The developers of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 talked about working with UE 5 and revealed new details of the game

Not long ago, the developers of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: The Heart of Chernobyl said that they used the Unreal Engine 5.1 with some of their own improvements. Now the interview was taken directly by Epic Games, which is developing this game engine.

During a short interview, Andrey Levkovsky, leading artificial intelligence programmer, and Maxim Yanchy, leading programmer of platform tools, talked about the use of UE5 and shared some details of the game.

According to them, after using their own engine in previous games in the series, this time GSC Game World decided to use a more universal engine. However, no one was going to forget about the original games and their atmosphere:

In addition, the developers talked about the role the environment and the general atmosphere of the game play in the player’s perception:

The developers also talked , that a lot of attention was paid to the combat in the game to make it intense, and to ensure that each fight really immerses players in the game and gives them a sense of danger.

In addition, we were once again reminded that survival mechanics will play an important role role in passing the game, since you will need to constantly monitor four parameters:

Release S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: The Heart of Chernobyl will be released on November 20 for PC, Xbox Series X|S and Game Pass.