War Game: The Making of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 dokumentaren er ikke den sædvanlige muntre og ryg-klappende "behind the scenes" dokumentar som vi så ofte ser. GSC Game Worlds fra Ukraine har en lidt anden virkelighed end det de fleste af os kan forestille sig og det fortæller de også om i den her dokumentar.
Dokumentaren er skabt i et samarbejde mellem GSC Game World og Microsoft og den går bag den utrolige rejse som GSC Game Worlds og deres næsten 500 ansatte har været på siden starten af S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 projektet. Verdenen er en helt anden, end da de startede ud med at ville lave efterfølgeren deres first-person survival shooter fra 2007. I den tid er S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 blevet mere end et spil for folkene bag, det er også blevet et symbol på overlevelse og modstand.
Filmens instruktør, Andrew Stephan siger:
This film isn't just about the hardest game development of all time. It's about resilience and the unyielding human spirit in the face of unimaginable challenges. It's about the importance of creation in a time of destruction...a defiant act of making something meaningful in the face of adversity.
Mariia Grygorovych, Creative Director på S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 tilføjer:
Speaking personally, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is the biggest and the most complex video game in my life. It was ambitious from the very beginning, but turned out to be an ultimate challenge by itself. It's extremely important and extremely personal, and it's a game made in the most stressful circumstances possible. That includes the pandemic, relocation, cyberattacks and, above all of that - war tearing our Homeland apart.
I wish the war never happened. I wish all of this never happened. But it did. And we're grateful for the opportunity to share all of this with the world, because the world should know. This is us. This is our story.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl udkommer til Xbox Series X/S, PC og Game Pass den 20. november.