36 minutes of gameplay of Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl: developers talked about the open world, mechanics and everything gamers wanted to know

An extensive gameplay demonstration of the long-awaited shooter S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl from Ukrainian studio GSC Game World.

Here's What We Know

For the first time viewers could watch more than 30 minutes of gameplay of S.T.A.L.L.K.E.R. 2.

Developers showed gloomy locations, horrible mutants, some of which were not in the first parts, demonstrated the passage of one of the quests and much more

There is a lot of material in the video, so we will give only the main theses:

• for the first time in the series will appear open world, it will be completely seamless, and it is based on a simple principle - to encourage the player to explore locations should not be marks on the map, and the places that surround the hero;
• Stalker 2 story will be non-linear and involves a lot of mutually exclusive lines, so to see all the content of the shooter for one playthrough is definitely not possible;
• depending on the actions of the player, the factions of the Zone can split or change leaders;
• not all Anomalies pose a deadly threat, some of them can be used for their own purposes, for example, the "Cushion" can soften the blow when falling from a great height;
• the map is divided into 20 spacious regions. Most of the locations are based on real places of Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, and some of them are familiar from the past parts of the series;
• the game features 35 types of weapons, each of which can be customised by installing various modules;
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 does not have the usual modern game system of character development, the hero becomes stronger only when you get new weapons and equipment, as well as as as the player learns the mechanics and gains experience;
• the game turns out to be quite complex, there is no automatic health regeneration, no hints appear on the screen, and puzzles and some features of the game will not be obvious.

When We Can Expect It

The release of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl will take place on November 20 on PC and Xbox Series, the shooter will immediately appear in the Xbox Game Pass catalogue.

Source: GSC Game World