I am not even going to poke the game for its enormous amount of bugs and atrocious performance, even on relatively powerful machines. Frankly speaking, there are loads of other reasons that are unacceptable to die-hard fans of the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Here’s a quick breakdown of the whys. GLOBAL THINGS TO MENTION The story isn’t even remotely close to the quality of the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R [Stalker 2 is about messing around with faction relationships, not exploring the Zone world at all]

UPDATED ON: 2026-04-23 Some preface words: recently I’ve had a couple of attempts at trying to play Stalker 2. When I realized that I can’t handle the game, I decided to give it a try by watching a let’s play. After wasting almost 4 hours watching a let’s play from a trusted streamer, I fully understand that playing or watching this game is beyond my comprehension. Moreover, in a half an hour I realized that I completely and fully forgot about the excellent Stalker: Shadow Of Chernobyl [OGSR modification] .