S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2
Discussion
I bounced off the original Stalker games a few times, I always liked the concept but found I wasn't good enough and died *so* often it wasn't that fun. Partly though I think I was naïve and tried to play them like a regular FPS.
Onwards to Stalker 2 and I pre-ordered mainly because I wanted to support the poor Devs who're Ukrainian and have obviously had an incredibly rough time over the last couple of years.
I have to say I'm really enjoying it so far. I deliberately went in knowing I was going to die a lot and patience would be needed (I'l admit I'm also playing on easy because I'm rubbish)!
It's an incredibly tense game with some fantastic moments of gunplay in it. I've really only got to the first town and done a few local missions so far but I'm kind of hooked so far!
I'm playing on Xbox (It's on Game pass as well if you want to try it out) and there are definitely some rough edges, there's something off with the sound now and again and some real issues with lighting. It's also a dark game so I had to play with my HDR settings a bit to make it a bit more manageable but the lighting definitely enhances both he mood and challenge of combat.
I've had a couple of jump scares and I'm not loving that it keeps an ongoing count of deaths (6 so far)! I reckon that's going to become embarrassingly high but I'm really drawn to the atmosphere and challenge of exploring, I can't wait to see how it progresses
Onwards to Stalker 2 and I pre-ordered mainly because I wanted to support the poor Devs who're Ukrainian and have obviously had an incredibly rough time over the last couple of years.
I have to say I'm really enjoying it so far. I deliberately went in knowing I was going to die a lot and patience would be needed (I'l admit I'm also playing on easy because I'm rubbish)!
It's an incredibly tense game with some fantastic moments of gunplay in it. I've really only got to the first town and done a few local missions so far but I'm kind of hooked so far!
I'm playing on Xbox (It's on Game pass as well if you want to try it out) and there are definitely some rough edges, there's something off with the sound now and again and some real issues with lighting. It's also a dark game so I had to play with my HDR settings a bit to make it a bit more manageable but the lighting definitely enhances both he mood and challenge of combat.
I've had a couple of jump scares and I'm not loving that it keeps an ongoing count of deaths (6 so far)! I reckon that's going to become embarrassingly high but I'm really drawn to the atmosphere and challenge of exploring, I can't wait to see how it progresses
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