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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl - Stalkers! Patch 1.3 has arrived! : actualités Steam (store.steampowered.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

100% true, but I also feel like Stalker 2 has pandered more to those casual gamer audiences since they clearly can't survive as a game developer off of us fans alone.

Stalker 2 definitely feels less abrasive and challenging than previous titles and mods.

But I also have hundreds of hours in GAMMA and Anomaly so I've got my biases and know how Im suppose to play. I am use to being aggressively abused and punished by the game, which is a very different experience from the casual "mainstream" gamers.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah if you come from modded Anomaly S2 will feel downright casual, but it's not even necessarily the challenge that would turn off mainstream players though I think but the pace. Stalker has always been a very slow game (and we love it for it!), but that's a tough product to sell in today's attention economy.

On a side note, if you're into GAMMA etc and truly hate yourself you can check out Stalker A.R.E.A.. I was playing around with it a bit just before the release of S2. Disgusting stuff.