Over a decade waiting for this game and i have not been disapointed. The enviroment, game play, story, graphics are mind blowing. I cant wait til the expansion. Im not done with the game yet. but i just know it only gets better based on what i've seen so far. The only flaw i would say is optimization. I have an i9 12900k water cooled, 64gb ram and 4070. game is on SSD (well so is all other 12tb of storage). I should be getting way higher than 70fps on this game. BUT i 100% understand its a small studio, and their country going through a very diffficult time. SO im sure it will get better. That said paying for the ultimate edition. NO REGRETS. 100% worth it.
I've played the previous STALKER games. Don't remember much of them due to how long ago they were. BUT i do know i enjoyed them. Been looking forward to this game for over a decade. Now that it's here I love it. the atmosphere is phenomel the graphics are REALLY good Optimization definitely needed. first time ever i needed to turn on DLSS. I have an 12900k, 64gb ram, and 4070. At epic settings 40-60fps. with dlss i get 80fps. the shiny stuff needing dlss to remove the static needs to be fixed that said its still early on and optimization takes time with the amount of types of hardware so i understand. The story is pretty good. the interactions with NPCs make me feel like im playing FO games but you can only do so much with story interactions so I don't disqualify the game for that. I get goosebumps in the game on a regular basis which goes into the immersion. its top tier. ive been using my A50s with Dolby Atmos EQ enabled and the sound quality is so good. NOW, the CONs the animations are incredibly long the time it takes to bandage after pressing and holding a button is way way to long in a fight with a bloodsucker, unless you're perfect with aim and very powerful you WILL die very fast and they hit faster than you can heal as the animatioins start over every time it attacks yes this can be considered a skill issue. but even on the easiest difficulty its impossible to heal while in the middle of a bloodsucker interaction. SO i have decied to avoid them as much as possible and save scum. which i don't like cause i rather experiance those fights but i honesly belive if the animations were much faster it would be more possible and or if the animations didn't reset after getting hit. Other than that i love this game and highly recommend it.
