Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone, a sequel to the 2021 first-person shooter survival horror game that invited players to explore a hyper-realistic, 3D-scanned wasteland of Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone, is coming to the PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S in 2025, developer The Farm 51 has announced. Players can expect to see a virtual version of Chornobyl that looks more detailed than ever, according to a press release that can confirm not only the use of Unreal Engine 5 and Nanite, but also Reality 51’s scanning technology, which The Farm 51 has been developing for over ten years.
Chernobylite series on Steam:
Key features include:
- “OPEN WORLD EXPLORATION: Explore the big and realistic open world of the real Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Chernobylite has taken over the zone, transforming many of its elements, and people are trying to defend themselves against it using prototype technologies.”
- “CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT: Create and develop your hero. Attributes and skills will affect combat effectiveness, as well as the conversation style. An arrogant muscle man with a big sword trying to intimidate everyone? Or a smart sniper who always finds the right arguments? The choice is yours.”
- “DIVERSE COMBAT: Fight for survival with an advanced melee combat system or keep your enemies away with a diverse firearms arsenal. You can also use the stealth approach or ask others for help.”
- “PLANEWALKING: Adapt your build and equipment to the situation with planewalking, which allows you to change things on the fly. You’re free to develop more than one character skill set. Are you encountering a situation that your previously prepared heavy melee build will solve better than your current ranged sniper? Planewalk and use another one.”
- “TEAM BUILDING: Embark on the exciting team building journey. Each of your mates is a potential teacher, ready to impart their knowledge and skills. Assemble your team and discover the unique strengths and abilities they bring. The question is, will you earn their tru”st and unlock their full potential?
- “BASE DEVELOPMENT: Develop your base. There, you can create valuable items and upgrade your weapons every day. Assign your people to tasks, and they will take care of your equipment and supplies.”
- “FACTIONS: Fight for domination and negotiate with factions. The Exclusion Zone is a battlefield that changes every day and reacts to your every action. Can you help them defeat the army of vicious monsters? And when old conflicts are revived, whose side will you be on?”
- “COOPERATIVE MISSIONS: Experience online cooperative missions embedded in a single-player campaign allowing players to interact in various ways to achieve the goal.”
A announcement trailer for the new game:
Game description:
Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone is a post-apocalyptic action RPG game, mixing free exploration of huge and extremely realistic open world, challenging combat, unique crafting, team and base management with non-linear storytelling. You’re a planewalker who travels through parallel worlds in search of the precious, high-energy material called Chernobylite. Cut off from the world, trapped in the Zone, attacked by hordes of nightmare creatures, you must fight for survival and unite the handful of remaining survivors.