Its range of robots is particularly strong, from its sleek and sinister moustachioed terminators that charge at us without ever averting their gaze to its pot-bellied parking meters with mouth tubes that make them look like they’re sucking at the drawstring on an invisible jacket. The most remarkable element here is the superb visual design, especially the look of these well-crafted enemies. Certainly the idea of a peaceful utopia torn to pieces thanks to technology turning on its ambitious masters is nothing new, but developer Mundfish has still assembled its vision in a confident and compelling way – and the art team here well and truly understood the assignment. And on PC the performance is absolutely fantastic.However, it’d be unfair to call Atomic Heart wholly derivative despite such recognisable building blocks. There is clearly a lot of love put into this game, weapons and powers are still quite fun to use. I never used gamepass for PC so I got it for a $1 for the month which is regardless a bargain and even for the regular 12 (CAD) it would be for gamepass I feel its worth it to try out. It's level design (I am still in the opening hours) is a bit more linear than Bioshocks semi open levels, but it is otherwise IMO very similar in its looting, weapons and powers. I will say the powers in Bioshock did offer more variety to combat, in particular the fights with the Big Daddies, the ability to turn enemies on one another, confuse the security systems gives Bioshock that vaguely diet immersive sim quality people tout Bioshock to have. Bioshock is far more mindful and the atmosphere is better in Bioshock overall, but the general aesthetic of Atomic Heart is excellent. It's a fairly linear shooter with powers and a very cool aesthetic.

It's about as much of an immersive sim as Bioshock is.

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