Hello! It’s one of these again. You may have started to see some reviews going live for Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl right now, but ours won’t be among them sadly – at least not just yet – so we wanted to let you know where ours was and why we’re delaying it.
In brief: we need a little more time with this one, for two main reasons. The first is that Stalker 2 is a pretty sizable game and we’ve not had all that long with it, so we’re giving ourselves some extra breathing room to ensure we’ve been able to make significant enough progress for a full review.
The second reason, though, is both more pertinent, and more troubling. At time of writing, the early review build of Stalker 2 that was sent to us by developer GSC Game World has several, quite major technical issues. We’ve been assured that a Day One patch will be launched alongside the game’s general release today, and so we want to make sure our appraisal is reflective of the version of the game you’ll be playing yourself.
As such, we’re currently aiming to publish our review on Friday November 22nd, so you’ll be able to read our full thoughts on Stalker 2 then.
Technical issues are, of course, often part and parcel of big launches like this, and in the case of Stalker 2 – which let’s not forget has been developed during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – it’s perhaps not entirely surprising.