This post title is very hard for me to read

So you're saying it hasn't been a month since it got cracked?

I really liked this game, other than the repair drones ruining fun

Surprisingly never heard of the game, but denuvo would've been a showstopper anyway.

Now on gog please and I'll give you/them money.

Its a Russian studio releasing a game in 2023...there's a reason you've never heard of it and it has nothing to do with the game.

From what I have seen, it's a pretty good game.

Edit: this is why I like to remind Americans that nobody in other countries will care of you personally didn't vote for trump.

It's an awesome game. I got it randomly when I had my xbox

Pretty sure it worked in Linux anyway, as I am fairly sure I played it on my rog Ally since installing steamos

I learned the other day that according to achievement stats, less than half of everyone who has played the game even got to the open world part, which would explain the lack of discussion about it.

It does indeed! I run it on cachy

It was literally everywhere in the hype cycles.

Source: I was alive. It was also quite literally on gamepass.

It's not a conspiracy 🙄

It actually is a surprisingly well optimized game. Runs really well on even my rog Ally

Doesn't change the reality that it didn't leave the hype circles because All RuZZia BaD

Oh yea you're right, forgot about that.

It has nothing to do with the fact that it was completely mediocre and the protagonist was an insufferable douchebag.

It's the conspiracy, not the quality of the product. Lol.

Better than most modern shooters

Yes, you're absolutely correct. The bar is also in hell these days because of corporate greed.

Yep...which makes me think that the relative lack of popularity has less to do with the game itself, and more the circumstance surrounding its release. There are much worse games that have much bigger audiences.

Hell, the entire 'controversy' section on Wikipedia is basically "yeah, this game was made by Russians"

I also think it's really easy to assume malice, when the facts state that the vast majority of gamers only buy 1-3 games per year.

Hardcore gamers unfortunately are not the majority, and a Russian Bioshock is definitely aimed at hardcore gamers imo.

Edit: people are also generally easily swayed, saying something is Russian shouldn't make it bad automatically.

It is, but there also was a lot of malice going around at the time. You know how shortly after the Hamas attacks on Israel, everyone that wasn't vocally in favor of Israel killing everyone immediately got asked "do you disavow Hamas?" And regardless of answer was viewed with suspicion?

I ran into the same thing in '22/'23, as I am Russian. Even though I don't support Putin, don't support the invasion, and haven't lived in the country for 20 years.

Interacting with Russian media, hell, even speaking to my family led to immediate suspicion. Now that the zeitgeist has moved on, I don't get that as much.

Edit: in retrospect, I just did the same thing above, right after saying I'm Russian.

Good, I guess, but they left it there for years. This doesn't deserve any praise, and this post is just an ad. You have to pay to keep using it, so they just decided to save money because it's no longer useful. It's a purely practical move, not one to help consumers. Don't buy this shit.

Fuk that game. Atomic Heart is one of the few games I actually regret purchasing. You're some kind of spy agent in russian dystopia. Clunky controls, and it just couldn't be more unpleasant content.