Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone gameplay trailer highlights freaky phenomena and third-person survival

Developer The Farm 51 unveiled the first look at gameplay from Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone, the upcoming sequel to Chernobylite. The game itself is set for release sometime in 2025 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.

Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone Gameplay Trailer

The trailer focuses on locations in and around the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, where individuals called planeswalkers can travel through parallel worlds in search of a precious material, the titular Chernobylite. To do so they'll brave mutated creatures and hostile forces of survivors and other factions. The trailer puts particular emphasis on what happens at night, when "absolute terror" sets in in the form of particularly deadly and horrific entities.

Chernobylite 2 expands its predecessor's action RPG gameplay, giving players more options to build off of, and refining the game's melee combat system. The game will also incorporate the third-person perspective for use in combat and infiltration, while exploration can take place in the first person.

In addition, other systems like base-building and cooperative tasks with online players "embedded" in the single-player campaign will also build on the first game's foundations.

Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone is in development for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S for release in 2025. Check out more details in the full press release below.

Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone is a post-apo action RPG, mixing free exploration of a huge and extremely realistic open world, challenging combat, unique crafting, and team and base management with non-linear storytelling. You’re a planeswalker who travels through parallel worlds in search of the precious, high-energy material called Chernobylite. Cut off from the world, trapped in the Zone, attacked by hordes of nightmare creatures, you must fight for survival and unite the handful of remaining survivors.

The story told in the game will make you fight to survive in the most dangerous place on Earth. Whether you become the hunted or the hunter depends on how quickly you can evolve, your ability to adapt, and the strategy you follow when exploring the open world of the Chornobyl area. In the daytime, you can see the Zone as an intriguing, exciting, or even beautiful area, but when dusk comes, the absolute terror starts and you have to face it every night.

OPEN WORLD EXPLORATION

Explore the big and realistic open world of the real Chornobyl Exclusion Zone. Chernobylite has taken over the zone, transforming many of its elements, and people are trying to defend themselves against it using prototype technologies.

CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT

Create and develop your hero. Attributes and skills will affect combat effectiveness, as well as the conversation style. An arrogant muscle man with a big sword trying to intimidate everyone? Or a smart sniper who always finds the right arguments? The choice is yours.

DIVERSE COMBAT

Fight for survival with an advanced melee combat system or keep your enemies away with a diverse arsenal of firearms in a third-person perspective - gain complete control over your character. You can also use the stealth approach or ask others for help. When you explore the game world, you can see it from your eyes’ perspective, but whenever it comes to combat, you’ll get the third-person perspective to see all the threats around you more clearly and be able to react more accurately.

The combat system of Chernobylite 2 is a massive expansion of its predecessor. The introduction of advanced melee weapons fight and crafting system gives more diversity to the character build, strategies, and tactics you can create independently. Don’t forget that if you like to play at the pace of the original Chernobylite, you still can.

PLANEWALKING

Adapt your build and equipment to the situation with plane walking, which allows you to change things on the fly. You’re free to develop more than one character skill set. Are you encountering a situation that your previously prepared heavy melee build will solve better than your current ranged sniper? Planewalk and use another one.

TEAM BUILDING

Embark on the exciting team-building journey. Each of your mates is a potential teacher, ready to share their knowledge and skills. Assemble your team and discover the unique strengths and abilities they bring. The question is, will you earn their trust and unlock their full potential?

BASE DEVELOPMENT

Develop your base. There, you can create valuable items and upgrade your weapons every day. Assign your people to tasks, and they will take care of your equipment and supplies.

FACTIONS

Fight for domination and negotiate with factions. The Exclusion Zone is a battlefield that changes every day and reacts to your every action. Can you help them defeat the army of vicious monsters? And when old conflicts are revived, whose side will you be on?

COOPERATIVE MISSIONS

Experience online cooperative missions embedded in a single-player campaign allowing players to interact in various ways to achieve the goal.

Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone is being developed by The Farm 51 and will launch on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S in 2025.