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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl | Review Thread
SJRB
Gold Member
The highs in this game are pretty high, but god damn the lows are bottom of the barrel-tier.
I just did a pretty neat sidequest involving a dude named Mastiff, no spoilers but there are multiple moments where you can choose who to side with and that felt really good. I was having a good time.
Then I made my way back to town and out of nowhere I get blindsided by five bloodsuckers. FIVE. Then the game spawns friendly NPC's to help me but they spawn a bit away so I run like hell so they can distract the bloodsuckers but they all keep focussing on me. So there I was, standing like an asshole in the dark foggy swamp, in the rain, fighting 5 invisible enemies who are scripted to attack from the side (outside your field of view) so I constantly get slapped from the left or right without even having a chance. They take a TON of bullets and once you're in the bandage-heal-reload stunlock it's game over. Cherry on top is they have some kind of stun attack that basically renders you immobile for a few seconds. There's zero tactical gameplay involved here. You can't plan for this encounter, you cannot evade it. The game pretty much dumps you into a meatgrinder and there's no way out unless you kill everyone.
So anyway, I finally make it to town and the framerate tanks from 120 to like 18 for no reason AGAIN and then I had to repair my gear for triple the amount of rubles I actually got during this quest so the entire thing was basically a gigantic waste of time and resources and I just alt-F4'd. This shit is ass and honestly the game should've been delayed.
This mechanic of enemies spawning on top of you at set intervals feels cheap as hell and is ruining the entire experience.
I just did a pretty neat sidequest involving a dude named Mastiff, no spoilers but there are multiple moments where you can choose who to side with and that felt really good. I was having a good time.
Then I made my way back to town and out of nowhere I get blindsided by five bloodsuckers. FIVE. Then the game spawns friendly NPC's to help me but they spawn a bit away so I run like hell so they can distract the bloodsuckers but they all keep focussing on me. So there I was, standing like an asshole in the dark foggy swamp, in the rain, fighting 5 invisible enemies who are scripted to attack from the side (outside your field of view) so I constantly get slapped from the left or right without even having a chance. They take a TON of bullets and once you're in the bandage-heal-reload stunlock it's game over. Cherry on top is they have some kind of stun attack that basically renders you immobile for a few seconds. There's zero tactical gameplay involved here. You can't plan for this encounter, you cannot evade it. The game pretty much dumps you into a meatgrinder and there's no way out unless you kill everyone.
So anyway, I finally make it to town and the framerate tanks from 120 to like 18 for no reason AGAIN and then I had to repair my gear for triple the amount of rubles I actually got during this quest so the entire thing was basically a gigantic waste of time and resources and I just alt-F4'd. This shit is ass and honestly the game should've been delayed.
This mechanic of enemies spawning on top of you at set intervals feels cheap as hell and is ruining the entire experience.
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Punished Miku
Human Rights Subscription Service
I'll probably wait a month or three.
GHG
Member
Ok time to buy this then even though I'm not playing it until they've patched it up a bit.
Really had enough of this shit.
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amigastar
Member
Big Stalker patch 1.1 is here with A-Life fixes.
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I collect VHS tapes
Member
'Massive' Stalker 2 patch adds A-life updates and 1,700 other fixes to GSC's survival shooter, so many you'll need to go on a little quest to read them all
"All aspects of the game" tweaked.
is the game fixed now?
coachmcguirk91
Member
This game will probably take a year or two before major fixes come. It's not something a few patches will iron out'Massive' Stalker 2 patch adds A-life updates and 1,700 other fixes to GSC's survival shooter, so many you'll need to go on a little quest to read them all
"All aspects of the game" tweaked.www.pcgamer.com
is the game fixed now?
I collect VHS tapes
Member
I thought the lack of A-life was the biggest complaint I've been seeing
can anyone confirm whether A-life has at least been fixed?
simpatico
Member
Watched some post patch videos, I’d say the A Life is still very far away from where it was on the X-Ray engine. The UE5 moves seems like a giant bust. Outside of very specific lighting conditions, even STALKER Anomaly looks better. Broad daylight is very flat, doesn’t use ray traced lighting and still runs like crusty dog shit. Big sad. I can’t think of any Unreal game that has an in-depth modding scene. I don’t think the engine allows for it.
Everything is still completely empty outside of a 100m bubble around the player, and AI NPCs do not move when they’re not rendered in that bubble. Even the OG STALKER was far more technically sophisticated. This is a cheap imitation so far.
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coachmcguirk91
Member
Just by reading it is not fixed. A-Life is a system of NPCs that interact with the game world at all times. The NPCs in Stalker 2 are static and are spawned when the player is near. To actually fix A-life properly it will take a long time, if ever.
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I collect VHS tapes
Member
I’ve never even tried the original games. Maybe I should just start there by the time I’m done this will be ready.
Dr.Morris79
Gold Member
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Anomaly mod for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
The stand-alone mod S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Anomaly aims to be the most stable and customizable experience for fans of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games. It's powered by the Monolith 64-bit engine, a custom fork of the X-Ray engine.
Try this. Its standalone, and free. Its also pretty damn good, which helps
JayK47
Member
So A-life is broken and likely never getting proper implemented. What a mess. So I guess most folks either did not notice or were not even paying attention. Sure looks pretty though...
Another recent example of a gaming downgrade. So many are content with pretty graphics and 60 fps they do not notice games are far more simplistic today than just 10 years ago.
Another recent example of a gaming downgrade. So many are content with pretty graphics and 60 fps they do not notice games are far more simplistic today than just 10 years ago.
ValiantInstance
Member
My wallet is ready to buy this on Steam as soon as its been fixed. Learned my lesson by now.
Oppoi
Member
There is still hope they will eventually have the full A-life simulation on PC through mods. I think it's only a matter of time because that's where the talent and spirit is found. It's just that there is this demand of feature parity currently holding this game back...