I really wish that Stalker would come out of its dark hole and blow everyone away....That would be nice. That said, I'm not very optimistic about this game. Last I heard, they were trying to finish up the 'Living A.I.' ecosystem or whatever the hell they are calling it.

My gut tells me that it will have Beautiful environments, weak gameplay. I get very dubious anytime I hear of 'advanced A.I.' that thinks for itself, and delivers multitudes of fun, because it can 'outsmart the player, and use cover, and use the environment, and make toast, and call for backup, and has it's own internal desires like food and sex and healthcare...blah, blah' If this game is banking on this A.I. system to deliver the 'fun', it could very well end up being a beautiful flop. It also worries me that the game has sunk into obscurity for so long. Here's to hoping I'm wrong. Maybe they will drop that s**t like the righteous hammer of god, and make every other developer cry like a baby.