I initially played the second STALKER game exclusively in Russian. I had the Ukranian collector's edition. I don't speak and can barely read cyrlic. But i beat the game. Does this say something negative? Probably, the story wasn't anything too interesting, feeling like a creation from a decision basedo on the success of ShoC.

The grenade bugs are frustrating, the endgame pales in comparison to ShoC, but the improved graphics and envrionmental story telling are incredible. Limansk is one of the most involving settings to any video game, and that cut content teleroom gives me the creeps.

Faction Wars is probably the best idea to happen to the series although its implementation is so-so. IT feels great rising through the imposed ranks, it doesn't feel good being told to help all these small patrols who seem to be attacked 24/7 and watching them die from kilometers away feels like forced drama.

8/10

I initially played the second STALKER game exclusively in Russian. I had the Ukranian collector's edition. I don't speak and can barely read cyrlic. But i beat the game. Does this say something negative? Probably, the story wasn't anything too interesting, feeling like a creation from a decision basedo on the success of ShoC. The grenade bugs are frustrating, the endgame pales in comparison to ShoC, but the improved graphics and envrionmental story telling are incredible. Limansk is one of the most involving settings to any video game, and that cut content teleroom gives me the creeps. Faction Wars is probably the best idea to happen to the series although its implementation is so-so. IT feels great rising through the imposed ranks, it doesn't feel good being told to help all these small patrols who seem to be attacked 24/7 and watching them die from kilometers away feels like forced drama. 8/10