AS.T.A.L.K.E.R 2player has posted a clip on Reddit of their failed stealth attempts due to a bizarre glitch. An issue with the AI enemies disappearing and teleporting behind the player has both captivated fans online due to the hilarious cutaway, but also opened up a discussion on the persistent issues with glitches in the game.
The FPS horror survival game was released in November 2024, being hugely anticipated due to the 15-year gap betweenHeart of Chornobyland 2009’sSTALKER: Call of Pripyat.Ukraine-based developers GSC Game World suffered fromvarious delays during the production ofSTALKER 2, due to financial issues and complications with the Russian invasion of Ukraine.Its eventual launch was subject to multiple technical difficulties and glitches, butGSC vowed to repair these quickly.Despite many of the main issues being resolved, players have still noticed some peculiar moments, demonstrated by the clip posted to Reddit.
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Posted on the dedicated STALKER subreddit, userStockDunceshared a meme from their gameplay inSTALKER 2,showing the player sneaking through a derelict building and encountering a few guards.StockDunce proceeds to approach the rear of the guards before they each vanish into thin air.The player looks visibly confused, before turning around to notice that both the enemies mysteriously teleported behind them. Humorously, StockDunce cuts the video off when they face the enemies, with the popular “To Be Continued” meme utilized to full effect.
Redditors were quick to engage with the post, reaching 2000 upvotes at the time of writing, and over 100 comments which discussed the hilarity of the situation.Commenter TheDarnookquipped “teleports behind you…Nothing personnel[sic], kid,” with anotheruser zefmdfpraising the poster, as the “dude fully deleted them with no evidence. Pure stealth.”
However,other users expressed frustrations atSTALKER 2’s stealth system for being unreliable,with Redditor BeefBriskit92 noting that “I feel like stealth does not work in this game, I love Stalker but am forced to just be guns blazing most of the time.”
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STALKER 2’s Unique Atmosphere Endures Despite The Glitches
This isn’t the first time that aSTALKER 2clip has captivated Reddit, with glitches likeanother player launching across the Chornobyl Exclusion Zonereceiving a similar engagement with fans.DespiteSTALKER 2presenting a bleakly depressing atmosphere and punishing gameplay, it often generates these absurd but hilarious moments.The stealth mechanics are difficult to perform successfully for the majority of attempts, as the AI for the enemies is punishing and will quickly locate Skif.
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Despite these glitches and the poor stealth mechanics,STALKER 2’s unique worldbuilding and realistic survival mechanics ensure that players enjoy the overall experience.This is reflected in its generally favorable user score onMetacritic of 7.8.GSC continues to update the title and fix many of the bugsafter its huge debut on Xbox Game Pass, but current players continue to endure even more terrors in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, besides the horrific monstrosities.
