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[john2gr]

Some PC benchmarks for you (results are with the day-1 patch).

STALKER 2 Benchmarks & PC Performance Analysis

Powered by Unreal Engine 5, it's time now to benchmark STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl and examine its performance on the PC.

www.dsogaming.com

 

[BosmerCulter]

Well, the reviews I have read so far make look the game as great and terrible in same time...

 

[adamsapple]

What a time to be alive, Stevivor giving a low score and PC gamer giving a good one.

Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl review

Say it with me now: get out of here, stalker.

www.pcgamer.com

 

[Spukc]

What metascore were people expecting here exactly?

8 to 9 ?

 

[HeWhoWalks]

Oops, double.

 

[M1chl]

Both OT and Review threads with the same typo: "Chornobyl" instead of "Chernobyl"... is this an inside joke I'm not aware of, or honest mistake by both authors?

Ukrainian spelling instead of Russian

Reads the same, tho

 

[SirKicksalot]

Stalker without bugs isn't Stalker. It's a core element of the Eurojank experience.

 

[King Dazzar]

Seems to be a good game marred by bugs and technical issues. So basically a perfect sequel in every way.

Things is. Call Of Pripyat was much improved. So its disappointing to read about the numerous broken quests etc in this.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Was expecting it be filled with bugs and bad perf. Those can be fixed tho.

If the game is true to the originals and not too dumbed down, then I'm in. (In a few months/years)

 

[adamsapple]

Both OT and Review threads with the same typo: "Chornobyl" instead of "Chernobyl"... is this an inside joke I'm not aware of, or honest mistake by both authors?

with o is the proper Ukrainian spelling, which the developers opted to use themselves after the invasion.

 

[solidus12]

 

[Senua]

8 to 9 ?

A stalker game won't get that high dude, games are janky as hell. Heck the OG is still fucked in areas without community patches

 

[Kurotri]

B O M B A
O
M
A

jesus fuck pc gaming bro

i preordered this game and MS flightsim 2024
what a fucking waste

your fault for always chasing the next thrill

 

[Heisenberg007]

Seems like an average / mediocre package right now.

It sucks. The studio could do with a break.

 

[Wolves hunt in packs]

Nice scores, 77 is good imo, some of the most fun games this gen to me are Atomic Heart - 74 on OC, and Dead Island 2 - 75 on OC, so scores are good enough, still haven't had the chance to read them so we'll see how good is it tonight.

 

[TrumpacShakur]

Decently positive review

 

[Gudji]

 

[SolidQ]

from Bugaga

 

[vaibhavpisal]

8 to 9 ?

I was expecting 60-70s.

If it was polished, max 75.

There is a hard ceiling to a game like this. Its not a cinematic, hand holdy blockbuster.

 

[Pey.]

As it's right now, It's an 8/10 for me. It'd 9/10 and even my favourite game of the year if it had launched properly without performance issues and bugs > https://www.pcmrace.com/2024/11/20/stalker-2-pc-review-analisis-resena/

 

[Heisenberg007]

What metascore were people expecting here exactly?

Somewhere in the green?

 

[HeWhoWalks]

I agree, but I'll probably wait a couple of months and patches, there's no urgency, I don't want to spoil the impression of the game because of bugs, a lot of stuff came out, I have a stack of discs that I need to go through =)

That’s fair!

I just think people should go a little easier on it given the dev’s circumstances out there. That and, well, it’s S.T.A.L.K.E.R.!

 

[omegasc]

Ukrainian spelling instead of Russian

Reads the same, tho

with o is the proper Ukrainian spelling, which the developers opted to use themselves after the invasion.

thank you! I learned something today.

 

[GHG]

What metascore were people expecting here exactly?

I dunno, maybe something in line with the previous games:

 

[Solarstrike]

Can't wait for the mods! Devs obviously left some things for the fans to fix and ad. LFG!

 

[Heisenberg007]

I was expecting 60-70s.

If it was polished, max 75.

There is a hard ceiling to a game like this. Its not a cinematic, hand holdy blockbuster.

Huh?

You were expecting it to score in the similar range as Concord, Forspoken, Crackdown 3, etc? When Stalker 1 and 2 were 80+? Why exactly?

Seems like a cop-out now.

 

[jzbadblood]

Performance issues, bugs, unforgiving mechanics. Hell yeah it's a real Stalker game!

 

[adamsapple]

I dunno, maybe something in line with the previous games:

 

[analog_future]

Wow, the game sounds straight up broken.

• Performance is terrible, even with a 4090 using DLSS Performance
• Awful texture pop-in.warping
• Lighting is regularly busted
• Reflections are glitchy
• Light sources often don't work correctly (many areas that are clearly supposed to be properly lit are just black as if there's no light on)
• NPCs and objects often glitch and just float in mid-air
• UI elements flicker in and out for no apparent reason
• NPCs will regularly stand on top of eachother during cutscenes
• Weapon audio cuts out regularly and just straight up doesn't make any sound
• Positional audio is completely borked and is completely inaccurate
• Enemy AI is poor
• When you complete an objective, it oftentimes won't update in the UI so you are unable to see that it's actually been completed
• Map markers are regularly inaccurate (such as where stashes are, etc..), leading you to completely inaccurate locations
• Stealth is totally busted; enemies can see you through walls

 

[HeWhoWalks]

Holy shit those screens!

 

[vaibhavpisal]

Somewhere in the green?

80s is impossibru.

I was expecting 60-70s.

If it was polished, max 75.

There is a hard ceiling to a game like this. Its not a cinematic, hand holdy blockbuster.

 

[Pedro Motta]

I feel sorry for the team, I will support the game no matter what.

 

[RetroGamingUK]

What metascore were people expecting here exactly?

Not this, put it that way…

 

[Denton]

Filthy westoid casuals

Meanwhile chad czech reviews

Games.cz - 9/10
Zing.cz - 10/10
Bonusweb.cz - 9/10

 

[Solarstrike]

Wow, the game sounds straight up broken.

• Performance is terrible, even with a 4090 using DLSS Performance
• Awful texture pop-in.warping
• Lighting is regularly busted
• Reflections are glitchy
• Light sources often don't work correctly (many areas that are clearly supposed to be properly lit are just black as if there's no light on)
• NPCs and objects often glitch and just float in mid-air
• UI elements flicker in and out for no apparent reason
• NPCs will regularly stand on top of eachother during cutscenes
• Weapon audio cuts out regularly and just straight up doesn't make any sound
• Positional audio is completely borked and is completely inaccurate
• Enemy AI is poor
• When you complete an objective, it oftentimes won't update in the UI so you are unable to see that it's actually been completed
• Map markers are regularly inaccurate (such as where stashes are, etc..), leading you to completely inaccurate locations
• Stealth is totally busted; enemies can see you through walls

 

[SkyHighTrees]

80s is impossibru.

like it is 75 because it's not cinematic....

it's because it's utterly broken. too many bugs, even more than the older stalker jank

 

[Heisenberg007]

80s is impossibru.

Why is 80 impossible?

Both earlier Stalker games had 80+ scores. Why was it impossible for Stalker 2?

(I hope your answer isn't that 'because Xbox is involved now' )

 

[twilo99]

so it just needs a ps5 pro patch ?

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Microsoft backed yet another winner then

Without their backing, it would have been in much worse shape, tbh.

Stalker 2 isn't published by Microsoft, but the company has still been "so supportive" to its devs: "It would have been much different without them"

Microsoft hasn't enforced any "demands" when it comes to Stalker 2's release date

www.gamesradar.com

 

[Draugoth]

According to Xbox Era, Day One Patch only dropepd today:

We got the game on Wednesday, one week before launch. On Monday two days before we got a 139 GB patch that fixed every major issue I had. Side missions, main campaigns, boss fights, they all broke constantly. I was hovering around a “review in progress” that gave the game a temporary 4 because it was nearly unplayable. My save only says 40 hours but I kept track and know I lost at least 15 hours to broken bosses and quests that I had to repeatedly reload.

You are lucky, and will never have to play that version of the game. Other reviewers might have only played that one though. So if you see them talk about it being a broken, buggy mess, just know that their issues might be fixed now, as mine were.

The game currently runs at 40 FPS with a RTX 4090

 

[twilo99]

Filthy westoid casuals

Meanwhile chad czech reviews

Games.cz - 9/10
Zing.cz - 10/10
Bonusweb.cz - 9/10

I expect similar treatment from Poland

 

[Astray]

Looks like Redditor guy was right after all.

Him and Destin (IGN) either played a very very managed preview session, or they were on cocaine when they wrote their previews, there's no way something this widely touted as buggy would emerge as a GOTY candidate to you in 2 hours of playing.

Will probably pick up the past games bundle for cheap and see if I like the lore and gameplay enough to keep watch on this.

 

[M1chl]

Have to repost this banger

 

[GHG]

I was expecting 60-70s.

If it was polished, max 75.

There is a hard ceiling to a game like this. Its not a cinematic, hand holdy blockbuster.

Why stop at 60-70?

Lower the metascore, the better.

 

[Topher]

Great scores

 

[adamsapple]

Somewhere in the green?

Your wish is granted, both versions are in the green now.

 

[Flabagast]

Stalker without bugs isn't Stalker. It's a core element of the Eurojank experience.

exactly, and it's a barrier of entry you must be willing to pass to get into one of the most unique gaming experiences.

Exact same thing as Pathologic 2, Gothic, or STALKER 1 (or Kingdom Come even)

 

[GHG]

so it just needs a ps5 pro patch ?

It needs a PC patch:

Wow, the game sounds straight up broken.

• Performance is terrible, even with a 4090 using DLSS Performance
• Awful texture pop-in.warping
• Lighting is regularly busted
• Reflections are glitchy
• Light sources often don't work correctly (many areas that are clearly supposed to be properly lit are just black as if there's no light on)
• NPCs and objects often glitch and just float in mid-air
• UI elements flicker in and out for no apparent reason
• NPCs will regularly stand on top of eachother during cutscenes
• Weapon audio cuts out regularly and just straight up doesn't make any sound
• Positional audio is completely borked and is completely inaccurate
• Enemy AI is poor
• When you complete an objective, it oftentimes won't update in the UI so you are unable to see that it's actually been completed
• Map markers are regularly inaccurate (such as where stashes are, etc..), leading you to completely inaccurate locations
• Stealth is totally busted; enemies can see you through walls

No idea how your Series S is going to cope.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

from Bugaga

Wait, he's no longer on Twitter? Guess I'll have to unfollow him.

 

[vaibhavpisal]

Huh?

You were expecting it to score in the similar range as Concord, Forspoken, Crackdown 3, etc? When Stalker 1 and 2 were 80+? Why exactly?

Seems like a cop-out now.

I dunno, maybe something in line with the previous games:

Had no idea these were 80+. …Maybe back in the day there were not enough open world games… etc

Going by currently how review scores work, no way this will cross into the 80s.