S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl ⚠️|☢︎T|⚠️ Don't Be a Menace to Bloodsucker While Trying to Catch an Olive in The Zone
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YeulEmeralda
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Open world games always have huge and empty maps.
xVodevil
Member
Exactly! It had flaws yes, even some annoying bugs here and there yes, but man the atmosphere of wandering and especially going underground for missions was top notch already. Would play it again day1 anytime.
_Idea_of_Evil_
Member
My biggest gripe with the exploration is that there's so much lackluster loot. Feels like most of the time you'll explore an interesting area, fight some human mobs or mutants, only to find a backpack with bread in it.
Beyond that, I've enjoyed my time with the game but am only focusing on completing the main story at this point.
Beyond that, I've enjoyed my time with the game but am only focusing on completing the main story at this point.
GudOlRub
Member
Ngl this is the one game I've bought in recent years that I truly regret buying.
They honestly need another 1 or 2 years to actually finish the game, it's actually insane.
I've played quite a bit but I haven't even left the first area and from the look of it I won't do it anytime soon, I want to play it when it is actually feature complete.
For people who buy it in 2027 or so it'll probably be a 10/10 game though, I envy them.
They honestly need another 1 or 2 years to actually finish the game, it's actually insane.
I've played quite a bit but I haven't even left the first area and from the look of it I won't do it anytime soon, I want to play it when it is actually feature complete.
For people who buy it in 2027 or so it'll probably be a 10/10 game though, I envy them.
Dr.Morris79
Gold Member
Damn, that's actually a cracking set of updates..Ngl this is the one game I've bought in recent years that I truly regret buying.
They honestly need another 1 or 2 years to actually finish the game, it's actually insane.
I've played quite a bit but I haven't even left the first area and from the look of it I won't do it anytime soon, I want to play it when it is actually feature complete.
For people who buy it in 2027 or so it'll probably be a 10/10 game though, I envy them.
..And I didn't mind the game in its current state. It just ran a bit poop on my system
I've bought worse.
diffusionx
Gold Member
I'll watch some videos when it comes out on PS5 to see if it's actually in a 1.0 state.
I do hope they figure it out because a release like the one they had was totally unacceptable.
I do hope they figure it out because a release like the one they had was totally unacceptable.
JayK47
Member
But it is a good unfinished game though...
I had fun with Cyberpunk when it came out, but dang it was clearly unfinished. I am so sick of beta testing these game and paying a premium to do it. These eastern European developers are the worst when it comes to this and these games should be labeled as early access.
I had fun with Cyberpunk when it came out, but dang it was clearly unfinished. I am so sick of beta testing these game and paying a premium to do it. These eastern European developers are the worst when it comes to this and these games should be labeled as early access.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
STALKER 2 is getting updated from UE 5.1 to UE 5.5
Ideally this means a much better performance profile on consoles too.
store.steampowered.com
Ideally this means a much better performance profile on consoles too.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl - Roadmap for Q3 and Q4 2025 — S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl - Steam News
Game Engine update, night vision devices, A-Life updates, and more!
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
Nice so almost out of beta?STALKER 2 is getting updated from UE 5.1 to UE 5.5
Ideally this means a much better performance profile on consoles too.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl - Roadmap for Q3 and Q4 2025 — S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl - Steam News
Game Engine update, night vision devices, A-Life updates, and more!
Can't wait for the ps5 pro 1.0 launch
This beta is fucking clown city on my pc
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TheTurboFD
Member
Damn im pissed this patch still hasnt fixed the Nightstalker 1911 not spawning correctly with its suppressor and extended mag. It's also bugged where you can't even reload it or continue shooting.
mèx
Member
Yeah, I'm going to wait some more. I'm in no rush.STALKER 2 is getting updated from UE 5.1 to UE 5.5
Ideally this means a much better performance profile on consoles too.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl - Roadmap for Q3 and Q4 2025 — S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl - Steam News
Game Engine update, night vision devices, A-Life updates, and more!
Walliwallipaloo
Member
My feelings on this one are all over the place. As a longtime STALKER fan, I appreciate some of the things that it does... and about 80% of it absolutely annoys me.
I sort of like it, as it basically plays like a buffed-up Fallout 4 (that doesn't tonally suck) but on the other hand, I also kind of wish it was a completely different game, like... on a fundamental level.
A-Life is a lie. It doesn't exist, no matter what they say. It does spawn everything in a tiny bubble around you, causing you to constantly get ninja'd by guys who couldn't possibly be in the place that they appear. This is horrible. Just horrible. And it's not bad simply because it doesn't live up to the original. It's bad because it just feels terrible and unfair. Everyone's a bullet sponge, including you, and you're probably going to win these surprise "gunfights" because the combat AI is woeful and predictable, but you're just constantly taking nigh-unavoidable suit damage from laser-accurate bursts of gunfire. Feels bad, man.
And hell, so much of the game is scripted. It feels like every other stash comes with an enemy spawn tied to a location-based trigger. There are spawn points that 100% guarantee a certain enemy type appears in a spot when you travel to them. It feels so friggin' fake. A lot of it was clearly done to trick the player into feeling that the world is "smarter" than it really is, but all it does is further ruin the immersion. The world absolutely cannot hold up to any sort of scrutiny, and they actually shouldn't have even bothered trying.
I'm sure this has been mentioned on this very thread plenty of times over, but I bet this next idea is new (because it's dumb): I almost feel this game should have next to no human enemies at all. If they couldn't get it right, they should have just had the balls to say "screw it" and try something extremely different. It could have gone full Resident Evil with a massive map and a creepy urban-exploration theme, instead of this hokey, goofy tone they went with. Monsters lurking in the dark, waiting to tear your arms off, and powerful guns with limited (and heavy) ammunition to fight them with. Maybe the occasional named NPC here and there, but the majority of human foes could have been shambling zombies, sheltering in the various buildings, with the appropriate general lack of accuracy that should entail.
Should have leaned on the fun and danger of urban exploration, if technical challenges prevented them from making a living, breathing Zone. That's the TLDR. Because what they've done is assemble a weird, ramshackle effigy of that idea, and it's just not good enough. Should have just gone for a whole new vision for the world. And here's the thing - they totally could have, because it's been long enough that new fans have no expectations and old fans would probably just be happy to revisit the Zone in whatever form it took. The world they built is gorgeous and beautiful. It's probably the best part of the game. It's just married to limp shootouts with cardboard-cutout AI and bullet-sponging mutants that flat-out suck to fight.
I guess feeling like the game should have been completely different probably means I don't like the game. I don't know. I've played through a whole crapton of the game, and I enjoy it by and large, but it totally misses the horror, dread, and atmosphere of the originals. And it's not even close.
I sort of like it, as it basically plays like a buffed-up Fallout 4 (that doesn't tonally suck) but on the other hand, I also kind of wish it was a completely different game, like... on a fundamental level.
A-Life is a lie. It doesn't exist, no matter what they say. It does spawn everything in a tiny bubble around you, causing you to constantly get ninja'd by guys who couldn't possibly be in the place that they appear. This is horrible. Just horrible. And it's not bad simply because it doesn't live up to the original. It's bad because it just feels terrible and unfair. Everyone's a bullet sponge, including you, and you're probably going to win these surprise "gunfights" because the combat AI is woeful and predictable, but you're just constantly taking nigh-unavoidable suit damage from laser-accurate bursts of gunfire. Feels bad, man.
And hell, so much of the game is scripted. It feels like every other stash comes with an enemy spawn tied to a location-based trigger. There are spawn points that 100% guarantee a certain enemy type appears in a spot when you travel to them. It feels so friggin' fake. A lot of it was clearly done to trick the player into feeling that the world is "smarter" than it really is, but all it does is further ruin the immersion. The world absolutely cannot hold up to any sort of scrutiny, and they actually shouldn't have even bothered trying.
I'm sure this has been mentioned on this very thread plenty of times over, but I bet this next idea is new (because it's dumb): I almost feel this game should have next to no human enemies at all. If they couldn't get it right, they should have just had the balls to say "screw it" and try something extremely different. It could have gone full Resident Evil with a massive map and a creepy urban-exploration theme, instead of this hokey, goofy tone they went with. Monsters lurking in the dark, waiting to tear your arms off, and powerful guns with limited (and heavy) ammunition to fight them with. Maybe the occasional named NPC here and there, but the majority of human foes could have been shambling zombies, sheltering in the various buildings, with the appropriate general lack of accuracy that should entail.
Should have leaned on the fun and danger of urban exploration, if technical challenges prevented them from making a living, breathing Zone. That's the TLDR. Because what they've done is assemble a weird, ramshackle effigy of that idea, and it's just not good enough. Should have just gone for a whole new vision for the world. And here's the thing - they totally could have, because it's been long enough that new fans have no expectations and old fans would probably just be happy to revisit the Zone in whatever form it took. The world they built is gorgeous and beautiful. It's probably the best part of the game. It's just married to limp shootouts with cardboard-cutout AI and bullet-sponging mutants that flat-out suck to fight.
I guess feeling like the game should have been completely different probably means I don't like the game. I don't know. I've played through a whole crapton of the game, and I enjoy it by and large, but it totally misses the horror, dread, and atmosphere of the originals. And it's not even close.
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