After numerous delays, Stalker 2: Heart of Chernobyl is set to release on Xbox, Game Pass and PC in November. And for all of you Xbox Series S For owners worried about how the big open-world shooter will play on the less powerful machine, Ukraine-based developers GSC Game World have some good news.
Stalkers 2 has been in development since 2018, but suffered delays due to ongoing development Russian invasion of Ukraine. Now, New previews seem to suggest so that despite all the odds and setbacks, the massive game will be a fantastic Xbox console exclusive. But launching on Xbox means the post-apocalyptic open-world survival FPS must be playable on both Xbox Series cheaper, smaller and less powerful Series S
In a new interview with Windows Central, GSC developers told the outlet that they initially thought porting would be “impossible.” Stalkers 2 to Series S because the game is big and contains “so many mechanics” and “a huge amount of stuff.”
“But then we start optimizing and adding new features for streaming information. The Unreal Engine has a lot of features for this, but for our game we really needed to squeeze every megabyte out of every possible system content, and now we’ve done it,” said GSC.
According to the interview, the studio’s developers now believe that it should be possible for any modern game to work on it Series S However, the developers admitted that not every team or studio has enough time to optimize for the weaker Xbox. GSC spent a lot of time increasing performance and optimizing the game, which the studio says helped make the PC version “more powerful.”
The Xbox Series S could cause problems for developers
We have heard about this in the past vague complaints from developers that the Xbox Series S is holding back some ports. As is well known, Baldur’s Gate 3The Xbox launch was delayed by the developers worked with Microsoft to allow them to remove the local co-op
However, GSC was more positive about the Series S and even stated that the game might get a performance mode on this platform.
“On Xbox Series S we stay at 30 FPS. However, in many cases we have managed to achieve 60 FPS, but it is not as consistent as the Series We believe it is possible,” explained GSC.
Performance modes aren’t as common on the Xbox Series S due to its lower specs. So if GSC actually gets it done, I’ll be curious to see what was cut or downgraded Stalkers 2 Run at 60 FPS on the weaker Xbox. We don’t have to wait long, there Stalker 2: Heart of Chernobyl is finally scheduled to appear on Xbox and PC on November 20th.
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