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How to Skip Cutscenes in Atomic Heart - you cannot, it is impossible, but you can skip PC intro screens

How to Skip Cutscenes in Atomic Heart

Atomic Heartā€™s story takes you from a city in the clouds to a ground-based research facility where things have gone very wrong. But what if youā€™re not interested in the story or if youā€™re on your second playthrough? You might be wondering how to skip cutscenes in Atomic Heart or if itā€™s even possible, so hereā€™s the answer.

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Itā€™s Not Possible to Skip in-Game Cutscenes in Atomic Heart, but You Can Skip the Gameā€™s Intro Screens on PC.

Unfortunately, thereā€™s currently no way to skip Atomic Heartā€™s cutscenes. It doesnā€™t matter how many times youā€™ve had a conversation or watched an event unfold; thereā€™s no skipping it. Thereā€™s no skipping cutscenes on the first playthrough and no skipping them after that.

Why? Thereā€™s not really a great reason. Yes, the cutscenes use the gameā€™s engine, rather than being prerecorded videos. But there are other games that let you skip in-game cutscenes. You might need to hit pause and choose ā€œskipā€ in such games, but thatā€™s not a big imposition.

Atomic Heart, however, wonā€™t let you skip them at all. Could a skip feature be added later? Itā€™s possible, certainly. In the meantime, if you have a PC, you can skip the gameā€™s startup intro. That, in turn, will let you load the game that little bit faster. Hereā€™s what to do.

  • To skip the startup intro you need to go into the directory where Atomic Heart is installed. Thatā€™s usually C:\Program Files\Steam\SteamApps\Common\Atomic Heart.
  • Then, go to the AtomicHeart directory, then Content, then Movies.
  • Now, rename the following files by putting a ! before the filename:
    • Launch_FHD_60FPS_PC_Steam.mp4
    • LaunchVideo_PS4_FullHD_30FPS.mp4
    • LaunchVideo_WIndows_4k_60FPS.mp4
    • LaunchVideo_WIndows_Low_30FPS.mp4

Now, when you launch the game again, the game will skip past the intro screens. So the answer to how to skip cutscenes in Atomic Heart is ā€” you canā€™t, but you can skip the startup screens on PC.


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Chris McMullen
Chris McMullen is a freelance contributor at The Escapist and has been with the site since 2020. He returned to writing about games following several career changes, with his most recent stint lasting five-plus years. He hopes that, through his writing work, he settles the karmic debt he incurred by persuading his parents to buy a Mega CD. Outside of The Escapist, Chris covers news and more for GameSpew. He's also been published at such sites as VG247, Space, and more. His tastes run to horror, the post-apocalyptic, and beyond, though he'll tackle most things that aren't exclusively sports-based. At Escapist, he's covered such games as Infinite Craft, Lies of P, Starfield, and numerous other major titles.