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

[Dedicated_Dark]

I know you can optionally turn some of these off, but still shit because I want the "intended" experience which I can share with people who play this game, not one I curate myself.

They added those UI options because they "intend" that you use them. Complaining about things that you know you can easily remove is crazy imo

Don't get me wrong, plenty of stuff to complain about in this game. But this is the first game ive ever seen that lets you turn off yellow paint and mofos are still whining about it. thats crazy.

If that's the case, they should've made it part of the difficulty. On harder difficulties fucking turn that shit off.

And there are no fucking options to turn off the markers in the compass but keep the compass.
And neither is there an option to turn off the question marks in the map.
Totally reeks of thought and intent.

 

[ArchAngel]

I know you can optionally turn some of these off, but still shit because I want the "intended" experience which I can share with people who play this game, not one I curate myself.

They added those UI options because they "intend" that you use them. Complaining about things that you know you can easily remove is crazy imo

Don't get me wrong, plenty of stuff to complain about in this game. But this is the first game ive ever seen that lets you turn off yellow paint and mofos are still whining about it. thats crazy.

If that's the case, they should've made it part of the difficulty. On harder difficulties fucking turn that shit off.

And there are no fucking options to turn off the markers in the compass but keep the compass.
And neither is there an option to turn off the question marks in the map.
Totally reeks of thought and intent.

Map is a PDA so it can have any markers

 

[Gargaune]

game [...] lets you turn off yellow paint

Reading this while listening to Priest's Evil Fantasies gave me an erection.

If that's the case, they should've made it part of the difficulty. On harder difficulties fucking turn that shit off.

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I could literally hate-fuck you right now.

 

[Konjad]

 

[Konjad]

 

[Crispy]

Clearly some good with the game, some bad. I'm skeptical that they can ever completely clean up the repeating spawned NPCs. They'll only attempt to hide it better.

 

[Gerrard]

I saw some post saying that apparently only Nexus is allowed to host S2 mods because GSC wants to be able to control their contents, I don't know if the post was real though. Anyone heard anything about this?

areas respawn enemies you've already killed after you leave and come back

So exactly like SoC.

Simple example. First combat encounter, ATP on Cordon. You clean out the bandits and stolkers move in.

The new bandit team will spawn somewhere on Garbage and will move to ATP in 12-24 hours. If you are still on Cordon, you may see them getting in combat with other stolkers, animals or military. If you are not around, they will successfully reach ATP and reclaim it - not because of predetermined outcome, but because they simply outnumber stolkers. If you remain with stolkers and skip time somewhat, you can help them to defend.

A lot of this happens especially in the Garbage, it's constant tug of war between stolkers and bandits.

And so on

Every time you enter Garbage from Agroprom bandits will spawn from the direction of Agroprom outside of the level changer
Every time you enter Wild Territory from Yantar mercs will spawn at the construction site
In the brain scorcher lab enemies can literally spawn behind you in rooms you've cleared as you're leaving
Fuck off.

 

[Gargaune]

If God struck down your comrade right in front of you, would you make a fuss about it? Those lightning bolts aren't in limited supply, you know.

 

[Nelka]

Enjoying the gameplay so far

 

[Dishonoredbr]

Million copies sold already

https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxoBkp3DWYPxym-4z58iPrdKFB1eGFQ4C6

ONE S.T.A.L.K.E.Rillion of copies sold.

 

[Dishonoredbr]

Enjoying the gameplay so far

Don't give money to beggars.

 

[Brickfrog]

Clearly some good with the game, some bad. I'm skeptical that they can ever completely clean up the repeating spawned NPCs. They'll only attempt to hide it better.

Tbh I'm hopeful that this (and other ai issues) will actually get a serious fix because it's a matter of programming alone. The problems that are harder to fix are the ones that need coordination across dev teams. Thankfully it seems like most of the release issues are related to AI, spawns, and performance, none of which need input from designers/animators/etc.

 

[Alienman]

They're really trying to go with this "it's a bug stopping the feature" bullshit, really?

I like to imagine the situation as Enterprise teleporting down redshirts into a very unfortunate position.

 

[Tyranicon]

They're really trying to go with this "it's a bug stopping the feature" bullshit, really?

I like to imagine the situation as Enterprise teleporting down redshirts into a very unfortunate position.

That final spawn was immersive as shit

Watch some PR dude spin it as an anomaly.

 

[mediocrepoet]

I'm skeptical that they can ever completely clean up the repeating spawned NPCs. They'll only attempt to hide it better.

I'm not sure about that. There were similar bugs at launch that got cleaned up in both Cyberpunk 2077 and Star Wars Outlaws.

What's weird to me is that it seems to be a relatively common issue in recent games.

 

[Konjad]

Enjoying the gameplay so far

 

[Losus4]

SoC was a shooter with too little quiet moments in which the atmosphere shines

SoC oozes of atmosphere in many places, while large parts of CoP are just bland, empty and boring. Also, CoP doesn't have enough large heart pumping gun fights. Stalker is supposed to be a shooter, first and foremost, after all.

An apocalyptic wasteland is supposed to be empty and barren to reflect the desolation. If you want to shoot things play COD.

 

[Stavrophore]

I want my zone to be a constant warfare area. Monolith, bandits, duty, freedom, everyone fucking each other.

 

[blessed king of longing]

I want my zone to be a constant warfare area. Monolith, bandits, duty, freedom, everyone fucking each other.

i did a quest where i was sent to find some stalkers, found only 1 survivor who told me a monolithian killed everyone (it was actually one of those gravity monsters) - then i found him and he was caring for a guy from the missing squad (who would have died if not for him), and then a second group sent on the same mission as me tried to kill me when i told them theres another survivor inside the house behind me and that the monolithian saved the guy. they instantly tried to kill me because they thought i was evil or something

 

[HumanTotemPole]

They're really trying to go with this "it's a bug stopping the feature" bullshit, really?

Spawner looking pretty basic between this and that snippet of a cfg file posted earlier. That footage looks almost exactly like the type of drop-in additional spawn early SHOC modders were criticised for back in the day. Totally broke the suspension of disbelief. Old A-life was much better at disguising its tricks.

 

[Gerrard]

I want my zone to be a constant warfare area. Monolith, bandits, duty, freedom, everyone fucking each other.

That's actually one thing Anomaly is good for.

 

[Stavrophore]

Tbh if GSC won't pull a scumbag move and take stuff seriously, we might get another case of KCD, ie. the game will be patched in a year with possibility of some mechanic fixes/expansion through patches and enjoyable then. KCD also got rid of a lot of stuters and performance issues, though even late after release it had issues[like most games tbh].

 

[mondblut]

i did a quest where i was sent to find some stalkers, found only 1 survivor who told me a monolithian killed everyone (it was actually one of those gravity monsters) - then i found him and he was caring for a guy from the missing squad (who would have died if not for him), and then a second group sent on the same mission as me tried to kill me when i told them theres another survivor inside the house behind me and that the monolithian saved the guy. they instantly tried to kill me because they thought i was evil or something

They don't like former monolithians very much

Spoiler

and for a good reason, as it turns out

 

[blessed king of longing]

i did a quest where i was sent to find some stalkers, found only 1 survivor who told me a monolithian killed everyone (it was actually one of those gravity monsters) - then i found him and he was caring for a guy from the missing squad (who would have died if not for him), and then a second group sent on the same mission as me tried to kill me when i told them theres another survivor inside the house behind me and that the monolithian saved the guy. they instantly tried to kill me because they thought i was evil or something

They don't like former monolithians very much

Spoiler

and for a good reason, as it turns out

i guess i'll find out this weekend, haven't played since launch day. gonna marathon it, maybe finish it before monday

 

[Ol' Willy]

In the brain scorcher lab enemies can literally spawn behind you in rooms you've cleared as you're leaving

Nonsense, 29 monolith guys spawn only once as you pull the lever. No additional spawns

This is well seen in the stealth run