The next video game awards season can be considered open, and Dishonored and Prey co-creator Raphael Colantonio has already decided on his personal favorite for 2024.
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According to Colantonio, what was unsurpassed for him in the past year was the ambitious open-world post-apocalyptic shooter STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl from developers from the GSC Game World studio.
“Stalker 2 isn’t perfect, but it’s my game of the year. The atmosphere, the cruelty of the world, survival, freedom of exploration… The last game I enjoyed this much was (Baldur’s Gate 3)”– shared Colantonio.
The developer added that he has many complaints about STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl, but against the background of it “the current hunger for games of this kind (the GSC project) is good”.
Image Source: GSC Game World
Previously, Colantio suggested that the ecosystem of review aggregator Metacritic is pushing developers to create “conservative boring games”citing STALKER 2 as an example.
“If a game is polished at launch, you’re guaranteed 80% no matter how boring it is. Meanwhile, Stalker 2 gets 73% because it was a little damp on release. Unfair, deceptive…”says Colantonio.
STALKER 2 was released on November 20 on PC (Steam, GOG, Microsoft Store, EGS), Xbox Series X and S, as well as Game Pass. Since its release, the game has already received two patches – one large and one smaller.
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