Battlefield 6 vs Atomic Heart

• Perspective: First-Person
• Multiplayer: Up to 64 Players, Battle Royale, Co-op
• Setting: Near-Future (2027)
• Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
• Unique Feature: A massive reimagining of the series with a return to a full single-player campaign, a four-class system, next-generation 'Tactical Destruction', and a vastly expanded 'Portal' sandbox.

• Perspective: First-Person
• Multiplayer: Single-Player Only
• Setting: Alternate History Soviet Union (1955)
• Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Game Pass
• Art Style: Soviet-Futurism / Atompunk
• Unique Feature: A unique 'Soviet-Futurism' art style combined with a hybrid combat system blending visceral melee, improvised firearms, and elemental polymer abilities.

• Squad Members: The game is heavily focused on squad-based teamwork. Your squad members are other human players who you can spawn on, share resources with, and coordinate with to capture objectives.
  Human (Player)
• EOD Bot: An Engineer gadget. This remote-controlled robot can be used to arm/disarm objectives, repair friendly vehicles, and damage enemy vehicles and players.
  Robot

• Chariton 'Charles' Zakharov (Glove AI): Serves as a constant narrative companion and the primary source of exposition. He interfaces with technology, provides mission objectives, offers tactical advice, and engages in constant sardonic commentary, acting as P-3's foil.
  Artificial Intelligence

• Campaign Intel: Hidden collectibles within the single-player campaign levels that provide additional lore and narrative context.
• Portal Assets: Content from previous Battlefield games (maps, weapons, vehicles) that are usable within the Battlefield Portal sandbox.

• Chirpers: Small, bird-shaped audio logs found throughout the game world. They contain conversations from the employees of Facility 3826, providing crucial background lore and context to the disaster.
• Blueprints: Found in chests and hidden in the puzzle-filled 'Testing Grounds'. These are essential schematics required to unlock new weapons and weapon upgrades at the NORA crafting stations.
• Talking Corpses: Deceased individuals that P-3 can communicate with using his glove. They provide snippets of lore, often revealing their last moments in a tragic or darkly humorous way.

• Modern Warfare
• Near-Future
• Combined Arms
• Team-Based Strategy
• Large-Scale Battles
• Environmental Destruction
• Single-Player Narrative
• Geopolitical Conflict

• Alternate History
• Sci-Fi
• Soviet-Futurism
• Atompunk
• Utopia Gone Wrong
• AI Rebellion
• Bio-Horror
• Conspiracy
• Dark Humor
• Transhumanism

• Assault Rifles: Primary Weapon
  The versatile backbone of infantry combat, with over 40 weapons at launch, including the M433 and B36 A4.
• Sniper Rifles: Primary Weapon
  Long-range, high-caliber rifles for the Recon class, like the M2010 ESR, featuring realistic ballistics.
• Light Machine Guns (LMGs): Primary Weapon
  High-capacity weapons for the Support class, designed to provide sustained suppressive fire, such as the L1110.
• Anti-Vehicle Launchers: Gadget
  RPG-7 rockets and guided missiles for the Engineer class, essential for destroying enemy tanks, helicopters, and other vehicles.
• Sledgehammer: Melee Weapon
  A new melee weapon that can also be used to smash down walls and break through destructible surfaces.

• Swede: Melee Weapon (Axe)
  P-3's reliable starting melee weapon. A versatile axe that can be upgraded for faster attacks or a powerful charged spinning strike.
• Zvezdochka: Melee Weapon (Saw Mace)
  A heavy, brutal melee weapon consisting of a handle with two spinning saw blades. Its charged attack launches the blades forward as a deadly projectile.
• Makarov Pistol: Firearm (Pistol)
  A standard-issue semi-automatic pistol. It's the first firearm players acquire and can be upgraded for better accuracy, damage, and magazine size.
• KS-23: Firearm (Shotgun)
  A powerful pump-action shotgun that excels at close-range combat, capable of staggering or destroying weaker robots with a single blast.
• Kalash: Firearm (Assault Rifle)
  A versatile and iconic assault rifle, effective at medium range. It can be heavily modified with various scopes, magazines, and elemental damage upgrades.
• Dominator: Energy Weapon
  An advanced weapon that fires powerful polymer-based energy projectiles. It has a secondary fire mode that launches a volley of explosive polymer globules.
• Fat Boy: Explosive Weapon (Rocket Launcher)
  A heavy weapon that launches explosive projectiles, ideal for dealing with large groups of enemies or heavily armored bosses. Its rockets can be crafted but are expensive.
• Railgun: Special Weapon
  A high-tech energy weapon that fires a powerful, precise beam capable of penetrating multiple enemies and even some walls. Requires a charge-up time before firing.

• Polymer Exoskeleton Upgrades: Atomic Heart does not feature traditional equippable armor pieces. Instead, players upgrade P-3's survivability directly through the 'Character' skill tree in the NORA machines. These upgrades increase base health and provide specific resistances to melee, ranged, fire, ice, and electrical damage.

• Cosmetic Customization: A deep customization system for soldiers, weapons, and vehicles is available, allowing players to unlock and equip a wide variety of cosmetic skins. The Phantom Edition includes four exclusive Soldier Skins.

• Weapon Skins (Golden Age): Cosmetic customization is primarily focused on weapons. The Premium Edition and some pre-order bonuses included a set of 'Golden Age' skins, which apply a unique gold-plated appearance to the Swede axe and the Kalash assault rifle.

The game returns to a traditional four-class system (Assault, Engineer, Support, Recon), replacing the Specialists of BF2042. Each class has unique traits, gadgets, and weapon proficiencies. A new 'Training System' acts as a subclass, allowing players to choose one of two skill paths in each match to unlock progressive, teamwork-focused perks.

Progression is split between weapon crafting and personal abilities. Using 'NORA' a sentient, flirtatious vending machine, players can craft and upgrade a wide array of melee and ranged weapons. The Polymer Glove provides P-3 with special abilities, including 'Shok' (electricity), 'Frostbite' (cryokinesis), Telekinesis, and a Polymer Jet shield. These skills can be upgraded through several skill trees.

The game launched with nine multiplayer maps across four regions: Egypt, USA, Gibraltar, and Tajikistan. Maps like 'Siege of Cairo' offer dense urban combat, while 'Mirak Valley' provides a massive landscape for large-scale combined-arms warfare. The game also includes a remastered version of the fan-favorite 'Operation Firestorm' from Battlefield 3.

Atomic Heart features a semi-open world structure. The main overworld connects several vast, self-contained complexes or dungeons, such as the Vavilov Complex, the VDNKh exhibition center, and a Theatre. The overworld itself is populated with smaller points of interest, puzzles, and roaming enemies, and can be traversed on foot or by car.

• Main Battle Tanks (MBTs): Heavy Armor / Land Vehicle
  Heavily armored and powerful vehicles that serve as the spearhead for ground assaults, such as the M1 Abrams.
• Attack Helicopters: Air Vehicle
  Agile and deadly air vehicles that provide close air support and can devastate enemy infantry and armor.
• Jets: Air Vehicle
  Supersonic aircraft designed for air-to-air dogfighting and high-speed bombing runs on ground targets.
• Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs): Transport / Light Armor
  Armored vehicles that can transport squads of infantry across the battlefield while providing supporting fire with auto-cannons and machine guns.

• Assault: Playable Class
  The primary frontline combatant, specializing in medium-range engagements and anti-infantry capabilities.
• Engineer: Playable Class
  The anti-vehicle and repair specialist, crucial for maintaining team vehicles and destroying enemy armor.
• Support: Playable Class
  The logistical backbone and combat medic of a squad, providing ammunition, health, and heavy suppressive fire.
• Recon: Playable Class
  The intel and long-range specialist, using sniper rifles and spotting gadgets to provide crucial information to the team. A headshot kill from a Recon prevents the enemy from being revived.

• Major Sergey 'P-3' Nechaev: Playable Protagonist
  An emotionally scarred KGB special agent and decorated war hero sent to Facility 3826. He is gruff, single-minded, and frequently annoyed, often clashing with his AI companion.
• Chariton 'Charles' Zakharov: AI Companion / Deuteragonist
  A sentient polymer AI integrated into P-3's glove, created from the mind of a deceased scientist. He provides exposition, tactical advice, and engages in constant, often cynical, dialogue with P-3.
• Dr. Dmitry Sechenov: Primary Antagonist / Scientist
  The brilliant and visionary scientist behind Polymer technology and the Kollektiv neural network. He is the esteemed Minister of Industry of the USSR and leader of Facility 3826.
• The Twins (Left and Right): Antagonists / Bodyguards
  A pair of graceful, deadly, and iconic female robots (named Left and Right) who serve as Dr. Sechenov's personal bodyguards and enforcers. They are the most advanced androids ever created.
• Granny Zina (Baba Zina): Ally / Resistance Fighter
  A mysterious and surprisingly resilient old woman who aids P-3 throughout his mission. She possesses deep knowledge of the facility and its secrets.

• Single-Player Campaign
  A cinematic, story-driven campaign that follows an elite squad of Marine Raiders through a global conflict against the PMC Pax Armata.
• Conquest
  The signature large-scale multiplayer mode where two teams of up to 32 players fight for control of key objectives across a massive combined-arms map.
• Breakthrough
  A linear, attack-and-defend multiplayer mode where one team must capture a series of objectives to push the frontline forward, while the other team tries to hold them back.
• Battle Royale
  A large-scale, last-squad-standing mode developed by Ripple Effect Studios.

• Main Story Quests
  Follow the primary narrative to investigate the robot uprising at Facility 3826, confront key figures like Petrov and Filatova, and ultimately uncover Dr. Sechenov's true intentions for the Kollektiv 2.0 launch.
• Testing Grounds
  Optional challenge dungeons filled with complex environmental puzzles and combat encounters. Completing them rewards the player with rare blueprints for weapon upgrades.

Features a full suite of multiplayer modes, including 64-player Conquest and Breakthrough, the return of Rush, and smaller modes like Domination and TDM. A new 'Escalation' mode funnels players into progressively tighter combat zones. A Battle Royale mode developed by Ripple Effect is also included at launch.

The game is available in a Standard Edition ($69.99) and a Phantom Edition ($99.99), which includes the Battlefield Pro Token, the Phantom cosmetic pack, and an XP Boost Set. Pre-ordering any edition grants the 'Tombstone Pack' of cosmetic items.

The game is supported by a seasonal model with a Battle Pass for new content and cosmetics. The expanded 'Battlefield Portal' sandbox, powered by the Godot engine, allows for deep community-created content, including custom maps, modes, and even zombie horde experiences.

The 'Atomic Pass' includes four planned DLC expansions. The first, 'Annihilation Instinct,' released in August 2023, continues the story and adds new enemies, a new area, and a new glove ability. The second, 'Trapped in Limbo,' released in February 2024, explores the bizarre Limbo world and features unconventional, platformer-style gameplay. Two more DLCs are planned to complete the pass.

• Q: Does Battlefield 6 have a campaign?
  A: Yes. After being absent in Battlefield 2042, a full, cinematic single-player campaign returns, developed by Motive Studio.
• Q: What is the class system?
  A: The game returns to the traditional four-class system: Assault, Engineer, Support, and Recon. This replaces the Specialist system from Battlefield 2042.
• Q: What is 'Tactical Destruction'?
  A: It is a new, revamped environmental destruction system that is more reactive, consistent, and tactical, allowing players to strategically destroy buildings and cover.
• Q: What is Battlefield Portal?
  A: It is a massively expanded sandbox mode where players can create, share, and play custom game modes using assets from Battlefield 6 and classic titles. It now features a map editor and NPC scripting.

• Q: What kind of game is Atomic Heart?
  A: Atomic Heart is a first-person shooter with significant RPG elements, often compared to games like BioShock for its unique setting, narrative focus, and combination of shooting with special abilities.
• Q: Is Atomic Heart an open-world game?
  A: It is semi-open-world. There are large, open areas that connect major story dungeons, but it is not a seamless open world like games in the Fallout or Far Cry series.
• Q: Is there multiplayer in Atomic Heart?
  A: No, Atomic Heart is a strictly single-player experience. The developers have no plans to add multiplayer.
• Q: What are the DLCs for Atomic Heart?
  A: There are four planned DLCs available through the Atomic Pass. The first two released are 'Annihilation Instinct' and 'Trapped in Limbo,' which continue the story and add new gameplay experiences.

Powered by Unreal Engine 4, Atomic Heart is renowned for its striking 'Atompunk' or 'Soviet-Futurism' art style. The game features highly detailed environments, from pristine scientific complexes to overgrown landscapes, and unique, often disturbing enemy designs. On PC, it supports advanced features like ray-traced reflections, shadows, and ambient occlusion, as well as NVIDIA DLSS.

The soundtrack is a unique highlight, featuring an intense, industrial score composed by Mick Gordon, known for his work on 'Doom'. This is contrasted with licensed Soviet-era pop songs, remixed for a modern audience by artists like Geoffrey Day, which often play during combat, creating a distinct and memorable atmosphere.

Features a minimalist and diegetic UI to enhance immersion. Key information like health and energy is displayed on P-3's glove. The weapon wheel allows for quick selection of weapons and abilities. The scanner highlights loot, enemies, and interactive objects in the environment. All crafting and upgrades are handled through the vivid, full-screen interface of the NORA machines.

The game includes a range of accessibility options, such as customizable subtitles (size, background), various colorblind modes (Deuteranopia, Protanopia, Tritanopia), and separate volume controls for music, effects, and dialogue. Controller layouts can be chosen from presets, but full button remapping is limited on some platforms.

• OFFICIAL PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS. A persistent internet connection, EA account, and acceptance of EA User Agreement are required. The game's anti-cheat requires TPM 2.0 and UEFI Secure Boot to be enabled in BIOS. An SSD is strongly recommended for higher tiers.
• Laptop Performance Note: Laptop versions of the listed desktop GPUs require comparable performance. Given the game's massive scale and visual fidelity, a modern gaming laptop with a powerful CPU and a well-cooled, high-TGP (Total Graphics Power) GPU is essential for an optimal experience.
• Laptop Consideration: G P U T G P: A high TGP is crucial for the GPU to sustain its boost clocks during the game's massive 64-player battles and destruction events, ensuring fluid gameplay without performance drops.
• Laptop Consideration: Cooling Thermals: The game's Frostbite engine can heavily tax both the CPU and GPU. A robust cooling system is necessary to prevent thermal throttling and maintain consistent performance, which is vital for competitive play.
• Laptop Consideration: C P U Power Limits: Strong single-core and multi-core CPU performance is important for handling the game's complex physics, ballistics, and large player counts without creating a system bottleneck.
• Laptop Consideration: M U X Switch Optimus: A MUX switch or NVIDIA Advanced Optimus is highly recommended to minimize system latency. In a fast-paced FPS, reaction time and input precision are paramount, and reducing latency provides a significant competitive advantage.
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• OFFICIAL PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS for Atomic Heart. The game supports Ray Tracing, which requires significantly more powerful hardware than listed in the recommended specs.
• Laptop Performance Note: Actual performance can vary significantly based on the specific laptop model's TGP, cooling solution, CPU, RAM, and software configuration. The game's fast-paced combat benefits from stable, high framerates.
• Laptop Consideration: G P U T G P Impact: Total Graphics Power (TGP) is crucial for laptop GPU performance. Higher TGP variants of the same GPU model will perform better. Check manufacturer specs.
• Laptop Consideration: Advanced Cooling Thermals: Effective cooling is essential to prevent thermal throttling and maintain consistent framerates during intense combat encounters with numerous enemies and effects.
• Laptop Consideration: C P U Performance Sustain: A strong mobile CPU that can sustain good clock speeds is important to complement the GPU, especially in this action-heavy game.
• Laptop Consideration: R A M Configuration Speed: 16GB in dual-channel configuration is recommended for smoother gameplay. RAM speed can also impact performance.
• Laptop Consideration: Display Panel G P U Pairing: Match the GPU's capability to the laptop's display resolution (1080p, 1440p) and refresh rate. Upscaling technologies can help bridge performance gaps.
• Laptop Consideration: M U X Switch N V I D I A Advanced Optimus: Laptops with a MUX switch or NVIDIA Advanced Optimus can offer improved performance by directly connecting the dedicated GPU to the display, reducing latency.
• Laptop Consideration: Driver Updates O S Optimization: Utilize the latest official GPU drivers and ensure Windows is optimized for gaming.
• Optimization Detail: Upscaling Tech: The game launched with full support for NVIDIA DLSS 3 (Super Resolution and Frame Generation), enabling significant performance boosts on compatible hardware.
• Optimization Detail: Key Settings Impact: Shadows, Post-Processing, Textures, and Visual FX quality settings have the most significant impact on performance. Ray Tracing options, if enabled, are the most demanding.
• Game Name: Atomic Heart

• Upscaling Tech: The game launched with full support for NVIDIA DLSS 3 (Super Resolution and Frame Generation), enabling significant performance boosts on compatible hardware.
• Key Settings Impact: Shadows, Post-Processing, Textures, and Visual FX quality settings have the most significant impact on performance. Ray Tracing options, if enabled, are the most demanding.

• G P U T G P: A high TGP is crucial for the GPU to sustain its boost clocks during the game's massive 64-player battles and destruction events, ensuring fluid gameplay without performance drops.
• Cooling Thermals: The game's Frostbite engine can heavily tax both the CPU and GPU. A robust cooling system is necessary to prevent thermal throttling and maintain consistent performance, which is vital for competitive play.
• C P U Power Limits: Strong single-core and multi-core CPU performance is important for handling the game's complex physics, ballistics, and large player counts without creating a system bottleneck.
• M U X Switch Optimus: A MUX switch or NVIDIA Advanced Optimus is highly recommended to minimize system latency. In a fast-paced FPS, reaction time and input precision are paramount, and reducing latency provides a significant competitive advantage.

• G P U T G P Impact: Total Graphics Power (TGP) is crucial for laptop GPU performance. Higher TGP variants of the same GPU model will perform better. Check manufacturer specs.
• Advanced Cooling Thermals: Effective cooling is essential to prevent thermal throttling and maintain consistent framerates during intense combat encounters with numerous enemies and effects.
• C P U Performance Sustain: A strong mobile CPU that can sustain good clock speeds is important to complement the GPU, especially in this action-heavy game.
• R A M Configuration Speed: 16GB in dual-channel configuration is recommended for smoother gameplay. RAM speed can also impact performance.
• Display Panel G P U Pairing: Match the GPU's capability to the laptop's display resolution (1080p, 1440p) and refresh rate. Upscaling technologies can help bridge performance gaps.
• M U X Switch N V I D I A Advanced Optimus: Laptops with a MUX switch or NVIDIA Advanced Optimus can offer improved performance by directly connecting the dedicated GPU to the display, reducing latency.
• Driver Updates O S Optimization: Utilize the latest official GPU drivers and ensure Windows is optimized for gaming.