Recent reviews by humpers

It just excels in every way. The graphics and atmosphere are top tier, the gunplay and customization is fantastic and the story will make you wince laugh smile and cry. This is a great example of how a semi-open world can be a much better experience than a "true" open world in keeping immersion and story pacing while also allowing for exploration as opposed to padded ubisoft-ified fetch quests that add very little to the experience besides adding filler for game time. 9.5/10 recommend even at full price, but you'd be dumb not to just grab it while it is 2.99


Just one thing I think needs clarifying is that its a story rpg not a true rpg. While there are real choices with real consequences, you still play as Artyom like Geralt in Witcher 3 not a blank slate fill in like in Skyrim for example. Personally, I prefer it that way, but some may not.

A game about a cop murdering homeless people with impunity. Qualified Immunity/10

I've seen a lot of games called darksouls but with guns, but this is the first time its both true and well executed.

The gunplay is absolutely excellent and the art direction is also fairly strong. The story is...fine. Its like a CW show or a netflix original. Take from that what you will. The optimization is not great and I would not recommend playing with anything less than a 4070 with DLSS and frame gen on.

Its also worth noting the prologue/intro is just awful. It looks bad, runs worse and is just generally cringe and poorly put together, but you can blast through it in 20 minutes if you try. The rest of the game is not like that and frankly im not sure why its even included as it adds almost nothing besides leaving a poor first impression. 7.5/10 buy on sale.

Weeb cringe.

Ignore hours I played through with the gunslinger mod. The graphics hold up surprisingly well (with the exception of gun models) and the maps are very interesting. with the gunslinger mod it makes the gunplay feel exquisite and progression meaningful, but remember to disable sun rays or else you may encounter a memory leak and poor performance.

Ignore play time, I used the "Memories of the zone" mod which recommend. SOC does not hold up quite as well as clear sky and call of prypiat in terms of graphics, but the gameplay is still pretty good and mods fix a lot of the outdated features. Just be warned that the beginning guns absolutely suck (markov and sawn off shotgun) and it makes the game very unfun for the first hour or two. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PLAY THE GAME ON MASTER IT DOES NOT MAKE THE ENEMIES LESS SPONGEY IT IS A PERSISTENT MYTH.

Played with the Arsenal overhaul 1.5 redux mod which I highly recommend. The atmosphere is great and the graphics hold up surprisingly well (just remember to lower/turn off sunrays if you get low fps). The only thing that really doesn't hold up are the gun models which is easily fixed with mods. *Do not listen to the people who tell you that you have to play on master, it does not lower the health of enemies and it is very unbalanced and often unfun especially for clear sky.*

Its like The Witcher 3 but with actual gameplay and a story that's not a slog to get through.

Thank you to michelle for buying me this game.