STALKER 2 IS AWESOME (First Impressions)

[@Tomographic]

1:13 These anomalies are getting out of hand.

[@originalityisdead.9513]

What CPU are you using?

[@Woodz_007]

The Hands are getting out of anomalies

[@Tomographic]

@@originalityisdead.9513 i9-13900K

[@Anglo-Brit]

@@Tomographic How do you know if you have DLSS 3 available - I have a 4070ti but only have DLSS available...

[@Tomographic]

@Anglo-Brit DLSS is DLSS 3 if you have a 40 series card so you're good 👍

[@eddymonies8302]

I’ve already died 100 times. Most of the deaths were from very dumb things like bleeding out or backing off a cliff while running outta ammo being chased by chihuahuas. All of it infuriating. I loved every second of it as well.

[@oisinsheehy3765]

Welcome to the zone brother

[@GameHunterDeathhunter]

For real is there only bleeding? like no broken bones? (i know/ assume there is psy damage and radiation poison but ya)

[@VORASTRA]

​@@GameHunterDeathhunter yes, there is only bleeding

[@Landscape_]

I'm loving the game so far, it feels so much like the "True Stalker" mod which is basically the original experience but enhanced. The detail of the environment and the ambience is stunning for how big the map is, just disable the compass and get lost in the zone. Only recomendation i would say is to get to a camp where you can sleep before the night gets too dark, playing at night takes out some of the pretty visuals in cutscenes and its harder to find interesting points.

[@Lgnzzz]

1:18 I was eating cereal and milk shot out of my nose

[@pongsapaksubpokatorn6138]

Truly Stalker moment of all times

[@thejeditimelord]

Im glad i finally found someone not crying about the game not being this or that. Ive been a stalkers fan for ages, and this game feels like a true stalker game.

[@ssilent8202]

If you don’t mind me asking, I was wondering if you could lead me to some of these people complaining that this game isn’t like some other game? I want to hear why they think it should be different

[@WhiteDastardly]

@@ssilent8202If you look hard enough on stalker videos you’ll see it. Honestly don’t know what they were expecting tbh. What we have is a OG stalker game, those who want mods will get them in due time

[@Sleek898]

@@ssilent8202 Theres a issue with the current A-Life system pretty sure its a bug but it causes NPCs to spawn around the player instead of off at a distance and people are all complaining about it, well that and the performance in a lot of cases, personally I have no issue with either but I could see getting frustrated at getting jumped by 3 bandits

[@ivi_lDgaming]

People have issues because the game launch in a terrible state like cyberpunk did, I didn't see anyone complaining besides the optimization and the bugs

[@zedus4042]

You consider criticizing a broken game as "crying"? Okay buddy.

[@skeeterbite9257]

Make sure when you loot bodies that you unload their weapon and take the ammo.

[@Snakedoc7170]

0:47 seconds in and I’m speechless.. Tomo, I thought I knew you.. you were supposed to defeat the stalkers not join them!

[@Tomographic]

I slipped...

[@timmeh8974]

so glad to see this game release finally

[@Jackerlus]

Ever played Stalker Anomaly (with the gamma modpack) Tomo? Drewski and Fugglet did a bunch of videos on it and I'm 100% sure it would be right up your alley when you've finished this iteration of the series and need some more Stalker! Such an intense experience, gives SP Tarkov vibes sometimes.

[@Tomographic]

I haven't played any of the mods, no. I played the original many moons ago and had to watch a refresher to remember what the heck happened but I've heard Drewski and Klean frequently rave about Anomaly so perhaps I'll give it a go at some point.

[@NoMusicTheory]

@@Tomographic definitely do it.

[@tetchedskate3366]

Looks like a great game to try out after a few major patches

[@szymonski1905]

Cannot wait to play this game! I hate this new „trend” of saying everything looks like a PS2 game. This game looks absolutely fine were born AFTER the PS4 came out 🤣 The British, Scottish and American voice actors are so out of place in this game, it’s unbearable

[@Tomographic]

Haha! I intended on using Ukrainian voice dubbing but the cutscenes are only matched to the English dub which just looks a lot better 😅

[@tetchedskate3366]

Then play the original voice actors with subtitles on. Easy fix

[@Landscape_]

im from Argentina so i barely notice any difference lol, Ukrainian is way too distracting to follow conversations so i play on English

[@szymonski1905]

@@Tomographic might have to try the Ukrainian version! CDPR games are the best with Polish voice actors so maybe this is the same? 🤔

[@DRGEngineer]

definitely should try the game with the voices in Ukrainian, feels much better.

[@Elkatook666]

"lets get back to that windmill before i get hit by thunder" er, thats not how that works

[@Tomographic]

*lightning my bad 😅

[@FutureDotexe]

All the bots got the same picture lol. Hyped for the vid

[@Tomographic]

They're working together 😳

[@FutureDotexe]

@ oh no theyre teaming in a solo game

[@ralphallen1084]

I used to watch you all the time,years ago. What I like about you is that you actually scavenge in these survival games, and very adequate in the other skills. Such like melee,sniping even running and gunning. You're actually one of the best gamers,the new gamers don't seem to have this skill to make their videos as enjoyable as yours. Keep up the good work, thanks again for bringing great videos to watch and learn from.

[@vexmyth0clast]

Flying corpse anomaly has me intrigued lmao

[@maxdawson1597]

"an AK...and a glizzy, lets go!" lmao killed me Tomo

[@Danilyn_Livao]

Great breakdown👏 I'm definitely looking forward to this one! Thanks for sharing your impression bro! 💯

[@omaga_0169]

Let's goooo!!! Who else have been waiting forever

[@garebear6967]

This is the first Stalker I have ever played and I am absolutely loving it! There's part's in the game that just SQUARE the shit out of me! 😂

[@nathanemmerson8351]

you got me with the LIke the video. was just sat back chilling and watching the legend play

[@booniversegaming]

It's interesting that they managed to keep the stylistic visual look of STALKER but with updated graphics and lighting. How did you find the performance Tom?

[@dukefanshawe6815]

If you store all your equipment in the safe at 21:41 you can retrieve your equipment after the cut scene where you loose your belongings and wake up in an anomaly field. therefore having guns in great condition from the start of the game.

[@traytonvanderecken3311]

Finally a good Xbox Game that's not hifi rush.

[@Viper3220]

And it will probably run at like 20 fps unfortunately.

[@roskcity]

​@@Viper3220nah it's like 50-60

[@DuggyDarko]

​@@Viper3220it runs great. Better than some pc setups

[@panjack_]

I’m loving it, there are a few glitches but nothing bad enough to dislike it

[@zacharysheridan406]

A “Diamond in the Rough” that every KZbin channel is Polishing huh lmao

[@TheGamingRaccoons]

That intro was amazing

[@zarrinnahid448]

was missin' yaa and here you are!!!

[@Tomographic]

[@dillimonster]

The bugged out guy you killed looked like a full balloon let go without tieing it off 🤣

[@baswenmakers6846]

The game does seem very rough in some places, but it certainly is a stalker game. That is a relief these days.

[@Nixima81]

I love the stalker games, and have played them over and over whit different mods over the years on hope for a new game. Super gland they made this poppy can't wait to add it to my collection. Happy gaming stalkers!

[@_sp1r4L_]

FINALLY IT'S ACTUALLY OUT NOW

[@mokadelic4037]

The game absolutely needs quality of life updates, bug fixes and performance patches. That said, the foundation the devs have layed is absolutely INCREDIBLE. Unironically the only game that I've played this year to have me completely immersed in the world.

[@Finnetic]

I can't wait to get home from work and play!

[@davidhunter7545]

Thanks Tomo, another good one. And, a whirlybird rag doll 1 minute in, only on Tomographic.

[@oliverschmidt1988]

awesome, cant wait for the live stream !

[@Landon-g4z]

I just bought it today and I’m already addicted

[@chrisklopper7777]

"I'm here to kick as and chew bubblegum "😂😂😂 always great watching 💜

[@rahulsasidharan7456]

Looks pretty great, I heard the performance tanks in the town areas even on RTX 4090, it dips below 50.

[@sdgamer1860]

I heard if you stored you stuff in the Safe you could actually get it back after that cutscene. So if you or other people decide to start a new game, stuff some of the guns and ammo you find in there otherwise you will lose it after that cutscene

[@KDjammin]

Might just download this thanks man

[@MOTH_MANE]

Ever since i started playing i cant stop this i also cleared a whole military base with only a knife it was fun

[@lucien-bh7vb]

When you realize there is a anomaly next to you shooting with you but it's just you friend

[@CarlValiquette]

anything that is not lower than 3080 should use 50% sharpness it doesnt eat the same amount of fps that SSOA does but make some game look wayyyy smoother

[@xpendabull]

"50,000 people used to live here..." Sorry wrong game.

[@PUARockstar]

Same location

[@Batman00785]

At minutes 1:19 HHHHHH that nice Glitch .... I ever see in a game

[@MrGuggs]

Me: Sees that Tom posted a Stalker 2 vid. 😊 Also me: *sees the gross MWII MP5 front irons spread to another game* 🤮

[@nnizelc.]

bro wants to complain about that 0.01% of the game

[@Oob144]

That actually originally came from stalker not COD.

[@Nexit_l]

Which originated from the original Stalker not COD :)

[@nnizelc.]

@@Oob144 The more we know ✨

[@MrGuggs]

@@Oob144 I did not know that. Much more acceptable then

[@mniakan754]

19:36 when it was tacobell Tuesday last night

[@Dadh4t]

44:19 "im an empath 🤪" *burst fires 3 rounds of 9mil into a wounded man's skull at point blank*

[@missdire]

The big safe at 29:04 😭

[@Thraakull]

So far it seems like an interesting STALKER game, and I think that since it is out for such a short while, who knows what it has to offer once the story is progressed further...

[@DRGEngineer]

19:51 this joke hit so much harder because i watched it while fighting for my life on the toilet as a result of the curry i had for lunch 💀💀💀

[@FooLProFessoR]

love your vids thomas

[@Therealettotallyoriginal]

I feel like some of the bugs are kinda good and add to the feeling of you never know what’s gonna happen only some of them

[@Kylekparker]

Definitely thought the wake up scene was the Skyrim buggie LMAO

[@callumnorris3738]

1:18 bro the only bad thing about this bug is the loot not being obtainable apart from that these types of glitches are amazing and funny not annoying

[@nonono5351]

Good job tommo

[@RayMears82-s7g]

This game looks so cool!

[@FOKLilWayne]

That had to be the best bug ever 😂

[@greengoblin99999]

man i couldn't get past the first mission, there were no foreseeable way to get to the objective

[@Tomographic]

how so? was your objective not on the compass?

[@radclayson]

Holy skill issue.

[@MatzLawd]

Really excited to play but unfortunately near unplayable with controller due to being unable to edit the deadzone input

[@Jivvyl]

This will decide wether I buy it or not

[@tetchedskate3366]

Hold off on buying it until at least a few major patches come out

[@roskcity]

Game pass

[@77rockcity]

I'd wait to experience it once it's fixed and finished

[@skull1941]

I had never played a stalker game before but i decided to play on veteran difficulty and i died like 20 times to bloodsuckers which are terrifying btw. However im still having alot of fun.

[@DimoDimov1]

Are you going to do a complete play through?

[@jimmydbags1070]

This is gonna play like a spud on series x 😂

[@wraithdemonsoul7926]

It's not ideal, you get between 50-60fps on performance mode. It's not great but bearable with vrr. I've been having a good time on Series X so far. I wouldn't recommend playing the game on the S though.

[@tetchedskate3366]

It plays like a spud on every platform right now

[@rundattmedia2106]

​@@tetchedskate3366not quite kzbin.info/www/bejne/o56lfWqcmJJ7pLs

[@DuggyDarko]

It looks and plays great on XSX

[@jimmydbags1070]

@ Played it last night on series x. Between 40-60fps most time. Around 1440p mostly on performance mode. Meh

[@mrdato116]

With 3080 12gb, cant get stavle game at 4k. Ill play with settings further.

[@lindvi0r]

Summon the modders, please finish this game for us.

[@Batman00785]

I like your talk

[@Americawtff]

The more i see the more i am convinced that true stalker was a early leak of 2

[@Kylewats]

Amazing super game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Yackattack22]

More like a rough diamond

[@Mcnew77]

Is this inspired off of the 1970s Tarkovsky movie? Same vibe for sure.

[@Supernaught2510]

No guns on the bodies you killed before the Gloomy mission?

[@DuggyDarko]

They drop them separately. They don't appear in their inventory but they'll be on the ground.

[@_Pattinator_]

My only complaint is that the bloodsuckers are way too bulllet spongy

[@radclayson]

It's pretty ridiculous. It seems to take me 2 TOZ shells and 2 AK mags. Bit much

[@rahatabir8645]

is that a blue lock reference in the title of the video?

[@theraduragamer9165]

Reminds me of into the radious

[@TheSleepyArtist117]

why do you have so many bots lol

[@Tomographic]

youtube is plagued with them these days smh

[@StephenMcGregor1986]

I'll just keep playing Road to Vostok until this is fixed

[@BlackeGordon]

Day Bow Bow

[@NoMusicTheory]

14 min ago is crazy

[@BudgetGamerz]

Ducks? 🤣

[@omaga_0169]

Maybe a big or 2 nah that's harry Potter cousin

[@hamzakhalil-gs7oc]

The performance in this game is disappointing, With every release my opinion of UE5 keeps changing, idk if its the fault of the engine or devs being lazy and relying optimization on Upscalers and FG

[@MrLilredmachine]

I don't know if I agree with the narrative. UE5 is heavily upscaling dependent, it's built into the engine and designed to be used as a matter of course. It looks incredible with it on or off, it's getting closer to being free frame rate all the time. I've got this running on a very midrange card (7700XT) and mid/low range CPU (12400) and I've got everything on epic at 90% Res scale TSR with frame gen and it flies along butter smooth. The only occasional hitch I've had is CPU limitation.

[@bio-garbage]

I wish we could have some mod where all natives speak Ukrainian and mercenaries and foreign organizations speak English at the same time having some "Lost in translation" situations. Would be so much immersion. Tho if the devs let the modders absolute freedom on modding, stalker 2 is easily gonna be the game of a decade.

[@ricklau1383]

Literally sucked me in and then I need to like.... LOL

[@Woodz_007]

LoL. Gonna have to wait for rtx 5090 to play this game

[@abehartshorne6028]

IS JACK OK??? : )

[@leimonade7074]

I was here 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@krejn]

Nice. 60-70 fps @1440p on a 4090 overkill system without upscaling for a game that is visually comparable to metro exodus enhanced edition which runs at like 100fps @4k on a beefy 4090 system.

[@nicksampson538]

metro looks better

[@krejn]

@@nicksampson538 I agree

[@zedus4042]

Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition? Bro what? That game is still unparalleled when it comes to visuals, still the single one game with infinite bounce RTGI. Stalker 2 has some higher texture resolutions and a bigger world but overall visually and from art direction standpoint, it's not even close to Exodus.

[@Elite02k]

this game feels like Dying light 2's environment meets once human's enemy lineup, meets cyberpunk's release issues.

[@Juliencharb]

Lol not at all , this feels like a comment made by a playstation user 😂

[@Elite02k]

@Juliencharb pc i9/4090ti user. The game has its issues. Its a good game, it'll be a great game when it gets a few patches in, but its got quality and functional issues. Its got a memory leak causing crashes and loss of save status, alot of textures and objects need to be optimized further. I can overlook the memory leak, but there's no reason my setup should be incapable of playing this game at consistent 60fps 1440p. I can play forza 5 and Microsoft flight sim on ultra at 120fps+. Cyberpunk never dips below 120fps, and we all know how rough of a start that game started out with. It is what it is, but what it is needs to be fixed and it needs to be patched by end of week before the devs start seeing mass refunds and abstains.

[@FusionHyperion]

I can't play that game in native high settings with a 7900XT and a 3800X above 60FPS so I just uninstalled it...

[@mirzayasirbaig]

You have explained very well I like it bro

[@teddy_westside81]

Gamepass for the win

[@LukeJones-og5gw]

Look I'm just saying, I get sponsored content.. but as per Skillups video and multiple reports.. the game has a myriad of issues Still excited, but it's not perfect

[@Tomographic]

I've not seen Skill Ups video but will add it to the watch list. Thats the difficulty with early hands on because peoples milage will vary when so many first impression videos are going out at once, though the game seems to be sitting at Mostly Positive on Steam right now but I can only speak from my own experience with the game.

[@LukeJones-og5gw]

@Tomographic yeah I'm not saying it's bad by any means, I mean the devs had to deal with COVID and a literal war while developing the game. I think it looks really good overall, but it's certainly a diamond in the rough right now

[@wolfsbane501st3]

You’ve never played a stalker game before then. They’re not bugs, they’re anomalies

[@LukeJones-og5gw]

@wolfsbane501st3 oh no I have, all of em

[@kevinmiller5051]

​@@wolfsbane501st3Bugs are one thing, feeling like my cursor is trudging through mud in an fps game? Nope. None of the stalkers felt like that. Enjiy wasting $60

[@wolverine2551]

How hard is it to make some blood effects on body after the shooting, it really adds to immersion and overall satisfaction, however its 2024 and we still get this type of bland, unrealistic, untouched bodies.

[@Deathadder90]

I'm decently sure I've seen some gun shot wounds during my play through today.

[@JF-vz1ju]

There are bulletholes on bodies though.

[@TheofficalPancake]

Pancakes or waffles

[@Tomographic]

Paffles

[@TheofficalPancake]

@@Tomographic i will let it slide one because i like your channel BUT IF YOU CHOSES WAFFLES YOUR DONE

[@Contagion49]

It’s such bullshit that 30 series cards can’t utilize dlss 3

[@Tomographic]

they can utilise standard DLSS, just not DLSS 3

[@Contagion49]

@ I know, that’s what I said brotha.

[@Tomographic]

@Contagion49 Sorry, I misread. The reason being is that the 30 series is now 4 years old, thus DLSS 3 can only work on GeForce RTX 40-series GPUs because of the Lovelacr architecture it includes. 30-series graphics cards do not include an Optical Flow Accelerator, which is the core component to achieve frame generation but I believe you can try FSR 3 Frame Gen, you may just feel a bit of input lag.

[@JLStreetDoc]

I can’t get past the creature after picking up the rick thing in the beginning of the stupid game.

[@drede_Ops]

The game reminded me a lot of Far Cry and Dying Light, in a negative way... I don't know, as someone who finished the first game, I expected something darker and more hopeless.

[@theJerkingking]

i play with a radeon RX 6600 and run at 50-60 on medium idk what all these streamers n ytubers are talking aboutt loll most of them didnt even have the game and are making reviews based on reddit posts lmao

[@avenginghurdle1642]

i found an unlimited money glitch!!!! yay