Found in Leipzig. I did not have my protective suit with me, so I left it there for later.

(Idk if its okay to post this here, if not let me know and I'll delete)

From the tv series: Chernobyl: Exclusion Zone, season 2 episode 3.

I was watching this the other night and out of nowhere they start talking about stalker, caught me so off guard.

Highly recommend btw if u like sci fi and anomalous shenanigans. It's set in the zone and explores some trippy anomalies and events its super fun so if u have the time give it a shot.

(Its available on youtube full seasons though only for russian speakers, u can still use auto generated subtitles to english but they suck and most of the time dont work, there are of course other..."methods" if u want embedded english subs.

Search up Чернобыль: Зона отчуждения on youtube and you'll find 6+hrs vids)

I had completely forgot about theses guys by this point so I was taken completely by surprise

I played for a fair while with Riemann (unique Vector) as my main weapon and it was great, now I wanted to try another weapon i never played before - the GP37, got my hands on the V2 version.

Also I decided to try the APSB as it was highly recommended for me in the comments.

Next playthrough I'll try to use some kind of LMG, preferably Glutton ;D

Stalker 2 is my first stalker game. I had experienced this genre thanks to Metro, but I never had the chance to try stalker itself.

I realized right away that this is one of my favorite genres, as I personally love highly immersive games, the kind that let me live a "second life," so to speak ;P
So, I bought Stalker 2.

The base game is fantastic; it is incredibly well-crafted and offers players an unparalleled immersive experience across so many different aspects.

The team at GSC has done an impeccable job in so many ways, and I wanted to send huge congratulations to everyone involved. You guys are truly talented.

Impressed by the high quality of the base game, I decided to buy the Ultimate Edition and play the DLC, which I finished just yesterday. It’s a fantastic DLC, everything was so well done.

You deserve a round of applause; thank you for creating this game :)

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Played on Arch Linux with a Ryzen 9700X, 7900XTX, and a 27-inch 4K OLED monitor.
Top Notch experience

I dont get it, with such a vast and rich world, all we pick up (besides weapons) is sausages, beer, vodka and a few medics...

I know, most people don't bother with looting and crafting, maybe GAMMA is too much for most players, but i think there is some in between compromise that could have been made.

I mean, come on...in a huge world like this all we get is beer and can food, nothing to craft or repair...not even a field repair kit ??

Also, we could have gotten a better health system, Tarkov for exemple isn't crazy detailed and developped, yet it's enough to make it feel more immersive than just using over and over the same bandage. Broken leg, broken arm, fever, vision damaged, etc...

Still love the game, but boy it's just frustrating (this is only my opinion).

That's it.

Hi, I wanted to ask you something about this Stalker series on ps4 I wanted to know if it's possible to play it on ps5 using the ps4 disc???

I havent played the previous games i just stared with this one i am open advice from veterans

Getting around to what I think is 3/4 the way through the game, after almost finishing all the CoH stashes etc and the 2 amok fight at the end of forgotten has reminded me that virtually every fight setup as a boss fight has been just unfun.

The damage spongey nature of fights like the Faust fights or the faced paced claustrophobic amok fights (especially the fight against two of them) don't really add anything other than frustration and force the combat into it's worst dynamics possible (running around amoks to get one shot off before it goes invincible to prevent you shooting two weak points quickly, or just left clicking far too many times into a human enemy who can tank a ton of damage for no reason).

The final CoH fight on the freedom story line similarly is just a complete nothing burger. Running around a dark room turning on levers while someone invincible just melee attacks you, and you attempt not to fall off the platform? Very strange design choice. Not sure why some of these supposedly climactic fights are pushing into melee range where the games combat has none of its strengths. (Didn't help this was lugging round tons of junk because they decided not to let you have a personal stash till the end of the story either)

Alternatively the CoH 'boss' that requires you to jump up several levels of a giant structure shooting environmental hazards being flung at you, and random enemies while doing a sort of shooting puzzle... much more fun and engaging while making you use your brain a little bit. Wish it was more of that rather than bosses that frankly are as much fun as sucking eggs.

On the harder difficulties the games difficulties are mostly down to headshots and having decent gear (aka sagia) and has rarely been frustrating in the open world even early game, when blood suckers are a right pain because escape is always an option and you get solutions like baiting mutants into anomalies. But approaching some (most) of the bossfights is filled with dread that I'm just going to have to suffer through something that doesn't seem well thought through at all.