Stalker 2 is looking great.

[the54thvoid]

Despite a friend saying my system should be fine with it, I'm holding off until people start talking about how much it's been improved. TBH, I can't remember that many bugs from the originals, but time can be a forgiving salve on the old memory.

 

[sepheronx]

Despite a friend saying my system should be fine with it, I'm holding off until people start talking about how much it's been improved. TBH, I can't remember that many bugs from the originals, but time can be a forgiving salve on the old memory.

CDT issues exist back then quite often. I recall that. I'm wondering if it is same now but molders created their own fixes that it just doesn't seem to be an issue anymore? Don't know.

But I do find stalker 2 to be an absolute mess. It's fun, but it's a mess and just....really unfinished.

The factions are the worst too. Duty has no missions at all and beyond exploring, there is no point to go to where the cooling towers are. Duty has a commander and all, but no quests. Same with freedom. For the faults that was clear sky, the faction wars was fun and felt alive in that world. This one? Good God what a fall from grace.

If they expect to add all that missing shit in expansion packs, then it's clear it's a cash grab and they knew it.

What a shame.

 

[AleXXX666]

Despite a friend saying my system should be fine with it, I'm holding off until people start talking about how much it's been improved. TBH, I can't remember that many bugs from the originals, but time can be a forgiving salve on the old memory.

checking your specs this game will "fly" lol

 

[Shakallia]

Crazy how they sell a game in beta, if not alpha state. And they are proud to announce a patch as big as the original game that fixes thousands of bugs...That just shows how unfinnished the game was, and still is.

 

[the54thvoid]

checking your specs this game will "fly" lol

Yeah, but how much 'turbulence?'

 

[rtwjunkie]

CDT issues exist back then quite often. I recall that. I'm wondering if it is same now but molders created their own fixes that it just doesn't seem to be an issue anymore? Don't know.

But I do find stalker 2 to be an absolute mess. It's fun, but it's a mess and just....really unfinished.

The factions are the worst too. Duty has no missions at all and beyond exploring, there is no point to go to where the cooling towers are. Duty has a commander and all, but no quests. Same with freedom. For the faults that was clear sky, the faction wars was fun and felt alive in that world. This one? Good God what a fall from grace.

If they expect to add all that missing shit in expansion packs, then it's clear it's a cash grab and they knew it.

What a shame.

I recall recently they said they would turn A Life back on when they figured out how to make it not tax CPU's so much. A Life is what is lacking currently.

 

[kony]

I recall recently they said they would turn A Life back on when they figured out how to make it not tax CPU's so much. A Life is what is lacking currently.

I would forgive everything else, but the lack of persistent NPCs and wildlife kills the game for me.

As for "A-Life", they said "A-Life 2" in Stalker 2 is a spawn system, and they will work on it, but their idea of improving it is extending the area of the spawn, there will be no persistency.

 

[rtwjunkie]

I would forgive everything else, but the lack of persistent NPCs and wildlife kills the game for me.

As for "A-Life", they said "A-Life 2" in Stalker 2 is a spawn system, and they will work on it, but their idea of improving it is extending the area of the spawn, there will be no persistency.

No. They substituted the spawn system to be a "temporary" replacement for A Life, because they opted not to enable at this time, because they said they don't have a current fix for it being so taxing on the CPU. Their words, not mine. So what we have is an inadequate spawn system that is krap until they figure it out.

 

[neatfeatguy]

Patch 1.1 just came out and apparently some other game breaking bugs had to be fixed with 1.1.2 patch that just dropped a few hours ago.

Here is a picture showing performance for me (1440p, everything max settings, motion blur off and TAA enabled with 100% scaling):


I'm running with TAA enabled, 100% upscale and while it helps get rid of the chain link fence looking jaggies way off in the distance for me, it causes ghosting and blurring at times with vegetation when you're up close and personal with it. I also see the ghosting when swapping weapons or holstering them:



A couple of the cutscenes where you are supposed to be seeing something on monitor screens in the game, they are just white - there are no images. This happens in two different locations. You can hear the audio and read the subtitles, but no images appear on the screens you are looking at:



Here are a couple of bugs I have come across since the latest patches:
Two NPCs standing in the same spot (or maybe it's a mutant of the Zone!) - also it shows the performance I have while playing.


Here is a spot I found where you fall through the ground. It could just be my personal game, but any saves I have before I encounter this place always allows me to drop through the ground. It happens outside a building in Pripyat. First picture is a look at the building close to the Ferris Wheel, second picture shows the location where you drop through the ground.



I can't say for sure, but there doesn't feel like any kind of improvement in performance for the game from before patch 1.1 and after.

What I can say for sure is that there is almost zero NPCs spawning behind me and kicking my ass after patch 1.1. Also, you get a lot more mutants and NPCs traveling - you will encounter more than you used to.

 

[vigor]

Aaand the game is on sale already... that was fast.

 

[neatfeatguy]

Aaand the game is on sale already... that was fast.

A 10% sale isn't really that exciting. Game no longer costs $59.99, it now only costs $53.99.

 

[Shakallia]

A 10% sale isn't really that exciting. Game no longer costs $59.99, it now only costs $53.99.

Cheap for beta access !