Surprisingly, even changing the engine from X-Ray to Unreal Engine 5 did not help S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl get rid of some old bugs. For some reason, one of the bugs familiar to fans of Call of Pripyat migrated to the sequel.
The PC Gamer shared a video with a bug that players often encountered after the release in 2010. Due to collision problems, NPCs cannot lie down normally on some beds — the body begins to sink or rise up. And literally the same bug is in one of the first quests of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, where players need to find a missing stalker. In the first seconds, it lies quietly on the surface, but as soon as you start interacting with the character, it rises above the bed and hangs in this state:
Another common error in the game is probably of the same origin. In the Zone, you can often find the bodies of stalkers and opponents stuck into the ground almost vertically:
Recall that S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl was released on November 20 and immediately got into Game Pass. At release, the shooter received mostly good ratings from journalists and players.
Some players have already managed to find familiar characters and locations, sharing screenshots with the merchant Sidorovich and the famous gates from the art for Shadow of Chernobyl. It also turned out that director Ilya Naishuller worked on the cutscenes.