The zone does not tolerate procedural generation: all locations of Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl are created manually
In recent years, there have been many ambitious statements from the developers of the shooter Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl and one of them was the promise of a well-designed, realistic and exciting open world that will reward the player for careful exploration of all locations.
Technical producer Evgeniy Kulik gave an interview to the portal Pcgamer, in which he told how his team realised their vision.
Here's What We Know
The developer said that, as he knows, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is the largest open-world game created on Unreal Engine 5. He admitted that at first the studio tried to use procedural generation to simplify and speed up the work, but because of the unsatisfactory quality of content GSC Game World completely abandoned this idea and eventually every metre of virtual Chernobyl Exclusion Zone was created manually. Recall, the game's website states that the area of the Zone in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is about 60 square kilometres.
The producer noted that it took a huge amount of time and effort, but the studio does not regret the decision and is pleased with what it has managed.
In order for artists and game designers to be able to perform their work at the highest level, the programmers created a unique toolkit based on Unreal Engine 5, and that's what allowed to create interesting and atmospheric locations regardless of their size.
Judging by the latest trailers, travelling through the Zone will indeed be as exciting and immersive as possible.
When We Can Expect It
The release of Stalker 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.
Go Deeper:
- The Scar is back! New trailer of Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl showed a meeting with the main character of Clear Sky - the previous part of the series
- The game director of Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl told about the infinite freedom of action and immersiveness of the shooter
- Experts tried the current demo version of Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl and were satisfied with the technical state of the game
Source: Pcgamer
