Stalker 2

Not enjoying it so far.

The interface isn't particularly good, the dialogue is boring, and sadly the game is visually very boring.

My experience so far, found myself stuck at the start not knowing how to use the scanner, only to find myself standing around for 5-10 minutes scanning pools of sludge before the artifact magically appeared, then got killed by an invisible / reappearing monster. A few deaths later, some guy is giving me instructions and how to throw a bolt to reset anomalies, seems simple enough but died getting caught on some invisible terrain. Then passed what appears to be firefight, of course they all turned their weapons on me, at this point all you have a knife, a few more deaths later I manage to kill them, and I have missions. Then I arrive at the first town and the framerate feels like it's dropped to 45fps, it's claiming 90fps but that's just FG BS.

Not sure what to make of it, the atmosphere seems good but I get the impression it's all smoke and mirrors and it's pretty empty actually. The lighting in the game, can look nice but generally looks very dark in the interiors to the point of needing a flashlight during the day.

I will play a little more but this seems pretty bad to me, hopefully the story gets better.
 
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Not enjoying it so far.

The interface isn't particularly good, the dialogue is boring, and sadly the game is visually very boring.

My experience so far, found myself stuck at the start not knowing how to use the scanner, only to find myself standing around for 5-10 minutes scanning pools of sludge before the artifact magically appeared, then got killed by an invisible / reappearing monster. A few deaths later, some guy is giving me instructions and how to throw a bolt to reset anomalies, seems simple enough but died getting caught on some invisible terrain. Then passed what appears to be firefight, of course they all turned their weapons on me, at this point all you have a knife, a few more deaths later I manage to kill them, and I have missions. Then I arrive at the first town and the framerate feels like it's dropped to 45fps, it's claiming 90fps but that's just FG BS.

Not sure what to make of it, the atmosphere seems good but I get the impression it's all smoke and mirrors and it's pretty empty actually. The lighting in the game, can look nice but generally looks very dark in the interiors to the point of needing a flashlight during the day.

I will play a little more but this seems pretty bad to me, hopefully the story gets better.
The gameplay, gameworld and high level of immersion are very similar to Stalker 1 , did you enjoy Stalker 1 or is Stalker 2 your first step into the Stalker-verse?
 
Switched to the Ukrainian VA, and apart from the fact the performance takes a steaming dump periodically its really engaging. Don't think I've had any bugs at all yet.
I’ve been tempted to do this because the accents are so out of place and the English VA is pretty bad in general.

I can deal with subtitles in films etc but not in the middle of a gunfight. Might give it a go though.
 
The gameplay, gameworld and high level of immersion are very similar to Stalker 1 , did you enjoy Stalker 1 or is Stalker 2 your first step into the Stalker-verse?

It’s basically an updated Stalker 1. Immersive, a bit rough around the edges with minimal guidance, explanation or hand holding. Performance for me has been solid, but it’s pushing my system more than anything else has, even my 7800X3D seems to be at about 30-50% use.
 
I know Frame Gen creates input lag by default but the amount it creates on this game is bonkers, basically unplayable levels of mouse lag with it enabled.
It depends on the rest of your system I guess. I'm using frame gen and did have some mouse lag but after adding the config tweaks to disable acceleration and smoothing it's completely gone.
 
The gameplay, gameworld and high level of immersion are very similar to Stalker 1 , did you enjoy Stalker 1 or is Stalker 2 your first step into the Stalker-verse?

Yes, I enjoyed the original. Game doesn't get a free pass because it's a sequal to an actual good game though.
 
I’ve been tempted to do this because the accents are so out of place and the English VA is pretty bad in general.

I can deal with subtitles in films etc but not in the middle of a gunfight. Might give it a go though.
Weirdly I find it adds to the immersion, not knowing what they are saying if I don't have time to read the subtitle in a pressure situation. Might not be to everyones taste though...
 
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My brother has just got his first ever pc today. I bought him a copy of stalker 2 as he loved the others on Xbox. How will this likely play for him at 1080p?
AMD 5700x
16GB memory
Nvidia 4060 8gb.
 
Game is borderline unplayable until this is fixed

We multiple times mentioned the fact, that we know the issues about A-Life. We multiple times mentioned the fact, that the work on that is on the go. We mentioned, that the A-Life will be adressed with patches.

While A-Life is still the core pillar of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. universe, first patch is targeted to fix the critical issues, that are literally breaking the game, locking quests, critically effecting the performance, or ruining immersion by critical visual artifacts.

As said in the patchnote announcement, A-Life system bugfixes are noted to be adressed in the future patches.

:(
 
If you say so, but the original was well reviewed, and this is getting trashed. Seems to suggest otherwise.
I wouldnt say its getting trashed in reviews (not that how a game reviews compared to its original should carry any weight on whether you as an individual like a game anyway) , most reviews I've seen put it at a 7/10 or an 8/10 (79% currently on Steam) and in my view getting trashed in reviews is like a 3/10 not a 7 or 8.
 
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