Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl – The Big Preview
Hands-on reports, interviews, news, and so much more of this anticipated Xbox shooter
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(Image credit: GSC Game World)
Jump to:The Big PreviewThe videoThe interviewPost-launchRetrospectiveEverything we know
Jump to:The Big PreviewThe videoThe interviewPost-launchRetrospectiveEverything we know
There, we got to spend several hours going hands-on and talking with the developers at GSC Game World about the long-awaited revival, bringing Stalker to a modern audience, and how they’ve tackled Stalker 2’s massively expanded open world. Playing the game is a great place to start as we dive into everything you need to know about it, but it’s also provided an excellent jumping off point for considering the nature of its brutal-yet-rewarding mechanical loop, especially with how it has evolved alongside its similarly post-apocalyptic contemporaries. We’ve also taken a look back at classic Stalker as well – refamiliarizing ourselves with the roots of this …