Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl
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As bugs weigh down review scores for Stalker 2, Dishonored and Prey creative director says the "Metacritic ecosystem encourages devs to make safe boring games"
By Catherine Lewis published
News "A fantastic buggy game can get patched, a boring game will stay boring"

Baldur's Gate 3 dev says Stalker 2's commercial success is proof of a "seismic shift behind so much" and players are "hungry for hyper-engaging, focused experiences"
By Jordan Gerblick published
news "Nobody is talking about it"

Stalker 2 sleuth discovers why the AI feels particularly harsh - it's because it is, but the devs say they're already working to fix the broken monster spawns
By Issy van der Velde published
News I wondered why enemies kept appearing out of nowhere

Stalker 2 is secretly a spiritual successor to Fallout: New Vegas, and after 45 hours in The Zone I'm ready to die on this irradiated hill
By Andrew Brown published
Opinion Opinion | What do Skif and Courier Six have in common? Quite a lot, actually

How to turn on your Stalker 2 flashlight
By Will Sawyer published
Guide If you’re finding Stalker 2 too dark, turning on your flashlight will probably help

Modders are already making Stalker 2 run better and have removed the most annoying mechanic in the game
By Issy van der Velde published
News Better fps and better firearms

Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl has a brutal autosave system which is quite literally killing me
By Josh West published
Opinion Opinion | There's nothing saving about it

If your PC isn't powerful enough to handle Stalker 2's impeccably janky vibes, I'm here to tell you that the best way to play it is on GeForce Now
By Issy van der Velde published
News The game is fantastic, but it's very demanding on your hardware
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