All reviews S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl

I hope that with the STALKER game, history will not repeat itself like with Mass Effect Andromeda.

With such a long development time, this should exceed all expectations. Even

GUNSLINGER Mod looked great.

I'm incredibly looking forward to Stalker 2. There are huge expectations for it, but despite everything, I understand that the developers only need to make a large map and an extremely wide SDK for subsequent modifications. It would be very cool to see a system with procedural quest generation so that the chance of encountering a standard quest would be as small as possible

I wish it would come out soon, otherwise there have been only promises for many years

What can I say here? Just the thought that this is STALKER is already breathtaking. I consider it a sister city of Metro, so I have no doubt that the game will bring me pleasure. I don’t know what the developers will prepare for us in the end, but I think that we can expect an exceptionally excellent product. And there are no other thoughts. I’m waiting and want to put on my raincoat as soon as possible and go through the new and, I guess, old nooks and crannies of Pripyat.

Stalker is exactly the game that infected me with its atmosphere. The entire trilogy of this masterpiece was completely completed by me and researched almost to every grain of sand, and you know what I want to say? This is GREAT! This game simply does not allow you to escape into the real world because the further you go, the more interesting and addictive the game becomes! It’s like you’re falling into a deep hole from which you don’t want to get out, because the environment is fascinating and as you explore it deeper and deeper, the environment becomes more and more beautiful. The second part, which true fans are waiting for to this day, leaves hope that every stalker will find what he was looking for. I'm no exception! I can already imagine myself, in a stalker’s overalls with an AKM in… Read full

Artifacts are crap, Caches are complete crap. The gunfire sounds don't match. Distances are huge, and the main character's stamina is crap. You have to jump over branches and thresholds that you would step over in real life, and jumping kills your stamina, which is already crap. Rewards for completing quests are more like alms... The price balance at merchants is crap. Equipment wears out instantly, and repair prices are astronomical. If the main character's weapon is even slightly worn out, it starts jamming almost after every shot, but NPCs fire without delay from completely dead weapons (probably magic). The main character can't see anything through grass and bushes, but everyone can see him! (probably also magic). And not only that—at long range, you can barely even make out an NPC thr… Read full

Even if you ignore the huge Russophobic elephant in the room, this is a software product created using game-making technology.

The plot screws up the entire first trilogy, starting with just small and stupid retcons and ending with a reworking of the geography of the entire Zone, due to which the logic of ALL the actions of ALL the characters in the previous parts loses its meaning.

During the game, it becomes obvious that GSC wanted to make a sequel to Anomaly in terms of gameplay, not a sequel to the old trilogy, but a sequel to Anomaly, but they only managed to roll up the animations of interaction with inventory and the twisted survivability of mutants from the mod. The game has a huge open world, but there is nothing to do in it: there are few sides, "endless" quests are even more tedi… Read full

The main feature of the PM is its non-rail nature. If the same Far Cry can only be “passed through”, then in the TC the world of the zone really lives (well, not counting the crashes, but by 1.0005 they were practically absent from the basic plot). And yes, if some quest cannot be completed because someone died in the Zone, this is NORMAL, this is a living world, and not an interactive movie like CoD4. But in CN they screwed it up, there is only a linear plot. For a more fun game, you need to make the gulags less clear (say, a pack of monsters hangs out within a given area, but they may go out to get prey or vice versa out of fear), make the “run fast and shoot a lot” tactic a losing one (enemies are great at knocking down the runner, and dogs are catching up) and add intelligence to the N… Read full

Well what can I say. Stalker has the status of a cult game. Even years later, tears come to my eyes from the anomalies, artifacts, groupings and “don’t linger.” It is absolutely impossible to predict what the second part will be like. We can only hope that under the yoke of “toxic” gamers and modern trends, Stalker 2 will not break and will remain a game for gamers - stalkers, not gamers - to shoot mutants. Are you smart?

I don’t know how much they will change the gameplay and style. But I hope the atmosphere will remain the same. I recommend the game without a doubt. Looking forward to the release)

I played, I played, now I'm lying there like a fool and thinking...

I got to the point where I destroyed the NDI.

The scientific institute helped Spark.

It seems Spark made the right gesture when she opened the way for zombies in the hangar..

But since I helped destroy the NDI guard, and talked to others before that, I generally see only 2 ways for myself because maybe I don't have my own option yet.

And it turns out that you need to pump the save before destroying the NDI!!!

To enjoy the zone purely.

Because there is no neutralization in the game, you need to make a clear choice so that one of the factions dominates, and after listening to everyone, I understand that all liars with empty words and their own interests and in their hands are just a tool to achieve their personal goals...

This is ve… Read full

Stalker 2 means... No, well, it’s enough that it’s at least in development. Whatever one may say, many were waiting for news about it and now development is in full swing (I’m talking about the time when the first news about Stalker 2 began to appear)! Let's hope that the gameplay will be as shown in the Trailers, and the plot will be at the highest level!

I hope the game will have horror components. Development is in full swing, we have a loaf model in HD. What about the game engine, the game engine chosen is excellent (Unreal Engine) so the graphics and gameplay will be excellent.

There will be a good game that sooo many people are waiting for. The most difficult thing in creating this game is to please the fans of the series and meet expectations.

The fact that the atmosphere of the game will change is understandable, but what is no less interesting is that now they will be able to create a simulation of the life of the zone, at the moment this can be realized. If there is no stimulation, I don’t even know how Part 2 can surprise us

The gameplay is excellent, the atmosphere and immersion are top-notch. The story is quite solid, although the endings are a bit lacking. The game's main problem is its poor optimization; not every device can handle it.

I honestly bought all the parts. I'm looking forward to the release. I hope they will present something new and interesting, so far the developers have done it well.

I'm looking forward to this game despite all the difficulties and anger towards this studio, but we're looking at the games and what they showed us in the trailers is impressive, they just showed little of everything, but I'm still looking forward to this trip through the contaminated zone, anomalies, mutants, stalkers, in short, I'm waiting for the release 10/10

I really enjoyed the game. The atmosphere of the series was conveyed more than well, the picture, the plot, the side effects, the dialogues, the feeling of that same stalker. I liked everything. The computer runs without problems on Epic Full HD. I especially liked the inserts with cinematics! Well done GSC, you did it. I’m playing happy that PPC. It was not in vain that I waited.

PS: I won’t talk about bugs, there are plenty of them in any game, the main thing is to fix the game.

Probably the most anticipated long-term construction. And the most “ours”.

Ours because when I found myself in the world of Stalker, I always felt like I was somewhere close to home, albeit in an extremely dangerous zone. Native words, songs around the fire, familiar bandits. Well, radiation, mutants and artifacts, of course.

The atmosphere of post-Soviet abandonment. Peeling paint of houses looking through blind window openings, ajar entrance doors, rusty swings creaking in the wind. And the feeling that now, on a completely empty street, you have been noticed for a long time...

Those feelings from visiting the dim corridors of an abandoned bunker, listening to every rustle, nervously peering into the shadows, looking for movement and, at the same time, searching something valuable from the … Read full