Automaton Heart

Full Review: https://youtu.be/2ladyaBDuO8 TL;DW I'm conflicted about this game, it's a step up in world complexity, world building, and mechanics from the original however, the new mechanics and world size feel unjustified. It's still a fascinating world to explore and discover and I hope to see more, but the whole experience feels more shallow than the predecessor.

I don't like reviewing games until I'm completely done with them, but I really want more people to check this one out. One of the coolest games I've played in a while and I feel like I've only just scratched the surface. Such a neat open world to explore with actual worthwhile stuff to discover in it. Very awesome game with a very awesome vibe (:

This is immediately incredible.

At first, I was a little apprehensive when I found out Heart was going to be an RPG (having played Automaton Lung a lot, and generally not being a fan of RPGs), but Automaton Heart absolutely nails the balancing act involved in Action RPGs. It offers fleshed out combat play in a large and fun to explore open world, while still delivering the Luke Vincent brand weirdness a lot of this dev's fans have come to love. I got to the game's ending after about 8 hours of gameplay, and this is without exploring all of the areas. The map is [b]huge[/b], there are plenty of side areas completely detached from the main quest, so I'd say you get plenty of game for how much you're spending here. Obviously I still have my own little gripes with the game, I think the day-night cycle was slightly annoying and didn't completely understand character abilities. I also agree with what some other reviewers are saying that moving around the overworld could do with being faster, and I also think the game's weakest portion is its first ~30 minutes, but I wholeheartedly recommend the game to anybody who's a fan of Luke Vincent's work or niche indie titles in general. Also see attached PC Specs: If you've played Luke Vincent's previous games, this one might be a bit tougher to run. It does come alongside enough video options to get it to work (at least in my case, you can see how bad my specs are and I still enjoyed it lol), so if you're playing on a potato like me I wouldn't worry [i]too[/i] much

very intriguing and curiosity driven indie game, loved exploring this "empty" world and trying to understand it. shout out for the amazing music made both by luke and crisp, also amazing cover art. some advices for who find themselves interested in playing: if you are not used to indie/old games that have "unpolished" mechanics (being on purpose or not) this game can be very stressful, so keep that in mind but also, as a perfeccionist myself, dont be so eager to 100% everything cause at least as i write this progression and the "economy" of the game can be very, how do i put it, ankward? regarding the lore, while playing it i love making theories and taking screenshots of notes spread across the different areas, my conclusion before the end of the game was actually relatively different from the autor's vision, but im pleased with my interpretation. ITS WORTH IT!!! all my love for luke and the additional artists

Повелся на прикольную вайбовую обложку в духе эксперементов лейн и плейлистов y2k liquid dnb mix а получил абсолютный хиден гем стима. Выглядит как ранний билд не завершенной игры 2000ых но с уникальной визуальной эстэтикой в духе манги blame! меню в стиле windows media player времен XP, максимально аутентичный саундтрек ,столь чарующий киберпанковый и даже умиротворяющий. И такой винегрет к удивлению нереально приятно играется с отзывчивым управлением. По сути геймплейно это крайне странная cyberpunk action rpg в открытом мире что для инди творчества разработчика одиночки вполне амбициозно. Но как раз изучать его по олдскульному интересно ,все эти огромные мегаструктурные и постоапокалиптичные пустые пространства имеют секреты и красивый визуальный язык. Боевая система с приятным импактом и не душит, пусть и кривенькая. Наратив артхаусный на чистом ощущении путешествия автоматонов Ума и Алма. В общем automaton heart точное попадание по личным предпочтениям за что конечно разработчику огромное спасибо(буду следить за творчеством) ,еще и на steam deck прямо из коробки портирована безупречно. Советовать играть точно не буду ,потому что это именно «скрытый алмаз» который есть у меня :)

the fish shoot neurotoxin, 10/10

This game is so inspired. It's not perfect. It's got bugs, it's janky, but it's got so much soul that it really makes up for anything negative I would say about it. It feels like American McGee's Alice meets MDK meets late 90's/2000's techno/rave aesthetics. It's really great! The ONLY thing that does bother me is that it doesn't deal well with alt-tabbing to another window. I think it might be because ALT is assigned to something in-game. Doesn't deal well with Tab. Sometimes it works, other times you lose the ability to do anything and will need to force-shut the game. So just.... play the game and don't let other things disturb you while playing, I guess!