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

Systemshock2023

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Dark side of gaming PC performance review with the day one patch seems to be positive overall but yeah it's a demanding game. Alan wake 2 level.
 

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yea im happy with gamma still. most people that overhyped it are xbots that arent well versed on the franchise as a one one up to the rival platform. theres also the metro franchise meant as a successor. i guess they saw the formula being successful, the popularity of the mods and wanted a return. but the return is as expected as the first trilogy lol i do see potential on it though. i do hope it gets better.
 
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Yikes. I thought this was meant to be special from the previews. Like the next TLOU moment for AAA gaming.

Still if its a 8/10 and performance issues are fixed, Ill be interested in a PS5 Pro version. The previews intrigued me for sure
 
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Most of the reviews that are bad, say it's super buggy and unoptimized. Not that the actually game is bad. I can't wait for my download to finish.

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Most of the reviews that are bad, say it's super buggy and unoptimized. Not that the actually game is bad. I can't wait for my download to finish.

Yeah, I get that.
It looked interesting, if they fix up the bugs it looked like a decent game. I need more 1st person games that arent super heavy on the shooting gameplay
 
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Yeah, I get that.
It looked interesting, if they fix up the bugs it looked like a decent game. I need more 1st person games that arent super heavy on the shooting gameplay
yeah, i hope they will fix it, but it will take a while. it is super buggy, performance is garbage, AI is shit, animation lacking etc etc...
pity really.
 
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yeah, i hope they will fix it, but it will take a while. it is super buggy, performance is garbage, AI is shit, animation lacking etc etc...
pity really.

Sounds like something that wasnt given its time to finish up. Maybe the gamepass pressure. Similar to Flight Simulator 2024.
Sounds like 4-6 months work at least
 

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Sounds like something that wasnt given its time to finish up. Maybe the gamepass pressure. Similar to Flight Simulator 2024.
Sounds like 4-6 months work at least
it was already have been delayed. can it be that SS is hurting overall polish of the game on all platforms? it was running badly on SX. imagine now SS version
 

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I have NEVER seen so many people dismiss performance issues ever in my life :ROFLMAO:

Pro version will be mine
 

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it was already have been delayed. can it be that SS is hurting overall polish of the game on all platforms? it was running badly on SX. imagine now SS version

Im no expert, but having SS, SX and PC specs is gonna be more time consuming at least. Unless it was built up from the Series S lol and scaled up, which I doubt. Theres too much of a gap between Series S, SX and PC. You’ll need extra QA for each at least.

Something like a Series S, or handheld port should be secondary priority and done when the main version is mostly done and working smooth
 

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Yellow metacritic? Perfect for gamepass.


Weird comparison to future Sony first party title Elden Rings.
Terrible comparison the desperation is real.
Probably still GOTY, tbh
Nope
I guess Microsoft didn't pay the astroturfers on this one. I expected an 85 mc the way xbots were talking up the game.
They did hence the Xbox score vs PC
Xbox can't even pick the right games to money-hat for timed exclusivity.
Xbox effect ruins games
 

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Stalker 2 is a actually banger. I'm 6 hours in, didn't encounter any bugs yet and the game looks good and runs well I'm on my right with frame gen, DLSS etc, max settings 1440p ultra wide. Without the bugs and poor optimization critics would of scored it much better. Mid to high 80s.
 

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Stalker 2 is a actually banger. I'm 6 hours in, didn't encounter any bugs yet and the game looks good and runs well I'm on my right with frame gen, DLSS etc, max settings 1440p ultra wide. Without the bugs and poor optimization critics would of scored it much better. Mid to high 80s.
Yes, without junky animations, without wonky sound design, without mediocre story, without bad AI critics, the game would have scored a 100.
 

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Yes, without junky animations, without wonky sound design, without mediocre story, without bad AI critics, the game would have scored a 100.
Most of the negative critics and YouTube reviews are because of bugs and optimization.On Steam it has a positive rating and it broke over 100k players first day. Gamers are liking it😛. You don't understand stalker. I don't know why you were capping so hard for it, before the reviews, when you never even played the og🤭. Hype beast
 

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Yes, without junky animations, without wonky sound design, without mediocre story, without bad AI critics, the game would have scored a 100.
Why do so many PlayStation fanboys live or die off metacritic scores? Can you guys not play a game unless critics tells you it's good? Enlighten me.