Play now or wait

[Ozone]

Hi STALKER fans, I saw the patch notes and looks like it might be worth a try or wait?

[FilthyAnimal]

Well alot of people complaining about bad performance, crashes and bugs
So if you have a decent PC you might try your luck

[A TIN OF JAR]

It still needs some work but its in a much better state now after patch 1.1.1. I mean if you want to play the game in its best possible state I would probably wait a few months but from my experience its still currently very much enjoyable.

[sunflower]

Depends on how good PC you have, and how you tolerate minor bugs. Game will get better and better over time, but I played from the release and don't regret.

[RawDawg]

If I could go back in time I would wait. Give it another patch or two regardless of your hardware. It's fun but that is seriously hampered by the issues. In my last 45 minutes of play the game has dropped to 10 fps for no reason three times. Forces me to restart the game.

[Ozone]

Understood, tahnks guys

[LittleMissMurder]

I have a pretty good PC with good performance, but the endless bugs are annoying. The latest patch for example broke the inventory and it makes me want to uninstall.

I only played Cyberpunk 2077 after the v2 patch, a number of years after release, and from what I've read, it was the game it was always meant to be compared to the disaster at launch. I suspect S2:HoC will end up going the same way.

[PuffyLunk]

Even if Stalker 2 had zero issues (which it doesn't), the whole experience would still be summed up with the 3 letter word "meh"

and I put 99.5 hours into the game before I came to that decision (after I joined the 3% of the people who beat said game)

[Griff]

Regardless of hardware, the game is unfinished atm. I would wait personally.

[LeadHead]

Wait. The 1.1 patch was a bandaid to a missing limb. It was a pretty big bandaid, but a bandaid nonetheless. The game is fundamentally flawed (completely ignoring the minor bugs, crashes and performance issues) will need many more updates to get it to be truly enjoyable.

It's okay for what it is and has its moments thus far, but the overall state of the game is just not good enough to justify the price tag.

[PuffyLunk]

I beat the game in 3 weeks. I wont try to rebeat it again for at least another year. The edges are so rough on this project that it still going to need 1+ plus post-development. Maybe even 2.

and by then, we'll all be playing GTA 6. Wait for it to be $9.99 like the others.

[Trouser_Dune_Worm]

Poor performance, bugs, crashes, no A-life. What do you think, OP?

[Lampich UA]

better wait 1-2 months, its okay now for such big games. Like BG3, cyberpunk, etc etc. Developers need time for finding all bugs

[ZooL]

160gb
no

[nahirzaharenko]

Originally posted by Ozone:

Hi STALKER fans, I saw the patch notes and looks like it might be worth a try or wait?

If you like the old trilogy, this was GOTY from day 1.
But there are still bugs and performance issues.
Right now everyone crashes in Rostok but the world is more lively since 1.1

[Zulu]

The performance is super smooth on my end and the game is amazing.

But after 40 hours I decided to put it on hold, for it to receive it's A-Life updates.

1st update was introduced this week, but haven't tested it, as in the meantime I fell in love with Sekiro.