Metacritic 74 currently

[Seferoth]

https://www.metacritic.com/game/stalker-2-heart-of-chornobyl/

[ate0ate]

Review vids are coming out. Skillup said it is not finished and that he "currently cannot recommend it." Game breaking bugs and terrible performance. The embargo timing was obviously very deliberate.

[Hayley]

Originally posted by ate0ate:

The embargo timing was obviously very deliberate.

As it was with Starfield & Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.

[Genosse Kommissar]

I do not recognize the authorita of people who fail the cupcake tutorial or cant get into Doom. There needs to be a new circle of hell for these people.

[Seferoth]

Performance and bugs seems to be common complaint, however quite many whine about the game being too harsh...which is hilarious, this is the Zone, it's meant to be harsh place.

[-GK- Paladin]

Hardcore Gamer wrote:
"Stalker 2 is nothing short of a miracle. Developed by Ukrainian studio GSC Game World over the course of seven years amid a pandemic and a war -- among many other challenges -- Stalker 2 is a labor of love and the best type of sequel one could hope for. While many long-running franchises have strayed from their roots in an (often misguided) attempt to appeal to as many players as possible, Stalker 2 knows its core audience well and delivers exactly the type of game we were hoping for."

Says everything I needed to see. :)

[Fudzin]

Originally posted by ate0ate:

Review vids are coming out. Skillup said it is not finished and that he "currently cannot recommend it." Game breaking bugs and terrible performance. The embargo timing was obviously very deliberate.

its pretty common for games today. Some game offer Day 1 patch etc

[Arandur87]

Originally posted by -GK- Paladin:

Hardcore Gamer wrote:
"Stalker 2 is nothing short of a miracle. Developed by Ukrainian studio GSC Game World over the course of seven years amid a pandemic and a war -- among many other challenges -- Stalker 2 is a labor of love and the best type of sequel one could hope for. While many long-running franchises have strayed from their roots in an (often misguided) attempt to appeal to as many players as possible, Stalker 2 knows its core audience well and delivers exactly the type of game we were hoping for."

Says everything I needed to see. :)

+1

[os1m]

time to refund?

[jjminiverse]

A proper review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHNsOyz8PYY

[Hell Angel]

Yes, but at least it got Nvidia no1 company's technology inside so it's worth for RTX 4090 owners

[ChuTheMan]

Originally posted by ate0ate:

Review vids are coming out. Skillup said it is not finished and that he "currently cannot recommend it." Game breaking bugs and terrible performance. The embargo timing was obviously very deliberate.

skillup is the only reviewer out there?
I'm gonna wait until we got a bigger group of reviewers (not mainstream ♥♥♥♥ like IGN ofc) before i judge.

people who judge games because of a single review are insane.

[Juan Carlos Bodoque]

its a niche game plagued by technical issues, a 70-80 metacritic score was expected

edit: its defo going to be best game this year

[pr1mus]

Originally posted by -GK- Paladin:

Hardcore Gamer wrote:
"Stalker 2 is nothing short of a miracle. Developed by Ukrainian studio GSC Game World over the course of seven years amid a pandemic and a war -- among many other challenges -- Stalker 2 is a labor of love and the best type of sequel one could hope for. While many long-running franchises have strayed from their roots in an (often misguided) attempt to appeal to as many players as possible, Stalker 2 knows its core audience well and delivers exactly the type of game we were hoping for."

Says everything I needed to see. :)

it says nothing about the game lol, just that it was developed during the pandemic and war therefore it gets pity points.

[mP3+Z]

Sounds like the DEI free promise to me. the higher score the media criticism, the more DEI stuff it contains now day.

[TREXINATUX]

I don't trust metacritic as far as I can throw it. Numbers are meaningless when it comes to the taste of fun.

Is Stalker 2 the tasty treat or stale meat?

Is spam YOUR jam or is it deep fried ham?