The biggest twist in this game is going in expecting your waifu to be one of the twins but instead realizing a fridge is best girl.

It was their first game, and they still managed to beat several AAA titles released in the last 3-4 years in terms of quality. I love modern gaming.

i hope the developers will get the chance to make more games. The talent is there all they need is experiance

Bioshock's creator was actually surprised that everyone saw it as a criticism of objectivism/libertarianism, because Rapture only truly "fell" when Andrew Ryan betrayed his ideals and turned into a tyrant (to stop Fontaine's subversion). All systems are vulnerable to subversion and tyranny, after all.

AK being balanced in a Russian game is poetic.

I feel like this game would have been better with a more horror focus. the first teaser of the game like 8 years ago put off a very strong uncanny valley feel. Idk as soon as I heard the main character say “crispy critters” I knew it was gonna be mid.

You came for the robot girls, you stayed for the fridge.

Synthetic Men is not insulting this game, GOTY confirmed

Synthetic Man: Your feelings for them are not real. Twin Simps: THEY ARE REAL TO ME!

This game was obviously stuck in development hell, at some point i really believed it was some kind of scam or vaporware.

It may be a bit of jank but man, I can definitelly see a heart in this game that is missing in most modern games. If this is their first project it definitelly makes me hyped for whatever they will do next.

Let's be honest it's only a matter of time until we start seeing those models out and about in the wild if you know what I mean

The devs also cucked out and censored the in-game cartoon.

I heard some talk from supposed developers at Mundfish 2-3 years ago talking about how development for this game was all over the place. If I can recall, the dev talked about the directors calling for random features like glory kills from Doom and then RPG mechanics, basically whatever higher up saw in another game then the dev team must emulate it. Explains why this game feels directionless.

Thanks for using my video title suggestion, Synth 🤝

the "robussy" wonned 90% of the game purchases (and they appear for 15-20 minutes in game, noice 👍)

For how tired and unhappy you seemed to be when streaming this game, your review was so much kinder than I expected.

I don't know this still looks more soulful than any AAA game released recently.

even tho the game is mid i deeply respect the effort they clearly put into the game if they learn from the feedback of this game i bet there next game will be even better

A commentary on your observation about modern devs vs older devs, the older devs did not work on a formula, they just made what ever they thought it was fun, the main focus was how to make it more fun. I remember some old interviews on how even the concept of a video game was debatable. On top of that most people now are not happy, that cool humor in the late 90s and early 2000 is no longer common. Depressed online media addicts do not make enjoyable stuff.

I feel like this game is really indicative of the wider trend of directionlessness in the industry. A lot of games, this one included, seem to add features and mechanics because they're present in other games, not because they fully understand the how and why of their implementation. I'm sure a design-by-committee approach is partly to blame, but I think the more fundamental issue is that modern devs either can't commit to a single vision or they simply don't understand the mechanics necessary to produce that singular vision. Making games is difficult enough as is, but it gets exponentially harder the more chefs you have in the kitchen - so to speak. The larger the dev team, the more likely it is that you have a greater number of individuals attempting to influence the project in their desired direction. Without a unifying force, these projects simply splinter into disparate, contradicting, or nonsensical ideas that coalesce into either bland sludge or a broken mess.

You absolutely need to see American Krogans breakdowns of Bioshock and Bioshock infinite.

That "The Incredibles" boss really was great. Atleast something cool gets used from that superb movie ^^

I'm convinced we're not going to see a great AAA title for at least a few more years. I don't even think GTA 6 will be great.

modern KZfaq is notorious for squashing small content creators, especially ones who are against the mainstream like you. You have earned my like and share.

Atomic Heart isn't a flawless game, but it's just so nice to play a new game with high production value that isn't wall to wall diversity/trans/gay shit, It's actually sadder when you realize the sort of games were quite commonplace back in the early 10s, also for their first game it runs smoothly and few bugs that can be fixed shortly but this speaks volume how shit the western game industry has become when expecting a buggy broken game on launch is the norm now.

“Rub one out and play a better game.” Spoken like an absolute real one. 😂 Love ya Synth keep up the good work. Don’t let them keep ya down.

For a first game they didn’t do too bad! There’s something here in Atomic Heart but whatever it is it’s not for me. Maybe if the devs had more time and resources they could have made a GOTY contender! But I’d have to agree with Synth on this one

As a kid born in soviet union, I enjoyed that one episode of "just you wait, hare" (russian knockoff Tom and Jerry) you could watch on tv in the first city. That was nice touch.

When a game tries some risky/innovative new stuff, (like what Demon's Souls did back in his day) even if most of it ends up being terrible, you can't help but feel more indulgent toward the game because at least it tried new things, it took a risk despite the massive budget that go into creating a game.

People are going to like the game because it's actually pretty good. I respect your opinion but just like skill up, it sounds like a lot of weird nitpicks more than an actual game review.

I saw one of the top steam reviews say that this game was clearly made using the same design philosophy as half-life and a part of my soul died reading how retarted that statement was.

The developers made the game more or less as a throwback to all the things we grew up with as kids in the Soviet or post Soviet era. I mean I loved it, then again I am a first generation immigrant who came to America in late 90s, and this game just hit all the right notes for me. Love it, hoping mundfish are here to stay and make more great games, also no wokeness, loved that too.

Far too many games make the mistake of having weapons that don’t feel like they have adequate punch to them. That really kills it for me. Especially in a shooter, this should not be the case

The sexy robot voice is my only reason to keep playing. No lie her attempts to keep the main character around is fun to hear when everything else is trying to get men to look unwanted.

Here's my question: Why don't we have anymore silent protagonists? The main character talking feels so dumb because it rips you right out of the game if he isn't done well -- which is very easy to do. This game is extremely flawed but it's excusable, though I can't see myself playing it unless the game got overhauled and revamped in the future.

@Synthetic Man at 9:10 You call the polymer a "MacGuffin" which is an unspecified object which only function is to drive the plot (The suitcase from Pulp Fiction). A more accurate trope to call the polymer would be "Phlebotinum" which is a substance that can do anything (Like nanomachines, son).

BRING BACK CHAD SILENT PROTAGONISTS

Synthetic Man reminds me of that South Park episode where Stanley begins seeing literally everything as walking talking shit, like literal shit, and how a doctor explains that's just a result of aging.

Our guy returns.

You know what? At least they tried. At least they tried to make something interesting, even if they didn't really succeed. That's more than I can say to any "western" dev that just churns out endless rehashes, remasters and fucking de-makes.

The game is perfectly fine. Most issues can be patched. It lets you play however you want and doesn’t punish you for wanting to switch your playstyle( all resources can be taken back from weapons and applyed elsewhere without consequences). I feel like most of the people reviewing it, aren’t going in depth with reading all possible upgrades so they aren’t planning on seeing how they want to play. Every playstyle other than stealth can be upgraded. Everyone I see trashing the game use freeze and cheese everything. Despite what you’ve heard, the lack of variety of enemy types isn’t so bad because all the bots have insanely smooth animations when giving and taking damage. You really feel like you’re physically destroying everything. It’s fast paced and rewards using the sum of your equipment, not just cheese one part of it. People reviewing this game badly are going to regret it later the more they play it. They hated it because they rushed through it. Game pass is like 15 bucks, play it for yourself for cheap and if you like it buy it. I plan on purchasing it as soon as I have the cash to spare so I can own this masterpiece. All we’ve had is regurgitated garbage for years now and finally we get something refreshing and wild. If we can’t appreciate something with soul then maybe we’ve deserved soullessness we get from mainstream developers now. At least somebody took a risk as a small studio and painted their vision

20:20 I think it's not glorifying communism, but its showing how people who believe in communism think they can do no wrong, even while the world is falling apart because of them

Atomic Heart certainly doesn't glorify USSR, nor shits on it. It's somewhere in the middle.

The devs got over ambitius, Its a good first attempt but flawed.

"...Another Callisto Protocol situation." Ridiculous. Callisto Protocol is barely functional, while Atomic Heart is just gool ol' AA slavjank with some top notch art design.

You Tube hate people that keep it real, it’s either sunshine and rainbows or the algorithm is against you. Please don’t change, we need real opinions not just the fudge everyone else spews up (looking in your direction GamerRanx)

Solid review. Interesting how generally everyone agrees with you when it comes to generic games, but soon as you critique something they love like the soapy drama GoW remakes you're labeled every name in the book lmao. Never change Synth we need you

Oh boy, get ready for the angry salt from people.

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1:29 - I just noticed the twins are like seven feet tall. They THICC! Also, apparently their names are "Left" and "Right." Cause that can't be a double entendre for anything while watching this game, can it? LOL. Anyway, you're likely going to hate Resident Evil 4. They scrapped so much content from it and made it woke as hell.

As a russian player, I can tell that original russian dub sucks too

Man you look angry all the time, you need to smile more often

Kind of an over critical review. Aside from enemy variety and underwhelming melee combat, this game has been more enjoyable than most releases in recent memory. Games a 7/10 bare minimum . For a first release this is extremely promising. Music is great, graphics are great. Not much to hate on!

Definitely disagree with you. It's awesome. I do think it needs some polish, but overall, I really enjoyed it. I'm still playing it.

Your standards are way too high, especially for a game developer’s first release. Am playing it rn. It has heart.

I literally just finished the game and got this video recommended lol. I played on game pass so no cost on that department but, honestly I liked it. I do think there are many flaws, the opening tutorial is way too long, having an open world is pretty pointless, there is way too much dialogue at times, the respawning enemies are quite annoying (my advice is to just ignore them and try to do things as quickly as possible unless you disable them. As for positives, I actually do really like the combat, I think the best melee weapon is the pachet (I think that's how it's called), a sword that has a magnetic blade that you can throw at enemies. Extremely good, especially useful against the last boss. The guns felt good, the movement becomes alright, I recommend investing in the character tree to get the increased running speed, really helpful. I did not use a lot of the polymers so I don't have many comments on that's, but to me the guns did just fine. Absolutely love the boss fights although I never died to a single one of them. The soundtrack is amazing. I liked the story, the twist at the end did surprise me and I liked the closing scene. As stated in the video the art direction and design is amazing, the word that was created and crafted was truly good and I would like to see more of it. In terms of politics, I suppose it really isn't as in depth as bioshock (also there is a huge bioshock reference near the end, impossible to miss), it didn't really criticize communism in any way, but then again I suppose you could make the argument that only in a world where the scientific discoveries are so magical and advanced, with robots doing everything for humans, basically an impossible dream of a perfect society, is where communism could actually work, witch is funny I'd say. Also, I played the game in Russian, the voice work is *way* better, but it does suck that there are too many parts where the captions just disappear and I got left in the dark as my russian is basically non existent, but fortunately that only happened in minor situations. I think that P-3 does get more likable towards the end of the game, I really liked Charles, but a lot of the cooler stuff in the story comes around at the end and that's kinda sad in someways, there are some aspects of the characters that could be better explored, and I think the game ends in a sort of sequel bait that is kinda interesting, but does make me question why all this wasn't show earlier in the game and developed through. So all and all, if you have game pass I'd recommend, endure the first five/six hours (and yeah it's a lot of time) and the game does get good, definitely some cool ideas, really nice world that has a lot of potential, but some poor choices in execution. Anyways, I don't really know why I took so much time of my day to write this, but if anybody read this far thank you for your time.

Bro. In-game characters mention it multiple times. The soviet union does Not sell the robots. They give them away for Free. And this replaced human labor in the USA and other countries. This further led to unemployed humans suffering from poverty.

I don’t comment usually but I will for you. I always look forward to your content and as usual you’re right

Aye we gotta protect this man channel at all cost lol

While it is sad that the game is mid, for a first game, there visual design department did it very well

I think it is less about 'enemy variety' and more about situational variety. If you fought similar enemies in a vast and varied amount of situations and variables, the game could be fun. The issue comes when you over populate your scenarios with similar enemies whilst also not shifting the paradigm very far between said scenarios. An easy example they could of done here: One of the facilities you go into is emitting electrical interference which prevents you from using your plasmids and power based firearms. The enemies (which could be the same mannequins) could be coated in some sort of polymer that allows them to continue functioning, but also make them less aware. So you'd play that section as a pseudo-stealth mission whilst relying upon your conventional firearms. The boss could turn the electrical interference on and off during the fight, but also make themselves giga-buffed when they turn it off (coinciding with your also getting your powers uninhibited).

20:44 It is enough to make one wonder, if people hadn't been told to care about the proxy war between Easter European dictators, would the Far Leftists be praising this game for its seeming adoration of the old Soviet Union?

This game definitely DOES NOT glorify Communism once you get to the late game twists. There's a pretty on the nose statement about "The Kollectiv".

I just want to say Im quite happy there is someone on this platform that plays games and shares the same political opinion as me. Its hard to find these days. My first awakening was probably Borderlands 3 and how sad and left its become. Anyway great video👍

It felt like a budget Bioshock unfortunately

If this was Sony, the journalist would be screaming master piece.

>installed game >nearly half an hour in still no gameplay >immediately uninstalled if i want to watch a fucking movie I'd watch a fucking movie, not play a game

I loved the game. It is lacking and buggy to hell and back but it tickles all my nostalgia sensors while being cynical and a fun shooter. Just running around with a railgun, AK and a rocket launcher laying havock on the robots is so much fun! The story was pretty good too.

I'm very intrigued by this game. It might be somewhat messy, but it definitely has heart and soul put into it. It seems like a decent AA euro jank game, especially as their first game. Like synthetic man, I like quality in my gameplay AND I like story cutscenes, lore development, and world building; but only if it's a story worth telling. I'll stick to the Russian dub. Regarding the gripe of the infinite enemy thing, I heard it can be solved by killing the hive. However, the lack of enemy variety is unfortunate. It seems like an amalgam of bioshock and a little fallout. The soundtrack is banging with mick Gordon, 50s Americana style songs in Russian, recognizable opera, and good classical music. I'll definitely get it when it's on sale

Been playing it, it's okay i like the art design. However, the entire game is satire against communism & the soviet union i don't know how you could miss that unless you just weren't paying attention or reading all the e-mails laying around. There's some pretty funny stuff in there. Especially when the robot is walking and talking to you about all the other robots and what losers they are haha.

Eh, average is still better than most games that are coming out right now and at least it’s in Gamepass.

I’m enjoying the game so far. The main character really need to stfu. At least limit his dialogue by like…35-50% I also really hate the open world elements. But so far this has held my attention.

If I can't bang the twins or the Electrolux, theres no point in buying it

I don’t see how you played this entire game a figured it was glorifying any ideology at all it criticizes communisms ideas of radical equality and people willing to die becoming just another statistic the main villain wanting to enact this radical equality by (spoilers) wanting everyone to be under a hive mind he controls essentially killing your free will, even one of the main facilities you go through for the story has an entire library of tubes of what your glove explains is a morgue of dead bodies who gave themselves to the Soviets for their technological advances showing that this so called communist utopia was built on the death of millions before anything it criticizes capitalists and their taking advantage of everything for themselves (the Soviets inviting capitalists over to their theater and turning their theater into a brothel as discussed in the audio logs) that’s about all I could remember for their criticism of capitalists but there could be more If anything I’d say this game is as anti communist as it gets and it manages to tell you that without saying communism is bad once. No offense dude but I’m watching this video and I’m thinking you need a second play through or to actually read and listen to the dead npcs and your glove lol because it explains a lot one of those npcs ironically quote Stalin saying they’re just a statistic now showing how little people under communism even valued their own lives. Some expressed the need to talk about how much they hate their jobs in which your character responds “sounds like political treason”. I feel like you could’ve done more to pay attention to what the game was telling you dude.

3:09 okay this is straight up bullshit. The first axe you get is the shit weapon you have to replace ASAP (they literally give you one later that's better) + within 4-5 hours you get a better axe which is faster, deals the same amount of damage and takes up less slots. During that time you even get an EMP gun, a pistol and numerous ability unlocks. I played on normal, and had no problems with numerous robots as long as I used my abilities wisely. The only thing yo ucan criticise the melee combat for is that there's no block ability.

if the devs wanted to i'm sure they can improve or remove any of the bad parts. It doesn't seem like any of the problems aside from enemy variety are to deep to be repaired. I'm going to keep an eye on the updates for this one. If No Man Sky can be fixed when it was screwed up straight to the core then this one can be easily fixed.

The reasoning behind why your character says "crispy critters" all the time should have been revealed during the opening of the game cause while it doesn't make him less annoying, you at least understand it's not him trying to avoid swearing. (Cause he almost always says it right before or after swearing.)

Thank you. This was a helpful review. This game -looked- really good, but only if they executed the combat well and it’s really hard to tell if combat will feel right when you’re just watching a demo. Looking at the Mundfish team photos it’s apparent that they are all very young. It’s unlikely that Bagratuni or anyone else has ever shepherded a project of this scale to completion. Maybe that’s why it took them so long to demo/release this after their big trailer release years ago. This is a good game genre and I hope this is a good learning opp for them and their investors maybe kick them cash for a smaller project where they can show improvement and then come back with a better FPS PVE game in a few more years. They probably need a new CEO or team lead though. Someone who has experience in coordinating game development. I wonder if any of the Obsidian guys are going to be looking for non-MSFT pastures now that it’s likely any non competes from the acquisition have run out.

If youtube took a transcript of your videos first 2mins, I can see why it might supress your videos/channel. Here's my +1 comment, keep it up Man. You tell it how it is, hard facts

if it helps at all i found your channel last week in my recommended so you are still getting pushed in the algorithm, at least for me

At this point, just ok is above average almost. They get some slack for it being their first game, but the issues shouldn’t be ignored.

Yea the bosses look interesting but this game feels like a 2 steps forward 1 step backwards

To quote civil "slav jank"

this game is a step in the right direction. once we get back to making average games with no gay in them, we will get good games over time

I kinda expected this. Something about the gameplay just screamed meh.

how will Ukraine ever recover from this

20:12 nah its Zionism since there was lots of subtle jewish undertones to the story and characters.

This is why I watch your videos. More integrity than most, that's why YT hates you.

I always share your videos and loved the Livestream. You're the only 90s gamer I know exists on KZfaq.

Great video. Appreciate the pragmatic approach to your reviews.

I was so surprised with the amazing amount of detail but then also surprised at how the gameplay got old so quickly.

Another reason for why I always set my expectations super low, I’m always pleasantly surprised. Might be one of those games I wait ten years and pick up from the discount bin

Thanks for review, probably wait for sale in general. I'm a very patient individual.

This game has brutal Denuvo protection be aware of that. I kinda wished Synth would bash that. You get way better performance without it.

Did you pay attention to the story. The friendly robots in that performance venue repeatedly state that the place with robo ballerinas is a place for robo performance troupes, which include ballet, theater, and robo courtesans.

I love those reviews dude, keep up ❣️

Honestly, what you're showing on screen looks way better than what you're describing, lol! Even _as_ you're describing it, I just can't be convinced that any of it is actually bad. I am more interested in playing this at eight minutes into the video than at 2 minutes into the video.

Modern gaming has really fallen off, so hearing this really hurts. I’m losing hope. The dead space remaster has been incredible!

29:02 I seen one profesor saying that in 30 years people lost 15 points in general intelligence from global average. He predicts that by the end of century people will averagely to stupid to use modern computer UI. Some people could be still inteligent enough to make good games but without enough inteligent people the idea of making more complex games could die out. At least if that's true. Looking at culture i kinda agree that people become more dum.