We’ll likely never get a proper STALKER game again. But that’s OK! Some of the people who made STALKER – and Metro 2033 – are off to make a new game that’s a lot like STALKER, it just isn’t called that.
https://kotaku.com/two-companies-are-fighting-like-mutant-dogs-over-the-st-5968034
That game is Areal, which is currently up on Kickstarter, described as the “definitive spiritual successor to the cult hit S.T.A.L.K.E.R.”
It’s an open world game set in a post-apocalyptic world where nothing is linear and…look, it sounds just like STALKER, OK? Just with some new stuff, like smarter animals, alien crystals and the ability to use a wide variety of vehicles, including helicopters.
While it sounds a lot like STALKER, though, it doesn’t look it. There are bright splashes of colour throughout the art shown, which is a nice change of pace from a group of developers whose previous projects have specialised in grey, black and brown.
You can back it here. Promisingly, they’re only asking for $50,000, which seems a pretty easy target given the dev’s pedigree.
