A little over week after Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl’s launch, developer GSC Game World is back with the post-apocalyptic shooter’s first patch, promising over 650 fixes for Xbox and PC.
Stalker 2 received a solid critical reception last week, but rare was the review that didn’t acknowledge its significant technical issues. “There are many instances where that bugginess still affects quests, gets you killed, or leaves you befuddled,” we noted in our three star review, “and it all hurts the game’s natural playability quite badly, even if it is often funny.”
GSC Game World moved quickly to acknowledged concerns, however, promising a first batch of fixes was on the way. And that initial patch is now here, bringing “over 650 fixes, including quest blockers, memory leaks, crashes, and minor bugs.”
There are AI improvements, “approximately 100” crash fixes, audio and sound adjustments, balance changes, as well as a whole sweep of tweaks intended to enhance everything from combat and the open-world experience to character models and cutscenes. GSC’s release notes are pretty lengthy, but you’ll find the full breakdown below.