The studio is promising aggressive, intuitive AI that will push your tactics at every opportunity, as well as over 30 weapon types – each with its own set of modifications. GSC appears to be really expanding upon the strong first-person shooter foundations that were put down for the original trilogy. You can even spot one of those artifacts in the Stalker 2 reveal trailer, where 'Jelly' can be seen located in the swamps – a mysterious property that's said to have a regenerative effect on stamina. who have entered the area looking to recover valuable artifacts and sell them to the highest bidder beyond the borders of the Zone. If you can survive the elements, you'll then have to go up against a large variety of Mutants (lengthy exposure to radiation is never wise) and Factions of other human S.T.A.L.K.E.R.S. With Stalker 2, the studio is promising that Factions and Mutants will be fighting for 'living space, migrating, capturing new places, or retreating to safer areas' – meaning that, in theory, no one route through the Zone will ever be the same. In most open world games, life exists within the player's field-of-view. GSC Game World says that it has prepared a total overhaul of its A-LIFE system too, with A-Life 2.0 designed to simulate life in the Zone in as realistic a way as possible. You'll need to mitigate this while keeping on-top of survival mechanics like hunger, sleeping, bleeding, radiation effects, and as you attempt to detect and circumvent the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone's Anomalies.

Stalker 2 will include a full day-night cycle, and dynamic weather to ensure the world continues to shift around you. Firstly though, it's worth focusing on the survival aspect – because staying alive in the Zone isn't supposed to be easy. While GSC Game World is yet to give us the opportunity to go hands-on, we have been able to get a good sense of what to expect from the Stalker 2 gameplay trailers and comments from the studio. Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl will be part large-scale first-person shooter and part intricately designed immersive sim, and the results look impressive.

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