GSC GameWorld has announced that STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl has been, once again, delayed. Instead of releasing on September 5th, the game now targets a November 20th release date. This is basically a two-month delay.
Yevhen Grygorovych, Game Director at GSC Game World, said:
“We know you might be tired of waiting, and we truly appreciate your patience. These two additional months will give us the chance to fix more “unexpected anomalies” (or simply “bugs”, as you call them). We are always grateful for your ongoing support and understanding – it means the world to us. We’re just as eager as you are to finally release the game and for you to experience it for yourself.”
GSC GameWorld has also announced that S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Developer Deep Dive will premiere in collaboration with Xbox on August 12th. This Deep Dive will feature a variety of never-before-seen content. Gamers can expect interviews and behind-the-scenes of the development process. There will also be lots of new footage, including world overview, various locations, gameplay and cutscenes. Oh, and the devs have promised a full video walkthrough of one of the story quests.
STALKER 2 will be using Unreal Engine 5 and promises to feature incredible graphics. Back in June 2021, the team also shared the game’s preliminary PC requirements. Do note though that these PC specs do not represent the final ones.
Contrary to other Unreal Engine 5 games, STALKER 2 will be also available on Steam. According to its Steam store page, the game won’t have Denuvo. So, that’s good news for those who boycott the games using it.
STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl promises to have a huge, realistic world to explore. You’ll get to wander around a massive 64-square-kilometer radioactive zone. This zone will be filled with all kinds of post-apocalyptic environments. Not only that but players will get to decide how their story unfolds. Additionally, the devs claim that the game will have a highly branching epic story.
STALKER 2 will have a dynamic day-night cycle and weather system. The game also promises to have an advanced AI, and a life-simulating system “A-life 2.0”. Furthermore, there will be modding support, as well as a multiplayer mode (which will be added soon after release as a free update).
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Gonna be cool to check out on Gamepass. I tried some of the earlier games but I realize I have little patience for games that are rough on modern hardware now. Don't mind the pushback because now I'll have more time to get through Metaphor and Outlaws but kinda annoyed it'll be right on the heels of Avowed and I'll definitely probably end up waiting on Shadows if its so close.
Gonna be cool to check out on Gamepass. I tried some of the earlier games but I realize I have little patience for games that are rough on modern hardware now. Don't mind the pushback because now I'll have more time to get through Metaphor and Outlaws but kinda annoyed it'll be right on the heels of Avowed and I'll definitely probably end up waiting on Shadows if its so close.
you seriously saw outlaws and said "yup i wanna play that"
why? I am serious.
I do recognize that a lot of people consider it Ubislop. I’ve only played like 2-3 games from Ubisoft since Black Flag and none of them were the traditional Ubislop games that substantiate that moniker. Also I havent really played or had been interested in a Star Wars game with same premise as Outlaw. I consider myself a fan of the franchise but havent really been too in tune with a lot of the media past the last movie and like 2ish of the shows. The last few were just very uninteresting or not a ton of fun for me between what has come out since Force Unleashed and now. From the trailers the game doesnt look plainly “bad,” the gameplay they showed the other day definitely showed a pretty flat mission but the recent leaks look pretty promising too. I also have some friends who are much bigger star wars fans then myself excited and a few reviewers I like also said they enjoyed their time with the game even though its not reinventing any wheels. I definitely do understand why people would be skeptical of the game but I think objectively it doesnt look terrible or not worth checking out.
i checked the gameplay thinking it will be typical ubislop of climbing towers and outposts but it was worse, it looked like a mediocre x360 game with corridors and x ray vision and mediocre over the shoulder shooting combat and the writing is disney star wars level the force is female, on top of that the graphics have been downgraded and its always online. I just dont get why anyone would want to play the most generic star wars game in the modern era with everything that comes with it.
She’s not a Jedi so there wouldnt be any female force and again its not a Jedi or War story like every other star wars game that I can think of in the past few years of attempts. Sorry it hasnt grabbed you the way it should have but im sure there’s a bunch of other cooler games you’re probably looking forward to like KCD2.
"Sorry it hasnt grabbed you the way it should have"
WTF is even that? there's a correct way to react to videogames trailers now?
the guy is commenting like he expected to like the game, so I said sorry it disappointed him? What else was I supposed to do officer?
The way you worded was condescending, and assuming he would prefer KCD2 sounds like he's the kind of people he would prefer that kind of game because? dunno, you strike me as somebody that enjoys every kind of slop out there except things like KCD because is not diverse enough.
no i dont because i dont like medieval stuff but the idea that she has to be a jedi is stupid, you can only carry one wepaon and it overheats, when in jedi knight and dark forces you could carry tons of weapons. Why would a mediocre x360 game that you have overheating weapons and x ray vision and going through holes in the wall grab be? I thought we all agree this kind of game design was trash 14 years ago and still is today.
brother did you watch the gameplay video? she does pick up other weapons. Why do you keep bringing up Jedi when she is not one?
In retrospective, Metro Exodus looks more like a classic Stalker than this soviet Far Cry. Every single game from Ubi including the Star Wars one are the same crap.
And i blame Assassins Creed 2 success for that, every single major game Ubi made after follows that blueprint and they want to replicate it since.
lets see some uncut gameplay for stalker 2 before writing it off yet.
The main character moves like she has pooped her pants. Like the guy in Jedi Survivor does.
Better delay than release a broken mess!
its gonna be a broken mess when it comes out anyway.
By the fourth game you'll think they learned that…my bet is they didn't
I wouldn't be surprised if it gets delayed till 2025.
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god slam it
It will be half baked and buggy anyways…what's the point?
i still believe this wont come out due to the war.
I'm willing to bet it will still be buggy and unfinished.
Just like the original STALKER, LMAO
almost 20yrs in the making and they haven't learned anything. Following the same m.o.
they need more time to litter the game with anti-russian racism and minority worship. Did the hohols really belive that adding a single black bartender is woke enough for westoid standards?
I think this is just to boost attention really and sell more of their other games, promise 6 months a year too early then delay it as you see the effect on the numbers, every time you announce a delay you get attention and people get more of the pavlovian effect, you think about their games and look at what's there replay what you have of theirs. This game is likely to be a major downgrade that looks a lot better graphically but performs awfully on anything below 4 series cards at higher settings. Eh I'm good with the existing games still go back to them from time to time, die already.
Better delay than get cyberpunk'd … happy to play it in 2025 even
Yup take all the time you need GSC and get it right
No matter to me, I didn't planning to play this until mid 2025 when all the patches are done.
wow who could have seen this coming?