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

[The Nameless One]

They ain't touching Anomaly nor CoC so who cares.

Anomly and CoC are for spergs, so who cares.

You're a whining bitch, so hardly anyone would care.

 

[Echo Mirage]

Have they announced what the DLC actually is yet?

From what I can guess. Limansk, CNPP and perhaps something to do with the northern perimeter which the paper map claims could be a winter biome. As for weapons the AKM-47 is mentioned in game and maybe a Mosin.

 

[Alienman]

They'll "update" the originals on PC, better make a backup just in case.

Oh god, let the old games be. I hate when they do shit like this to the originals. Make a remaster or something!

 

[Brickfrog]

I wonder how many people on the current dev team even worked on the original? Updating that ancient code and working with the xray engine is probably gonna suck ass if the programmers arent already familiar with it.

 

[Gerrard]

I wonder how many people on the current dev team even worked on the original? Updating that ancient code and working with the xray engine is probably gonna suck ass if the programmers arent already familiar with it.

A4 made it into a modern engine, but then again most of the people who created the engine in the first place were the ones who founded A4.

 

[Iucounu]

I wonder how many people on the current dev team even worked on the original? Updating that ancient code and working with the xray engine is probably gonna suck ass if the programmers arent already familiar with it.

They'll just change all Russian names into Ukrainean, and remove all comments about faggots.

 

[DJOGamer PT]

Can't see why they wouldn't let you check whenever you want to, regardless.

i dunno...
perhaps since it was an early attempt at diegetic UI (the game is from 2008) the devs didn't thought to include some button for your character to pop open the bottle and see how many pills he had left?

 

[ADL]

but if they're gonna take money for post-launch content, that content should be described in detail.

Why would they do that, when you've shown them that you'll support them even if they don't?

A lot of us have already paid for the DLCs included in the Ultimate Edition

Because Valve's gonna force them to, and the Ultimate Edition of Stalker 2 is kind of an anomaly since it was sold for less than the base game if you pre-ordered long enough ago (mine was 2021).

 

[AlwaysBrotoMen]

iam enjoying this game
Stalker 2 > Witcher 3

 

[Gerrard]

Stalker 2 suffers from all the same issues as Witcher 3 in terms of open world design, except with higher intensity. They should've cut like 1/3rd of the map, maybe then that what remains would've been more polished.
Once you get further into the game and you're doing quests in the region where there's no trader/guide in a 2km radius you're going to feel it.

 

[cretin]

you're doing quests in the region where there's no trader/guide in a 2km radius you're going to feel it.

based and NLC7-pilled tbh

 

[Hace El Oso]

Stalker 2 suffers from all the same issues as Witcher 3 in terms of open world design, except with higher intensity. They should've cut like 1/3rd of the map, maybe then that what remains would've been more polished.
Once you get further into the game and you're doing quests in the region where there's no trader/guide in a 2km radius you're going to feel it.

I haven’t played Stolkor 2, but if there aren’t areas that are far enough out in ‘deep water’ that you start to worry about being able to ‘swim back to shore’ you would lose something vital.

 

[jebsmoker]

They'll "update" the originals on PC, better make a backup just in case.

although a lot of mods have migrated to the OGSR engine, this will probably break support for a lot of total conversions so i imagine you'll be able to specify whether if you want the new or classic version in the same way you can play the previous or next gen version of The Witcher 3 by designating that you want the classic version

 

[ArchAngel]

I've tried the big patch few days ago. Decided to progress the story. Got a quest to storm a place with guys from Ward, we killed everyone but quest would not continue and everyone was just standing there confused.. game still needs few more months in the oven..

 

[Jack Of Owls]

I noticed FSR frame generation works magnificently with this. I went from barely 60 FPS at 1440p on an RTX 3070 to a constant 120 FPS with frame generation. Color me impressed. I haven't investigated FG much because it seemed like an awkward hack that can lead to occasional visual weirdness but with Stalker 2 it might have just won me over. I do experience input lag but at those framerates, it's minimal. I've been on hiatus from gaming for many weeks but this might be the first time I start to play a recent game in earnest. NLC 7 runs like shit compared to S2 but I always wanted to play that too but microstutter is the great fun-killer. Super-impressed that FSR FG & 64-bit eliminates that problem here with Stalker 2 at least. I wish you could do FG with NLC 7 or other X-ray engine mods and get smooth 64-bit gameplay.

 

[Lyric Suite]

Push graphics to the limits. Force everybody to use visual degrading techniques to run the games. Teh modern industry.

 

[canakin]

What the fuck is a Chornobyl

 

[mediocrepoet]

What the fuck is a Chornobyl

It's sort of like a conokin.

 

[Konjad]

What the fuck is a Chornobyl

Chorny byl i duzo ruchal

 

[Manjuice Nutella]

Stalker 2 suffers from all the same issues as Witcher 3 in terms of open world design, except with higher intensity. They should've cut like 1/3rd of the map, maybe then that what remains would've been more polished.
Once you get further into the game and you're doing quests in the region where there's no trader/guide in a 2km radius you're going to feel it.

At least in Witcher 3 etc you had a horse. Stalker 2 is especially weird in that regard because technically the map is full of landmarks, yet not enough.

I think the main issue is that some areas are just right, when it comes to „density vs desolation”, like Lesser Zone, Swamps, Duga, Red Forest, but they’re all between absolutely miserable shit like Zaton, Wild Island or Burnt Forest that turn this game into running/energy drink addict simulator.

 

[Gerrard]

Stalker 2 suffers from all the same issues as Witcher 3 in terms of open world design, except with higher intensity. They should've cut like 1/3rd of the map, maybe then that what remains would've been more polished.
Once you get further into the game and you're doing quests in the region where there's no trader/guide in a 2km radius you're going to feel it.

At least in Witcher 3 etc you had a horse. Stalker 2 is especially weird in that regard because technically the map is full of landmarks, yet not enough.

I think the main issue is that some areas are just right, when it comes to „density vs desolation”, like Lesser Zone, Swamps, Duga, Red Forest, but they’re all between absolutely miserable shit like Zaton, Wild Island or Burnt Forest that turn this game into running/energy drink addict simulator.

You had a horse and you had much more accessible fast travel. They need to bring back the option to fast travel from random stalker squads.

 

[ArchAngel]

Game still plays similar. Enemies spawn too close to you, know exactly where you are through any kind of sight blockers, still have crazy good aim with any kind of weapon from any distance (if a group of them start shooting any sniper you have is useless) and when you finally get back to base repair costs are crazy.
And performance is still bad.

 

[Drakortha]

Knew this game would be trash, but I don't feel vindicated. Just disappointment. I'm tired of being right, lads.

 

[Gerrard]

Your posts in this thread give a pretty good insight into what you are, but "right" isn't it.

 

[Drakortha]

Your posts in this thread give a pretty good insight into what you are, but "right" isn't it.

Look, I'd love to sit around and talk about me all day, since I am so interesting. But this the STALKER 2 thread. Stay on topic please.