The creators of STALKER 2 answered questions about perks and random events

Despite the fact that a little more than four months remain before the release of the long-awaited shooter STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl , gamers continue to overwhelm PR managers and developers with numerous questions. And sometimes they give answers.

So, recently a question was asked about "random scripted events", and the developers stated that they are not generated by the A-life 2.0 engines, but are written manually by the developers. As an example, the flesh was given, which kindly “fell into an anomaly” for the STALKER 2 gameplay trailer at E3 2021.

The developers said that there will be many such random events, so gamers will definitely encounter them in the game world.

As you progress through the game, you will regularly encounter such events.

A question was also asked about the presence of a perk system in the upcoming game. The response was ambiguous:

Perks will be like in the original game.

The answer is not entirely clear, since it may have been about passive pumping through the rank system. And the developers could also have in mind the in-game achievements from Call of Pripyat, where each achievement received brought certain benefits (for example, Marked by the Zone allowed surviving the Ejection outside the shelter without using a special drug - an anabiotic). Or it says something else - that there will simply be no perks as such in the game.

The release date for STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl is scheduled for April 28, 2022. The game will be available on PC and Xbox Series X/S (including for free with an Xbox Game Pass subscription on the day of release).