First thoughts of STALKER 2 ...

Mosin challenge run inbound.

PM only run?

The game is absolutely awesome, never expected the game to be THIS good. And it´ll get even better, cant wait for it to be all patched up!

Personally right now I just can’t enjoy stalker 2 with the state it’s in rn. No A-Life is like having no soul in the game rn😢

With the a-life being the way it is rn the game feels empty not in the worst way because given the lore of how the factions are it kinda makes sense why there's not big faction skirmishes. I also like how nearly every gun is viable if you're using the right ammo and aiming for the head

The only major thing for me is that mutants are a black hole of bullets, and the game throws a bloodsucker whenever, it gets old. But I am loving the game, great so far

It starts slow but after you get out of the starting area i got so hooked on it and with the help of some mods it gets really good.

Stalker 2 is truly a walking-sim.
But I feel at home, as a veteran of the old trilogy. The buged A-Live is at least about to be patched.

Great! I was waiting for your video. Cheeki Breeki and you, I trust the most.

stalker 2 really fumbled the factions and the mutants unfortunatelly and a life is pretty much unexistent , most of the time you dont fight enemies that are roaming the world and you happen upon them , they just spawn behind you , the open world is gorgeous tho , i loved how they tied all of the previously separated maps into a big one

getting my new pc with a rtx 4060 and a ryzen 7 5700x next week.
I'm just too exicited to play stalker 2 after 15 years

It’s my GOTY only main issue is performance

Uninstalker 😂

I don't know about this game man, in the other games you used to get into gunfights left and right by bumping into an enemy squad, in my 10 hours of playing only once did an enemy squad spawn in my vicinity and with the stupid ai you can just take cover and shoot them while they rush you like braindead zombies. The gunplay is good but the gunfights are not at all intense, plus (i know its my problem) i have a 2060 rtx and the game runs horribly at times, cant even get 60 fps at medium settings. I think they can make the game really good with some tweaks, updates, fixing the A life system and just optimizing some stuff.

games great, but as a few people are saying it’s not really alive, enemies will spawn behind you because they don’t render out past 100m. all of the code for A-Life 2 is there but it’s not enabled probably do to issues. there isn’t even gun audio for shots past 100m. There’s also code for skinning mutants, it’s not enabled. there’s a lot we’re missing out on do to it just not being ready, but i hope we will and it doesn’t take too long for it to happen or else relying on modders may be the case. day 1 of the game being out and there was already a mod/startup fix that removes most if not all stutters.

Im just waiting for A life to get fixed, cause for me thats the biggest issue currently

As a fan of the series since the first one, I'm not a fan of the enemy and NPCs not existing until you get right there next to them. Once they fully implement A-Life, it will be much more STALKER feeling with enemies and NPCs roaming around. The previous games felt more alive because the NPCs already exist out in the zone and they had their own lives and activities. The way it is now makes it feel scripted with forced encounters. It makes stealth tactics useless. Once they spawn in, they seem to know exactly where you are, no matter how well you're hidden. I have faith they will make good and deliver the experience we were promised. It's just gonna take some time.

A-life is broken, further patches fix this.

Im not getting really into it.
Wondering if a life was ever in this game. It feels like Far Cry with a Stalker skin on top and just some bones from Stalker. I like the Story an World so far, beeing 15h into it and to see familiar faces, places from previous stalker games. but gameplay wise it´s strange for some reason. Time will tell.

Nice intro video to sum up the experience so far

Curently A-life isnt really implemented. Also the mutant health is way too overtuned. Also the economy and degredation rates are wonky. With all that being said i think this game fits exactly what i want from stalker. Im gonna return to it once its fully fixed whether through mods or official patches. Cant wait since what is there is really beautiful. Just needs some more time before im willing to leave the garbage and move deeper into the story and zone.

im still waiting for the kar98

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Very nice summary, from my play through i hope that stalker two fixes the A-life a little with spawns and such. As well as the mutents being very tanky

Allegedly A-Life 2.0 is broken to point of being defacto disabled, GSC said they were fixing it but will awhile and not in first round patches. Also Bloodsuckers and other mutants need re-balancing, less bullet-sponges but still dangerous.

There's a lot to like about STALKER 2 but the more I play the harder it is to tolerate the problems. The bugs, the performance, the weird balance decisions and removal of useful features, the frustrating lighting and the lack of A-life hurt all the gameplay experience enough that I'm putting the game down for a year or until they get it into a better state.

Luckily I am postponing my playthrough of STALKER 2 until around Christmas. Hopefully a bunch of fixes will be done by then and modders will have taken care of some other gripes. I hope A-Life2.0 is better by Christmas but I fear that one may take more time.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 released right at the time of year many of us have to drop some serious cash on everyone around us.
After the dust settles and I am able to once again treat myself?
I'll be dicking around in the zone once again, lads.