STALKER 2 is somehow PERFECT yet BROKEN at the same time

[@-ver6459]

There are no bugs, only anomalies. Welcome back to the Zone stalkers.

[@samuelbowman4729]

(Happy cheeki breeki noises)

[@gambit_elstar]

NEVER FORGET XRAY ENGINE POP-UP!

[@DerekS-kq3zh]

Don't associate me with this Azov N@zi supporting trash

[@blinkq_530]

aka we are terrible consumer sheep

[@zer0synd1cate]

ai generated comment

[@lexus8018]

Finally the modding community is free of patching the old games that not even the developers know how function

[@Chewie260]

Well we have a new one to patch noq

[@mandrews6282]

Yah this is going to be a modder’s paradise

[@notanaveragedoktah8390]

*"XR Engine" is an engine that may work one day and blue screen the next. Its internals workings are the subject of speculation and mystery, even to the Ukrainian computer engineers who originally coded it, using Microsoft Paint on Windows Bandera. The engine is sensitive, fragile, and fickle. And if it really completely stops working, I recommend that you rollback your NVIDIA drivers, which somehow magically fixes everything.”* ~Chief Rabbi of the merchant's guild Ogutu M'beke

[@RHaenJarr]

The X-ray engine is as mysterious as The Zone, and just like The Zone, it will continue to expand

[@imalittletoxicjustalittle]

yeah now they can work on the over bloated unoptimized mess that is UE5, people cry about the xray engine but it can run on a potato even back then but now you need a high end gaming pc just to run the unoptimized mess why they chose UE5 when its utter trash with foliage is beyond me i just hate UE and how it makes every game feel the same i can tell a UE game after less than a hour of playing at this point, im beyond tired of the engine it tries to do everything so excels in nothing its just a bloated mess

[@RadimKatrinec]

tbh, if Stalker 2 came out without bugs, I would probably complain for not having original Stalker experience

[@thezenithrage1006]

Thats fair as long as its not game breaking I am happy. Good old stalker

[@donecoin33]

You know it's a stalker game when it crashed because I looked at a box funny while trying to pick up Cossack vodka in the middle of nowhere

[@TheThejose]

@@donecoin33 i crash everytime i walk in to a trap lol

[@BlackJackSincroknight]

Best comment

[@ShroudedStep]

That's because unlike me you didn't get a bug where you virtually can't progress in the campain like other people with the same issue and have to wait for a patch that "might" fix it.

[@AC-ut3nk]

Number one rule in STALKER : If you ever find a body somewhere in the zone chance are the next one will be your.

[@Dr.RojoMcDelly]

How is that a rule? 😂 makes no sense at all.

[@Hunter-zf7rt]

​@@Dr.RojoMcDellysimple,bandit ambushes, mutants nearby or now you're in an active anomaly field

[@joshlewis8860]

Bro is allergic to adding an S at the end of words

[@vaudeville-villain]

@@joshlewis8860bro is allergic to intelligence

[@nolifeguy1]

​@Dr.RojoMcDelly howd the body get there Chances are the cause is nearby.

[@antonimyczynski1309]

"Internal workings of XR engine is a subject of speculation and mystery, even to the Ukrainian computer engineers who originally coded it, using Microsoft Paint on Windows Bandera." Sseth

[@soupSpoon-k5h]

You forgot the part where they where on crack

[@chancewilks7390]

@@soupSpoon-k5h😂😂😂

[@CoopHawke]

this game is on Unreal Engine so it might just be a dev special

[@he2a]

they gave up of XRay engine. This is just Unreal 5.

[@soupSpoon-k5h]

@@he2anah Its a special unreal engine they fused it with Xray with zone magic

[@callmeivan2064]

A stalker game with a broken release? We are so back.

[@steelbear2063]

A broken release AND we have waited 14 years for it to come out, as is tradition. We are so fucking back

[@JoseHernandez-xv2bt]

@@steelbear2063 we fucking balling

[@steelbear2063]

@@JoseHernandez-xv2bt Not me, sadly, I'm an evil Russian who apparently personally drops napalm on orphanages in Ukraine, so no Stalker for me (1st party and some other games on Gamepass aren't even visible)

[@JoseHernandez-xv2bt]

@@steelbear2063 sad, shouldn’t be denied access to a game because your government decided to be assholes

[@MaliciousInTint]

​@@steelbear2063 I mean, it's fair enough. The guys who made this are Ukrainian lol

[@09spidy]

"PERFECT and BROKEN" The true S.T.A.L.K.E.R. experience.

[@ChefVoid]

That is so true, now how long till the game can be modded 😂

[@dxdxdxdxdxd7125]

@@ChefVoid it can be modded right now, but its not adviced to do so as the devs would relese patches often after launch

[@BerzerkerRush]

Remember, there are no such things as bugs or glitches in a STALKER game, just “anomalies of the zone”

[@beastmotoz]

Stalker 2 should be on Ps5 too 😢

[@Hunter-zf7rt]

​@@beastmotozin time, right now it's a Xbox exclusive

[@3DMasterST]

16:27 That's a psy-dog, back from the original Stalker games. Only one of them is real, the other are the illusions created by it.

[@DragonbornT4E]

Thanks for the info cheers mate

[@robrob8161]

I just got obliterated by one of them, thanks, now I know what it is and how to deal with it!

[@marksicherl8847]

I never want to play Stalker ever again, ever since I got jumpscared by one of those invisible bloodsuckers, yet I can't wait for Stalker 2 to release.

[@Harshhaze]

I sat for 15 minutes with a shotgun aimed at a doorway. I was low in health, no medical items (after a bandit firefight), and I heard a bloodsucker creeping around outside. Emptied my shotgun and pistol as soon as I saw a flicker and got it, but I got jumped by dogs 30 seconds later. 10/10 game

[@TheEthizle]

I am thoroughly seething that my pc isn't good enough to play it

[@ZeroPoint-q7l]

"I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took a bloodsucker in the knee"

[@DutchThriceman]

@@TheEthizle Eh don't worry too much because I'm running it on my 4070 and after 30 minutes of playing I crash to desktop and it takes a while to launch back in as the game is recompiling shaders, the game does NOT feel ready yet (and I say that as massive stalker/gsc fanboy)

[@FUBARguy107]

​@@DutchThricemanThis is my experience with every game for the last 6 years.

[@arricarry3832]

Kev somehow managed to get killed by every single anomaly he encountered 🤣

[@arricarry3832]

Good ole Kev

[@P1ckI]

Same tho they are so much stronger than bandits

[@impracticalnuke]

For a dev team that got hardcore permadeath setting turned on for them during development, it's a true STALKER experience that's for sure

[@TheDwarfishjoe]

Ah enough with that overblown bullshit, it's not like they were in an active war zone for the entirety of development.

[@tobiasmyers3505]

Yeah. Many or all of them have been in combat for 1000 days. At least one developer died in combat against the Russian invasion forces.

[@gibocvh392]

That’s a weird thing to say

[@masha22092000r]

​@@gibocvh392 and yet it's true. One of the developers (Yezhov) was killed in combat in 2023.

[@FallenAngelGER]

@@masha22092000r Right but "At least" is a bit rude.

[@ezeloquillo]

The power of BOLTS compells you. That's peak stalker gameplay.

[@ponchoandy]

Kev: Chooses hardest difficulty. *Why is it so hard to kill*

[@stradleybidley8893]

My understanding of stalker difficulty is that , it gets harder for everything. So your shots do more damage too, in theory he should be able to put one down with less shots

[@pipopoikapelaa5468]

​@@stradleybidley8893 That's actually a myth, the difficulty works just like in any other game. But the mutants do seem to be stupidly tanky. Like in OG stalkers a Flesh wiuld die from a few makarov shots, here you seemingly have to dump a mag and a half into one.

[@Myst291]

Everything is just a bulletsponge no matter the difficulty

[@ponchoandy]

@@Myst291 Spoken like a true clueless dumbass

[@kasete845]

Metro series with ranger hardcore did it best, you die in 1-2 shots, enemies die in 1-2 shots.

[@darthskarr8975]

2:28 That is a Flesh. A Mutant Pig. It's actually one of the more docile mutants.

[@Psycorde]

The fact that he runs into bloodsucker shortly after that is horrifying

[@JoseHernandez-xv2bt]

@@Psycorde just the average stalker experience

[@bwibo9567]

5:45 oh good, another gli- WOAAH ITS NOT A GLITCH, ITS NOT A GLITCH

[@3DMasterST]

09:45 "I'll toss a grenade at the top of the watchtower, I can do it!" - The bandit, probably

[@andrewb.9815]

"perfect yet broken"...............yes, this is a true successor to STALKER 1,2, and 3.

[@JohnPeacekeeper]

"This is Dark Souls." Dark Souls wishes it was as challenging as STALKER.

[@X-Ray_Fox]

17:57 He has been taken by The Zone forever. May he rest in Cheeki Breeki.

[@littleaxtedeath]

CHEEKI BREEKI DAMKE

[@LewdGeek]

"WOW I TOUCHED GRASS" 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣 IT WAS SO FITTING THE CHARACTER ANIMATION

[@xKADZx]

If I pay full price, I expect the entire Stalker authentic experience, including all the bugs.

[@Boba_fehtt]

Your humor is exactly how I be playing games I get into it too and it’s why I like your videos so much 😅

[@leoperez4602]

Oh yes another episode of kev finishing a game that hasn't came out yet

[@Gonzalouchikari]

"is somehow PERFECT yet BROKEN at the same time" The true STALKER experience.

[@littleaxtedeath]

16x the bugs

[@jacob4259]

"something attacked me, and it's dark and I m scared, I m bleeding and look around and it's dark, but something weird something blurry in front of me flashes by, I shoot it and it shows itself it's A SCARY MONSTER THAT IS INVISIBLE??? WHAT? I killed it" btw first time playing stalker so this was scary asf

[@HZeshka]

When I first met bloodsucker years ago in Shadow of Chernobyl I just quit the game and returned after a few months

[@therecruitmaster129]

9:20 "Crash bandacoot 64 finds a gun"

[@fvfdvkfdvklfdkidfvkilf]

28:58 Those are not in fact pierogie, what they are called are varenyky, a Ukrainian dish, which(in my opininon) is absolutely delicius!

[@ZegotaPietrzykowski]

just pierogi, without s, or pierożki

[@fvfdvkfdvklfdkidfvkilf]

@@ZegotaPietrzykowski corrected, thanks

[@lonelymtbrider3369]

21:46 Good to see that they implemented some elements of nostalgia to the new stalker game. Makes it even more authentic

[@macyk113]

Welcome to chornoby, you will be here for long, wanting or not

[@DOOM5517]

I'm just here starring at my Xbox waiting for it to release

[@Are_zenic]

Dude same!

[@samuelbowman4729]

Same

[@jameswhite8753]

Same!

[@charlesjoseph9591]

Same

[@Landscape_]

same ☢📻

[@JohnGotti__]

28:58 Those are dumplings with cottage cheese or with mashed potatoes. Ukrainian national dish called Vareniki

[@helsingS_]

Honestly the title perfectly encapsulates my opinion of this game it's a broken mess but it works and i love it

[@ozidarkstar9956]

Anyone who's ever played the original stalker games or modpacks already knows how messy or broken the game can get at times. but also how utterly amazing and gorgeous it can be. Id say save your cash till the modders and or devs have patched/fixed the game and pick up gamma / anomaly for now

[@jeanfrancozaratemarcial7916]

Even better: Pick up the vanilla OG trilogy and mod it with basic vanilla enhancing mods and texture packs, that´s it. Anomaly and the GAMMA modpack are very different STALKER experiences, less focused on story than the OG´s.

[@corymorrison4488]

Nah game is great so far. This is the first time in 5 years I’ve paid full price for a game

[@jamonbrown29]

@@corymorrison4488isn’t the game free

[@ryanqube9132]

Bugs? Glitches? That's just another anomaly and is 100% part of the game.

[@P1ckI]

I got a shot glass stuck in my arm is that intended?

[@qthemerrybandofanons4481]

For those of us who have been in the zone from the beginning, this is EXACTLY what we want to hear lol.

[@ShirleyTimple]

Finally, a sandbox for incels by incels😅

[@ST0RMTROOP3R]

30:25 When Kev just goes back to blowing raspberries he is so scared haha 😂🤣

[@DiagoLedesma]

I think throwing bolts at random people is the most S.T.A.L.K.E.R thing to do.

[@gimonkey98]

"I wanted his loot!" Body: I must leave now my people need me. *Spiiiiiiiiin* 😆

[@mythicMusical]

@0:22 my yt, desktop AND mobile will not load the rest of this video. I guess we'll never know what our pcs will do.

[@MelonSharkkk]

real

[@MelonSharkkk]

btw if you genuinely wanna know what he said he said that our pcs will hate us for running it

[@brandonspeed]

Playing it on the hardest difficulty is so much fun. The death counter is in a love/hate relationship with me

[@BKRandy94]

Even with some people having issues with the game (and some issues that will be patched right away) I always appreciate how you enjoy games even with some jank

[@mikelreborn3254]

When you threw in those bolts at that guy, that was funny..

[@ArvoMoz]

I waited so long for this, I started to feel like old Rose from Titanic when she said, 'It's been 84 years.'

[@Koozwad]

it was olympic, not titanic

[@BettsuTv]

the envy i had when i woke up today and saw you had 65 hours played recently when i went to install haha. previt stalker. glad you enjoyed your time in the zone

[@roninfun2165]

“Wow I touched grass” 😆 😆 😆 got me laughing so hard

[@volcanocheeseygordida]

Just left the same comment didn’t see yours 😂

[@thatguywade5384]

I mean, to be fair: You try making a game during a war. It's a bit difficult.

[@kiberme]

What are you talking about? There is no war in Czhech Republic.

[@nerose274]

​@@kiberme a good bunch of the main team is still in ukraine

[@thatguywade5384]

@@nerose274 In fact, aren't some still fighting on the front lines?

[@kiberme]

@@thatguywade5384 that's true. So as you can understand - that's exactly why SOME of them stayed. Not to develop the game but to fight. So does it have to do anything with the game discussion?

[@steelbear2063]

Zelenski needs those dollars

[@ПетърДимитров-п2п]

That sounds exactly like stalker

[@TheFuriousMulatto]

Take a shot every time Kev gets spooked, and you'll die of alcohol poisoning before the video ends

[@GabrielMoura-gt9jb]

The eurojank level of coding with the god tier storytelling and world design always make for a good stalker game.

[@alifomo]

The chaos in this video... Is magnificent! Great work!

[@Kadenmullen]

To wake up with a new kevduit video is one of the best feelings

[@Milan-jd3he]

80 minutes till release here in Germany

[@Crackgearson]

Wir warten!!!

[@LionDerWahre]

@@Crackgearsonhab Angst vor Bugs haha

[@Milan-jd3he]

Leute ich finde das Spiel wurde Hammer geil

[@Crackgearson]

@@Milan-jd3he Jap, Ich finde das auch

[@skull1526]

Welcome back to the zone! CHEEKI BREEKI I V DAMKE!

[@Hunter-zf7rt]

Cheeki breeki!!!

[@Raven-The-Dead-guy]

11:07 Why did that fit so perfectly 😂

[@Spacemarine_Cassiel]

29:00 These are vareniks in Ukrainian culture.

[@Literallychillin_64]

0:57 Game so good bro turned into the Lisan Al Gaib

[@alessandroperez4053]

31:45 is like: They see me rollin' They hatin' Patrollin' and tryna catch me ridin' dirty Tryna catch me ridin' dirty Tryna catch me ridin' dirty Tryna catch me ridin' dirty Tryna catch me ridin' dirty 🎶🎵😂😂😅

[@DIHVLD]

Damn that’s funny bro. 😐

[@N0isemarine]

Perfect yet broken. Best description for this game.

[@alanwestmoreland6152]

Giving credit that the devs made and early access this thru a whole goddam _WAR_

[@steelbear2063]

It's kinda funny how many Ukrainian men are busy with anything but defending their homeland, not to mention those who fled

[@dmytrosoboliev935]

You are always welcome here in Ukraine. You will get ammunition, a gun, 2-weeks training, and then we will see how fun it will be to defend a homeland against an enemy, who is 10+ times bigger​@@steelbear2063

[@sirab3ee198]

@@steelbear2063 ohhh we have captain america here .... my man is ready to go and defend the fatherland. My man is the embodiment of alpha masculinity... this the guy sleeps in a "good times make weak man etc" pijama ...

[@8A8ADave]

@@steelbear2063 The ones who fled were smart, the ones dying for nothing are dead or will be dead

[@flosko]

@@steelbear2063 Everyones first instinct should just be to die in a war they didn't cause or asked for, right?

[@adityanarayan4565]

I wanna see a duo of Kevduit and TheRadBrad so badly imagine them playing a game like this together

[@Hitchiez]

Yes Im on campus rn and cant play the game yet, But im so excited for it when I get home

[@JCBOiii]

(clueless)

[@chrisbroomfield9263]

The Red Dead drunk scene music you put in while you were smashed trying to get on the tractor was peak 👌😂

[@TheColosiss]

5:43 "It's a miracle" *S M A C K* XD

[@mrjkr7740]

“It’s some kind of dome of psychic energy” great Patrick quote

[@printisdead1983]

Before doing the third scan during the prologue, go in the house right next to it through the back window and put everything you don't want to lose in the next cutscene in said safe ,then after the cutscene turn around and go right back to that house through the hole in the wall, go back to the safe, and grab ya ish homie (basically just follow Richter back to the house but go in throught the back window again), then take a trip up the watch tower,p.s don't go up the tower and grab that stuff till after you come back for the stuff in the safe

[@ShirleyTimple]

Scrub

[@roosterhandler.116]

Throws bolt and walks into the anomaly

[@barbodbadran1807]

‏‪0:11‬‏ ?what the name of the song

[@Micah_is_weird]

It's parkour music from dying light 2 I can't remember which one I'm sorry

[@Никита-и4к1т]

It's plays when you climb the highest building in Dying light 2

[@TheCrispyForge]

I am so happy that Stalker 2 is actually good. I just recently got the Legends of the Zone collection and have been really hyped for Heart of Chornobyl. All of the different animations for healing, gun-jamming, ext. all look really good. I am definitely looking forward to playing this through Game Pass. Great video Kev!

[@ВалерійВатрич]

1:52 "wow I touched the grass" 😂😂

[@sa80slayer85]

The games not even out yet for me and you upload a video!!! Cmooon

[@flyinglobster9552]

I only find lag near major settlements and when the weather decides it’s wind and lightning time

[@penngie]

it aint even out yet for me and this man has made a video on it 😭

[@randomguy2981]

So I watched this video when it came out, and swore I remembered hearing “Oh my goodness!” From Plankton when you talked about how many hours you spent on the game, but in reality it was “Oh my gosh!” Missed opportunity won’t lie, but still worth the rewatch

[@justsomeguy9700]

The bugs are a feature in this series

[@Richard-ss5hr]

Bro the commentary in the game is awesome, was laughing all the way . Had to subscribe on KZbin keep up the awesome stalker videos please 🙏 🎉😂😂😂

[@techwizard9699]

Yeah...I think I will wait for a few patches before I play this.

[@jarrettodom3943]

Id say give it a week or two, I'm playing it right now and have only noticed a few visual bugs. But some people can't seem to run it at all right now, but the dev team have been very responsive with feedback so it should be fixed fairly quick.

[@randomnobody9229]

@@jarrettodom3943 I cannot make it past the first invisible dude, killed him and game crashed 3 times in a row. lmao, I would be mad if I wasn't laughing from how ridiculous it is. I haven't played a game this broken in years.

[@NomadCoyoteGaming]

Wowee another Kevduit video, today is truly one of days, many thanks for this most serendipitous moment in the space-time continuum good sir! *drinks down a whole bottle of vodka without explaining anything and wanderers off into the distance*

[@AlexMason-hn8oz]

Damn it's not out in my country yet anyway lol

[@tiagonascimento4386]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 doesnt have bugs, it has anomalies😉

[@voxel_sc]

You can see obviously that the enemies are tracking you through walls and objects. I hate that so much, its like fighting an army of wallhackers with the stamina of some Navy Seals.

[@fobo3361]

i fully expected this to be cyberpunk 2077 all over again, but to hear its good is lowkey insane, idk how die hard of a stalker fan kevduit is, so maybe it'll anger the community in some way by over modernizing the stalker formula, but regardless, my hype has been gained

[@JRAD897]

watch some reviews, it seems very much like cuber punk i.e. a good game but broken as hell on release

[@MrJbedo]

@@JRAD897as someone who enjoyed cyberpunk, even being the most disappointing game of my lifetime. I’m glad stalker 2 is just that more stalker, and that’s all I really need, I hope the bugs and optimizations get fixed, but at least it hasn’t made any promises like cyberpunk did

[@fobo3361]

@JRAD897 cyberpunk was literally unplayable, this while buggy, still runs, so already leaps ahead of cyberpunk and the bugs kev showed with 80 hours of play dont seem nearly as game breaking as Cyberpunk on release, but maybe he just got lucky

[@JRAD897]

@@fobo3361 yeah this is a good point

[@Psycorde]

It's funny, since I had great time with Cyberpunk 2077 on release, haven't encountered any serious bugs, got lucky Might be the same here

[@Quincy1406]

The rdr 2 music was a touch that did not go unnoticed

[@steph9950]

Love you kev

[@snowpig0074]

The time played reveal is funny af

[@littleaxtedeath]

Where

[@snowpig0074]

​​@@littleaxtedeath 0:56

[@littleaxtedeath]

@@snowpig0074 thank you very much sir

[@FakeVin23]

Endlich jemand der nur wegen ein paar bugs nicht direkt sagt das dass Game schlecht ist.

[@termlesscipher8045]

I love the first reaction to a Bloodsucker

[@Bloodlustian]

We're finally back with Stalker 2 being a buggy mess on release. Just like the original. I'll look forward to playing it for 6 hours at release then 200 hours in 9 months time.

[@redvoco02]

Your absolute failures of diplomacy and just killing everyone is legendary

[@JerryTheGuyAgain945]

If only I had money......... I need a job

[@binroc]

Stalker 2 is on game pass

[@blazerjd108]

Get gamepass for maybe $5

[@JerryTheGuyAgain945]

@@binroc yea but i dont even have the RAM to run this i think i need around 32 and i have 8

[@binroc]

@@JerryTheGuyAgain945 oh damn

[@valentincirstea4015]

bro, what are you 12? go get a job and get a proper PC then buy the game - stop sitting around and wait for money to come at you

[@RenesisActual]

I’m so unbelievably in love with this game. Everything I wanted from the world. It has its issues at the moment. (Looking at you a life) but man am I so stoked for what the modding community has in store for the future.

[@SaphicMalkavian]

Wouldn't be a stalker game without some jank

[@kacey2759]

11:11"Yes, we're gonna save 30% on eggs!!!"🤣

[@AlexMason-hn8oz]

Damn mine is still downloading the 173GB day update

[@everythingpony]

It's not out yet

[@AlexMason-hn8oz]

@everythingpony yet

[@AlexMason-hn8oz]

@@everythingpony yet

[@xmarka79]

that was hilarious, thank you, Kev

[@GrandKarcistIon]

Another game that will need 20 patches to be playable The worst thing is that people will defend this game and then they will cry that more and more unfinished games will appear

[@miepman08]

It's the ultimate Stalker experience

[@Gizz101]

This is just how stalker works oh and they needed to release it with the bugs due to some reasons

[@anounymosgamer]

15:53, "from where, from where???" Welcome to the Zone, Stalker.

[@normall9320]

didnt the game come out today lol, how have you already gotten 80 hours in it seems like abit of cap

[@GamerGuyOG]

Reviewers get games up to 3 weeks early....this is not news

[@everythingpony]

Yeah it's cap, he has like 200 hours

[@normall9320]

@@GamerGuyOG ah yes and that’s why he’s acting as if he’s seen all the shit in the game for the first time, its cap he hasn’t spent 80 hours in it already

[@JohnPeacekeeper]

It's always fun seeing baby's first steps in the Zone.

[@frederiklarsen-k6b]

No views in 26 seconds bro fell off

[@darkbatman-vk4tw]

Stop with this stupid shit like really if you're so worried about views how about you make videos then instead of biching about it

[@TJ-js7uf]

Bot

[@JJZPH]

Watching Kev loot as much as possible during the intro knowing full well what happens next 😂