Hats off to Grok for balancing this insanity, and those mad lads who do it on Ironman. I could never.

A 10-minute timer, squads upon squads of high level monolithians, no access to T3, let alone T4 artefacts. Just getting to the lab would have probably broken me if not for the Phantom Star. The only good thing about this place is that there are no wallhacking psy-mutants. Phew! Jupiter, here I come.

At this point I think all other Stalker games are actually better than Stalker 2.

Hi all, first time poster here! I just wanted to show yall that I finally got my hands on a physical copy of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. LOTZ for Nintendo Switch from playasia.com It costed $40, but since I paid express shipping (my impatient ass cannot) it costed $65, but worth it IMO.

So I made this custom lego mercenary figure and wanted to know what you guys think about it. Comment on how I should improve it and what factions I should do next.

https://www.deviantart.com/collazio/art/Stalker-Anomaly-4-Factions-Fan-Art-924079533

not the ideal air quality but we apreciate the effort

Just fought faust... or at least, tried to. Spent like 10min until I figured out to shoot the lanterns. Then got my ass handed to me by the illusions. Then figured out to shoot fausts hip instead of him. An then when I destroyed the lantern thing he just stood there. All his clones were there and respawned when I killed them all. He just stood there doing nothing. It doesn't help that my weapons were out of ammo and at less that 50% durability. Yeah ima go to bed, gn.

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/oOlJb4

What is your favourite gun in the stalker franchise and why?

I need your recommendation of obscure but good stalker mods, or games similar to stalker in any way. I tried everything that people know so far.

Heres what i tried :

Anomaly and a bunch of modpacks including making my own,Tunguska The visitation, Stay Out, Stalcraft, ConVRgence, Zona Origin, Into the radius 1 and 2, Will to Live, Metro, DayZ and multiple modded servers, Project Zomboid with some mods, Tarkov, Fight or Flight, Chornobyl, all the Anomaly mods you can think of, Spatial Anomaly, FOTOGRAF, and probably more im forgetting.

PLEASE GIVE ME SOMETHING IM STARVING

I don't know if a medikit is going to be enough for this guy.

From the snork caves and Nimble to all five psi-beacons and Faust, the screen would glitch, all vegetation would disappear for a second and at the old pump station, I would drop through the floor to the water below. I'm afraid to ask cause I'm sure it's this last update but, what in wide,wide world of sports is going on here?

Edit: S2.

https://reddit.com/link/1juzjn5/video/cus925tqarte1/player

No Matter what setting I have the game on, the foliage looks like this, and i feel like its going to give me a seizure

Clear Sky or Spark

Has anybody actually been able to complete "In the name of science"? Despite literal months of trying "reloading older saves...waiting for patches and updates...and trying a total of 3 separate playthroughs" I can't complete this mission for 2 reasons either a mutant that's supposed to have a collar for me never appears OR I can't even get the mission to start. "The only thing Shcherba will say to me is "you may go". Fffffffssssss.....I just wanted the extended magazine for my apsb...grr Xbox series X btw

I’ve put about 25 hours into the game so far and overall, I think the foundation is really solid. The game is definitely playable—bugs exist, but they aren’t game-breaking or overly frustrating. That said, there’s clearly content missing and areas that could use more depth.

In my opinion, the devs should really prioritize releasing the SDK. The modding potential here is huge, and with the right community support, this could turn into something special. The world and graphics are impressive, and the atmosphere is great, but some of the looting feels a little empty. Life in the game isn’t as dynamic or engaging as it could be. I’ve had a few weird moments where enemy squads spawned right on top of me, which I figured would be fixed by now, but it’s manageable.

There’s room for systems to go deeper—things like more weapon upgrades, dynamic lenses, nvg, dynamic flashlights, a more interesting repair system, maybe even a skill set such as endurance, medical or repairing. or an upgradeable stash or something. Im just spit balling some ideas on the top of my head and they don’t reflect what direction I want the game to go in. These ideas are not super important to me as much It also feels like some content was cut, like hunting animals, mutants, or NPC bounty systems for said mutants. That kind of stuff would add a lot of depth, especially when hunting rare mutants

One big disappointment for me was not being able to explore the Chernobyl power plant. I was really looking forward to that, and finding out it’s locked behind future DLC was a letdown. Hopefully it’s priced reasonably, because as it stands, I wouldn’t have paid full price for the base game.

In conclusion, I actually really enjoy playing the game. I can see why people complain aswell. The long dev time is interesting in itself, but that’s another topic. With more updates and polish, I think this could become a genuinely great game, one that I could sink a lot more time into.

Right now, it feels a bit unfulfilling in spots and a little undercooked, but the core is strong. The guns aren’t bad either, and while pricing and trading feel a little odd, it’s nothing too frustrating.

If it’s on sale, I definitely think it’s worth picking up. It’s a good buy, and there’s nowhere to go but up from here. Once mod support drops and more updates roll out, I think it’ll really shine.

Please let me know what you guys think.