For all its rapidly respawning NPCs, despawning monsters, broken quests, and general bugginess that remind us what we mean when we talk about 'eurojank,' Stalker 2 is an ambitious, at times brilliant, game that definitely has its audience. An audience willing to overlook, or even embrace, brokenness when it's in service to an atmospheric survival sandbox. Naturally Stalker 2 is popular in its home country, and the series has always had a strong following in eastern Europe. One demographic I didn't expect Stalker 2 to cover, however, is Japanese octogenarians who happen to be presidents of erotic game studios... Read more.
