why bad reviews?

[✪ daz.]

game is perfectly fine it is slightly updated but why are people complaining when its literally a free upgrade from the originals?

[King_Kiff]

it's full of woke political virtue signalling, it doesn't fix age old bugs and all the improvements have been done much better 10 to 15 years ago via popular and easy to install mods.

This comes off as an offensive cash grab. The people that made the original games are no longer at GSC and they are simply milking the classics while vandalising them at the same time.

[WolfPax]

Originally posted by King_Kiff:

it's full of woke political virtue signalling, it doesn't fix age old bugs and all the improvements have been done much better 10 to 15 years ago via popular and easy to install mods.

This comes off as an offensive cash grab. The people that made the original games are no longer at GSC and they are simply milking the classics while vandalising them at the same time.

^ Couldn't have said it better

[remowers]

bla bla bla political move bla bla. its their right to cut out what they want.

Also, I can't imagine how much you have to be mega smart to expect a fix for old bugs when it was announced that the enhanced version would ONLY get improved graphics. Besides, how much do you have to be mega smart to demand something from a literally FREE version?

[King_Kiff]

Originally posted by remowers:

bla bla bla political move bla bla. its their right to cut out what they want.

Also, I can't imagine how much you have to be mega smart to expect a fix for old bugs when it was announced that the enhanced version would ONLY get improved graphics. Besides, how much do you have to be mega smart to demand something from a literally FREE version?

yes and it's our right to review it the way we see fit and so far it's 60% negative heading for mostly negative/overwhelmingly negative very soon.

removing the Cheeki Breeki from Stalker is just a hate filled move on GSC's part.

[sard3379]

Originally posted by King_Kiff:

it's full of woke political virtue signalling, it doesn't fix age old bugs and all the improvements have been done much better 10 to 15 years ago via popular and easy to install mods.

This comes off as an offensive cash grab. The people that made the original games are no longer at GSC and they are simply milking the classics while vandalising them at the same time.

How a free game is cash grab? You okay bro? At least be honest and say "they removed our language from the game, that why I'm mad".

[sard3379]

Originally posted by daz.:

game is perfectly fine it is slightly updated but why are people complaining when its literally a free upgrade from the originals?

Nothing serious. Review bombers with 0.1 hour playtime on record, complaining about removed Russian voice over. You can easily ignore %20-30 of the negative reviews like that. The honest rating would be around %70 positive reviews. Anyway, Steam will soon remove review bombs automatically. Nothing to worry, nothing to care. Enjoy the remasters.

[Phade]

Originally posted by King_Kiff:

it's full of woke political virtue signalling, it doesn't fix age old bugs and all the improvements have been done much better 10 to 15 years ago via popular and easy to install mods.

This comes off as an offensive cash grab. The people that made the original games are no longer at GSC and they are simply milking the classics while vandalising them at the same time.

Man, its not as though Ukraine is being attacked by Russia or anything, no reason to censor ♥♥♥♥.

[remowers]

Originally posted by sard3379:

Originally posted by King_Kiff:

it's full of woke political virtue signalling, it doesn't fix age old bugs and all the improvements have been done much better 10 to 15 years ago via popular and easy to install mods.

This comes off as an offensive cash grab. The people that made the original games are no longer at GSC and they are simply milking the classics while vandalising them at the same time.

How a free game is cash grab? You okay bro? At least be honest and say "they removed our language from the game, that why I'm mad".

they will use even the smallest chance, and even illogical ones, but still they won't admit it. Half of the commenters even have their country in their profile false because it's hard for them to admit where they are from.

[King_Kiff]

Originally posted by remowers:

Originally posted by sard3379:

How a free game is cash grab? You okay bro? At least be honest and say "they removed our language from the game, that why I'm mad".

they will use even the smallest chance, and even illogical ones, but still they won't admit it. Half of the commenters even have their country in their profile false because it's hard for them to admit where they are from.

they raised the price for the games from $5/$10 up to $30 by adding the lazy mods to the game... It's not about giving us something for free it's about justifying a price hike for these 15 year old classics all while grinding a political axe.

[Randy]

Originally posted by King_Kiff:

Originally posted by remowers:

they will use even the smallest chance, and even illogical ones, but still they won't admit it. Half of the commenters even have their country in their profile false because it's hard for them to admit where they are from.

they raised the price for the games from $5/$10 up to $30 by adding the lazy mods to the game... It's not about giving us something for free it's about justifying a price hike for these 15 year old classics all while grinding a political axe.

It was $20 and now it's $20

[90s Hacker man]

Originally posted by remowers:

bla bla bla political move bla bla. its their right to cut out what they want.

Also, I can't imagine how much you have to be mega smart to expect a fix for old bugs when it was announced that the enhanced version would ONLY get improved graphics. Besides, how much do you have to be mega smart to demand something from a literally FREE version?

Not really their right, seeing as they are a new team that did nothing of value for the original STALKER games. I mean to just pick one thing out of many issues, take your starting pistol in STALKER 2... Unless they FINALLY fixed this issue, you can't remove it from your inventory... a game in 2025, where guns are an integral part of the series... and you can't remove a starting pistol apparently due to "cut scenes". How about hard coded keybinds... This team of Devs can have all the love and passion they want, they have easily shown they don't have the skill capacity to handle the STALKER series; Which is sad when modders including Grok have not only kept interest in the series over the years, but unarguably got new people into the series.

Sure they gave people who owned the originals free "upgrades", but they did that because they knew the consequences of trying to make us pay for them again, ESPECIALLY considering that they removed content due to political reasons that have nothing to do with the gaming audience as a whole.

Once you start seeing the forest through the trees, the backlash of negative reviews is not only expected, but deserved. Frankly though, as long as they don't spend money and time countering modders who want to add said content back in, and instead work on fixing bugs and issues, I won't have much issue installing the Enhanced versions; I'll just have to actually do the work of "Enhancing" it myself, which unfortunately is not a surprising necessity in the current gaming landscape.

[King_Kiff]

Originally posted by 90s Hacker man:

Originally posted by remowers:

bla bla bla political move bla bla. its their right to cut out what they want.

Also, I can't imagine how much you have to be mega smart to expect a fix for old bugs when it was announced that the enhanced version would ONLY get improved graphics. Besides, how much do you have to be mega smart to demand something from a literally FREE version?

Not really their right, seeing as they are a new team that did nothing of value for the original STALKER games. I mean to just pick one thing out of many issues, take your starting pistol in STALKER 2... Unless they FINALLY fixed this issue, you can't remove it from your inventory... a game in 2025, where guns are an integral part of the series... and you can't remove a starting pistol apparently due to "cut scenes". How about hard coded keybinds... This team of Devs can have all the love and passion they want, they have easily shown they don't have the skill capacity to handle the STALKER series; Which is sad when modders including Grok have not only kept interest in the series over the years, but unarguably got new people into the series.

Sure they gave people who owned the originals free "upgrades", but they did that because they knew the consequences of trying to make us pay for them again, ESPECIALLY considering that they removed content due to political reasons that have nothing to do with the gaming audience as a whole.

Once you start seeing the forest through the trees, the backlash of negative reviews is not only expected, but deserved. Frankly though, as long as they don't spend money and time countering modders who want to add said content back in, and instead work on fixing bugs and issues, I won't have much issue installing the Enhanced versions; I'll just have to actually do the work of "Enhancing" it myself, which unfortunately is not a surprising necessity in the current gaming landscape.

exactly this, they are vandalising globally loved cult classics and every drop of negativity is deserved and organic.

[90s Hacker man]

You and I both know they will ultimately cry victim and double down on the decisions they make though. It's an annoyingly consistent trend in bad game development. (SCUM is another perfect example)

At this point I'm almost tempted to start making a giant collective list of the developers who partake in these evil tactics, because even if their studio goes out, or they get removed from said studio, that won't guarantee they won't slither there way in to another project that had potential.

[Randy]

Originally posted by 90s Hacker man:

You and I both know they will ultimately cry victim and double down on the decisions they make though. It's an annoyingly consistent trend in bad game development. (SCUM is another perfect example)

At this point I'm almost tempted to start making a giant collective list of the developers who partake in these evil tactics, because even if their studio goes out, or they get removed from said studio, that won't guarantee they won't slither there way in to another project that had potential.

Evil tactics?

[Scuba Steve]

Sorry that award was a mistake. Drunk.