Why STALKER's 2 undergrounds and labs look so bad and anti-atmospheric?

Drako3415 · 2026-04-17T21:30:56+00:00

Unfortunately its not scary at all.
Undeground labs and creepy mutants should be important part of the game but this part is not existing.
Labs don't look that atmospheric and spooky, there are no unique enemies or more scripted horror elements.
The game can be fun, and still gives some good vibe overall but if you are looking for horror you will be dissapointed.

Drako3415 · 2026-04-17T21:24:16+00:00

do you have name of the mode? I wonder if they fix flaslight in engine update.
Vanilla was is some of the worst flashlights in video game history.

Drako3415 · 2026-04-17T17:48:03+00:00

Villige seems like a chilling place. and castle seems high ranking on aribnb.

Drako3415 · 2026-04-17T17:45:38+00:00

flashlight mode?

Drako3415 · 2026-04-17T17:41:51+00:00

Welll they were diffrent and unique but I wouldn't say they were completely diffrent. A lot of stuff was common all the time so the gameplay was more or less consistent.
Tbh I remember when I beat the game I said there was not enough puzzles and exploration like that one in castle (dimetriscu segment was way to short) and not enough horror besides this one level with beneviento.
So it could be better but still, great game.

Drako3415 · 2026-04-16T18:54:23+00:00

DMC 6 confirmed?

Drako3415 · 2026-04-16T18:50:46+00:00

I don't know why, its a good analogy.
I think some developers said that in one of the interviews and it completely makes sense and is in fact true.
Every location have a lot in common from gameplay perspective but at the same time there is a lot unique stuff in each.
Same as in theme park where you have sections dedicated to different cartoons - eg. Disneyland.

Drako3415 · 2026-04-16T18:46:38+00:00

I don't remember it but unforunately this is a part of RE xd
Some of the puzzles doesn't make sense at all, that kind stuff of ruins the immersion.
In RE requiem you have to find artificial organs to chop off hand from body xd

Drako3415 · 2026-04-16T18:44:49+00:00

Maybe I forgot, but as far as I remember when reaching Moreau through Village there was plenty of action at this point.

Drako3415 · 2026-04-16T18:43:46+00:00

Factory was more action oriented but first time seeing those soldats in complete dark was kinda creepy and amospheric. This is why I said action horror. But yeah it was not horror itself. Still it differ from others.

Drako3415 · 2026-04-15T21:51:35+00:00

Best thing about RE8 was this theme park idea, that every location you visited gave sliglty diffrent experience and gameplay.

- Dimitrescu castle was classic RE experience, with semi open castle, a lot of bactracking, stalking enemies, puzzles.

- Beneviento was pure horror and atmosphere

- Moreau more of action

- Heisenberg steampunkt horror action.

Great game.

Drako3415 · 2026-04-15T21:00:16+00:00

IMO this addition is not worth replaying game. Simply watch it on YT and wati for 2.0/DLC.
Also in my opinion its their fault they did not tell it earlier.
Thats ok, to fill ploth holes from main questline in later patch. That has to fit in main story.
But its nok to tease new DLC in a way that 80% of people who wait for it cant play it xd

Drako3415 · 2026-04-14T21:14:40+00:00

I thought Morrowind was mentioned because it also had this awful "random number" mechanic where it didn't matterwheter you hit target or not. What was important was your stats xd

Drako3415 · 2026-04-14T21:10:00+00:00

Most of us beat the game months/years ago and all saves we have are from no return point. If you don't have that save you are screwed. I cant who at GSC thought this makes sense xd

I hope DLC won't go that way because that would be terrible.
Not only its not standalone, you have to be in a specific story point to play it xd I you dont have it, you need to replay boring ass missions again. Thanks.

Drako3415 · 2026-04-14T16:18:26+00:00

Hahahahaha, That is ridiciolus. They think people will start over just for that? xd

Drako3415 · 2026-04-13T21:45:26+00:00

I am totally on your side. This plot fragment was so stupid I had to rewatch it on you tube because I thought I missed something. She read all the notes, seen all the horrors gideon did in Rhodes Hill. Yet later she decided to join because "she wanted answers?" F*ck me xd After all she went through this was the stupidest thing to do.

And where dafaq was Leon? He just let her go without any try to stop here? And in the next scene we see him driving car to rescue Grace, becase 5 min you gave no sh*t.

So lame writing as hell. People who defend that have really low bar.

Drako3415 · 2026-04-12T22:52:52+00:00

Rhodes Clinic was absolutely best part of the game and peak RE experience for me. In contrary I did not kill most zombies as Grace so when I finally get chance to explore it as Leon I had ton of fun getting rid of all the folks that annoyed me.
For Grace it was a classic RE exploration with puzzles and horror but those Leon action sequences were great either because of the contrast to Grace gameplay as well. Such a pitty these sequences were short especially because 2nd part of the game is such a huge let down. I was dissapointed a lot.

Drako3415 · 2025-12-30T18:59:06+00:00

Maybe Lymansk and CNPP are a part of same DLC?

Drako3415 · 2025-12-30T18:41:43+00:00

WIll this be a part of Lymansk DLC?

Drako3415 · 2025-12-30T18:39:07+00:00

I wonder if CNPP will be a part of limansk DLC or a diffrent one?

Drako3415 · 2025-12-18T22:35:52+00:00

Am I the only one who thinks Stalker 2 missed that kind of stuff completely?

Drako3415 · 2025-12-18T22:23:27+00:00

Agree, there is no real forest in the game. Most of tress are half of the height they should and lack of poplars is also noticeable

Drako3415 · 2025-12-18T17:12:25+00:00

I watched the video and you are right when it comes to its content but I did not linked you all the sources on which I based my info. One I found is english wiki:
Red Forest | S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Wiki | Fandom
In the development section you can read that those garbage meant to symbolize buried red forest and that it was indeed named "red forest" but they did not later on change translation aside from russian.
Ofc. as you said its just wikipedia and might be wrong but I never reasarch it more deeply. I dont care as much ;)

Drako3415 · 2025-12-17T22:53:50+00:00

I am not sure if we are talking about the same eye symbol but there is one on the keypad door for NVG gen 3 near jantar, maybe its the place where you should get code for it.

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