S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Cost of Hope

I'm usually not one to post reviews, but GSC has knocked it out of the park with this one. Much like the base game, I am continued to be blown away by the sheer amount of content included, all while keeping it fresh. The missions always continue to feel unique. The "bubble" mission specifically was really a mindf**k in the best way. It's not very often an FPS can well incorporate horror aspects into a game and pull it off so well. I haven't even finished the DLC in entirety, but from what I've seen so far, I can confidently say that I would purchase this a thousand times over. My only gripe is that the game was basically unplayable until I tweaked enough settings to get by. I would get a lengthy freeze every 5 or so seconds. Eventually I found that the AMD frame generation seemed to be causing the issue, but after disabling the game has ran flawlessly since. Frame count is still excellent without generation ,so I shouldn't be upset. I'm certain GSC will weed out the issue with future patches. Stop reading this and buy it!

It had it's moments but overall I didn't enjoy it. Way too much platforming, generally annoying mechanics/enemies, and the boss fight against [spoiler]Zulu[/spoiler] was horrible. I didn't even like either main character; I just looked up the rewards for killing them and decided who to side with that way. Not sure if it was from the DLC or 2.0 update but I kept getting 2 quick hitches in rapid succession every so often. Also, had some minor bugs with bodies or weapons floating in the air. No other major issues. The game still needs mods to be enjoyable and resemble the original games. I'll give them credit for the mod support but most of the vanilla game is meh.

10/10 ABSOLUTE CINEMA 地图设计完美 剧情完美 氛围完美 新机制完美 演出完美 除了仍有奇异搞笑bug和俩人闹掰的过程有点闹麻以外都是完美

It's parkour rubbish, don't buy it. The developer is clearly Miyazaki levels of smug ♥♥♥♥. The simp bait really doesn't even have compelling reasoning. The other guy is just soy for the sake of it. Every bit of this is not 'How cool was that?'. It's all 'Christ, I am so glad that ♥♥♥♥ is over.'. Skip this one lads... Oh right, I am not even done. The Duga skip... You still have to fight Faust. Jesus, so they are pro actively filling the game with ♥♥♥♥ experiences and the skip litterally drops you off hours from another ♥♥♥♥ experience.

7.5 (maybe 8) out of 10. Well fleshed-out new NPC's, some of the storyline is cool, some of the side quests are great too. Some cool new locations. But a few things here and there made me not want to play it as much as the base game. Didn't like the trip through the bubble (whatever that displaced Resident Evil town was, repetitive and didn't feel like I was playing a STALKER game anymore). Can't stand fighting AMOK when they appear (overpowered and doesn't feel like something from STALKER lore to me). Having to run from cover to cover everywhere because of that yellow flare makes me want to play it less when I have to deal with it. And what are binoculars even for? I can't remember any place I needed them. Didn't like the main story final battle. Overall, this DLC is well done though and worth the price of admission. Just a few major things I didn't like that lessened the whole overall experience for me. Solid, but could have been even better.

Good dlc. Enjoying it.

Amazing DLC, some missions were better than main campaign, very Halflife-like, starts slow but dont be discouraged it picks up on second part. Didnt like visual downgrade, and there are still some bugs that ctd and bsod me time to time, maybe its just my old drivers, but gameplay was excellent. 9 out of 10.

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