Developer The Farm 51 has introduced Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone, a sequel to 2021’s survival sport Chernobylite. The sequel is about to debut on PC and consoles in 2025.
Per the sport’s official Steam web page, you will play as a planewalker (sure, that’s somebody who travels between parallel actuality, so don’t be concerned, you did not flip over two pages without delay) on the hunt for the mysterious titular useful resource.
You will end up trapped within the Exclusion Zone and preventing on your life towards hordes of monsters. The Farm 51 describes Chernobylite 2‘s atmosphere as a “huge and practical open world” which has been taken over by the Chernobylite useful resource, with the inhabitants of the Zone attempting to combat again utilizing “prototype expertise”.
Chernobylite 2 will permit you to create your individual character, and you’ll make selections about how your character approaches conditions. The Farm 51 offers the examples of an “boastful muscle man with an enormous sword” intimidating everybody he meets, in addition to a “sensible sniper who at all times finds the precise arguments”, so it feels like you’ll diversify fairly extensively.
You will additionally be capable of select whether or not you method fight with melee weapons or firearms, and The Farm 51 says you’ll be able to go for stealth or “ask[ing] others for assist” when you desire. The planewalking system lets you swap builds on the fly, so you’ll be able to swap up your method relying on what the scenario requires.
In keeping with Chernobylite 2‘s Steam web page, the sport may also function a solid of social gathering members to fulfill and speak with, every of whom is “a possible instructor, able to impart their information and abilities”. It feels like The Farm 51 is taking a extra RPG-centric method to this followup.
Between all the things outlined above, a base you’ll be able to increase, and factions you will meet (and probably affect), Chernobylite 2 feels like a considerably extra formidable endeavor than the primary sport, which was already fairly expansive.
You’ll try Chernobylite 2 on PC and “consoles” (which presumably means PS5 and Xbox Sequence X|S, on the very least) subsequent yr. Keep tuned for extra.