![]() It also has gravity-defying water, killer plants, zombies, and robots that have gone berserk thanks to the activation of secret combat programming.The German Jew who was “neither German nor Jewish” 20th century Russian science fiction readers saw this world as the ideal evolution of their society, much as the United Federation of Planets from Star Trek is the go-to model of a better future for many western sci-fi fans.įacility 3826, the setting of Atomic Heart, is an homage to the futurism seen in Soviet-Era science fiction novels like the " Noon Universe." The buildings and laboratories of this sprawling science city are sleek, brightly lit, and filled with anachronistic marvels like holograms, sophisticated computer networks, holograms, and different kinds of labor-saving robots. The novels and stories of the Noon Universe painted a picture of a 22nd century utopian Earth, filled with advanced technology that eliminated the need for most manual labor. The website for Russian developer Mundfish describes Atomic Heart as " an adventure first-person shooter, events of which unfolds in an alternate universe during the high noon of the Soviet Union." The use of the phrase " High Noon" isn't just a poetic flourish, but a likely a reference to the " Noon Universe," a science-fiction saga written from the 1960's to the 1980's by Russian Science Fiction authors Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (the same creator of the seminal novel Roadside Picnic).
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