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

[ferratilis]

Which isn't unique to this. The only thing this really says is it's more popular than MS Flight Sim 2024 and maybe Farming Simulator 25. A non-indie new release not making the top sellers on Steam around release period (especially without a crowded release window) is a sign of a Concord level failure (for example, how Vielguard is already gone), but beating a bunch of old games isn't indicative of success (remember top sellers are by revenue. Selling 1 $60 copy counts more than selling 55 $1 copies).

My point was that people are stupid to preorder something they know nothing about, and nothing was learned from Cyberpunk and other bad releases. But I get what you mean.

 

[Necrensha]

 

[Stavrophore]

DLSS performance mode looks like dogshit.

 

[ferratilis]

If you look at the video carefully (pay attention to the gun movement), you'll notice a ton of stutters. And this is a promotional video, cherry picked to showcase performance.

 

[blessed king of longing]

never spend more than 200-250 usd on a gpu

nigga you're gonna be waiting like 3-5 generations to buy one then

 

[Readher]

Top seller, despite there being no reviews or any kind of indication as to how optimized it is.

This is a top seller list for your region only, you're supposed to look at the global top sellers.

https://steamdb.info/stats/globaltopsellers/

 

[blessed king of longing]

I also expect cringe ukrop propaganda here and there.

it's even in the title
they also put "made in ukraine" even tho a large part was developed in poland or wherever the fuck

 

[Heroic Liberator]

I also expect cringe ukrop propaganda here and there.

it's even in the title
they also put "made in ukraine" even tho a large part was developed in poland or wherever the fuck

Yep. And they also changed all the language stuff in the game (e.g. signs on doors and what not) from Russian to Ukrainian despite the game presumably still taking place in the same timeframe hence Russian remaining the language of interethnic communication that should be displayed like that.

 

[Ol' Willy]

STALKER 2 Gets Gigantic Update Right Before Launch​

• GSC Game World rolled out a pre-release STALKER 2 update on November 18, two days ahead of the immersive sim's debut.
• The update is nearly 140GB in size, and essentially replaces the majority of the game's original preload build.
• The pre-release patch is exclusive to the Xbox Series X/S, as STALKER 2 isn't available to preload on PC.

https://gamerant.com/stalker-2-heart-of-chornobyl-pre-release-update-day-zero-patch/

Q - quality

 

[mediocrepoet]

Sweet, you can reload your preload.

 

[Stavrophore]

I'm truly conflicted, one part of me love stalker franchise, the other part of me hate hohols with passion. I dont know if i should cheer or despair problems with the game.

 

[NecroLord]

I'm truly conflicted, one part of me love stalker franchise, the other part of me hate hohols with passion. I dont know if i should cheer or despair problems with the game.

By the looks of it, the game doesn't even have half the terrifying and depressing atmosphere of Shadow of Chernobyl.
Qualities which made that game so memorable.

 

[Old Hans]

This is kind of complains I can understand on Reddit or retardEra

I always thought resetera was the opposite. those are the people who make threads like "why doesn't this game support my top of the line super expensive waste of money 16k resolution monitor"

 

[NecroLord]

This is kind of complains I can understand on Reddit or retardEra

I always thought resetera was the opposite. those are the people who make threads like "why doesn't this game support my top of the line super expensive waste of money 16k resolution monitor"

"You have been banned."
"Reason: Complaining."

 

[Fargus]

I'm truly conflicted, one part of me love stalker franchise, the other part of me hate hohols with passion. I dont know if i should cheer or despair problems with the game.

This is a current year slop game. Who cares? Wait and see, then pirate it.

If we lived in alternative reality and this was a thread about previous Stalker 2 that was cancelled years ago i'd be upset a little. But this isn't a post soviet game this is a post russian game filled with modern retardation. Stalker was beautiful and depressing jank. This will have female stalkers and 2022 war memes i guess :D

Btw some russian dude from my friend list on steam just bought this lmao.

 

[Dark Souls II]

The Complete mod for all three STALKER games transformed them from ugly vanilla base games into an extremely atmospheric shooter with excellent visuals.

To everyone that bitches about Complete being too easy: max out the difficulty in the options menu and the game is definitely not easy at all.

Difficulty settings are largely irrelevant in vanilla (and ZRP) Stalker. The game is actually EASIER if you pick HARDER difficulty settings, because it actually makes the enemies less bullet-spongy.

Vanilla Stalker is already "extremeley atmospheric" and has excellent visuals. All you need is ZRP to remove the vanilla bugs and you're good to go.

Misery IS overrated, because the tons of items and survival systems it adds, it adds with no coherence. However, visually Misery is the best Stalker experience you can get. It is way better than any Anomaly version* you can play. It is bleak, depressive, autumnal, it's like a Bela Tarr film. I still think that Misery+Gunslinger is the second best Stalker experience you can get, while the best experience is still just the Stalker SoC+ZRP.

And when it comes to Anomaly, many people seem to completely miss the point. Anomaly is a completely customizable sandbox utilizing the assets of all the Stalker games, and all of the most popular mods. It is extremely customizable and you can configure it however you want, to get the Stalker experience that you want.

* - a lot of people who play Anomaly play Anomaly with the default graphics settings and ignore the fact that there are several different visual settings (from DX8 to DX11 the last time I played), and these actually vary by a lot, including completely different armor models for different settings and stuff like that. DX11 settings are semi-modern graphics, while DX8 settings look almost vanilla. If you want, you can play Anomaly and have it looking like vanilla SoC.

 

[Gerrard]

The game is actually EASIER if you pick HARDER difficulty settings, because it actually makes the enemies less bullet-spongy.

This has never been true in any of the games. The only effect on damage the difficulty has is the amount of damage the player takes (except CoP where the easiest difficulties make enemies take slightly more damage).
Apply yourself.

 

[AlwaysBrotoMen]

STALKER 2 Gets Gigantic Update Right Before Launch​

• GSC Game World rolled out a pre-release STALKER 2 update on November 18, two days ahead of the immersive sim's debut.
• The update is nearly 140GB in size, and essentially replaces the majority of the game's original preload build.
• The pre-release patch is exclusive to the Xbox Series X/S, as STALKER 2 isn't available to preload on PC.

https://gamerant.com/stalker-2-heart-of-chornobyl-pre-release-update-day-zero-patch/

Q - quality

They called me shit for calling this out - so much for " true" gamers of rpgcodex. I want this franchise to be back from saddle

 

[Drakortha]

Someone leaked the map screen. And as expected, it's DECLINE.

Spoiler

It's basically consolized generic slop. Say hello to Skyrim: STALKER Edition

Original game the map was on an immersive PDA.

 

[Vic]

Just pretend the PDA is outside the screen.

 

[randir14]

Someone leaked the map screen. And as expected, it's DECLINE.

Spoiler

It's basically consolized generic slop. Say hello to Skyrim: STALKER Edition

Original game the map was on an immersive PDA.

The first screen is still a PDA, you can see the indicators in the top corners.

 

[Drakortha]

The first screen is still a PDA, you can see the indicators in the top corners.

Right, but it doesn't appear like you are holding a PDA in front of your face. Which was the point of the original design. For a series that is known for atmosphere and immersion that's an important detail that's been lost.

 

[deuxhero]

How does the release map compare to the old pre-cancellation map?

 

[Drakortha]

The day has actually come. Bethesda Fallout is more immersive than nuSTALKER

 

[randir14]

The first screen is still a PDA, you can see the indicators in the top corners.

Right, but it doesn't appear like you are holding a PDA in front of your face. Which was the point of the original design. For a series that is known for atmosphere and immersion that's an important detail that's been lost.

That's true. Anomaly went farther and made the PDA an actual interactive item, STALKER 2 should've done the same thing. Especially when they copied other mod elements like animations for healing and eating.