STALKER 2 Faces A-Life System Challenges Amid Optimization Efforts

The developers of Stalker 2, GSC Game World, have revealed that aggressive optimization efforts prior to the game's release broke the A-Life AI system, a key feature that was heavily advertised. This optimization led to numerous bugs, including AI spawning issues, which were not fixed before launch. The developers have committed to addressing these problems in future updates by allocating more resources to the A-Life system. The removal of A-Life mentions from the game's Steam page was a marketing decision unrelated to the system's broken state.