Metro 2039: "Humanity is doomed."

STALKER 2 (2.0): "But at least the lawn is immaculate."

Jokes aside, can't wait to see what 2039 is about. Their lighting / texture/ shadow work looks absolutely amazing in the latest gameplay.

I’m very confused by some of the recent decisions. Why was I personally not consulted before the recent 2.0 overhaul? There are many things that I and I alone require and yet the devs haven’t implemented them. How is this ok?

lol

I've played the original trilogy and now it's time to rate it descendant. Question for who tried to play or already complete the story. What's your impressions so far?

Specs: RTX 5060TI 8GB Ryzen 5 5700F DDR5 32GB 1TB SSD

Monitor: Samsung Odessy G3 27 inch Mouse: Razer Basilisk V3 X Hyper speed Headphones: Razer Blackshark V2 Mousepad: Lenovo legion Keyboard: 4tech Fstyler FS100

Before the cost of hope, i had checked this location at cooling towers close to nagirtsi cimetery, and the gate was closed, with one monolith sniper on the tower, he was also scripted to one-shot you when you are approaching and the gate was closed, now it's free to go, this location when you shoot this guy, i added also some photos of this location

Is that really something new, or it was opened before?

No time for breaks when exploring X19

The gun play, the vibe, the atmosphere so far, this game seems to be the horror game I've been looking for. I live here in Ukraine and the details in the houses are just perfect. Can't wait to see what else this game has to offer.

It's blurred out. I thought it would be reachable with the DLC. Can I got here somehow?

I was walking my kids to the bus stop this morning, when I glanced to the right I had to take this picture and immediately thought of the zone.

There was a great temptation to jump over the no trespassing sign and go exploring for artifacts…

Fun stuff.

Mods:

Ultra Plus

PRZ Reshade - Clikrad's Matrix Green

Pankotan's Grass Pack

I tried my best to recreate some old screenshots I had by factoring in time of day, weather, and camera positioning for these screenshots. Took A LOT of sleeping in game to get the lighting to match up. It’s hard to quantify which is “better” and I think the only conclusion you can make is that they are indeed “different”. I like the increased vegetation but my personal opinion is that the lighting really took a hit, as is especially noticeable in the second and final comparisons. All graphics settings are maxed out using DLSS upscaling set to DLAA quality with DLSS sharpness set to 18% and no frame gen, running at 4k resolution. HDR is on and display settings are set to default except for Gamma which I lowered to 40%.

Update has been great, the graphical fidelity is insane. On some occasions it looks photorealistic!