I've waited years for this.

You don't need to pay attention to the goods and the bads. patches come and go. Bugs get fixed, problems get solved, performance gets optimized eventually.

The only thing that matters is whether or not this game retained the most important aspect of its predecessors' identities - The Zone.

And it has.

The Zone lives. The Zone is what makes STALKER what it is. Not the visuals, not the graphics, not the gameplay, not the story. The Zone.

I've waited years for this. You don't need to pay attention to the goods and the bads. patches come and go. Bugs get fixed, problems get solved, performance gets optimized eventually. The only thing that matters is whether or not this game retained the most important aspect of its predecessors' identities - The Zone. And it has. The Zone lives. The Zone is what makes STALKER what it is. Not the visuals, not the graphics, not the gameplay, not the story. The Zone.