What is better? STALKER 2 or G.A.M.M.A. mod

[HunterIII]

in terms of gun play and immersion?

[Trellek]

GAMMA.

At this point it's really no contest. The AI in GAMMA staggers when you centerpunch them with a rifle, for one thing. For another, the gunplay is slower and more deliberate and Call of Pripyat's soundscape was on point.

Visually, Stalker 2's Zone is amazing, but I've already lost my patience with enemies in what looks like classic Bandit garb facetanking entire magazines of 5.45 and 5.56 at very close range. That said, with some patches (perhaps fixing the way that enemies more than ten meters away t-pose at you angrily instead of animating) and tweaks, there's at least the potential to be...well, maybe only as good as. GAMMA really is pretty fantastic, after all.

Still, my first thought when I fired it up was something along the lines of, 'sweet sheep, it's a higher budget, less jank Stalker...'

[Korben Dallas]

idk if i started this but my personnel opinion is play Stalker anomaly download mods as you go. but my god. Anomaly is a diff beast. it is unforgiving. only play if you played stalker before imo

[PegAsi]

Gamma is better at this exact moment. One is completely playable, while the other barely works lol.

Things could be different later down the line when stalker 2 is properly patched.

[GreyBush]

At least GAMMA still has A-Life. Stalker 2 spawning is a joke.

[Warmen]

Originally posted by Trellek:

GAMMA.

At this point it's really no contest. The AI in GAMMA staggers when you centerpunch them with a rifle, for one thing. For another, the gunplay is slower and more deliberate and Call of Pripyat's soundscape was on point.

Visually, Stalker 2's Zone is amazing, but I've already lost my patience with enemies in what looks like classic Bandit garb facetanking entire magazines of 5.45 and 5.56 at very close range. That said, with some patches (perhaps fixing the way that enemies more than ten meters away t-pose at you angrily instead of animating) and tweaks, there's at least the potential to be...well, maybe only as good as. GAMMA really is pretty fantastic, after all.

Still, my first thought when I fired it up was something along the lines of, 'sweet sheep, it's a higher budget, less jank Stalker...'

Yes, to be honest ,a game of such magnitude to be released in 2024 , I was expecting a much better AI. Faken enemy moves like in Soldier of FOrtune released 24 years ago.

[Sir Galahad]

Gamma, no competition dude, only graphics and visual ♥♥♥♥♥♥ would like this game better, but even then if you mod gamma with visual enhancements it looks great, gameplay wise there will never be any competition period.

[Korben Dallas]

well they had a lot of things going against them from the beginning. Listen Stalker anomaly is free and has diff mods for your play style with a solid base.

If you like the vibe buy Stalker 2 IMO. Stalker 2 is much more forgiving and enjoyable. up the road there'll be mods etc

[minisith]

Originally posted by Sir Galahad:

Gamma, no competition dude, only graphics and visual ♥♥♥♥♥♥ would like this game better, but even then if you mod gamma with visual enhancements it looks great, gameplay wise there will never be any competition period.

Gamma is a mod already.

[patgal5492]

Gamma. Enemies don't just spam grenades.

[Sir Galahad]

Originally posted by minisith:

Originally posted by Sir Galahad:

Gamma, no competition dude, only graphics and visual ♥♥♥♥♥♥ would like this game better, but even then if you mod gamma with visual enhancements it looks great, gameplay wise there will never be any competition period.

Gamma is a mod already.

Yes but you can still add additional mods.

[Cosmophase]

Originally posted by Warmen:

Originally posted by Trellek:

GAMMA.

At this point it's really no contest. The AI in GAMMA staggers when you centerpunch them with a rifle, for one thing. For another, the gunplay is slower and more deliberate and Call of Pripyat's soundscape was on point.

Visually, Stalker 2's Zone is amazing, but I've already lost my patience with enemies in what looks like classic Bandit garb facetanking entire magazines of 5.45 and 5.56 at very close range. That said, with some patches (perhaps fixing the way that enemies more than ten meters away t-pose at you angrily instead of animating) and tweaks, there's at least the potential to be...well, maybe only as good as. GAMMA really is pretty fantastic, after all.

Still, my first thought when I fired it up was something along the lines of, 'sweet sheep, it's a higher budget, less jank Stalker...'

Yes, to be honest ,a game of such magnitude to be released in 2024 , I was expecting a much better AI. Faken enemy moves like in Soldier of FOrtune released 24 years ago.

Lmao, I honestly feel sorry for people like you. You are so pessimistic you can't even enjoy something if it's good. I did two Gamma playthroughs in the recent years and have absolutely no issues with this stalker release. The AI is very similar to what was in gamma except the AI doesn't randomly freeze in place in the open in this game lmao. This is a day one release from a company that was in the midst of a war using a completely new engine and all people like you can do is spew your BS. Thank God I can still enjoy good games and not let my pessimism take over my entire being.

Edit: Before you guys start saying "yOu dOnT eVeN oWn tHe gAmE" I had a brain and got it for $40 cheaper on game pass.

[Chaos]

Gamma surprisingly.

I guess almost ten years of development and decade of experience can only do so much when this is all they're capable of.

The only thing this game got over Gamma was visual and animation plus an actual story set piece, thing modders could just take and make a much better game upon.

Hell, this is just like Skyrim lol.

[minisith]

Originally posted by Sir Galahad:

Originally posted by minisith:

Gamma is a mod already.

Yes but you can still add additional mods.

Comparing a modded game to vanilla game is wierd.

Modding is not the same as creating a full game from almost scratch.

Competition wise it is an unfair contest that you guys are arguing about.

[I Throw Spears.]

I mean.

GAMMA.

Stalker 2 has been out a day.

GAMMA is built on 4x as many peoples work across 17 years.

Kinda a goofy comparison tbh.

[Franzosisch]

GAMMA is less likely to crash.