
Discover the vast Chornobyl Exclusion Zone full of dangerous enemies, deadly anomalies and powerful artifacts. Unveil your own epic story as you make your way to the Heart of Chornobyl. Make your choices wisely, as they will determine your fate in the end.
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Unique gameplay built on a blend of FPS, horror, and immersive sim
It is a non-linear story, with a variety of paths that lead to one of the several endings
Benchmark-setting graphics developed using cutting-edge photogrammetry and scanning technologies
Advanced artificial intelligence systems that will keep engaged even the most hard-boiled players
Immersive survival mechanics like hunger, sleeping, bleeding, radiation effects that enrich the gameplay
Dynamic day-night cycle and weather will add even more realism to the gameplay experience
Mod support gives the freedom to the creative stalker to extend and enrich the game universe
Multiplayer mode, will be added after release as a free update
Chornobyl Exclusion Zone has changed dramatically after the second massive explosion in the year 2006. Violent mutants, deadly anomalies, and warring factions have made the Zone a very tough place to survive. Nevertheless, artifacts of unbelievable value attracted many people called S.T.A.L.K.E.R.s, who entered the Zone for their own risk, striving to make a fortune out of it or even to find the Truth concealed in the Heart of Chornobyl.
Take over a role of the lone stalker and explore photorealistic seamless open world in a 64-km² radioactive zone with a variety of environments that reveal post-apocalyptic atmosphere from different angles. Make your way through the Zone to define your destiny as you choose your paths within highly branching epic story.
Meet members of different factions deciding who of them worth your friendship and who deserve a bullet. Engage intense gunfights with a variety of enemies that follow different tactics trying to outsmart you. Choose your preferable firearms from 30+ types of weapons with numerous modifications that allow creating hundreds of distinctive lethal combinations.
Prepare to encounter horrifying mutated creatures that will try to slaughter you following different behaviour model. Each mutant may appear in different subtypes which makes their behaviour less predictible. Truly extreme danger represent regions with lairs with numerous mutants hunting in large groups.
The most valuable artifacts and secrets of the Zone are hidden in the most dangerous places. Beware of the hazardous anomalies and unique devastating arch-anomalies as you hunt for highly valuable artifacts scattered around the Zone. Will you dare to unveil the mysteries of the Zone that took lives of many others before you?
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The latest update completely ruined weapon mechanics. Forcing high-tier 7.62x54mm sniper rifles (like the Whip/SVU) to completely reject standard 7.62x54mm ball ammo is a terrible design choice. In real life, if the cartridge fits the chamber, the gun fires. This arbitrary restriction completely breaks immersion and turned hundreds of rounds of hoarded ammo in my inventory into useless trash for zero logical reason.
Cant't even get into the game. Crashed 3 times. Refund time
2 years and you still need a mod config to turn off or replace lumen global illumination for any semblance of a substantial performance increase. at least modders know how to optimize your game.
I waited what... 20 years for this ? Games sucks around every corner.
I loved the game, story was decent but the gunplay felt amazing. The AI and the performance really hurt the game. It was hard to finish the game when my frames kept dropping the in the final parts of the game. Going into big Towns always dropped, no matter what performance mod I do, no matter how low the graphics are, it will always drop dramatically where I have to pause for a minute for the frames to get back. At least in the open areas the game never dropped and looked amazing. Exploring was fun but it was a chore to finish. I was glad I finished it so I can uninstall the 150+ GB. For how big the game size is and how unoptimized the game is, it's a gamble to play. If you love the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Games and really want to try it once, wait for it to be on sale and give it a go for only one playthrough, it's worth the experience, I would try to go for two but I don't want to go through the headache again, I'm pretty sure I spent 5 hours trying to configure the settings to make the game run good consistently, just no answer in the big areas with the many NPCs. Maybe the 6 GB VRAM is one of the problems, but I never had a game struggle on mostly low settings with 1920x1080 resolution. Hopefully, maybe one day the game gets truly optimized, but it's wishful thinking. 6/10
The atmosphere is just insane sometimes you just stop and look at the creepy skies or the rain, and it feels so real. Combat is brutal, resources are always tight, It’s definitely not an easy game, but that’s exactly why it’s so good. Every time I log in, something unexpected happens. The game just nails the survival aspect perfectly. The Zone feels so dangerous and unpredictable one minute you’re just enjoying the gloomy scenery, and the next you’re running for your life from a bloodsucker because you ran out of ammo. It has its quirky moments, sure, but it only adds to the charm. Seriously, it's easily one of the best shooters I’ve played.
Як людина, яка цінує серйозні тактичні симулятори, зважений підхід до планування операцій та технічну складову спорядження, я був у захваті від місцевої механіки бою. Тут недостатньо просто затиснути курок. Зброю потрібно доглядати, своєчасно ремонтувати та з розумом прокачувати. Досягнення «Справа техніки» та «Тактикульнісь!» я здобув із величезним задоволенням, бо кожна нова модифікація реально змінює поведінку ствола. Гра винагороджує за скіл та планування. Можливість зачистити цілий табір ворогів так, щоб вони навіть не зрозуміли, звідки прийшла смерть (ачівка «Тишком-нишком»), дарує неймовірне відчуття контролю. А перестрілки настільки динамічні, що інколи видаєш просто кіношні моменти Зона відчувається живою і дуже небезпечною. Тут немає легких прогулянок. Ти радієш простим речам: посидіти біля багаття зі сталкерами, слухаючи їхні байки.Дослідження світу затягує неймовірно. Я поставив собі за мету знайти всі існуючі архіартефакти та вполювати мутантів абсолютно кожного виду Не будучи знайомим із лором попередніх частин, я все одно миттєво прив'язався до місцевих фракцій та персонажів. Гра не ділить світ на чорне та біле, вона постійно змушує робити складний вибір. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 — це не гра на пару вечорів. Це масштабний, технічно складний і неймовірно захопливий світ, який вимагає уваги до деталей і винагороджує за терпіння. Для тих, хто любить хардкор, тактику, глибоку кастомізацію та густу, як ранковий туман над Прип'яттю, атмосферу — це абсолютний мастхев. Моя оцінка: 10 з 10. Зона кличе, і, судячи з моїх 321 годин, я відповім на цей поклик ще не раз.
不如普里皮亚季的召唤,优化稀碎,手电筒还没尿亮,打mod还禁成就,gsc我操你妈
Полный шикардос , если бы не одно НО. Враги-люди с интеллектом как у хлебушка, но при этом свою тупость компенсируют диким аимом. Ситуации когда из за всяких кустов ты не видишь врага , а он тебе ставит хедшоты даже за стеной не редкость. Еще когда сражаются 2 группировки иногда невозможно понять где свой , а где чужой, красным прицел что ли сделали бы, когда на врага наводишь. А в остальном все отвал башки, графика, звук , физика, бесшовная зона, супер.
TLDR: techical problems not fixed yet, would recommend waiting or better just play Stalker Gamma. came back after a long while, hoping that the games technical problems would be fixed. but even with my new pc and setting lowered to high/medium and with dlss performance. it still stutters and frames drops. Ive seen a bunch of fixes online, disable that setting in the game files, ini files, overclock gpu, prioritise cpu and so on and so forth. no, just no, im not going to do any or all of that just for the game to run "better".
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