STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl | Review

those are people who just read reviews that all played pre-patch

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Does anyone has an Xbox control cheat sheet or a video going over all the Xbox related controls?

I’m only finding PC related stuff online and this game does not do any job of telling you some of the more intricate controls and how to’s

Like how do I move my own inventory items to a safe? Early in the game I saw some tips to move your items to a safe in a house so you don’t lose those items after the next cutscene and or event in the game. That guy was on PC so the controls are not the same on Xbox.

I’m staring at the open safe and trying every to move my inventor items to the safe but cannot figure it out as nothing seems to work.

I need more direction as to the controls cause I’m getting lost on them and dying before I can figure it out.

Not really. I played Cyberpunk day one and the glitches and bugs were obvious after getting a step back and looking for them.

STALKER 2 have some glitches for sure, but some of the discourse about the AI is overblown. And everything I saw can be easily fixed when they’ll get the time.

The core gameplay is absolutely stellar. There’s so much stuff to discover, so many random encounters that can go sideways. It’s hard for a regular player like most of us to let go of the random guy you didn’t manage to save or the hard decision you made because you were out of ammo or just forgot about it. The game also doesn’t make it easy for you to see what’s important and what isn’t like most games and it blows my mind, because I was used to think black and white for all these years and it’s not how this game works at all.

Stalker 2 is so good. First game where I’ve really embraced and enjoy being a total dick.

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Ok, that dodge by the enemy is pretty sick!

https://x.com/Stalker2News/status/1861048946673500469

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I saw that and was really surprised. Enemies do this dodge when they are really close and you’re about to unload a whole magazine on them.

AI is pretty good for an open world game of this scale, beside bugged spawn and aimbot accuracy.

Enemies move in group and they don’t always know where you are unless you’re shooting or making noise. They can forget about you and go back to their patrol if you go hide somewhere and they can’t find you. Bolts can be used to lure them but they usually go serching in group (althouh someone said to me that you can lure one at a time if you’re lucky). You can also assassinate enemies with the knife when you get close.

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I got crazy Half-Life vibes when you get to you know where.

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Spot on! I’m so enjoying this game and the real showcase and what makes this game is the environment. I do feel like a stalker walking around

The lack of ammo was a little bad point at 1st until I had to adjust my ways and I can’t think of any open-world game that doesn’t have issues with bugs or iffy AI at times.

This game is so special and all the better for just being so different to your typical AAA FPS.

Finished. Incredible. Couldn’t put the game down. What an achievement for the studio considering the circumstances, and what a get for Xbox and Game Pass. This is my GOTY.

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First patch is released on Xbox and PC Game Pass. Around 12 GB download.

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Praise from president and creative director at WolfEye Studios (founder of Arkane).

https://x.com/rafcolantonio/status/1863257656640565483

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Just wanted to say that Stalker 2 isn’t for me but im really looking forward to seeing what WolfEye Studios is cooking up!!!

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Patch 3 available on Xbox. I hope it fixes what we all are waiting for it to fix.

I finished the game today and I want to do the other endings, but if you want to do a 100% playthrough looking to do everything in the game I suggest to wait a few months.

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