GSC Recreation World has acknowledged Stalker 2‘s “tough edges” and pledged to make enhancements to the newly launched title.
Following a prolonged and extremely difficult growth cycle, which included the studio partially relocating from Kiev to the Czech Republic following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the post-apocalyptic shooter launched in the present day for Xbox Sequence X/S, PC and Recreation Go.
Whereas reserving reward for the sport’s setting and aspect tales, VGC’s Stalker 2 assessment mentioned the sport suffered from “fixed efficiency points” and “an uncountable variety of bugs”.
In a message revealed on X in the present day, GSC Recreation World mentioned it’s “extremely proud” of its “love letter to Ukraine”, earlier than stating that its work on the sport is way from full.
“We perceive that in such a recreation, there should be tough edges: we actually haven’t launched something of this scale earlier than,” it mentioned. “We’re completely dedicated to being right here, monitoring your suggestions, and rapidly fixing any points that want our consideration.
“Within the first days after launch, we’ll be working with hotfixes, rolling them out as exactly as potential, however as continuously as we are able to. Then, we’ll swap to bigger updates that embrace fixed enhancements. There can even be free in-game content material – we’ll share its roadmap later in December.
“We have now large plans for the S.T.A.L.Ok.E.R. universe,” it continued. “In a manner, in the present day is each a return and the start of a grand new journey. We’re blessed to have you ever earlier than, we’re blessed to have you ever now. The Zone belongs to you. Have enjoyable.”
A message from the GSC Recreation World Group.
Earlier than you step into the Zone, we’d wish to take a second to share one thing from the guts. pic.twitter.com/wuLRAkq7Ba
— S.T.A.L.Ok.E.R. OFFICIAL (@stalker_thegame) November 20, 2024
On the time of publishing, Stalker 2 has scores of 74 (PC) and 81 (Xbox Sequence X/S) on assessment aggregation web site Metacritic.
The sport has received off to a robust begin on Steam, reaching a peak of over 113,000 gamers.