Story
The main protagonist is Sergey Nechayev (agent codenamed P-3), a World War II veteran with memory problems who befriended Dr. Sechenov after he saved his life . P-3 is invited to facility 3826 ostensibly to help launch Kollektiv 2.0, but when he arrives, he discovers that the facility’s robots have turned hostile and massacred most of the human personnel. Sechenov explains that Viktor Petrov’s lead engineer, Kollektiv 2.0, has sabotaged the Kollektiv 1.0 node managing installation 3826 and P-3 is tasked with finding and apprehending Petrov. With his AI partner, Charles, P-3 must contend with homicidal robots and failed biomechanical experiments while dealing with his own ever-deteriorating mental stability.
P-3 tracks Petrov down in one of the labs and discovers that he is working with neurosurgeon Dr. Larisa Filatova. Petrov escapes and is apparently killed by a robot, with P-3 only finding his headless corpse. Meanwhile, the Politburo becomes suspicious of what is happening at facility 3826, as Sechenov is covering up the true scale of the disaster. One of the Politburo members, Molotov, decides to personally inspect the facility and threatens to shut down Sechenov’s “Atomic Heart” project. Charles explains to P-3 that Sechenov and the Politburo are in a secret power struggle over who will control Kollektiv, and the Politburo will certainly use the incident as an excuse to get rid of Sechenov. Sechenov orders P-3 to intercept Molotov, but once P-3 makes contact with Molotov, he suddenly goes dark and wakes up to find Molotov and his entire delegation murdered, with Sechenov claiming it was the work of the robots.
Sechenov then detects someone trying to transmit a signal to the West, leading him to believe that Petrov is still alive. He orders P-3 to continue its search for Petrov. As the P-3 pursues Petrov, Petrov starts ranting about how Sechenov plans to kill millions of people and enslave the world with the activation of Kollektiv, which is why he is trying to sabotage the project. He reveals to P-3 that the rogue robots had a combat mode installed on them from the start that he just activated. Viktor then gives P-3 a pair of rings and commits suicide, and Sechenov has him collect Petrov’s head. When Sechenov asks about the rings, P-3 becomes all about obtaining them, coming to the conclusion that Sechenov and the Politburo’s “Atomic Heart” plan involves distributing combat robots disguised as civilian robots throughout the world and parking them. them to seize nuclear power plants in preparation for a huge Soviet takeover when the Kollektiv launches. P-3 takes Petrov’s head to a laboratory with a machine that can extract Petrov’s memories, but Filatova destroys the machine with a grenade and the explosion knocks P-3 unconscious.
Main Features
Some positive points of Atomic Heart Torrent
- Open World to explore inspired by Soviet culture and technology.
- Heavily customizable weapons.
- A strange horror experience.
