What I really want to know about Stalker 2 is how the game is going to push the series forward, to take the basic premise and mechanics of those early games and use them to conjure new experiences, without simply regurgitating the experiences of the past.

What seemed radical in 2007 is now familiar, while the space that Stalker used to occupy alone is now thronged with imitators. My concern is that GSC finally achieving their original vision won’t be enough to make Stalker 2 stand out. It is hard and it takes time and tactics to learn and overcome. Stalker 2 has further competition going forward, with games like Chernobylite and Atomic Heart demonstrating a similar tone and atmosphere. Escape from Chernobyl is not an easy typical mobile game. survival-horror computer game series: Shadow of Chernobyl, Clear Sky, Call of Pripyat, community mods for each, and the upcoming official sequel S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Stalker isn’t even the only open-world shooter featuring a dilapidated Eastern-European setting, with Metro: Exodus having encroached on Stalker’s territory in 2019. Far Cry alone has five (soon to be six) games in the series, while the subgenre extends to games like Borderlands, RAGE, and even Fallout. Far Cry-the first game to demonstrate the potential of shooters where players could choose their approach-was only a couple of years old, while Crysis wouldn’t release for another nine months.Įven in its compromised state, Shadow of Chernobyl was trailblazer, lending it an appeal that made it much easier to look past its weird structure and wonky presentation. When Shadow of Chernobyl first released, the idea of an open-world shooter was relatively new. The industry has changed enormously since Stalker’s debut in March 2007. The companion is just an AI with no cameras or controllers attached, even if you used the old 'Dont Starve' method of MP where you duplicate the player and hook him up to Tungle, you would be looking at serious sync issues. Two videos that I found on youtube seem to be from an alpha version of just this type of mod: STALKER Co-op Video 1. Multiplayer does not support level transitions, so just loading it up would not work. Yes, this is just an opinion, but the open immersive sandbox complete with the core game loop from Stalker. But this might not be enough to attract new players. S.T.A.L.K.E.R Call of Chernobyl is the best mod in the entire S.T.A.L.K.E.R series. For most Stalker fans, a Stalker game that’s basically a re-run of Shadow of Chernobyl, only with modern production values and a properly interconnected open world, will be enough to get them on board.

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