STALKER 2: Shadow of Chornobyl arrived late final yr in a reasonably incomplete state. Technical points with graphics, animations, sound, and quest design had been the largest issues. However taken collectively, they mixed to empty pc and console sources. The one possibility left to builders at GSC Sport World was to dial again the efficacy of their vaunted A-life AI system for non-player characters. Almost three months later, the sport remains to be removed from good, however the Ukrainian group has made nice strides in bettering the general expertise. Actually, the newest patch goes to avoid wasting you a great deal of time.
Patch 1.2 dropped on Feb. 13, and you could find the prolonged patch listing of adjustments on the official web site. My favourite of the bunch is the introduction of an icon to lootable weapons within the sport world, a well-known coloured protect that exhibits their situation — yellow for serviceable, and purple for damaged. Beforehand you needed to decide weapons up and look at them in your stock to see their situation. You possibly can’t simply promote damaged weapons, so lugging them round doesn’t make plenty of sense. So, along with the time saved messing round within the stock screens gamers also needs to have fewer points with encumbrance slowing them down.
With a acknowledged 1,700 particular person adjustments, there’s lots to undergo within the patch notes. However, by and enormous, builders appear to be pacing with the group, which has been taking its time with the sport. There are much more bug fixes for late-game enemies and quests than within the final patch. The efficiency of A-life has been expanded as nicely. In keeping with the notes, A-life now permits fellow STALKERS to do issues like render support to their comrades, loot extra highly effective weapons from our bodies, and extra successfully seek out and combat again towards the participant character. Even bullet penetration has been tweaked a bit of their favor.
Different options embody tweaks to lighting, together with the flexibility in your private flashlight to solid shadows. I spent just a bit little bit of time with the sport after the patch dropped in the present day, however I additionally get the sensation that the darkish, shadowy corners of inside areas are darker now than ever earlier than. Taken collectively, that ought to make for a fair moodier expertise in an already evocative sport.
However it’s the little quality-of-life options, like in-world weapon situation indicators, which might be going to essentially enhance the expertise.
