STALKER 2 Just Got a 13GB New Update

[@socialanimalmedia]

Give me Night Vision and I will be sooo happy. Really it’s the big 3 for me: Needed gear (NVG/Binoculars/sleeping bag), Better combat AI (so they can’t see you through miles of tall grass in the dark perfectly and various other tweaks) and increasing NPC render distance. Give me all that and I will be happy.

[@isaacboone1255]

Games not far away from being an all time great but it definitely needs a bit more added

[@PolarBearZoo1]

I really agree with the A.I. part but i doubt they will actually do much of improvements like their older games.

[@JohnWayne-gl9ig]

Totally agree. As long as these points are not resolved I will keep pirating it and won´t pay a cent for it.

[@theplayer_]

​@@PolarBearZoo1 it's literally there first game in 10 something years, What tf u mean they not gonna work on it

[@PolarBearZoo1]

@ Where did I say they won't work on it? I just don't think the A.I. will be as good as the older stalkers.

[@redkiere7177]

I preordered the game, The premium edition, played it for like 30 hours, loved it, but I figured I’d come back after a year of updates and I think that’s the right decision.

[@bannankev]

This is why I stopped buying them right away. I will wait for the year of updates and the sale that it goes on for whatever platform I choose to play it on. Saves money and the time. I know it’s gonna be a good game and probably is right now. But a year from now and a cheaper price will be even more sweet. But it’s just a matter of can you wait the year? 😅

[@Touton701]

As Someone who owns cyberpunk you’re not gonna have to wait a year the amount of things they’ve already fixed in the first four updates since release did more for the game more than what cyberpunk and Starfeild was able to do in an entire year

[@sirmag1735]

It's great rn

[@thomson770]

​@@Touton701no lol. The game is still broken and poorly designed. it's full of game breaking bugs. I have 50 hours of play time because I keep having to load up older saves due to the game becoming unplayable

[@spectre8795]

You are right. Keep waiting for the A-life. It probably will come last...

[@RafaelW8]

Tbh, i'm enjoying the game immensely as it is. This is the first game in years that has got me exploring every nook and cranny. It can def get better, but i'm absolutely loving my experience.

[@iraqifoodcart8447]

For real dude, this is the first stalker game I've ever played, but it has me exploring every nook and cranny like I'm playing Skyrim for the first time

[@JarrodReed-w5o]

@@iraqifoodcart8447 this is my first stalker experience also and it has been great. It’s been awhile since a game has pulled me in like this one has

[@johnlombardo7816]

same, i have had many crashes and some with terrible timing, and some issues with defeating missions.. but overall i am a happy stalker tbh and outside of only having played a few games i enjoy nearly as much, this is one of the better ones in the last handful of years, if for only its concept and overall gameplay. for me, i would love to see the stamina system be better.. i understand the weight system, but if when i am close to encumbered i can drink an energy drink, and only quite literally fast walk 3 feet before my gauge is at zero... this makes the game just a bit too slow for me.. and fact is that really begins around 1/2 weight, which again, a bit too soon and almost too unrealistic.. i get not everyone has the stamina of a car, but most of us would be able to run at least 50 feet without needing 20 seconds only run another 3 feet.. if that makes sense haha

[@Morphologicallyy]

Its a game yes but not a stalker game yet. All the features that made stalker=stalker are not implemented

[@RebelForce8]

And enjoying 7500 medkits and sausages. There is nothing to find out there. Its an empty map.

[@FDNY101202]

I'm not touching the game till I hear it's ready from the homies.

[@R3ND3RR0R]

Yeah but then the homies always gotta be taking them for the team.

[@Ammageddon89]

Been playing for hours now and it's really not as bad as people make it out to be. Sure, the spawn bug can be annoying but there is a easy way around that for now. I would probably play more, but right now I am stuck in Indiana Jones and simply can't stop playing that 😂

[@BiigiieCheeese]

Bro it ain’t ever gonna be 100% fixed, this is Stalker every game has bugs

[@FDNY101202]

@@Ammageddon89 that's another one... Game crashes for me every 5 mins. The only way I can play it crash free is through the cloud

[@Turin_Inquisitor]

It's very far from ready.

[@DominoEffect2528]

They need to patch the NPC 100% shooting accuracy - been shot in the middle of the night from a bloke in a gas mask 400m with a shotgun, who got 20 grenades in each pocket isn't great.

[@dataanalystbynight4375]

Yeah a sawed off at that, something that can barley hit accurately past 50 feet, and that is being generous. I think the dev team is a bunch of sadist…I mean am I supposed to love being shot at from 300 meters away by exo suit crack barrel carrying monolithians who have the accuracy of Chris Kyle…I mean come on

[@Killer-wi1mr]

I don't really have a problem with that but my biggest complaint on the game is the muzzle flash from guns that is near non-esxistant and extremely hard to see. Even in the darkest hole in the Zone I struggle to see who is shooting at me because I can't see the guy and the flash from his gun

[@QuinZcoco]

Welcome to stalker?? Yeah that's how it always been since stalker 1 bruh, idk what u complaining about 👀

[@rory6860]

​@QuinZcoco No I played the og trilogy on max difficulty and they only had near aim bot. You would be insta killed in a corridor, but a guy with a shotgun can't snipe you from super far away.

[@QuinZcoco]

@@rory6860 maybe they should nerf the accuracy on shotguns?

[@Johnboi6969]

I have to give praise to the developers sticking with it. Despite making this game IN A MIDDLE OF A WAR, they are giving us updates of their plan to fix and improve the game.

[@mustycrusty754]

A-life still isn't fixed im not touching it until then

[@dzienisz]

me too!

[@joefergeson2138]

few good mods on nexus if u combine a few its not that bad

[@Akac3sh]

@@joefergeson2138 I shouldn’t have to mod a game I paid for to be good.

[@Ultradocker]

yep uninstalled after the game broke at sircca

[@Akac3sh]

@@joefergeson2138 I shouldn’t have to mod a game I paid for to be good

[@SajirouPlays]

It removed my two most annoying things, the aiming bug with long playtimes and the memory leak in Rostok, those are HUGE changes and made this whole patch worth it. Now I can use scopes again.

[@konstantineraydo9673]

still have mem leak in Rostock stash. it is not as bad as it use to be, takes longer for it to crash but still there.

[@jeffreygarner5833]

It DID NOT FIX rostok. It made it worse.

[@MichaeltheORIGINAL1]

Another great thing about this bug fix update is, that most mods from 1.1.3 appear to be still compatible and useable with patch 1.1.4. As a PC player thats a nice plus! :)

[@Sgt.St3ve]

A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one

[@BlueCollaredGrit]

Shader compilation was the hardest boss I ever fought in a video game 😂

[@MikeBertelsenDK]

STALKER 2 is the least STALKER game of all the games. That's a mouthful. I really miss the atmosphere the other games had. Finding toolboxes, loot was more rare, environments were creepier and of course A-life was present.

[@spiro2061]

excited to replay the game in a year ish and see how much better it’ll be

[@sparhawk1228]

Stalker 2 use Unreal Engine 5.1 A few of these issues are early adopter issues that early versions of UE5 had. Now that Unreal Engine is up to version 5.5. The fact this game uses such an early version is mind boggling and can explain the numerous issues with memory leaks and crashes.

[@Crazzzycarrot-qo5wr]

Why is it always issues with unreal engine.

[@rimanahbvee]

​@@Crazzzycarrot-qo5wr its more that they might not have that deep experience with UE or just lacked time, UE can be optimized and done correctly

[@darkalleywaystudio3975]

As someone who develops in UE, I can attest to this. UE 5 has been screwed with issue after issue. They keep adding experimental features without fixing previous problem people will report. It is literally a 1 step forward 2 steps back every update. I always open the output log after building a basic project after UE updates and it never fails to find an issue every single time. Epic needs to fix their engine desperately because people and developers are 100% noticing.

[@anthonynehoda2064]

The real issue is Unreal Engine itself. I'm really tired of developers that abandon their own engines in favor of UE.

[@aaronlangevin322]

It's a pretty game, but it's behind the originals (vanilla) in terms of gameplay and enemy AI.

[@southernbrain691]

I feel like the general gameplay is better,due to the weapon , armor placement and the excess anomaly fields,which keeps the gameplay loop from the previous games but with more content. As for the AI,i cant argue with you there

[@eagleyezxgaming]

This game needs to be completed before I try again.

[@ToddlerKarapuz]

Still..not..good..enough!!! LODs are terrible, NO-Life 2.0 is still in present. No flashlight on guns, default flashligh is terrible! No nightvision, no smoke grenades and etc etc. But the most important what makes all this so fucking frustrating is that the game it self has so much potential..Although it seems like I've displayed hate or smthing like that, never been that. I just wanna enjoy this to it's fullest, not the miserable beta that we got even with all these patches in present.. I'll just wait.

[@Dat4valveGuy]

Man this game has so much potential my main issues are: Overall clunkiness and input delays (I play on pc and console it’s noticeable on both), AI that has better aim than Navy SEALs from across the map, and glitchy side quests other than that great game for me

[@davidmorales1136]

That AI aim is for sure ridiculous! Lol. I'm like... I'm crouched down behind this tree and brush. They can't see me... Then... thack thack! And that grenade accuracy is over the top as well. Lol

[@raynman6466]

Yeah the ridiculously good AI aim along with the stupid stagger effect you get every time you're hit makes firefights terrible and I now avoid them 90% of the time😅

[@mrdabss]

Sometimes I get shot crouching behind a wall because the ai caught a glimpse of me 5 mins before

[@nou5877]

​​@@davidmorales1136 stalker ai always been good with grenades though, they force you to change positions so you wouldn't sit in one position mowing them down one by one

[@socialanimalmedia]

Actually that Rostok memory leak situation was a nightmare for me, so I’m happy it’s been fixed. Hopefully this doesn’t mess up mods.

[@jeffreygarner5833]

Its NOT FIXED. They made it worse!

[@MonkeyTechPriest]

On Xbox the rostock crashes are still very much unfixed. I have sent GSC big reports but I urge others to do the same. They are very responsive and appreciated any help the community can provide.

[@RebelForce8]

These are updates that should have been fixed in PRE-ALPHA gametesting. They didnt playtest it, at all, and thus ruined the entire experience for most players. Youll never get the first playthrough again.

[@unholiest]

The developers have no idea about games at all. It's just an animated game movie on UE5 with a big map and very dull gameplay which poorly tries to parody games that were developed 20 years ago, and it was presented with advertising and marketing as a game, deceiving naive players and fans. They should have just made a movie instead of a game, But since the players are naive and carry money, why not screw them?

[@alexchuprin8786]

Rostok memory leak is still there, although it takes longer for it to happen. Crashed yesterday from Screw's shop.

[@DiogoHenriqueSantos]

I Second that

[@TonyRedunzo]

Rostok memory leak is even worse for me than it was before it was "fixed" in update 1.1.4!! Worst launch by AAA publisher that I've ever seen but I usually don't buy a game less than 6 months after launch. When the aggro factor outweighs the enjoyability factor, it's time to do something else... GSC Game World, You Done F+cked Up

[@afgh1408]

I can't believe I bought this game at launch never again

[@johnlombardo7816]

on xbox in rostok in inventory i would crash regularly.. simple one and i wasnt that worried because it was usually after long pauses looking through inventory, but it certainly helps since its the only place to offload red weapons so i am constantly going back.. i will say i have had random crashes throughout the game, and often and quite inopportune times, but hey its on gamepass i can expect some concerns, i do feel bad for those that paid outright and have issues that i have had, that would make me mad too probably.

[@carterstewart828]

Did they fix they fix the glitch with the back to the slag heap glitch at the sawmill that doesn’t let you progress the main story.

[@frankcrawley6632]

No😢

[@flabbywall1780]

Yes-ish. ​@@frankcrawley6632

[@Brandon-xr8rg]

No they didn’t, those evil people

[@GastronomicEntity]

The designers told me yesterday they are working on it.

[@joerb97]

After the update, my game no longer works, and that's without mods

[@tonepilot]

Yup, the Shader Compilation issue was a real PITA.

[@capt.robertson9703]

For me also Rostok memory leak stays. Its not crashing, just freezing after opening the stash. Just there.

[@Try_Again_Bragg]

So glad i havent bought the game yet. Seems like it need more time to cook before launch

[@Sgt.St3ve]

If you want to wait, all the power to you.

[@Odd_godd]

You definitely should wait

[@jeffreygarner5833]

Game is worth every penny if you like STALKER. I have come across 2 game breaking bugs so far, but I eventually got thru.

[@deathclawington2585]

@@jeffreygarner5833I like stalker but the game seriously needs time to cook

[@Try_Again_Bragg]

@jeffreygarner5833 so your saying AI life is in the game and works they way they described it?

[@CallumSk8er]

they need to fix the AI instantly beaming you from 100m away, hitting you through cover

[@Bricerrr]

They did add a few other things they didn’t put in the patch notes: for sure they added a marker for the player stash in slag heap(not much but still made me happy!)

[@davidkaye8712]

The shader compilation works everytime and quickly for me, it has also cured in game stuttering. One issue I still encounter is random stalker groups just stood around staring off into space.

[@RonG1996]

My first stalker game, my gripes so far is how sluggish it feels even with 100+ frames, enemy A.i spotting you from Narnia, visibility is questionable, it feels unbalanced trying to shoot enemies you can't see, meanwhile they can see you no problem. And certain main mission failed because I didn't have anything to stop the constant radiation at the time, leaving me unable to progress.

[@usingwolfram1352]

All i fucking care in this game is that they finally fix stupid NPCs with nonupgraded/stock "SHOTGUNS" that can snipe you from 100m away hitting every pellet and enemies magically pathfinding and spotting you while youre using suppressed weapons from a distance

[@usingwolfram1352]

Other than that, this game is beautiful. Immersion is nonexistent till its fixed

[@HoLeeFvk6945]

After the update, I got a hard crash where my PC just restarted and had a error on my Event viewer that mentioned "Fatal error: Processor core" or something like that. I guess one more crash like that, then I'll just wait for the game to be well optimized before finishing this game.

[@einfangirl2351]

i hate how much i want to play this game, like i still remember the old stalker games. They were so good but i would like to have a stalker game that doesn't suck in quality

[@FlyawaytunaKnives]

Really need the doors not opening and soft locking main quests to be fixed

[@AlanQSmithee]

Thanks for explaining the fixes succinctly

[@jj4839]

Game just went from alpha to beta version. Hopefully a few more months of patches and it can finally be considered of getting out of early access.

[@thenunbus]

That's what I'm waiting for.

[@DjPolo-f2d]

Why are some people so obsessed with road maps, is not as if it guarantees anything, frankly it would be better not to even have them as too many seem to think its a guarantee and then cry when things don't happen or get delayed.

[@GrundleLongDong]

It’s so people know when to come back to the game. For me I want it so I know when mods are coming to console, this game will be very much another fallout for me where I create various mod packs for a variety of playthroughs.

[@NZ-cv5cj]

Not playing it until it feels lively with an impactful environment having the artificial life actually working.

[@TJ4774]

I didnt even know people were having problems with this game. I played it from day one and the only problem I had was crashes sometimes when hitting one type of the anomaly. Is it just people playing on a potato experiencing this? I 100% my first playthrough and had literally zero bugs besides an audio bug that can be fixed by quick saving then loading that save. Takes 3 seconds

[@djebble1]

I'll buy this game in a year, when Grock gets his hands on it

[@pipi_tembemmu]

pheww..luckily i finished the game last december, probs i might go for 2nd playthrough in the next 2-3 years when everything i mean literaly EVEREYTHING has been fixed.

[@tiltedtoken1450]

For those still struggling with shader compilation, delete your shader cache on the device you have the game installed every time before you boot your game and it'll load the shaders.

[@RevolverRho]

Tbh I’m taking a break until they resolve some of the shader compilation and frame rate issues

[@TheManWhoTypes]

This update actually deleted a few of my recent saves. Took me back about 2 hours.

[@timmyjenkins2864]

Man I just found work arounds for the bugs and still really enjoyed the game. I am over 100 hours in. Awesome game even being somewhat broken in the last few months. I want night vision and IR to see mutants.

[@christopherarocha92]

These are clutch. I was having heavy stuttering while playing on pc due to memory issues

[@SixSioux]

Let's be honest guys, this game is nowhere near finished. It is such a shame and a bummer.

[@kicius3408]

After this latest update the game freezes my whole computer almost every time I go to the seller or even when I open my chest

[@davidmorales1136]

Same here. Didn't have any issues before.

[@BoomstickOverkill]

God forbid a modern day game releasing in a working and playable way

[@greyraven9164]

Rostok is still leaking... so bad from devs.... its game breaking.

[@AlaiasAlias]

Don’t care about this game at this point now, will be back when modders pumping out ACTUAL great contents like enhanced Life system, weapon system redone etc.

[@darkalleywaystudio3975]

There is still severe issues with the game. I was, however, able to actually play the game for once! Very unexpected and wasn't ready to be thrown in the world of Stalker 2 when I had purchased it on release date. Immediately noticing issues I just decided to turn it off until this game gets more attention. When loading back up to see if it would work again it crashed but not my computer which I guess is plus on the second try it loaded. So I guess it is somewhat better from not playing at all but very fine line.

[@ando790ify]

Happy to see theyre actively updating and I understand the difficulties they faced in getting the game out, but as it is it just feels like the main experience is lacking, loot, bugs, NPCs/A-Life, mutants being pointless to kill/hunt etc etc. I'll come back to it in a few months to see what they've done i have hope!

[@filypefx]

Rostok problem is not only there, if you are one hoarder, that leak can happen on anyplace past rostok. For me my stash is full of ghost/red grids, things scatered around or plain vanishing.

[@cippalippa5368]

The flashlight still doesn't cast shadows...

[@TripleRRRock]

Yeah im still having mission glitches, im stuck on "In the name of science" waiting for my reward from Shcherba

[@GuyFawkes1]

I even forgot this game exists, I played it at lunch for 1 hour but meh, going back to Metro

[@argumentativelysound2001]

On PC Rostok memory leak, I had, but never shedders compilation problem or half of other problems other people experienced. And even if some of those are self-inflicted, it's still strange to me that we all don't have same problems.

[@DrakenhofTemplars]

Not touching it until they fix the AI there's no reason the previous games have far better AI

[@closedcasketcustoms]

Loved this game for my first 3 playthroughs... That being said, I've moved to Day Z until they really resolve the major issues with this game, especially the A-Life 2.0. I'm not even entertaining picking this back up again till this is resolved. It's killing the replayability for me.

[@dataanalystbynight4375]

Yeah that memory leak wasn’t just in rostok, I have had it happen almost everywhere there is an inventory box. The chemical plant, Priprayt, it seems to relate to your inventory and if you are carrying a lot of gear or try to take out a lot of gear as well

[@nathangregory_]

I still can't believe they haven't fixed your backpack stash management. Once you place your items in your backpack, you want them to remain in place instead of every time you go to sleep and wake up, save the game and then relaunch it, or add items to your backpack they remain in place instead of always taking the time to rearrange all your items over and over again makes the game a real grind.

[@darkunion4]

I’m glad for this patch to fix the shader complication. The patch prior made it virtually impossible for me to load past the shader screen. It essentially bricked my game.

[@mattlee4618]

I've been checking in to see whats new def waiting for the game to be more playable. Couldn't start the second half of the game on launch due to npc bugs

[@MrLarsalexander]

Is memory leaking issues perhaps also related to virtual memory for for those who have/have not configured it? Perhaps by setting a to high or to low page file size. Or also using a bad SSD or even HDD as the drive for the page file. It would be interesting to see if those who still suffer from it removing the pagination file, and set it to another drive (m.2 or SSD) Then setting at least a 10GB page size. Then there is the cache files that might build up over time that should be cleared and replaced. It might be good to delete cache files now and then and have the game fully recompile all the shaders as launch.

[@averyhuffman3398]

I hope it fixed it i havent been able to pass a mission i keep falling out of the elevator and dying it the only way out 😢

[@cptautism2023]

The biggest thing for me is optimization, I have a 3070 and an intel core i7 12700k and I have to use dlss balances along with fsr frame gen 3 and it absolutely sucks frame rate and gameplay wise

[@CreateAccountPlease]

Well that’s not like super high end system. Of course I don’t know what fps you are getting and what settings you are using, but still. I have ryzen 5600x and rx 7900 xt and game works like a charm. I have everything on epic settings in 1440p, fsr set on quality and getting average fps around 120-130

[@DeltaSlush]

you can remap the flashlight in the more conflict files. i wrote, I got it, set to my middle mouse button.

[@gtron4]

Looks like a video game that came out circa 2014 🤦‍♂️

[@thelastminuteman7513]

So for the memory leak issue and performance seems to be an improvement it was actually getting to the point of unplayable yesterday after a good 3 hour play session.

[@3rdeyeguns72]

crazy the day it came out never had a problem from my pc

[@thebaffman4898]

I'm one of the people who's patiently waiting. I'll buy the game once all the major issues will be fixed, I've been burned by Cyberpunk and don't want to repeat the same mistake again.

[@amador8234]

Bro the game is amazing and playable might as well wait for a sale now and buy it

[@deathclawington2585]

@@amador8234playable doesn’t mean well done or good. It still needs fixes

[@EmotionGamingRO]

i finished the game a couple of day ago and i was so so happy! horrible mission design, imo! if you have to walk 30 minutes, to do a 5-10 minutes main mission.. well it's not really worth it, is it? and please don't tell me that the game was made to explore.. to explore what exactly? and for what? another sausage in another cache in another house in a field? exploration is fun and it's worth it if you don't have enough resources and want better stuff.. but i already had all i could ever need in the game, since the middle of the main missions... the world is empty and there is no added fun to explore, if you played more than 10-20 hours. "but you can use guides to fast travel".. well, guides are not everywhere.. and i have to walk 20 minutes to a guide, to get me in a place i have to walk 30 minutes too. and this is with the best endurance artifact in the game! i will never play it again.. i'm done.

[@MelodicDG2]

1.1.4 effectively broke the game for me; i played it once or twice a couple days before but today it WILL NOT START; it'll get to like... the 2nd screen before the shader load and just flatout ctd. i've tried clearing the shader cache, verifying the files, redownloading it etc and none of that has worked, so i guess i get to wait until future updates 😒

[@PhysPushscale]

I stay with Stalker Gamma till they fix 2.

[@snipeybro]

I have been have a probly where headhsots are not insta killing i get the sound cue but they just keep going until i mag dump them

[@EvilSSP]

I feel like I'm extremely lucky, I haven't had any performance issues at all, this game runs beautifully on my rig (i9 14900k, 3090Ti, 48gb DDR5-8k). I had some wonky textures before the first patch but so far it's been a great game. The whole A-Life thing is getting a little ridiculous, I wish they'd just been honest about it not being finished on launch.

[@thenunbus]

Still no NVG options? Or at least a torch upgrade? The standard torch is a joke. It's like fischer price or something.

[@LightningStorm73]

Thank you for another great video.

[@honchochaposrt7919]

Honestly stacker is a throwin together mess I know the stacker fan boys aren’t gonna like this but face it that’s what all the games are 🤦🏾‍♂️💯‼️ these companies have the money and time and resources to be on top of these issues and they don’t that’s why stacker died not even a month after 😂🤣 we’d rather deal with fallouts brokenness then a game we can’t even understand the lands language or doesn’t have a simple convert to English button 🤦🏾‍♂️ that should tell yall everything you need to know about how this games life is gonna go it ain’t gonna age well get ready

[@illegalsmilez]

The Rostok town was absolutely infuriating. It took me almost a week to beat the arena mission. I would beat one section, them the game would crash. It was so bad i couldn't even leave the town before my game crashed. I went to previous saves which kind of helped tho. After literal irl days of trying, i finally beat it. The shaders were almost pretty bad but they seemed more random. It would be fine for days and then it just wouldn't work. I'm downloading the update now, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed

[@Wolfhamm3r312]

i ain´t playing the game anyqays until they fix ALIFE or whatever its called. Loved the game until the halfway point but the buggy mess afterwards fucked it for me

[@husleman]

This is why I no longer buy games until 6 months to a year later. Games age like wine and get cheaper over time.

[@not-normal771]

Gone Gold doesn't mean what it used to.

[@Tjaa333]

I'm just gonna wait till they fixed most things, there's nothing more frustrating than playing a game that isn't finished.

[@gagesteiner6885]

I really enjoyed playing it for the 12 hours I did but decided to just hold off and wait for them to get it just right. Is definitely a good looking game but I would run into bugs and crashes. So once I hear it’s great I will continue the fun I was having on stalker 2

[@BigPatFenis_]

I would recommend mods for now until some of the major issues get fixed. For example, AI spamming grenades, AI headshotting you in the dark a mile away through a bush, etc. There's mods that specifically address this.

[@Bluey4kgaming]

Mods are useless because the moment updates drop those mods become obsolete and break the game, and you will find your self reinstalling the game with previous save games been corrupted. Best thing to do right now is just wait until game actually fixed

[@Tybagdiddy]

I must be lucky, I've only had 1 bug and it was during the Faust Fight. Dropped the 'Hair' Texture to low and fixed it.

[@takatsukisen2877]

I will probably touch this game 3-5 years on sale and fix the majority of the bugs and issues later, like cyberpunk 2077.

[@RicJangles]

Xbox player here, Rostok is still crash central, took about 15 - 20 minutes

[@happyhavoc-]

I'm waiting to play this for a while which I'm happy with I felt already it would be an amazing experience down the line

[@jhonrock2386]

I already have dozens of hours in this game, never once I had crashes or error messages with the shader compilation screen.

[@Adam_James-90]

Still in BETA leave it for another 8-10 months then you might get something worth a full playthrough

[@bodhibra6988]

AI and stealth is still bad, people spotting me from 100 metres away while crouched and I can’t stand how AI will literally forget about you when you spend too much time behind cover whilst mid fight, they will say “oh must be hearing things” proceed to walk away only to 180 one tap me as soon as I try to peak again, like bruh

[@patricks9401]

Yea, I did like it, Its cool, I'm excited for the future but I feel this could have easily been called Far Cry : Stalker 2 and no one would notice, just a generic shooter right now, maybe it will be better.

[@zacharybaese9029]

Did they fix the faust not showing yet? That's what I'm waiting for.

[@TwistedFuchsia]

have better A-life than previous stalker games and ill buy it

[@lowkeyfiasco]

They need to start discussing multiplayer and what that will be like. By the time I got to Pripyat I didn’t even care. The gameplay is so repetitive which wouldn’t matter so much if the story weren’t so disjointed and made any kind of sense. I knew there was a point of no return so by the time I arrived in Pripyat and got to the last mission, I just speed ran it and didn’t bother looting since it wouldn’t matter. Also makes a lot of sense to encounter an attachment for the best shotgun in the game locked behind a point of no return mission. Honestly, it was fun for the first 30-40hours but the last 20 hours was a straight slog toward an ending I knew was gonna suck. They need to do right with multiplayer.