I really loved stalker 2 but the bugs and glitches ended up being too much for me, and after my 3rd corrupted save file I just quit. I do plan on returning to stalker 2 someday, but for now I’m back to playing modded anomaly.
Not really, though I can understand your point of view. I went into STALKER 2 fully aware that it wasn’t Anomaly, and I was able to enjoy it for what it is (despite needing to use console commands on three separate occasions to progress past hard-locking bugs). I finished it probably a month after release so don’t know its current state.
I was sufficiently engaged in the story and the presentation to definitely want to finish the game, and I enjoyed the new map and the blend of new and familiar locations. After spending so much time with the originals and the Anomaly map it was great to get a fix of more new content with the same vibe - some of the underground lab locations managed to hit classic STALKER vibes for me and kept me going to the end.
If I were to boot up some STALKER right now I might go for Anomaly over another run of S2 though, and that will probably continue to be the case until the DLC drops.
Parptarf@lemm.ee 2 days ago
No not really. Played a lot of GANMA and Anomaly throughout the years so Stalker2 is something new.