S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl - Standard Edition

It's been a very long time since a game comes along and has me thinking about it nonstop. STALKER 2 has me thinking about it all day. I've played it through numerous times, got every ending, dove deep into its story (which is massively deep, but understandably obtuse for new players), played out every possible scenario, played with every weapon, the dozens of artifacts. OHHH MAN! I can't get enough. I love it. If you're wondering about performance, as of now with version 1.1.4 the game is in great shape. I played it through with an ancient Sandy Bridge CPU and an RX 480 here on GOG, got a pretty consistent 1080p 30fps experience. Pretty good for kit this old. I played on other platforms with much better hardware and had a fantastic experience on there as well.

Unrivaled graphics, atmospheric gameplay with a huge open world, and an interesting story. All this you will find in Stalker 2 Heart of Chornobyl

I was really worried this will be another Cyberpunk 2077, but I was wrong. The game is great, there are few minor issues and it is a little bit luck based. Game has true branching story line from very begginging and some of those branches gets more issues than others. I have encountered very few and very minor issues in my gameplay. Also I believe Patch 1.01 already fixed majority of issues I have encountered. Game itself is huge, detailed, loads of things to do and to explore the zone. I am not here to say it is bug free, but also it is already very much playbale and enjoyable as it is, Especially after Patch 1.01 and now 1.02 it is very little missing in the game. True - A-Life is MIA as of now, that is disapointing, but whatever spawns in the enemies currently in the game is acceptable, not great, but acceptable, sometimes in some places little bit annoying, but definatelly not a blocker to play or enjoy the game. If you want to play game now, it is totally playable. If you want to wait for A-life to be released, then it probably will be another few months. That said this game has HUGE relayability potential, so one may as well play the game now and then replay it again when A-Life is launched. This is not the game you can finish in single play-trough. Note: regarding perfomance, it played great on my PC EPIC on 5k monitor (FSR no frame gen) and my PC is mid-range at best (5800X3D/6900XT). However, be realistic with hardware and expectations. 1080Ti is not mid-range nowadays, 3050 Mobile with 4GB VRAM is below minimum requirements, you will not enjoy the game on low-end PC. You need mid-range+. Ideally 16GB VRAM for EPIC textures. Overall, I would rate it 9/10, few small issues and non-sensical decisions (no NVG for example), but overall improvement over OG Trilogy which was already legendary. Game can be modded and there are loads of mods already that improves some of less great aspects of the game, but even as base game it is good. Highly recommended.

Just ignore its existence, and do something better with your money and time. Play the classics instead. And if you are already a stalker fan, im sorry man, this aint good....

Played for some hours and honestly i did not encounter any bug. I agree that the game need work on the performance side. But its Stalker, it has the soul, atmosphere is off the chart. I really hope devs will polish this raw gem.