Well... thats that, i returned Stalker 2 on Steam...
this is my Opinion with a small review... no spoilers.

I Wanted it to be good, i am a big fan of the Series since the beginning, played hundreds of not thousand of hours modded and vanilla, but i have to say, i just dont like Stalker 2...

first things first, 35 minutes of Shader Loadingscreen, than gameplay, i was supriced my Pc could Handle it on High Graphics (was selected by the game itself) with decent FPS
my Rig:
AMD Ryzer 5 5600X 6-Core
16 Gb Ram

in Game i was pretty annoyed by the Controlles... i mean why change the default Controlles from the last to games to something compleatly different? for a bandage you press Q Once, for a Medkit you need to Hold Q.... leaning is on some random Buttons... why not Q and E... no F1-4 Buttons anymore for quick Actions...
first few minutes of the game is pretty much a Tunnel, nothing about it is Open World... you get multipal AKs and other Weapons after like 5 minutes of Playing... nothing about it is Scavaging...

Mutants like a Flesh withstand a full AK Mag to the face...
dont get me started on the Bloodsucker...
Humans die with a Headshot and i generall like yourself pretty fast (this is good).

after the second Scan my game just froze in the big field and i had to use my Taskmanager to close it...

When i Started the game again i again needed to wait for over 10 minutes for the Shaders....

Well i had the game for 82 Minutes and didnt liked it at all... at least i got my money back...

maybe will buy it again in the future but at this time its not worth it for me. bummer.


Played it a bit more, its okay but for me its just at the moment like a Farcry Clone... nothing really to do with Stalker... also the Missing A-life and the bad Enemy and Mutant Spawn is soooo bad...

you go into an area, everything is clear, no cover just fields arround you, 3 Friendlys stay there... you go into a single room Building, loot...
Shoots outside... go out, 6 Enemys have spawned... you kill them... start looting... your surviving friendly starts fireing again... 2 Bloodsuckers spawn... dead... and this happens way to often...

Well... thats that, i returned Stalker 2 on Steam... this is my Opinion with a small review... no spoilers. I Wanted it to be good, i am a big fan of the Series since the beginning, played hundreds of not thousand of hours modded and vanilla, but i have to say, i just dont like Stalker 2... first things first, 35 minutes of Shader Loadingscreen, than gameplay, i was supriced my Pc could Handle it on High Graphics (was selected by the game itself) with decent FPS my Rig: AMD Ryzer 5 5600X 6-Core 16 Gb Ram in Game i was pretty annoyed by the Controlles... i mean why change the default Controlles from the last to games to something compleatly different? for a bandage you press Q Once, for a Medkit you need to Hold Q.... leaning is on some random Buttons... why not Q and E... no F1-4 Buttons anymore for quick Actions... first few minutes of the game is pretty much a Tunnel, nothing about it is Open World... you get multipal AKs and other Weapons after like 5 minutes of Playing... nothing about it is Scavaging... Mutants like a Flesh withstand a full AK Mag to the face... dont get me started on the Bloodsucker... Humans die with a Headshot and i generall like yourself pretty fast (this is good). after the second Scan my game just froze in the big field and i had to use my Taskmanager to close it... When i Started the game again i again needed to wait for over 10 minutes for the Shaders.... Well i had the game for 82 Minutes and didnt liked it at all... at least i got my money back... maybe will buy it again in the future but at this time its not worth it for me. bummer. Played it a bit more, its okay but for me its just at the moment like a Farcry Clone... nothing really to do with Stalker... also the Missing A-life and the bad Enemy and Mutant Spawn is soooo bad... you go into an area, everything is clear, no cover just fields arround you, 3 Friendlys stay there... you go into a single room Building, loot... Shoots outside... go out, 6 Enemys have spawned... you kill them... start looting... your surviving friendly starts fireing again... 2 Bloodsuckers spawn... dead... and this happens way to often...