Sci-fi Soviet-era shooter Atomic Heart wowed audiences with its announcement trailer and subsequent slivers of gameplay footage from developer Mundfish. The Atomic Heart release date is slated for 2019 on PC, PS4, and Xbox One, and it appears that it's lacking a few elements you'd expect to be in place for a 2019 launch such as its game design. According to a recent report from a game development related Telegram in Russian that's been translated on popular gaming forum ResetEra, it appears that not all is well with Atomic Heart. So much so that the report alleges that its development has been rebooted five months ago and now has a "huge gameplay downgrade".
Other concerns include the game's format. It was conceived to be an open-world game but now may have an episodic release, the report claims (via ResetEra).
"Poster says he anonymously talked with some of the Atomic Heart devs to find out what's been happening with all these rumors (rumors that almost got no attention outside local websites)," reads a post on ResetEra that contains the translation.
Here are all the details on what could possibly be wrong with Atomic Heart.
It will be interesting to see what state Atomic Heart is in when it finally is out. That said, it would be prudent to keep expectations in check.
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