Decided to give it a try on Game Pass before buying it to see if I like it. Playing on Series X and so far it's been a good experience. Granted, I'm not far into the game yet and am still in the Lesser Zone. I never played the originals, but I've always enjoyed the lore and universe, ever since that video of the Hind D filming those zombies taking out that squad in night vision, so I really have no expectations to be let down over. I'm enjoying it so far.
Edit: wanted to mention that I played Cyberpunk 2077 from day one. Didn't have many issues with it aside from a couple graphical bugs, like items floating off the ground, and a couple of crashes. CDPR did a great job getting that game patched to the point that it became one of my all-time favorites. It's another game I got into because of the lore/world it's set in. I have a feeling that the devs for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 will be doing the same with this game. They've already dropped two patches that sound like they've made big improvements already. I actually started playing the game after those two patches dropped.
I'll admit, I'm a pretty easy date when it comes to video games. I've always just played games casually for fun. I just don't have the time to be a hardcore gamer, so I'm pretty selective about the games I play. I typically go for games like Cyberpunk or the Fallout series, games where exploring a large world space is a big part of the experience. I also tend to go for games with deep lore behind it, again like Cyberpunk or Fallout. I have no interest in playing FO76, and the best part of FO4 is the mods. I'd love to see mods for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 become available on console, like Bethesda does with Fallout 4 and Skyrim, but I'm not going to get my hopes up for that.
I do hope the devs include more weapons later on, especially ones that were available in the classic games like the AN-94, or even weapons that are new to both the classic games and the new sequel.
