its really good stuff. the team at GSC has definitely stayed true to the feeling of stalker, all the similar game mechanics and general feel of the older games i remember

non-linear, beautiful, large "hand painted" open-world
sound design, dialogue and music are excellent
all the classic stalker weapons (so far), v fun to use
animations and art are beautifully done
story and writing are very intriguing
no crashes or bugs i have encountered yet
option for native Ukrainian dialogue with subs

im probably forgetting stuff, but yeah it definitely feels like the stalker i remember. i was really skeptical since i found out about the project--and rather than design xray engine for stalker, it feels like stalker was designed for UE5--but it works great. its very clear to me a lot of love has gone into this complex project. the world is just full of things to do and explore.

game runs very well for me, im on a rtx3080 with decent cpu/ram. i run it on the "high" graphics settings profile--i can run it on the "epic" profile as well with decent fps, but I was occasionally getting massive FPS drops so, i dialed it back.

its really good stuff. the team at GSC has definitely stayed true to the feeling of stalker, all the similar game mechanics and general feel of the older games i remember non-linear, beautiful, large "hand painted" open-world sound design, dialogue and music are excellent all the classic stalker weapons (so far), v fun to use animations and art are beautifully done story and writing are very intriguing no crashes or bugs i have encountered yet option for native Ukrainian dialogue with subs im probably forgetting stuff, but yeah it definitely feels like the stalker i remember. i was really skeptical since i found out about the project--and rather than design xray engine for stalker, it feels like stalker was designed for UE5--but it works great. its very clear to me a lot of love has gone into this complex project. the world is just full of things to do and explore. game runs very well for me, im on a rtx3080 with decent cpu/ram. i run it on the "high" graphics settings profile--i can run it on the "epic" profile as well with decent fps, but I was occasionally getting massive FPS drops so, i dialed it back.