Stalker 2: get a new hero

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After this Release of the first in-engine teaser

On December 31, 2020, which you can watch again at the beginning, the Stalker 2 team breaks its silence again. In a developer update the developer himself now explains what exactly he showed in the video.

The hero of Stalker 2

You can see the short scene from the game from the eyes of the new protagonist: Ski. He explores one dilapidated school in the Pripyat area

. In that, however, you are anything but safe. Because as the team explains, the building is not a completely safe shelter.

However, it provides protection from the particular and dangerous weat her events in the zone: The emissions

. These discharges of energy from the center of the zone can kill you in an instant. The storm itself already announces it and shortly before the end of the trailer you can even see it for yourself in the form of the red light.

Eventually, Skif is attacked by an adversary who was hiding in the shadows. With him it should again be an old friend act. At this point, however, the description of the scene ends.

Petra Schmitz, however, is very critical of the shooter. She doubts she’ll love it as much as its predecessors. You can find out why in her column:

How is the development?

Work on the project itself should go well. However, the focus is mainly on the features of the Xbox Series X and S, and not on the PC version. While only the former will support resolutions of up to 4k, both consoles get ray tracing features.

Directly in the game pass: While the game itself does not yet have a set release date, GSC Gameworld is already promising that it will be available directly in Xbox Game Pass together with the release.