Game developers S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 from the Ukrainian studio GSC Game World published through the magazine IGN without prior warning the first in-engine gameplay teaser. Its purpose is to indicate what the game will really look like. Its main character will be Skif and as we have known for some time, the title will be powered by Epic’s Unreal Engine technology.
After the restart of its development, we received the very first video from the eagerly awaited news this summer. Later, however, it became clear that the trailer at the time did not come directly from the game, but demonstrated the level of graphics that the authors want to achieve. However, the trailer originated in the game engine and used models from the actual game.
Developers are also attracted to support modifications. Creating your own content should be as easy as possible from day one, the team promised.
As we wrote before, the authors entice us to a huge world full of radiation, mutants and anomalies. It is supposed to be one of the largest open worlds ever. The story should be non-linear and our difficult choices will have implications for its branching and various conclusions. The authors assure that it is not necessary to know previous games, but newcomers are advised to get acquainted with them. After all, we will go to well-known, but also completely new places. We will come across new anomalies and mutants here.
Developers are also attracted to support modifications. Creating your own content should be as easy as possible from day one, the team promised. The authors want to address both veterans and newcomers to the series. According to the studio, STALKER 2 is a game they wanted to make from the beginning. We will freely explore her world and the local monsters and factions will always interact with each other.
The state of the world and the behavior of the characters will be governed by a system called A-Life 2.0. Thanks to him, the Zone will be constantly changing and should look alive. There will still be something going on here, even if we are not witnessing it. Each player has to have a unique experience. It will reportedly be the biggest title from GSC Game World.
STALKER 2 should be released next year for PCs and Xbox Series X and S consoles. On the day of release, the title should appear on Microsoft’s Game Pass. However, it is possible that they will later arrive on other platforms as well. Other details about the game, which was announced 10 years ago, can be found in ours older articles.
10 years of waiting for STALKER 2
The first STALKER with the subtitle Shadow of Chernobyl from GSC Game World was released in 2007 and was also born long and in pain. The game was announced in November 2001 and was originally scheduled to be released two years later. The well-received title was “followed” by the prequel Clear Sky (2008) and the sequel Call of Pripyat (2009). But then the well-oiled machine got stuck. STALKER 2 was announced in August 2010, but work had begun a year earlier and was due in 2012. In the meantime, the number of employees had fallen from 200 to 50. Problems were repeatedly speculated when the project was formally completed in 2012. canceled. But the studio itself was just an empty shell with debts and a lot of disputes. In 2011, the company actually ceased to function, only to come back to life three years later. In 2018, work on STALKER 2 began again.
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