After launching on Xbox and PlayStation earlier this year, GSC Game World has shared that STALKER: Legends of the Zone Trilogy will be arriving on Switch this November.
The collection packs in the original three open-world survival games (Shadow of Chernobyl, Clear Sky, and Call of Pripyat) with updated visuals, marking the first time that the series has been available on a Nintendo console.
All three titles will see you navigating radioactive wastelands, taking out beasties and solving mysteries. It ain't one for the faint-hearted, but it's a nice surprise to see the trilogy coming over to Switch.
We'll be keeping an eye out for a more secure release date over the coming months.
Will you be grabbing this one in November? Let us know in the comments.
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Have never heard of these games, but happy they're coming also to Switch for those interested (not me but again, not a bad thing when I have way too many games I'd like to eventually get even excluding this)!
Hmm never played before but why not.
This was the best reveal for me. Surprised it was just barely mentioned in the mix among other games. Slava Ukraine!
Welp,
Time to go into Chernobyl and Pripyat I guess
Finally, I can play my favorite slav simulator anywhere on the go.
Really surprised the STALKER games are coming to Switch. But also grateful.
I only ever played Call of Pripyat, and it left an impression.
I will be checking these out.
The Stalker film(1979) these are loosely based on is great.
I wonder if this will release before or after the new game in the series, which is also coming out in November…
@JohnnyMind really interesting RPG shooters. Like if Fallout were more of a survival horror RPG. I love them, but they are really difficult (and kind of miserable, if you don't like dark humor), and I understand when people bounce off of them.
Honestly I'm more interested in that Trails in the Sky remake that they casually threw into the highlight reel.
I'll probably wait for a sale in a few years. Not sure how well these actually play. But I do like something akin Fallout thematically, so..
Oh yes! This list was really good.
@LikelySatan Interesting even though them being more like survival horror makes them even less for me, thanks for telling me!
Cheeky breekies!
@shgamer heard they are very unforgiving from someone. I asked someone about the STALKER games and he said they are pretty unforgiving. Having to save every 30 seconds and something like that.
I might get these on Switch if it runs well and maybe at a discount since I think Yakuza Kiwami is coming in October which I REALLY want to get (hope its reasonably priced) and I want to get that as well.
Makes me think of the Andrey Rublev movie STALKER based on the same story. It's way more contemplative and not at all an action movie, but it's one of my favorite movies regardless. If you like this setting, it's worth checking out.
@anoyonmus I think Yakuza kiwami will be 20 bucks just like the steam port.
@demacho I think you mean the director Andrei Tarkovsky...unless the young tennis phenom Andrey Rublev has gotten into filmmaking
@fenlix probably not. Just watch.
Also the new Castlevania collection is a lot more expensive.
Big fan of the book and movie, excited to try this.
@ImmaWario Andrei Rublev is a Tarkovsky film as well, close enough haha
Sorry if this is off topic but, Trails in the Sky? As in the first entry to Legend of Heroes? That has all my attention right now because if that's coming, and apparently a remake (?), I'm very interested and may just make me make the final push for the Legend of Heroes series since I would be able to experience it from the beginning. Can't wait for more info.
From /v/ with hatred and self loathing
@russell-marlow damn I thought Metro was also a Slav simulator too.
@anoyonmus It's literally just a simple port, even if they somehow charge a switch tax, it'd be like 30 bucks.
@ImmaWario Bah! Yes I do. Actually I was thinking of another one of Tarkovsky's movies that IS called Andrei Rublev lol. Also a good artsy movie
@fenlix Its apparently 20 dollars so its all good.
https://ryu-ga-gotoku.com/kiwami-switch/asia_en/
I remember these being a big deal 15 years ago. Glad to see them finally coming to Nintendo. Hopefully we get part 2 on the Switch 2 successor.
Just played through the entire trilogy on Xbox! Love this games… but they are still a buggy mess. I also can’t imagine trying to read the tiny text handheld…
Regardless… I’d love a cartridge with the trilogy on it. Looking forward to Heart of Chornobyl
Not the trilogy I was hoping for (Mass Effect), but a welcome surprise.
Added the first two to my Steam library a long time ago. Played a fair amount of the first but as a first timer I seem to remember it feeling a bit of a slog, with all manner of things competing to kill me next. Still, put the trilogy on a cartridge and my purchase is in the bag.
Anyone else remember the disastrous Kickstarter campaign by people claiming to be former S.T.A.L.K.E.R. developers, who promised a spiritual sequel to the series for Wii U? Areal or something like that
I never thought we'd see a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game on a Nintendo platform, and now we're getting three. What an age we live in
Best shooter games ever made imho. The atmosphere and the deadliness of the place is intense. Let's see how that translates to playing with a controller tho, on pc it's hunting for tiny helmet shaped pixels and quick savinge every five seconds.
Already have them on GOG, but will scoop them up on Switch too.
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