-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
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
- Thread starter Agent_4Seven
- Start date
- |OT|
GHG
Member
Quite the embarrassment for the people who have claimed the AI is good or "fine".
This is the Cyberpunk launch all over again, just on a smaller scale.
Team Andromeda
Member
So sad to see the trolls out in force and seemingly with no experience of the PC original. I don't game on PC but still remember to this day playing the game on my mates on his top class PC, even on his rig the game had issues running but it was all the experience of the game and it moody atmosphere, which made you look past the dreadful menu system, the bugs and laughing voice acting and syncing
|This is just more of the same, it feels and plays like a direct Stalker sequel complete with the haunting atmosphere. Reminds me of After Burner Climax of sequels that took years and years to make but plays almost exactly like the original just with fancy modern graphics.
Loving this game, the atmosphere and direction is exceptional as is the sound. My biggest issue with the game was the default HDR and brightness settings
|This is just more of the same, it feels and plays like a direct Stalker sequel complete with the haunting atmosphere. Reminds me of After Burner Climax of sequels that took years and years to make but plays almost exactly like the original just with fancy modern graphics.
Loving this game, the atmosphere and direction is exceptional as is the sound. My biggest issue with the game was the default HDR and brightness settings
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
This is my first Stalker game.
My first impressions
- The game's tough, it's like first person souls shooter game. Anything can kill you, even a random enemy.
- You have to do a lot of inventory management, don't do it and you'll be out of supplies fast.
- Performance is good on Xbox SX, I'm playing on fidelity mode and it's holding 30fps with good visuals.
- Graphics are fascinating, the lighting, reflections, animations, cutscenes and lipsync are good. Feels like devs have done as much as they possibly could.
- No bugs till now.
- You really feel like you're post apocalyptic radiation world, like fallout las vegas but more realistic.
- Enemy AI is decent, I saw dogs and humans do flank you from behind if you aren't paying attention to them or buzy. (and they don't make any noise)
- Dogs are annoying as f**kkkk..
- When you're in range of a blast you get this small concussion which disorients you for few seconds. It's quite realistic, the devs must know how it feels, literally.
Co signed on the dogs part, the toughest encounters I've had so far in the game are with packs of dogs.
DanielG165
Member
Looks like the devs are actively looking into and working on improving the A-Life system.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
GudOlRub
Member
Ah yes, "if you rightfully point out the shit state the game is in, you're a troll because the original had the exact same issues". Your post gave me a hearty chuckle ngl
I'm enjoying the game so far, but it doesn't excuse them releasing it in such a state, I can't get decent performance out of this thing with a 4080 super and a 5800x3d ffs... And A-life, if it even exists is absolutely borked, enemies spawning in front of you, the combat AI being far more A than I, it's a mess and the originals were much superior in this regard.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
So ... how do I find artifacts around the world? Is it signposted, something I have to go real out of my way to hunt, or will I start getting some as part of story quests?
None so far.
None so far.
DanielG165
Member
I think you do have to just hunt them down. Remember the artifact thing that you got at the very beginning in the sewage during the prologue, along with your mobile scanner? Probably the same steps or process applies for other artifacts around the zone.
Last edited:
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Oh wow, I had completely forgotten about that. Gonna start using it more around weird stuff in the game world.
jzbadblood
Neo Member
I want to stop playing and wait until they fix this AI 2.0 thing, but damn this game is sucking me in. Feels like the first time I played the original Stalker. They did a good job at making this feel dangerous and uncomfortable like a Stalker game should. I sort of wish they went back to the original and got rid of the bleeding effect because its a pain in the ass after every encounter to be bleeding out, but that adds to the push and pull of the gameplay I suppose.
Diseased Yak
Gold Member
Played a few hours, and I'm in love with Stalker all over again. Runs great, I've seen no bugs as of yet (PC, 4090, 7800X3D, 64GB RAM, etc).
The game just oozes atmosphere in the best possible way. It's hard a fuck too on the default Stalker difficulty. Gotta save often!
It's so creepy as well. I was traversing an open field area and saw a monster corpse a little ways away. Went to investigate and on the other side of a corpse was a dog who had been sleeping or something, when the thing stood up I nearly crapped myself and let off a loose, jittery burst of gunfire, blowing the thing away.
The game just oozes atmosphere in the best possible way. It's hard a fuck too on the default Stalker difficulty. Gotta save often!
It's so creepy as well. I was traversing an open field area and saw a monster corpse a little ways away. Went to investigate and on the other side of a corpse was a dog who had been sleeping or something, when the thing stood up I nearly crapped myself and let off a loose, jittery burst of gunfire, blowing the thing away.
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
Man. I made a huge mistake. I decided to have a couple of beers after the kids went to bed and fell asleep in my chair. Getting old sucks, lol. Maybe I will start tonight.
MiguelItUp
Member
Your specs definitely show that it's definitely varied per experience. Which, I mean, should be expected regarding PC gaming as there's just so many variables. I've seen folks with 4090s saying it was a stuttery mess. I'm running a 7900 xtx and had absolutely no issues with performance personally.
Peroroncino
Member
when you're around anomalies (at least 3+ in a small vicinity from my experience) pop out the scanner and if it starts beeping, you're near an artifact.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
There's this contracting and expanding ball of water near the first town, I gotta imagine something's up there but holy shit that thing kills you within 2 seconds.
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
Is this your first Stalker?
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Spending this much time, yes. I own shadow of chernobyl on Steam but never played more than 10, 20 minutes.
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
You’re in for a treat. The games are absolute gems. I remember when Clear Sky released, it was one of the first games to have an awesome lighting system and god rays.
Fess
Member
Lol yeah I think I had a death count of 7 before the prologue was over.
Lighting sphere in the tunnel. Zzzap!
That first screaming pig thing. Waaah!
That tall predator mouth thing. Slice!
- Okaaay… So it’s this type of game…
I love it!
MiguelItUp
Member
Can't remember the last game that had me save this often, lmao.Lol yeah I think I had a death count of 7 before the prologue was over.
Lighting sphere in the tunnel. Zzzap!
That first screaming pig thing. Waaah!
That tall predator mouth thing. Slice!
- Okaaay… So it’s this type of game…
I love it!
LordBritish
Member
compiling shaders...ugh
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
BG3. Some of those dice rolls are just too insane to accept.
R6Rider
Gold Member
That's some of the typical dumb shit people will say when their favorite game or current game is being criticized.Ah yes, "if you rightfully point out the shit state the game is in, you're a troll because the original had the exact same issues". Your post gave me a hearty chuckle ngl
I'm enjoying the game so far, but it doesn't excuse them releasing it in such a state, I can't get decent performance out of this thing with a 4080 super and a 5800x3d ffs... And A-life, if it even exists is absolutely borked, enemies spawning in front of you, the combat AI being far more A than I, it's a mess and the originals were much superior in this regard.
I swear the AI is worse than in the original game.
Revolutionary
Member
DanielG165
Member
This is probably the most atmospheric game I’ve played this year. Was going through a series of tunnels with an anomaly in there with me, and the combination of white noise mixed in with the subtle music in the background just about made me piss myself lol.
I also personally love how utterly pitch black it is at night without your flashlight on, and in houses/buildings where the light from outside can’t get in anyway. I definitely take my sweet time clearing a room or entire building, because I just don’t know what the hell might be in there with me.
Game has its hooks in me for sure.
I also personally love how utterly pitch black it is at night without your flashlight on, and in houses/buildings where the light from outside can’t get in anyway. I definitely take my sweet time clearing a room or entire building, because I just don’t know what the hell might be in there with me.
Game has its hooks in me for sure.
J3nga
Member
Same as L(light)So V on pc (melee) is not remappable?
gtabro
Member
Seems for some reason they didn’t provide menu remapping, quite odd for such import at buttons…
Press V for melee :: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl General Discussions
So during the tutorial part i got the info that the key "V" causes me to do a melee attack, even with a gun in my hand. Cool, works. But i would like to set this to a different key/mouse button. So i went into the controls settings and found many mappings... but NOT the melee action on V...
amigastar
Member
Light is also mapped to middle mouse button
Heaven Angel
Member
Anybody noticed how good the main screen soundtrack is?
rodrigolfp
Haptic Gamepads 4 Life
Brings shame.
Fess
Member
Yuuup same here was spamming manual saves during the prologue
Can’t wait to jump in again!
rodrigolfp
Haptic Gamepads 4 Life
Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
www.nexusmods.com
www.nexusmods.com
CE Scrip Unlimited Carry Weight
CURRENTLY ONLY STEAM VERSION WORKING ON A FIXA simple Cheat Engine scrip that changes the carry weight multiplier which results in functionally unlimited carry weight, nothing more nothing less.
www.nexusmods.com
No weapon (and optionally outfits) durability loss
Removes durability loss from weapons (or reduces it by 50%, you choose!). They will no longer get damaged when being fired.NOW WITH OPTIONAL VERSION AFFECTING BOTH WEAPONS AND OUTFITS. ALS
www.nexusmods.com
Last edited:
sainraja
Member
If that was without switching language then wouldn't that be more immersive?
Last edited:
TheTurboFD
Member
Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CE Scrip Unlimited Carry Weight
CURRENTLY ONLY STEAM VERSION WORKING ON A FIXA simple Cheat Engine scrip that changes the carry weight multiplier which results in functionally unlimited carry weight, nothing more nothing less.
No weapon (and optionally outfits) durability loss
Removes durability loss from weapons (or reduces it by 50%, you choose!). They will no longer get damaged when being fired.NOW WITH OPTIONAL VERSION AFFECTING BOTH WEAPONS AND OUTFITS. ALS
Oh this is awesome, i hope someone fixes HDR only working in full screen exclusive.
rodrigolfp
Haptic Gamepads 4 Life
Magic Carpet
Gold Member
Where are the console commands? I'm just going to enter God Mode.
Nvz1
Neo Member
There's a dll file you can drop in the game folder that will make exclusive fullscreen become borderless and HDR works appropriately.
GitHub - SpecialKO/SKinny
Contribute to SpecialKO/SKinny development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
The Cockatrice
I'm retarded?
type in chat whosyourdaddy
in case im too old and u dont get it https://classic.battle.net/war3/cheatcodes.shtml
Last edited:
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
You’re not playing Stalker anymore at that point. That’s like playing Elden Ring with Infinite flasks.Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CE Scrip Unlimited Carry Weight
CURRENTLY ONLY STEAM VERSION WORKING ON A FIXA simple Cheat Engine scrip that changes the carry weight multiplier which results in functionally unlimited carry weight, nothing more nothing less.
No weapon (and optionally outfits) durability loss
Removes durability loss from weapons (or reduces it by 50%, you choose!). They will no longer get damaged when being fired.NOW WITH OPTIONAL VERSION AFFECTING BOTH WEAPONS AND OUTFITS. ALS
Last edited:
Magic Carpet
Gold Member
Yep, I'm old enough to remember.
I don't remember the first Stalker being this hard.
The knife, she does nothing. hack hack die.
rodrigolfp
Haptic Gamepads 4 Life
I will not use the weapon durability mod, by the weight system is infuriating.
The Cockatrice
I'm retarded?
Havent started the second game yet but I remember the first being hard af, like dying at the first mutant dogs a few minutes into the game.
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
You do you. But it’s meant to be a challenge/struggle. That’s really the point of the series.I will not use the weapon durability mod, by the weight system is infuriating.
Heaven Angel
Member
Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CE Scrip Unlimited Carry Weight
CURRENTLY ONLY STEAM VERSION WORKING ON A FIXA simple Cheat Engine scrip that changes the carry weight multiplier which results in functionally unlimited carry weight, nothing more nothing less.
No weapon (and optionally outfits) durability loss
Removes durability loss from weapons (or reduces it by 50%, you choose!). They will no longer get damaged when being fired.NOW WITH OPTIONAL VERSION AFFECTING BOTH WEAPONS AND OUTFITS. ALS
Console players miss these but I guess we'll complete this the hard way.
GymWolf
Member
Yeah i don't know about that, the game would lose its reason d'être if you cut all the inventory management stuff.Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CE Scrip Unlimited Carry Weight
CURRENTLY ONLY STEAM VERSION WORKING ON A FIXA simple Cheat Engine scrip that changes the carry weight multiplier which results in functionally unlimited carry weight, nothing more nothing less.
No weapon (and optionally outfits) durability loss
Removes durability loss from weapons (or reduces it by 50%, you choose!). They will no longer get damaged when being fired.NOW WITH OPTIONAL VERSION AFFECTING BOTH WEAPONS AND OUTFITS. ALS
rodrigolfp
Haptic Gamepads 4 Life
Ftfy.
SpearHea.:D
Member
Enjoying it, running great on 4070 with fg and dlss q.
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
Maybe the game just isn’t a good fit for you. That’s ok too. Not everything needs to be for everyone.