Off the bat, I’ll stress that it’s impossible to judge Atomic Heart’s political ambitions based on such a small slice. One rogue hack later, everything goes south and the machines turn into murderous monsters hellbent on killing the protagonist, an intelligence agent tasked with finding who’s responsible. After creating a wonder material called polymer, the USSR was transformed into a communist paradise full of intelligent robots that live in harmony with humans. The story takes place in an alternate version of 1955 in which the Soviet Union won World War 2 and become a technological powerhouse. A friendly drone flies to me and hands me a glass of soda, which I sip while watching little slice-of-life vignettes occur next to me. It’s an idyllic vision of the future, like I’m at a Disney theme park. This time, I’m riding down a stream on a futuristic paddle boat. My demo begins right at the top of the game, with an introductory sequence reminiscent of Half-Life’s iconic trip around Black Mesa. Atomic Heart knows how to make an entrance.
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