isomarcus

If you are a fan of the original stalker games, stalker 2 is just perfect. Don't even bother considering the low user scores, it's a feeble and pathetic attempt at review bombing by russian bots, mad at this stunning ukrainian game.

DO NOT BOTHER BUYING THIS GAME. Single player is just an endless sequence of boring, useless, 2 laps races in which you inevitably start last and have to race against 7 or 11 stupid bots just to win a useless car that you have to use the next useless race. it's a borefest. single player just screams a "i couldn't care less" by poliphony. returned it to the store after 6 hours of gameplay. DO NOT SPEND 80$ on this game, it's worth 5$ at max.

dodge dodge hack, dodge dodge slash, repeat until you get to a boss then it's dodge dodge dodge dodge hack slash dodge. really was expecting a bit more regarding gameplay. also the "open world" is pretty empty. boring.

Don't listen to fanboys review bombing the game because they couldn't afford a ps5. This game is absolutely magnificent, if you enjoyed zero dawn you won't be let down by forbidden west.

dull game, repetitive encounters, useless crafting system. i give it a 1 only for the lore, play only if you are a fan of the series, otherwise it's not worth.

this game is the living proof why sites like metacritic shouldn't exist. first of all i'd like to know how within few hours of release there's all these idiots posting 0s, i'm at 5 hours gameplay and are still exploring the first area of the 'real' story. so i'm pretty sure almost all of these 0s are from people who don't own the game. That said, the game is a masterpiece. Stunning graphics, music, atmosphere, level design, attention to details. everything is spot on. yes, the story is not on par with the first tlou, but that is really the only critic you can move toward the most stunning game ever to reach the ps4. if you even remotely enjoyed tlou1, go buy it, you won't regret it.

Pros: lots of bikes to buy, upgrade, paint and customize. lots of rider gear to buy in order to personalize your rider Cons: Everything else. Atrocious physics, Feels absolutely nothing like riding a bike. There's no difference between dry and wet track, even in heavy rain you can just throw your bike into a turn with a knee to the ground and smashing into the brakes. Horrific performance on ps4 pro, given that the graphics look from a game of 3 years ago, you'd expect at least a smooth experience, but try moving around the camera in a race and enjoy your 20 fps Non-existant AI, they just shoot off the grid and ride on tracks all race on fixed pace, while completely ignoring (and crashing into) you. Since you start every race from 8th position (there's no qualifying), it just becomes ridicolous after a while. Lowering the AI difficulty slider seems to make no difference at all on the AI riders. Lack of options to make the game at least playable (for example minimap zoom in order to make the track minimap useful as it basically shows 15 metres of track in front and behind you, or an option to remove the camera bobbing as correcting your trajectory in a turn makes you sea-sick) You literally have to buy the DLCs to win races in career mode, as in the starting races the A.I rides DLC bikes that goes faster than the bikes you can buy (even when upgraded to the max). So you have for example this race starting in the nordschleife final straight where you just watch the AI DLC bikes doing 30 kmh more than your maxed up triumph street twin. The tracks feel quite lack-luster as many are missing a lot of surrounding scenery, and many tracks have sections that do not resemble their real counterpart (even if you just compare them to tracks in game that have tracks laser scanned like forza) I give the game a 1 only because it's fun to buy and customize the bikes and rider, everything else is really horrendous.