Delightfully, if you’ve been eagerly anticipating exploring the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone in your game, here’s some great news: The long-awaited version 1.3 update for Stalker 2 has finally arrived, boasting more than 1,200 improvements, ensuring that almost every aspect of the game is enhanced.
If you’ve got a few hours to kill, the full patch notes are available on the Stalker 2 website, but the highlights were shown off in a Steam community post. These range from pretty broad general improvements, like mutant AI tweaks to make stealth and combat smoother, to a balance pass on a host of artifacts. The Weird Pot now doles out specific debuffs depending on what food the player consumes with it rather than random ones, for instance. There’s small helping of miscellaneous buffs and improvements, too, with explosive props dealing more damage and increased durability for unique weapons. There have also been general improvements to the A-Life system, which has admittedly been a bit wonky since its implementation.
Mostly, this update primarily consists of numerous bug fixes and enhancements to performance. As stated in the Steam post, approximately 100 crashes have been resolved, making it believable given the extensive list of corrections. Memory leaks have been sealed, issues with texture distortion and faulty flashlight visual effects have been addressed, and players can no longer take advantage of a bug that allowed them to continuously stack artifact effects even after unequipping them. If something is in Stalker 2, it’s likely received a touch-up, which is certainly appreciated in a game PC Gamer news writer Joshua Wolens described as “broken but brilliant.
GSC Game World emphasized that this is only the start of a lengthy support phase for the game, explaining that feedback from players assists in locating areas requiring improvement. Additionally, any unusual glitches or issues within the Zone should be reported so they can be investigated and addressed. The game has been popular since its release, despite some initial technical problems, but GSC Game World has consistently maintained that updates are essential and will continue to be rolled out.
The persistent progression of Stalker 2 demonstrates an incredible tenacity from GSC Game World, who have battled through office fires, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and more obstacles than many studios encounter throughout their entire career. With the latest round of improvements and a potential TV series in development, it appears that things are looking as promising as they ever have for the post-apocalyptic FPS franchise.
If you’ve been holding off on revisiting a broken save, it may be the time; and if you haven’t yet taken a visit to the Zone, the game is currently 15% off on Steam.
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