Can you believe the wait is finally over? After a legendary effort thatsurvived a warand a complete studio relocation,STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobylis on the cusp of release.
This time, there was no indication of impendingdelays, and developer GSC Game World confirmed that by finally releasing the official minimum and recommended requirements for the PC version.
STALKER Trilogy File Size Revealed on Nintendo Switch
The Stalker Trilogy takes up a considerable amount of space on the Nintendo Switch.
Compared to many newer AAA titles with comparable graphics fidelity,STALKER 2looks like it did its homework to ensure thatit does not require a supercomputer to run.
A Big Zone Means Bigger File Size
One of the main selling points ofSTALKER 2is the addition ofa continuous open-world map. This breaks from the segmented areas linked by transitions in previousSTALKERtitles, but the level of fidelity and sheer size make themselves felt.
According to GSC Game World, the PC version ofSTALKER 2requires a whopping 150 GB of space, and the developer clarifies that an SSD is required to run the game smoothly.
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The new map of the Exclusion Zone has64 square kilometers(about 25 square miles) of radioactive horrors to explore, which is not particularly huge compared to other recent open-world titles.
Death Stranding, released in 2019, covers 595 square kilometers (230 sq mi) and has an initial file size of 80 GB. Similarly,Ghost Recon Wildlandsscores 640 sq km (247 sq mi) within an 82 GB install requirement.
The map inSTALKER 2is more densely populated than the tropical beauty of Boliviaor the barren wasteland of post-apocalyptic America, but 150 GB is a lot of storage.
STALKER 2 PC Specs
Besides the mammoth install size, the actual system specs forSTALKER 2are positively modest.
Intel/Nvidia
Ryzen 5 1600X (3.6 GHz, 6 cores)
i5 7600K (4.2 GHz, 4 cores)
RX 580 (8 GB)
GTX 1060 (6 GB)
If it was not obvious, the game requires Windows 10 or 11 to play, so this is a heads-up for the half-dozen Windows 7 purists left on this Earth.
Recommended
Ryzen 7 3700X (3.6 GHz, 8 cores)
i7 9700K (4.9 GHz, 8 cores)
RX 5700 XT (8 GB)
RTX 2070 Super (8 GB)
STALKER 2comes out on November 20 for PC andXboxSeries X|S. Good hunting, stalker.
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Based on what creative director and producer Slava Lukyanenka says, not even that could stop STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl from coming out.
