Yeah its bloody golden m8 I'm convinced u need to play the mods. For immersion considering sleep and the other things u said l early in vid.. maybe Anomaly or gamma? Definitely winds of time and other obscure ukr/Russian mods theres one enkereda zynoy or something been translated into English since for ever go nuts. I have never been more immersed in video games. Played the original when it came out tho so
They say it only takes roughly 40 hrs to complete the main story, but I got 125 hrs atm and just finished Subtle Matter. There's so much to do in this game, it's awesome.
I finished the game today at 175h. Cleared half of the map, the other half left with minor stashes, every side quest finished, and 2-3 final locations are not fully explored. But it is what it is. 120-200h - realistic paytime to fully experience the game
Currently finishing Extreme Simplicity just under 275 hours. I've got music and HUD turned completely off and have been going in for full immersion, so this game is a S.T.A.L.K.E.R.'s paradise.
And about radio songs in Stalker 2, some of them I often heard years before game was announced. For example, I came back to the Terricon and hear “Бджоли”, my instant reaction was like: “Hey, this is that song from every wedding!”
The enemies are actually deadly in Stalker 2, fallout 4 was fun to explore but you never had to fight for your life like you have to in stalker, ur plan can be quickly turned on its head and you’re forced into a scramble to make decisions on your next move in order to survive, stalker waste no time in killing you and forcing you back to the drawing board which is something I really love in stalker. Victories are earned and fallout just feels like EZ mode when compared to stalkers difficulty.
i just love that kinda paranoid feeling of "am i ready to head out" after looking at my supplies at a settlement then going to the border of the settlement and deciding i need to change a few things real quick lol. or maybe i need a little more. or maybe i should sell or stash some of my inventory even though some of those items are pretty much everywhere. i didnt pay attention to my med kits or bandages and when i finally did i had to tell myself "you dont need 58 bandages because when you die you dont even use 5" lol
Also crazy to think, regardless of all it's problems, GSC Game World made one of the most popular games whilst they were being invaded and in wartime. Some of the employees are fighting right now, some have been killed. They had to move their studio several times as the the invasion pushed closer and closer and they still managed to make one of the most solid AAA games. That's honestly beyond impressive.
yes its crazy to think, regardless of all it's problems, GSC Game World made one of the most popular games whilst they were being invaded and in wartime. Some of the employees are fighting right now, some have been killed. They had to move their studio several times as the the invasion pushed closer and closer and they still managed to make one of the most solid AAA games. That's honestly beyond impressive.
these employees were freelancers, they worked on many games, for example, the Ukrainian game 'Sherlock Holmes The Awakened' was released - where these people also worked
I have yet to encounter any game breaking bugs in stalker 2 (*edit* granted I've only played past 1.1.2) and it's my game of the year so far. It's quintessentially Stalker and has 100% of the soul that the old stalker games have. It's just as immersive, AND it packs on a pretty neat story! It runs a bit crap on PC but that will be ironed out over time. I voted for it GOTY on steam 2024 awards. For a smaller Ukrainian dev team, they did an absolute top job, and are QUICKLY addressing bugs and issues. Hoping to stream it soon but I keep running into huge updates pretty often lol.
Same here. As for the oc optimization. I’m afraid it may not be as optimized as we hope given UE has issues, I’m not happy with fsr/dlss and frame generation being recommended for games, this encourages developers to not bother lol. Meanwhile I load up zero dawn, forbidden west, god of war, made for ps4/5 optimized for pc and I don’t need an upscale running on a 6900xt with a 2.7k panel. This though? I’m worried….. maybe I’m the crazy one?
@@BrianSkinny-n5f yeah i have a 6950xt and a 5700x3d before the optimization i had 50-60 fps (mostly mid 50s rarely 60) on a 3440x1440p display with fsr quality. i had only 2 settings not on max though one was shadows on high and i'm not sure about the second. so plenty room to improve. i also wasn't using an optimization mod. i did run framegen though and i have to say compare to other games it's pretty good. in black myth wukong i disabled it because the impact on visuals were bad, in stalker i didn't notice them (i wasn't trying to find them though bc if i don't notice them while playing the impact can be neglected) maybe people getting tired of higher system requirements while still having to use upscaling and threat interactive will have an impact on quality and performance at least related to ue5 (some hope at least).
Thats just really uncanny i definately have bugs that are game breaking and i have to actively manage, namely repeatable quest givers can break and not give quests, and artifacts can get themselves stuck underground and one they are there it essentially bricks that anomalous area and you cant get artifacts there anymore. Only way to prevent this is to save before every artifact is rolled and reload if the artifact gets stuck. Same for quest givers gotta save before you turn in the quest but i had a guy break anyway too so ive lost most of my quest givers. Game and atmosphere are fantastic but i do hope for a few more layers added for example they added a splash sound to throwing bolts in water, this was very disappointing because this is the level of detail expected the environment reacts to and exists with or without the player so they will need to add a bit more of those things and optimize and enhance a life so hopefully these things will come with time but we will see.
@JackDaniels-ex9mf interesting! I appreciate you sharing. What platform are you on? My system is a PC with an AM4 socket AMD Ryzen 5700X3D and an RX 5700, maybe stalker doesn't play ball as well with other hardware? Hopefully your experience smooths out soon, I've noticed significant changes each update. Hopefully the issues you're having aren't a problem anymore soon.
@@donatopirrod it is damn close, name the beter game, for me S2 is on the level of the Elden Ring, Metaphor, RDR 2, FF XVI, KCD, Yakuza 0, Yakuza 6, Like a Dragon, Persona 5, Persona 4 - among all the games i've played in the past 10 years those i remember fondly and Stalker 2 would be among them, also its one of the few games i have multiple playthroughs of
I rarely use energy drinks and I still don't get the sleep debuff. I think maybe the advanced medkits or something is resetting it as well, because the last time I saw a sleep debuff, I got into a firefight and the debuff disappeared. Maybe getting shot wakes you up 😂😂
@@maxstr the only times I've gotten the rest thing was every time I had done an arena fight in Rostok for the quest. other than that in my 2 playthroughs I haven't seen it at all
No the system is just broken. It only really works for the arena and after you finish the arena the sleep system doesn't appear again. Been over 100 hrs with no energy drinks or sleeping and sleep debuff never appears.
I think its safe to say people will love this game for as long as people have enjoyed the trilogy. The gameplay loop is so satisfying. There isnt feature bloat. The Zone could maybe use a radio? Could be modded in. When it gets dialed in further this game will be a staple in everyone's library. That's my 5 year prediction. I love this game. The vibes are perfect. Absolutely love that this is just the vanilla experience. GSC made something special. It's got that intangible charm that great games have. I think it's the fact GSC made such an ambitious project work. It's a small miracle honestly.
tell me how the devs of gsc literally fought and died in an invasion ans bethesda can’t even make a decent triple A game in their nice and safe studio with financial backing from microsoft 😭
Its good to see that not only people coming from the old games are enjoying Stalker 2 despite all the bugs and weird stuff, everybody is able to appreciate how inmersive and different from other games it is.
STALKER 2 is a true STALKER game with all its signature pros and cons. And I fckn love it. It gives me a lot of emotions, good and bad. There is so much to love and a bit to hate, too 😅. Overall, it's my love and passion to gaming manifested in one product. This is AWESOME.
The last hours of the game were really amazing. I got the skiff ending and i really felt like it concluded everything so amazingly. With the fights against korshunov strelok and scar. Saying goodbye to Richter. Accomplishing the doctor's last wish. There's very few games that nail an endgame like this. This one will definitely stuck with me
Yooo I forgot to mention the Korshunov fight! I was also impressed by the end game, so many titles have a hard time wrapping things up, but this game really did end beautifully.
I got strilok ending today. I get what I chose. It is what it is. I will replay from earlier save to make a few other decisions and will see how it turns
if you want to fall even further down the rabbit hole check out the modded (and free) versions of Stalker. Stalker: Anomaly and Stalker: Anomaly GAMMA. It has alot of those survival elements you mentioned, but it is really much harder then any of the games combined.
@@SpooofWithThreeOs Gamma is a sub-mod/modpack for Anomaly that improves a bunch of things and is very customizable, so you’re good just checking out Gamma if you want since it includes all Anomaly content as well. There are other great Anomaly modpacks out there like EFP, but they’re all pretty similar so just picking one is fine (and Gamma is often considered to be the best). It’s amazing what the modding community accomplished for these games, Gamma could be its own full price release! It’s especially perfect if the deep survival mechanics are what you like. Like last update even added base building
lorewise pseudogiant is just a meat monster with an incredibly thick skull, and chimera has incredibly thick and tough hide and internal organs doubled, to kill them a bit quicker you need a good armor penetration and yeah, a lot of ammo
The radio playlist is really something special, few of the first songs I did not recognize in the radio were from Jonych, pretty energetic yet folky, best example being the song Бананів нема (I do not have bananas), another thing that cought my ear was The ВЙО (The Vyo), from whom I found not only great songs, but also one music vid with great plot twist Падаю у небо (I'm falling into the sky). and another cool discovery for me was punk & reggae mixing Fontaliza. The music I got connected with Sultansk/Skadovsk are the songs full of swearing by Пирятин (Pyriatyn), which really paint the criminal / bandit ambience. In garbage I mostly heard dark country/folk of Zwyntar and out of the heavier stuff are certainly worth mentioning IGNEA & The Hardkiss. One of my favourite songs which I have already heard earlier in ETS2 radio: Ukiez - Не віддавай своїх темряві (Do not give yours to the darkness) and I still recall how I was finger drumming it into the steering wheel. The biggest thing in Stalker 2 is probably the Post-Punk, and its great represention with Sudno, SadSvit, DK Energetyk & others. Also some cool rap by Yarmak, Паліндром (Palindrom) & хейтспіч (hatespeech). By the eurodance you probably mean stuff like ВАН ГОГ (Van Gog), Фантом-2, with so memetic 90s vibe, that it kinda manages to overcome the cringe it may bring at first. And since it probably doesnt have any better place to fit in, its worth it, to give honorable mention to Анатолій Матвійчук - НЛО (Anatoliy Matviychuk - NLO=UFO) which has kinda similar vibe even tho its already from 2000. And from the really folk stuff, there is bunch of songs that feel bit too folky, but then come songs like Піккардійська Терція - Гей, пливе кача (Pikkardiyska Terciya - Hey, plyve kacha), which just give me the chills, by how epic they are, or the songs by Пиріг і Батіг (Pyrih i Batih / Pie & Whip) which feel more like something new & big in world music, rather than just something local, and that point being just amplified by their take on the OG ukrainian version of Carol of the Bells - Щедрик (Shchedryk). But what really made my day was the inclusion of songs by my favourite ukrainian singer Христина Соловій (Khrystyna Soloviy).
"S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 is S.P.E.C.I.A.L." Brilliant! Quote of the year! Needs to go on a T-shirt. 29:15 FYI Col Korshunov was voiced by the same actor who voiced Hermann the Ratay Executioner in KCD. Stalker 2 has quite a handful of the KCD voice actors. So far, I've also heard the following voice actors from KCD in Stalker 2: Runt, Alex, Nightingale, Fritz, Rapota, Sir Divish, Godwin, Blacksmith of Samopesh, Konrad Hagen, Ginger, Master Engraver, Sir Kuno, Ratay Bailiff, Fresco Artist, Capt Bernard, and a Talmberg Guard (the one who is on the bridge between the outer bailey and the castle after Sigismund's army leaves). Bonus: I'm not certain, but I think Wade from GTA5 is "Base" a voice on a PDA titled "A note from a dead ISPF soldier's PDA at the ribs. Sorry, I rather like recognizing actors and actresses in other works. Kinda a hobby so to speak.
I’m on the tail end of my first playthrough, about 5 days game time and I’ve had an absolute blast. Really enjoyed my time with this despite its short comings. Cant wait for the games future
just to be clear, GSC are not an indie developer, they have 300+ people on their team, and they're backed by a major publisher (Microsoft). they were also not small when they were making the original trilogy.
you sound just like me lol. I never played stalker but had always been interested because I played tarkov. I played stalker 2, got the strelok ending and was like "okay, I gotta learn more about this story" and bought the og trilogy, downloaded some mods and went radio silent for a bout a week. i was loving it, i loved soc so much I played it twice just to get the cannon ending even though the sarcophagus mission had just nearly made me have an aneurism. I think I gotta go back and replay stalker 2 now that theyve done some updates to a life and now that I understand the back story of the world and characters. after that I think its on to anomaly.
1) I'm surprised you didn't mention the enormous standalone free mods like STALKER Anomaly. When you try them you're in for a Treat. 2) The song "Too Old to Sell My Soul" fucking slaps.
On the subject of immersion, the campfires where you’re able to sit are the bee knees. I love to light up like I’m actually there with the freedom faction.
Dawg I’ve been playing since launch and to think you beat it and started 2 other stalker games has me amazed. I had to restart after a soft lock and after getting past that point again on my second Save, I still feel like I have so much to do
I found this game to be really replayable cause right after I finished the story I started a new game just to see how other choices effect the story (and to take it a bit more slowly). I also didn't find out that the game had a fast travel system until the very end where it becomes sort of mandatory lmao
Nice video👍🏻 Regarding the Faust fight, i think it would be much more enjoyable if the frames weren't so bad. Aiming gets harder when it dips THAT low. (Playing on series X)
Completely agree about the bandages and med packs. I always seemed to return to base with several times more than I had left with, no matter how many fights I had been in. As 95% of the loot in the game is not particularly exciting, I also think they should cut down the frequency of it all to make it more impactful when you actually find it. Smashing open a create to find a loaf of bread to add to the 100 already in your inventory is significantly less satisfying than it would be if you're on the brink of starvation and it's first morsel of food you've seen in an hour.
Woke up the day after Christmas and this video is doing better than I ever could have hoped! Thank you all for taking time to listen, and thank you to the awesome community of STALKERS for the warm welcomes!
A-life is important not because it gives you more enemies to shoot at, but because it simulates what the ecosystem of the Zone is like. Stalkers go out and look for artifacts, they get into fights with bandits along the way, mutants rest and travel and eat, they have lairs, you can follow a random patrol and it's like they have actual goals and intentions in the Zone. It was by far one of the best features in the older games, especially CoP
Dude, I wish you warned me in the video about spoiler part (I haven't reached the boss-fights in the game yet). But all the rest in the video - chef's kiss. You deserve way more subscribers. I want to say a huge "thank you" as a fellow stalker and as a ukrainian for supporting our devs and understanding our situation. It became really rare nowadays. Cheers from Ukraine!
I totally forgot to add a spoiler warning in the video, I’m so sorry! Dammit, that’s like the most important part. I added a warning in the pinned comment and description. Thank you for the kind words.
I so agree with your feeling of this game, ain't gonna give any example a chance to be a better one than the other, i just love this game all over ! Nice footage, i'm only half way though
I jumped down a deep dank hole. Investigated the dark corridors, i spot a body in the middle of a room, checked it, took a few steps back and finally noticed a rising noise, it's getting closer and fast. Queue the game giving me a few freeze frames of a pile of rats pouring out the doorway, crash. 10/10 atmosphere.
Really enjoyed this video, thanks. And it was heartwarming to hear you express care for the people of Ukraine and the devs in particular. I especially loved that Fallout analogy; that old friend who just never grew or matured. Totally relatable. We all knew someone like that (or, those of us who didn’t probably are that guy?) and, as you suggest, it’s just such a massive waste of potential. And paying for the formally free mods is an insult to the community in my view. I’ve been hooked by Stalker 2 in a similar way to you, thinking about the game when I’m not playing it, planning, agonising over choices and so on. Would love to see more from you on this topic. Thanks again and, “Good hunting, Stalker.”
Your anomaly counter when off when I was playing insurgency: sandstorm and for a couple of seconds I was looking for an anomaly in a modern war sim🤣 scared the piss out of me
i 100% agree in the 2 apex mosters of the zone - both have too high hp, too high armor, and no weakspots!!! ( yes, i have access to modding resources, including the monster configs - chimera and pseudogiants have NO weakspots )
Since stalker 2 came out I have been hearing a bunch of people saying that they bought a first gen Xbox one when fallout 4 came out specifically for that game and I legit thought I was one of the only people who did that.
Yessir, I baked and sold brownies and cookies back in high school to afford that game and an Xbone! Wouldn’t trade that memory for anything, except for maybe a non-voiced protagonist lol
Ignore the bots & the people saying you suck at the game. I’m good at games and feel awful at accuracy on Stalker 2 😂 great video dude. You hit a lot of the nails on the head
So it's the day after Christmas and I believe there's been three updates in the last two weeks to stalker 2 on the Xbox and it's running pretty damn smooth. Yeah it still got some funny glitches as well as some frustrating ones but I noticed a massive uptick in the performance in the last two patches. Even on day one this game still had less issues than any Bethesda game or cyberpunk 2077 on launch. The world and the content within to explore is second to none and definitely a worthy sequel that was worth the wait.
Great review of the game. I have played this on the Steam Deck and my recent higher end gaming PC. I have been satisfied on both of them, and it runs as expected. The patches really have made it better. A-Life seems to be going in the right direction, but we will see.
Greetings from Ukraine. On my first second fight with Faust I-ve found Corund armor on one of enemeis write before fight, thats halped a lot On second I played for Varta (Guard in eng) and get to the Duga from another path where I found an RPG. One shot to Faust`s lantern. Which is a psi emmitter Also a few tips if you like it: 1 Psuedo giant got very thick skin, better to use weapon or ammo with high penetration (info in game, you can find in one of side ques mission badits, that lock one up cause their wheapon can`t do much damage through his skin) 2 Chimera is an apex predator, defeating even one is kinda legendary be proud of you also - don`t run from it in straight, she`s just jump on you 3. Bloodsucker has regenaration so better to shot them more or less constantly and about music - GSC actualy requested a list of artist from pretty much every Ukrainian productions, so yea, there are music from any genres. From Folk to Punk and even Metal (Ignea)
I played stalker 2 on my pc and must say this game wasnt crashing at all on me and i saw no bugs! I picked it up a week ago and got fully emersed in the game! the enemy spotting is a bit to Crazy tough
Things I think stalker 2 needed or should have had: 1.A skill tree to increase things like health, movement speed, jump height, stealth, and carry weight. (Exp would provide a reason to sleep in the game because sleeping would give you an exp boost while well rested.) 2.More variation to the effects and buffs that artifacts provide so they are more than defences stat sticks. Stuff like low gravity jumps, or environmental effects like being shocked heals you type of stuff. (Really disappointed with the artifacts system. So much wasted potential here. This is my main gripe with the game.) 3. Improved worth from stashes or less stashes that have just loot I would get off a random npc I killed. Stashes that don't provide an upgrade USB or unique gun/gunpart should have an item worth selling in them. like a Matryoshka doll that actually sells for the price listed on the item and not at 30% of the items price to vendors. 4. More unique items to find in the world such as Experimental Sircaa tech. New scanners, weapons, Maybe even long lasting stim shots in science labs that you can debate on selling or using for yourself to give yourself mutant like abilities. Cloaking, telekenisis, no fall damage, regeneration etc. 5. Upgrades to certain helmets or 1 piece suits to have nightvision or thermal vision. 6. The functionality to pay an npc or two to accompany you for a short period of time for added protection. 7. Portable Radio. I am not sitting near a radio to RP listening to music. I am on the go. walking for 18 miles trying to slug around my loot that has me over encumbered to the next town or personal stash. A little background music wouldn't hurt. 8. Vaulting or ledge grabbing. Some difficult to reach stashes seem like this should have been part of the game. That and just for general terrain traversal. I am not finished with the game. Maybe some of the things I listed are already there and I have not found them. Even so, I am really hoping the modding community goes crazy with this game and adds a whole bunch of new and interesting things. I am not wise to the lore of the stalker world in general but it feels like the zone should have more to it. More creative and mind boggling things to find due to it's anomalous nature. Sorry if this was a little all over the place but I hope some people get what I am trying to explain and agree with me.
Lots of good Quality of Life here, especially the artifacts and stash loot. I found artifacts to be a bit to similar to one another, and the loot from stashes can be really upsetting at times. And of course, WE NEED NIGHT VISION! Adding it to a helmet is a good idea, I think.
Glad to see Stalker 2 is sparking an interest into the original trilogy. Once you beat Call of Pripyat you need to get a PC and play Anomaly and some of the many other great mods and mod packs. My favorite is GAMMA that stays on my PC. Finishing up Radiophobia3 as we speak.
yeah post patch my voice audio is busted sounds echoy and synthetic like robotic. i’ve checked settings idk what happened sounds so erry man. im still gonna play tho.
This game respects what came before it and understands the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. vibes so well. GSC will get it patched up and once A-Life is made right completely the game will be incredible. I think they nailed the immersion very well and legitimately care about this game. Give us binos lol.
I have never held a gun in my live, but even I can assemble the AK from that scene. It's just a hand full of parts xD I had pens with more parts. I expected Skif to ask "If you struggle with this little pieces, how do you plan to solve bigger puzzles?"
6:45 Most of my ingame money goes to keeping my gear in working order, ammo and then Upgrading Equipment. I just keep a small stockpile of looted foods and medicines in the 'stash' box to replenish my own needs selling off excesses... A good stalker knows that Enough Dead Bandits= a number of spare medkits, bandaids and foodstuffs. This is not a complaint, this is ingame resoursefullness
Yeah its bloody golden m8 I'm convinced u need to play the mods. For immersion considering sleep and the other things u said l early in vid.. maybe Anomaly or gamma? Definitely winds of time and other obscure ukr/Russian mods theres one enkereda zynoy or something been translated into English since for ever go nuts. I have never been more immersed in video games. Played the original when it came out tho so
Why no one talks about one of the major "fixes" that stalker 2 is doing over the fallout 4 and bethesda games in general - there are no loading screens! like the world is absolutely stitchless. How is that even possible? - my first thoughts of stalker 2 after 900 hours in fallout 4 😂 That's so amazing!
ouch, there was actually a lamp on Faust? Lol. I never saw it. Just got tired of shooting him and switched to grenade spam that killed him way more quicker.
i got the korushunov fight instead of the strelok one and he just kinda bullet sponges then you gotta run up on him and punch him a few times. second phase of the fight he's got a pseudogiant style jump to knock you down
@Spoof if you have a PC, you should try the STALKER GAMMA mod for STALKER Anomaly. (Both of which are free), that'll give you a version of stalker with too many survival mechanics ;P
The controller input is really bad in this game. I use the controller because of the input lag with mouse and keyboard and it is really hard to hit shots because of the aim assist and weird scaling. I've played other games on controller like Cyberpunk with no issues.
Currently I am playing FF16 so 50 hours till I get back to Stalker 2. I am having a blast with FF16. I figure by the time I get back to Stalker 2 another patch or two will be out and A-Life 2.0 will be better yet.
Till this day the only fixed with Fo4 boston area is still the mods on nexus, same goes with the Skyrim AE update that bricked every thing, 10 years of bug fixing was not implemented for their update, its fucking insane how much bethesda have such a dedicated fan base and does nothing with it other than trying to peddling paid mods.
It is copyrighted, but the artist allows it to be used without any restrictions. Very cool of them. Hopefully the music is linked in the description automatically, as well.
Fallout 4 crashing must be a pc problem because on the series x for me at least has not crashed once and I’ve been playing this save on survival for well over 100hrs. Only time my game will crash is if I decided to play with mods but that’s hardly ever cuz I enjoy the vanilla experience
I actually like that there is very limited food options in the game, it makes it feel more scarce and realistic. Like where tf would you get fresh meat and fruit in Chernobyl haha
Haha I liked the explanation in the first game. “Hard to say who manages to bake these loaves in the Zone, but the bread isn't contaminated and is perfectly edible. Well, at least none of the stalkers have complained about it”.
Here is a playlist of all radio songs from Stalker 2: music.ua-cam.com/play/PL4Jc69rq8qm9f8JzRjdqD8SSus0KV1HvC.html It's made by ukrainian game reviewers "PlayUA". It's so gigantic that when I knew the song name and wanted to find it, I succeeded only after the third try.
people keep saying it's buggy. But I have only had crashes that were fixed by a frame limit. Sure I have seen some animations executed silly/weird/buggy but other than that, WTF are these people talking about?? I got 47 hours in the game where are these bugs??
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SPOILER SECTION IS 25:25 - 28:45! I forgot to add it in the video, pinning so others can see. Sorry about that!
Great Video, none the less... 😅🤷🏻
It's beyond heartwarming seeing people discover this series so late into it's life and immediately going back and playing the originals
Yeah its bloody golden m8 I'm convinced u need to play the mods. For immersion considering sleep and the other things u said l early in vid.. maybe Anomaly or gamma? Definitely winds of time and other obscure ukr/Russian mods theres one enkereda zynoy or something been translated into English since for ever go nuts. I have never been more immersed in video games. Played the original when it came out tho so
They say it only takes roughly 40 hrs to complete the main story, but I got 125 hrs atm and just finished Subtle Matter. There's so much to do in this game, it's awesome.
I finished the game today at 175h. Cleared half of the map, the other half left with minor stashes, every side quest finished, and 2-3 final locations are not fully explored. But it is what it is. 120-200h - realistic paytime to fully experience the game
I finished at 206 hrs 🫣
and it was awesome 😎
Currently finishing Extreme Simplicity just under 275 hours. I've got music and HUD turned completely off and have been going in for full immersion, so this game is a S.T.A.L.K.E.R.'s paradise.
I think i speedruned the game, it only took 117h for me😭
I like to sit at the campfires when stalkers are playing the guitar and telling jokes. So yeah my hours invested is a ridiculous number
And about radio songs in Stalker 2, some of them I often heard years before game was announced. For example, I came back to the Terricon and hear “Бджоли”, my instant reaction was like: “Hey, this is that song from every wedding!”
The enemies are actually deadly in Stalker 2, fallout 4 was fun to explore but you never had to fight for your life like you have to in stalker, ur plan can be quickly turned on its head and you’re forced into a scramble to make decisions on your next move in order to survive, stalker waste no time in killing you and forcing you back to the drawing board which is something I really love in stalker. Victories are earned and fallout just feels like EZ mode when compared to stalkers difficulty.
i just love that kinda paranoid feeling of "am i ready to head out" after looking at my supplies at a settlement then going to the border of the settlement and deciding i need to change a few things real quick lol. or maybe i need a little more. or maybe i should sell or stash some of my inventory even though some of those items are pretty much everywhere. i didnt pay attention to my med kits or bandages and when i finally did i had to tell myself "you dont need 58 bandages because when you die you dont even use 5" lol
@@deceaseda7x22 right?! I’d much rather struggle against enemies than be able to blast through even a legendary enemy.
As an long time Stalker player (still actively doing GAMMA Ironman runs). The enemies are only midly difficult on Veteran... Thank God for mods!
@@theangrydanimal4933 yeah Stalker 2 was too easy on veteran for my taste too! But other than that I enjoyed it A LOT
Also crazy to think, regardless of all it's problems, GSC Game World made one of the most popular games whilst they were being invaded and in wartime. Some of the employees are fighting right now, some have been killed. They had to move their studio several times as the the invasion pushed closer and closer and they still managed to make one of the most solid AAA games. That's honestly beyond impressive.
@@ImReallyRaw absolutely! What they pulled off in their scenario is nothing short of a miracle.
yes its crazy to think, regardless of all it's problems, GSC Game World made one of the most popular games whilst they were being invaded and in wartime. Some of the employees are fighting right now, some have been killed. They had to move their studio several times as the the invasion pushed closer and closer and they still managed to make one of the most solid AAA games. That's honestly beyond impressive.
these employees were freelancers, they worked on many games, for example, the Ukrainian game 'Sherlock Holmes The Awakened' was released - where these people also worked
@@OlegSimonenko a lot of them also worked on the metro games which you can kinda see the similarity
Stalker 2 is everything all of the fallout series wish they could be
I have yet to encounter any game breaking bugs in stalker 2 (*edit* granted I've only played past 1.1.2) and it's my game of the year so far. It's quintessentially Stalker and has 100% of the soul that the old stalker games have. It's just as immersive, AND it packs on a pretty neat story! It runs a bit crap on PC but that will be ironed out over time.
I voted for it GOTY on steam 2024 awards. For a smaller Ukrainian dev team, they did an absolute top job, and are QUICKLY addressing bugs and issues. Hoping to stream it soon but I keep running into huge updates pretty often lol.
Same here. As for the oc optimization. I’m afraid it may not be as optimized as we hope given UE has issues, I’m not happy with fsr/dlss and frame generation being recommended for games, this encourages developers to not bother lol. Meanwhile I load up zero dawn, forbidden west, god of war, made for ps4/5 optimized for pc and I don’t need an upscale running on a 6900xt with a 2.7k panel. This though? I’m worried….. maybe I’m the crazy one?
I fucking hate ue5
@@BrianSkinny-n5f yeah i have a 6950xt and a 5700x3d before the optimization i had 50-60 fps (mostly mid 50s rarely 60) on a 3440x1440p display with fsr quality. i had only 2 settings not on max though one was shadows on high and i'm not sure about the second. so plenty room to improve. i also wasn't using an optimization mod. i did run framegen though and i have to say compare to other games it's pretty good. in black myth wukong i disabled it because the impact on visuals were bad, in stalker i didn't notice them (i wasn't trying to find them though bc if i don't notice them while playing the impact can be neglected)
maybe people getting tired of higher system requirements while still having to use upscaling and threat interactive will have an impact on quality and performance at least related to ue5 (some hope at least).
Thats just really uncanny i definately have bugs that are game breaking and i have to actively manage, namely repeatable quest givers can break and not give quests, and artifacts can get themselves stuck underground and one they are there it essentially bricks that anomalous area and you cant get artifacts there anymore. Only way to prevent this is to save before every artifact is rolled and reload if the artifact gets stuck. Same for quest givers gotta save before you turn in the quest but i had a guy break anyway too so ive lost most of my quest givers. Game and atmosphere are fantastic but i do hope for a few more layers added for example they added a splash sound to throwing bolts in water, this was very disappointing because this is the level of detail expected the environment reacts to and exists with or without the player so they will need to add a bit more of those things and optimize and enhance a life so hopefully these things will come with time but we will see.
@JackDaniels-ex9mf interesting! I appreciate you sharing. What platform are you on? My system is a PC with an AM4 socket AMD Ryzen 5700X3D and an RX 5700, maybe stalker doesn't play ball as well with other hardware? Hopefully your experience smooths out soon, I've noticed significant changes each update. Hopefully the issues you're having aren't a problem anymore soon.
Yes, this is best single player game for last 10years.
lol game more.
Dude thats literally what i say. Not even close
@@donatopirrod it is damn close, name the beter game, for me S2 is on the level of the Elden Ring, Metaphor, RDR 2, FF XVI, KCD, Yakuza 0, Yakuza 6, Like a Dragon, Persona 5, Persona 4 - among all the games i've played in the past 10 years those i remember fondly and Stalker 2 would be among them, also its one of the few games i have multiple playthroughs of
Best FPS certainly
@@MattCarvinyou’re the type of person that will say cyberpunk bad story but think fallout 4 hit u in the feels after you nuke ur dad at the end of
The reason you didnt sleep often was because of the energy drinks. They help reset the sleep bar
I rarely use energy drinks and I still don't get the sleep debuff. I think maybe the advanced medkits or something is resetting it as well, because the last time I saw a sleep debuff, I got into a firefight and the debuff disappeared. Maybe getting shot wakes you up 😂😂
@@maxstr the only times I've gotten the rest thing was every time I had done an arena fight in Rostok for the quest. other than that in my 2 playthroughs I haven't seen it at all
Hmm…Maybe I should check Skif’s heart health, just in case…
No the system is just broken. It only really works for the arena and after you finish the arena the sleep system doesn't appear again. Been over 100 hrs with no energy drinks or sleeping and sleep debuff never appears.
I think its safe to say people will love this game for as long as people have enjoyed the trilogy. The gameplay loop is so satisfying. There isnt feature bloat. The Zone could maybe use a radio? Could be modded in. When it gets dialed in further this game will be a staple in everyone's library. That's my 5 year prediction.
I love this game. The vibes are perfect. Absolutely love that this is just the vanilla experience. GSC made something special. It's got that intangible charm that great games have. I think it's the fact GSC made such an ambitious project work. It's a small miracle honestly.
The algorithm has blessed you my friend. Good video, keep it up!
I almost dropped a tear in the end of the video. I really don't understand why you have so few subscribers cause you create good quality content.
The algorithm was good to him today
tell me how the devs of gsc literally fought and died in an invasion ans bethesda can’t even make a decent triple A game in their nice and safe studio with financial backing from microsoft 😭
@@sluggerbutter “it just works” -toad hoarword
@ i rly hope the next elder scrolls like actually works HAHA
No soul, no passion, just money and only money. Thats it for Bethesda
it's starting to become a trend where the best games are not coming out of the US
56 subs...dude you have a bright future ahead. This video was great.
Its good to see that not only people coming from the old games are enjoying Stalker 2 despite all the bugs and weird stuff, everybody is able to appreciate how inmersive and different from other games it is.
STALKER 2 is a true STALKER game with all its signature pros and cons. And I fckn love it. It gives me a lot of emotions, good and bad. There is so much to love and a bit to hate, too 😅. Overall, it's my love and passion to gaming manifested in one product. This is AWESOME.
It's peak Slavjank honk honk nice fucking model
The last hours of the game were really amazing. I got the skiff ending and i really felt like it concluded everything so amazingly. With the fights against korshunov strelok and scar. Saying goodbye to Richter. Accomplishing the doctor's last wish. There's very few games that nail an endgame like this. This one will definitely stuck with me
Yooo I forgot to mention the Korshunov fight! I was also impressed by the end game, so many titles have a hard time wrapping things up, but this game really did end beautifully.
I got strilok ending today. I get what I chose. It is what it is. I will replay from earlier save to make a few other decisions and will see how it turns
if you want to fall even further down the rabbit hole check out the modded (and free) versions of Stalker. Stalker: Anomaly and Stalker: Anomaly GAMMA. It has alot of those survival elements you mentioned, but it is really much harder then any of the games combined.
Lots of people have been saying GAMMA and Anomaly are great! I’ll be checking those out soon for sure.
@@SpooofWithThreeOs it also has the added plus of being totally free. you dont need to own any of the previous stalker games.
@@SpooofWithThreeOs Anomaly and Gamma for me is like Slaker 1.5. this is perfect sandbox game.
@@SpooofWithThreeOs Gamma is a sub-mod/modpack for Anomaly that improves a bunch of things and is very customizable, so you’re good just checking out Gamma if you want since it includes all Anomaly content as well. There are other great Anomaly modpacks out there like EFP, but they’re all pretty similar so just picking one is fine (and Gamma is often considered to be the best). It’s amazing what the modding community accomplished for these games, Gamma could be its own full price release! It’s especially perfect if the deep survival mechanics are what you like. Like last update even added base building
lorewise pseudogiant is just a meat monster with an incredibly thick skull, and chimera has incredibly thick and tough hide and internal organs doubled, to kill them a bit quicker you need a good armor penetration and yeah, a lot of ammo
Thick skull = armor piercing rounds, love it. Keep that meat monster 1km away from me at all times plz 🙏🏻
The radio playlist is really something special,
few of the first songs I did not recognize in the radio were from
Jonych, pretty energetic yet folky, best example being the song Бананів нема (I do not have bananas),
another thing that cought my ear was
The ВЙО (The Vyo), from whom I found not only great songs, but also one music vid with great plot twist Падаю у небо (I'm falling into the sky).
and another cool discovery for me was punk & reggae mixing Fontaliza.
The music I got connected with Sultansk/Skadovsk are the songs full of swearing by Пирятин (Pyriatyn), which really paint the criminal / bandit ambience.
In garbage I mostly heard dark country/folk of Zwyntar and
out of the heavier stuff are certainly worth mentioning IGNEA & The Hardkiss.
One of my favourite songs which I have already heard earlier in ETS2 radio: Ukiez - Не віддавай своїх темряві (Do not give yours to the darkness) and I still recall how I was finger drumming it into the steering wheel.
The biggest thing in Stalker 2 is probably the Post-Punk, and its great represention with Sudno, SadSvit, DK Energetyk & others.
Also some cool rap by Yarmak, Паліндром (Palindrom) & хейтспіч (hatespeech).
By the eurodance you probably mean stuff like ВАН ГОГ (Van Gog), Фантом-2, with so memetic 90s vibe, that it kinda manages to overcome the cringe it may bring at first.
And since it probably doesnt have any better place to fit in, its worth it, to give honorable mention to Анатолій Матвійчук - НЛО (Anatoliy Matviychuk - NLO=UFO) which has kinda similar vibe even tho its already from 2000.
And from the really folk stuff, there is bunch of songs that feel bit too folky, but then come songs like Піккардійська Терція - Гей, пливе кача (Pikkardiyska Terciya - Hey, plyve kacha), which just give me the chills, by how epic they are,
or the songs by Пиріг і Батіг (Pyrih i Batih / Pie & Whip) which feel more like something new & big in world music, rather than just something local, and that point being just amplified by their take on the OG ukrainian version of Carol of the Bells - Щедрик (Shchedryk).
But what really made my day was the inclusion of songs by my favourite ukrainian singer Христина Соловій (Khrystyna Soloviy).
"This is a fallout 4 hit-piece" had me in fucking tears lmao. Great video!
Welcome to the zone, Stalker. Good hunting.
Great video essay. Welcome to UA-cam!
"S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 is S.P.E.C.I.A.L." Brilliant! Quote of the year! Needs to go on a T-shirt.
29:15 FYI Col Korshunov was voiced by the same actor who voiced Hermann the Ratay Executioner in KCD.
Stalker 2 has quite a handful of the KCD voice actors. So far, I've also heard the following voice actors from KCD in Stalker 2:
Runt, Alex, Nightingale, Fritz, Rapota, Sir Divish, Godwin, Blacksmith of Samopesh, Konrad Hagen, Ginger, Master Engraver, Sir Kuno, Ratay Bailiff, Fresco Artist,
Capt Bernard, and a Talmberg Guard (the one who is on the bridge between the outer bailey and the castle after Sigismund's army leaves).
Bonus: I'm not certain, but I think Wade from GTA5 is "Base" a voice on a PDA titled "A note from a dead ISPF soldier's PDA at the ribs.
Sorry, I rather like recognizing actors and actresses in other works. Kinda a hobby so to speak.
Damn, you know your stuff! I thought I knew VA’s when I recognized Steve Blum’s voice in Neon White, but THIS MAN KNOWS VOICE ACTING 👆
Repairing scales with your upgrades, so your special personalized gun is more expensive to repair because it's actually worth more.
I’m on the tail end of my first playthrough, about 5 days game time and I’ve had an absolute blast. Really enjoyed my time with this despite its short comings. Cant wait for the games future
Seems like GSC has a lot in store for this game, I hope it can continue to grow now that they’ve came out and said that it’s turned profit!
just to be clear, GSC are not an indie developer, they have 300+ people on their team, and they're backed by a major publisher (Microsoft). they were also not small when they were making the original trilogy.
Lots of discussion around this, and I think you’re right. They don’t seem to be indie, just not Bethesda sized. Thanks for the comment!
you sound just like me lol. I never played stalker but had always been interested because I played tarkov. I played stalker 2, got the strelok ending and was like "okay, I gotta learn more about this story" and bought the og trilogy, downloaded some mods and went radio silent for a bout a week. i was loving it, i loved soc so much I played it twice just to get the cannon ending even though the sarcophagus mission had just nearly made me have an aneurism. I think I gotta go back and replay stalker 2 now that theyve done some updates to a life and now that I understand the back story of the world and characters. after that I think its on to anomaly.
The downtime in Stalker is part of what helps build the suspense. You never know when the shits gonna hit the fan!
1) I'm surprised you didn't mention the enormous standalone free mods like STALKER Anomaly. When you try them you're in for a Treat.
2) The song "Too Old to Sell My Soul" fucking slaps.
On the subject of immersion, the campfires where you’re able to sit are the bee knees. I love to light up like I’m actually there with the freedom faction.
Hell yes, they are! Great place for a smoke or a beer.
Welcome brother. We welcome you to The Zone!
Dawg I’ve been playing since launch and to think you beat it and started 2 other stalker games has me amazed. I had to restart after a soft lock and after getting past that point again on my second Save, I still feel like I have so much to do
I am going to buy it for myself at my birthday in april - I am convinced 😁
You nailed it! I'm glad new people are into Stalker!, this is so heartwarming, for life long fan:)
Fitting voice, easy to watch, i like
I found this game to be really replayable cause right after I finished the story I started a new game just to see how other choices effect the story (and to take it a bit more slowly).
I also didn't find out that the game had a fast travel system until the very end where it becomes sort of mandatory lmao
Nice to see a new stalker to the zone, she'll have you under her spell and never let go.
Nice video👍🏻 Regarding the Faust fight, i think it would be much more enjoyable if the frames weren't so bad. Aiming gets harder when it dips THAT low. (Playing on series X)
Yeah, haven’t gotten to that part in my second playthrough after the patches, but I really hope they ironed out some FPS issues with that fight.
Completely agree about the bandages and med packs. I always seemed to return to base with several times more than I had left with, no matter how many fights I had been in. As 95% of the loot in the game is not particularly exciting, I also think they should cut down the frequency of it all to make it more impactful when you actually find it. Smashing open a create to find a loaf of bread to add to the 100 already in your inventory is significantly less satisfying than it would be if you're on the brink of starvation and it's first morsel of food you've seen in an hour.
Woke up the day after Christmas and this video is doing better than I ever could have hoped! Thank you all for taking time to listen, and thank you to the awesome community of STALKERS for the warm welcomes!
A-life is important not because it gives you more enemies to shoot at, but because it simulates what the ecosystem of the Zone is like. Stalkers go out and look for artifacts, they get into fights with bandits along the way, mutants rest and travel and eat, they have lairs, you can follow a random patrol and it's like they have actual goals and intentions in the Zone. It was by far one of the best features in the older games, especially CoP
Oh man, I’m so excited to start COP!
Excellent video my friend, keep it up!
13 hours in, terrified out of my mind. Haven't gotten a good cheeki breeki out of any NPCs yet.
@@chomskysfavefive not sure you will find many cheeki breeki’s 😔
@SpooofWithThreeOs What a damn shame... thanks for telling me now. Spares me from slowly realizing that there's no cheeki breeki.
Replaying the game and taking different way to take the mission will make you love the game even more.
Dude, I wish you warned me in the video about spoiler part (I haven't reached the boss-fights in the game yet). But all the rest in the video - chef's kiss. You deserve way more subscribers. I want to say a huge "thank you" as a fellow stalker and as a ukrainian for supporting our devs and understanding our situation. It became really rare nowadays.
Cheers from Ukraine!
I totally forgot to add a spoiler warning in the video, I’m so sorry! Dammit, that’s like the most important part.
I added a warning in the pinned comment and description. Thank you for the kind words.
@SpooofWithThreeOs All the best!
I so agree with your feeling of this game, ain't gonna give any example a chance to be a better one than the other, i just love this game all over ! Nice footage, i'm only half way though
I jumped down a deep dank hole.
Investigated the dark corridors, i spot a body in the middle of a room, checked it, took a few steps back and finally noticed a rising noise, it's getting closer and fast.
Queue the game giving me a few freeze frames of a pile of rats pouring out the doorway, crash. 10/10 atmosphere.
@@durandmefew New York simulator
Really enjoyed this video, thanks. And it was heartwarming to hear you express care for the people of Ukraine and the devs in particular.
I especially loved that Fallout analogy; that old friend who just never grew or matured. Totally relatable. We all knew someone like that (or, those of us who didn’t probably are that guy?) and, as you suggest, it’s just such a massive waste of potential. And paying for the formally free mods is an insult to the community in my view.
I’ve been hooked by Stalker 2 in a similar way to you, thinking about the game when I’m not playing it, planning, agonising over choices and so on.
Would love to see more from you on this topic. Thanks again and, “Good hunting, Stalker.”
Stalker should make Bethesda feel embarassed
Your anomaly counter when off when I was playing insurgency: sandstorm and for a couple of seconds I was looking for an anomaly in a modern war sim🤣 scared the piss out of me
i 100% agree in the 2 apex mosters of the zone - both have too high hp, too high armor, and no weakspots!!! ( yes, i have access to modding resources, including the monster configs - chimera and pseudogiants have NO weakspots )
Since stalker 2 came out I have been hearing a bunch of people saying that they bought a first gen Xbox one when fallout 4 came out specifically for that game and I legit thought I was one of the only people who did that.
Yessir, I baked and sold brownies and cookies back in high school to afford that game and an Xbone! Wouldn’t trade that memory for anything, except for maybe a non-voiced protagonist lol
Ignore the bots & the people saying you suck at the game. I’m good at games and feel awful at accuracy on Stalker 2 😂 great video dude. You hit a lot of the nails on the head
Stalker 2 is basically fallout if it was actually a good game
So it's the day after Christmas and I believe there's been three updates in the last two weeks to stalker 2 on the Xbox and it's running pretty damn smooth. Yeah it still got some funny glitches as well as some frustrating ones but I noticed a massive uptick in the performance in the last two patches. Even on day one this game still had less issues than any Bethesda game or cyberpunk 2077 on launch. The world and the content within to explore is second to none and definitely a worthy sequel that was worth the wait.
Great review of the game.
I have played this on the Steam Deck and my recent higher end gaming PC. I have been satisfied on both of them, and it runs as expected. The patches really have made it better. A-Life seems to be going in the right direction, but we will see.
Greetings from Ukraine. On my first second fight with Faust I-ve found Corund armor on one of enemeis write before fight, thats halped a lot
On second I played for Varta (Guard in eng) and get to the Duga from another path where I found an RPG. One shot to Faust`s lantern. Which is a psi emmitter
Also a few tips if you like it:
1 Psuedo giant got very thick skin, better to use weapon or ammo with high penetration (info in game, you can find in one of side ques mission badits, that lock one up cause their wheapon can`t do much damage through his skin)
2 Chimera is an apex predator, defeating even one is kinda legendary be proud of you
also - don`t run from it in straight, she`s just jump on you
3. Bloodsucker has regenaration so better to shot them more or less constantly
and about music - GSC actualy requested a list of artist from pretty much every Ukrainian productions, so yea, there are music from any genres. From Folk to Punk and even Metal (Ignea)
This man is a veteran STALKER, thank you for the tips! And hell yeah Ignea!
I played stalker 2 on my pc and must say this game wasnt crashing at all on me and i saw no bugs! I picked it up a week ago and got fully emersed in the game! the enemy spotting is a bit to Crazy tough
The actual Game of The Year. Hope it at least wins the Steam Awards.
Sweet video, happy you're enjoying the games.
Things I think stalker 2 needed or should have had:
1.A skill tree to increase things like health, movement speed, jump height, stealth, and carry weight. (Exp would provide a reason to sleep in the game because sleeping would give you an exp boost while well rested.)
2.More variation to the effects and buffs that artifacts provide so they are more than defences stat sticks. Stuff like low gravity jumps, or environmental effects like being shocked heals you type of stuff. (Really disappointed with the artifacts system. So much wasted potential here. This is my main gripe with the game.)
3. Improved worth from stashes or less stashes that have just loot I would get off a random npc I killed. Stashes that don't provide an upgrade USB or unique gun/gunpart should have an item worth selling in them. like a Matryoshka doll that actually sells for the price listed on the item and not at 30% of the items price to vendors.
4. More unique items to find in the world such as Experimental Sircaa tech. New scanners, weapons, Maybe even long lasting stim shots in science labs that you can debate on selling or using for yourself to give yourself mutant like abilities. Cloaking, telekenisis, no fall damage, regeneration etc.
5. Upgrades to certain helmets or 1 piece suits to have nightvision or thermal vision.
6. The functionality to pay an npc or two to accompany you for a short period of time for added protection.
7. Portable Radio. I am not sitting near a radio to RP listening to music. I am on the go. walking for 18 miles trying to slug around my loot that has me over encumbered to the next town or personal stash. A little background music wouldn't hurt.
8. Vaulting or ledge grabbing. Some difficult to reach stashes seem like this should have been part of the game. That and just for general terrain traversal.
I am not finished with the game. Maybe some of the things I listed are already there and I have not found them. Even so, I am really hoping the modding community goes crazy with this game and adds a whole bunch of new and interesting things. I am not wise to the lore of the stalker world in general but it feels like the zone should have more to it. More creative and mind boggling things to find due to it's anomalous nature. Sorry if this was a little all over the place but I hope some people get what I am trying to explain and agree with me.
Lots of good Quality of Life here, especially the artifacts and stash loot. I found artifacts to be a bit to similar to one another, and the loot from stashes can be really upsetting at times. And of course, WE NEED NIGHT VISION! Adding it to a helmet is a good idea, I think.
Good man. Good review. Happy hunting, stalker.
Glad to see Stalker 2 is sparking an interest into the original trilogy. Once you beat Call of Pripyat you need to get a PC and play Anomaly and some of the many other great mods and mod packs. My favorite is GAMMA that stays on my PC. Finishing up Radiophobia3 as we speak.
yeah post patch my voice audio is busted sounds echoy and synthetic like robotic. i’ve checked settings idk what happened sounds so erry man. im still gonna play tho.
This game respects what came before it and understands the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. vibes so well. GSC will get it patched up and once A-Life is made right completely the game will be incredible. I think they nailed the immersion very well and legitimately care about this game. Give us binos lol.
Squid game season 2 is out . Can't wait to play this game , might need a upgrade the PC first . Not sure if the 3060 is going to cut it .
I have never held a gun in my live, but even I can assemble the AK from that scene. It's just a hand full of parts xD I had pens with more parts. I expected Skif to ask "If you struggle with this little pieces, how do you plan to solve bigger puzzles?"
“The AK is so simple, children can and do use them!”
-I forgot who said this
8:43 the reason for only bread canned, food, and sausage being able to found in the zone is lore reasons just read the item description of bread
What an absolutely amazing review video, you summed it up perfectly many thanks for sharing your thoughts
6:45
Most of my ingame money goes to keeping my gear in working order, ammo and then Upgrading Equipment.
I just keep a small stockpile of looted foods and medicines in the 'stash' box to replenish my own needs selling off excesses...
A good stalker knows that Enough Dead Bandits= a number of spare medkits, bandaids and foodstuffs.
This is not a complaint, this is ingame resoursefullness
thank you so much for support! Now you got one more subscribe 👌
Welcome to the zone, Stalker :).
Good quality vid, earned a sub
Yeah its bloody golden m8 I'm convinced u need to play the mods. For immersion considering sleep and the other things u said l early in vid.. maybe Anomaly or gamma? Definitely winds of time and other obscure ukr/Russian mods theres one enkereda zynoy or something been translated into English since for ever go nuts. I have never been more immersed in video games. Played the original when it came out tho so
I don't know if you play multiplayer games but Arma Reforger pretty fun atm😊
For me at least is the best single player game I played since Skyrim.
How are these dudes missing you. I cant use a scope. As soon as i pull up my scope, my screen just starts vibrating. These dudes are so accurate
Have you tried the ghillie suit? Kidding, I have no idea tbh! Sometimes they snipe me through bushes, sometimes they’re eating paint.
One of the most satisfying english overviews as for me. Wish u more views and likes to your channel)
Why no one talks about one of the major "fixes" that stalker 2 is doing over the fallout 4 and bethesda games in general - there are no loading screens! like the world is absolutely stitchless. How is that even possible? - my first thoughts of stalker 2 after 900 hours in fallout 4 😂 That's so amazing!
ouch, there was actually a lamp on Faust? Lol. I never saw it. Just got tired of shooting him and switched to grenade spam that killed him way more quicker.
i got the korushunov fight instead of the strelok one and he just kinda bullet sponges then you gotta run up on him and punch him a few times. second phase of the fight he's got a pseudogiant style jump to knock you down
Big thanks to you and your amazing ability to accurately capture, process, and show the essence of the game.
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@Spoof if you have a PC, you should try the STALKER GAMMA mod for STALKER Anomaly. (Both of which are free), that'll give you a version of stalker with too many survival mechanics ;P
I gotta say ... Your gameplay footage is difficult to watch...
You are really really really bad at stalker 2...
Its a hard game for controller and just shut up kid
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The fact that you find it difficult to watch is more of a skill issue then him being bad at the game. 💀
The controller input is really bad in this game. I use the controller because of the input lag with mouse and keyboard and it is really hard to hit shots because of the aim assist and weird scaling. I've played other games on controller like Cyberpunk with no issues.
It's honestly not. @@ivansniper5837
Imagine when he'll discover the modding community of Stalker with GAMMA, EFP and Radiophobia.... He's going to be flabbergasted as fach
Currently I am playing FF16 so 50 hours till I get back to Stalker 2. I am having a blast with FF16.
I figure by the time I get back to Stalker 2 another patch or two will be out and A-Life 2.0 will be better yet.
Good Hunting Stalker.
Till this day the only fixed with Fo4 boston area is still the mods on nexus, same goes with the Skyrim AE update that bricked every thing, 10 years of bug fixing was not implemented for their update, its fucking insane how much bethesda have such a dedicated fan base and does nothing with it other than trying to peddling paid mods.
I often hear “Хризантеми” in videos about Stalker 2, and I don’t understand why, it isn’t copyrighted or what?
Думаю що у західних слухачів ця пісня просто "застрягла" у розумі. Таке буває.
неепогана в цілому пісня. Хоча мені більше SadSvit подобається.
А ще хотілося б більше пісень від "Пирятин" наприклат Атентат
It is copyrighted, but the artist allows it to be used without any restrictions. Very cool of them. Hopefully the music is linked in the description automatically, as well.
@@ВанДаркхолменко Арту😁
5:26 ‘I would have liked to see a little bit more’ as If the game isn’t hard enough
Hard?! I have you know I only died 260 times in my first play through! Lol
Fallout 4 crashing must be a pc problem because on the series x for me at least has not crashed once and I’ve been playing this save on survival for well over 100hrs. Only time my game will crash is if I decided to play with mods but that’s hardly ever cuz I enjoy the vanilla experience
I actually like that there is very limited food options in the game, it makes it feel more scarce and realistic. Like where tf would you get fresh meat and fruit in Chernobyl haha
Haha I liked the explanation in the first game.
“Hard to say who manages to bake these loaves in the Zone, but the bread isn't contaminated and is perfectly edible. Well, at least none of the stalkers have complained about it”.
Here is a playlist of all radio songs from Stalker 2:
music.ua-cam.com/play/PL4Jc69rq8qm9f8JzRjdqD8SSus0KV1HvC.html
It's made by ukrainian game reviewers "PlayUA".
It's so gigantic that when I knew the song name and wanted to find it, I succeeded only after the third try.
Here are some artists that I recommend finding:
ДК Енергетик
SadSvit
The Hardkiss
Zwyntar (Цвинтар - can be translated as Cemetery)
if you're looking for a more survival oriented take on stalker, I'd suggest anomaly or even gamma, if you can stand the install process for it
It was nice 40 min. thanks!
7:56 recommendation: hit box 2 more times to completely destroy it
Yeah, I saw what you did there . . . “monolithic task.” 🙄🥴🤭
You should try stalker GAMMA if you want the survival gameplay
people keep saying it's buggy. But I have only had crashes that were fixed by a frame limit. Sure I have seen some animations executed silly/weird/buggy but other than that, WTF are these people talking about?? I got 47 hours in the game where are these bugs??
175h finished today. You will see, later 😅 Still, not as bad as people bragging about it
Second half of the game was/is very buggy mission wise. The patches have been pretty fast tho :)
If you do want harder survival just Anomaly a go and then GAMMA