STALKER 2 is not stalker anymore.... its more like FAR CRY.

[real_raziel]

The first impression is powerful, but the further it goes, the worse it gets. Unfortunately, after about 20 hours in the game, I can confidently say that it plays like a total modification to FAR CRY.
Shallow mechanics, armies of human enemies (spawning every now and then behind your back), no music to create atmosphere, no reputation system, no basic character development system (carrying capacity, more HP, better prices... you know, something that was already in mods?). The sad fact is that even FAR CRY is higher because they have a development system :(

Apart from great weather effects, the game is a shell of its previous part.

For a moment I was hoping that we would have the feeling of the Metro Exodus series, but Metro does it 3 levels better.

Pity :(

[Myztkl©-Kev]

im having a blast with it, but I had limited experiences with the previous 3 stalker games. Funny you mention Metro, because that studio was founded by ex-GSC devs.

[real_raziel]

Originally posted by Myztkl©-Kev:

im having a blast with it, but I had limited experiences with the previous 3 stalker games. Funny you mention Metro, because that studio was founded by ex-GSC devs.

So, it's a shame they didn't carry over the Metro experience to Stalker 2

[Eren Jäger]

I don't think it's that bad now. Unfortunately, a lot of things are missing because A-life doesn't work properly.

[Zordiark Darkeater]

There are music lol different types for different moments in fact even during exploration.

The spawns is a known issue its a temporal bandaid fix Devs working on "A-life" Actor/Director or whatever you want to call it to fix it, (don't know when the update will be ready tough)

In my opinion Metro Exodus was shallow especially the open world parts.
There were some good parts and moments but it got stale veeeeery fast. also some of the zone designs were realy ♥♥♥♥.

The Older Metros were better but they were also waaay more on rails but they had a waaay more serious tone and world compared to Exodus and Farcry where the world and story mostly just feels like a holywood kiddy ride til the end.

[fox]

Metro is not open world. Thats like saying God of War has better gameplay than Skyrim.

[TEKK3N]

Disagree with it.
It has its flaws but way better than Farcry and better than Fallout 4.

If they fix the spawning and stealth it would be the best in its genre.

[Absinth Minded]

Whoa buddy, you haven't played a Far Cry game in a long while, have you?

[Romey1son]

Besides the open world it's way more like the old stalkers games then I thought it would be.

[Stevanator]

Originally posted by Absinth Minded:

Whoa buddy, you haven't played a Far Cry game in a long while, have you?

its literally exactly like far cry 5 hahahahahah it even has yellow to mark objects you can use

[Absinth Minded]

♥♥♥♥, must have missed all the climbable towers to get information about empty side activities, endless trash mobs, DEI characters.... etc., etc. ad absurdum

[zpc]

I'd say it's a far cry from being ... Far Cry.

[Vinnolo]

as far as im aware metro doesnt have anything remotely close to A-life, which is broken right now in stalker 2, but you can play the previous 3 games and see how it works, this is the core of stalker

[Kleerex]

You know what's funny? These guys are hating on Far Cry, yet they also want features from Far Cry like animal skinning, loot everywhere, sliding, jumping. Like, there's a whole 'wishlist' megathread on STALKER subreddit where people describe things I mentioned without realizing what game they come from. But don't you ever dare to compare STALKER to Far Cry there, you will get downvoted into oblivion!

You guys are delusional. You accuse STALKER of being like Far Cry while also wanting it to be like Far Cry. Make up your mind already!

[Zulu]

I was never immersed in a Far Cry game.

And Metro series feel like STALKER 2 tutorial section.

[PostNutClarity]

No one asked for your opinion.