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Atomic Heart's Fourth Wall-Breaking Jokes Make Its Cliches Worse

The knowing fourth-wall jokes in Atomic Heart about inane mission objectives are not funny but instead distracting and annoying.
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I don't know why I keep posting these. At this point I know I'm probably never gonna bother with this game but hearing people talk about it's very obvious design flaws is interesting to me. Probably because the premise is interesting and it could have been something really cool.

Russian Bioshock sounds like a great idea and it's still a great idea. But execution the big thing most people care about.

And yes, I know I like Bioshock infinite so I'm a bit of a hypocrite here and BSI suffers from some of these issues as well.
 
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At least Infinite knew went to shut up, be quiet, and atmospheric.
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Oh man, Cryostasis needs a digital re-release. It was euro-jank, but it was really wierd and spooky eurojank. Maybe Eurojank isn't the correct word? I feel like games coming out of Russia/Ukraine have a notable vibe to them. Like how both Cryostasis and Metro had shit like ghosts but also people being bastards to each other.

Yeah, Booker is fucking restrained compared to um, AH guy. Does he even have a name?

The fact he actually has a pretty messed up backstory/character arc helps a lot explain why he always sounds like he's fucking done with everything for most of the game.
 
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Dalisclock said:
Maybe Eurojank isn't the correct word? I feel like games coming out of Russia/Ukraine have a notable vibe to them.
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Slavic Jank is the proper term you are looking for.

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Like how both Cryostasis and Metro had shit like ghosts but also people being bastards to each other.
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The first time I ever knew either of those games was from GGManLives reviews in the early-to-mid 2010s. Cryostasis is when you cross the atmosphere of Condemned, The Thing, and the game design of Half Life.
 
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Dalisclock said:
It was euro-jank, but it was really wierd and spooky eurojank. Maybe Eurojank isn't the correct word? I feel like games coming out of Russia/Ukraine have a notable vibe to them. Like how both Cryostasis and Metro had shit like ghosts but also people being bastards to each other.
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The literary and narrative traditions tend to get darker as you go East across Europe.
 
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BrawlMan said:
Slavic Jank is the proper term you are looking for.
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Thank you. I wanted to guess that but I wasn't sure if that was an actual word

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How could you fail to mention the Grandfather of SlavicJank, S.T.A.L.K.E.R????
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My bad. I never played STALKER but honestly I should have remembered.
 
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