Re: STALKER 2 is out

On Fri, 22 Nov 2024 14:41:35 +0100, H1M3M <wipnoah@gmail.com> wrote:

JAB wrote:

It seems a bit of a mixed experience so far from the reviews and a
day one patch. I'm going to wait a bit for everything to settle down
and even then my poor little budget PC is probably going to struggle.
Then again that's what the Steam refund option is for.

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Am I only one that thinks that being buggy is to be expected, specially
with s.t.a.l.k.e.r.? I mean, there's eurojank, and there's eastern
eurokank. The original game was always an absolute nightmare until there
were enough community fixed to bundle them into a gigapack that makes
the game actually playable.
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Sure bugs, and that are a pain, but for me it would not be a
S.t.a.l.k.e.r. game if it was perfect and without issues. I think the
real issue is that while the first game and its sequels were pretty
niche products and almost underground cult games, S.t.a.l.k.e.r. 2 has
been hyped and pushed to AAA game level. A mainstream audience is
probably not ready for it.

Interestingly though, it's currently sitting at 18k+ reviews with a
"Very Positive" rating on Steam, which on a relative scale at least,
is not off to a bad start at all among the whiney / nitpicky audience
that gamers (especially the ones that write lots of reviews) tend to
be. 

A lot of games that are actually quite fun get ripped apart on Steam
for a variety of reasons, or quickly find themselves in the "Mixed"
bucket.  I don't know if rating abuse (ratings getting boosted via
sentiment in favor of Ukraine in the war) is playing a part in the
early success of Stalker2 ratings or not.