Stalkers, there's a new update available for STALKER 2 and your journey through Pripyat just got a lot tastier. Developers GSC Game World have released several game updates with a big focus on combat.
Though we did enjoy the game in our review, when STALKER 2 launched it was notoriously buggy with many issues plaguing an already difficult game. We said at the time "The few bugs that remain arent game breaking and in general if you step into the Zone you should enjoy your time there". Various patches have been released since then that improve the game and its stability, but clearly there's work to be done as todays patch fixes another >700 issues.
STALKER 2 Patch 1.4 highlights:
- Mutants can now use corpse-eating animation if there are dead bodies nearby
- Mutants now have an "alert" state if something is happening near or approaching them.
- Improvements to human combat
- Fixed erratic behaviour of A-Life NPCs after attacking enemy lairs.
- Fixed an issue where A-Life NPC didn’t move after transitioning to offline.
- Improved mutant behavior during combat.
- RPM-74: increased armor piercing value
- Explosions now cause more damage on high-ranking targets
- Increased RPG damage
- Decreased lethal distance for grenades
- Various range of bug fixes
- Various quest and other fixes
The full patch notes can be reviewed on the STALKER 2 Steam blog.
So, what's next for STALKER 2? The devs revealed their roadmap last month which includes many plans for game improvements. Future story DLC is confirmed but little is known at this time.
Are you still playing STALKER 2? What improvements would you like to see to the game? Let us know in the comments and stick with GSC for all your STALKER 2 news.
