I think I'm going to buy it soon as well. Heard it's a little rough around the edges, but the first games weren't exactly stable either. From what I've seen so far it's exactly as hoped: a modern stalker game like the old ones. Atmospheric, dark, hard, and janky. I respect the devs so much for building a game like this during such hard times.
So I've always heard of but never played the first Stalker. Obviously it has a pretty big reputation. Do I need to play the first? Is there a synopsis of the first that will suffice? This game looks right up my alley. Gritty sci-fi shooter in a similar timeline. Looks gorgeous as well.
Story is the least important part of Stalker series (there's 3 previous games).
I'm about to okay for the first time. Compiling shaders zzz... Edit: it's a lot of fun, good combination of environment, action and story (so far) I'm getting about 110 fps with a 3070ti on high settings at 1440p
Just to add a little insight to this; compiling shaders on your own machine is an absolute win in bandwidth and storage space.
According to tests its currently pretty buggy, but its following Stalker 1 regarding that XD
Like Skyrim and Fallout, the genre tends to be buggy.
Personally I’ve found it to be way more stable and performant than any of the prior entries, even after they got patches.
Yeah most reviews from today are with the test version and good reviews state that they where patched daily and that a major patch comes out on release day. Its probability running well now.
It runs decently smoothly but I was getting a lot of crashes. Hopefully will be stable by weekend.
I actually wonder what's up with 4AGames/Metro. Metro Awakening might be nice and all, but it's not an Exodus sequel. And not by 4AGames.
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