Stalker 2 gets NFTs and one of them makes you an NPC

Stalker 2 is about end times and apocalypse, so NFTs fit perfectly into the picture.

If you want to avoid NFTs, we have bad news for you: Also in Stalker 2 should there be an opportunity to buy some. How it all works is still so difficult to understand. But what we do know: The Stalker 2 development studio doesn’t just want to sell you NFTs, they even want to auction one off to make even more money. Whoever owns it in the end can be scanned in to appear in the game as a so-called “Metahuman”.

The Stalker 2 makers also want to turn you on NFTs soon

What are NFTs? The abbreviation NFT stands for Non-Fungible Token and describes a type of brand that is unique proof that you have acquired certain rights to digital objects or the like, for example. This link with a kind of deed of ownership (although you never really own the items in such a way that nobody could copy them and in games they still belong to the publishers / developers first of all) is then saved with the help of blockchain technology, which consumes energy and thus automatically pollutes the environment.

This is the idea behind it: Earn money. First and foremost, it comes down to the idea of ​​selling these NFTs. If as many people as possible can be convinced that this is cool and valuable, it may increase in value and be resold for a profit. Ideally, the price keeps rising and the people at the top of the pyramid earn a lot of money, while those at the bottom always pay extra.

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Soon also in Stalker 2: The people behind Stalker 2 obviously want to take advantage of the hype, jump on the bandwagon and also secure a piece of the pie. For this purpose, the so-called “Stalker Metaverse” was launched, which should enable the community to “own a piece of Stalker 2. After all, the NFTs in Stalker 2 should not have any influence on the gameplay or provide in-game advantages.

The first “Metahuman”: The only NFT that was explained in more detail is one that will be auctioned off in January 2022. The person who bought it in the end can then be scanned by the developers in order to appear in the finished game as an NPC called “Metahuman”, such as The Verge reported.

Why, who else? Ubisoft recently announced that they would also use NFTs in Ghost Recon Breakpoint. That didn’t go down well at all with a lot of people on the Internet. You can read what that actually means in this more detailed GamePro article that focuses on the technology:

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The topic is currently gaining ground and should keep us busy for the next few months, willy-nilly. Both Reddit and Discord and Square Enix or Take-Two have expressed interest in NFTs. We will deal with the technical and legal problems that this can bring about when NFTs appear more and more in games in an upcoming report.

How much less excited have you gotten to Stalker 2 because of that or don’t you care?