Following the surprise announcement of remasters for all of the classic STALKER games last week, developer GSC Game World has now released them all across Xbox Series X|S, Windows PC, and PS5. Initial reactions to these revamped classics, however, are less positive than everyone was hoping they would be.
In fact, they're extremely negative overall — at least on PC. The Enhanced Edition versions of STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl, STALKER: Clear Sky, and STALKER: Call of Pripyat are all currently sitting at a bright red "Mostly Negative" rating on Steam, with only 36-38% of reviews positive. The bulk of reviews so far are for Shadow of Chernobyl since it was the first game in the series, though the issues I'm about to touch on are present across all three titles.
