What a horrible disappointment :(

[NitekPL]

Why does this happen? Again - this game is based on faulty unreal engine. It has serious issues and I still wonder why devs are so stuck to unreal in 2024. I have a serious rig. Meaning a really good pc.
14900K [patched, not faulty] 4090K, 64gigs of 6800 low latency ram nad a 5gen Crucial t700 4gb ssd drive.
And of course like all latest UE games it stutters. Silent Hill 2 remake has the same issues reported by players.
It has been documented that UE is the snowflake of engines. It crashes a lot, it needs special treatment and still performs like a snowflake princess.
DEVS - STOP USING THIS crap engine. Just stop. While all games work fine Unreal needs to have issues. I know it's too late. I know this game has to flop and I am so sorry.

Other issues:
Controller is NOT working, needs a fix. Steam inpur or not - it just does not respond. Interface recognizes controller [shows press A to start etc] but does not work.

Gameplay and graphics:
Game looks like a remaster of the 2007 game. Really. It just looks like an old game that just got remastered.
Textures at everything maxxed out look like crap. Foliage looks dated. WHAT the actual HELL are you doing GCS? I Was waiting for this game for so long.

I am really emotional at this moment. I was about to refund but I need to sleep on it. Probably will refund in the morning.

What a shame.... what a horrible shame.

EDIT:
*refunded*. I can't do any other UE5 game that is horribly broken on launch. I needed this lesson and will take a large detour from UE5 games.

[wrc]

tell me you know nothing about HORRIBLE engine without telling me... seems like OP is a pinecone... None of the issues listed acutally been registered after my 12 hours of gameplay. also - I've got i9 13900k, 96gb 5800 mhz ram, 4090 and I run this at 2k with maxed out settings everywhere - NO ISSUES with mostly 130-165 FPS. Seems to me like its YOU problem, not the game. Please stop posting stupid ♥♥♥♥ just becuase u are entitled little brat with no knowledge, don't bring shame to your country in your nickname lol.

[Mara]

refunded too.

[OldWhiteWolf71]

If you find ANY game using UE5 crashes semi-randomly, use your motherboard manufacturer's app for overclocking to REDUCE the CPU multiplier until it runs normally.

With my old processor (Intel) rated at 54x100 I had to drop it down to 48x100 for the UE5 engine to run properly. Entirely Intel's fault for releasing poorly made CPUs.

[Razen]

Origineel geplaatst door OldWhiteWolf71:

If you find ANY game using UE5 crashes semi-randomly, use your motherboard manufacturer's app for overclocking to REDUCE the CPU multiplier until it runs normally.

With my old processor (Intel) rated at 54x100 I had to drop it down to 48x100 for the UE5 engine to run properly. Entirely Intel's fault for releasing poorly made CPUs.

So every other Engine runs fine with that CPU except Unreal... and you blame Intel?

lol

[Frag Maniac]

Origineel geplaatst door Troy Muni:

Origineel geplaatst door NitekPL:

Why does this happen? Again - this game is based on faulty unreal engine. It has serious issues and I still wonder why devs are so stuck to unreal in 2024. I have a serious rig. Meaning a really good pc.
14900K [patched, not faulty] 4090K, 64gigs of 6800 low latency ram nad a 5gen Crucial t700 4gb ssd drive.
And of course like all latest UE games it stutters. Silent Hill 2 remake has the same issues reported by players.
It has been documented that UE is the snowflake of engines. It crashes a lot, it needs special treatment and still performs like a snowflake princess.
DEVS - STOP USING THIS crap engine. Just stop. While all games work fine Unreal needs to have issues. I know it's too late. I know this game has to flop and I am so sorry.

Other issues:
Controller is NOT working, needs a fix. Steam inpur or not - it just does not respond. Interface recognizes controller [shows press A to start etc] but does not work.

Gameplay and graphics:
Game looks like a remaster of the 2007 game. Really. It just looks like an old game that just got remastered.
Textures at everything maxxed out look like crap. Foliage looks dated. WHAT the actual HELL are you doing GCS? I Was waiting for this game for so long.

I am really emotional at this moment. I was about to refund but I need to sleep on it. Probably will refund in the morning.

What a shame.... what a horrible shame.

Slava Ukraini. But not in game development.

Are you sure you have the most recent microcode from the BIOS update that actually fixed the issue and not one of the 2 prior updates? The real fix was just released maybe 2-3 weeks ago.

Was gonna say same thing. I have no crashes or any performance problems on my 13700K with RTX 4080. My BIOS is fully updated with microcodes though, and 1he 14900 is in more need of them.

[SilverX95]

Origineel geplaatst door wrc:

tell me you know nothing about HORRIBLE engine without telling me... seems like OP is a pinecone... None of the issues listed acutally been registered after my 12 hours of gameplay. also - I've got i9 13900k, 96gb 5800 mhz ram, 4090 and I run this at 2k with maxed out settings everywhere - NO ISSUES with mostly 130-165 FPS. Seems to me like its YOU problem, not the game. Please stop posting stupid ♥♥♥♥ just becuase u are entitled little brat with no knowledge, don't bring shame to your country in your nickname lol.

ah yes.... don't be poor bro.

[Whargoul]

They make plenty of games for poors that still rock 90's graphics why not play those instead

[Fnar]

Origineel geplaatst door NitekPL:

Origineel geplaatst door HostileLogOut:

your cpu is the problem. i am using a 4070 and a 7800x3d running max settings on 1440p getting roughly 120 fps with frame generation on and Dlss

Really? Everything else is running fine but Stalker has issues. Like I said - princess of engines.

It's not on me, my pc - it's on the developers, their engine choices and decisions.

How does that conclusion you've jumped to explain the fact that the game is running just fine for myself and many other people?

I understand that the game is allegedly causing problems for some, I just find it fascinating that the majority of those with problems appear to be geniuses like yourself, who know exactly what the problem is, they know it's not their system, they know it's the Dev's fault and they just ignore the inconvenient fact that the game is running fine for other people, often with the same hardware.

So in your expert opinion it's the Dev's fault that the game doesn't run satisfactorily on your PC, and the fact it runs fine on another PC with the same hardware is what? Witchcraft?

[wonderpookie]

Origineel geplaatst door Fnar:

Origineel geplaatst door NitekPL:

Really? Everything else is running fine but Stalker has issues. Like I said - princess of engines.

It's not on me, my pc - it's on the developers, their engine choices and decisions.

How does that conclusion you've jumped to explain the fact that the game is running just fine for myself and many other people?

I understand that the game is allegedly causing problems for some, I just find it fascinating that the majority of those with problems appear to be geniuses like yourself, who know exactly what the problem is, they know it's not their system, they know it's the Dev's fault and they just ignore the inconvenient fact that the game is running fine for other people, often with the same hardware.

So in your expert opinion it's the Dev's fault that the game doesn't run satisfactorily on your PC, and the fact it runs fine on another PC with the same hardware is what? Witchcraft?

Entitled know-nothing know-it-all's.

That's what these ppl are.

Their systems aren't good enough. The truth hurts. It's called life.

[Squishdri]

Origineel geplaatst door wrc:

tell me you know nothing about HORRIBLE engine without telling me... seems like OP is a pinecone... None of the issues listed acutally been registered after my 12 hours of gameplay. also - I've got i9 13900k, 96gb 5800 mhz ram, 4090 and I run this at 2k with maxed out settings everywhere - NO ISSUES with mostly 130-165 FPS. Seems to me like its YOU problem, not the game. Please stop posting stupid ♥♥♥♥ just becuase u are entitled little brat with no knowledge, don't bring shame to your country in your nickname lol.

Your machine is a joke, let's just get this out in the air. The I9 13900k Is a terrible CPU and widely regarded next to the latest AMD Ryzen 9 as an unstable meme of a processing unit. 96gb? You're either lying or your computer isn't built for playing video games and thus, your opinion on this can be ignored, because this looks like your PC is built more for AI and data annalist work than gaming, which means if I need to drop 6,700$ on a new PC just to play an inferior sequel that's a meme. This game has issues left and right, my PC is top of the line in terms of last years parts, 32gb of ram 5800mhz of course no one should go any lower, 7900xt and a ryzen 7 7800X3D any my storage is WDblack 2tb 3 sticks. Mobo is an ROG B650 E, for the 100 minutes I played this game I had nothing but stutters, frame drops, random skips, flying enemies and allies and two crashes.

So either, your machine is utterly made up and you don't have an AI designing machine like this, or you didn't actually play this game on your machine, this game is a poorly optimised mess and has been this way since launch

[Squishdri]

Origineel geplaatst door Fnar:

Origineel geplaatst door NitekPL:

Really? Everything else is running fine but Stalker has issues. Like I said - princess of engines.

It's not on me, my pc - it's on the developers, their engine choices and decisions.

How does that conclusion you've jumped to explain the fact that the game is running just fine for myself and many other people?

I understand that the game is allegedly causing problems for some, I just find it fascinating that the majority of those with problems appear to be geniuses like yourself, who know exactly what the problem is, they know it's not their system, they know it's the Dev's fault and they just ignore the inconvenient fact that the game is running fine for other people, often with the same hardware.

So in your expert opinion it's the Dev's fault that the game doesn't run satisfactorily on your PC, and the fact it runs fine on another PC with the same hardware is what? Witchcraft?

You want to know how we know it's the devs fault vs our faults? Very simple. See, when I go play Witcher 3, Crisis 3, Avowed, Star Citizen and other graphically and generally machine intensive games, my PC does fine, it silently goes about its job giving me 120+ FPS on these games consistently. Now comes in Stalker 2, launches and a few people have a good time, but a majority of us had issues, and still do. We've pointed out countless times the Unreal Engine is a terrible engine, just like how we pointed out the latest Unity Engines are terrible and need work before devs start using them, because each time they do, untrained or inexperienced developers put a game on a "New and improved engine meant to captivate audiences for generations." and it flops for a good year or two before the next game comes out on the same engine vastly more improved.

We complain because we know our computers are fine, we know when we have driver issues and graphical issues that are on our end, these are pretty obvious when they happen. But when I can play one game perfectly and the next game I can barely run on a machine built to play 3 clients of Star Citizen if I wanted to without lagging, there's a problem in the game optimisation, not my computer.

So when a PC that's been eating alive most newly released games starts struggling on a game, my first instinct is to say "This is a poorly optimised mess." and most of the time, it is, just like this game was, just like the devs admitted months ago, the problem is it hasn't really improved at all.

[Nyarlathotep]

running a i7 14700f, 4070ti super, 32ram, 1440 rez and controller with zero issues. its your rig not unreal lol

[wonderpookie]

Origineel geplaatst door Squishdri:

You want to know how we know it's the devs fault vs our faults? Very simple. See, when I go play Witcher 3, Crisis 3, Avowed, Star Citizen and other graphically and generally machine intensive games, my PC does fine, it silently goes about its job giving me 120+ FPS on these games consistently.

LOL, clown.

[ingus76]

You can go to any game forum and read how someone complain - ou wau ou ahhh ohhhh my super uber mega puper PC play all the games on the whole World without problems and only this one, exactly this one is *** because not optimised and bla bla bla
BS, your PC are potato or your PC are problem in 90% cases, full of viruses, trainers or miner software, thats all.

[_Synt3rax_]

Origineel geplaatst door ingus76:

You can go to any game forum and read how someone complain - ou wau ou ahhh ohhhh my super uber mega puper PC play all the games on the whole World without problems and only this one, exactly this one is *** because not optimised and bla bla bla
BS, your PC are potato or your PC are problem in 90% cases, full of viruses, trainers or miner software, thats all.

In 99% of Cases the Game just has Garbage Tier Optimization.