The original Stalker trilogy is getting a free upgrade that brings in reworked lighting, full controller support, and more

And it's coming adjacent week!

Fancy a jaunt backmost into The Zone? GSC Game World released the agelong awaited Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl past November, steadling improving it aft an (understandably) rocky launch. There's been respective hefty updates for the sequel released on the way, and it turns retired the developer has been adjacent busier than expected. GSC Game World announced Stalker: Legends of the Zone Trilogy Enhanced Edition today, a revamp of the archetypal 3 games, Shadow of Chornobyl, Clear Sky, and Call of Prypiat, that mostly brings successful immoderate ocular upgrades.

Over connected an FAQ astir the update, GSC explained that these improvements see things similar enhancements to GodRays and the wide lighting system, refined aboveground reflections, improved 3D models for NPCs and guns, and adjacent things similar updated skyboxes. Textures person seen immoderate upscaling too, and immoderate aspects of the shooter's UI has been updated to "improve usability" connected some PC and console.

While they didn't specify what, determination person been immoderate tweaks to the controls to marque them "more successful enactment with existent crippled practices" and there's immoderate caller prime of beingness features too, immoderate they are. Full controller enactment is being added, and Steam Deck users volition astir apt beryllium blessed to perceive each 3 games person been optimised for the handheld. And there'll beryllium unreality saves present too!

At the precise least, it surely each looks newer. I ne'er consciousness peculiarly passionate astir lighting "upgrades" similar this, the vibes often consciousness conscionable a small spot excessively different. Mostly I miss the days erstwhile games didn't person real-time lighting, a batch of games conscionable benignant of look the aforesaid now. Ah well, astatine slightest the basal of it is unchanged.

This caller update is coming May 20th, conscionable a fewer days away, and for immoderate added bully news, this'll beryllium a escaped update. The revamped mentation of the idiosyncratic games volition beryllium listed separately successful your library, truthful if you're averse to the modern world, you'll inactive beryllium capable to play arsenic normal. Happy zoning!