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

[Stavrophore]

People complain it doesnt look as good, for me i value gameplay more so if the gameplay is better than stalker anomaly i will think about buying it.

 

[Outlander]

Total massive decline of the series.

 

[Zarniwoop]

Honestly, ever since the first Metro came out I wished that the series would be more like STALKER.

Get out of here Artyom

Why is the game so damn bright and bubbly? Remember locations like the NPP, Jupiter Plant, Agroprom Underground? I thought this was an atmospheric horror FPS with survival elements, not a fuckin' CS:GO or Call of Duty mod.

It looks more like a Metro mod.

But saying it's not dark is just plain wrong. Like 80% of the video is pitch black

 

[deuxhero]

Health regen rate seems way, way too fast. You can visibly see the bar refill decent chunks within a few seconds of gameplay.

 

[Baron Dupek]

Some pics for comparison

 

[Iucounu]

Health regen rate seems way, way too fast. You can visibly see the bar refill decent chunks within a few seconds of gameplay.

Within the same scene? Otherwise it could be where they've spliced separate pieces of gameplay together for the trailer.

 

[Stavrophore]

Some pics for comparison

Its obvious that the top photo was never to be a gameplay showcase, it's a pre-rendered stuff. It's annoying that game studios use these false advertising schemes, but i guess only "special people" who preorder are caught by this.

 

[NecroLord]

only "special people" who preorder are caught by this.

Mongoloid retards.
Who preorders anymore?...

 

[Ryzer]

only "special people" who preorder are caught by this.

Mongoloid retards.
Who preorders anymore?...

Americans.

 

[deuxhero]

Health regen rate seems way, way too fast. You can visibly see the bar refill decent chunks within a few seconds of gameplay.

Within the same scene? Otherwise it could be where they've spliced separate pieces of gameplay together for the trailer.

Yep. Look at the one with the dog or asking about the bolt.

 

[randir14]

Some pics for comparison

At first I thought this was a comparison of STALKER 2 and 1. The 2nd image looks like a mod for the first game.

 

[Stavrophore]

Bro first game looked like this, absolute ass compared to that second screenshot

 

[MasPingon]

Total massive decline of the series.

It looks like modded Call of Pripyat and seems to have framerate issues, what the flying fuck :D Those "Metro" fpp cutscenes makes it even worse.

 

[Iucounu]

Health regen rate seems way, way too fast. You can visibly see the bar refill decent chunks within a few seconds of gameplay.

Within the same scene? Otherwise it could be where they've spliced separate pieces of gameplay together for the trailer.

Yep. Look at the one with the dog or asking about the bolt.

I think that's a cutscene (or even worse, a quicktime event). Yes the health bar looks strange there, I thought it was the video compression.

 

[Stavrophore]

normie Gerrard
Why fake news? You talked about first game and not fully pimped anomaly with graphic mods.

 

[soutaiseiriron]

it looks just like stalker with pretty graphics and gunplay that doesn't blow + some first person cutscenes
im expecting jankiness but it will probably be alright

 

[Iucounu]

Some pics for comparison

From where is the second image taken, and why does the tractor have whitegreen tires? The only thing vaguely similar is the building on the left.

 

[soutaiseiriron]

it might just be untextured since there's no colour anywhere else on it

 

[Iucounu]

it might just be untextured since there's no colour anywhere else on it

Could be. Anyway I think it's two different locations using the same building model, and same perspective. Or does the text over the windows signify a unique location?

 

[Gerrard]

normie Gerrard
Why fake news? You talked about first game and not fully pimped anomaly with graphic mods.

It looks like it's running on DX8 mode and with textures on the lowest setting. These are original textures, the only graphic mods I have are shaders that add ambient occlusion, because when the game came out SSAO wasn't even a thing.

 

[Iucounu]

I think video footage is more important than screenshots, and even the new trailer looks a bit uneven. Especially the cutscene where the NPC throws a bolt to you seems way lower in quality than the rest.

Some comparisons between the new and previous trailer here:

 

[Stavrophore]

Gerrard it looks like it.
Still, this looks unsightly and nowhere near that screenshot. We should objectively critic this game, but seriously claiming it has stalker 1 graphic is insincere.

 

[NecroLord]

Gerrard it looks like it.
Still, this looks unsightly and nowhere near that screenshot. We should objectively critic this game, but seriously claiming it has stalker 1 graphic is insincere.

Honestly, even after all these years there is something I really like about Shadow of Chernobyl's graphics.

 

[Stavrophore]

Honestly, even after all these years there is something I really like about Shadow of Chernobyl's graphics.

Because the material feeling is realistic, but its not attractive for the zoomer plastic/fortnite tastes today.

 

[randir14]

Honestly, even after all these years there is something I really like about Shadow of Chernobyl's graphics.

Because the material feeling is realistic, but its not attractive for the zoomer plastic/fortnite tastes today.

That's how I felt when STALKER came out. Despite being horror/sci fi the game still felt immersive and grounded in reality.