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

[MadMaxHellfire]

giving them some modicum of slack

they already achieved a certain result. from a basement, with minimal resources, starting from absolute scratch. no slack for slackers. my money buys results, not good will, hopes and dreams.

 

[mediocrepoet]

 

[Turisas]

The only swede in the Zone

 

[Alienman]

So, that is the thanks for taking in Ukrainian refugees. Putin, unleash the nukes.

 

[Brickfrog]

You guys hate him because of his skin color (bad. indicates a poisoned soul) whereas I hate him because of his eye color (righteous. indicates my heart is lighter than a feather)

While we're talking about decline, does anyone know if there is actual projectiles modelled in S2 or is it all hitscan? A lot of the gameplay footage I'm seeing where even people who are ridiculously fast at peeking can't seem to avoid taking damage make me think its hitscan.

This is 100% anecdotal but I was once killed by being shot through a thin steel plate by a bandit and as I went down I could see a bullet hole in the plate.

 

[ghardy]

What's the name of that "african-american" character in the game?
What exactly is his purpose?

Game development by checklist?

 

[Odoryuk]

What's the name of that "african-american" character in the game?
What exactly is his purpose?

Probably an Igor Khiryak reference (he is not an American though)

 

[ScarredBushido]

Atom heart had two cute robo girls trying to kill me and a horny fridge.

what does this game have to compete

 

[Heroic Liberator]

what does this game have

NAFO propaganda))

 

[NecroLord]

What's the name of that "african-american" character in the game?
What exactly is his purpose?

Probably an Igor Khiryak reference (he is not an American though)

Licorice looking good!

 

[ArchAngel]

Atom heart had two cute robo girls trying to kill me and a horny fridge.

what does this game have to compete

I was about to say not endlessly respawning enemies but then I changed my mind :D

 

[Cyberarmy]

Finished this one and kinda enjoyed it, till the bugs started to be really deadly. First 10-15 hours were mostly bug free but then the flood gates were opened.
Liked the exploration, quests, mood of the Zone and shooting. But the living world which made the first game unique is simply not there. Sadly this transforms the game into another open world shooter.
Never had any problems with bullets or healing stuff, there are plenty around. Used most of them as currency TBH. Repairing equipment is needleslly expensive and for a good portion of the game I just changed my armor to a new one when it got broken ccompletly.
Main thing this game accomplished was reminding me how I missed the first game, probably need to mod it up and play once I have enough time.

 

[Fargus]

What's the name of that "african-american" character in the game?
What exactly is his purpose?

Probably an Igor Khiryak reference (he is not an American though)

Is this the chernobyl liquidator nigga? He is cool in my book. Anyone who went into that irradiated shithole to help is.

 

[Iucounu]

The only swede in the Zone

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Seems GSC tries to play it both ways, inserting DEI and at the same time making fun of Swedish immigration politics...

Igor Khiryak is Russian, so it's likely not him.

 

[NecroLord]

What's the name of that "african-american" character in the game?
What exactly is his purpose?

Probably an Igor Khiryak reference (he is not an American though)

Is this the chernobyl liquidator nigga? He is cool in my book. Anyone who went into that irradiated shithole to help is.

Hope he's taken antirads and Vodka beforehand.

 

[Reever]

Finished this one and kinda enjoyed it, till the bugs started to be really deadly. First 10-15 hours were mostly bug free but then the flood gates were opened.
Liked the exploration, quests, mood of the Zone and shooting. But the living world which made the first game unique is simply not there. Sadly this transforms the game into another open world shooter.
Never had any problems with bullets or healing stuff, there are plenty around. Used most of them as currency TBH. Repairing equipment is needleslly expensive and for a good portion of the game I just changed my armor to a new one when it got broken ccompletly.
Main thing this game accomplished was reminding me how I missed the first game, probably need to mod it up and play once I have enough time.

Haven't finished the game yet but these are pretty much my thoughts as well. Regarding the bugs I only had one that was gamebreaking (npc scripting fucking up) and it was fixed by reloading an earlier save. And yes, the degradation system is insane. Not only the price for repairing but also the downsides for having broken equipment. I had my shotgun reach 50% durability and it started having failure to eject every 2 shells.

 

[blessed king of longing]

Finished this one and kinda enjoyed it, till the bugs started to be really deadly. First 10-15 hours were mostly bug free but then the flood gates were opened.
Liked the exploration, quests, mood of the Zone and shooting. But the living world which made the first game unique is simply not there. Sadly this transforms the game into another open world shooter.
Never had any problems with bullets or healing stuff, there are plenty around. Used most of them as currency TBH. Repairing equipment is needleslly expensive and for a good portion of the game I just changed my armor to a new one when it got broken ccompletly.
Main thing this game accomplished was reminding me how I missed the first game, probably need to mod it up and play once I have enough time.

Haven't finished the game yet but these are pretty much my thoughts as well. Regarding the bugs I only had one that was gamebreaking (npc scripting fucking up) and it was fixed by reloading an earlier save. And yes, the degradation system is insane. Not only the price for repairing but also the downsides for having broken equipment. I had my shotgun reach 50% durability and it started having failure to eject every 2 shells.

does the breech-loaded shotgun have any type of failure at low durability? seems like it shouldnt be possible

 

[ArchAngel]

Finished this one and kinda enjoyed it, till the bugs started to be really deadly. First 10-15 hours were mostly bug free but then the flood gates were opened.
Liked the exploration, quests, mood of the Zone and shooting. But the living world which made the first game unique is simply not there. Sadly this transforms the game into another open world shooter.
Never had any problems with bullets or healing stuff, there are plenty around. Used most of them as currency TBH. Repairing equipment is needleslly expensive and for a good portion of the game I just changed my armor to a new one when it got broken ccompletly.
Main thing this game accomplished was reminding me how I missed the first game, probably need to mod it up and play once I have enough time.

Haven't finished the game yet but these are pretty much my thoughts as well. Regarding the bugs I only had one that was gamebreaking (npc scripting fucking up) and it was fixed by reloading an earlier save. And yes, the degradation system is insane. Not only the price for repairing but also the downsides for having broken equipment. I had my shotgun reach 50% durability and it started having failure to eject every 2 shells.

Which is even more hilarious when you loot enemy bodies and most weapons are below 40% durability but they didn't have any malfunction problems..

 

[Dark Souls II]

The only swede in the Zone

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"AAAAAAAAA a talking mutant get away from me you monster!!!!"

 

[Fedora Master]

Another Codex darling eating dirt, huh?

 

[Reever]

does the breech-loaded shotgun have any type of failure at low durability? seems like it shouldnt be possible

I had a TOZ reach somewhat low durability but didn't remember any problems. Looking at youtube, apparently it does have an animation. He takes the shells out, looks down the barrel and that apparently fixes the problem.

 

[Gerrard]

does the breech-loaded shotgun have any type of failure at low durability? seems like it shouldnt be possible

They misfire. I guess there might be different types of failure depending on durability too.

Which is even more hilarious when you loot enemy bodies and most weapons are below 40% durability but they didn't have any malfunction problems..

Which, again, is exactly the same as in the original games.

 

[AlwaysBrotoMen]

Use these mods at your own discretion:

OPTIMIZED TWEAKS: https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2hea...STEALTH: https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2hea...MUTANT HEALTH: https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2hea...ITEM WEIGHT:https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2hea...LONGER SPRINTING: https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2hea...REDUCED REPAIR COSTS: https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2hea...WEAPON DURABILITY: https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2hea...AIM SENSITIVITY: https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2hea...WEAPON REBALANCING: https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2hea...REALISTIC DAMAGE: https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2hea...READABLE AMMO: https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2hea...LONGER DAYS: https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2hea...LEDGE GRABBING: https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2hea...A-LIFE FIX: https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2hea...BETTER REWARDS: https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2hea...

 

[ArchAngel]

Use these mods at your own discretion:

OPTIMIZED TWEAKS: https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2hea...STEALTH: https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2hea...MUTANT HEALTH: https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2hea...ITEM WEIGHT:https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2hea...LONGER SPRINTING: https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2hea...REDUCED REPAIR COSTS: https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2hea...WEAPON DURABILITY: https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2hea...AIM SENSITIVITY: https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2hea...WEAPON REBALANCING: https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2hea...REALISTIC DAMAGE: https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2hea...READABLE AMMO: https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2hea...LONGER DAYS: https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2hea...LEDGE GRABBING: https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2hea...A-LIFE FIX: https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2hea...BETTER REWARDS: https://www.nexusmods.com/stalker2hea...

I would love many of these if Xbox had option to mod the game. By the time it has that option I will be playing PoE 2 instead.

 

[v1c70r14]

The disaster of terrible AI, aborted A-Life, random spawn spam and NAFO agendas aside S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is a pretty good showcase of diminishing returns in terms of graphics, games being made today don't look a whole lot better than games made a decade ago, throwing in PBR and very poor approximations of ray-tracing, something they had done for very cheap with passable methods of faking it for a long time, doesn't do as much as you might think for the game. The biggest difference is foliage density.