
Discover the vast Chornobyl Exclusion Zone full of dangerous enemies, deadly anomalies and powerful artifacts. Unveil your own epic story as you make your way to the Heart of Chornobyl. Make your choices wisely, as they will determine your fate in the end.
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Unique gameplay built on a blend of FPS, horror, and immersive sim
It is a non-linear story, with a variety of paths that lead to one of the several endings
Benchmark-setting graphics developed using cutting-edge photogrammetry and scanning technologies
Advanced artificial intelligence systems that will keep engaged even the most hard-boiled players
Immersive survival mechanics like hunger, sleeping, bleeding, radiation effects that enrich the gameplay
Dynamic day-night cycle and weather will add even more realism to the gameplay experience
Mod support gives the freedom to the creative stalker to extend and enrich the game universe
Multiplayer mode, will be added after release as a free update
Chornobyl Exclusion Zone has changed dramatically after the second massive explosion in the year 2006. Violent mutants, deadly anomalies, and warring factions have made the Zone a very tough place to survive. Nevertheless, artifacts of unbelievable value attracted many people called S.T.A.L.K.E.R.s, who entered the Zone for their own risk, striving to make a fortune out of it or even to find the Truth concealed in the Heart of Chornobyl.
Take over a role of the lone stalker and explore photorealistic seamless open world in a 64-km² radioactive zone with a variety of environments that reveal post-apocalyptic atmosphere from different angles. Make your way through the Zone to define your destiny as you choose your paths within highly branching epic story.
Meet members of different factions deciding who of them worth your friendship and who deserve a bullet. Engage intense gunfights with a variety of enemies that follow different tactics trying to outsmart you. Choose your preferable firearms from 30+ types of weapons with numerous modifications that allow creating hundreds of distinctive lethal combinations.
Prepare to encounter horrifying mutated creatures that will try to slaughter you following different behaviour model. Each mutant may appear in different subtypes which makes their behaviour less predictible. Truly extreme danger represent regions with lairs with numerous mutants hunting in large groups.
The most valuable artifacts and secrets of the Zone are hidden in the most dangerous places. Beware of the hazardous anomalies and unique devastating arch-anomalies as you hunt for highly valuable artifacts scattered around the Zone. Will you dare to unveil the mysteries of the Zone that took lives of many others before you?
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Performance patches over the months definitely helped the original issues. Other than that, it's Stalker. It's exactly what it should be. 10/10 Would cheeki breeki
the game is crap
Сюжет слабый, мотивация ГГ в начале с натяжкой ясна, а в середине игры вообще не обоснована. Зона мертвая, то что раньше цепляло, а именно A-life , отсутствует полностью, мобы спавнятся в радиусе 100м от тебя, игра пытается моделировать ситуации как будто они произошли (нет), заспаванив труп мутанта и сталкера, типо бой был, но она делает это очень часто прямо у тебя на глазах (трупы из воздуха вываливаются), в эту зону не веришь, она вся пластмассовая какая то, не настоящая... А вот визуально, визуально да, картинка прям что надо, тут постарались дай боже, прям 10 из 10, при этом работает все вполне стабильно, что удивительно, пожалуй это единственный плюс игры... p.s. Понимаю что денях очень хочется, но дайте вы модерам инструмент мощный какой то,а не длс клепайте, они все сами починят и a-life и атмосферу
i got molested by rats and cucksuckers
Зв'яжіться з цим музичним виконавцем. Його музика підходить до вашої гри https://youtu.be/eDLxdSs9BY0?si=noZmGypRDzQAsgXu
На русском/россійськой Игра просто лютая имба затягивает, атмосфера просто топ и еще много плюсов правда тут немного багов, но на них можно забить, надеюсь когда выйдут новые патчи игра станет еще лучше ну и оптимизация нормальная, советую поиграть тем, кто любит атмосферу и исследовать места На украинском/українськой Гра просто люта імба затягує, атмосфера просто топ і ще багато плюсів правда тут трохи багів, але на них можна забити, сподіваюся коли вийдуть нові патчі гра стане ще краще та й оптимізація нормальна, раджу пограти тим, хто любить атмосферу та дослідити місця
я до сих пор не понял, как включать фонарь?
Pretty rough around the edges, but I couldn't help but fall in love with the zone. Nothing quite scratches the same itch that stalker does.
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I played the absolute ♥♥♥♥ out of the original trilogy and then S.T.A.L.K.E.R. GAMMA a couple months back and had such a blast that I couldn't wait to delve into Stalker 2. The game seemed to run mostly fine, a few hiccups here or there but nothing major. Then I arrived at the first major town and the game ♥♥♥♥ itself to the point that it became unplayable by my standards (sub 30 FPS) and changing graphical settings made little difference because the performance hit was clearly coming from the CPU side. I can make the game look like a poop slideshow from high/ultra graphics and gain maybe like 5 FPS? Then outside of towns it runs mostly fine. It's just too frustrating and irritating to deal with insane frame drops and to treat NPC populated areas like they're the killzone outside a battle royal circle. Maybe my CPU is a little dated, sure, but how come it can run most all other games just fine? We know this is a major problem with stalker 2, and I can't in good faith recommend this game from the franchise that I have grown obsessed with in recent months because it just needs to be better, and I really hope it gets there.
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Languages: English*, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese +6 more
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