S.T.A.L.Ok.E.R. 2: Cost of Hope – First Details About the Major Heart of Chornobyl Expansion

We simply introduced S.T.A.L.Ok.E.R. 2: Cost of Hope – the first main enlargement for Heart of Chornobyl – at the newest Xbox Associate Preview broadcast. It’s coming this summer season, and we’re positive you need to know extra, so we’re right here to offer some further particulars.

Growth of the DLC began after the launch of the major sport. Trying again at the time that has handed, you’re most likely considering the enlargement should be fairly massive. And also you’re proper.

S.T.A.L.Ok.E.R. is about freedom and exploration, so the entire story of Cost of Hope will take dozens of hours to finish – and people who need to see all the things will simply add fairly a number of extra on high. It is a giant enlargement that’s price your wait. Extra participating quests, extra memorable characters and their tales, and extra solutions to the questions raised each in Heart of Chornobyl and the authentic video games – that’s precisely what you’ll get right here.

S.T.A.L.Ok.E.R. at its core is about people and their perceptions, so we’re heading into a brand new chapter of a battle lengthy acquainted to followers. The factions of Obligation and Freedom – enemies in the previous – are actually tied collectively by the D4 Treaty, a pact signed by each group in the Zone earlier than the occasions of Heart of Chornobyl.

Obligation are the ones who see the Zone as a hazard to humanity. Their aim is straightforward: destroy that hazard and shield humankind from the unknown.

Freedom see issues in another way. For them, the Zone is a present – one thing humanity ought to discover and be taught to make use of for the better good.

For a time, this distinction in views was held collectively by a fragile peace treaty. However agreements like that hardly ever hold conflicts of this scale in steadiness for lengthy. Or do they?

The protagonist of the enlargement is Skif, and the occasions unfold in parallel with the story of Heart of Chornobyl. After putting in the DLC, throughout your playthrough of the major marketing campaign you’ll obtain a sign in your PDA that can begin the enlargement’s storyline.

Identical to in the authentic sport, your choices will form this chapter of the story. The way it ends, the penalties for the Zone, its inhabitants – and who is aware of, perhaps even the whole world – will likely be important.

S.T.A.L.Ok.E.R. can be about the Zone — and meaning it retains increasing. Cost of Hope will mean you can discover two lengthy-awaited areas which were minimize off for years and that each stalker in the Zone has dreamt of reaching: Iron Forest and the Chornobyl Nuclear Energy Plant.

A area isn’t only a single location. It’s a big territory, every with its personal hub, together with dozens of smaller areas to find — all full of quests and actions.The forgotten roads resulting in locations you weren’t speculated to see are already there. They’re ready to your footprints.

With Cost of Hope, we’re taking a well-recognized method for many who already know the collection properly. The Legends of the Zone Trilogy, at the moment out there on all main platforms, contains enhanced and up to date editions of the authentic S.T.A.L.Ok.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl (2007), S.T.A.L.Ok.E.R. Clear Sky (2008), and S.T.A.L.Ok.E.R.: Name of Prypiat (2009).

Identical to that authentic trilogy, S.T.A.L.Ok.E.R. 2 will likely be comprised of three installments, with Cost of Hope forming the center chapter of this “second trilogy”. Along with the future second story DLC – which we’ll speak about when the time is correct – it can type a brand new giant story inside the S.T.A.L.Ok.E.R. saga.

12 months after yr, we proceed working to convey the very best S.T.A.L.Ok.E.R. expertise to as many gamers as potential who’re desperate to enter the Zone. That’s why we’re completely satisfied to share that each the authentic S.T.A.L.Ok.E.R. 2 and the Cost of Hope enlargement assist Xbox Play Wherever – purchase the sport as soon as and play it on all supported platforms.

Let’s give all of this a second to sink in — we all know you’ll have lots of questions. And we’ll be completely satisfied to share extra particulars fairly quickly.

Are you prepared to find the worth of freedom?