You are a moron. The old games were janky pieces of shit that did unconventional and cool things which made them worth playing despite their problems. Stalker 2 is a shittily designed Far Cry clone with a
So much this. Xray & source engine are the two best engines OAT for me.
That is some tourist shit right here.
You just don't understand that is the next level of simulation of living in an Eastern European trash country like Ukraine think you get a quality product turns out you've been ripped off by a gypsy
Hey it's Georgy Floydvich! There's no Fent in the tablet, Georgy.
Most similarities to the originals are surface level. The sound design is very good and some environments are genuinely atmospheric. The strongest parts of the game I found are the anomalies and artifact hunting, which are almost a 1:1 recreation, including the downright questionable balancing of artifact stats. The actual gameplay is almost nothing alike, especially the combat, which is much more akin to a modern Far Cry title. There are indicators for when enemies spot you and exactly where they are at all times, which when coupled with the combat music telling you when everyone is dead makes sure fights are completely devoid of tension. Mutants take upwards of 5 full magazines from an AK to kill and give you nothing in return, not that there is a need to actually kill them anyway because most of them can be made harmless by simply strafing.
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Bullshit jank 2007, Bullshit jank 2008, bullshit jank 2009 and now we have bullshit jank 2024. You'd think this latest entry would be super ground breaking given where it came from but instead it comes up short in a lot of regards. "There's nothing like Stalker!" is not a phrase you'd hear in relation to this latest entry. 17 years and what has truly changed for the better? A bigger map? Less features?
I remembered reading their NFT plans back in late 2021 and promptly wrote the game off as a cash grab. I'd be surprised if they actually fixed the game up and made it proper but from what I've been seeing I doubt it'll be getting overhauled. Although CyberPunk did actually defy my expectations with how much they fixed I feel like it was a bit of too little too late in a lot of regards.
I've heard / witnessed the artifacts were really shittily balanced and weren't even worth the effort most times. Did they fix that recently? The rest of your assessment sounds spot on from what I've seen, multiple enemies spawning in the same spot then staring at a wall, bad mutant ai and bullet sponges galore, etc. It's a shame because the Stalker universe is so ripe for ideas and the best we got was FarCry: Stalker Edition plus severe bugs. Would have been cool to see literally anything the prior games didn't have innovation wise and I don't mean just simple mantle mechanics (which the game lacks anyways) or animations.
Bigger map, the script from 2010-2011? Seriously, this shit was leaked before and from what Im hearing this is the OG script for Stalker 2.