Just two years later, he began to design a 2.0 version of the system that would link a human mind with a robot’s operating system via a Polymer implant. In 1948, Sechenov created the Kollektiv Neural Network, a system that allowed human operators to command robots with improved efficiency. By the mid-1940s automatons were commonplace, and performed vital duties in rebuilding the country after the devastation of the Second World War. His storage device paved the way for the creation of portable cold fusion reactors, which in turn unlocked the rise of robot assistants. As such, the laboratories of Facility 3826 studied all manner of disciplines, from interstellar engineering to medicine, genetics, and even botany.īut Sechenov’s true talent was in robotics. These alt-history Russians were set on conquering other planets. As you’d expect of the Soviets in the 1950s, Professor Sechenov and the scientists of Facility 3826 had their eyes very much on the stars, but they were involved in something much grander than the Space Race. In Mundfish’s twisted past, the invention of a miracle substance known as Polymer allows the Soviet Union to chart a significantly more technologically advanced path through the first half of the twentieth century. And, for this month’s IGN First, the game’s creative team has revealed the timeline of events that directly lead to the robot-smashing action of this intense first-person shooter. Robotic Revolutionĭeveloper Mundfish has crafted an entire alternate history for Atomic Heart. Blood covers the floors and walls of Facility 3826. Robots have turned against their creators. Thought control over machines is just years away. His laboratory, known as Facility 3826, is hard at work on a device that will link humans and robots. Sechenov’s inventions have ushered in an age of technological prosperity for the Soviet Union. This Russian sci-fi romp may not be for everyone, since it appears to be quite graphic, but we sure are excited.The year is 1950. Atomic Heart outlookīased on what we know so far, Atomic Heart looks like a fun, creepy adventure into what could have been a Soviet golden era. That's excellent, because those are some awesome games to draw inspiration from. Influences: From checking out the gameplay footage, you can see Atomic Heart's obvious nods to BioShock, Stalker, and Nier: Automata. You used to be able to download an RTX demo of Atomic Heart, but the old link now just redirects to the game's homepage. Word on support for AMD's ray tracing on RDNA2 GPUs remains minimal at this point. RTX ray tracing support: Atomic Heart will support Nvidia's RTX and DLSS technologies. How it all works remains a mystery, but some gameplay footage has shown modifying your loadout to boost your stats. Weapons can be crafted and perhaps found.Ĭrafting: Some weapons might be found (we don't know for sure), but there is a crafting system for you to create makeshift weaponry to fight off baddies. Ammo will probably be scarce and from some of the videos we've seen, it seems like even basic enemies will hit hard and fast. In a 2018 interview with PC Gamer, Mundfish CEO Robert Bagratuni said that Atomic Heart was "conceived as an open world game," saying that the game's map is "a vast circle, the borders of which reach the Arctic in the north, Altai mountain in the south, and with plains, lakes and much more in the middle." Plant 3826 itself is spread out over the map with different area for players to tackle.Ĭombat: In Atomic Heart, you will use a mix of ranged and melee weapons to fight off enemies and bosses. You will encounter killer robots and other oddities as you fight to survive and uncover the truth. You play as Major P-3 who is sent to investigate Plant 3826, which has gone silent. Science has made huge strides, including robotics. Plot and setting: Atomic Heart is a first-person action RPG set in an alternate universe where the Soviet Union still exists. We'll break them down into their own subsections below. Since word about Atomic Heart has made the rounds for a few years now, we have plenty of things to talk about.
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