Stalker 2 has suffered one more delay, this time to November 20, 2024.
In January, after years of growth and a number of delays, Ukrainian developer GSC Recreation World introduced a agency, “ultimate” launch date of September 5, 2024, which it would not hit.
In an announcement, sport director Yevhen Grygorovych mentioned the further two months will give the builders the likelihood to repair “surprising anomalies”, aka bugs.
Right here’s the assertion in full:
“We all know you could be uninterested in ready, and we really recognize your endurance. These two extra months will give us the likelihood to repair extra ‘surprising anomalies’ (or just ‘bugs’, as you name them). We’re all the time grateful on your ongoing assist and understanding – it means the world to us. We’re simply as keen as you might be to lastly launch the sport and so that you can expertise it for your self.”
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GSC Recreation World has been vocal about the challenges the studio has confronted getting the post-apocalyptic PC and Xbox Sequence X and S shooter as much as scratch after a blended response to its debut public displaying final 12 months.
At gamescom 2023, GSC Recreation World addressed what some had referred to as a “downgrade” sparked by Stalker 2’s newest gameplay trailer. At the time, GSC Recreation World advised IGN it was nonetheless focusing on a visible high quality and stage of polish recommended by Stalker 2’s eye-catching 2021 trailer (under). This regardless of the horrendous circumstances suffered by the workers amid the conflict with Russia.
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It’s truthful to say the gamescom 2023 construct was tough. As IGN’s Stalker 2 hands-on preview revealed: “Regardless of its Unreal Engine 5 base and distinguished Microsoft assist, the 15-minute gamescom demo means that Stalker 2 nonetheless sits in the ‘eurojank’ class; the colloquial time period for japanese European video games which can be overly bold and technically wobbly.
“This sequel’s animations are stiff, its human faces seem like haunted waxworks, the AI struggles to remain good, and stock administration is fiddly. However in trade for that you simply get a Soviet bloc world that feels genuine and layered with alternative. This demo could have been brief, however its small areas featured quite a few angles for stealth or motion approaches, enjoyable flanking routes, and a wide range of facet goals.”
GSC Recreation World mentioned it would premiere a Stalker 2 developer deep dive in collaboration with Xbox on August 12, 2024. This, the developer mentioned, will present numerous new footage, together with world overview, varied places, gameplay, and cutscenes. Followers will get to see a full video walkthrough of certainly one of the story quests.
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