GSC Game World’s next title will require a somewhat recent PC unless you want to play it on Xbox Series.

 

The game’s Steam page reveals a lot of details about the next adventures in the Zone: „Chernobyl Exclusion Zone has changed dramatically after the second massive explosion in the year 2006. Violent mutants, deadly anomalies, warring factions have made the Zone a very tough place to survive. It turned out that the centre of the Zone hides the source of incredible power. Nevertheless, artefacts of unbelievable value attracted many people called S.T.A.L.K.E.R.s, who entered the Zone for their own risk striving to make a fortune out of it or even to find the truth concealed in the Heart of Chernobyl.

Take over the role of the lone stalker and explore a photorealistic seamless open world in a 64-km² radioactive zone with a variety of environments that reveal a post-apocalyptic atmosphere from different angles. Make your way through the Zone to define your destiny as you choose your paths within a highly branching epic story.

Meet members of different factions deciding who of them worth your friendship and who deserve a bullet. Engage intense gunfights with a variety of enemies that follow different tactics trying to outsmart you. Choose your preferable firearms from 30+ types of weapons with numerous modifications that allow creating hundreds of distinctive lethal combinations. Prepare to encounter horrifying mutated creatures that will try to slaughter you following different behaviour model. Each mutant may appear in different subtypes which makes their behaviour less predictable. Truly extreme danger represent regions with lairs with numerous mutants hunting in large groups.

The most valuable artefacts and secrets of the Zone are hidden in the most dangerous places. Beware of the hazardous anomalies and unique devastating arch-anomalies as you hunt for highly valuable artefacts scattered around the Zone. Will you dare to unveil the mysteries of the Zone that took the lives of many others before you?

[A] unique gameplay built on a blend of FPS, horror and immersive sim. [A] non-linear story with the variety of paths that lead to one of the several endings. Benchmark-setting graphics developed using cutting-edge photogrammetric and scanning technologies. Advanced artificial intelligence systems that will keep engaged even the most hard-boiled players. The life-simulating system “A-life 2.0” makes the game world feel alive as never before.

Immersive survival mechanics like hunger, sleeping, bleeding, radiation effects that enrich the gameplay. Dynamic day-night cycle and weather will add even more realism to the gameplay experience. Mod support giving the freedom to the creative players to extend and enrich the game universe. Multiplayer mode, that will be added soon after release as a free update,” GSC Game World wrote.

Here are the system requirements:

• Minimum system requirements:
• Operating system: Windows 10 x64
• Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 1600X or Intel Core i5-7600K, or better
• Memory: 8 GB RAM
• Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 580 (8 GB VRAM) or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6 GB VRAM), or better
• Storage: 150 GB available space (SSD!)

 

Recommended system requirements:

• Operating system: Windows 10 x64
• Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X or Intel Core i7-9700K, or better
• Memory: 16 GB RAM
• Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (8 GB VRAM) or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER (8 GB VRAM) or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (11 GB VRAM), or better
• Storage: 150 GB available space (SSD!)

 

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart Of Chernobyl will launch on April 28 on Xbox Series and PC (aside from Steam, it will also be on Epic Games Store). It will also be on Xbox Game Pass from day one. Let’s hope it won’t be delayed over and over again.

Source: Gematsu, WCCFTech