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

[randir14]

Some impressions from a guy who's been playing it early
https://old.reddit.com/r/stalker/comments/1gv87da/series_s_fps_and_graphical_performance_update_for/

A few screenshots from someone else
https://old.reddit.com/r/stalker/co...ct_screenshot/?share_id=Bglp76h_NRVl7EWz7aeUb

Archive of a 30 minute video from someone playing on Xbox
https://gofile.io/d/GwtAWQ

 

[None]

A few screenshots from someone else
https://old.reddit.com/r/stalker/co...ct_screenshot/?share_id=Bglp76h_NRVl7EWz7aeUb

Impressive looking glass. Hopefully not too much is locked down by Unreal and we can adjust many things either via config files or ingame console, though I doubt it.

 

[mondblut]

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.

Blame apple and borderless design. PDAs went a long way since 2008.

 

[Konjad]

I'm gonna wait a month so the most annoying bugs are fixed.

 

[Turisas]

Guys, what if it's not a bug but an anomaly?

 

[FLy1nRabBit]

Some Australian guy streamed the first two hours of gameplay lol

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2306378970

 

[Necrensha]

Can't wait for the Skyrim-tier bug compilations.

 

[Hace El Oso]

Guys, what if it's not a bug but an anomaly?

What awkward, generic animations. Are they prefabricated?

 

[MasPingon]

Some Australian guy streamed the first two hours of gameplay lol

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2306378970

Lol, this fov is ridiculous, 1/4 of screen space is your weapon. Looks unplayable. Also, another faggot playing an fps game on gamepad. Is there any footage of this game where someone is playing with mouse and keyboard? Even in official gameplay presentation you can clearly say they play on gamepads and it looks terrible.

 

[ferratilis]

The entire UI looks like it was designed for consoles. You still see the animation of PDA being pulled up, but then it switches to a world map straight out of something like modern Far Cry. Lame.

 

[Turisas]

Some Australian guy streamed the first two hours of gameplay lol

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2306378970

Lol, this fov is ridiculous, 1/4 of screen space is your weapon. Looks unplayable. Also, another faggot playing an fps game on gamepad. Is there any footage of this game where someone is playing with mouse and keyboard? Even in official gameplay presentation you can clearly say they play on gamepads and it looks terrible.

PC version can't be played yet, that guy just got his xbawks copy early because of a retailer fuck-up.

 

[Drakortha]

The entire UI looks like it was designed for consoles. You still see the animation of PDA being pulled up, but then it switches to a world map straight out of something like modern Far Cry. Lame.

You're just a Gamma player!

You're just looking at the old STALKER with Rose Tinted Glasses. You are delusional!

The game is made in Ukraine, cut the dev's some slack.

STALKER 2 is new thing. New thing is always good.

You can turn off the yellow paint and quest markers in the settings. You don't have to use them!

Mods will fix it

Etc.

 

[Necrensha]

Enemies and buildings multiplying on top of each other, spastic Ai, people sinking under the floor.... it brings a tear to my eye.

 

[ArchAngel]

Take note that Xbox gameplay you see is without that day 1 patch. Who knows what version they put on those DVDs . All the bugs seen could have easily been fixed in the meantime.

 

[Jenkem]

Anomaly is gay.

 

[Stavrophore]

Anomaly is gay.

View attachment 57792

Autists love stalker, autists are trannies, trannies love buttplugs

Q.E.D

 

[Jenkem]

First few impressions seem to say there's is no real A-Life 2.0
As expected from this interview it seems like A-life is now completely scripted, and what they call A-life is just "random events" spawning on the map when you approach them.
Also Stalkers don't even react anymore when you point a gun at them, and when you follow them around in the world they just roam aimlessly basically doing nothing like any other open world game.

Between this, the directional arrows showing you where you are being shot from, nav points and other crap it's completely consoleized now. Went from being a rough but ambitious and unique game to subpar generic w*stoid slop. Truly fitting of the Zelensky era.

 

[Drakortha]

Also Stalkers don't even react anymore when you point a gun at them

This is new info to me. Seems every new detail about this game that gets leaked points to it being consoleized shit. My expectations were already very low, but this is pathetic..

No A-Life, dumb NPCs, navpoints, enemy compass markers, etc. You might as well be playing Fallout 4 at this point.

 

[Jenkem]

Also Stalkers don't even react anymore when you point a gun at them

This is new info to me. Seems every new detail about this game that gets leaked points to it being consoleized shit.

No A-Life, dumb NPCs, navpoints, etc. Might as well play Fallout 4 at this point.

The mention of Fallout 4 reminded me that the MC in Stolker 2 constantly talks to himself...

 

[Drakortha]

Also Stalkers don't even react anymore when you point a gun at them

This is new info to me. Seems every new detail about this game that gets leaked points to it being consoleized shit.

No A-Life, dumb NPCs, navpoints, etc. Might as well play Fallout 4 at this point.

The mention of Fallout 4 reminded me that the MC in Stolker 2 constantly talks to himself...

It's the dev's way of insulting the players intelligence. They assume you have no internal monologue of your own, so they offer you a substitute. This trend started with Far Cry 3.

 

[Inec0rn]

Also Stalkers don't even react anymore when you point a gun at them

This is new info to me. Seems every new detail about this game that gets leaked points to it being consoleized shit. My expectations were already very low, but this is pathetic..

No A-Life, dumb NPCs, navpoints, enemy compass markers, etc. You might as well be playing Fallout 4 at this point.

goddamn it, please no.

"development restarted and powered by Unreal Engine 5".. didn't realize this, yep so typical AAA stuff - might be a 2h refund demo.

 

[Odoryuk]

No A-Life, dumb NPCs, navpoints, enemy compass markers, etc. You might as well be playing Fallout 4 at this point.

Wasn't the first Stalker game exactly like that?

 

[Drakortha]

No A-Life, dumb NPCs, navpoints, enemy compass markers, etc. You might as well be playing Fallout 4 at this point.

Wasn't the first Stalker game exactly like that?

No. But Fallout 4 was.

 

[Odoryuk]

No A-Life, dumb NPCs, navpoints, enemy compass markers, etc. You might as well be playing Fallout 4 at this point.

Wasn't the first Stalker game exactly like that?

No. But Fallout 4 was.

SotC had no A-Life, NPCs were dumb af, enemies were brightly shown on the minimap (and your destination/optional quests were also marked on the map/minimap)

 

[Drakortha]

They removed A-Life from the feature list on Steam. It was there YESTERDAY when I looked. You can't make this shit up.