Posted on: November 23, 2024
Alchymistaa
Verified ownerGames: 276 Reviews: 8
Best survival action game ever.
Ignore the negative reviews. Most of the complains are nonexistent (i.e. A-life is great, NPC and the wilderness have their life and interact all the time, which can save you from fights). The game looks incredible. Graphics is top-notch. The atmosphere is among the best. The zone is brutal, everything there is trying to kill you. It is NOT meant to be easy. You have to pick your fights and if you can, running is a reasonable option. Fights are very tactical, you need to use all the covers, and different weapons, and change positions constantly. It's kind of what I wished DayZ was (if I omit the key difference between single and multiplayer). Still, unlike DayZ (throughout history), STALKER 2 actually works (right out of the box), looks amazing with a unique atmosphere, and provides all the single-player survival benefits (like a captivating story). Given what circumstances the game finished under (literal war and bombs falling on the city where the studio had headquarters), it's surprising that I've only encountered two bugs - clipping, which is purely cosmetic and has no effect on the gameplay and frame drop which seems to be connected with the hair details of NPCs on EPIC settings. I run the game at EPIC with ray tracing, 4k, 60fps on 4070ti with frame generation off, and hair on medium and this works great most of the time. I will tweak the settings a bit to eliminate the performance drops (already decreasing the rest of the sets to HIGH solves the problem, but I want epic wherever possible). It never crashed. The save system is perfect, it does have both auto and manual save which people with real lives appreciate. And you'll use the manual to save a lot as even on Medium difficulty, you'll die a lot. It takes very little to die in the zone. I seldom buy games for the full price, but I'm happy I pre-ordered STALKER 2. It's well worth the full price. Well done GSC Game World. You created a masterpiece even when the war made it nearly impossible.
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