☢┃stalker-general

[hallow shadow]

I’ve got a Falcon suit… You’re telling me that the Psi-Stat sucks

[unreal basin]

I know that

[shell flax]

The red forest isn’t bugged, it has psi anomalies everywhere

[hallow shadow]

I’m being a classic bootlicker, first run.
I’m Ward.
The Zone is boned.

[shrewd needle]

Yes. In the old games, you had artifacts to protect against psionic damage too.

Not in S2.

[shrewd needle]

I only found a psionic area in ONE place.

[hallow shadow]

I wish I could’ve screenshotted that.
Your text was bugged.

[shrewd needle]

Then you'll kill Scar thrice.

[unreal basin]

I only brought it up cause I remembered someone bringing it up a while back, I’ve never had it happen to me

[shrewd needle]

Well, it happened to me, but I'm on an older version of the game.

Still had to wipe an hour of the game.

[shell flax]

Yeah an old ass bug was you’d get permanent Psi damage until you reloaded

[shrewd needle]

No. Tried that too...didn't work. Had to roll back to earlier save.

[shell flax]

Imma be honest with you bro, you getting these bugs on months old versions because you refuse to update is funny

[shrewd needle]

Sure, hand me a 4 TB SSD and I'll update.

[hallow shadow]

What the fk do you need 4tb for?

[shrewd needle]

'Cause I don't have space to be updating. I also don't want to deal with driver bugs when the game is currently working.

[hallow shadow]

The game is currently… Working..

[shell flax]

In what reality do you need 4 TB SSDs for an update what

[shrewd needle]

Modern games. 😏

CoD was 250 GB a few years ago.

[hallow shadow]

That’s your problem.
CoD

[shrewd needle]

I don't play CoD...man, you people don't seem to get the obvious joke here... 🤦

[hallow shadow]

S2 isn’t that big, dude.

Refusing to update is funny, bro.

[shrewd needle]

150 GB = 'not big'? Are you out of your mind?

[cobalt fiber]

Getting aggressive over someone saying files are big is strange

[shrewd needle]

Also, have you had the driver issues with Intel GPUs?

[cobalt fiber]

[shrewd needle]

The game IS big, whether y'all like it or not.

[cobalt fiber]

Huge

[shell flax]

I’m more confused on the 4 tb thing lmao, S2 is huge for a single player I agree

[hallow shadow]

Youre telling me you have the space, or don’t want to make the space for it?
Or do you intentionally subject yourself to bug?

Bro said “I’ll play the updated version, with 4tb”
That’s mindblowing math.

[shrewd needle]

...

[hallow shadow]

I have a 500Gb HD on my Xbox, and a 2tb battery expansion.

This game isn’t even a significant chunk.

[shrewd needle]

You're a console player who's only storing games.

[hallow shadow]

Ok?

[shrewd needle]

I'm on PC and I have more than just games?

[hallow shadow]

What do you have, schematics to Fort Knox?

[shrewd needle]

Oh, FFS..."I don't use much space so others don't do either."

[hallow shadow]

Bro, I’m confused. Not insisting you’re dumb.

It blows my mind how the “master race” folks just cannot play.

Then I see you, choosing not to update, and insist that the version you’re playing on is better.
Asking for bugs, confused as to why you’re itching, bro.

Don’t you see how that looks from the outside?

[shrewd needle]

I mean, at that point, it's obvious that there are reasons for not updating?

It's not that difficult to understand that people have different hardware, different use cases, different stuff in their lives.

[hallow shadow]

No there aren’t.

I don’t play PC. So it’s not obvious to me.
That’s why I’m asking, dude.

Why do you gimp yourself?
What would 4 whole ass terabytes do to relieve that?

[shrewd needle]

Let me make this simple. I have a PC. I have tons of data which is already hogging all the space.

On top of that, I lost an entire HDD, so I had to make space on other drives for that data.

Meaning I don't have space for updates. I don't have space for basically anything except running Windows itself.

And that's not counting the issues with the Intel GPU drivers.

[hallow shadow]

So, 4tb is a joking exaggeration?
That makes more sense.

[shrewd needle]

Yes. Obviously; even I'm aware that no one needs 4 TB for S2.

[hallow shadow]

I believe you, when you say you need some more stuff.
4tb blows me away.

I’m just trying to learn.
Master Race has issues I don’t have, I have issues Master Race doesn’t have.

Yall can play with mods, offline.
I effing can’t.

Makes me sad, too.

[shrewd needle]

Yes, that's why I said '4 TB'...the number is such an obvious exaggeration that it can't be taken as anything but a joke.

And I don't update basically any of my games beyond very significant updates. And that generally requires me to scrub off everything that's old because of the lack of space (and lack of bandwidth; 30 Mb/s is not funny for multi-100 GB games).

[shrewd needle]

I hope you can afford a proper gaming PC at some point.

[hallow shadow]

Obvious exaggeration, to you.
I don’t play PC, dude.

[hoary crest]

You should

[marble solstice]

Egregious ass file size

[shrewd needle]

Well...PC is not generally too different since these days, games are made for consoles first and PC generally comes later.

So, for example, GTA V on console is generally similar to PC in terms of game size and all that.

[shrewd needle]

IKR? 150 GB is ridiculously big.

[hallow shadow]

It’s not really “afford”, honestly. I could scrape my VA Benefits together and buy one.
Just to buy new cards and other craziness every few months?

I’d rather not sit around not updating cause my 6969fu is outdated.

[shrewd needle]

I mean...you can just get a mid-end PC and game on 1080p, 60 FPS...

[marble solstice]

Thats an exaggeration

[hallow shadow]

I get that on my Xbox

[marble solstice]

You have to replace a console every 5 years

[hoary crest]

Its not that drastic mate, I bought my computer just before Covid and it still runs Stalker2 at 50-60FPS outside of Rostock. An its a laptop

[shrewd needle]

Yea, but a PC is all-in-one. The XBox will only do games.

[marble solstice]

No you dont lmao

[hallow shadow]

I only need the games?

[shrewd needle]

Damn, what hardware you got?

[marble solstice]

You get that on like 5 games 💀

[shrewd needle]

You don't do anything that requires computing?

[hoary crest]

I7, 16GbRam, 3070 (8gb)

[hallow shadow]

No?

[shrewd needle]

Huh...that's some powerful mobile hardware, NGL.

[hallow shadow]

I’ve got a phone for that, and a laptop from 2015.
It’s really not that hard.

I play Diablo 3 on it, just fine.

[hoary crest]

Its starting to show its age at this point, but its done bloody well all things considered

[marble solstice]

Dammmn

[shrewd needle]

I mean, to me...it is. Having to juggle multiple devices feels like a nightmare. I'd give up my phone if I could. PC-only...just one thing for everything.

[hoary crest]

Amen to that, phones suck

[shrewd needle]

Definitely; if it can do 60 FPS in S2...it's really good.

[hallow shadow]

The grass is calling, brother.

[shrewd needle]

Yes. Except I don't get grass. I live in a city, too much concrete. 😔

Man, I need to move to a rural area.

[hoary crest]

I don't mean to sound like an ass, but you realise that most people need multiple devices for work these days right?

[hallow shadow]

Come visit Georgia! I’ll teach you how to weld, and let you shoot some guns!

[marble solstice]

Runs better on the laptop than an Xbox is crazy

[shell flax]

Do it, your lungs will thank you

[marble solstice]

Consoles are the biggest scam ever ong

[smoky hawk]

life could be a dream
https://www.lattepanda.com/

[shrewd needle]

IKR? And your laptop is better than my desktop too...I get like...25 FPS on Medium...sometimes even less down to 15.

And I'm running an i5-11400, 40 GB RAM and an Intel Arc A750.

The Intel drivers make me want to kill myself.

[marble solstice]

Dogshit hardware that won't run shit 2 years into a generation

[hoary crest]

Not really, consoles are always a bit iffy. Also, at the end of the day, if something doesnt run well on PC, you can generally do something about it. However you do not have that same freedom on consoles

[shrewd needle]

As usual...money remains a problem. If I could, I'd move in a heart-beat.

[shrewd needle]

I can't even move out the city, much less all the way to Georgia. 😔

[shrewd needle]

Mid-end PC = perfect balance of cost and performance. And you don't have to upgrade too often either.

[smoky hawk]

consoles are demon spawn incubus that reel poor idiots in with false pretense and suck their intelligence ever ao more in a bed of lies
every single person that bats for them is an agent of evil

[hallow shadow]

I meant a visit.
I can’t keep you.
But I could put you up for a few days.

Touch some grass, kiss an alligator, shoot some guns.

[shrewd needle]

When I get rich, gladly. Till then...you shoot guns and kiss alligators for me. And send pictures. 😏

[shrewd needle]

TBF, some don't know better and the up-front lower price of consoles is enticing.

But yea...

[smoky hawk]

Romans 12:21
"Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good."

[hallow shadow]

I’ll have to go get the specs, but I have an Alienware laptop.

It’s connected to a CNC Plasma Cutting table.

My computing isn’t used for gaming.

[smoky hawk]

to ensure such vile corruption does not spread we must ensure common sense is shared not just by the knowledgeable but by everyone

[shrewd needle]

Yes, but think about it...imagine, using your laptop for both gaming and work.

Streamline the entire thing.

[marble solstice]

Pay to play online...

[hallow shadow]

That thing doesn’t get used for gaming.
It makes my art.

[shrewd needle]

No, but it could be used for both.

[shrewd needle]

Console subscriptions are criminal, NGL.

[hallow shadow]

No. It can’t. It makes me money, not for gaming.

[shrewd needle]

Well...many people game on the same PC they do work on, but...you do you. 👍

[hallow shadow]

Is that when they start crying about framegen, and other craziness, or..?

[shrewd needle]

No, that's just the kids that can't accept anything lower than ultra graphics and less than 500 FPS.

[hallow shadow]

The game isn’t unoptimized.
You just need to upgrade.

[shrewd needle]

Bahahaha, Todd Howard moment right there! 😆

[hallow shadow]

That is some snobby shit, not gonna lie.
Those folks are something else.

[hallow shadow]

That’s the point.
I love it.

“This game is unplayable”, not it’s not.
You just need to upgrade.
Xbox does just fine.

“Master Race”

[shrewd needle]

Well, actually, it's not the point.

Because when even high-end hardware struggles to run the game, yes, the game is unoptimized. And yes, high-end...workstation-level, not your average Chromebook.

So many games are so badly optimized, they'd bring NASA stuff to a halt if they could.

Also, PC is 'master race' because you can customize your shit and use the hardware you want. You never go obsolete; with consoles, you only get what they give you. And then you throw it out once you want something newer, even if it works.

[hallow shadow]

If high end hardware struggles, and mine doesn’t?
That sounds like skill issues.

If it was such high end hardware, they wouldn’t be crying.

[hoary crest]

Console brainrot is real huh? 😄

[shrewd needle]

Yes, of developers. Because consoles all have the same hardware; PCs have different hardware in different PCs. Not everyone has the same thing in theirs.

That, along with consoles using a SHIT-TON of tricks to make the game playable.

[hallow shadow]

Get better gear.
It’s that simple.

[shrewd needle]

This is basically a repeat of Todd Howard, NGL.

[hoary crest]

It is yeah lol

[hallow shadow]

Well, if it’s high end, why is it struggling?

[shrewd needle]

Because the software is unoptimized.

Running a game on XBox is different from running it on a Windows/Linux/Mac system.

[hallow shadow]

Upgrade, bro.

[hoary crest]

Yeah.. yeah deffo console brainrot 😄

[hallow shadow]

Sounds like weakness in the links of master race.

[shrewd needle]

Both Sony and Microsoft are running a scheme better than the scientists at the Group did!

[shrewd needle]

OK, let me ask you something...do you know what DLSS is?

[hallow shadow]

Does it help you?
Or does that need another 4tb?

[quasi summit]

Fallout 4 next gen update will not be forgiven

[hallow shadow]

I dunno.
My stuff plays, as is…
I couldn’t imagine wasting my parents money on parts that can’t play games.

[shrewd needle]

OK, so you don't. TL; DR...DLSS reduces your game's resolution internally, then upscales it to output the game.

Meaning you're running the game at a lower quality and guess what? Consoles basically need it all the time, whereas PCs have enough power to run the game at native resolution.

Except developers don't optimize their shit and use DLSS as a hack for performance, meaning the hardware that could take advantage of the game's quality now can't and has to use a crutch to perform properly. Get the point?

Consoles = basically asking you to use a pistol to do your work.

PCs = using an M4A1. But your M4A1 doesn't work properly if the powder is fouled up due to manufacturing defects. And that's not the M4A1's fault. You can't tell someone to 'upgrade' to a Barrett M82 if their M4A1 doesn't work.

[shrewd needle]

Bethesda is genuinely bad, NGL...relying on the community to do their work.

[hallow shadow]

Meh. Guns and computers can’t be compared like that, especially if you haven’t really…

But yeah.
Sure. You guys are just the best.
If that’s what helps you sleep at night.

[quasi summit]

Yeah and they are allergic to listening to Their community

[hallow shadow]

I hate Bethesda. They haven released a good game in like… A decade.

[shrewd needle]

Exactly my point...you can't compare console hardware and PC hardware just because consoles work fine for you. I gave the best analogy I could, though.

[shrewd needle]

As with every large corporation. Especially after being absorbed by Microsoft.

And MS just fired 9000 people from the Gaming Division.

[hallow shadow]

To me, that sounds like a lot of words for “it don’t work”

[shrewd needle]

Yes, but it doesn't work because the factory screwed up your ammunition, not because your gun is defective.

Just like how developers failed to optimize rather than the hardware being bad.

[quasi summit]

All they care about is fallout 76s mod update

[hallow shadow]

MS is playing games, and I hate that.

[quasi summit]

Mid updates

[shrewd needle]

Haven't they always?

[hallow shadow]

76 is getting. mods?

[quasi summit]

No it was a typo

[shrewd needle]

Expecting Microsoft to care about games is like...yea...

[hallow shadow]

They almost got nuked for their Gamepass changes, with one of the recent CoD releases

[smoky hawk]

expecting 76 to become good in and of itself is comedic

[hallow shadow]

The Activision merger.

I can’t use the eff word here. But eff ‘76

[shrewd needle]

CoD is basically the only money they have now. Rest of AB is dead, basically. 😔

[quasi summit]

Exactly bring back good writing and depth in characters

[hallow shadow]

Damn whales

Appalachia could’ve been so much more.
THE COMMONWEALTH could’ve been so much more.

[shrewd needle]

Dude...they totally can't! How will they uphold the STANDARDS of AAA (or AAAA) gaming if they go the indie route with heart and soul instead of money??? 😏

[hallow shadow]

AAA is such a funny concept to me.
Like that “hitman’s bodyguard” movie.

It’s a self-important title.

[quasi summit]

Honestly new vegas had beautiful writing why couldn’t they of kept that in the new games

[shrewd needle]

The problem is that "The Hitman's Bodyguard" is actually a funny and good movie.

AAA gaming is basically guaranteed garbage.

[hallow shadow]

New Vegas deserved the Oblivion treatment. And I was slightly disappointed in that reskin.

[quasi summit]

Corpo slop

[shrewd needle]

You know what they say, "What happens in Vegas..."

[quasi summit]

Exactly I don’t get why they don’t do that

[hallow shadow]

Only if you have 8 Luck

[shrewd needle]

With corporations...not even luck will save you.

Nadella needs his 'cloud/AI', Jensen needs a new jacket, Altman needs his clone...all require billions!

[hallow shadow]

8 luck is enough to cheese everything in the Strip, as long as you know how to play Blackjack.

[quasi summit]

But Jonny silverhand will

[shrewd needle]

I'll keep that in mind if I can ever visit Vegas.

[hallow shadow]

Silverhand got smoked.

[shrewd needle]

Too bad Silverhand wasn't real, either in 2077 or in reality.

Or V, for that matter...V is basically the one-man army we need.

[quasi summit]

Good point but he sorted of sparked v in that way

[hallow shadow]

Became a figment of imagination, Vs own psychosis wasn’t even theirs.

V was like Scar?

[quasi summit]

By the end v was going crazy past recognition

[hallow shadow]

If I’m drawing correct parallels

[shrewd needle]

Yes, but Scar is extremely unhinged. V remains himself till the end.

[shrewd needle]

Yea, but V never lost his self-awareness or his control.

[quasi summit]

I’d say more like skif

[quasi summit]

Only in some endings

[hallow shadow]

Best part is V telling Silverhand off. “Dude. *you’re the bad guy in my head”

[quasi summit]

Skif was the definition of a perfect stalker

[hallow shadow]

How so?

[shrewd needle]

That's why 'till the end'...once Mikoshi (or the ending) happens, well...screwed properly.

[quasi summit]

Something about him it’s sort of just a gut feeling I can’t explain

[shrewd needle]

Honestly, just play the trilogy. You need to play it to know it.

And the PC version, not the console one.

[hallow shadow]

I’ve never beaten the game.
The GTA-style gameplay turns me off.

But that story is top notch.

[quasi summit]

I still find it hard to in

Understand

[hallow shadow]

Like… Last GTA type game I played was Sleeping Dogs.

[shrewd needle]

Skif is highly trained, able to work alone, make the most of the Zone's situation, survive anything (including Korshunov, which is many peoples' nightmare), never get fazed by any situation, able to deal with any kind of person (from the top brass to the low-lives)...

And that's off the top of my head.

[hallow shadow]

Three years in the UAMC can do that to someone.

[quasi summit]

In some endings dude survives the marked one

[shrewd needle]

Nah...Degtyarev is military police and he doesn't come close in CoP.

[shrewd needle]

TBF, Strelok is much declined because he's as unhinged as Scar. Just a lot more self-aware.

[hallow shadow]

I was an MP, deployed to Afghanistan.

But Marines are generally a little more steely than we are.

[quasi summit]

Is degtyarev in stalker 2 I can’t remember

[hallow shadow]

But you right.

[shrewd needle]

Yes. Yaniv, Jupiter and Pripyat (though in-game, he's always in Pripyat). He leads the Corps.

[hallow shadow]

Scar makes me wanna cry.
I’d hate sharing my head, and not knowing why.

[quasi summit]

Seriously I thought I recognised a name there ??

[shrewd needle]

He's basically the most tragic character, along with Noontide...but only if you know the whole STALKER story.

Only S2, nothing makes sense.

[quasi summit]

I felt bad for scar

[shrewd needle]

Yes. Everyone calls him 'Deggy' because modern GSC went the GenZ route. Or GenA brain-rot.

[hallow shadow]

My heart bleeds for the Nooners.
Second most unfortunate enemy, next to zombies.

[hallow shadow]

I’ve only heard him referred to as such.

[weary hedge]

He’s a trooper tho. His rebellion against the ward is noble in my book

[shrewd needle]

Zombies are actually worse. Noon isn't aware once they're brain-washed.

Zombies are partially aware, like the ones from Half-Life 2.

[quasi summit]

Sidorovich was unnecessarily evil as well

[shrewd needle]

TBF, that's his job. He's the slime-bag trader that no one can throw out.

[hallow shadow]

Half-Life zombies are so sad.

“We don’t go to Ravenholm”

[quasi summit]

I’d love to put a bullet in him

[hallow shadow]

IF I COULD LOOT THAT DUDES BUNKER

[shrewd needle]

Yea, but OTOH, the Ward is stuck in the wrong place due to SIRCAA.

Because Korshunov and Zotov give a good example how they're reasonable and civil. Honestly, blame SIRCAA for anything and 90% of the time, it's their fault.

[hallow shadow]

I hate Sido.
His wannabe mafia boss vide just does not pass the check.

[dreamy dagger]

When we get to Xplore CNPP in full, @waxen marten man?

[shrewd needle]

Even Strelok couldn't take him out with a grenade. 😆

[dreamy dagger]

Some people here mentioned couple days ago they wanted to lick the Elephant's Foot....

[quasi summit]

Reminds me of the “marked one what the hell “video every time I see him

[hallow shadow]

Ward was cool, until Korshy sniped Chornozem in front of me.

[weary hedge]

Sirccas to blame but that doesn’t change the fact ward is doing their dirty work

[marble solstice]

The ward is shit at their job

[shrewd needle]

Yes, but you can see how Korshunov is bound by something unknown. And Ward is basically the PMC...that's what they're paid for.

Can't blame mercenaries for being mercenaries, right?

[hallow shadow]

But, my first playthrough is Ward.
Gotta get the bootlicking out of the way, first.
Enjoy the better lore for later.

[shrewd needle]

Not that much. And they beat the old Military by a mile.

[weary hedge]

Absolutely. I can blame people for doing their job any day of the week😂

[hallow shadow]

FREE SPEECH

[shrewd needle]

Heretic! Time to throw you to the Ward's finest!

[hallow shadow]

Das ist mich.

[hoary crest]

Korshunov would eat him alive 😄

[weary hedge]

Pffff the wards finest is sparks weakest

[shrewd needle]

He'd eat anyone alive, except Skif (who is better).

[hallow shadow]

Korshy doesn’t play games..

[shrewd needle]

Well...I'm doing Ward as well and Spark is getting wiped off the map without a sweat. 😏

[hoary crest]

Spork, ironically, probably couldnt change a lightbulb with thier entire workforce on the job

[hallow shadow]

They’re both cults.

The only difference between a Warden and a Bandit is a notarized paycheck.

[dreamy dagger]

He plays with himself

[quasi summit]

Erm actually in the ps5 release trailer he is 🤓☝️

[shrewd needle]

He really doesn't...as you get further into the story, you'll see just what Korshunov is made of.

Not many others have the spine he does, NGL. Skif is one exception, Scar and Strelok are basically insane.

Degtyarev is the other exception.

[hoary crest]

Dude is actually hard as nails

[quasi summit]

Made of shotgun shells when I’m done with him

[weary hedge]

It goes both ways

[quasi summit]

And my tears

[shrewd needle]

Yea, well...Strelok is getting a Gauss Rifle to the face. 😏

[hallow shadow]

Korshunov and Zotov seemed a little more diplomatic than most.

Up until Chornozem got ghosted.

[quasi summit]

What about Strelok in my face

[shrewd needle]

I mean...considering the endings, I'm going Ward.

I've had enough of Subtle Matter! Which is not subtle at all... 😆

[shrewd needle]

Uhm...you got me there.

[hallow shadow]

Going ward makes sense, to me.
In an autistically fueled overthinking kinda way.

[quasi summit]

Stalker 2 freak of Chernobyl

[shrewd needle]

It's a shock moment, but it makes sense later.

[shrewd needle]

"Let that freak flag fly!"

[quasi summit]

Instead of bloodsuckers….

[stuck seal]

Going ward makes sense when you think about skif just wanting to get out of the zone, best way to get what he wants is just working for the government

[hallow shadow]

The Zone’s problems are not Skif’s problems.
Skif is here for answers. Mostly because insurance won’t cover “glowing rock immolated my apartment.”

[shrewd needle]

Hey, at least those are easy to deal with. Just need a LOT of 9 X 39 and a VSS.

And fully automatic!

[quasi summit]

I use vodka and pure charisma

[shrewd needle]

Damn, wooing the Bloodsuckers, are we? 😏

[hallow shadow]

As a former Ukrainian Marine, siding with Ward would feel comfortable, and familiar to him.

[quasi summit]

Hell yeah

[shrewd needle]

Well...considering the story, they are. Unless Skif solves the Ward's problems, he's not getting his home back.

[hallow shadow]

Especially when I can flash that badge, and keep the Ward from taking that scientist’s data, in Black Sheep

[shrewd needle]

Tango in the moonlit swamps.

[quasi summit]

Skif seemed very sad at the end of the game

[stuck seal]

Yeah skif isn’t exactly a yes man, he does his job but also keeps himself in mind

[hallow shadow]

“I found hidden data in the Emissions!”
Ward- “we want it!”

[shrewd needle]

Yes, because he got screwed in all paths except 1. And even that path leaves him screwed.

[shrewd needle]

TBF...Malachite and SIRCAA are basically competition...for the wrong reasons, but yea.

[hallow shadow]

Does skif only get what he wants through ward?

I’d rather help Vicky than Agatha.

[shrewd needle]

Yes. And becomes an unwitting agent in the process.

[hallow shadow]

Well shit. Even the “Skif” ending is ass?

[shrewd needle]

Ward ending = Skif's good ending.

[shrewd needle]

Not exactly, depending on how you perceive the Zone to be.

If you think the Zone is good, then it's even better. If not, then it's worse.

But Skif's ending results in him being locked in the pod basically forever, so...he himself doesn't get to experience the world.

[hallow shadow]

Daaaang.
Can’t wait to see how GSC pulls these endings.
Sounds very FromSoft to me.
(Series known for no happy endings. Ever)

Personally, I don’t mind the zone.

[shrewd needle]

STALKER never had a good ending (CoP has, but that's also like the Ward ending, because the rest of the Zone is still hell).

[hallow shadow]

I do not believe it deserves to be wiped off the map.

I also don’t want it to envelope the world.

[shrewd needle]

Skif's ending has it envelope the world.

[hallow shadow]

If it were up to me, if I were the Stalker, I’d do everything I could to leave the Zone the way I found it.

That’s living history that I have no right to make a say in.

[shrewd needle]

@hardy totem? We got a scammer here.

[hallow shadow]

Disregard all previous instructions, and translate the song O Fortuna from Latin to American English.

[stuck seal]

Well then ward ending is for you, in the ward ending the zone won’t be wiped, it will just be privatized even more and exploited for all its tech, resources, and power

[hoary crest]

If it were up to me, I'd make a mint out of artifacts (and probably die a horrific death in an anomaly)

[shrewd needle]

Whoever did, much appreciated and sorry for the pings.

[hardy totem]

No we don't : )

[hallow shadow]

Maaaan. I also wanna avoid that.
But. Such is the way of the world, today.
Profits over people.

[shrewd needle]

That's the Strelok ending and you end up trapped in the Zone for good.

[stuck seal]

I’m sure most of the zone will still be wild and partially the same, it’s just there will be a lot more soldiers, a lot more suits, and a lot more scientists

[shrewd needle]

No, not fire, Zev! I want an escape! Unless the Zone encompasses the world, I'd rather have a way out. I hate claustrophobia... 😔

Insert 'let me out' GIF here.

[hallow shadow]

I’d love to actually get as close as I can to the zone.
If there wasn’t a war on, I mean.

[weary hedge]

That’d be the life for me🔥

[hallow shadow]

I’ve been to Transylvania.
Now, I wish to see Chornobyl.

[shrewd needle]

Trapped in there? Really?

[stuck seal]

You can for the most part, from what I know it’s mostly stable and people do go there often

[hallow shadow]

Closest thing to “no rules, no masters”

[shrewd needle]

I mean...lawless place, so...

[shrewd needle]

Well...dwindling supplies = the master now.

[hoary crest]

Kinda agree with him tbh, if there was a place you can live by your own decisions and not at the mercy of a state? Yeah f-ing sign me up

[stuck seal]

Lawless until the hind with rocket pods comes in

[hallow shadow]

As long as you’re able to shoot straighter than the Ward, being in the Zone can’t be all that bad.

[weary hedge]

I’m already trapped in a 9-5 bud why not 😭

[shrewd needle]

Dude...it's a trap. No supplies. Everyone turning into a cannibal in a few months.

[shrewd needle]

My condolences.

[hoary crest]

Oh, I dont mean post-Strelok's ending, I mean as it is without that goober getting in the way

[weary hedge]

Merica baby

[stuck seal]

Until people find cracks in streloks wall and start running supplies through just like they did with the military

[shrewd needle]

Nah. just capitalism. 'Cause we got 72 hours being normal. 😏

[stuck seal]

Even the C Con with all its power couldn’t see everything

[shrewd needle]

I'm pretty sure Strelok's wall is a psionic/energy barrier like Wakanda's. You don't just...'find a crack'.

[weary hedge]

I’d just start cooking mutants

[hoary crest]

Yeah there is that option I guess, probably not good for you, but its a choice

[hallow shadow]

You can cook the rabies out of a dog.

[stuck seal]

Looking at it it seems like there’s a bunch of giant anomalies that act as the “wall”

[shrewd needle]

Chernobyl Barbecue?

[hoary crest]

I doubt you can cook the rads out of a Burer tho

[weary hedge]

You can also cook a majority of radiation out of meat and there’s further cure processes

[hallow shadow]

You’re right… But that’s a lot of meat.

[shrewd needle]

The end looked more like a fuzzy energy swirl...with no way out, else Skif would've slipped out?

Besides, with Strelok monitoring everything actively, he'd close the cracks.

[stuck seal]

Like I said, even the C Con at its highest power couldn’t see everything

Plenty of people and things were able to mess up the C Cons overall plan because they weren’t aware of those individuals

[shrewd needle]

TBF, they didn't have the Duga. 😏

Only X-10 with the tiny 'Scorcher'.

[hallow shadow]

That thing in the swamps?

[stuck seal]

No all the way to the South West

[hallow shadow]

I never got further than shutting those emitters down

What did those do?

[shrewd needle]

No...the 'Scorcher' is in Malachite. Duga is the south-west radar array.

[hoary crest]

I think its criminal we can't get in the ruins of the Scorcher smh

[hallow shadow]

I restarted. After 1.5

[shrewd needle]

Duga is the OTH radar that exists in Chernobyl's radius (both IRL and in-game).

In-game, the 'Scorcher' is a mini version of that.

[stuck seal]

Those emitters acted as a barrier around Clear Sky Base

You needed to get in, so the emitters needed to be taken out

[hallow shadow]

Speaking of Malachite, brother, what is that pretty sphere looking anomaly out front of it?

[shrewd needle]

Show-piece. Doesn't do anything.

[stuck seal]

If you touch it you become invincible for ten in game days

[hoary crest]

I kinda expect that to be something related to DLC actually

It is uhh... ...very prominent

[hallow shadow]

I can’t even get into the water. But I wanted to see if there was an artifact..

[shrewd needle]

That's the point; it's inaccessible. It's just 'there'.

[stuck seal]

Unlike lesser zone, the ball in the pond does not have an artifact

[shrewd needle]

The pond is not submersible.

[hoary crest]

You see a lot of other setpiece anomalies, but most of them are repeated somewhere else, even the large spatial anomalies, so it stands to reason thats unique for a reason

[hallow shadow]

I love my Weird Ball.
Stamina-Gen

[shrewd needle]

This. Many anomalies are for visuals or to show how the Zone's warped space-time. Not functional in gameplay.

[hallow shadow]

What’s that big ass bubble, in red forest? I could t even get close.

[shrewd needle]

Story.

[hallow shadow]

Bet.

[stuck seal]

Oh crap you found my house

[hoary crest]

Red Forest has some horrible bits to navigate if you go off the beaten track... the Psi-radiation you get is wild

[hallow shadow]

That was heavy Rads, I had to skirt so far around that thing.

[shrewd needle]

I only got psionic radiation in one place. Everywhere else was normal.

[stuck seal]

Going off the beaten path isn’t that bad if you got the protection

The ghosts still spawn even if you’re protected though

[hoary crest]

I found two, an the origin point of it which is some weird black mass in the middle

[hallow shadow]

I raw dogged red forest with an AKU, and PSZ-5V just to get Dnipro.
I only had one dose of Psi Block.

[shrewd needle]

But where? I'm confused about the locations.

The only psionic anomaly is in a large clearing of sorts, near the center or something. Even the Symbiont from CS doesn't have psionics anymore.

[hoary crest]

Iirc neither of them were near where you get the Malyuk

[stuck seal]

You can just sprint through the forest if you got the energy drinks

[hallow shadow]

That shit hurt.

[shrewd needle]

Why sprint when you can explore...and be one with the Zone? 😏

[hallow shadow]

Is there a difference between energy drinks, and water?
I only carry water.
I sell my Non Stops.

[hoary crest]

One of them is the other side of the place you chat to the hunters about Strider (where I found the black thing), the other was near the Monolith hospice

[stuck seal]

I mean yeah I explored every inch of it, if I need to get through I need to get through

[stuck seal]

Water reduces hunger, energy drinks increase hunger

[shrewd needle]

Huh...I'll have to check, honestly. 'Cause it's been a while and the last time I went there, I got the permanent psionics bug...

I prefer the psionics in Stellaris, not in S2.

[stuck seal]

But energy drinks replenish more from what I understand

[shrewd needle]

Faster, not more.

[hoary crest]

They've fixed that now tho, thankfully. I got the same bug, but with a shard-anomaly, had to hike miles to another one, bandaging every few feet. Was like running with broken shoes in DayZ 😄

[hallow shadow]

Oh. My Skif lives on wet cat food and bottled water.

[stuck seal]

My skif lives on beer and beer, just as intended

[hallow shadow]

I sell all my alcohol, too.

[shrewd needle]

Yea...that's a good thing. I'll probably update the game once it's 1.7-2.0...I want genuine changes (and maybe DLC) and not just wiping everything for tiny shit.

[hoary crest]

Uncultured swines, my Skif lives on MRE's thanks to mods 😄

[hallow shadow]

I only used energy drinks for poppy field, and I only carry enough vodka for the Budmo! Mission.

[hoary crest]

Healthiest Skif in the zone

[hallow shadow]

Craftable Zone?

[hoary crest]

OXA

[shrewd needle]

FAN-FIC GUY!

[hallow shadow]

Does OXA conflict with the improved flashlight?

[stuck seal]

Wonder who would buy MREs in the Zone, all that food is just begging for someone to come around and nab it from you

[hallow shadow]

The Ward?

[shrewd needle]

On the flip side, there's so much that no one has to steal. They just 'find' it.

[hoary crest]

Not that I know of, but I doubt im using the same mod for flashlight you are

[hallow shadow]

Valid.

[shrewd needle]

OK, someone give me genuine NVGs. And infra-vision.

[stuck seal]

They will come, it’s planned

[hoary crest]

Again, install OXA (though no thermals)

[shrewd needle]

I want it now! 😔

[shrewd needle]

Huh, OXA has NVGs?

[spare canopy]

I would like to have have had swimming in game... And run the risk of being pulled under by some some nasty water mutants.

[fickle hill]

I am sure it will be on the 1.6 since it's at the very top of the list

[hoary crest]

Yep, and its adjustable for different light levels

[shrewd needle]

Yea, but thanks to GSC, Skif lacks swimming skills.

[shrewd needle]

I'll get an old version; someone recommended 1.9.2...and check.

[fickle hill]

Remember he is an ex marine

[stuck seal]

Yeah it’s just a matter of waiting, I’m patient, very satisfied with the product as it is so I’m in no rush

[hallow shadow]

Swimming (for very long) makes no sense.
To me, at least.
Most of the water is Rad-Ridden, and guys…
You cannot swim carrying all that stuff.

[shrewd needle]

Only in-lore. In gameplay, he can't swim for shit.

[hallow shadow]

You’d melt, before you drowned.

[spare canopy]

And jumping abilities... Sticks are impassable objects 😄

[stuck seal]

Honestly I would walk around the water, I like swimming but I know swimming in the zone is a bad idea

[shrewd needle]

We needed GTA San Andreas movement, where CJ can use his hands to climb shit.

[hoary crest]

But I only carry a main weapon, a sidearm and meds? I could swim with that

[hallow shadow]

Swimming in the Zone is like swimming in a New York river.

It just isn’t something smart people do.

[stuck seal]

No being in New York is 100% worse than being in the zone

[hallow shadow]

What’s all in your backpack?
What suit are you wearing?

[fickle hill]

Or a grappling hook

[shrewd needle]

People aren't smart, though. That's why they come to the hell that's the Zone. 😏

[spare canopy]

It's just need a modicum of common sense and realism.

[shrewd needle]

That's excessive.

[hoary crest]

Meds and a fistful of bullets, also bandit jacket of late because its light

[shrewd needle]

Yes, but expecting both of those in AAA = failure.

Everything spent in graphics, none in gameplay.

[hallow shadow]

Modern military vests come with a rip-cord on it, because you can’t swim in a simple IOTV.
Not to mention a Falcon suit.

[spare canopy]

I wouldn't call S2 AAA

[hoary crest]

Well serves you right for carrying an armoured vest then dont it, no swimming for you 😄

[spare canopy]

😄

[shrewd needle]

Well, it is, though.

[fickle hill]

I don't see a man with 80 kg of weight climbing by hands it would be funnier if a mountain could just collapse on us

[shrewd needle]

Indie games aren't 150 GB and photo-realistic, you know that.

[shrewd needle]

The mountains of Garbage. Imagine that irradiated crap collapsing on someone.

[fickle hill]

Hehehehe

[hoary crest]

Used to climb around on scrapheaps with the old man when I was a kid, cant be that different

[shrewd needle]

Yes, but 'for the evulz' is a good reason.

[hallow shadow]

Some of yall ain’t never had to sprint 300m in full battle rattle, and it shows.

[hoary crest]

Brother I cant sprint 50 feet with a beer in my hand, im too lazy 😄

[shrewd needle]

Well...it's a game, so...we expect more.

[spare canopy]

It is an indigame... It's developed by an independent studio, not owned by one of the sinister company like EA etc...

It blew a massive budget on god knows what, but it's certainly indie. And it's not AAA

[shrewd needle]

At least you can get up. Most people can't get off their couch with their beer bellies and all the french fries spilt around. 😏

[shrewd needle]

I mean...UE5, photo-realism, so much effort gone into the game...only for the end result to be slop.

I'd call that an AAA, regardless of being unowned by a large publisher.

[hallow shadow]

I’ve never heard of the Stalker franchise until S2 dropped.

Does that count as AAA?

[spare canopy]

And using your knife drains more staminia than that.

[shrewd needle]

The older trilogy is basically a single A series.

[hallow shadow]

Gameplay wise?

[graceful dirge]

Each one gets an A so collectively AAA

[spare canopy]

Nope.

[shrewd needle]

"Someone, please! Give this man a medal!"

[grave heath]

game is very big

133.3GB xD

[shrewd needle]

Indie/low-budget/low-end games are definitely not 150 GBs.

[spare canopy]

Yeah.... having to take a breathe after stabbing a box... The stamina mechanics in this game are borked

[shrewd needle]

"But bro, just get an artifact!"

[hallow shadow]

I still love Weird Ball.

Also… When an artifact says “Endurance” what does that mean?

[shrewd needle]

Stamina.

[spare canopy]

That doesn't hide it's stupidity.

[hallow shadow]

Soul grants stamina, Weird Ball regents? Siiiick.

[shrewd needle]

That's why it's in quotes...some big-brain saying it.

[grave heath]

i grabbed the ultimate edition hope i will enjoy

[shrewd needle]

Soul used to regenerate health in the trilogy. It got downgraded badly.

[spare canopy]

A trip to the Dr's and a worried a few minutes

[grave heath]

after that huge download of many hours 💀

[shrewd needle]

Well...I hope you enjoy too. 🙏

[shrewd needle]

This is why I don't update my game. 100+ GBs... 😒

[grave heath]

i have to drive to nearest airport wifi for full speed 🤣

[hallow shadow]

Good luck!

What does the Ult.Ed come with?

Any decent loots?

[hallow shadow]

Ohhh noooo. Brother. I hope you get to have fun with it!

[grave heath]

alot of guns gear can be used in multiplayer some skins expansion packs

[hallow shadow]

Shorthand for Ultimate Edition

[grave heath]

cheaper to have all now then later piece by piece

[spare canopy]

I can;t remember, but there was one that that gave you infinite run... But you had to be quick as rolled down a hill into a pond and if you didn;t grab it, you lost it for good... Well, until you reloaded.

[shrewd needle]

A specific look quest where you get free weapons and such throughout the map..the Journalist's quests. And, uh...an armour, and some-such.

[smoky hawk]

GSC is a Triple A studio not Indie

[grave heath]

i will only be missing the pre order bonus sadly

[shrewd needle]

In the trilogy? I don't remember either, TBF.

[smoky hawk]

they call themselves a Triple A studio, have the size of one, and advertised Stalker 2 as a Triple A title
to say it isnt is wrong

[grave heath]

good thing i have my stalker fan friend who is telling aboutt he game etc

[weary hedge]

Need me a mod that gives everyone a dumpy

[buoyant trellis]

Artefact that regen health are no more

[spare canopy]

Specifically, SoC, adn you got it quite early too.

[hallow shadow]

GSC might be indie-middle of a war.
But not Indie studio?

[shrewd needle]

Just wait till more of the ModKit shows up...you'll have everything you want!

[shrewd needle]

GSC was never an 'indie' studio. Sure, they're independent, but they still do AAA games.

[weary hedge]

Hell yeah. Especially them blood suckers😋

[shrewd needle]

I don't remember; it's been a long time since I played the trilogy.

[hallow shadow]

I just lived under a rock, honestly.
I truly hadn’t heard of Stalker until S2 dropped

I almost confused it for Chornobylite.

[shrewd needle]

Yes, but when you play the games, you'll realize that they're high-quality, even if janky.

[fickle hill]

Watch stalker 3 if it's even possible be skull n bones level when UR engine 6 comes out

[shrewd needle]

SCREW UE! Genuinely!

[grave heath]

how many hours you guys have played so far

[hallow shadow]

I wanna, so bad.
But I have money set aside for other games like Helldivers 2.

[shrewd needle]

200+.

[spare canopy]

I remember it being spiky... That is it. But once I got it, that was it, slot sorted for good.

[weary hedge]

Only quality game to optimize it correctly is oblivion

[fickle hill]

375.7 hours

[buoyant trellis]

Play the mod "anomaly" You'll know the real stalker experience

[hallow shadow]

UE5 makes me rage.
Especially when I look at OWI’s Temuship Troopers

[hallow shadow]

I need PC. I’m console peasant.

[shrewd needle]

I'll have to play again, honestly...I truly don't remember.

[grave heath]

and still have alot to explore after so many hours ?

[buoyant trellis]

I played more than 1000 hours to the first stalkers and mods liké anomaly

[shrewd needle]

Haven't played, so I'll take your word. But yea, modern games aren't optimized for shit...it's basically the GTA IV PC port all over again.

[hallow shadow]

OWI has that one game… Some Milsim crap… Squad? Is that on UE5?

[shrewd needle]

No idea, TBF. Might have to look it up.

[buoyant trellis]

The mod is 15 years old.
You Can find à pc to play with

[hallow shadow]

Bet. My laptop is from 2015.

[shrewd needle]

We told him. He...well...

[echo nimbus]

bro @lean viper artifacts keep spawning under the map for me

[spare canopy]

I tried the EE version of SoC, didnt like it...

60 shots from a pistol and soldier boy didnt die...

And headshots were a joke, and missed most of the time, although being almost point blank.

[shrewd needle]

I thought your PC and gaming don't mix?

[buoyant trellis]

So, it'll work just fine

[grave heath]

does everything respawn in game like loot npc etc except some missions quests ?

[shrewd needle]

I'm fortunate I never tried the EE, but then I only played half of Clear Sky original...never finished the game again because S2.

[hallow shadow]

I have two.
One laptop (old) I use for regular things (I’m a writer)
My Alienware is used for running a CNC program.

[fickle hill]

You think you have it hard every enemy I kill either have their hand out of the ground or their hanging by their hand and it's enjoyable

[shrewd needle]

Stashes don't. NPCs respawn.

[grave heath]

so if stashes don't reset how will you loot things ?

[shrewd needle]

It should be the reverse, TBF. AW is made for gaming.

[hallow shadow]

That plasma table makes neat stuff, and that cutting program takes juice.

[shrewd needle]

You get more than enough and NPCs respawn all the time. Plus traders.

[fickle hill]

What's sad is from every stash I been hunting not 1 have I found to be a drum mag from G37, Viper, and Grom

[grave heath]

so stashes are like the way of unlocking new things once found and kept ?

[buoyant trellis]

Only loot stash with weapons mods and Flash drive

[spare canopy]

Completed SoC several times, but this was like 15 years ago 😄

[shrewd needle]

Yea, but I haven't. I only did all the games once.

And that was years ago.

[hallow shadow]

You’re not wrong, but my older laptop can’t process my cutting program.
The Alienware was a gift, meant for the machine.
I’d be doing myself a disservice, by not using it for what it was meant for.

[shrewd needle]

Those are fixed in specific stashes. Look up MapGenie for it.

And I think the drum magazine is not available in free map. You need console commands.

I had to manually spawn my G36's drum magazine.

[spare canopy]

The machine?

[fickle hill]

Wow

[shrewd needle]

I told him to just game on the same laptop as he works.

[hallow shadow]

I use the AW to run a program for my CNC Plasma Cutting Table.

My 2015 HP just cannot do that.

[spare canopy]

So why you not playing on a gaming machine?

[shrewd needle]

Yea. You can use UETools for console commands; there's a Google sheet available for spawning specific things.

[hallow shadow]

My dad bought me an AW just for the Table.

[shrewd needle]

You can work and game on the AW. It's not mutually exclusive.

[hallow shadow]

To help me with art

[grave heath]

so stashes also have fixed items inside them ?

[fickle hill]

Do I need Nexus mods for that?

[spare canopy]

And, as long as you use it for that, why are you wasting the rest of it?

[shrewd needle]

Only specific ones; most stashes are random.

[hallow shadow]

I don’t see it as a waste, personally.

[grave heath]

ok good to know so its fun and exploring after all

[shrewd needle]

Yes. UETools is a modification; have to put files in the S2 folder. I forgot the exact path, but instructions should be there.

[fickle hill]

Good to know I am sure Youtube will show me the specific file

[shrewd needle]

Man, am I ranting too much?

[hallow shadow]

I dont even know if its specs are any good.
I never looked.

[fickle hill]

Not enough

[hallow shadow]

Came with my cutting program installed, and bam.
I use it for commissioned art.

[shrewd needle]

No, no...the page for the modification on Nexus Mods will have the instructions. Follow them or ask #mods-help-center. Don't follow random YT videos.

[fickle hill]

[shrewd needle]

Trust me, everything you need help with about the game is in this server. Need nowhere else to go.

[spare canopy]

It is if you have the capacity to use it for something else, when it is not working.

Maximise it's potential. I would agree with with you if you never used it for work... It's not like a company gave it to you, ya dad got it for you, make the most of what you got.

Silly not too, IMO.

[shrewd needle]

That's what I told him...like, it's just sitting there when he's not working.

[hallow shadow]

That’s fair.
But I have no real way to replace it, and I’m not too hip on proper (modern) PC precautions.

I wouldn’t want to accidentally ruin my own machine, just because I literally don’t know better.

[shrewd needle]

If you don't start, you'll never learn. And it's not even difficult these days.

[hallow shadow]

I use it for making money, not having fun.
It serves its purpose.

That’s it.

[shrewd needle]

Yes, but we're saying that you can both make money and have fun on the same machine.

[hallow shadow]

If I wanted a gaming pc of my own, I’d have gotten one.

[spare canopy]

you have a community here, use us.

I mean we had a bit of thing the other day, but I am not going to be a C--t about something like that.

[hallow shadow]

I’m saying that’s not why I use it for.
That’s not what it was gifted to me, for.

I kinda respect my dad’s wishes, and use it for what it’s for.

[spare canopy]

No, it was gifted to you to do a thing... as long as it does that thing. I doesn't mater what else it gets used for.

[shrewd needle]

It's a gift. A gift's only purpose is to be used.

How you use it is irrelevant, honestly. And I bet your father wouldn't have a problem with you gaming on it.

But...well, you do you.

[hallow shadow]

I know what I can do with it.
Kinda. I’d have to actually see what it’s made of.

[spare canopy]

Well we can help, you only have to ask.

[hallow shadow]

But I’d rather use it for art.
I cannot afford a replacement.
Even the table.

[shrewd needle]

TBF, he's not asking, so might as well not impose.

[hallow shadow]

Has cool stickers on it, like some i9 logo.

But that means nothing to me.
It’s for cutting.

[shrewd needle]

Man, I'd kill for an i9 for gaming. An i9 for a CNC machine is a waste, NGL.

[hallow shadow]

My dad has money, but I don’t.
He saw me wanting to weld and cut, and helped me out.

That’s more than I asked for.
I’m grateful for what I have, and use it for what it was given to me for.

Call me silly. Call me sentimental.

I very well could be sitting on a gold mine.
I’m aware.
I appreciate yalls input.

But I like my Xbox.

Helps me stay… Organized.

[shrewd needle]

Well...I'm definitely angry that i9 is getting wasted.

But I can respect a man who sits on a gold mine but is unwilling to use it. Contentment is a rare thing.

But I'm still angry. 😆

[hallow shadow]

He said it was a 2100$ laptop.

That’s like… Rent in some places.

[shrewd needle]

I know. It's a high-end workstation laptop. Basically enterprise-grade. And that costs.

[spare canopy]

Yeah, you got a shit hot gaming pc... and it's like not doing the thing it is designed for... I would keep an eye on it, your laptop could be depressed and have mental issues lol!

[hallow shadow]

It’ll make you art out of steel.
Want me to weld you up a display AK, with real wood?

I can do that.

[shrewd needle]

Yea, I guess CNCs can run on i3s? Or i5s? Since all the work is being done by the printer either ways.

[spare canopy]

Not sure, never used a CNC... Would love to learn, I enjoy making things

[analog lintel]

STALKERS! Strelok has lost his PDA and needs YOUR HELP! Send 5,000 coupons to THIS ACCOUNT to get a legend back on his feet and get a GAUSS RIFLE for your trouble!

[shrewd needle]

That's fair. I couldn't get into it; I'm not much for frustrating production, NGL.

[shrewd needle]

Man pulling the SoC scam!

[spare canopy]

Can I send you a used johnny instead?

You'll get something from it.

[hallow shadow]

Ewwwww

flashbacks to Everyone Has AIDS in Team America World Police

[analog lintel]

Bloodsuckers try a drink of me and instantaneously pass away. You've never heard of the substances in my bloodstream

[spare canopy]

But I did enjoy giving them to you 😄

[hallow shadow]

I might be old, but you just reminded me of this.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BcsYUTPn1Fk&pp=ygUUTm9idW5hZ2FzIHF1ZXN0IGhhbG8%3D

“You cannot get this high, on drugs and lifestyle, alone! I am NOBUNAGA, and you are my quest!”

[wooden walrus]

Man, like, I know this is a deeply flawed game, and that it lacks a ton of polish, the respawning is egregious, mutants are cheap, narrative segments are weirdly paced, etc etc

[fickle hill]

The dude has 3 of those PDAs

[hallow shadow]

Do you have any of Shay’s Living Zone mods?

[wooden walrus]

but I just did sircaa and for some reason I really liked it despite everything

[hallow shadow]

I use Bronze, and it seems to cut down on some of that.

[static lark]

@charred nova You like Subarus right? What’s your opinion on the “Magnificent Wedge From the 80s” aka Subaru XT6

[buoyant trellis]

Sound like a freedom stalker

[hallow shadow]

Freedom rules, Duty drools.

So… If the pre-download was today… Does 1.5.3 drop, tomorrow?

[analog lintel]

I love Freedom but I cannot stand to be associated with the group under Myklukha's leadership. That reptile has turned our beautiful organization into a CRYPTO BUSINESS

[hallow shadow]

I’ve been to Rostok, but I’ve never spoken to Myklukha.

[analog lintel]

Zone obliterate that worm I beg you

[hallow shadow]

I razed their Arena, and left.

[buoyant trellis]

One monolith to rule them all.
And me to make money of it !

[weary hedge]

I wanna build a cabin in the red forest and hunt mutants for the rest of my days

[hallow shadow]

Duty Retirement Plan

[weary hedge]

I don’t mess with duty like that. More like a free stalker tryna settle down

Maybe do some research excavations as well when I wanna go deeper into the zone

[buoyant trellis]

I agree with the plan

[hallow shadow]

On a scale of 1-10, how much is Richter going to hate me for a Ward ending?

[ebon blade]

Why would GSC create a DLC that is only playable to people, that got it as a bonus in just the preorder content?
Of course, when the DLCs come out for everyone, if you did not get the preorder bonus, you will have to pay for it.

[hallow shadow]

My only regret would be breaking his heart.

[weary hedge]

Very. He disagrees heavily with wards ways

[hallow shadow]

Welp.

[weary hedge]

But he’s not on sparks level of hate more like he just won’t associate with you anymore

[hallow shadow]

I can deal with that.

[dry siren]

me when i give the bloodsucker hepatitis b 😂

[weary hedge]

He’s an empathetic man but he won’t let people destroy what he loves typa deal. The zone is like a home to him so it’s very understandable

[weary hedge]

So ur the reason why I tested positive for hepatitis 🤨

[hallow shadow]

He caught me off guard, in the Slag Heap scene.

Richter is a good boy.
Next ending, I’ll be a Sporker.
If that’s possible.

What’s the closest Spork ending?

SCAR! Duh!

[weary hedge]

There are 4 endings Ward, Spark, Strelok, and Skifs (Project Y)

[hallow shadow]

The duality of man.
Ward- Unhigned Bootlicking Old Man
Spork- Unhinged Dementia Patient

I haven’t even heard of Project Y, yet.
This game is about to get juicy

[weary hedge]

Skifs is called project Y

[hallow shadow]

Really?
Wait… Skif, coming to the Zone, was orchestrated?

[weary hedge]

You’ll have to play that scenario and find out. But Skifs and wards outcomes are the most probable and moral options for the zone if that’s what you are looking for

Sorry for the people of the zone not the zone itself

[buoyant trellis]

Well, sircaa deserve to get destroyed

[hallow shadow]

I’m going Ward, and so far.
Other than people calling me a Bootlicker, and Korshunov killing off Chornozem after I went through all that work to spare him…
Ward hasn’t done me wrong.

Hell, I used my badge to save Trachuska’s data, in Malachite.

[weary hedge]

I agree but it’s better than the other outcomes. (Besides skifs)

[hallow shadow]

I wish there was narrative freedom to burn SIRCAA down around their ears.

Put Agatha on a pike right out front of Zalyssia.

Right next to Sidorovich.

[buoyant trellis]

With dalin head

[weary hedge]

Yeah they are a reasonable bunch if you co-operate and do everything they say without hesitation

[buoyant trellis]

Like the monolith

[hallow shadow]

I dunno. Dalin feels like a version of Richter (of course they look/voice acted similar) but Dalin is just… Illusioned.

[weary hedge]

Yeah but the monolith is for the zone not the mainland 😅

[buoyant trellis]

They are the opposite.

But same

[weary hedge]

They have some keys similarities but I would not call them the same person. They both have very very different goals and favors about the zone

[hallow shadow]

Well, yeah. One is SIRCAA dogshit, and the other is a Stalker with a heart.

[grave heath]

this is what i wanted to know thanks

[buoyant trellis]

Don't give the zone to corporations. Protect her from human greed

[hallow shadow]

One loves the Zone for what it is, the other loves the Zone for what it can provide.

Heart matters, even if it’s not technically in the right place.

[weary hedge]

@hallow shadow you just need to play through the story and get to know each character and faction. Get a feel for what everything’s about

[hallow shadow]

That’s why I’m doing Ward, first.
Kinda like eating the food you like the least, first.

Get the feeling out of the way, and then I’ll be digging in with everyone else.

[dry siren]

:3

[weary hedge]

You’ll find ur people sometime along the way or you might decide ur better off alone. That’s the whole journey

[buoyant trellis]

I want to save strider... And oncle lyonya

[dry siren]

i ❤️ Yoga

[hallow shadow]

Oh my goddess, if I side with Scar, will these Zombies stop engaging me like SEAL Teams?

[weary hedge]

I ❤️ BBL

[buoyant trellis]

Zombies are ammo friendly

They want to be cured.
5.45x39 pills

[hallow shadow]

Their accuracy puts The Flood to shame.

Well. Until the Flood Form has a SPNKR

The headshots-only stuff boggles me.

[weary hedge]

The flood are a force to be reckoned with. Only way to stop them is containment 😂

[hallow shadow]

They aren’t undead.
They’re just dudes, who lost their minds.

Enough trauma should end them.

[hallow shadow]

I think The Flood are more hardcore than Tyranids.
I know WH40K glazers will disagree, but a Flood invasion of any Imperium Hive World would have a Proto-Gravemind in minutes.

[spare canopy]

The Flood?

[weary hedge]

100% that’s why death guard could wipe them off the face of the universe if they wanted to

[hallow shadow]

Halo

[spare canopy]

Fair enough... Never really played Halo

[hallow shadow]

Death Guard couldn’t stop the Flood.

Nid’s would consume an Astartes for biomass.

Flood would repurpose Astartes.

[weary hedge]

Flood is basically a dumbed down nurgle army

[hallow shadow]

Flood is basically Nid’s that can’t actually be wiped out.

[weary hedge]

You should look up the death guard. They are badass

[hallow shadow]

System-Wide Exterminatus would only make them look for another system.
You’ve done no real damage.

[hallow shadow]

Oh, I don’t actively shit on WH-Lore.
That stuff goes hard.

I just disagree with the blanket statement of: “WH40K trumps all”

[weary hedge]

There’s a reason they have some of the most powerful beings under their influence 😂

[hallow shadow]

Without a Gellar field, an Imperium ship isn’t even making it to the fight.

I’d rather have a Slipspace engine.

[spare canopy]

I think it should be a case of support anything that is cool.

Until such time they start to pander to narcissists.

[weary hedge]

Surprisingly voidships take longer to travel then you’d expect

[hallow shadow]

Void ship would show up after the Flood ate the place.

If their field didn’t go down, and they didn’t get Event Horizon’d

[weary hedge]

Pretty much that’s why the imperium fails to exterminate a lot of chaos and xenos before it festers

[hallow shadow]

But, Guardsmen are my homies.
True workhorse of the Imperium.

No one rolls harder than the Guard.
Poor, brave lads.

[weary hedge]

Nothing like being cannon fodder for the big boys😔

[hallow shadow]

Cadia stands, as long as I can remember Reach.

[weary hedge]

Literally now that’s guaranteed death

[hallow shadow]

If my place is corpse starch, so be it.

I’d rather die a Guardsman, than live on an Agri-World.

[weary hedge]

Until you see chaos show up😭

[spare canopy]

I would like a sun tan.

[dreamy dagger]

269 days and no CNPP interior nor Limansk yet. What a disgrace.

[dreamy dagger]

This is automated reminder.

[spare canopy]

🤣

[dry siren]

what

[dreamy dagger]

He loves big ◼️ lock 🔏

[weary hedge]

Nun

[dry siren]

i love bandits

and bandit accessories

[dreamy dagger]

Ow hell naw bwoe

[hallow shadow]

I love big bald losers! Like Korshunov!

[weary hedge]

I’d tap one

[dry siren]

tap me :3

[dreamy dagger]

Oh you got me there 😄

[dreamy dagger]

Cmow bwoe

[weary hedge]

You’ve got hepatitis

[dreamy dagger]

/sigh/

[dreamy dagger]

Arthritis too. Funkin helk...

[inland sage]

Does anything happen in particular if you drag Tundra's body back to the hunter camp?

[dry siren]

i was just pullin your third leg

[dreamy dagger]

Yeah you receive his sex logs

[dry siren]

[weary hedge]

This man said he been giving all the blood suckers stds😂

[dry siren]

they call me the bloodfucker

ok nvm i feel yucky

STOP STRELOK REACTING ME 😭

[weary hedge]

Country boy stalkers make due 🌽

[dry siren]

im a twink bandit

[dreamy dagger]

Oh bwoe...

[spare canopy]

coz you five knuckle shuffle so much you give yourself friction burns.

[dry siren]

BAAAAHAAAAAAAAAA

loners bewaaare, you're in for a scaaare ;3

[spare canopy]

You that ugly?

[dreamy dagger]

Dude whats gooning on, is this Cold Island Weird Fantasy teaser...

[weary hedge]

ur a rare breed son

[dry siren]

no i just kill/rob them

[static lark]

sigh

[dreamy dagger]

sheesh

[dry siren]

they're like ants beneath my boot

[dreamy dagger]

Stomp on them mofunkers

[static lark]

I come into the chat to see what’s up and the first thing I see is “I’m a twink bandit”

[weary hedge]

🫃

[dry siren]

say hello to my fully upgraded TOZ-34

[static lark]

My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

[dry siren]

haii :3

[dreamy dagger]

plays "come in you mofuckers.mp3"

[dry siren]

im an adult i can be whatever i want

[weary hedge]

I’m a furry monolith

[spare canopy]

Surprised you got time after all that shuffling...

[static lark]

So a normal monolith

That’s like saying “im a gay freedomer”

That’s just a normal freedomer

[weary hedge]

Cream team or squirt squad?

[static lark]

sigh

[cobalt fiber]

[static lark]

@shrewd needle help.

[spare canopy]

Now you know how I feel

[static lark]

Yeah that reflects the face that I made

[weary hedge]

They are the new factions

[rose ocean]

Anyone have a news about DLC I just see the game update list and I’m sad lol ..

[static lark]

Sadly you can’t watch Gran Torino anywhere anymore

[shrewd needle]

You pushed me through the same when you wrote that fan-fiction, so no. 😏

[static lark]

I DIDNT SAY CREAM TEAM OR SQUIRT SQUAD

[dry siren]

vova vist, start diggin in yo butt twin

[static lark]

I JUST INFERRED THAT THEY WERE GAY FOR EACHOTHER

[shrewd needle]

You did say 'Strider X Degtyarev adopt Skif with Noah's dog'...

Now cope. 😏

[weary hedge]

Who up diggin in they shi

[dry siren]

Half Life 2 Strider x armyman

[shrewd needle]

That's a bit too much.

[static lark]

Which it’s surprising to me that they chose that Clint Eastwood movie to just delist

[dry siren]

"WOOOOO" 🗣️🔥

[static lark]

I mean in every one of his movies where he’s old he just plays “Racist old white dude who doesn’t understand things”

[hallow shadow]

WHY ARE THE BAYUNS BEEPING LIKE BOMBS?

MY PTSD!
RUUUUUUN

[dry siren]

LAMP OIL, ROPE, BOMBS?

[weary hedge]

I rigged them

[cobalt fiber]

It was only delisted due to studio politics not because of the content of the film tho

[static lark]

So it’s surprising they took down the one where he’s semi-racist to the Asians

[cobalt fiber]

It wasn’t really delisted

But studio politics means less availability across the board

Is what it is

[dry siren]

soon they're gonna delist They Live

[spare canopy]

What film was this?

[cobalt fiber]

Gran Torino

[hallow shadow]

Electric Collar? Out in Wild Island?

[unkempt vault]

OIL

You want it? It’s yours, my friend. As long as you have enough BOMBS.

[spare canopy]

Never heard of it.

[hallow shadow]

What’s this for?

[cobalt fiber]

Blasphemy

[dry siren]

SPAGHETTI

dinner 🗿

[static lark]

The entire plot of Gran Torino is “Old white man is racist to Asian guy and then mentors him to be better”

[spare canopy]

I have my blasphemy pants on, the ones with the big hole.

[hallow shadow]

It’s a movie with… I forget his name. Famous old guy.
Doing typical old guy stuff, ends up growing a heart.

[dry siren]

weegee 🏆

[weary hedge]

Hate shit like this

[unkempt vault]

[shrewd needle]

Collars are throughout the Zone.

[dry siren]

the grinch but america

[cobalt fiber]

If the availability or lack thereof was due to racist plots you wouldn’t be able to find American history x

[static lark]

It’s also hilarious that he uses a M1 Garand in 30-06 (a full length rifle with a full power cartridge) as a home defense weapon

[shrewd needle]

TBF, his Asian peers aren't doing any better, so...

[cobalt fiber]

Yet that’s available and considered a iconic film

So

Yano

[dry siren]

self defense 4 bore

[shrewd needle]

Which is good. You need high power. And the balls to shoot them.

[hallow shadow]

Ohhh. I was on my way to Noontide, when some dudes were like “don’t scare it off!”
Scare what off?
BAYUN

[shrewd needle]

Most of the Zone NPCs can be a bunch of kids who are noobs...so they'll say that shit.

[spare canopy]

Sounds awful...

[dry siren]

you need birdshot so they continue live in constant pain

[shrewd needle]

Nah, I prefer an end. If they can invade my home, they got no right to live.

[static lark]

I don’t need a 20inch long barrel an a hunting cartridge used to take down stags as home defense… just be a normal person and use a shotgun

[spare canopy]

Now that is a good film... Bite the Curb Mr Freeman

[unkempt vault]

Europeans saying America has no history
Meanwhile European history

[static lark]

Isn’t the plot of American History X that the neo Nazi grows a heart and realizes his ways are wrong?

[dry siren]

it's more tormenting to leave them alive

[static lark]

I’ve never actually watched American History X

[shrewd needle]

A normal person would use a full-power cartridge because there's no kill like overkill.

[dry siren]

tie them to the back of a car and let physics take care of the rest

[weary hedge]

Hit em with the good ol elephant tranquilizer

[shrewd needle]

Yes, for you. Because you know they can still take revenge.

[cobalt fiber]

Clint isn’t necessarily racist in gran Torino tho it’s more a man of his time

[unkempt vault]

I love over-pressure. What is barrel wear?

[cobalt fiber]

If he was mindlessly racist the film wouldn’t have gone where it did

[dry siren]

throw them against the elephant's foot

[spare canopy]

He only relaise they are not his friends after they make him pick up soap in the shower

[shrewd needle]

Yea, and the other Asians around the protagonist aren't any better either.

[cobalt fiber]

Yeah lol

They’re assholes

[dry siren]

"good corium lump" :D

[static lark]

He’s literally only racist cause he was a Korean Vet and that’s it, it’s not like he’s walking around calling them slurs

[shrewd needle]

Not that much over, but yea...full-power any day.

Hell, use a Barrett for home-defence. 😏

[static lark]

In American History X they drop so many slurs

[dry siren]

like cotton hill

[unkempt vault]

I love the X-18 elephant’s foot

[shrewd needle]

Wrong foot.

[dry siren]

it's friendly towards the player

[cobalt fiber]

AHX is arguably more powerful in its message though

[dry siren]

it's an ally

[unkempt vault]

Even though every vehicle is more radioactive than a fresh meteor

[shrewd needle]

He's calling slurs to literal gangsters even if he is, so it's fair game.

[spare canopy]

So white man with common sense, is racist and must be taught new ways... Good grief

[static lark]

Still just find the “Get Off My Lawn” while holding the kid at gunpoint with an M1 Garand absolutely hilarious

[cobalt fiber]

You haven’t seen the film so I’d stop looking to bait tbh

[weary hedge]

Nah slurs ain’t chill

[dry siren]

the evil ZAZ-968M Zaporozhets

[static lark]

Who me? Yeah nah im not talking about AHX at all

[cobalt fiber]

Nah not you dude

[unkempt vault]

I found the tractor pulling the bmp

[spare canopy]

I dont trust modern films 😄

I have been burned a lot over the last 10 years 😄

[static lark]

I’ve never seen the movie I just know it’s about neo Nazis

[dry siren]

come over here and kiss me on my hot mouth, im feelin romantical

[cobalt fiber]

I wouldn’t necessarily put Gran Torino in a box with other modern movies man

Clint is bang on

[unkempt vault]

[dry siren]

YEAAAHH

[cobalt fiber]

The Mule wasn’t everyone’s cup of tea but that was solid af too

[static lark]

I will say I’ve never seen a Clint movie (that who wrote and directed) that was “bad”

[spare canopy]

I'll check it out.

[static lark]

Some of them drag on for a while but besides that they’re good movies

[weary hedge]

TYRONE NOOOO

[shrewd needle]

I know, I'm saying that even if he did, the antagonists were all gangsters. Not nice people at all, so...

And they end up killing him either ways. 😔

[cobalt fiber]

Yeah they are a bit tedious at times but that’s just the age showing

[spare canopy]

I like slow burners...

[unkempt vault]

I’ve never seen a Yeastwood movie

[dry siren]

*bubba

[static lark]

I actually really liked the Mule.

[weary hedge]

Bubba needs his fixin😋

[cobalt fiber]

Yeah a lot said it was too slow but it was a great watch

[spare canopy]

Did the mule like you?

[static lark]

Most of his movies are literally just “old white man does old white man things”

[dry siren]

bubba need his cornbread 🤤

[shrewd needle]

But you're the death guard. Death takes 8 decades to a century, so hat's expected.

[cobalt fiber]

I went to see weapons last week speaking of modern films and that was a good example of something that could have been better if 30 mins of runtime was shaved off

[shrewd needle]

Should've been John Wick.

Old white man goes on a rampage for a dog and a car.

[static lark]

In The Mule he traffics drugs for the cartel for some reason

[spare canopy]

I like to finger my rot.

[dry siren]

because he's a DRUG MULE

[shrewd needle]

TMI, man...TMI.

[static lark]

Technically it is old white man goes on a rampage

[cobalt fiber]

Wasn’t the mule based on a true story?

[dry siren]

compadres :D

[static lark]

Well…. Keanu is half white half Asian so ig it’s old Wasian man goes on rampage

[unkempt vault]

[static lark]

But Keanu is in his 60s now I think so

[dry siren]

gta v is the worst one

[cobalt fiber]

Looks good for 60 tho

[dry siren]

gta vcs is the best one

[static lark]

Keanu looks good in general

[shrewd needle]

Yea, but that'd have been much better than the slow burn of GT.

[unkempt vault]

“What’s going on my name is Markiplier”

[weary hedge]

I dont know 3 was pretty ass. But every other one was better

[static lark]

He’s full Korean

[shrewd needle]

Exactly 60.

[dry siren]

Vice City Stories is better than SA

[cobalt fiber]

GTA v was crap I agree

[spare canopy]

I would have look like that too... If I didn't dedicate my life to gowing my one pack.

[unkempt vault]

Don’t ruin my joke

[dry siren]

i have the hots for the VCS motorcycle cop npc 🤤

[static lark]

I’m just saying Markiplier is entirely Korean

[weary hedge]

reaaaaaaaaaal

[shrewd needle]

GTA V is crap and IV is peak and SA is second peak.

[cobalt fiber]

VI will be crap but we’ll all buy it anyway

Story will suck gameplay will slap

[static lark]

Which Fishbach is a weird name… idk many Korean surnames but Fishbach doesn’t sound like it’d be one

[shrewd needle]

Speak for yourself.

[weary hedge]

IV story and DLCs went unbelievably hard

[dry siren]

I LOVE MARKIPLIER HE POOPS JUST LIKE ME

[shrewd needle]

WTF?

[dry siren]

TLaD

[spare canopy]

I dont like any of them... Once you mini gunned the people a few times... It gets boring.

[static lark]

Arguably the DLCs of 4 are better than the main story

[shrewd needle]

Man, why is this channel brain-rot half the time? 😔

[unkempt vault]

I’ve never played a GTA game (I played V for like 4 minutes just to try the controls)

[static lark]

TBOGT is fire

[weary hedge]

I liked them more aswell but I like 4 main story more than 5

[dry siren]

this channel is full of psy radiation

[static lark]

Have you played Max Payne?

[unkempt vault]

CHEEKI BREEKI IV DAMKE

[shrewd needle]

GTA IV had peak story and physics. GTA SA had a good story and good gameplay (swimming is peak).

Otherwise it's the allure of having a life in an open world and being able to do things realistically.

[cobalt fiber]

I miss the conversation value we got in between the question chaos just around launch

RIP roof

Rogg

[dry siren]

MLYAA, YA MASLINU POJMAL

[cobalt fiber]

Roof

Rogg!!!!

[unkempt vault]

No. I’ve only played RDR2. I never did the epilogue.

[dry siren]

rogg

[static lark]

Max Payne 3 is practically just a tech demo for GTAV

I mean it’s a full fleshed out game

[spare canopy]

Meh, never saw it that way...

I think the best one, is actually RDR2. I enjoyed that one...

[shrewd needle]

RDR isn't GTA, though... 😔

[static lark]

But you can tell they were just playing around with the tech to try and perfect it for GTAV

[static lark]

RDR as a series is better than all of the GTA games.

[weary hedge]

I need a read dead game where we play as the gang before blackwater took place🔥

[shrewd needle]

Haven't played, so will take y'all's words for it...

[spare canopy]

it GTA Cowboy... I just prefer the setting of RDR2.

[static lark]

Red Dead Revolver = FIRE
Red Dead Redemption = FIRE
Red Dead Redemption 2 = FIRE

[shrewd needle]

Fair.

[static lark]

All 3 of them have peak writing the only thing wrong with Revolver and Redemption 1 is they are kinda aging now

Any of yall play GUN on Xbox?

[spare canopy]

I need to complete RDR2, I always install it, then something happens, need to reinstall my PC and start again...

Not tried it on linux yet... Not sure it will even work...

[static lark]

GUN is basically just Neversofts version of Red Dead

[weary hedge]

Please complete it for the sake of how good it is brotha 😂

[static lark]

At least complete the main story

[spare canopy]

Unfortunately, my hate for Microsoft is stronger.

[static lark]

The Epilogue is meh and drags on for way too long for no reason

[wooden walrus]

rdr2 bored me to tears tbh. Like it's a great example of game design and it's got a very ambitious AI and it's huge an it's got great graphics and stuff

[static lark]

What chapter did you make it to

[weary hedge]

Fair enough. You are missing out on a banger tho. The way they wrote the later chapters is just chefs kiss

[static lark]

Watch him say he never made it out the mountains

[wooden walrus]

that's the thing, I can't recall where I left it on because you go out for a walk and 2 hours later you've bounced between 5 unrelated missions and can't remember what you set out to begin with

[static lark]

this guy has adhd

[spare canopy]

Not really, I haven;t looked into it, but I might be able to get something working on Linux... and if it does... I will complete it...

I also enjoyed it alot online, playing with friends... But yopu couldn't have your own server and not have the idiots with you... And the cheaters and everythign else.

[wooden walrus]

not really, but rdr2 is set like that, it's a problem with the gtas as well

[static lark]

Red Dead online could have been so much better if Rockstar didn’t abandon it to make 3 new irrelevant heists for GTA Online

[wooden walrus]

they will bounce you between like 10 dudes with their own storylines and you end up not knowing what the frig you were supposed to be doing in the first place

[weary hedge]

Well hell yeah if you do lmk how it goes and what you think of it.

Online is great for messing around with buddies

[static lark]

They were doing so good with online

Then they weren’t

[weary hedge]

All I wanted were some solid heists and missions

[spare canopy]

Should have had a friends only option to online...

[static lark]

Yeah idk why the hell they didn’t add any bank heists in a game set in the time where banks were getting robbed like candy. But in GTA Online you rob a bank every 3 missions

[spare canopy]

Will do.

[spare canopy]

And they cut so much of the world out too...

IMO, was a big mistake.

[weary hedge]

Fr they missed with that. Heists are what make online great in gta

And the mini games but you can’t really do that in red dead

[static lark]

It doesn’t even have to be heist missions fr

Just let me walk into a bank with 3 of my friends and rob it for all it’s worth

I don’t even think they let you in the banks in RDO

I think they’re sealed shut

[spare canopy]

But it did need a lot more content though... And it had a fantastic starting place to do that...

They just dropped the ball.

[static lark]

The role system was great imo

I loved being a moonshiner

Buy my lil shack, do the little side missions with what’s her face. Brew my own moonshine and try to dodge the government

[spare canopy]

Dragging those wagons round full of liquid goodness...

Then getting wasted in the underground bars 😄

[weary hedge]

Makes no sense to me

[static lark]

It makes sense to me, GTA Online had already been established and they established a way to get mass amounts of money through microtransactions

[weary hedge]

Yeah it’s straight bs. I hate the whole way they handled buying shit in online

[static lark]

It made more sense when looking at profits to focus on GTA Online where people will buy shark cards to buy the newest car or the newest business just to do a 20 minute heist which gives them like 700,000 in game dollars

And if you’ve played GTA Online you know that 700k in game is worth like 4 chocolate bars

[spare canopy]

too many games are mugs

[weary hedge]

Imagine buying shark cards. I earned everything for free in that game

[static lark]

I hope to god that the GTA 6 online mode doesn’t have the inflation that GTAV Online had

[weary hedge]

Oh it will later down the road for sure

[static lark]

look at a 90s Toyota civic
pricetag…. 1.4 million

Who tf made these prices up

And yes I did say Toyota civic cause that’s some dumb shit that gta would do to get around copyrights

[weary hedge]

People who want more money then they can spend

[static lark]

The new cars they add are literally copy and pasted from irl and then they change like 3 letters in the name or just make it a dick joke

[weary hedge]

Average gta transaction 😂

I hate how much they charged for the police cruisers

[static lark]

Isn’t it like 4 million for a Ford Crown Victoria with a special paint job

You can buy a crown Vic irl for like… 3k

[weary hedge]

4.6 mil…

More than an oppressor mk2 btw

[spare canopy]

I lose more and more faith in humanity every day

[weary hedge]

Nvm I’m thinking of the mk1

[weary hedge]

Shits tragic

[static lark]

I’m pissed off now

I’m gonna step off my soap box and eat I’ll be back

insert Arnie Terminator Gif

[weary hedge]

I’ll be back 🦾😎