Stalker 2 pays respect to one of the best shooter missions ever

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Stalker 2 pays respect to one of the best shooter missions ever

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Stalker 2 has an Easter Egg to offer for nostalgic shooter fans.
Stalker 2 has an Easter Egg to offer for nostalgic shooter fans.

Stalker 2 has an Easter Egg to offer for nostalgic shooter fans.

The two men in the article picture above have never met but still have something in common – and no, we're not talking about the breathing masks or the obvious penchant for carrying a weapon.

The one on the right comes from Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl, which was released in 2024, as most of you should know that immediately. But on the left, which game is it from? We'll give you a few hints: Pripyat, goosebumps atmosphere, Lieutenant Price – we're of course talking about Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare from 2007.

A city trip of the dangerous kind

City air already doesn't have the best reputation for cleanliness. If you walk through the ghost town of Pripyat in Modern Warfare and Stalker 2, you should change your gas mask filter every hour. The area around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor is and remains dangerous. In the fourth part of Call of Duty there are no mutants or deadly radiation, but there are numerous terrorists.

The older ones among you remember: In the shoes of Lieutenant Price, you sneak through waist-high grass, dodge enemies, run through abandoned buildings – the atmosphere of the legendary mission Well camouflaged is still fantastic to this day!

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Free sniper rifle thanks to Easter Egg

Apparently the Stalker developers at GSC Game World think so too. The Ukrainian studio has hidden an Easter egg in Stalker 2 that is clearly a reference to Modern Warfare.

When you visit the city of Pripyat, you have to follow the route of the CoD mission in Stalker 2 and in the end you end up at the place where Lieutenant Price is lying in wait with a sniper rifle in Modern Warfare.

The practical: GSC Game World also left a powerful weapon thereincluding ammunition and an equipment bag with additional loot! YouTuber Muaxh03 shows you the exact route in his video:

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The zone is full of Easter eggs

But Modern Warfare isn't the only big name honored with an Easter egg in Stalker 2. Even the sorcerer's apprentice Harry Potter made it into the Chernobyl radiation zone… but probably not out.

Also on board the honorees is its own predecessor, Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl. The little allusion to the first part of the shooter series is already hidden in the main menu of Stalker 2.

So you see: Even the otherwise hostile zone has a heart for little stories that only the most inquisitive natures come across. It's quite possible that more Easter eggs will be found over time.

If you would like to find out more about Stalker 2 – for example, whether the game is finally running smoothly – we have linked a few relevant articles on the topic in the box above.

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