Intro

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series always had a way of creating iconic characters even if they weren’t allocated many resources. Take Sidorovich for example. The moment someone mentions that name, everyone hearing it is reminded of the incredibly atmospheric and claustrophobic store with Dirge for the Planet playing in the background, the only song playing on his radio.

This trend went on with S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 which has been teasing interesting new characters and has now introduced what is potentially a future villain.

About Faust

According to the official Twitter post, Faust used to be a Monolith soldier. Without going too far into the spoiler territory for a 17-year-old game, they are no longer being brainwashed. However, years of doing horrific things and shooting everything on sight put them in the crosshairs of other factions in The Zone.

With all that in mind, Faust, the guy GSC presented in the aforementioned tweet, is “A man with his own picture of the Zone” which sounds rather ominous. Given that the overwhelming majority of our previous interactions with Monolith were hostile, it sounds like Faust might end up the biggest threat we face in the mutant-ridden radioactive hellhole.

He also seems to oppose Strider, the first Monolith member we met whose rules of engagement extended beyond “shoot on sight”.

Additional S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 info

System requirements for the game are fairly humble but you will need a lot of free space on your SSD.

Minimum requirements:

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600X / Intel Core i5-7600K
• RAM: 8 GB
• GPU: AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
• Storage: 150 GB available SSD space

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is set to release on September 5, 2024.