#S.t.a.l.k.e.r. 2 multiplayer update#

#S.t.a.l.k.e.r. 2 multiplayer update#

Skyrim’s gameplay is literally over ten years old, and the recent update does little more than improve graphics while integrating existing content. That means over seven full versions of Skyrim Anniversary fit into the same room needed for one version of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Look at the recently updated Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition for PC on the Microsoft store, which gives over a hundred hours of playable content with next-gen graphics for 25.3 GB. So, should the chosen size by GSC Game World garner similar attention? Any developer using excessive storage requirements should consider what else a gamer could pack into that space, like the entire content of several games, including DLCs. Articles like Polygon’s Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond requires more than 173 GB of storage shows how even VR is not immune from the huge storage size trend. That same year EA’s Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond received attention for the size of a VR game. The file sizes were so problematic that Activision made headlines when they cut out 33 GB see The Verge’s Activision shrinks Call of Duty file sizes article. 2, but that included a campaign, multiplayer, and zombie modes along with the HD texture packs.

It was only last year that Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War was infamous for having a comparable size to S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is not the first to go well beyond 100 GB, and The Load Screen discusses the impact large titles have on gamers today. The open-world survival FPS is set in a post-apocalyptic Chernobyl, and it demands 180 GB on an SSD as listed on the Microsoft STALKER 2 Heart of Chernobyl pre-order page. Developers have not shied away from huge initial installs for video games, and now GSC Game World pushes the boundary further with S.T.A.L.K.E.R.