User blog comment:MindFreak1987/S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Announced!/@comment-10507735-20180611105736

So let's see if I have this straight:

GSC reform. Three years later they announce S2 for delivery in 2021.

While we all wish this vapourware will see the light of day, let's look at the cold hard facts.


 * Around 2010 - S2 was schedulked for a 2012 release.
 * Oblivion Lost sort of showed up in 2001 with a release of SoC in 2007.
 * Two more canon games were released in fairly short order, with the GSC company disbanding shortly after the announcement of S2.
 * I for one hope that they break completely with the Xray engine and use something more bleeding edge. Not because I like kewl graphics, but bc it had pretty much had its day with SoC.
 * There's plenty of precedent for this line of dev with other franchises too. Some "work" - some do not.
 * For a delivery by Christmas 2021 GSC have given themselves about 3.5 years. (2.5 years if a release gets the green light early in 2021...)

I don't counsel players to get their hopes up about this (vapourware) too much - certainly not before that GSC wallpaper "STALKER 2 - 2021" mutates and grows more content.

And if you want depth on some of this, look at LADC on an Xray v1.4 platform. Stability varies. And that's being kind.