STALKER 2 Hyper Critical Review

After over 15 years, STALKER 2 finally see the light of day, amidst ruins, invason and war. The game itself is Great, Beautiful, Fun, Buggy, unoptimized, bad and even ugly. It feels like a lot was cut out, yet the core and base to build upon something GREAT is there... and I cant wait to see where they take it from now on! Disclaimers: 1 - Yamiks received the review copy 2 - The YT video compression UTTERLY destroyed the video quality with tons of crushed bits and smeary look. Timestamps : 0:00:00 - Intro skit 0:02:14 - Intro summary 0:05:22 - Fist impressions visuals 0:07:06 - Amazing 3d models 0:07:35 - Bullet penetration - wallbanging 0:08:43 - Anomalies 0:09:16 - Bubble jump trick 0:10:39 - Lightning 0:11:14 - Sound design 0:12:39 - Sound Effects 0:15:08 - Music 0:17:16 - Voice Acting 0:18:58 - Factions 0:22:23 - Gameplay mechanics 0:22:40 - Movement mechanics 0:23:30 - Progression design 0:25:59 - AI sucks 0:28:36 - Stealth 0:31:15 - A-Life 2.0 0:34:06 - World reactive 0:38:04 - Dialogue camera 0:38:30 - Mutants 0:41:42 - Loot, Habar and Exploration 0:44:46 - Guns 0:46:55 - Animations 0:47:52 - Gun mechanics 0:49:32 - Upgrades 0:49:42 - Durability 0:49:56 - Economy and Game balance 0:51:28 - Loot kind of sucks 0:52:03 - Cut content 0:52:14 - Durability in detail 0:54:27 - Monster AI 0:55:56 - Insane monster sponge 0:57:05 - Reload segmentation 0:58:12 - Gun jamming summary 0:58:31 - Amazing looking open world 0:58:58 - Great level design 1:04:48 - Negatives of open world 1:05:27 - Quests, story and side activities 1:06:19 - Facial animations 1:06:44 - Characters 1:09:25 - The story summary 1:10:11 - Red herring 1:10:20 - Point of no return 1:10:38 - WOKE? 1:11:11 - Babushka needed 1:11:53 - Side quests and side activities 1:14:27 - NPCs 1:16:15 - PERFORMANCE 1:17:55 - Lumin - lighting 1:20:43 - Nanite - culling 1:1:21:27 - Result of bad optimization 1:24:48 - Not meeting advertised performance 1:26:01 - VRam issues 1:29:32 - The development 1:36:58 - Final word #stalker #stalker2 #ukraine CTC =} - - Support the creator - - - 👊 Become a Patreon ► :   / yamiks   ☕ Tips/Donation(StreamLabs) ► : https://streamlabs.com/theyamiks ❤️ YT Join ► :    / @theyamiks   👕 Cool T-Shirts & merch?! ► : https://teespring.com/stores/yamiks-d... 🎮 Humble bundle Referral link ► : https://www.humblebundle.com/?partner... 📺 Twitch channel ► :   / yamiks   📣 Official Discord ► :   / discord   🐦 Twitter ► :   / theyamiks   All other links : https://linktr.ee/Yamiks