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Dec 4, 2024
Fun game, much better on PC with mods. The story is terrible and I didn't care for any of the characters or plot and I didn't understand what even is going on and what I'm doing 90% of the time, if I was interested in the game solely for the story I would not play this at all. I like the survival vibe to it and the looting and treasures and artifacts but honestly after a few hours of playing it becomes an incredibly easy game. I had like 150 med kits and 300 bandages and 999+ ammo for all weapons and the best armor and weapons just a dozen hours in which I did not mind that much but I would've preferred that the element of survival and looting and exploration was still there. The combat and enemies are great and gunplay is fun (with mods), although after a dozen hours in it becomes very easy because you get an insane armor and so many med kits and so much ammo that you just shred everyone you come across. I would give this game an 8/10 only on PC but 7/10 on consoles. It's also one of, if not the heaviest game on my PC I've ever played, it's extremely demanding that I played with low settings to even get 60fps. All in all it's a good game with a terrible story and characters, but there are fun missions and you make different choices and have different outcomes which I like, and the gunplay and enemies are very good (with mods) and much better than lots of other games, although like I said it becomes extremely easy and you become a god a dozen hours in so there's that. The exploration and loot is ok and anomalies are cool at the start but then they become very regular and you stop caring about them at all. All in all I would say it's a good game that could've been much better.
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Dec 1, 2025
One of the best. If u like tactical shooters were u can peak and aim or put an side laser on your weapon hold it sideways and be Able to peak and find an night Googles u can go out in the dark and hunt silence style. Its a blast. Feels like your walkin in an escape from tarkov open world. Its one of the best there ia play it slow explore and u will have a such a good time
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Nov 30, 2025
Pale imitation in compared to the first game .Still riddled with bugs, enemies shooting through walls , boring fetch quests .
The game has no scaling to gameplay difficulty, it requires you to be all seeing all knowing from the start, I personally don't have time to waste on learning all of the game hidden gameplay systems.
All in all I don't recommend wasting any time on this game.
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Nov 29, 2025
Jugado en PS5. Gráficamente, es el stalker 1 de hace 20 años con un retoque. El apuntado es malísimo. Hay pocas bestias y las que hay estan fatal hechas. No hay viaje rápido.... Un desastre
Y lo de ir con los tornillitos ya es la guinda del pastel... He patinado con este juego. Ya me la colaron con el Indiana Jones, no compro mas juegos que vienen de xbox.
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Nov 28, 2025
Thia is probably one of my favorite FPS. I didn't had the chance to play on launch. I didnt experience any bug or else. The immersion is there and really unique. A Life is there too f* the toxic reviews. The only thing that triggered me wassome anomaly that OS you while you were fighting an intense fight.
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Nov 18, 2025
Broken mess.People keep making excuses based on the potential of this game like they're in some abusive relationship. Bottom line is, this game doesn't give you what you need to succeed. Also Game Pass conveniently dropped it the moment it started to deliver on some of that potentia. PS A LIFE isn't here either
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Dec 1, 2024
Неймовірно крута гра, гарно виглядає із цікавим сюжетом. Мінуси:
Очікував більше цікавих сайдквестів квестів.
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Oct 29, 2025
I am generally totally disappointed with this game. I laughed the first free games so much the atmosphere the broken engine the world the complex AI system and yes also the story but this game is not even close to be a stalker game. It is just a completely different game with a branding. I wish they had used the x-ray engine, but the crashes are just getting worse year by year. And generally it is not a fun experience. I didn’t even finish the game I ended before the final battle. I was waiting so much for turning point for the game to become interesting with a plot twist like we had a shadow of Chernobyl. But now a year later it is just a junkie clunky boring piece of unreal engine five with empty spaces just another walking simulator. Thank you for taking my money. I had big hopes for years I was waiting but this is absolutely not enough.
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Oct 28, 2025
This game builds up on everything the first offered and then some, and I played through it without getting bored but...I ****'s ****? There's so...much...walking, and most of it is back and forth the same road just because you need to restock, sleep, get food. Mutants chew up bullets and you also gotta consider the max weight you can carry. A car would've been nice, or some fast travel that didn't cost a fortune. This game has peak moments, but the lows are very low, so it's confusing to rate it fairly. Graphics are good, combat is challenging, the world seems empty but is constantly throwing hazards at you if you get too comfortable. I may be wrong, but often times it's way too obvious that the skeleton of this game is all the previous dated games, with a splatter of modern looks. I guess I was expecting more after such a long time, but given Ukraine is literally at war and the Dev team had to relocate, it's incredible this game came out as good as it is.
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Nov 22, 2024
У гри чудова атмосфера і графічне виконання, (окрім облич людей у діалогах :) Спочатку здається дуже перевантаженою і не зручною, але з часом втягуєшся і розумієш, наче норм.Все інше нажаль повний морок. Технічно це пиздець навіть через пів року після релізу.Геймплейно це геймдизайн навіть не просто з 2007го, а геймдизайн першого Сталкера, наче її просто натягнули на unreal 5 і зламали те що працювало раніше.Це просто симулятор хотьби з перевантаження, стрільби без імпакту і місячних у Скіфа, бо в нього кровотеча тупо по КД.А ну і той хто дизайнив міссію "Штурм Дуги" ти хуєсос якому треба перестати в геймдизайн!Битву з Фаустом теж дизайнив хуєсос.------Спробував дограти гру після виправлення мого софтлоку (його дивом полагодили через 3 місяці) і враження від гри не змінилися, сира хуйня. навіть як затичка для геймпасу.
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Oct 6, 2025
Духовная наследница предыдущих частей взяла всё лучше и приумножила, играется достаточно бодро, вот только юмора в игре совсем мало. Радуют отсылки и пасхалки. Богатая система вооружения.
Момент написания отзыва - сентябрь 2025, количество багов, ошибок и прочего очень мало, столкнулся лишь два раза и оба не критичные для прохождения.
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Sep 25, 2025
This game is a bug but I liked it. The optimalization is almost the worst ever therefore I used a mod from nexusmod (I had 1-2 FPS drops for 10-20seconds full random regardless of the graphics settings). And the mod was working until the 1.6 patch so I had to remove the mod and I had to beat the final boss in FPS drops ( I tried to beat it 10 times and 2x I had fps drops and I died because of it). The game is awesome btw, the atmosphere, the weapons (their sounds OMG <3), and the story too. For me it took 60 hours. It was worth it!
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Sep 25, 2025
El juego es absolutamente asombroso, a mi parecer, el juego es genial y no tengo ninguna queja ahí incluso se lo recomendaría, soy un jugador con más de 80 horas en el juego Lo único que tal vez puedo criticar de él, es su optimización de que el juego tiene fugas de memoria y por lo menos tiende a tener caídas de FPS si no tienes un muy buen hardware, pero de ahí el juego su historia de atmósfera los combate en un juego que tiene una historia muy profunda para los ucraniano, porque es parte de su legado, pero eso no quita el hecho de qué es un juego que tiene Milagro de que salió, porque ellos están en una guerra, y es un muy buen juego en el cual lo han ido optimizando y parchándote a poco con constante updates actuales
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Dec 2, 2024
My favorite game of all time now. Blows my mind this game is in the 70s. The most atmospheric and beautiful game I’ve ever played. It’s tense, exhilarating, and so much fun. The guy play is unmatched. The world is brutal, but that’s why it’s fun.Also, the fact they finished this game while being invaded by a gutless coward is incredible. This game should be considered an instant classic. I guess some people can’t handle a bit of challenge. As far as the bugs, they were never as bad as everyone said. Now the game is in great shape. Remember, they were being invaded while making this game. It’s amazing it came out at all, let alone this amazing.
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Jul 28, 2025
Stalker 2 meets Far Cry in the zone. The first impression is powerful, but the further it goes, the worse it gets. Unfortunately, after about 60 hours in the game, I can confidently say that it plays like a total modification to FAR CRY. Most Mutants are annoying to fight, not hard, just plain annoying and after a while you realize it is way more efficient just to run away from them than give them the time of day, since you get nothing for fighting them and usually it is not mission critical. The World all looks the same, almost all of the locations are recycled, which makes sense since it is the zone, but they also feel way more lifeless now. Like they could cut 1/4 from the map and still lose nothing. The Dynamic weather and day night cycle were cool in the beginning, however (and I dont know if this is bugged out or if it is intentional, hopefully a bug) I felt like 60% of the time it is dark outside and then when it is daytime it is raining 70% of the time.
One of the most immersion-breaking issues? Enemies still spot me effortlessly through thick vegetation, while I can't even catch a glimpse of them. It makes stealth feel one-sided and clunky.. No wonder why game gives loads of bread, medkit and sausages..
You go to a spot, kill some mutants or equally disinterested bad guys, loot a gun and two sausages, walk back to base, sell them for five rubles, buy another sausage and some ammo, chug some vodka, then repeat. It’s essentially a Soviet job simulator disguised as a video game.
Maybe i'll replay again after they release Story DLC
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Jul 24, 2025
It's a very satisfying game, combining all the old games beautifully, both in terms of story and gameplay. I was amazed!
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Jul 22, 2025
Absolutely atrocious performance and full of bugs. Would not recommend to anyone.
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Jul 17, 2025
Прошёл S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl 2024 года на пк. Играл в детстве много в оригинальные сталкачи, был заинтересован выходом продолжения, тем более хайп стоял запредельный. Начну с плюсов, графика и в целом визуал в игре потрясающие, на уровне откровения, особенно для тех, кто будет играть на порядочных настройках графики, а не как я на минималках. Лучшая работа со звуком где я вообще видел и слышал, просто вау. Качественный кинематографичный сюжет, качественные концовки, однако под конец сложно становится понять, что происходит, можно было получше конечно сделать. Стрельба просто великолепная, сражения с людьми просто 10/10, однако с мутантами не всё так гладко, они стали нереальными губками и у каждого появился кретинический паттерн поведения, считайте скрипт, вне рамок которого убивать их очень сложно, я бы сказал тут небольшой фейл, однако это не критично. Открытый мир, на самом деле средний, скорее разочаровывает. Лутинг стал лучше предыдущих частей, имеет смысл осматривать те или иные места, в предыдущих частях всё было пустое/голое. Однако, чем дольше играешь, тем больше понимаешь, что при обыске ты не найдёшь ничего кроме водки и колбасы, так что тут тоже фейл. Пожалуй, второй сталкач единственная игра которую портит отсутствие русской озвучки в игре, не повторяйте мою ошибку играйте не на английской озвучке, она плохая. В целом, игра местами очень заскриптованная и кривая, очень раздражает когда такое встречается, в этом плане она такая же как оригинал. Очень много багов и технических проблем, у меня персонально она периодически вылетала и это фрустрировало нереально, помимо всего прочего. В целом, игра пестрит непродуманными моментами и нераскрытым потенциалом, всё задаешься вопросом, а что тут так долго делали то? Последняя часть игры (помимо концовок) крайне неудачная и затянутая, лучше бы её подсократили, но сделали более толковой. В целом, это всё тот же сталкер, именно он иногда даже слишком, вторая часть во всём превосходит оригинал, однако разочаровывает недодуманность и нераскрытый потенциал который у игры был, ставлю 7,5/10. Даже с учётом ностальгических чувств, вызванных при прохождении, не могу поставить больше. Многие сетовали, что мол оценка на метакритике слишком заниженная, но видимо она очень хорошо отражает ситуацию.
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Jul 4, 2025
This game doesn't deserve a price tag of 40 dollars or more. Running from point A to point B is a walking simulator, there is no optimization in this game, there are no interesting quests, there are no new mechanics "Playing the guitar by the fire" does not count" I understand that the developers of this game are Ukrainians, but I believe that there is no need to feel sympathy for them or make a discount when evaluating their product, the product should be evaluated objectively and without any pity for any people, regardless of what problem they encountered. I highly recommend against purchasing this product until it is perfected.
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Jun 24, 2025
Im sorry, this game ****...
Old school stalker is just better, better ai, less bugs, and allat. Ignore the existence of this game, and save the money to buy something better! I mean , there is a lot of games really worth youre money, this game not. Its not even worth to pirate it really... Dont waste yer time and play something else!.
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Jun 23, 2025
Stalker 2 is an atmospheric masterpiece! The dense, oppressive atmosphere had me hooked from the very beginning. The music perfectly complements the experience—sometimes hauntingly quiet, other times tense and driving. The weapons feel amazing: heavy, realistic, and with just the right punch.I was especially impressed by the mutants—they're not only terrifying but also wonderfully diverse. The wild dogs, for example, create real adrenaline-pumping moments as they burst through the mist. And tracking down artifacts is not only exciting but genuinely fun—it feels rewarding and mysterious at the same **** absolute must-play for fans of intense post-apocalyptic vibes and deeply immersive worlds.
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Jun 20, 2025
This game is a drama. Completely broken and boring exploration. Poorly designed eq and stamina system. In a game where there are no vehicles and no facilities for moving around, they should somehow reward the boring walking around the same locations. The graphics are good, but they could be better for those times, the sounds of the weapons are great. Exploration, the core of the game, broken!!!
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Jun 12, 2025
This is backstab for all the fans. 0 atmosphere, 0 interesting characters, 0 immersion. This franchise was all about those things and now devs are doing this?? lol Did u saw those npc?? They are much worse than even some 2010s games! Take big games of 15 (!) years ago, for example Skyrim…this is nonsense, quality level of some student project! Voices of characters are so cringe, their loadouts are cringe, behavior is cringe and dialogs r the same.This is extremely low quality game, and the patches quantity are confirming it.Forget about this franchise - it is dead. I guess there is 0 veteran devs there and the team consists from newbie’s, who like Ukrainian cringe, ponytales haircut, u know, those extremely cringe skinny punks wearing glasses, loner boys who always act strange and like hiking in the forest and hurt animals. School shooters type xDI can write my review forever, so better search in YouTube “Old stalker is better then stalker 2”, but grab some napkins to dry tears…
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Jun 7, 2025
It's boring, to much walking, dead atmosphere, bad optimization,just (acceptable gun fight) .... I can't force my self to play it i think its not for me
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Jun 1, 2025
Metro 2033 meets Fallout 4 x Half Life 2, but worse in every category. Poorly optimized, graphics looks much older than the game is. Extremely non-loot friendly, close to game breakingly so. You can sprint for 10 meters then you are tired... Who on earth wants that in a game? Story seems decent, atmosphere is cool at times, but it reminds me of Skyrim or Fallout 4 which is dependant on so many addons to make it even enjoyable to play, which is insane for a game in 2024. After 18 hours and a big mission, instead of allowing me to sell a huge amount of loot and repair etc, you are not even teleported to a city, you have to walk across the whole map to the next quest. Unless you throw everything you have looted away, and even then you have to run forever just to get there. Why would they make such a choice? With addons it could be a 7, but its hard to give it anything other than 6/10 in the current state of it.
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May 28, 2025
I didn't like it. It's unplayable. The optimization is terrible. The locations are empty, you can occasionally find some quest. The anomalies are just awful. The AI is disgusting. The plot didn't grab me, I don't know what it's like next. I dropped it. The only plus is the atmosphere.
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May 24, 2025
Great game. Far from perfect but absolutely love the atmosphere, vibe, gameplay, shooting, etc. Considering the working conditions of the team its truly a miracle we even got this at all. Already finished it twice, and going for more! Cheers to the devs. :D
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May 15, 2025
I love this game a lot. for me it is one of the best atmosphere that ever was created in videogames at all. I love everything in this game
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May 15, 2025
Семь-восемь баллов из 10 — честная оценка для игры. На данный момент в ней устранили все критические баги и в этом плане играть комфортно. Остаётся только вопрос оптимизации — без нормальной машины, конечно, не поиграешь, и лично мне пришлось затарить 4060 Ti ради второго сталкера. Отставив техническую сторону, игра хороша, хотя и не хватает звёзд с неба. Все основные механики работают как надо, сильно не хватает только нормального быстрого перемещения (через NPC, как в трилогии, а ещё лучше — например, как в Фаллауте). Бесконечные похождения туда-сюда сильно затягивают прохождение и не приносят удовольствия. На небольших локациях это не особенно чувствуется, но, к примеру, на Затоне-Болотах это ад. A-Life тут едва работает, но меня это полностью устраивает. Эта особенность трилогии мне никогда не нравилась, а с симуляцией базовых случайных событий вторая часть справляется. На высшем уровне поставлены катсцены, сюжет интересный, в игре полно интересных диалогов.
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May 6, 2025
STALKER 2 Unique, amazing, superb game all times!!! No one game does not have too many pluses as STALKER 2! Pluses: Huge world, manydifferent enemies, weapons like real, deep emotional game, cool visual, huge world of animals and monsters, beautiful sounds design,details in game incredible, cool weather: rain, sunshining, mourning, night very cool looking etc!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Apr 20, 2025
In one word: BORING. SO BORING. In average is a mediocre game, you can't interact with almost anything , items are always the same, you fight with overweight in the inventory all the **** game and the game doesn't offer you too much ways to improve it. You waste more resources on ammo and repairs vs the loot you obtain. So all the **** game is a pain in the ass not an enjoyable videogame experience.
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Apr 14, 2025
игра хороша! 8 не поставлю из за отсутствия нормальных, быстрых перемещений. Я устал бегать из точки А в точку Б по 5-10 минут.
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