Key Takeaways
- Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl is filled with references and Easter eggs to other games, including the first game in the series.
- Head to the top left corner of the Cooling Towers zone, and you should find an abandoned building with supplies and grafitti outside it.
- While fairly unassuming, it’s actually a recreation of the first Stalker’s main menu.
Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl, just like a lot of popular open world games these days, is absolutely stuffed with fun little references and Easter eggs to other properties that may have played a part in inspiring the game’s developers. GSC Game World is no exception, as a reference to titles like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has already been found, but the devs have also found time to include a little tribute to the game that started it all.
Stalker 2 Easter Egg Lets You Find The First Game’s Main Menu
First spotted and shared on the r/gaming subreddit by Reddit user CryMoreFanboys, it seems as though GSC Game World has included a little Easter egg that only big fans of the series would even notice, as it looks so unassuming if Stalker 2 is your first exposure. In the middle of the wilderness, you’ll be able to find a run-down building with various pieces of equipment outside it, along with some writing on the nearby wall.
Pretty standard stuff that you could just brush off as a bit of environmental detail, but this particular scene should be extremely familiar to those of you who played a bunch of the first Stalker game. The person that shared an image of this particular Easter egg shared alongside it an image of the first Stalker’s main menu, and the two are practically identical, except for some details in the background.
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It’s a neat little nod for Stalker fans to discover, and if you want to find it to appreciate it for yourself, it’s right in the top left corner of the Cooling Towers zone, almost in the fog next to the road with a large bend in it. Head on over there, and you should find it, though you’ll most likely have to feel around in the dark for it, thanks to Stalker 2’s very short day/night cycle.
It’s actually an issue that quite a few players have called for GSC Game World to fix (along with randomly spawning enemies), as many are explaining that while they like exploring at night and enjoy the more intense atmosphere that comes with it, the lack of night vision goggles and crummy flashlight is making the very long nights more irritating than intense.
Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl is the long-awaited follow-up to the apocalyptic first-person shooter. As a Stalker, you must venture into the deadly Exclusion Zone, contending with mutants and warring factions alike, in search of valuable artifacts.