S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl - Ultimate Edition
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Ultimate Edition for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl provides all the Deluxe bonuses, including weapon & armor sets and Bonus Side Quest!
Weapons:
Rhino Revolver “Model Competitor” (transferable to multiplayer)
Viper “Monolith” SMG (transferable to mult...
Discover the legendary S.T.A.L.K.E.R. universe and experience:
Unique gameplay built on a blend of FPS, horror, and immersive sim
It is a non-linear story, with a variety of paths that lead to one of the several endings
Benchmark-setting graphics developed using cutting-edge photogrammetry and scanning technologies
Advanced artificial intelligence systems that will keep engaged even the most hard-boiled players
Immersive survival mechanics like hunger, sleeping, bleeding, radiation effects that enrich the gameplay
Dynamic day-night cycle and weather will add even more realism to the gameplay experience
Mod support gives the freedom to the creative stalker to extend and enrich the game universe
Multiplayer mode, will be added after release as a free update
Chornobyl Exclusion Zone has changed dramatically after the second massive explosion in the year 2006. Violent mutants, deadly anomalies, and warring factions have made the Zone a very tough place to survive. Nevertheless, artifacts of unbelievable value attracted many people called S.T.A.L.K.E.R.s, who entered the Zone for their own risk, striving to make a fortune out of it or even to find the Truth concealed in the Heart of Chornobyl.
EPIC NONLINEAR STORY IN SEAMLESS OPEN WORLD
Take over a role of the lone stalker and explore photorealistic seamless open world in a 64-km² radioactive zone with a variety of environments that reveal post-apocalyptic atmosphere from different angles. Make your way through the Zone to define your destiny as you choose your paths within highly branching epic story.
VARIETY OF ENEMIES AND HUNDREDS OF WEAPON COMBINATIONS
Meet members of different factions deciding who of them worth your friendship and who deserve a bullet. Engage intense gunfights with a variety of enemies that follow different tactics trying to outsmart you. Choose your preferable firearms from 30 types of weapons with numerous modifications that allow creating hundreds of distinctive lethal combinations.
LEGENDARY MUTANTS WITH DIFFERENT BEHAVIOUR MODELS
Prepare to encounter horrifying mutated creatures that will try to slaughter you following different behaviour model. Each mutant may appear in different subtypes which makes their behaviour less predictible. Truly extreme danger represent regions with lairs with numerous mutants hunting in large groups.
ARTIFACTS OF INCREDIBLE VALUE AND UNFORGIVING ANOMALIES
The most valuable artifacts and secrets of the Zone are hidden in the most dangerous places. Beware of the hazardous anomalies and unique devastating arch-anomalies as you hunt for highly valuable artifacts scattered around the Zone. Will you dare to unveil the mysteries of the Zone that took lives of many others before you?
After 6 hours of gameplay, Stalker 2 combines what is best in previous games and adds more. A lot more. You can tell it has been influenced by Metro and Chernobylite but in good way - it is still good old Stalker! Atmosphere is thicker than Shadow of Chernobyl, and mechanics are better than Call of Prypiat.
Graphics and world... density is phenomenal.
If you liked any of the previous games, you will love Stalker 2 with all your Heart... of Chernobyl.
Overall it's good, there are a few things I find slightly strange, like triggers that spawn events as you're almost standing on top of them though I haven't seen this happen every time. I recall in the earlier stalker games they would give the player some distance on spawns.
The game needs some patching as it takes too long to load when I want to play it, like 10 mins of loading shaders is just too long. I don't have a great PC but it's good enough to match the medium spec recommendation yet the game lags and stutters on occasion.
once the game gets some patches it'll be great and feels like a stalker game, expect it to be difficult! I've had to reload several times already and I've been emersed in it's world regardless of how buggy it currently is. if you're on the fence give it some time to bake before you buy it.
I have played Stalker 2 for about 40 hours now: enough to form an opinion. This is from the perspective of a high-end machine (7800X3D, rtx 4090, 4TB SSD); I understand that other combinations have more issues so expect mileage to vary. I have encountered no game stopping bugs. The game looks great and runs smoothly on epic settings. I played all of the other Stalker games and Stalker Anomaly when new and this game has a similar feel. The locations are a mix of the familiar and unfamiliar making exploration fun. The map is quite large. I do agree that many aspects of the game need work. However hundreds of mods are already available and they address many concerns regarding A-life, economy, balance, etc. Adding mods is easy and allows one to tailor the game extensively. The Stalker team is responsive and have produced several patches.
Bottom line: I found the base game felt... off at release. For example I tended to spend more on ammunition and repairs than I was making. However, I have been running it with 12 mods and it is a completely different experience. So much fun! I am satisfied with the game right now and expect it to improve.
it has an abysmal fps drop and that my computer runs heavier games but just in case I put everything on low in configuration and anyway I didn't last even 30 min playing before they killed me because of the bad performance it has
I play this game on a powerful setup and I'm still asking myself if I made a gift to my PC or if my PC is a gift to this game. Please know I did not play previous releases (Call of Pripyat, Shadow of Chernobyl) before buying this game so I didn't assume or expect anything in particular.
IMHO, at this point this is THE immersive sim of all immersive sims and the indicated times to beat - especially if you try to do all the side missions and get all the hidden weapons and armors - is vastly underestimated. Even if there is a main mission and a plethora of side missions the game FEELS as if it is open ended because there is so much to explore compared to all other immersive sims I know of.
Taking out Varan and his crew was the most thrilling experience I had in any video game I played in the last 30 years.
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