Here follows a transcript of every conversation I have had with another human being about Stalker 2 since I scored it 83% in our Stalker 2 review, back in 2024:
SOME GUY: I'm kind of curious about Stalker 2, but I'm wary. I've heard that game is really buggy.
JOSH: It's gotten a lot better since the review period! GSC has put out a lot of patches and ironed out loads of the kinks. And even back when it was ultra-buggy, I still really liked it.
SG: Hm, but it's a little janky, right? Isn't there some big update that's in the pipe?
JOSH: Well, it's Stalker. Jank is part of its beautiful, simulation-y package. But yes, GSC is working on literally overhauling the game's entire Unreal Engine 5 implementation in its 2.0 update.
SG: So I should wait for that?
JOSH: You don't have to! The game is good!
SG: I'm going to wait for that.
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