• BonerMan@ani.social
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    11 hours ago

    According to tests its currently pretty buggy, but its following Stalker 1 regarding that XD

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      10 hours ago

      Personally I’ve found it to be way more stable and performant than any of the prior entries, even after they got patches.

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        10 hours ago

        Yeah most reviews from today are with the test version and good reviews state that they where patched daily and that a major patch comes out on release day. Its probability running well now.

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          5 hours ago

          It runs decently smoothly but I was getting a lot of crashes. Hopefully will be stable by weekend.

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    2 hours ago

    So I’ve always heard of but never played the first Stalker. Obviously it has a pretty big reputation. Do I need to play the first? Is there a synopsis of the first that will suffice? This game looks right up my alley. Gritty sci-fi shooter in a similar timeline. Looks gorgeous as well.

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      33 minutes ago

      This new stalker game re-introduces characters and story for people who don’t know them from before, and from what I’ve heard foes a pretty good job doing it too. So no, you don’t need to play the previous games.

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      2 hours ago

      Story is the least important part of Stalker series (there’s 3 previous games).

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    11 hours ago

    I actually wonder what’s up with 4AGames/Metro. Metro Awakening might be nice and all, but it’s not an Exodus sequel. And not by 4AGames.

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    I think I’m going to buy it soon as well. Heard it’s a little rough around the edges, but the first games weren’t exactly stable either. From what I’ve seen so far it’s exactly as hoped: a modern stalker game like the old ones. Atmospheric, dark, hard, and janky. I respect the devs so much for building a game like this during such hard times.

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    4 hours ago

    I’m about to okay for the first time. Compiling shaders zzz… Edit: it’s a lot of fun, good combination of environment, action and story (so far) I’m getting about 110 fps with a 3070ti on high settings at 1440p

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      Just to add a little insight to this; compiling shaders on your own machine is an absolute win in bandwidth and storage space.