After a difficult development, a lot of issues with Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl have been fixed by a patch, but more remain to be dealt with

Stalker 2 Gets Day-One Patch Improvements, But Problems Remain Across PC And Xbox

After a difficult development, a lot of issues with Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl have been fixed by a patch, but more remain to be dealt with

Overall, the first impression left by Stalker 2 remains positive. GameSpot's Richard Wakeling wrote in his Stalker 2 review notes that it "boldly sticks to the studio's vision of a seamless open-world survival shooter, which the series has always strived to be. It's rough around the edges and uncompromising in a way that is sometimes off-putting. Yet the series' emergent gameplay remains intact and is further complemented by a fascinating setting and the most accomplished combat in the series so far." However, Wakeling also reiterated many of the technical issues stated above, as well as crashes and other bugs that hampered the experience.

Xbox released the behind-the-scenes documentary War Game: The Making of Stalker 2 last month, which chronicles the ordeal that GSC Game World's team went through in order to complete the game during war time. Ultimately, many of the developers had to leave Ukraine to finish the development while others remained behind to fight for their country. That war continues to this day with no resolution in sight.

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This story originally appeared on: GameSpot - Author:UK GAG