@decepticonleaderstarscream6551]

He's really complaining about people sexualizing the twins 💀 Oh no please won't somebody think of the robots!

[@Borderhopper9000]

To be honest this guy may have boosted the sales of the game even more

[@Rhadoo89]

Why?

[@ScottyByrd]

@@Rhadoo89 cause people trying to tell you not to something only makes you want to do it lol !! i bought hogwarts to spite cancel culture and ill do the same lol

[@Vinsedesign]

@@Rhadoo89 because I am Russian

[@kagenlim5271]

​@@ScottyByrd NPCs in a nutshell

[@VergilDarkslayer]

​@@kagenlim5271 Or just based this aint a video game

[@mysteryman9488]

"The game is filled to the brim with USSR keepsakes and memorabelia." Damm...you don't say. A game set on the USSR, has things that where on the USSR. I thought it was gonna have the French flag or smth.

[@iansysoev9462]

Nice pun about french flag, took me a second to get the point

[@HandsomeMax33]

@@iansysoev9462 where do white flags fit into this?

[@iansysoev9462]

@@HandsomeMax33 blank space, just as blank as white flag

[@TR33ZY_CRTM]

I was expecting to see the Maryland State Flag in this game ngl

[@Mohgenstein]

If he even bothered to do a speck of research into the game he’d realize it isn’t glorifying the Soviet Union like he claims it is. Thatd he like saying Fallout glorifies America.

[@apollobravo7654]

His brain didn't really get the chance to wrinkle out I see

[@TacoMan-qu7du]

“I’m Ukrainian so literally any piece of fiction having to do with Russia offends me.” Putting political themes in a piece of fiction is not the same as not being willing to give an official statement from your company regarding your personal politics….

[@ironsoulboss6970]

"A Russian dev made a very pro-Russian game during a time of war" Says the same people who were playing Call of Duty games for two decades lol

[@Alex-sx6ps]

underrated comment

[@berkancan563]

Exactly 🤣

[@hussien04]

So american

[@ComeForth.]

Oh shit

[@fuziqq7284]

"You don't get it, it is different"

[@kOnDaR5000]

"By purchasing a Windows license, you are sponsoring the war in Iraq!" Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot that this is different.

[@vandarkholme8548]

What war in Iraq? Is there a war there again? I'm just not really into middle eastern politics yk...

[@cheesemanthe2nd]

​@@vandarkholme8548 does he know?

[@milamber_hd]

@@vandarkholme8548 You may play "Call of duty modern warfare" to know more about wars in middle east. And your money probably will support the sequel.

[@evilleader1991]

Ukraine even joined the US in its (illegal) invasion of Iraq, so it really is the pot calling the kettle black.

[@GoingForth]

@@vandarkholme8548 "Trust me guys, this country in the middle east has WMD, we need to invad- i mean liberate them from themselves." - Some guy named George

[@nextevgen7296]

You boosted the sales of the game even more

[@miceatah9359]

and it still flopped hard

[@devon6362]

@@miceatah9359 wait how did it flop? it sold over 5 million copies and the companies revenue for that quarter was around $200 million they made theirs money back multiple times over. As another factor since they are based in Russia the currency is worth way more too them as well they probably have enough money to develop games for the next 100 years.

[@shadowedsoul]

@@devon6362 Shush, you'll make his brain explode because they don't understand how business works.

[@sorrowinchrist3387]

The game’s composer, Mick Gordon, also donated all the money he made working on Atomic Heart to the Australian Red Cross’ Ukraine Crisis Appeal as a sign of solidarity. Other gamers have chosen to take similar steps to protest the game.

[@nextevgen7296]

@@sorrowinchrist3387 don't care about that country lol

[@newdawntruth]

I find it so fascinating that he made this video, he wrote this stupid script, edited the video, then watched the final product, he had like 100 opportunities to realize his mistake but still went with it seriously thinking that it was gonna be a good video. Damn some people are deluded.

[@DuskBishop]

This is a favorite trick of Ukrainian social engineers - spreading disinformation. It does not matter whether you are telling the truth or lying, whether your arguments are justified or not - the main thing is to create the informational noise. Or maybe he really believes in all of this, there are plenty of such people too.

[@one_step_sideways]

He made the video 2 weeks before it got released however

[@Poly_0000]

I'm sceptical of the video, but I'm also a bit frustrated at these comments. Can y'all elaborate on which points in this video are BS and why? I'd like to actually see some counter points inform my own opinion.

[@DuskBishop]

@@Poly_0000 If the comments and your own brain aren't enough, you may watch the Asmongold's reaction to this vid, where all the Harenko stupid statements were commented.

[@Poly_0000]

@@DuskBishop thanks

[@first-last311]

Being Ukrainian doesn't make you immune to criticism. Trying to morally blackmail people because you didn't make strong enough arguments (sometimes making contradicting points even) is also shitty.

[@Glys_The_Creeper]

Was he telling the truth about the game stealing data and supporting the war?

[@SirStixALot]

@@Glys_The_Creeper read the comments dude read the comments.

[@NumbDiggers1998]

​@@Glys_The_Creeperthe tax from the sales in Russia goes to the gov, that's pretty standart. And it's steam who collects your data, not devs lol

[@Glys_The_Creeper]

@@NumbDiggers1998 i figured

[@deblxdee]

@@Glys_The_Creeper he was partially right about that. Well, all of the services and games collect your data. Everything you do is somewhat store somewhere. The company is registered in Cyprus, so most of the foreign revenue is going to the foreign banks and into Cyprus Economy, and only sales in Russia and CIS made through VK Play is somewhat going to end up in Russian economy. Though the % of the income would be so insignificant to the oil and gas sales, that this argumentation is hilarious. Everyday things that Russians buy would have more % added to the Russian Economy

[@UmjaeMJ]

Imagine this guy when wolfenstein and battlefield came out

[@maximumzlosti]

and Call of Duty))

[@nlis8222]

and Arma 3

[@tystewart609]

This is prolly one of the most biased videos I’ve ever seen, when he starting talking about hog warts I heard all I needed

[@edwardburnett8718]

I wanna hear his BF2042 take, bet that’d be a shitshow as well.

[@tystewart609]

@@edwardburnett8718 has to be a troll for views, if you look at this video vs his others this one has 100x more plays, we gotta stop thinking so deeply about a fantasy oriented game. I don’t care where the devs are from.

[@chainsawguyyy]

As a ukrainian myself, i am glad for this video No, its not because i am a dumbass who thinks atomic heart is russian propoganda, i am glad for this video because now, more people will find this game and enjoy atomic heart

[@sky_marshall]

Адекватный человек детектед

[@scarachh]

@@sky_marshall он тру гигачад

[@XzaroX]

It's got Denuvo, so I'll pass lol.

[@Pandrokar]

@@XzaroX Not for long comrade. KGB is hacking it right now))

[@inferno12332]

bullshit lmao youre not ukrainian

[@cholze9146]

Shoutout for Mundfish, owing this guy months of salary for being the best professional marketing officer they’ve ever had, AND DIDN’T ASK FOR.

[@paledrake]

And yet the game is already on sale. Seems like it's not doing too hot.

[@Hsaelt]

@@paledrake peaked at 20k plays and lost the playerbase in 4 days. Harenko drama literally outlived the game itself lmao.

[@basic_avarage_person]

@@Hsaelt yeah because the game was at MOST 10 hours,its not repetitive and the fact its "lost" its player base in 4 day show most people already finish the game in 4 day

[@Hsaelt]

@@basic_avarage_person is that why it's on sale after 3 weeks?

[@excalibro8365]

​@@paledrake Because it's still not that good of a game. It's not so bad but it's just another one of those "Style over substance" video games where the graphic massively carried the gameplay.

[@justaluckybastard1091]

In US, average salary for a clown is 60,000 dolars per year, but yet you are doing it for free, thank you!😀

[@kade-qt1zu]

That was a good one.

[@damjan3710]

jesus, a clown makes that much?!

[@user-cn4ps4co8t]

​@@damjan3710do you really think this job is easy?

[@mudark8634]

Чего? В России средняя зарплата у клоуна в год 80000₽ - 1300$

[@cunnieseverywhere]

@@damjan3710 no crap, they have to deal with childrens screaming and bullying

[@kpakozebro2258]

Ты сделал так много для продвижения этой замечательной игры, что Мандфиш теперь перед тобой в долгу. Спасибо товарищ!

[@juli6701]

😂👌🏻

[@frostzxs]

я слышал их руководство подарит этому парню игру

[@kpakozebro2258]

@@frostzxs ага, наверно уже на "миротворце". За помощь в спонсировании ВС РФ.

[@leledinn]

Нехай відправлять цьому "товаришеві" колекційне видання, коробку цукерок і позолочений льодоруб. Извините, это гугл перевод,

[@wiccanpixel3711]

Peace Love and Respect to ALL ❤

[@Sloppy_Stomachs]

I could've sworn the comments were nothing but people agreeing with the video. Now it's the complete opposite 😂

[@jonhywalker3422]

- Sir, another copy of Atomic Heart has been bought. - Splendid, deploy another TU-160.

[@mehdi.9307]

💀💀💀💀💀

[@JeffDeath99]

IKR Yeah like I'm pretty sure Russia gets it's funding in many other ways than a f*cking video game, like seriously🤣🤣🤣 this game looks dope imma get it, and funny to see that I can't even comment under his comment cuz he's so butt hurt

[@kazuma3055]

😂😂😂

[@Hsaelt]

Taxation and investment return: exists Smooth brains: HAHAHA POOTIN DEPLOY TU1488 IF I BUY ZE GAME HAHA NO

[@TheNerd4565]

Joke: exists ​@@Hsaelt: INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY AND ITS FUTURE Introduction 1. The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race. They have greatly increased the life-expectancy of those of us who live in “advanced” countries, but they have destabilized society, have made life unfulfilling , have subjected human beings to indignities, have led to widespread psychological suffering(in the Third World to physical suffering as well) and have inflicted severe damage on the natural world. The continued development of technology will worsen the situation. It will certainly subject human beings to greater indignities and inflict greater damage on the natural world, it will probably lead to greater social disruption and psychological suffering, and it may lead to increased physical suffering even in “advanced” countries. 2. The industrial-technological system may survive or it may break down. If it survives, it MAY eventually achieve a low level of physical and psychological suffering, but only after passing through a long and very painful period of adjustment and only at the cost of permanently reducing human beings and many other living organisms to engineered products and mere cogs in the social machine. Furthermore, if the system survives, the consequences will be inevitable: There is no way of reforming or modifying the system so as to prevent it from depriving people of dignity and autonomy. 3. If the system breaks down the consequences will still be very painful. But the bigger the system grows the more disastrous the results of its breakdown will be, so if it is to break down it had best break down sooner rather than later . 4. We therefore advocate a revolution against the industrial system . This revolution may or may not make use of violence; it may be sudden or it may be a relatively gradual process spanning a few decades. We can’t predict any of that. But we do outline in a very general way the measures that those who hate the industrial system should take in order to prepare the way for a revolution against that form of society. This is not to be a POLITICAL revolution. Its object will be to overthrow not governments but the ecoqnomic and technological basis of the present society. 5. In this article we give attention to only some of the negative developments that have grown out of the industrial-technological system. Other such developments we mention only briefly or ignore altogether. This does not mean that we regard these other developments as unimportant. For practical reasons we have to confine our discussion to areas that have received insufficient public attention or in which we have something to say. For example, since there are well-developed environmental and wilderness movements, we have written very little about environmental degradation or the destruction of wild nature, even though we consider these to be highly important.

[@enjoythesilencesable]

Покупая лицензию Windows - вы спонсируете войну в Ираке. Покупая Hogwards: Legacy и книги Джоан Роулинг - вы спонсируете трансфобию. Покупая игры серии Call of Duty: вы спонсируете американскую экономику. Список продолжать до бесконечности!

[@lukethomeret-duran5273]

Exactly. This guy is arguing for the total cultural and imperial domination of American culture industry.

[@sergei_bobrov]

@@lukethomeret-duran5273yes it’s true but I thought that monopoly is bad in every economy isn’t it?

[@beksultanbekturgan8700]

А сколько иранцев купили игры. И сколько иранцев покупают американскую лицензию хоть на что-то. Сколько иранцев любят америку. Или что Иранцем их ненависть дозволена в отношении к американцам, а к русским за тоже самое. Нельзя ?

[@VergilDarkslayer]

By purchasing a Porche you support tge nazis by time traveling your money to the 1940s

[@hashbrown_blitz8869]

dear god not the american economy!

[@Bravoanim]

this dude is salty that he didnt think of the idea of a soviet themed game with magic first

[@_S.T.A.L.K.E.R._]

I bought it, it's fucking amazingly mysterious, story us fantastic even though the main character is denser than the core of a star, I loved the plot and message, it has no ties to modern Russia other than the studios origin. Ultimately, it was a very enjoyable experience for me as a Ukrainian

[@dustinhatfield22]

Honestly I have totally taken a liking to the character and his talking glove. Usually I don't like puzzles in games but the fact the character hates them somehow made them more enjoyable in some weird subversive way. The character being kind of childish is also kind of a nice change over "silent protagonist" and "serious character guy", genuinely got a few laughs from me at this point. Like it is just a story about a guy having a really bad day and I am here for it.

[@sqarex2658]

tbh i hated this game, it's like eating paper for me, locations don't have THAT feel to them, they are just weird. optimalisation sucks too and i feel like that beginning 4 h bunker sequence might have been made so long just for you to not be able to refund the game

[@user-zy1gt6nh3x]

От души брат

[@kenjr725]

Facts

[@lugovoyl]

Сказал Медведев Джеймсавич Бизон ☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️

[@C.G.Gaster]

To me this gives similiar vibes "If you buy Minecraft, you are pro terraforming and land destruction".

[@user-bq7yb2wx8p]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@shimakaze798]

Bruh😭🤣

[@chez1241]

To be fair, I am pro terraforming land

[@genondark]

A haha)))))) best comment

[@genondark]

A hahaha, can't stop ahahaha

[@smalltalkgaming]

Imagine making a video like this and everyone collectively calls you an idiot 😂 I love the internet

[@ihatehumans487]

You mean, kollective

[@BLACKOMAMBO]

Hahahah, I love it

[@combat5191]

Stfu, I hate this game and I fully agree with Harenko, he says no cap facts only

[@acronym1435]

@@combat5191 Cry about it

[@moaen1]

@@combat5191 did you try it tho

[@michelmacfly8454]

Shoutout to this amazing game, the best gaming experience I've had since Bioshock infinite. Don't let the politically motivated reviews fool you guys, go and enjoy.

[@HzKto69]

Average twitter user:

[@dinomking3108]

"Bots are the people who disagree with me" - Harenko

[@next4514]

That is, if I do not agree with the author of the video, am I a bot? I've never laughed so hard. I will buy this game, the author just promoted the developers.

[@coolwolf5425]

​@@next4514yea he deleted comments awhile ago so the only ones were praising him

[@user-be4ic1ls2t]

“There are two opinions: my one and wrong one.”

[@edforshort]

I think this whole videoe was made as clickbait.

[@user-be4ic1ls2t]

@@edforshort why would he clean the comments then?

[@MyAteSpiders]

Imagine having a brain like this and yet still being able to speak, magnificent.

[@DHankins19]

this guy is gen z for sure

[@COrraThereal0ne]

Wow all these comments are from such snowflakes

[@unique00925]

​@@COrraThereal0ne Game good. Me buy game. Game bad. Me no buy game. It's that simple.

[@COrraThereal0ne]

@@unique00925 Game objectively mid

[@unique00925]

@@COrraThereal0ne That's not the definition of objective my guy. Infact, that's what we call SUBJECTIVE which is the opposite.

[@mashenka511]

I'm Ukrainian and I was embarrassed to see this. nevertheless, this hate speech has given a game a cool marketing push

[@aboutmygaming]

Ок, а минусы будут?

[@crimsonsamurai887]

“Hey boss someone just bought another atomic heart copy” *”ok good send him an AK-47 as well.”*

[@thepcfd]

all americans will buy it :D if that was true.

[@alexcavazos3341]

​@@thepcfdwe really would tho

[@waltuhputyourdsawaywaltuh]

​@@thepcfd as someone who isnt from america i would 100% buy that no hesitation

[@danialyousaf6456]

​@@thepcfd hell I'd buy it. And I'm not even american.

[@randomotaku3283]

Better be a genuine Kalashnikov

[@langley1125]

Так где игру купить?

[@teethirtyfour7394]

To be completely honest, I didn’t really care about this game that much until I watched this video. This video inspired me to buy the most expensive version, and I’m glad I did because the game is great!

[@Rudeus04]

Harenko is basically Mundfish using reverse psychology

[@luckichan]

lol

[@MEGAbrandon281]

😂😂😂

[@gameboyadvance8420]

real lmao 😂😂😂

[@Official.Unoriginal]

True

[@angelsoffurtitude]

unironically you've problably made MORE people buy the game than making them consider not buying the game

[@latgery1087]

this video is a veiled advertisement of the game so that more people will buy it. lmao

[@maple.mp4]

@@latgery1087 yeah but you know the real reason they're gonna buy it come on we both know it in fact, all of us know it

[@TankoxD]

As he said in the beginning if at least 1 person refuses to buy the game he will be satisfied. Sure at least 1 person won't buy the game after all but some thousand will. I hope he's reached the goal.

[@wess-uc7gm]

I bought it just because of the controversy turns out it’s a pretty decent game I see myself doing one or two runs

[@idkyoupickmyname7717]

@@maple.mp4 a cultured man indeed

[@gabelster3729]

Lmao, I’m not even paying attention to the video anymore, I’m just reading the insults in the comments 💀💀💀

[@Relaxingvideos48]

this video gave me brain damage

[@yspear_]

Holy, a Soviet theme game has Soviet imagery. This is truly mind blowing

[@Lichdemonz]

I know, right!? I, for one, am SHOCKED. Shaking and crying IRL right now. 😭

[@otimo144]

@@Lichdemonz Im shocked, SHOCKED. Well not that shocked.

[@one_krazymofo8667]

Wait till he plays wolfenstein

[@lolnoobus]

​@@one_krazymofo8667 Well, Ukrainians kinda like nazi symbols, so, i think he enjoy it.

[@AliAli-et7zy]

​@@lolnoobus lol exactly

[@yuch4eve]

This is a good example of what not to do when you want to convince people of something. Nobody likes to be gaslighted, insulted or being told what they should do.

[@Tenaciouskull]

Fr. I just started downloading it because of this

[@schlechtgut8349]

it might be true but it's one thing in case of hogwarts legacy where it just crazy people who hate rowling and another thing to buy a game from a russian company. i am from russia and it is troubling because the game does promote "soviet heaven theme". And it is viewed in russia as tool of propaganda just like any other things.

[@yuch4eve]

he actually makes good points but unfortunately ruins it with presentations

[@Tenaciouskull]

@@yuch4eve I think the point is absurd, why should a group of developers who made a game suffer because of the rulers of their nation? It’s like somebody from Europe refusing to buy lemonade from your little sister because America occupied Afghanistan

[@yuch4eve]

@@Tenaciouskullthats the poor presentation basically, the points he made during the video seems logical, and fact is the game itself does have good material for propaganda. But there is also a good chance that all these is just false flags and the devs were just genuinely out to make a good game. End of the day we really dont know enough about this to go all "dont buy the game"

[@BigBeerus]

"If i just stop one sale ill consider this successful" Proceeds to sell at least a few hundred copies with the video

[@kage1784]

What a great way to start your debate, insult a good portion of your audience and alienate them. Definitely shows the signs of a mature and objective individual

[@SpiltSoup]

what better way is there to grab attention

[@kage1784]

@@SpiltSoup as underhanded as it is, it worked on grabbing attention fs

[@DarkSilvix]

@@SpiltSoup Grab attention? My brother in christ I'm already watching the video

[@Quarternewt]

​@Nuclear Sam Pay your respects to my 100 dollars that is going straight to the Kremlin. Long live Comrade Stalin!

[@lulu111_the_cool]

@@SpiltSoup attention yes. Bringing people to your site. Not so much.

[@blacksunsteelwolves]

I thought people in my country is the dumbest, but you with bravery, making this narrative video... I coulndt think anybody can top you

[@DEstin100]

Harenko: Don't support and don't buy atomic heart they are funding by Russia government. Also Harenko: Playing Destiny 2 that funded by China Gaming Company.

[@vandarkholme8548]

How many countries are being bombed by the Chinese army at the moment?

[@flipppyymccoup5814]

@@vandarkholme8548 rip the uighurs.

[@content_static]

@@vandarkholme8548 how many funds are going to burma where the military kills the citizens?

[@content_static]

@@vandarkholme8548 if you dont know china funds burmese military

[@vandarkholme8548]

@@content_static Who's Burma bombing at the moment?

[@aName4715]

I heard Microsoft is looking forward to hire you as their chief marketing officer. Truly a mesmerizing example of career growth.

[@mikhailkutak6000]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@roguephantom8823]

Word of advice don't be like this guy

[@romansworld3392]

Понял. А недостатки будут ?

[@Urstupidumbass]

I gotta try this game out Edit: I just got the premium edition on the Steam sale

[@grooverstone9553]

As of February 25th, the like/dislike ratio is 51k to 186k

[@grooverstone9553]

@Stugna Bulah brother I am Australian

[@cking234]

​@@grooverstone9553 same

[@code_zap47gaming13]

how you know that?

[@TheJohnmarston72]

​@@code_zap47gaming13 the return youtube dislike plugin

[@latrelllloyd6873]

@@TheJohnmarston72 sad bots😂

[@kaylenk4097]

Imagine a team who spend more than half decade making this game then some dude just jumped on them and call them funding for Russia war.

[@Joaquin546]

They did take money from gazprom and chinese government back investor groups

[@eldolarescaro676]

​@@Joaquin546 tencent is involved in almost every gaming company

[@Joaquin546]

@@eldolarescaro676 wow so we should just let obvious Russian propaganda go by with no consequences

[@trananh4415]

@@Joaquin546 They took money from a guy who used to work for gazprom subsidiary. There is a different.

[@Joaquin546]

@@trananh4415 not if you know Russian society.

[@samcoffielake]

А где минусы?

[@flasherzoom7750]

Man possibly ended his whole KZbin career with a single video.

[@xSnarfsx]

If everyone was judged by what their countries government did, everyone would hate each other. That's just not an advisable way to go about living man...

[@someoneswatching7427]

​@@user-nk8zx1yw8s Dude. It's called Wolfenstein The New Order.

[@xSnarfsx]

@@user-nk8zx1yw8s I like how you just decided to make up my answer for me so that it would agree with your point of view lol. Also I'm assuming you haven't played the game at all, I watched someone play the first 5 hours and this video totally misrepresents it -___-

[@esanahka9284]

Nah the problem is with funding Russia.

[@andrewrogers3067]

@@esanahka9284 If that's a problem, then don't buy any game. Fuck, The U.S has done imperialistic shit almost as bad as what Russia is doing

[@Alreeshid]

@@user-nk8zx1yw8s it... doesn't glorify it though? It's quite literally taking place in an apocalyptic scenario? That's like arguing that Bioshock supports hyper-capitalism.

[@paintl3gz]

The devs not wanting to comment on the the war and claiming not wanting to discuss politics could mean A. If they denounce the war, they get thrown out a window in a hotel. B. They applaud the war and are viewed negatively, affecting there game. Just because they are making a game that is based on something that can be perceived as political, doesn't mean they have to comment on real world politics.

[@Frankthegb]

After how many Russians have "mysteriously died" since the war began, I would hope A would be patently fucking obvious to anyone with eyes.

[@milmi-24phind-f59]

... most importantly that they make a game with a alternative, OLD politics timeline and not a alt. one that starts in 2022

[@_Xds_]

Yea tht was definitely the worst take of the video.

[@FuzzyDlop]

People have discovered multiple racist slurs against Ukraine people and derogatory comments in the game or character depictions aimed at Ukraine people specifically. There's also references to Donetsk which was occupied by Russia since 2014. Ukraine women are compared to sex slaves and the game turned out to be filled with Russian propaganda AGAINST Ukraine people. Ukraine has therefore asked Microsoft, Sony and Valve to ban the game. There's also an entire article from Eurogamer that explores that connections of the developer to the Russian government and how they funded the game to spread hate towards Ukraine people. They used smaller companies to mask the fact they were backing it. A lot of this stuff was confirmed or semi confirmed today. More stuff is coming out as more people play the game. Oh and yeah, the game released on february 21st 2023 which just so happens to be the anniversary of when Putin signed the decree that recognised Ukraine's two breakaway territories(february 21st 2022).

[@JamesSmith-oi4is]

If somebody who is not in russia now (and they are not in russia) don’t want to condemn russian agressive war in Ukraine, it means that they support russian agressive war.

[@bullettime1116]

bro doesnt know that bungie is owned a bit by netease

[@thecoalking1064]

you when someone in Russia works at places in Russia:😮

[@heeholee216]

money straight to honest russian workers 😰

[@hubbabubba6541]

Can't believe it's Been 2 weeks since a friend of mine showed me this video and I'm still waiting for Harenko to give an actual argument or anything better than "ceo is russian and uses russian facebook" lmao

[@Random_Fotus]

yea so what the devs are russian so what are the devs from metro the series helping the government of russia that what hes saying basically

[@azy9234]

i don't feel like arguing but if you didn't listen, the ceo literally was the top manager for vk, not just using it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@shchadenko]

@@azy9234 So what? Being manager in VK? It's sounds like being nazi. US directly killed millions all over the world after WW2. Moreover the only initiator of the special operation in Ukraine is US supported coup in 2014. Are you put under boycott the products from US?

[@azy9234]

@@shchadenko why are you so angry? i just corrected the original comment also i'm not from the US, i'm not happy with the US killing people, i'm not happy with any country going on war or supporting war, is that a bad thing? :/

[@shchadenko]

@@azy9234 Sorry man, I misunderstood your message. Peace!

[@ThatRandomGamer_Main]

Guys, buy the game for yourself, family and friends.

[@Owenimus]

I wasn't going to buy the game, but now I am totally going to buy the game. Thanks!

[@Kyizuren]

Project started in 2017 Russia Ukraine war : 2022 Yes man makes sense

[@rufemairow1451]

War started in 2014. With occupation of Lugansk, Donetsk and Crimea. Do you even know a little information about it? Of course not.

[@EzraHatsuko]

​@@rufemairow1451 and

[@user-wf8js6rd3u]

​@@rufemairow1451 Nobody occupied them. They were liberated.

[@_Slach_]

@@user-wf8js6rd3u And then you wonder where the Russian bots accusations are coming from...

[@randomname1956]

@@rufemairow1451 Almost nobody knows since it started again

[@GunnerHeatFire]

Thank you, i bought 50 copies while playing call of duty and listening to my joe rogan podcast.

[@ernie9538]

Top G mind set fr

[@chrisford7909]

Me too...!!!!!!!

[@Kirpich_Opossum]

Sigma

[@themoonischeese]

Based

[@moonbiter8197]

Played it loved it, fridge is mommy. this video is absolute cringe

[@sasagiyo647]

Бож, чел, ты сделал такой мощный нахрюк, что набрал 2 ляма пар глаз. Жду курсы по профессиональному кликбайту

[@Rohtix]

I was under the impression that the idolization we see in the game is part of the in-game propaganda. Clearly something went wrong, considering there's an apocalypse. Perhaps the games story will reveal more? I guess we'll find out.

[@Danny15877]

Seems like you got the point of what the game's trying to say but it flew way over the author's head. 🤦‍♂️ Don't overthink it, you got it right the first time.

[@spiderace7994]

@@Danny15877 Watch out your comment may suddenly vanish my guy

[@FtureCh]

mans got ratio'd so hard he stopped limiting comment and disappear for 2 weeks

[@BrokenNoah]

It doesn't matter though and if he's smart, he should capitalize in his instant infamy. This is still his most successful video (probably his only successful video lol). Engagement is engagement regardless. Then there are other YT commenters rebutting this video and indirectly funneling traffic to him. If I were him, I would double down instead of hiding his head in the sand. Make follow-up videos. Really milk it for what it's worth. Sure people will dislike, insult, and some unhinged ones would probably send death threats but it still gets your channel out there lmao

[@BrokenNoah]

@@majora919 When you say similar situation, what exactly are you referring? Ratiod? Downvoted to oblivion?

[@err0rc0degames]

lmao

[@just_some_greek_dude]

@@BrokenNoah But I don't that's what he wanted nor intended so I doubt he see it as a positive think

[@BrokenNoah]

@@just_some_greek_dude I was obviously speaking in theoretical. That's why I said "If he's smart.." and "If I were him..."

[@Azula01]

lmao very shallow arguments

[@jacob1577]

No one will collect your personal information, this is a game in steam, where only thing you can get is person's nickname and maybe age. What he read was related to Russian gaming platform on mentioned VK social network, which like literally any other social network in existence openly does that. Also the company is based in Cyprus and pays taxes to Cyprus and not for Russian artillery shells in Ukraine.

[@ricefarmerchina169]

I like how he summed up the preorder system from every major publisher

[@stcresurrection3327]

Or an invasive privacy policy. Because the US doesn't do that at all.

[@Monorion9356]

@@stcresurrection3327 or China

[@49mozzer]

An then says to report the game on steam for allegedly breaking UKRAINIAN law but then says you should pirate the game which is also breaking the law

[@dkkanofkash8798]

"Please Don't Buy Any Video Game Ever."

[@ashaman7653]

Lmao

[@user-ik4cg8rk6j]

Каждый ваш донат в Genshin Impact приближает капитуляцию Тайваня Every your donate in Genshin Impact makes surrender of Taiwan closer

[@Brunson.]

Шакал

[@user-rs5ui5lg5i]

Jokes on you I fully support the PRC and her endeavors.

[@pedrothefirst158]

Значит куплю жемчужный гимн себе и другу

[@tonguetiedsna]

really？？ima gonna show hand and all in!

[@lightcompanion9696]

+1 кошка-жена и миска риса русский красный товарищ! Партия гордится тобой, сынок. Добро пожаловать в Коллектив. P.S. А вообще автор несёт полную ахинею. И вопреки своему желанию наоборот рекламирует эту игру.

[@CyberMan4858]

" if you tell someone not to do something, that's the one thing they'll definitely do" -Stuart webster

[@borrow4654]

Bought the game because of you. Thanks. It's a lot of fun and the world building looks gorgeous

[@taloranresearcher2272]

It's quite amusing to consider that the attempt to cancel this game may have inadvertently resulted in significant cost savings for its marketing efforts

[@kthirteenwinrar8766]

its quite amusing how people wanting to be edgy and rebellious now funds the russian army

[@zabeinj7077]

@@kthirteenwinrar8766 womp womp

[@resident_sleeper5714]

@@kthirteenwinrar8766 boo hoo its russian so what idgaf im still buying

[@fritzfam5]

​@@resident_sleeper5714 the funny thing is sure the devs are Russian but the company is stationed somewhere in Poland lol

[@Master-Bait]

Streisand effect, isn't it great?

[@markpierce5892]

for this company’s first game it was well worth it on game pass

[@Joaquin546]

Helps when you have oil money backing you! 😂

[@Faither011]

@@Joaquin546 it's not an American game chill

[@Joaquin546]

@@Faither011 lol that’s some adorable cope comrade

[@dumbly-stupid]

​@@Joaquin546 it's not even cope it's a fact it's a Russian game

[@cosmicdragon9237]

@@Joaquin546 L

[@double_a8875]

You been real quiet ever since Asmon shut you down with his reaction video. FYI. Atomic Heart is a great game. Decent story. Amazing gameplay. And beautiful graphics. I recommend giving it a try.

[@Ghost-ki8ic]

Do you know the dislikes are double the likes and also why are you deleting the comments that disagree with you

[@cgoodwin256]

Complains about comment censorship, proceeds to censor comments on it's own channel. That's the kind of hypocrisy you can expect from this crowd.

[@RedLion_52]

Also mentioned Ukraine banning soviet symbols as a positive.

[@esanahka9284]

@@RedLion_52 It is positive. You think Poland having nazi symbols would be positive?

[@NorbMit]

@@esanahka9284 it's not positive, it's moronic. Ukraine hasn't built ANYTHING since the dissolution of USSR, they're still using everything that has been built for them by evil communists.

[@dr.cummings9426]

​@@esanahka9284 yes it would be positive. It's called freedom of speech and freedom of expression

[@esanahka9284]

@@dr.cummings9426It is freedom of the speech, but if you use it to defend genocidal shitholes like Russia with no freedom of the speech then you deserve it

[@lina-jl6ls]

If I hadn't pre-order the game months ago I'd have done it after this video.

[@breadcutter5771]

same

[@lina-jl6ls]

@viperpit Why would I do it? The game looks cool and I'm excited to play it, I don't care what russophobes think

[@OLeKs8184]

@@lina-jl6ls Hahahaha, лина и здесь ты вылезла, сколько вас ещё таких зешников в интернете?) Ааа, точно, только сидеть и песать и умеет пока вашв страна разрушается у всех на глазах, ну давайте, продолжайте в том же духе

[@Megabyte-0101]

@@lina-jl6ls "russophobes"🤡

[@Deltaworks23]

@viperpit That's nonsense. Ukraine's Russophobia is why the Maidan protests happened, why the Donbass conflict happened and why the war happened. Ukraine is a puppet state and should be part of Russia again.

[@shadowedsoul]

When people make videos like these, they never understand that they're just boosting sales. You say that if even one person cancels their preorder you can be satisfied with that, right? Well just out of sheer spite I'm gonna go buy the game, probably never even play it, and buy a few extra copies and give them out to anyone that's interested in a free game. Buying and playing a game is _not_ and will *_never_* demonstrate your character and morality within the real word. But I do support Ukraine and gladly donate my view to your video.

[@g0onzy1337]

you cant stop me from having sexual attraction to the twins

[@kirebub]

Usually when I look into buying games with majority positive reviews, I'll look specifically for the negative reviews. This is to see if there are any valid major criticisms of the game. It's negative reviews like yours that convince me that there is no reason not to hold off buying the game. I'd struggle finding people arguing in worse faith on twitter.

[@Sira_Kackavalj]

First Hogwarts Legacy, now Atomic Heart. Whats next?

[@C.G.Gaster]

@@Sira_Kackavalj peta cancelling minecraft some how

[@dard2240]

"If you buy Red Allert 3 then you are communist. If you buy Bioshock 3 then you are religious fanatic."

[@konstanty8094]

I don't even mind the commie vibes from that game. I have a problem with where the money goes, tho.

[@Holy_Discourses]

@@konstanty8094 The money goes to Russian people at a new studio who managed to make what looks to be a decent game. The guys claims are unfounded and countless others have proven it.

[@atmega16a5]

@@Holy_Discourses There can always be a grain of truth in his claims. Even if the guy IS telling the truth, all he is making me think is "i want to buy the game more". The review was just very disrespectful and shallow. I understand that there is a war, and i support Ukraine, but the tone of the voice and choice of words really make me dislike this guy.

[@Holy_Discourses]

@@atmega16a5 There can be a grain of truth in a lot of mostly baseless claims but this is genuinely a case of someone making a false Xenophobic claim against developers who genuinely did nothing wrong and are not actually backed by Russian Oligarchs or FSB. A lot of Indie game devs do utilize Government sponsored art or media funds but that doesn’t necessarily make them propaganda, is The Long Dark Canadian propaganda? I’ve already bought the game and look forward to playing it in about an hour, he is indeed a great marketer for it.

[@SpiltSoup]

did bioshock 3 promote a real group of horrible people and tried to get people to love them? "imagine if the wolfenstein devs had a nazi themed party"

[@ShadowBaneling]

I'm going to buy two copies of this game. One for me and one for my friend who doesn't know or care about any of this.

[@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat]

4 months later, and I’m happy to say this is almost completely forgotten

[@bluejesus105]

This video is equivalent of a parent gathering all his 5 children to tell them to not eat that cookie in the fridge. Guess what happens.

[@azy9234]

so you're a children?, you think just like a children got it 👍

[@kivipallur]

this comment section is 90% children or people who have the mental capacity of a child, so fair point.

[@BizlaC]

This video is more like someone with 5 children telling others that having more than one child is morally wrong.

[@maksimoltu8236]

@@azy9234 hes not the one that is braindead unlike obviously u who tought a fucking wold win the war for russia

[@lorsheckmolseh3345]

Stopped playing games for years, but after seeing this clownish video (by a guy from still a little bit autonomous region brothel-ukraine, giving golden advices about feminism 🥳🤡) i had to buy it, and it's fantastic!

[@warmateo6261]

I love how this video ended up being better than a Super Bowl Ad by getting way more people to buy the game

[@VeXu666]

I love how this video ended up making russian bot's extremely butthurt and imagine that this FSB's backdoor hack game is ignored by most of the people and will probably get it banned from Steam as well as other platforms.

[@Roach2137]

You couldn't be more wrong

[@LegendaryDorkKnight]

@@VeXu666 You just implied that bots have feelings.

[@Complete_Stranger7050]

@@VeXu666 Isnt robot not suppose to feel emotions 🗿

[@VeXu666]

@@Complete_Stranger7050 like russian soldiers who are forced to meatgrinder, do you think their leaders have any feelings ?

[@luisgurumendy5561]

201k dislike wow

[@Deviousforesrcritter834]

“If you breathe air you’re gay” energy

[@49mozzer]

@primepursuit Well when he opens his video up by insulting his audience then what did you expect to happen?

[@thomasnewton2935]

​@primepursuit Catching the same energy from your comment.

[@49mozzer]

​@primepursuit That's not how this works. If he seriously wants people not to buy this game an actually listen to what he has to say then insulting probably 90% of his audience isn't the way to go about it. In fact he's most likely achieved the exact opposite of what he was trying to do.

[@thomasnewton2935]

@primepursuit Kind of I'd clever. Thanks for the compliment. 😁

[@49mozzer]

@primepursuit Except it doesn't. A brief fact check shows that his arguments are full of holes not to mention his own hypocrisy. He claims that this game glorifies the USSR an has USSR propaganda in it. The game is literally set inside the USSR so of course there is gonna be propaganda, even Stalker has USSR propaganda cause it's set in a former USSR state, STALKER 2 will likely be the same. He claims that this game objectifies women even though the CEO of the dev company is a woman and a former model with her own modelling agency. He claims all the money from this game will go to the Russian military even though the devs aren't even based in Russia an have cut ties with the two companies that did have ties to the Russian government. Also if you think these devs work for free an you're painfully naïve. He claims the game breaks Ukrainian law but then encourages people to pirate the game which is also illegal. He is trying to remove comments that criticise or disprove his argument, essentially silencing criticism which is a very USSR thing to do. The only reason you see them now is because they're just too many for him to handle an he's probably given up. His entire argument can be summed up as "Game was made by Russians, Russians bad" an by his logic then I guess Wolfenstien is nazi propaganda. If you aren't afraid of having your own bias be challenged then I suggest you can an watch some of the reaction videos to this. They can probably explain things much better then I can.

[@videolanderen]

I was already going to buy the game. After watching your video, I’m determined to buy the most expensive version available. Congratulations!

[@AliAli-et7zy]

King 👑

[@Ivan_KGB]

Good comment Comrade. Provide your postcode for AK-47 bonus. (Ammos are to be purchased separately). KGB headquarters offers you "ballerina spy wife" limited offer for 9 more comments. (Ballerina spy wife to be shipped by cargo)

[@user-kb3ji1ss1r]

Based, I hope mine buys the bullet that unalives this stupid globalh0m0 predditor

[@mirage_panzer2274]

​@@Ivan_KGB nobody use shitty 47 anymore and KGB is no longer exist?

[@vineai6877]

With the purchase of 2 or more premium sets, a box of vodka and a bear as a gift.

[@assassinunknown6664]

“If your not paranoid you don’t deserve an opinion”- Harenko

[@hotpants_russia_z]

You're*

[@lolnoobus]

"If you are not arian ukrainian you dont deserve anything" (c) some ukrainian Karen.

[@mishavuimo5753]

@@lolnoobus Karenko

[@elxde0]

@@hotpants_russia_z nuh-uh, y'roeue*

[@neavo8421]

I hadnt considered buying the game, but now I will. Thanks for your review.

[@jordandennis6794]

Poor Harenko. He thought he was in the right. He really did.

[@Dodo-ku3fi]

Me when the soviet themed game has soviet imagery:😱💀

[@frostyfizz7915]

I'm getting this game just for that 360 spin attack

[@grayson_carlayl]

Чувак, мое уважение

[@zacccpanec8388]

Люблю тебя

[@Hussarianbrother]

It’s so slow though

[@chugetnuget6230]

play the game on easy or use mods so that you wont suffer.

[@Bruhman_YUSS]

@@Hussarianbrother not really