Atomic Heart’s latest trailer throws shade atHogwarts Legacy, the open worldHarry Potteraction-RPG from Avalanche Software. February 2023 is a big month for new game releases, withHogwarts Legacyeasily one of the biggest new games of the year andAtomic Hearthaving quite a bit of hype behind it as well.
Hogwarts Legacyreleased on February 10 to rave reviewsand record-breaking sales.Atomic Heart’s release date isn’t until February 21, but with the game in such close proximity toHogwarts Legacy, they will likely be in head-to-head competition. It’s highly unlikelyAtomic Heartwill be able to go beatHogwarts Legacyin a sales competition, but it’s possible it could come away with higher review scores. In any case, it seems that the marketing team is well aware of the impending conflict betweenAtomic HeartandHogwarts Legacy, releasing a new live-action trailer that throws shade at theHarry Pottergame.
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The short trailer features a young girl clearly meant to represent a Hogwarts student. The girl attempts to use spells to fight robot dummies, but to no avail. That’s whenSupernaturalandThe Boysstar Jensen Ackles, representing theAtomic Heartprotagonist, shows up. Ackles shows the witch how best to kill robots, utilizing brutal melee weaponry along with some of the special attacks thatAtomic Heartplayers will have at their disposal once the game releases next week.
The newAtomic Hearttrailer is mostly live-action, but it concludes with a fresh look at some gameplay. In the trailer’s gameplay footage, players can see someAtomic Heartcombatin action as the protagonist smashes enemy machines with weaponry not unlike the kind Ackles wielded in the live-action portion. The combat is clearly fast-paced and flashy, but perhaps the most interesting thing about it are the enemies that players will find themselves up against.
The gameplay portion of the latestAtomic Hearttrailer underscores the game’s enemy variety, with players facing humanoid robots, agiant ball-like robotthat’s been used in a lot of the game’s marketing material, and even what appears to be a massive whale with a laser beam attached to it. If this latest trailer is any indication,Atomic Heartshould have plenty of enemy variety come launch next week.
Atomic Heartlaunches February 21 for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
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