STALKER 2’s solid gunplay picks up a lot of the slack in its combat’s faults. Whipping around a decked-out assault rifle with a nice red dot sight to make headshots easy, or pumping shells into a mutant from a fully modded shotgun and slowing its charge with their impact had me looking forward to those high-stakes, kill-or-be-killed situations.

STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl is a lengthy game, with players potentially spending hundreds of hours exploring everything it offers. However, if you're solely focused on the main story and aren't interested in side content, you'll finish much earlier — though not too quickly.

Selling over 1 million copies within less than 48 hours from its launch, S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2: Heart of Chornobyl has proven to be a success. With 17 years since the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadow of Chernobyl's release back in 2007,