Summary
- A recent STALKER 2 mod added the ability to climb any ledge that's just above head height to the game.
- Being able to parkour across the Zone significantly streamlines exploration and helps in combat.
- While a recent STALKER 2 update broke the parkour mod, there's already an unofficial fix for getting it up and running again.
A recently released STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl mod adds the ability to climb much higher ledges than what the vanilla game allows. This simple change greatly improves STALKER 2's movement, thus having a profound impact on both exploration and combat.
The long-awaited fourth entry in GSC Game World's immersive sim series was released for the Xbox Series X/S and PC on November 20. Although STALKER 2 is planned to offer comprehensive mod support, it launched without an official toolkit for making custom content. However, that didn't stop some tinkerers from starting to create add-ons from day one.
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In yet another example of this trend, STALKER 2 has recently received a mod that allows players to climb much taller structures than in the base game. The add-on is called Ledge Grabbing by Kennymylenny, after the Nexus Mods user who created it. The mod makes Skif able to grab onto any ledge that's just above head height, making movement across the Zone a lot easier. This ability significantly changes how the game plays, allowing players to essentially parkour their way through the Zone. Aside from streamlining exploration, parkour is also useful in combat, whether for running away, finding cover, or helping Skif get to an optimal sniping spot.
STALKER 2 Parkour Mod Is Lore-Friendly
Reflecting on this creation on Nexus Mods, Kennymylenny noted that Skif's inability to climb something like a small fence just didn't make sense, given the protagonist's background as an ex-military soldier. This mod can hence be considered compatible with the STALKER 2 lore, aligning Skif's abilities with what players would reasonably expect from his character.
Recent STALKER 2 Update Broke the Parkour Mod, But There's a Fix
Ledge Grabbing by Kennymylenny was originally released on November 25, five days following the game's debut. GSC has put out two STALKER 2 updates since then, the first of which appears to have broken the add-on. Although its original creator has yet to update the mod to work on the latest version of the game, Nexus Mods user m5holmez has already done so, sharing their modified file over on the mod's discussion boards.
Installing this STALKER 2 mod is as simple as unzipping an archive and moving its contents over to the game's add-on folder, found in its installation location under "S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Heart of Chornobyl\Stalker2\Content\Paks\~mods." More useful STALKER 2 mods are expected to start cropping up as soon as GSC releases its official modding toolkit. The Ukrainian developer has also previously committed to offering mod support on consoles, presumably by delivering a curated selection of community content.
Source: m5holmez / Nexus Mods
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 75 /100 Critics Rec: 64%
- Released
- November 20, 2024
- ESRB
- Mature 17+ / Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language, Use of Alcohol and Tobacco
- Developer(s)
- GSC Game World
- Publisher(s)
- GSC Game World
WHERE TO PLAY
Chornobyl Exclusion Zone has changed dramatically after the second massive explosion in the year 2006. Violent mutants, deadly anomalies, and warring factions have made the Zone a very tough place to survive.
Nevertheless, artifacts of unbelievable value attracted many people called S.T.A.L.K.E.R.s, who entered the Zone for their own risk, striving to make a fortune out of it or even to find the Truth concealed in the Heart of Chornobyl.
EPIC NONLINEAR STORY IN SEAMLESS OPEN WORLD
Take over a role of the lone stalker and explore photorealistic seamless open world in a 64-km² radioactive zone with a variety of environments that reveal post-apocalyptic atmosphere from different angles. Make your way through the Zone to define your destiny as you choose your paths within highly branching epic story.
VARIETY OF ENEMIES AND HUNDREDS OF WEAPON COMBINATIONS
Meet members of different factions deciding who of them worth your friendship and who deserve a bullet. Engage intense gunfights with a variety of enemies that follow different tactics trying to outsmart you. Choose your preferable firearms from 30+ types of weapons with numerous modifications that allow creating hundreds of distinctive lethal combinations.
LEGENDARY MUTANTS WITH DIFFERENT BEHAVIOUR MODELS
Prepare to encounter horrifying mutated creatures that will try to slaughter you following different behaviour model. Each mutant may appear in different subtypes which makes their behaviour less predictible. Truly extreme danger represent regions with lairs with numerous mutants hunting in large groups.
ARTIFACTS OF INCREDIBLE VALUE AND UNFORGIVING ANOMALIES
The most valuable artifacts and secrets of the Zone are hidden in the most dangerous places. Beware of the hazardous anomalies and unique devastating arch-anomalies as you hunt for highly valuable artifacts scattered around the Zone. Will you dare to unveil the mysteries of the Zone that took lives of many others before you?
GOOD HUNTING, STALKER!
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 5
- Franchise
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, PC
- Genre(s)
- First-Person Shooter, Open-World, Post-Apocalyptic, Survival
- OpenCritic Rating
- Strong
