When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. (Image credit: GSC Game World) Saving grace? (Image credit: GSC Game World) The Wish Granter? (Image credit: GSC Game World) Video games have always played clever tricks to make you feel more powerful or capable than you actually are. Developers rarely talk about this publicly, but oftentimes steps are implemented to imperceptibly alter the state of play. Maybe the last 5% of your health bar is actually comparable to the 15% that preceded it, perhaps a parry window extends the longer an encounter wears on – all designed to give you the sensation that you fought to overcome impossible odds. I’m pretty sure that Stalker 2 isn’t engaged in such subtle ego inflation. Instead it seems to take real joy in knocking you down and pressing on as you scramble to react, the autosave functionality triggering the split-second you achieveliterallyanything is reflective of this. (Image …
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