Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl

[radiofloyd]

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GSC Game World has announced S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, the latest entry in the first-person shooter survival horror series S.T.A.L.K.E.R., which saw its first release in 2007 and latest release in 2009. It will launch in 2021. 

 Further information was not announced. Visit the teaser website here.

 

 

https://gematsu.com/2018/05/stalker-2-announced

 

Guess that means I should get off my arse and play through Shadow of Chernobyl.

[radiofloyd]

Brace yourself, the first screenshot lol...

 

 

https://www.gematsu.com/2020/03/stalker-2-first-screenshot
 

Message from the developers in the link.

[radiofloyd]

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-07-23-heres-the-very-first-trailer-for-stalker-2
 

This was a bit of a surprise inclusion in the Xbox show.

[DANGERMAN]

it didn't look that Stalker-ish to me, but iirc it's not the same team. it's also been years and years since the first game(s). Hopefully it's good, make up for the last Metro game

[radiofloyd]

Yeah I had completely forgotten all that but it’s mentioned by Eurogamer in their article. You have a good memory.

[radiofloyd]

 

https://www.gematsu.com/2020/12/stalker-2-in-engine-gameplay-teaser-trailer

[radiofloyd]

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-06-13-stalker-2-out-april-2022-on-xbox-series-x-and-s-and-pc
 

Probably my favourite trailer of the show.

[one-armed dwarf]

I thought that looked really great but I'm slightly worried it will end up very focus tested and polished. I actually like a good bit of jank when it comes with some cool ideas

 

But it's an incentive to actually get into Shadow of Chernobyl, the main reason I've dragged my feet with it is the volume of mods that you should/shouldn't install to get the best experience or whatever. 

 

I just hope tho this new team isn't just taking the goodwill of the license to do something lame, hope it actually lives up

[DisturbedSwan]

Looked better than I expected and very similar to Metro Exodus. 

 

Think I'll definitely pick this up.

[DANGERMAN]

this looked great. It didn't really look like the old games, but the old games are pretty hard to get through, as much as I get why people love them. It's highlight of E3 for me

[radiofloyd]

Developer diary that goes into some detail about the trailer.

 

 

https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/stalker-2-dev-diary-teases-a-new-faction-and-explains-mysteries-from-the-trailer/

 

The release date is April 28th, 2022.

[radiofloyd]

Potentially 150GB on PC, 180Gb on Xbox:

 

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-12-05-stalker-2-will-take-up-180gb-on-xbox

[one-armed dwarf]

Man, wtf. Why would it be that big I wonder. Tons of VA or textures?

 

I'm really looking forward to this, I think I should try the originals again but they have weird graphics bugs with shadows that took me out of it (shadows render wierdly in your view). 

[DisturbedSwan]

Fuck me, 180gb is a lot! That’ll almost fill up the SSD of the Series S 🤯

[DisturbedSwan]

 

Spoiler

 

[DANGERMAN]

hmmm, they look suspicious as fuck. They're hugely compressed because of twitter, but that fog looks like exactly the sort of stuff that's added to bullshots

[one-armed dwarf]

This is actually how Metro Exodus looks tbh, with all the settings turned up (except Stalker has better textures)

[one-armed dwarf]

Delayed from April to December of this year

 

 

 

I guess now my SoC playthrough could also include Call of Pripryat

 

[DisturbedSwan]

Fuck me, that's one helluva delay! 

 

Not surprised though, let it cook.

[mfnick]

Might be waiting to see if the NFT hate dies down so they can ram that shit back in.