The Xbox Series X is on sale at Verizon for $50 off The Verge
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Saturday, April 01, 2023
Xbox Game Pass is Losing 7 Games at the End of March - GameRant
Xbox Game Pass is Losing 7 Games at the End of March GameRant
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Grab An Xbox Controller For As Low As $39 Right Now - GameSpot
Grab An Xbox Controller For As Low As $39 Right Now GameSpot
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Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series - 2 expands with red and blue ... - GodisaGeek.com
Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series - 2 expands with red and blue ... GodisaGeek.com
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Friday, March 31, 2023
The best Xbox Game Pass deal is officially dead - Yahoo Entertainment
The best Xbox Game Pass deal is officially dead Yahoo Entertainment
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Best gaming deals for Amazon Spring Sale 2023: PS5, Xbox Series ... - Evening Standard
Best gaming deals for Amazon Spring Sale 2023: PS5, Xbox Series ... Evening Standard
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Sifu Review (Xbox Series X|S) - Pure Xbox
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The Xbox Series X receives visual update, but not the one we've ... - TechRadar
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Thursday, March 30, 2023
YouTube Premium Now Comes With Free Walmart+ & Free Xbox PC Game Pass - Cord Cutters News
YouTube Premium Now Comes With Free Walmart+ & Free Xbox PC Game Pass Cord Cutters News
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The Xbox Series S just dropped to a lowest-ever $150 for Verizon ... - CNN Underscored
The Xbox Series S just dropped to a lowest-ever $150 for Verizon ... CNN Underscored
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Here's What Might Be Leaving Xbox Game Pass In April 2023 - Pure Xbox
Here's What Might Be Leaving Xbox Game Pass In April 2023 Pure Xbox
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Grab three extra free Xbox Games with Gold, including Port Royale 3 - TrueAchievements
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Wednesday, March 29, 2023
PS5 Reportedly Topping Xbox Series X/S Sales by Nearly Double - ComicBook.com
PS5 Reportedly Topping Xbox Series X/S Sales by Nearly Double ComicBook.com
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Xbox says it's not interested in 'playing the exclusivity game' with ... - Video Games Chronicle
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Austin Reaves says he had to buy LeBron James Xbox controller as one of his rookie duties on Lakers - Lakers Daily
Austin Reaves says he had to buy LeBron James Xbox controller as one of his rookie duties on Lakers Lakers Daily
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Rumor: Xbox Game Pass Getting Four More Atlus Games - GameRant
Rumor: Xbox Game Pass Getting Four More Atlus Games GameRant
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Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Xbox Removes 'Candy Crush Saga' Advertising From Microsoft Rewards App - Pure Xbox
Xbox Removes 'Candy Crush Saga' Advertising From Microsoft Rewards App Pure Xbox
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Critically Acclaimed Xbox 360 Game Now Free to Download - ComicBook.com
Critically Acclaimed Xbox 360 Game Now Free to Download ComicBook.com
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How to Fix Xbox One Controller Drift - MUO - MakeUseOf
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Xbox and Star Wars Join Forces with The Mandalorian-Themed ... - Star Wars
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Monday, March 27, 2023
Xbox Game Pass' Big New Game Is Getting Controversial Reviews - ComicBook.com
Xbox Game Pass' Big New Game Is Getting Controversial Reviews ComicBook.com
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Microsoft could be launching an Xbox Series S toaster - GamesHub
Microsoft could be launching an Xbox Series S toaster GamesHub
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Elden Ring Gets Ray Tracing on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC - IGN
Elden Ring Gets Ray Tracing on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC IGN
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Valve Announces Counter-Strike 2, But No Sign Of An Xbox Release Yet - Pure Xbox
Valve Announces Counter-Strike 2, But No Sign Of An Xbox Release Yet Pure Xbox
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Sunday, March 26, 2023
Hyperkin’s Xbox 360 controller reissue now has a price and release ... - The Verge
Hyperkin’s Xbox 360 controller reissue now has a price and release ... The Verge
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Starfield's Delay Breaks a Major Promise From Xbox - GameRant
Starfield's Delay Breaks a Major Promise From Xbox GameRant
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ViewSonic Launches World's First Projectors Designed for Xbox ... - PR Newswire
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Valheim Updates on Ashlands Development, and Recent Xbox Launch - MMORPG.com
Valheim Updates on Ashlands Development, and Recent Xbox Launch MMORPG.com
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Saturday, March 25, 2023
Call of Duty could still end up better on PlayStation than Xbox - TrustedReviews
Call of Duty could still end up better on PlayStation than Xbox TrustedReviews
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Goodbye World Launches in Spring 2023 for PlayStation and Xbox ... - Final Weapon
Goodbye World Launches in Spring 2023 for PlayStation and Xbox ... Final Weapon
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Xbox Game Pass Adds JRPG With Great Reviews - GameRant
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Valheim Is Exclusive To Xbox On Console For 6 Months, It Seems - GameSpot
Valheim Is Exclusive To Xbox On Console For 6 Months, It Seems GameSpot
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Friday, March 24, 2023
Last Labyrinth coming to Xbox Series, Xbox One, and Switch this ... - Gematsu
Last Labyrinth coming to Xbox Series, Xbox One, and Switch this ... Gematsu
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Miasma Chronicles to Launch Simultaneously on PS5, PC and Xbox Series X|S - Chit Hot
Miasma Chronicles to Launch Simultaneously on PS5, PC and Xbox Series X|S Chit Hot
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GOODBYE WORLD coming to PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, and Xbox ... - Gematsu
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NeverAwake release date announced for Xbox Series X on Q2 2023 - ClutchPoints
NeverAwake release date announced for Xbox Series X on Q2 2023 ClutchPoints
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Thursday, March 23, 2023
PlayStation should make its own Call of Duty, says Xbox - GamesHub
PlayStation should make its own Call of Duty, says Xbox GamesHub
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New Xbox Console in the Works, Already Has a Codename - ComicBook.com
New Xbox Console in the Works, Already Has a Codename ComicBook.com
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The Best Local Multiplayer Xbox Games - GameRant
The Best Local Multiplayer Xbox Games GameRant
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Deals: All 40+ Backwards Compatible Games In This Week's Xbox Sales (March 21-28) - Pure Xbox
Deals: All 40+ Backwards Compatible Games In This Week's Xbox Sales (March 21-28) Pure Xbox
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Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Valheim will be exclusive to Xbox in the next 6 months - Game Freaks 365
Valheim will be exclusive to Xbox in the next 6 months Game Freaks 365
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Sea of Thieves Has Over 1 Billion Hours Of Playtime; Xbox Port Has ... - eXputer
Sea of Thieves Has Over 1 Billion Hours Of Playtime; Xbox Port Has ... eXputer
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Saturday, February 25, 2023
Atomic Heart - Let’s call this one a Platonic
This review is based on early impressions from six hours of game play on Xbox Series X
Introduction
The
grandeur of Atomic Heart is showcased rightly at the beginning mission,
which takes the game protagonist Agent P-3 to the Chelomey city of
Science, and you cannot stop admiring the retro-futuristic dystopian
world around you with the scale and quality of art and design that packs
a lot of promise for the game.
When
the machines go rogue, you are thrown into the action, which takes
place at facility 3826, a playground for killer robots and other horrors
you will encounter. You realize that you are not just fighting the
robots but also other things created by lab experiments gone wrong, and
your task is to contain this breakout and find out who is behind the
massacre that has played out.
Gameplay:
Combat is fluid. I'm playing on normal difficulty. You have to swap
between Guns and Melee weapons constantly as the creepy droids and other
robots are fast to attack; you will face plant-faced zombies, too, so
you cannot spray bullets at all times as ammo is limited, and you will
have to upgrade your arsenal and character abilities constantly.
Remember to keep around five to six small healing packs in your load out
to prevent an easy death in tight situations.
High
on Life started with talking guns as sidekicks, Forespoken protagonist
had a ‘Cuff,’ HiFi Rush had 808 as a floating cat robot, and Atomic
Heart has an AI glove Char-Les.
Utility-wise,
the glove serves its function with abilities like shocking and freezing
your enemies, pulling a polymer shield around you, and helping you with
x-ray vision. The banter between agent P-3 and the AI Glove feels
forced or lackluster, don't get me started on the horny robot Nora; she
makes me want ‘to pull out’ of the game! 😅
Agent
P3 is also set up to progress through the game behaving like a man on a
mission or, let's get this over with kind of character which leaves you
questioning your very purpose of preventing a Robo-apocalypse.
Graphics and Sound
What
blew me right away was the atmospheric brilliance needed for an FPS
survival horror game which is done right and sets the tone for the game play to provide an immersive experience. What disappoints me is the
sound design while playing on an LG C2 TV; I tried shuffling sound mode
from Game Optimizer to AI PRO mode; the dialogues and environmental
sound effects feel suppressed, but with headphones on, it's balanced as
it should be.
Developers
at Mundfish have released two patches post-release, and I can still spot
evident frame rate drops while playing on Xbox Series X, especially in
areas where the scenes involve fast-moving robots. In certain areas at
the Pavlov complex, I felt the game would crash because of the heavy
on-screen stutter. Quantum break played much smoother at 30 FPS on Xbox
one with time-stopping and slow-mo graphics.
I
have a problem with the in-game brightness, too; the game randomly
turns too dark even in decently-lit scenes, and it takes some time to
readjust the brightness levels. Specific background music loops don't
sync well with ongoing action on the screen or when transitioning from a
fight to exploring mode.
This game deserves a photo mode, but the overall game needs to be polished further to iron out the above issues first.
Controls:
Atomic
Heart draws inspiration from popular science fiction shooters, which is fine,
but it also does not bring anything new to the table.
I
have not encountered any major game-breaking bugs until now; There is
no option in the game menu to turn off the HUD. It's semi-transparent
and spaced out well on screen, so it doesn't distract much during the game play.
Game save rooms are well placed, and the game also triggers auto-save at specific points during the game play
Conclusion:
Atomic
Heart is a sincere attempt at creating a AAA IP for Mundfish Studio as
their first game. I hope the developers work on the optimization issues for Xbox and other quality-of-life improvements in the long run.
Story
execution seems slightly off from the levels I have played until now.
The feeling of the slowly building dread and impending doom is broken by
not-so-witty and, at times, unwanted corny dialogues.
The
game also claims to have an RPG element, which remains to be confirmed
at my level because I haven't come across any decision-making points
that have impacted the story line yet.
If you can ignore the weak game story plot and tacky dialogues, you should be able to play this game like a FPS Sci-Fi shooter it is and doesn't exactly qualify for the horror survival genre, despite a fitting setting and ambience. It would be hard to recommend this game to buy on full price to play on Xbox, I found that this game plays well on PS5 without any performance issues so kind of a mixed bag release at this stage.
Final Score - 6.5/10
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