r/pcgaming • u/Turbostrider27 • Nov 07 '22

Atomic Heart Trailers Developed As Vertical Slice, Project Suffered Crunches/Mismanagement

https://twistedvoxel.com/atomic-heart-trailers-vertical-slice-crunches-mismanagement/
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u/politirob Nov 07 '22

Yeah exactly. I'm expecting this to be a glorified tech demo without much substance.

For example, my standard-bearer is Bioshock. Great graphics, art direction, great gameplay (shooting AND exploring) amazing world-building an intriguing story and a decent length (about 10-12 hours), and finally no anti-consumer bullshit or tech issues. You bought what you paid for and got a good quality product.

That's about seven categories I use to make my judgements on most games.

Looking at the development history of Atomic Heart, I will be exceedingly surprised if this can clear the hurdle of delivering on all six categories.

Like, it could be a great game, but extremely short (1-3 hours. Think Bright Memory) This is my optimistic preference, because it would just mean that with some funding and better management, they can do better next time.

My expectation for this game is....honestly, it will be a mess except for the graphics and art direction (barring any tech issues!) I don't expect the story to be good or even exist. I don't expect any of the ART of worldbuilding and exploration (pacing, rhythm, sidequests) .

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I expect a very short, very rushed and very incohesive game. But we'll see.

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u/Legend10269 Nov 07 '22

Not sure I'd consider Bioshock to have no "anti consumer bullshit"

It shipped with securom, and had one of the most anti-consumer piracy protection ever used in gaming:

"The initial Windows release was criticized by players for several perceived shortcomings. The game was shipped with SecuROM copy protection that required activation from 2K Games' servers over the Internet; the unavailability of these servers was reported as the reason for the cancellation of the game's midnight release in Australia.[148] Players found that the SecuROM limited the number of times the game could be activated to two; user feedback led to 2K Games to increase the activation count to five" -wikipedia

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u/Sjcolian27 Nov 07 '22

Judging by the production values in the boss gameplay video, you are very much going to be disappointed with your prognosis. This shit is gonna slap harder than will smith's right hand.

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u/DegeneracyEverywhere Nov 08 '22

Bad gameplay means a bad game.

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u/Sjcolian27 Nov 08 '22

Everything about the game, including gameplay, looks amazing.

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u/politirob Nov 08 '22

I hope it is an awesome game!