lmao
i wonder how long will it take for me to finish it

I had a hard time, more than 100 hours trying to pass it xD

but yeah all in all this game irritated me more than SoC, especially combat and bandages that aren't easily available, expensive and it now requires way more to stop bleeding + friendly AI that likes to get stuck and not help me recapture another revenants base (which alone I will fail simply because there is more of them and bandages are scarse)
that's just my opinion, i will eventually try to pass this game but i'm more looking forward to call of pripyat and upcoming stalker 2

a friend of mine who's all into this series discourages me from that as it changes the game too much and that it's just bad choice to do
although I play on 2 mods to make it more like SoC (bearable to play), that is iron sights and food needs
main problem I have with this game is unballanced combat, even worse than in SoC, all at the beginning of game though, SoC allowed me to sometimes dodge the random fight and here I don't have such choice (talking mainly about getting from Swamp to Cordon) - you either land under a gunfire that basically instakills you (gave up after countless tries to kill him/run away) or bridge passing that I feel is also frustrating (maybe i was just too irritated by constant failing at machinegun i just didn't bother trying this route too much)

install the complete mod