S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl – Before You Buy

Maybe it's a skill issue, maybe a dead zone issue with the analog sticks, but man I am ASS at gunplay in this game. That and I wish repairing equipment was a bit cheaper or guns didn't degrade as quick. Beyond that game is gold, atmosphere is incredible. Also, tip for new players that are still early looking to get a good gun, get to the stash at the water tower north of the first safe zone (mission from bartender will take you there so two birds), there is a 100% health rifle with a scope, it's a game changer.

love the game! even better than the first one.

Before you buy? Laughs in Game Pass

Love these videos – even for games, like this one, that aren’t in my wheelhouse. I just love learning about what’s out there.

Not gonna support a dev from Ukraine.

Since I don’t think this game is coming to PS5, I would have to play this on my gaming laptop. With that being said, how demanding is this game to run on PC, and if there is an answer to this, what other game does this game match in terms of PC requirements to run well on PC?

I’m 30 hrs in and even with the issues it’s an amazing game!

That guy in the ghillie suit domes you twice, just like that? Wow, its a artifact type game.

Just lost 2 hours of progress like nothing. The saves just dissappeared lol.

"i have experienced pretty good stuff, ive been outflanked, ive been headshotted, but all in ways that felt mostly clever and fair"

NPC with their superwalhack system, where they can see you trough everything and hits you over every tiny hole over 100m ( in the dark, over horizon) and penetrate over materials you had no idea about?

you call that "clever and fair way"? Seriously?

A-life is broken, controls are broken, optimalization is broken, it has nothing common with all their "gameplays" videos they released. This game, for now is a laugh in the face of all of us who played the original Stalkers as kids. It runs on UE5 but it actually most of the time looks like a moded version of Fallout 4. I played Hellblade 2: Sensua Sacrifice and that was what you expect from UE visually….

We are living in the era where broken pre alphas are released for 100bucks and people are defending it.

Metro meets fallout?

Man i downloaded a 150gb game and it was so clunkly and ran like a mobile game. So bad so that i think youd die over and over just because its so unsmooth. The cursor literally drifts by itself. Maybe ill come back in 3 to 5 years once its playable.

I mean only two things im really sad about is the unfinished state of the game and the fact this was "supposed" to be ran on lower PC system requirements for higher graphics. Great game in a sad state. Just to imagine Cyberpunk can be ran on Ultra on my PC but this is having hard time to run even on medium graphics…

Cyberpunk 2077 strikes again… another game release plagued by being unfinished. It feels like the gaming industry has made releasing incomplete games the new standard. If it's not ready, just don't release it. Blaming the 'crunch' or external factors isn't cutting it anymore for me sorry.

Maybe I'm just lucky, but I haven't experienced any critical or even noticeable glitches. Optimization could be better for my RTX 3070, but the game is still playable. The plot is very engaging – I keep thinking about what I’m going to do next in the game when I get home from work. I don’t understand the "bad game" comments. Seriously? Calling it that feels childish and thoughtless, especially given the context.

also what happened to the cordon ? have they turned the cordon into the lesser zone . i mean theres no cordon but they kept the garbage ?

4 days ago ? i havent seen any updates and this game is as buggy/laggy as the first stalker game was

Who actually thinks vodca stops radiation?

at what point do you start running into the zombie stalkers ?

IF YOU LIKE A TIME WASTER… THIS IS IT!!
Game has crashed on my Xbox numerous times. Elevator as slow as hell and distances to be covered on foot is a real time waster. It can get unrealistically difficult at times. I off loaded my Haz suit because it slowed me down too much only having to need it later. I would have to do numerous frames again just to get the haz suit. Another waste of hours of my time!

This looks 100% like a modded fallout game.

Might be my first one but will wait for the bugs to be worked out

Only buy if you have 4080 4090

Just buy. Without any before.