RPS is reporting (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/04/25/stalker-2-dead-again-but-now-theres-survarium/)that the making of Stalker 2 is not going to be happening yet again. However, the guys behind Stalker seem to have opened a new gaming company and will be making a game called "Survarium."
http://www.vostokgames.com/en
They put up a video on YouTube and have a brief description of the game on the site. It looks like a F2P MMOFPS set in a post-apoc setting. They have my interest if for no other reason then I really enjoyed Stalker.
Stalker 2 was supposed to come out in December 2022...now the latest game to move to 2023. Believe the development team was based in Ukraine. With all these game delays, 2023 going to be a busy year:)
Quote from: Grim.Reaper on June 13, 2022, 01:32:51 PM
Stalker 2 was supposed to come out in December 2022...now the latest game to move to 2023. Believe the development team was based in Ukraine. With all these game delays, 2023 going to be a busy year:)
Personally I'm holding out for a 2033 release. <:-)
Well, release date on the move again. Was September, now November 20.
I can deal with that.
Quote from: Gusington on July 25, 2024, 09:10:14 PMI can deal with that.
Since it was supposed to come out 2 years ago originally, I wouldn't bet on an actual release in November either:)
There's a ton set to be released on top of my backlog...it will be ok :tophat:
Downloading and very excited. Sure there probably will be anomalies, by design or accident, but sort of miracle it came out at all after pandemic and through the war. And of course RIP Vladimir Yezhov
I didn't appreciate the review embargo - when is that ever a good sign?
So I'm holding off until it's been out a while.
Not sure if anyone stuck with Stalker 2 after the buggy release, but there's a free 2.0 patch and new expansion coming out tomorrow which the trailer looks pretty good:
I bounced off this when it first came out on Gamepass and was buggy and not optimized, but 2 years later it's looking great and I'm looking forward to going back into the zone.
Got a mate who loves this series and will be chuffed thanks.
30 hours in now on the new patched version and I can say this was the way the game was meant to be, I haven't ran into the bugs and slowdowns from the release and the atmosphere is great, really enjoying it.
Another game that came out in a sorry buggy state but glad the Devs didn't give up on it so we can enjoy it 2 years later.
Quote from: kludger on August 31, 2026, 05:18:48 AM30 hours in now on the new patched version and I can say this was the way the game was meant to be, I haven't ran into the bugs and slowdowns from the release and the atmosphere is great, really enjoying it.
Another game that came out in a sorry buggy state but glad the Devs didn't give up on it so we can enjoy it 2 years later.
Is it open world or more of a story based linear style of play?
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on August 31, 2026, 07:10:50 AMIs it open world or more of a story based linear style of play?
Open world with story missions.
One of the things I like is that there's a huge open world with great atmosphere and it's own things going on between the mutants, bandits and factions, and nothing keeping you from going whichever way you want or even ignoring the anomalies.
I keep getting sidetracked off the story missions running into fights going on or finding interesting places to explore etc. plus it now runs well and looks pretty great even playing on a 3070 gaming laptop with controller.
I'm pretty annoyed they removed this from Game pass. I'll try to hold off until the next sale.
Yeah I was pretty annoyed it was gone too, that's where I tried it on release and was disappointed, apparently they only had a deal to be on Gamepass for the first year.
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on September 02, 2026, 09:11:19 AMI'm pretty annoyed they removed this from Game pass. I'll try to hold off until the next sale.
FYI it looks like they are making STALKER 2 available on Gamepass this weekend in case you wanted to see if it's worth it:
https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/10/08/free-play-days-10-08-2026/
For myself 120hrs in now, this has become one of my favorite survival/exploration games of the last couple of years, really glad they stuck with it and made the game what it should have been at launch, and the DLC really adds a good area and stories to the game.