In looking back at the brief time I spent with it on Steam I think DX on PC seems really unapproachable and complicated for me to get into, but it seems the PS2 port has a simpler UI, built to be usable with the PS2 gamepad, that I might have an easier time grasping. Although I did have a good time making it some way into the first Stalker which I felt also had a really fiddly/unfriendly UI. Maybe it was also my modern-day resolution settings messing with the UI and field of view that threw me off, which seems like it can easily be fixed with a few mods.