History VideoGame / AtomicHeart

The game is set within an [[AlternateHistory alternate timeline]] where the [[UsefulNotes/HistoryOfTheUSSR USSR]] was able to become a world-leading [[SovietSuperscience technological superpower]] after achieving radical breakthroughs in the fields of robotics and genetic engineering. You play as Major Sergey Nechayev, [[CodeName codenamed]] [[YouAreNumberSix Agent P-3]], a war veteran turned [[AmnesiacHero amnesiac]] {{Cyborg}} SuperSoldier who has been recruited by the brilliant scientist Dmitry Sechenov to assist with the rollout of Kollektiv 2.0 -- [[TheAlternet a cutting-edge wireless network]] that will allow humans to remotely interface with their mechanized servants and usher in a true post-labor era for the entire world.

Mundfish has confirmed that a total of four DLC expansions will be released for the game under a season pass. The first DLC, Annihilation Instinct, serves as a direct continuation of the story within the Mendeleev Complex and its surrounding swamps and was released on August 2nd, 2023. The second DLC, Trapped in Limbo, is centered around an alternate story continuation set in the titular MentalWorld and was released on February 6, 2024.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: NORA is ''very'' forward with her flirtatious advances. Sergey is having none of it but has to interact with her anyway, being that she's his source for upgrades and equipment. [[spoiler:She takes this to {{Yandere}} levels in Annihilation Instinct.]]

** It's mentioned in-game by P-3's robotic companion Char-LES that the algorithms which ran the robots were designed such that it should have prevented their programming from being easily altered en-masse whether by hacking by malicious parties or malfunction, so the perpetrators of the incident had to introduce a new false set of algorithms which made them perceive all humans as intruding hostiles in order to get them truly TurnedAgainstTheirMasters.
*** However, this is later subverted when [[spoiler:it's revealed that the Soviet robots were programmed to be {{Killer Robot}}s from the start. They were meant to be exported to foreign countries in a TrojanHorse ploy where when the time was right, the Soviet Union could activate the robots' combat programming and take over the world right on the spot. Petrov simply found the combat protocols and activated them prematurely while designating the Soviets as a threat.]]

* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:The ending never confirms if Sechenov's Kollectiv 2.0 will truly rob humanity of its free will, as the only ones who reveal Kollectiv 2.0's apparent true nature to Sergey are Sechenov's opponents. Annihilation Instinct DLC confirms us that Kollectiv 2.0 has robbed everyone of their free will and only a resistance, Zinaida, Sergey and few scientists are left with their free will.]]

* CuttingOffTheBranches: Subverted. The first DLC, Annihilation Instinct, takes place after the ending where [[spoiler:Sergey flees from Facility 3826 and lets Sechenov launch Kollectiv 2.0]], purporting that route to be the canon one, but the subsequent DLC, Trapped in Limbo, is set in the aftermath of the game's other ending, suggesting that neither route is definitively canonical.

* EvilVsEvil: The conflict of Annihilation Instinct that Sergey has unfortunately found himself caught in. [[spoiler:Zinaida, who wants Sergey dead for siding with Sechenov, is at war with NORA, who wants Sergey to herself. On a larger scale, as the exact specifics of Kollectiv 2.0 [[AmbiguousSituation still haven't been revealed]], this could apply to Zinaida's anti-Kollectiv faction fight against Sechenov.]]

* GenkiGirl: [[spoiler:Katya seems to be a very enthusiastic at everything she does.]]

* HelpfulHallucination: Tear, a floating blob of neuropolymer [[spoiler:who is actually, P-3's wife]], helps him resist his trips to Limbo. [[spoiler:She reappears back in Trapped in Limbo DLC where she is happy to see his husband again.]]

** "Annihilation Instic"' ends with Sergey flying away on a plane for a well-deserved leave after all he went through... [[spoiler:And Granny Zina's flying house pursuing his plane, the old woman dead set on getting her revenge on him]].

** The first look at Baba Zina the player gets is in the boat ride at the very start of the game as she helps a robot wrangler get his charges under control. She asks him for the access code to the control unit, and it is 0451, continuing the fine tradition of immersive sims like ''Videogame/SystemShock'' and its successors in using it as the first numerical key code the player encounters in the game.

--->''So that's Neptune, huh? Looks nice... actually, it looks amazing! A [[Videogame/{{Bioshock}} rapture]]! I wouldn't mind spending some time there myself...''

* SupermanStaysOutOfGotham: During Annihilation Instinct, Sergey will frustartedly ask why he has to be the one to handle the current situation rather than [[EliteMook the Argentum Squadron]], and is told that they've been dispatched all over the world for the deployment of Khollektiv 2.0 and the Atomic Heart Project, so he's the only one who can do it. That and [[spoiler:NORA]] is blocking communications with the outside world and shooting down any aircraft or vehicle that attempt to enter the area of the complex they're in, so P-3, who is already in place, is the only one who can resolve the problem.

* TitleDrop: The Atomic Heart Project is mentionned once the player leaves the Vavilov complex as being something that is heavily jeopardized by the current crisis, and that Sechenov ''must'' get it back on track by dealing with the robot uprising in a timely and discrete fashion. It's eventually revealed to be [[spoiler:the planned defeat and takeover of the United States by having [[TrojanHorse the robots exported there suddenly switch to their combat programming and cripple vital infrastructures]], allowing for swift conquest]].

* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler:Already an AbhorrentAdmirer in the main game, NORA takes her obsession with Sergey to the absolute limit in Annihilation Instinct, trapping him inside the Mendeleev Complex to have him all to herself.]]

The game is set within an [[AlternateHistory alternate timeline]] where the [[UsefulNotes/HistoryOfTheUSSR USSR]] was able to become a world-leading [[SovietSuperscience technological superpower]] after achieving radical breakthroughs in the fields of robotics and genetic engineering. You play as Major Sergey Nechayev, [[CodeName codenamed]] [[YouAreNumberSix Agent P-3]], a war veteran turned [[AmnesiacHero amnesiac]] {{Cyborg}} SuperSoldier who has been recruited by the brilliant scientist Dmitry Sechenov to assist with the rollout of Kollektiv 2.0 -- a cutting edge wireless network that will allow humans to remotely interface with their mechanized servants and usher in a true post-labor era for the entire world.

!! Tropes present in ''Atomic Heart'':

* GenkiGril: [[spoiler:Katya seems to be a very enthusiastic at everything she does.]]

* HelpfulHallucination: Tear, a floating blob of neuropolymer [[spoiler:implied to be a resurfacing memory of P-3's wife]], helps him resist his trips to Limbo.

* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:The ending never confirms if Sechenov's Kollectiv 2.0 will truly rob humanity of its free will, as the only ones who reveal Kollectiv 2.0's apparent true nature to Sergey are Sechenov's opponents.]]

* SequelHook: "Annihilation Instict" ends with Sergey flying away on a plane for a well-deserved leave after all he went through... [[spoiler:And Granny Zina's flying house pursuing his plane, the old woman dead set on getting her revenge on him]].

Mundfish has confirmed that a total of four DLC expansions will be released for the game under a season pass. The first DLC, Annihilation Instinct, serves as a direct continuation of the story within the Mendeleev Complex and its surrounding swamps and was released on August 2nd, 2023. The second DLC, Trapped in Limbo, is centered around an alternate story continuation set in the titular MentalWorld and is set to release on February 6, 2024.

''Atomic Heart'' is a FirstPersonShooter ActionRPG developed by the Russian studio Mundfish, for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]], UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStation5, UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS.

* SchizoTech: In the VDNH, among the wonders of SovietSuperScience such as autonomous robots, advanced drilling machines, and planned Mars missions, one of the touted advancements is... a tape player with ''a built-in rewind function''.

* SupermanStaysOutOfGotham: During Annhilation Instinct, Sergey will frustartedly ask why he has to be the one to handle the current situation rather than [[EliteMook the Argentum Squadron]], and is told that they've been dispatched all over the world for the deployment of Khollektiv 2.0 and the Atomic Heart Project, so he's the only one who can do it.

** During the "Annihilation Instinct" DLC, when it comes to restoring NORA to factory settings, she protests that doing so and erasing her nascent cosncience is more or less akin to killing her for good, only for Sergey to angrily retort that not only was her conscience only the product of a saboteur, but she has only used it to be a [[AxCrazy psychopathically murderous]] {{Yandere}}.

Mundfish has confirmed that a total of four DLC expansions will be released for the game under a season pass. The first DLC, Annihilation Instinct, serves as a direct continuation of the story within the Mendeleev Complex and its surrounding swamps and was released on August 2nd, 2023. The second DLC, Trapped in Limbo, is centered around an alternate story continuation set in the titular MentalWorld and is set to release on February 26, 2024.

Mundfish has confirmed that a total of four DLC expansions will be released for the game under a season pass. The first DLC, Annihilation Instinct, serves as a direct continuation of the story within the Mendeleev Complex and its surrounding swamps and was released on August 2nd, 2023. The second DLC, centered around an alternate story continuation set in [[MentalWorld Limbo]], is in active development.

* CuttingOffTheBranches: Subverted. The first DLC, Annihilation Instinct, takes place after the ending where [[spoiler:Sergey abandons Chariton and lets Sechenov launch Kollectiv 2.0]], purporting that route to be the canon one, but the subsequent DLC is set after the ending in which [[spoiler:Sergey is condemned to Limbo by Chariton]], introducing the possibility of neither route being canonical.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: NORA is ''very'' forward with her flirtatious advances. Sergey is having none of it, but has to interact with her anyways, being that she's his source for upgrades and equipment. [[spoiler:She takes this to {{Yandere}} levels in Annihilation Instinct.]]

* {{Robosexual}}: Sergey and Charles have a brief conversation where powerful lobbying groups are working to get this fetish legalized. So, no, the robotic ballerina at the theater aren't ''just'' ballerina.

The game's first DLC, Annihilation Instinct, serves as a direct continuation of the story, set within the Mendeleev Complex and its surrounding swamps. It was released on August 2nd, 2023.

* CuttingOffTheBranches: The story continuation DLC, Annihilation Instinct, takes place [[spoiler:after the ending where Sergey abandons Chariton and lets Sechenov launch Kollectiv 2.0,]] indicating that route to be the canon one.