STALKER

In the game’s description on Steam, it’s clarified that the dominant forest isn’t merely a component of the setting, but rather an autonomous entity with its own wishes and goals. You will engage with this entity to uncover its secrets, employ it as a means to defeat adversaries, or endure its consequences as it responds to your decisions. As of now, your choices primarily revolve around “shoot it/not shoot it”. However, the trees expressing displeasure when shot feels somewhat unsophisticated in terms of portraying complex “desires and intentions”, considering that I don’t necessarily want to communicate with them, but their aversion to being hit by AK-47 rounds doesn’t strike me as particularly mysterious.

Instead of a desolate wasteland ravaged by bombs, Paris has transformed into a vast, green maze. Majestic trees tower overhead, covering the city’s landmarks in a blanket of ivy, and the Eiffel Tower is almost swallowed up by a massive, tangled tree trunk. In this thriving yet dangerous setting, players will navigate their way through, balancing survival with unraveling the secrets of nature’s wrath.

The Metro series, known as one of the top post-apocalyptic game franchises, emerged following a team of dissatisfied developers leaving after their work on STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl.

VG Entertainment, an independent Ukrainian studio spearheaded by Ruslan Didenko, views their initial project as a “return to their origins.” Notably, Didenko previously supervised the development of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat, which was part of the series. Additionally, he served as the primary gameplay designer in Clear Sky and contributed to the creation of Shadow of Chornobyl.

In the gritty world of Stalker 2, I stumbled upon my first treasure – the SEVA-D suit – hidden in the Cage location nestled within the Cement Factory district. Perched atop an unfinished structure, this elusive suit isn’t just handed out; you’ve got to climb your way up to grab it. However, the journey isn’t easy, as the conditions for climbing are treacherous and the building itself is tainted by a harmful PSI-radiation anomaly.

Forest Reigns” presents an ’emerging’ First-Person Shooter game, nestled in a post-apocalyptic version of Paris, not devastated by war or radiation, but overrun by vegetation. The City of Light has been reclaimed by nature, with ivy entwining lampposts, flora scaling building facades, turf carpeting the asphalt, and a colossal, twisted tree trunk enveloping La Tour Eiffel. It appears Mother Nature is in a rather angry mood.