Cant quite put my finger on it, but Atomic Heart looks like a fake game. Like one of those Steam games that just doesn't exist.
Also that post from the devs taking a complete non-stance on Russia's current invasion of Ukraine does not help.
@wy477wh173 Is that one of the games that are permanently in "early access", but never quite seem to make it to playable state? 😂
I'm not familiar with this particular case, but making open statements in support for Ukraine is often dangerous if your company and your team is in Russia, it can put these people in danger so that might be understandable.
@wy477wh173 Well, looks like it finally got released today so the game is real. According to ones who are not fans of USSR born after 1991 the game itself is a bit propaganda-ish, maybe team's safety wasn't the only reason for that non-statement after all.
I'm not sure about Steam, but the game was released to Russian gaming services and not without issues — a friend of mine who has a premium account told me she still has to wait in line for that game 😅
@m0xee it seems to be a real game, it's got professional reviews and everything, but the trailers and the shiny high-poly look of all of the models just looks like a fake trailer to me.
Also yea, I considered that later, and while I'm still wary of supporting it, I do get that in that situation you have to put the people in the studio first. I feel like its. And they did make a vague "all war is bad" statement iirc, which isn't much but isn't outright support.