S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 - Heart of Chornobyl

wndrbr · Post by **wndrbr** » March 12th, 2023, 02:51

Notorious hack Sergey Grigorovich is back in black. Will he be able to release a decent game now that all competent employees left him to working on Metro series? Discuss!

wndrbr · Post by **wndrbr** » March 12th, 2023, 02:52

agentorange · Post by **agentorange** » March 12th, 2023, 03:15

holographic sights will always look gay in the stalker setting

Maggot · Post by **Maggot** » March 12th, 2023, 05:03

Game looks gay and tarkovified.

revenant · Post by **revenant** » March 12th, 2023, 11:59

r u dumb, complaining about Tarkovsky's influence in a game series based on a Tarkovsky movie

Post by **rusty_shackleford** » March 12th, 2023, 12:01

revenant wrote: ↑ March 12th, 2023, 11:59
r u dumb, complaining about Tarkovsky's influence in a game series based on a Tarkovsky movie

I assumed he meant escape from tarkov

Atlantico · Post by **Atlantico** » March 12th, 2023, 12:09

With that retarded spelling it can go fuck itself

Maggot · Post by **Maggot** » March 12th, 2023, 18:22

revenant wrote: ↑ March 12th, 2023, 11:59
r u dumb, complaining about Tarkovsky's influence in a game series based on a Tarkovsky movie

still retarded i see

revenant · Post by **revenant** » March 12th, 2023, 18:28

if you think I follow the news of shit modern ruski games you're the one being retarded

cpmartins · Post by **cpmartins** » March 13th, 2023, 03:21

revenant wrote: ↑ March 12th, 2023, 18:28
if you think I follow the news of shit modern ruski games you're the one being retarded

STALKER is an Ukrainian initiative.

revenant · Post by **revenant** » March 13th, 2023, 05:27

I know that, I was talking about Escape from Tarkov which is a game about whose existence I first heard here

Tweed · Post by **Tweed** » March 13th, 2023, 16:16

Russian hackers threaten to leak STALKER 2 infoz if GSC doesn't learn to love Russia and also unban them from Discord.

Post by **rusty_shackleford** » March 13th, 2023, 16:28

media didn't care an ounce that a denuvo-free build of atomic heart leaked, now kvetchmaxxing

wndrbr · Post by **wndrbr** » March 14th, 2023, 01:33

This leak is good for PR purposes - 99% of potential buyers aren't going to check it anyway, but its existence proves that the game is being developed and that it's not a scam.

Still a shitty thing to happen. Russian STALKER fans should've just accepted their rejection without throwing a tantrum. They won't achieve anything anyway.

Post by **rusty_shackleford** » March 14th, 2023, 02:17

choornorbool

wndrbr · Post by **wndrbr** » March 19th, 2023, 10:20

Apparently, the development was temporarily put on ice after the recent leak due the lack of trust in the team. Regular devs were barred from accessing the gamedata. GSC also plan to completely remove russian language from the game, though it's impossible at this moment since the current build has no other languages.

https://ixbt.games/news/2023/03/18/insa ... gre-p.html

The source is very questionable, so take it with a grain of salt.

Atlantico · Post by **Atlantico** » March 19th, 2023, 10:26

wndrbr wrote: ↑ March 19th, 2023, 10:20
Apparently, the development was temporarily put on ice after the recent leak due the lack of trust in the team. Regular devs were barred from accessing the gamedata. GSC also plan to completely remove russian language from the game, though it's impossible at this moment since the current build has no other languages.

https://ixbt.games/news/2023/03/18/insa ... gre-p.html

The source is very questionable, so take it with a grain of salt.

Everything is a psyop in the ukrop war. "Truth" is what you feel in your heart

:popcorn:

wndrbr · Post by **wndrbr** » June 30th, 2023, 12:24

https://dtf.ru/life/1923160-v-ixbt-game ... game-world

a dev from GSC just managed to ban a belarusian videogame journo youtube channel by abusing copyright strikes, because the youtubers in question were making videos criticizing studio's development strategy. The formal reason for copyright strikes were STALKER 2 gameplay videos (even though the footage was taken from the official trailers GSC released themselves, not from the leaks). After getting bombarded with fake strikes, their channel was automatically closed by Youtube. When journos asked GSC "wtf are you doing", they received a typical answer "russian warship, go fuck yourself".

Journos are now forced to move to Rutube and VK.

Very normal behavior.

1998 · Post by **1998** » July 1st, 2023, 12:30

This reminds me that I got harassed from 2 of my Steam "Friends" for having Atomic Heart on my wishlist.

Post by **rusty_shackleford** » July 1st, 2023, 15:44

1998 wrote: ↑ July 1st, 2023, 12:30
This reminds me that I got harassed from 2 of my Steam "Friends" for having Atomic Heart on my wishlist.

Fair to harass someone for wanting to buy a bioshock infinite clone.

wndrbr · Post by **wndrbr** » August 2nd, 2023, 14:40

Play the demo of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl at #gamescom2023 on 23-27 August

the picture they've made for this announcement looks pretty bad tbh.

Shillitron · Post by **Shillitron** » August 2nd, 2023, 21:21

I was hyped for this game but.. now I'm getting worred :ukraine_flag:bros.. That "vertical slice" they releases looked fake as fuck and now their work force / velocity has been decimated.

wndrbr · Post by **wndrbr** » August 24th, 2023, 01:07

Delayed to 2024

wndrbr · Post by **wndrbr** » August 24th, 2023, 14:42

New gameplay trailer. Looks way too cinematic.

wndrbr · Post by **wndrbr** » September 10th, 2023, 09:20

https://www.escapistmagazine.com/fire-t ... er-report/

Fire Tears Through Offices of STALKER 2 Developer – Report

A fire has reportedly torn through the Prague offices of STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl developer GSC Game World overnight. The report comes from Vortex (translated via Google), which cites two anonymous sources and claims to have a photo of the damage, which it is not able to publish. It says that the fire “devastated” the equipment and interior.

According to the report, GSC Game World occupies three floors of the building. While only one has been affected, that floor hosts the back-up servers for the studio’s data.

Dog ate my homework.

wndrbr · Post by **wndrbr** » November 8th, 2023, 00:45

GSC's roadmap has leaked.

It says that the game will see the light of day in february 2024.

wndrbr · Post by **wndrbr** » November 16th, 2023, 00:08

Sergei Grigorovich is fleeing the sinking ship. Dude sold GSC Game World to... a shady guy named Maxim Krippa.. Krippa owns NAVI cybersport team, and allegedly has ties with the russian oligarchs and gambling businesses.

The_Mask · Post by **The_Mask** » November 16th, 2023, 00:16

wndrbr wrote: ↑ November 16th, 2023, 00:08
Krippa owns NAVI cybersport team

NAVI's not doing that well either, but okay... it is what it is...

Breathe · Post by **Breathe** » November 16th, 2023, 18:34

wndrbr wrote: ↑ November 16th, 2023, 00:08
Sergei Grigorovich is fleeing the sinking ship. Dude sold GSC Game World to... a shady guy named Maxim Krippa.. Krippa owns NAVI cybersport team, and allegedly has ties with the russian oligarchs and gambling businesses.

Oh god, it hasn't been looking good so far has it? The Stalker series is an all-timer for me. Loved them all. I've played some Anomaly and a few other standalones I can't remember the names of, and they're decent but a full fledged updated Stalker is needed. No reason to get hopes up though, based on how many issues they've had. The chances of a great game are slim, but if one is to come it would most likely come from a region that doesn't embrace cultural marxism to the max. I don't care much for voiced protagonists and that's in the trailer so... hope it stays there.

gerey · Post by **gerey** » November 16th, 2023, 20:21

The best thing that could happen to the STALKER franchise is for it do die so fans can just keep modding the old games.