Why haven't you returned to the zone for the new big update and DLC?
>>745974628I returned, but honestly, it looks like they simplified the rendering for the grass. Also, the game has way more graphical glitches than 1.8 - 1.9
>>745974840Stop running in on DLLs.balanced at low settings on your 3060 rajeem.
>>745974840It looks fine for me, only the foliage looks a bit low res.But I got it the other day, so I'm not sure how it was before.
They took it off Xbox Series X goypass. and im not buying this trash for anything other than $15
How do you guys play the game when fucking around and not doing missions? What kind of self-imposed challenges you adhere to?
>>745975307If I see a landmark or building or something I just go investigate
>>745975462And they actually went above and beyond to put interesting things spread over the map?
>>745975646lol nothe later half of the game is you running in completely open areas with nothing going on in-between with 0 fast-travel(unless they changed that) where the quests want you to talk to two different people who live in completely different bases and wants you to run back and forth 5 separate times
>>745975646There is stuff that will be marked, stashes and such from PDA's.But there's also stuff you have to go find yourself, based on notes you read, or radio messages. Or just happening upon it randomly.
>>745975782so... like the OG games....
I've been playing it, its pretty good but honestly sometimes kinda boring as a life really aint there and you just kinda run for long stretches with nothing much in between except artifiact hunting(which is fun) or killing like 3 bandits. The stashes are pretty shitty always have like 3 medkits a bandage and some food or the ammo for a gun ur not using. the engine update got rid of alot of ghosting and dithery bullshit that was rampant in the previous build. looks very good, but somewhat blurry even on epic DLAA
>>745975782Well, they had one fucking job, but I guess you can't expect shit anymore.>>745975838Got it. Seems empty enough for me. It's sure worthy of a check through a pirate copy, though.
>>745974628Because the developers clearly don't know what they are doing, the release REALLY showed exactly how little they know about stalker in general or how people "thought" it was actually like. They took forever to add basic shit like NPC's picking up guns, NPC's not spawning in line of sight, they took forever to come out with quest fixes and straight up told you to use UE5 console to fix it yourself through quest stages, these are the same people who set the price for a ONE OF A KIND ARTIFACT THAT STOPS BULLETS TO BE 1500 RUBLES>>745975905>Stalker 2 can't improve on a 20 year old design, they didn't have AI on par with Clear Sky at release and required a whole year to make NPC's stop circling each other around buildingsi know, really fucking shameful
>>745974628Haven't bothered with 2 at all. I've been burned out on Stalker for almost a decade and am only now getting to GAMMA. I have little faith in this game after seeing the way it launched, the concessions they made to get M$ money and the lack of actual a-life. Also, no binoculars until recently? lolHow is the story though? It's been so long since I've played the originals that my memory of the storyline is all jumbled, but this new one gives me movie vibes from the latest dlc trailer I saw.
>>745974628Waiting for the VR mod
>>745975061It was full lumen without proper GI, but the game had that cold, clean look; now they added sorta screen-space GI that makes things too green or too orange but the lighting for new grass is weird. I guess it treats the whole bush as a sphere, not anything close to per-pixel, and this new lighting works in a very noticeable radius
>>745974628Do I need to start a new game to play the DLC questline, or can I just hop into it from a lategame save?Not sure if I want to start all over again since I replayed the game just a few weeks ago.>>745975307Checking out buildings you haven't been to is fun if it's you first time, also stuff like trying to collect every single artefact or fully upgrading every weapon can be a nice thing to pass time.
because this piece of SHIT still doesnt run great5080 7800x3dand i have to play it at 1440 high/medium WITH dlss balance to achieve ~110fps AND x2 framegen
>>745977614I'm on 5070 with 7800x3d and running no issue on ultra with balanced dlss
>>745977702>no issuedont kid yourself
>>745975646i dont understand why they dont just place some interesting secrets and unique areas.Its not too hard. a random solo developer can do it just fine with that furfag game
This right hereA 87mb patch needs 170+gb of free spaceWhy
>>745977515>Do I need to start a new game to play the DLC questline, or can I just hop into it from a lategame save?You can start the dlc from anywhere unless you're past the point of no return. Your save has an indicator for it.
And the game needs mandatory qol mods to even feel good
>>745977614I don't believe you about your settings because I play it at 1440p mix of ultra/high with DLSS quality on a 3060ti and get nearly 60 capped with no framegen. 5080 should get like 2.5x that performance
>>745977860>don't you have ssds
>>745977954yeah it SHOULDbut it aint
>>745977894Okay, that's nice to know.
>>745974628Sorry to say but this game looks like dogshit, huge empty world with retarded writing, I played Metro Exodus back when it came out and it sucked, this looks like more of the same shit, huge vast empty worlds with boring gunplay, the type of game you play while listening to a podcast and you still get bored playing it. Trash.
>>745977912at least the mods exist. i'm glad there's a huge community of people who wipe up GSC's messes, kind of like bethesda and their games.
>>745978192It should not be mandatory especially with a big 2.0 update that supposedly fixes everything
>>745975307I just follow my heart (of chornobyl)
>>745977912>no equalised sensitivityYou must play on a controller.
Because it still sucks dick and doesn't hold a candle to OG Stalker, let alone Gamma that completely crushes it in every possible avenue... I'm so tired of this retarded timeline, where new games are inferior to old games... I'm tired of constantly moving backwards in this retarded industry where allegedly more money was supposed to fund progress...
They could of set the dlc up better. The SIRCAA mission is super boring and so fucking long and you have to run sooo long to see the new content. I just installed a fast travel mod cus its a slog. Get out of lesser zone -> dlc quest avail, do 13 story missions and the dreaded sircaa quest then go to malachite -> dlc quest avail. wtf just make it a separate continuous quest!
>>745977954>>745977989That is because nvidia has a scheduler issue and the lower the internal resolution is the worse it manifests. Bigger gpus get hit harder.>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyEILrjuZJI
