"Stalker 2: Heart of Chernobyl" (PC/Xbox series) is the sequel to the previously released trilogy "Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl", "Stalker: Clear Sky" and "Stalker: Call of Pripiat". The game is set 15 years later in the first work of the series.
"Rider 2: Heart of Chernobyl" is scheduled to be released on November 21, 2024 and is a survival horror FPS developed by Ukraine-based GSC Game World. The first sequel in 15 years tells the story of activities in a world where abnormal mutants are rampant due to the accident of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
The area you can explore is large, but if you use the map, you won't get lost. You can also check target points and logs from the system menu.
In the field you are exploring, there are bases where NPCs gather. This is a city-like place where NPCs such as exploring "areas" like players will stay in search of "stalkers" for "artifacts", "merchantists" who buy and sell equipment and other items, and "technicians" who upgrade equipment will stay. I'm doing it. You can also perform tasks here.
There are also NPCs outside the base. Hostile NPCs will attack you, so you need to fight back or run away. If you successfully defeat the NPC, you can get that NPC's belonging as loot, but as I pointed out in the previous post, at the expense of consuming your resources, this may not be what you want…you should think carefully about whether you should take it down.
Friendly NPCs may also provide quests to players in the form of requests. The NPC I encountered this time was to collect an item left in the cave.
There is an option to say "I'm not happy with the reward", so if I select that option and if there is still a bag near the desired item, the game will give me content.
Another mission took place in a swamp that had apparently been closed due to an abnormality. The goal is to stop the three installed generators, but you will encounter mutants, zombie stalkers, etc., and the "abnormal" that appeared in the previous work, that is, anomalies, in the farmland. I can't make progress.
Even so, the stalkers continue to search for treasure artifacts.
When exploring on the map, it is best to find a high place and look around from there. If you have a sniper rifle, you can also use a scope to view details.
In addition, in this game, you can access buildings and caves that are not accessible in the previous games of the series. Items such as equipment may be hidden where you enter, so be sure to explore them. However, mutants often lurk in the darkness, so you need to be careful.
During these searches, we sometimes find audio data left by former residents. Audio data provides clues about what happened between the previous games of the series and this game.
These clues may or may not be obtained depending on how you progress in the game, so it seems necessary to play multiple times to get to know the full story of this work.
It can be inferred from the audio data played that the residents of the building were attacked.
The mutants you encounter along the way will naturally be very troublesome. For example, if a mutant attacks the player while creating his own illusion, the player must identify which one is real and then attack. We also observe an anomaly that mimics human voices and tries to lure players into traps.
In addition, there are mutants who control the zombie-turned mutants. Defeating zombies one by one will consume a lot of ammunition, so you need to quickly find the subject and defeat it.
As with previous games in this series, anomalies can stop the effect for a period of time by throwing item bolts into it, or generate effects that can be used to attack mutants and the like.
This work explores the area around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant where the second nuclear reactor explosion occurred in 2006. Like previous works in this series, it also contains elements such as conflicts between NPC forces and is full of various elements. pleasure.
It is extremely difficult, and since players are determined to defeat players from the beginning, it may be difficult to move forward as they wish, but those who are confident in their skills should definitely try it.
