The Ram-2 is easily one of the most powerful shotguns in the game and even ranks among the best overall guns in the game due to its well-balanced stats. The Ram-2 has a unique pump-action firing mechanism and two barrels, enabling players to fire off two shots at a time.

Heart of Chornobyl features four different possible endings. Here’s our complete guide to getting the one you want.

Forged in adversity, this Ukrainian-developed shooter delivers a beautiful open-world survival-shooter like no other.

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Not that a lot of post-apocalyptic first-person shooters are, but STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl is especially not for the faint of heart. It’s built to generate the kind of friction that goes a long way in creating a challenging and punishing game that’s also captivating.

Ahead of its release, Digital Trends received a PC copy of Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl that was plagued with more technical issues than we typically see in a review build this close to launch. I personally hopped into the Xbox build once our critic started raising red flags and was instantly met with bugs within my first 20 minutes.

There are plenty of great weapons to get your hands on in the early game of Stalker 2. Here’s our guide to the best.

You don't need to have played past Stalker games to dive into Heart of Chornobyl, but newcomers to The Zone – an irradiated land of impossibilities in Ukraine – will find themselves tested by its brutality. That goes double for protagonist Skif, whose first foray into The Zone results in him being ambushed and left for dead.

Players who prefer to utilize sniper rifles in STALKER 2 should know how each of them stacks up against the rest.

From fleeing Kyiv bombings and supporting colleagues on the front, the game’s developers have endured the shadow of war

Heart of Chornobyl has many side missions for players to extend their time in the game, but there is also a list of main missions that players will need to progress through to reach the end of the story.