The team at GSC Game World has been fairly vocal about the upcoming Stalker 2 in recent weeks. The Xbox Series X|S exclusive has enjoyed a lot of buzz since its initial reveal, with many fans of the original already on board. It seems those interested are in for a lengthy adventure, as the game is claimed to be "hundreds of hours" long.
In a recent interview with GamingBolt, PR manager Zakhar Bocharov elaborated on what players can expect in terms of length with Stalker 2, and if true, it's a staggering result. Bocharov didn't dance around the question, putting out the claim that it's a "very long game", even if you only decide to follow the main questline.
"It’s a very long game even if you decide to follow only the main quest. Hundreds of hours can be spent if you want to do more exploration and side quests."
If you're excited for the game, then it sounds like you're going to have plenty to sink your teeth into. Bocharov also stated that the game would be "impossible to run" on Xbox One, which again, is a pretty bold claim about the scale of Stalker 2 on Xbox Series X|S.
We still have no definitive release date for Stalker 2, but development is said to be "progressing smoothly". With E3 around the corner and Xbox making an appearance, we wouldn't put it past being shown off at the event, maybe with a gameplay reveal? Not long until we find out.
Are you excited to sink hundreds of hours into Stalker 2? Let us know in the comments below.
[source gamingbolt.com]
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Great news. Looking forward to play this one. 👌
For me I actually see that almost as a negative these days with so many games to play.
So is this purely a single player game? Similar to the fallout series?
I have just lost mz attention to this game. I don't believe it will be hundreds hours of good time. I expect repeating and boring gameplay
A game of that size has to be top drawer, like BotW or Witcher 3 levels of good to keep my attention for that long.
As an aside Dragon Quest Builders 2 is a game that kept my attention for a similar amount of time for those on the fence.
I don't really see an issue with this. First of all, not all games need to be of decent length. Some people prefer games they can spend hundreds of hour playing, and some prefer shorter titles. It's important that there are both types of games in order to give people different options to choose from. It's like when people criticise the modern Assassin's Creed games for being too long. Then those games aren't for you and you can choose between hundreds of other games to play. It really is that simple.
Second, based on what I've read on Wikipedia, this developer hasn't made a new game since 2009, almost 12 years ago. I can wholeheartedly believe then that there is hundreds of hours of actual meaningful content in this game if they've spent over a decade developing it.
I'm definitely excited to play this whenever I get a Series X.
@K1LLEGAL Came here to say this. That is not usually a positive. File it in the same camp as Just Cause always boasting about the engorged size of their map.
Quality over quantity.
If the game is good enough WE will decide if it's worth playing for hundreds of hours.
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