Everything in this game is nice, except for the gameplay itself. That is UNBEARABLY SSSSSSLLLLLLOOOOOWWWW, or feels like it is. Every step, every breath, every lockpick, every shot, every thing has these year-long animations that must be seen for the director's vision to be fulfilled or smth.
Why is there a turn-based cooldown on lockpicking in areas devoid of anything else? To slow things down.
Why can't I use the map exits without my companions, whose AI pathfinding bugged out and they don't want to get onto the elevator platform? To slow things down.
Why does your pathfinding get interrupted and you're stopped dead in your tracks if an NPC crosses the street in front of you? Because ♥♥♥♥ you, that's why.

The Ch. Engine speedhack doesn't work either, so it's a poop creek without a paddle.

I've just handed in the quest and had to cross the map to go back to the overworld. No, thanks, not doing that again.

I don't feel good about this, but I can't recommend this game. It was obviously made with a lot of love and care, a lot of reverence for the genre too, but it's not enough. Story is boring, quests lack variety, characters are interesting(companions are especially charming), but too verbose. The setting is overcomplicated(it's in 70's, and it's inside a Zone, with artifacts, and a soft apocalypse happened, and it has a psychic/mindmeld twist. like... pick one) and failed to pull me in. UI is terrible - inventory is hard to use, quest tracking is impossible to use(take notes yourself if you want to figure out where to go, who to talk to and what to do in what order). Movement speed is irritatingly slow, feels like half of my playtime was spent just running from one NPC to another, across town.
I tried to love this game, tried and failed. After another main quest NPC sent me on another fetch/collect info quest, I decided that I'm done with this.

A great 2d rpg with very Fallout 1 and 2 vibes, with a setting derived from the amazing short story Roadside Picnic, which also inspired the stalker series. Very fun game.