Great game, love the visuals, the sound design, the enemy ai, the weapon system, durability system, and especially love the artifacts, but they have got to do something about the poor optimization. I did not spend $700 on an rtx 4070 super just so that I could barely run this game at 1440p 60fps on medium settings. I found myself purchasing the game earlier today and have amassed 4 hours of gameplay and needless to say, the lag spikes are detrimental and can definitely get you killed. The game is amazing and if you decided not to get it because of the bad reviews, you are insane. All it needs is some TLC from the devs and the lag issues will be a thing of the past, I have never been so addicted to playing a survival style game like this (the only reason I'm giving 4 stars is because of poor optimization) that being said as soon as the devs get their shit together and fix the crashes and lag happening on my high end $700 dollar gpu, then I'll change the review to the 5 stars that S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 so rightfully deserves.