After months of speculation, GSC Game World confirmed that theSTALKER: Legends of the Zonetrilogy iscoming to the Nintendo Switchnext week.
This set includesSTALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl, Clear Sky,andCall of Pripyat.Each game can be purchased and downloaded separately, though for almost two decades, players have preferredbingingthrough all three in a row.
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Ahead of your trip to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, you will need to free upapproximately 19.1 GBon yourNintendo Switchto play all three games.
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Curiously enough, the biggest game in the pack is the earlierSTALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl.The 2007 pioneer requires about 7.4 GBof free space.
STALKER: Clear Skyneeds 6.2 GB, despite having the same maps asShadow of Chernobylplus the Red Forest, Limansk, Abandoned Hospital, and Great Swamp areas.
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Finally,STALKER: Call of Pripyatclocks in at only 5.5 GB. This optimization masterpiece reduced the number of maps to three (Zaton, Yanov, and the outskirts of Pripyat).
Call of Pripyatmade them significantly bigger than the selection available forClear SkyandShadow of Chernobyl, so you get better gameplay and a lighter hard drive to boot.
The numbers published spell out good news compared to theless fortunatePlayStation 4 stalkers.
The Sony console port requires35.7 GB for all three games.STALKER: Shadow of Chernobylis 12.4 GB on PS4, versus 13.4 GB forClear Sky, and 9.9 GB forCall of Pripyat.
Preparations for STALKER 2
GSC Game World has been marketing the trilogy heavily ahead of the planned release ofSTALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl.
The much-anticipated sequel has been in development for about a decade now, and it has had a rollercoaster of a time ahead of its release.
The game faceddelaysdue to the pandemic and then got pushed back multiple times as the developers found themselves under fire afterthe Russian invasion of Ukrainein 2022.
Making theSTALKER: Legends of the Zonetrilogy available on a host of consoles helps generate revenue ahead ofSTALKER 2and keeps new players clued in on the story so far.
