Survarium could be a worthy Stalker successor - if it gets the balance right

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The battle for the legacy of Stalker may yet prove to be as intriguing and complex as any tall tale from the Chernobyl exclusion zone.
Shady development entity West-Games keeps plugging away in its attempts to coax crowdfunded coin from fans - its latest effort is now apparently Stalker Apocalypse - but actual gameplay details remain suspiciously vague. Meanwhile Vostok Games, founded by people who were actually and actively working on Stalker 2 when it was axed in 2012, has been quietly creating Survarium, the true continuation of the radioactive fan favourite, in style if not name.
For anyone who played and loved Stalker, the prospect of finally returning to the bleached and broken world of Chernobyl is enticing. Survarium's current open beta trial, however, doesn't immediately offer the game you'd expect. This is a test of the game's multiplayer, which means team-based Capture the Flag variants and - gulp - free-to-play micropayments.
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