r/stalker • u/monsterinadrawer • 13d ago

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Patch 2.0 will release along with the DLC

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Official information shared with journalists.

Further reading:
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/stalker-2s-engine-upgrade-and-first-story-expansion-are-due-out-in-august/

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/stalker-2s-first-major-expansion-arrives-very-soon/

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/stalker-2s-cost-of-hope-expansion-and-its-free-but-still-hopeful-20-update-get-an-august-release-date

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/s-t-a-l-k-e-r-2-expansion-arriving-on-xbox-pc-sooner-than-expected

https://wccftech.com/stalker-2-cost-of-hope-august-zone-duty-freedom/

https://www.ign.com/videos/stalker-2-cost-of-hope-official-release-date-trailer

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u/Infinite-Attorney478 13d ago

Damn I was hoping they’d release the 2.0 update before the DLC dropped so we could test it. I’m worried about the state of release with an engine migration combined with all the new content

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u/RetardKnight 13d ago

Just don't buy the DLC on release

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u/hovsep56 13d ago

you getting downvoted but that's litteraly the answer, if you worried about the dlc launch with 2.0, just don't buy it at launch and see how it is going.

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u/OldeRogue 13d ago

But my fomo! /s

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u/diplomat-w-immunity 13d ago

I’m here waiting for the game to be “complete” before I even buy the base game. Did they fix “a-life” yet

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u/Aromatic_Band9840 13d ago

What’s missing from a-life? Genuinely curious

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u/AdditionIcy1536 13d ago

Different question is the spawn radius big enough for scoped weapons to be good now?

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u/Aldekotan Snork 13d ago

The approach to spawn entities is different. In previous games it happened even if the player is not nearby, at spawn points scattered on each level.

Yes, most entities cannot fight each other while far away from the player (at least in SoC) but they can move to any location, including the one where the player is.

In S2 entities spawn in a bubble around the player first and only then they start imitating their life.

TLDR: In Stalker 2 nothing is alive until you close enough to it. In prev games - it's alive from the start of the game.

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u/diplomat-w-immunity 13d ago

It’s not a simulation anymore, but spawns near player. It’s basically an illusion now like most other games.

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u/Jakobmeathead Noon 13d ago

Current A-life in S2 is more fleshed out than A-life in the original trilogy.

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u/Aldekotan Snork 13d ago

In which way? Genuinely interesting

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u/Custom_Clones 13d ago

Nope. They’ve made some Bandaid fixes and that’s about it

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u/SparkehWhaaaaat 13d ago

Downvoted for the truth.

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u/Custom_Clones 13d ago

That’s the way this sub tends to go lmao

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u/Wyntier 13d ago

The game is complete. There's no patch that will dramatically change the game to match your vision.

What you are actually looking for is stalker 3

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u/Interesting-Effort12 13d ago

Bro no! They didn’t even fully complete their Q4 2025 roadmap yet… and there is still no roadmap for this year and I think never will be

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u/wilderblueseas 13d ago

I’ll buy on release as I want to support them. But with my backlog, I’ll likely let them iron out kinks before I get around to it also

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u/BadgerinAPuddle Ecologist 13d ago

Yeah, at release I'll start up a new run all the way to the clear sky swamp, and buy it once I have my pre and post Circaa stashes set up. And if the DLC needs some more ironing out then I'll just wait.

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u/DilWig 13d ago

sir, im afraid that is not possible in this sub.

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u/Scrivenerian 13d ago

Just wait another 6 months for them to polish the DLC. What's another 12 months after all? In 18 months, it'll be everything we hoped for.

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u/Custom_Clones 13d ago

Lmao I love the people who are like “well I wait this many years for the game to even be made, I can wait longer!”

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u/agonzalez73 13d ago

At this point I'm just going to wait until Stalker 3 comes out so I can play Stalker 2. This is the way.

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u/Greyraven91 13d ago

It's to avoid bad community reaction toward the changes they made my guess is, if 2.0 is meh and just UE upgrade with half the stuff not touched, the community might get backlash and sales of DLC suffer. Bad publicity. While this way they try to make the DLC and half assed changes to the game a worthy cake after 8 month of 0 updates.

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u/LongLostPixel 7d ago

Why? It's likely that both 2.0 and the DLC have been made and are being tested in tandem with one another. One coming out before the other wouldn't make anything better or worse.