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2021’s Chernobylite was a survival-stealth FPS set within the Zone of Alienation, solely a model of the Zone the place the legal guidelines of physics had been damaged and a complete lot of individuals with weapons moved in. The apparent similarities to STALKER ended on the idea, and Chernobylite was truly about placing collectively a heist crew, recruiting companions and reinforcing your base of operations between missions across the Zone. It was completely first rate—not nice, not horrible—precisely the sort of sport a sequel may enhance on in fascinating methods.
Which is why it is excellent news {that a} Kickstarter for Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone has already handed its funding goal. It is raised sufficient within the opening days of its crowdfunding marketing campaign to pay for a few stretch objectives, particularly the choice to change between third-person and first-person in play, and all of the weapons from the unique sport being carried over into the sequel.
Chernobylite 2 guarantees to be extra of an open world RPG than the unique, one letting you construct your repute with three competing factions (scientists, mercs, and mutants), and likewise construct your character’s, er, construct. There are six lessons to select from and 6 attributes to enhance, in addition to a bunch of expertise, that means you could be a sharpshooting recon specialist or a crystal-powered techwizard if that is your factor.
You’ll be able to respec on the fly, which is defined in-universe by the busted physics of the Zone. Within the first sport while you died you had the choice to spend chernobylite crystals to change the timeline while you returned, within the sequel the twisted nature of timey-wimey stuff will allow you to “planewalk” to change between character builds if you happen to instantly must, as an illustration, turn out to be a grasp of melee fight.
On that topic, Chernobylite 2 guarantees to have a brand new melee fight system. Different new options embrace on-line co-op missions “embedded” within the in any other case singleplayer marketing campaign, and companions who act as lecturers fairly than simply basebuilding labor, and may help enhance your expertise.
With greater than three weeks left to go, there’s loads of time for the Kickstarter to unlock extra stretch objectives. Subsequent on the listing is first-person weapon customization at €125,000, which is presently €10,000, or $US10,285 away.