In one short gameplay trailer, P-3 is dual-wielding the ability and a shotgun, which is reminiscent of BioShock's plasmid powers. Small wires protrude from his palm and seemingly give him access to magic-like abilities like a blast of frozen mist. Agent P-3 can use firearms and has access to an interesting tendril-like apparatus that is fixed to the palm of his left hand. Gameplay-wise, Atomic Heart draws even more comparisons to Bioshock in the small snippets of footage that have been released. RELATED: What Halo Infinite Should Take From Past Games The world of Atomic Heart is a once ideal society fallen to ruin, and the trailers feature all manner of Chernobyl-style abandoned Soviet architecture, instantly evoking the fallen ruins of BioShock's Rapture or the nuclear fallout tinged world of Stalker. P-3 quickly discovers that he will have to fight for his life as the facility is swarming not only with killer robots and mechanical traps galore, but all manner of horrible monsters and even the risen dead.Ītomic Heart is a game that wears its inspiration on its sleeve, and one look at the trailers and released screenshots makes it clear that it is heavily inspired by other immersive first-person games like BioShock, Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl and Metro 2033.
Players take control of a mentally unstable KGB agent designated P-3, who has been sent to a manufacturing facility that has fallen silent. However, this utopian communist ideal is corrupted as the robots begin to rebel and go haywire, wreaking havoc across the nation. The nation, controlled under the banner of the USSR, has created robots to automate much of the work of society. Atomic Heart features an alternate science fiction world where the Russia of the '60s has become incredibly technologically advanced. However, there are a few details that are set in stone, like the setting and premise. RELATED: WB Owns the Nemesis System, So When Will It Be Used for Batman?įor some fans, this style of marketing is working, as the gorgeous and bizarre environments shown off in the trailers only serve to stoke speculation and theory, further fueling excitement and anticipation. The studio has drip-fed fans with a sparsely released but intriguing set of trailers, which are all lacking any narration or clues into what exactly is going on in the world of Atomic Heart apart from the admittedly incredible visuals on display. Over the past few years, developer Mundfish has been rather vague with specific details in regards to what its vision is for Atomic Heart, aiming for a "show not tell" style of marketing. Since then, Atomic Heart has gone on to become one of the most anticipated games that fans have very few details about.
Announced back in 2018 with a stunning trailer, Atomic Heartis an upcoming first-person shooter with RPG elements coming from relatively new studio Mundfish.