Atomic Heart patch adds FOV slider, removes mouse acceleration
Along with addressing various bugs.
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Atomic Heart, the FPS with thelustful fridge, launched with no field-of-view controls in the options menu. The usual wailing and gnashing of teeth followed. OnceAtomic Heart modsappeared, a custom FOV slider mod quickly became the most popular, being downloaded over 19,000 times. For the sake of comparison, even theNSFW Nude Twins modhas only been downloaded 5,800 times so far.
As of the latest patch, that FOV mod is no longer necessary. (Whether the nude mod is necessary I leave up to the individual reader reader.) Patch 1.3.4.0 has added FOV settings as well as ultrawide fixes, and disabled mouse acceleration. Thefull patch notesgo into more detail, and you can read them below.
The developers promise that further updates are on the way, and will include more options for resizing the UI and subtitles, as well as remapping controller inputs. Steam Deck support is apparently on the way as well.
Given this is a Russian-made game that deals explicitly with Russian history and national identity, it’s been controversial. In hisreview of Atomic Heart, Rich Stanton wrote, “The game on the one hand pines for the era where Russia led the space race, and the names of its cosmonauts travelled the world, and on the other is clear-eyed about what kind of system that was, and how its principles are still being used to subjugate a population under the guise of comradeship. The names of great Russians pop up again and again in the supporting cast in tribute, as they’re used to tell a story of over-reach and ultimately the wider theme of man’s inhumanity to man. I can’t imagine finishing this game and thinking it’s presenting Russia as some wonderland ruled by wise people for the common good.”
Here are the full patch notes for version 1.3.4.0, which include a variety of bug fixes, as well as improvements to graphics and sound.
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