Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl is heating up right this moment with the arrival of the 1.6 replace—out now—which introduces a brand new anomaly, the fireball, and a few nighttime enjoyable within the type of night time imaginative and prescient goggles.
“Whether you’re a rookie navigating the shadows or a seasoned veteran hunting in the night, these NVGs offer a critical edge in the treacherous wilderness,” GSC Game World says. The Zone can get fairly darkish when the solar units, particularly while you’re removed from civilisation—which is the majority of the Zone—so these toys ought to are available fairly rattling useful.
If you desire a pair for your self, GSC suggests hitting up an “Old Friend” in Zaton, who will be capable to level you in the precise path.
Naturally, you are not the one one who’ll be sporting this new little bit of equipment. Other stalkers will be capable to get their palms on NVGs, making nighttime excursions a bit extra… thrilling.
The new NVG offset aiming characteristic also needs to make close-quarters gunfights a bit simpler, permitting you to tilt your gun for improved dealing with. “This tactical advantage redefines combat dynamics in the Zone’s unforgiving terrain,” says GSC. A brand new high-powered laser pointer has additionally been thrown into the combo, making it simpler to hit your targets in the dead of night.
On the other finish of the spectrum is the brand new fireball anomaly. It ought to gentle issues up fairly properly, although to not your benefit, because it burns with “intense heat, posing a significant hazard to all stalkers,” GSC warns. Yep, the Zone’s getting much more harmful. Lovely.
Then you’ve got received different enhancements and tweaks: customisable stick enter curves, native save backup restoration, revisited loot while you’re rooting round in stashes, and “general technical improvements”.
Magpie that I’m, I received distracted by shiny issues and did not fairly attain the top of my misadventure by the Zone, however each replace tempts me again increasingly. That mentioned, I would maintain off till the large engine replace, when Stalker moves to Unreal Engine 5.5.4.