While it may not have the same bells and whistles the PC does, the console version still packs a punch, and as you can see in our side-by-side comparison, it’s no slouch. It only gets better when you enter the catacombs of each mission area, with even more detail in the enclosed spaces. The rolling mountains, valleys, and other areas of Facility 3826 will take you by surprise, with crisp graphical fidelity you don’t expect in a studio’s debut. That’s not the case at all, with impressive visuals throughout, especially at scale. I know quite a few people were worried we might get “Watchdogged”, as in seeing pretty trailers and not getting the result once we had it in hand. Starting with the technical details, the performance is rock solid and the visuals are top-notch, with tight 60fps and 4K. We’re going to dive deeper into what makes it tick, but it’s really great in most aspects. I don’t know that there are many areas that Atomic Heart doesn’t excel in. That, and we haven’t had something that similar to Bioshock in a while beyond maybe the Metro series, and even that stays in its own lane. That’s not necessarily a bad thing though, because in an industry where everyone has done everything, your best bet is often improving and innovating on what exists. The Soviet atmosphere, the powers from your left hand mixed with guns and melee weapons occupying the right, the trippy storyline it’s very similar. It’s a fair comparison too, even with my opinion that Bioshock might be one of the few legitimate 100/100 games in existence. Most people are going to look at this game and immediately compare it to Bioshock.
With the final credits rolling, I can definitively cancel out any negativity: Atomic Heart is outstanding and one of the best games I’ve played in the narrative FPS genre in years. Delay after delay took place, and you had to wonder if the team at Mundfish might have bitten off more than they could chew. It had all the trappings of my kind of game, from setting to gameplay and more, and I’ve wanted so badly for it to be good. That’s at least initially how I felt about Atomic Heart. The saying goes “if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is”.
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