☢┃stalker-general

[marble gyro]

Throw a beat, and it's rap

[fickle hill]

Smash a drum and you get Rock

[marble gyro]

You get the picture

[fickle hill]

Yep

[main jewel]

im a foid

[odd sky]

I bought cards with stalker characters

[charred nova]

true

[main jewel]

i wish i could

but i am in the big state of tejas

[marble gyro]

Mine has not been delivered yet

[main jewel]

🌩️

and erm

[odd sky]

And also book

[charred nova]

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=stalker+2+cards&_sacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313

[marble gyro]

Ship overseas

[main jewel]

i wish i was over there to see it in person

and buy it

[charred nova]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/358448889068

just 200 dollars

[marble gyro]

Cheap imo

[odd sky]

They are so beautiful 😍

[main jewel]

5000 for shipping trust

[marble gyro]

Nah, 20 at most

[charred nova]

get that shit graded

NEED THAT PSA 10 QUALITY

[marble gyro]

I only spent 175 in total

[main jewel]

grrrr i need it

[marble gyro]

It's not that bad

[odd sky]

Book with a lot of new lore

Mykluha with kitty

[marble gyro]

And I still had enough to get some moon rocks

[main jewel]

i wish gsc would update the artbook on console to include everything

[marble gyro]

Speaking of moon rocks.......

Is the moon mostly radiation?

[main jewel]

there is no radiation on the moon as far as i know

[charred nova]

your mom is thats for sure

[main jewel]

like

i think its retarded to think theres rads on the moon

[fickle hill]

Noooo it is just surrounded by invisible cotton candy

[marble gyro]

Yeah, she radiates a light that would shine anyone's day

[marble gyro]

But solar radiation

[main jewel]

she makes my day worse…

[odd sky]

Mavka has earrings in shape of leaves of tree, that is symbol of Kyiv

[main jewel]

i dont think that sticks to anything

[charred nova]

see more proof mavka is skifs new wife

[main jewel]

or whatever

[odd sky]

She is 27 years old

[main jewel]

skif is around that age

[charred nova]

perfect

[main jewel]

i think

[odd sky]

Richter 28
Nimble 29

Zulus 35

[charred nova]

how can zulu be 35

[marble gyro]

Surface is highly radioactive

[charred nova]

zulu should be an old ass man

[marble gyro]

quick Google search and I got my answer

Moon Is irradiated

[fickle hill]

Man Captain Flap Jacks really took the magic pills

[visual mortar]

ball

[odd sky]

Faust 45

[visual mortar]

rotund fowl

[odd sky]

Strelok id remember

[fickle hill]

He's somewhere in the double digits

[marble gyro]

Aight imma head out and go get some food, I'm freaking starving

All this thinking, really makes a guy hungry

[fickle hill]

Don't forget to get some chicken patties and some honey

[vernal lily]

https://tenor.com/view/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-henry-scream-kick-fight-gif-11309704695344774364

[visual mortar]

post a picture of your food so i can make fun of it

[outer pelican]

Guys I just bought stalker2

[vernal lily]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-red-red-cat-evil-cat-normal-cat-gif-7123425318368299957

[fresh cloud]

New Metro's looking pretty good, they're taking a big swing with this new story

Wouldn't be surprised if it got banned in Russia

[solar lotus]

Metro is in this winter

[fresh cloud]

Cost of Hope in Summer, 2039 in Winter, simply can't stop winning

[charred nova]

so its confirmed

he did work on the story for 2039

hell yah

[fresh cloud]

Trolls in the live chat were absolutely triggered

[dense sandal]

I’m so hyped I love the metro games and stalker ahh

Amazing dev teams ^%

[charred nova]

why cus they said russia bad

[fresh cloud]

Yeah lol, they were in shambles

[charred nova]

i mean what you expect

the author is literally banned from returning

effectively anyway

if he did return he would likely be sent to die on the front lines of a war he openly hates

[dense sandal]

Hope he’s doing better now or lest safe now

[small quest]

We got a launch date for metro?

[charred nova]

i didn't see one

coming this winter

it says on their website

[small quest]

Oh really. Nice.

[dense sandal]

When even is winter

[charred nova]

https://www.deepsilver.com/games/metro2039

[dreamy forge]

Keeping it open in case of GTA 6 release gets pushed tad back lol

[dense sandal]

Confuses me when they say a season release not a actual date

[dreamy forge]

Absolutely nobody wants to release their big game near GTA

[dense sandal]

Like is winter this year?

[charred nova]

uh yes

[small quest]

For the first time in just not arsed with GTA this time.

V jumped the shark for me.

[marble gyro]

If they say winter 2026, that's like starting November ish

[charred nova]

though i guess it could be any day from the start of december to feburary

[odd sky]

Absolute cinema

[dreamy forge]

Its still going to sell like hotcakes and will pull good chunk of buyers for month from other games

[small quest]

100%

[charred nova]

maybe metro will be cool enough to include the 1895

[marble gyro]

Maybe metro will actually have good controls now

[bitter plover]

that was confirmed already before tho

[karmic ice]

I'm just glad the reveal showed us that's it's on 4a engine

[charred nova]

the tweet left room for doubt

[bitter plover]

goood

[dense sandal]

dum question is dmirty..still around?

[charred nova]

yah?

[plucky jewel]

The BAFTA Game Awards are tomorrow, I hope to god that Stalker 2 wins the Game Beyond Entertainment Award

[bitter plover]

i think there was some info about it also some time ago

[charred nova]

how did he help write 2039

if he's dead

[small quest]

Proprietary engine 😘

[cyan sparrow]

Internet exploded!!!! This WINTER!!!!!

[charred nova]

they dug up his corpse let his ghost help

[cyan sparrow]

WHOWOOOAOHAOAAHHAHAHAAHA

[dense sandal]

idk i just dum

[bitter plover]

BUt man. The change with Hunter just doesnt make sense

[light crag]

Happy Day Metro 2039 whit Stalker 2 best Games ❤️ from uk

[marble gyro]

Meh

[dreamy forge]

Ouija board?

[dusky pawn]

Have you ever read the books lmao

[charred nova]

tbf this trailer is kinda bad

[dusky pawn]

Hunter was a lunatic

[charred nova]

its extremely confusing

[marble gyro]

THANK YOU!!!

[light crag]

Happy Metro 2039

[dusky pawn]

How is it confusing ????

[small quest]

Hoping it’s a little more hub world than open world.

[dusky pawn]

Btw holy peak not only cinematic but also first gameplay

[dreamy forge]

Kinda gave off Wolfenstein vibes lol

[dense sandal]

is metro 2039 set much after exodus?

[marble gyro]

I'm hoping for more metro less hub

[small quest]

Someone explain metaphors.

[charred nova]

let i get that

[dusky pawn]

Its a dream

The major exodus trailer was also a dream

[small quest]

I’d be keen to see that too. But suspect they will be going open world’ish

[dusky pawn]

A few years

[dusky pawn]

Post redux metro nazis were wolfensteiny

Even in 2033

[small quest]

The redux made these game peak.

[marble gyro]

Redux is okay

[small quest]

Stealth missions before that was sooooooo bad.

[dusky pawn]

Ehh some features of the og were actually peak

[marble gyro]

They removed a lot

[dreamy forge]

Eh Redux remove few levels

[dusky pawn]

And enemies
Also made the game too bright

[small quest]

Nah. Happy for it. I played the first ones and the amount of bugs and odd ai stuff was distracting.

[dusky pawn]

Stealth didnt really exist however the world felt more like underground tunnels

[marble gyro]

Not only that, they removed a lot of assets, voice actors, chapters, gameplay mechanics

[dusky pawn]

Yup

[dreamy forge]

Do hope 2039 includes path tracing goodness

[marble gyro]

Hell voic actors for one, every child was voiced by an actual child in the original

In the redux its the same dude

[small quest]

I wished 2039 was in unreal.

[dusky pawn]

But man Im so happy this metro is deinfantilised

[dreamy forge]

Door is that way -->

[dusky pawn]

Well ok not 'is' but seems that way

[charred nova]

it's not clear at least from what im reading if the game is an open world or not

[small quest]

UNREAL IS GOD. ITS SO GOOD. TECH DEMO PROVES IT.

[charred nova]

or at least i really hope

not fully linear

[dusky pawn]

Idgaf tbh

[charred nova]

I want to be able to explore the metro

[marble gyro]

Nah nah

[charred nova]

go back to parts i've been too

[marble gyro]

We need more linear story focused games

[dreamy forge]

Window is that way <--

[dusky pawn]

I just love deinfantilisation+glukhovsky

[small quest]

to navigate the metro would be sick.

[marble gyro]

Open world just takes you out of it

[cyan sparrow]

OW in the tunnels right?

[dusky pawn]

Sin being right is rare

[small quest]

To get ready for a traversal between the stations. Prep you equipment. Get on the old pump truck.

[charred nova]

i don't think it should be open world

but at least let me explore the metro and not have it be a one way trip

[dusky pawn]

Also like why do u even want ow lmao if the whole metro is nazis there is nothing to 'explore'

[small quest]

Hubby.

[cyan sparrow]

Did you read the book? 2033? In my imagination tunnels was truly open for them.

[small quest]

Maybe if the whole metro was Alife warfare. You could liberate stations.

[charred nova]

BORING

[dreamy forge]

Would be nice if you could choose either traverse through metro tunnels or surface but Ill take anything they make

[uneven arrow]

It kinda reminds me of artyom nightmare trailer, i guess we really have to play the game to know what its about. I do agree the trailer is kinda confusing

gameplay looks sick tho, i really hope they fix mob ai

[dusky pawn]

It is literally a reference to the artyom nightmare

[marble gyro]

Artyom nightmare trailer, had zero references in exodus

[dusky pawn]

Also the trailer is mega ez to understand
Dude swore to not return to metro since its hellish his family got anihilated (or was threatened with anihilation) and he is forced to return and fight the kill on sight maniac Hunter

[mint thunder]

new metro looks cool

[dusky pawn]

What

[cyan sparrow]

Yesss

Very peak

[dusky pawn]

It literally showed the desert level ???

With the train chase

[mint thunder]

dark and gritty how I like it

[dusky pawn]

Anyway mega peak

And glukhovsky actually being hands on is a massive win

[charred nova]

i wonder if they will have the balls to have kids die thats like the most dark gritty thing most games shy away from

[mint thunder]

lowk glad we're playing as a new guy because artoym has a complete trilogy

[visual mortar]

the half life 2 beta was darg an griddy

[charred nova]

artyom may appear

[harsh jungle]

Honse

[dusky pawn]

Didnt they literally show children dying from the bio weapon in last light

[dreamy forge]

Would be banned in australia in heartbeat

[charred nova]

unlucky

[visual mortar]

sounding a lot like quartz rn

[dusky pawn]

Dont care

[visual mortar]

i HAVE to see kids die

[charred nova]

yah i hate kids

[mint thunder]

I'm cool with that but his ending in exodus was the end of his character arc

[visual mortar]

i MUST be disturbed

[dreamy forge]

Me either but developers care about selling game in aussieland

[dusky pawn]

Tbh he is right+nothing else gets the point across to the desensitised militaristic maniacs

[dusky pawn]

I dont think they care about a market the size of poland that has 0 cultural ties to this

[visual mortar]

what

[uneven arrow]

Didnt he say he gonna come back? at the end he did say he’ll go back to get his people

[bitter plover]

yes. BUt it still doesnt make sense fro him to become Fuhrer. I have many ppl that read books and all of them are weirded out by it

[dusky pawn]

wHaT

[charred nova]

he says he wants to go back to metro and save people

at the end of exodus

[dreamy forge]

Tell that to majority of games that self censor for sake of not getting banned in there

[charred nova]

so not really that far fetched for you to run into him no?

[mint thunder]

yh but u can kinda tells u everything about him

[dusky pawn]

????he wanted to flood artyom in 2034 and he was acting like S2 degtaryov on crack the whole time

[charred nova]

the one thing i will say is i wish they kept the book version of the reich symbol in metro

[dusky pawn]

Hunter was literally an edgy angry mess in 2034 and was even more obsessed with kill on sight than in 2033

Also hunter is like literally the character insert for xenophobia he personifies it

[charred nova]

hunter is the guy who says he will come back to arytom in x number of days and never comes back

[dusky pawn]

He is mentioned constantly in the context of anihilating the dark ones

[dusky pawn]

He does in the book but he never meets artyom directly again

And he comes back even more xenophobic and violent

[mint thunder]

feel like this new one is gonna be a lot like the first 2 specifically last light

[dusky pawn]

What kind of reading comprehension do your friends have lmao

[dusky pawn]

Kinda yes

[charred nova]

i only read 2033

and it was some time ago

[mint thunder]

but darker

[charred nova]

don't bite my head off

[uneven arrow]

back to the tunnels!!!

[karmic ice]

Yup it's confirmed, 2039 will not have Russian dub in game

[dusky pawn]

Anyway let me paint you a picture of hunter
Hunter is the most obsessed person with wiping out the dark ones he disapears and his last words echo in artyom's mind constantly as the justification for killing the dark ones both in the games and books he personifies the xenophobia glukhovsky critiques in the ru society
Then he returns and seems constantly on edge strongarms the newly found group and acts irregular in the end he almost wipes out a station where artyom is battling a plague by flooding it but he is stopped by someone

[mint thunder]

lowk glad it's coming this winter cuz like I wanna play it asap

[dusky pawn]

All in the name of 'wagh enemies must kill danger ooo'

Hunter is like the perfect person for a fuhrer when it comes to the book characters who actually have a lot of dialogue

[mint thunder]

sounds like hunter is gonna go through some crazy stuff

[dusky pawn]

Book miller would also fit for this however he was redeemed in the games

[restive stratus]

is there a price on the new dlc coming out?

[dusky pawn]

Book miller is a pathetic piece of shit

[mint thunder]

miller my father in law

[restive stratus]

nevermind just read #📜┃gsc-answers

[dusky pawn]

Nah it aint for u brotha

[charred nova]

the author is an enemy of the country is this really a surprise

[zinc tapir]

is there an offtopic?

[charred nova]

#💬┃en_offtop

[mint thunder]

yh they pretty much explained the harsh environment making the game similar struggles happened with the making of stalker 2

[zinc tapir]

boiled bubblegum

[dusky pawn]

I know that Hunter can be stopped. He has two sides... I've seen both. One wants blood, the other to protect people!(...) Simply the one inside, who kills people, is deceiving the other one. It tells him, that he has no other choice. One is tormented by hunger the other by longing... That's why Hunter is so eager to get to Tulska - both of his sides are! We have to separate one from another. We have to show him there is a choice..
Quote from Sasha metro 2034

[vernal lily]

fried gum

[carmine nest]

@meager crag hello and thank you for the unban. My apologies again. My account was connected into a bot that got hacked and it started sharing some "mr beast stuff" now everything is okay 😄

[zinc tapir]

in the books hunter appears again?

[charred nova]

I didn't unban you but your welcome

[zinc tapir]

mr breast give me money

[carmine nest]

wrong person my bad, similar name 😄

[dusky pawn]

Yes and he is a bloodthirsty drunk who barely functions as a human

[karmic ice]

Yes, I know and respect that...... but imo a game taking place in Russia without Russian language wouldnt make sense, if you get what I mean

[proven hollow]

I feel like we should unban everyone in this server except for the spam bots

[zinc tapir]

but in the game hes a hero

[carmine nest]

fr

[bitter plover]

but that still doesnt make sense fro him to become Fuhrer and rule in terror as some Nazi. This is just weak story choice and i hope, they wil have good story explanation for it

[dusky pawn]

Not really

[zinc tapir]

how and why did he change

he basically saved artyom

[dusky pawn]

The guy who enlisted as a ranger because he was so bloodthirsty he wanted a moral excuse to murder anything is a bad choice for fuhrer ?

A chronic drunk described by sasha to carry a pistol in one hand and a flask in the other is not bad enough for fuhrer material ?

[zinc tapir]

he is never portrayed like that in the games

[dusky pawn]

Are we for real ?

[bitter plover]

i never felt about him as some kind of murder hobo that would love to kill everyoner and rule

[charred nova]

if you read about how he behaves in the books

its not really that far fetched

[dusky pawn]

Then read 2034

[bitter plover]

i did. And i know he was insane person.

[zinc tapir]

so did the fourth reich became the only faction in the metro?

[bitter plover]

i did

[dusky pawn]

He is barely portrayed at all in the games however in his limited time his only advice for artyom is 'kill everything'

[dreamy forge]

Dont think hes in for the ideology rather easiest faction to take over and instill order when he thinks everyone else is too weak minded to lead and do what needs to be done

[bitter plover]

And its funny, that he was supposed to be protagonist of this game, until they scrapped it

[dusky pawn]

However unlike previous games this one involves glukhovsky and has a major tonal shift so

[bitter plover]

and remade the story to make him villain

[dusky pawn]

Needs to be done
Did the ending of metro just grow wings and flew over everybody's head

[zinc tapir]

im curious how they are going to make a linear game take 20 30 hours to complete

[dusky pawn]

I know the 2033 game is infantilised but man

[bitter plover]

yeah ti feels like he will be some kind of "I did whatever i had to to finish this"

[dreamy forge]

Books.. Hunter is potrayed as such

[visual mortar]

its an old ass game man

[charred nova]

I think the entire plot is likely an alegory for the current russian government

[bitter plover]

which fits, but still

[visual mortar]

i have to replay them

[dusky pawn]

[bitter plover]

deffinitely

[zinc tapir]

?

[charred nova]

which isn't a bad thing per say definately can be interesting

[odd sky]

)))

[bitter plover]

looks like that

[zinc tapir]

oh so its not said in the books

[bitter plover]

this is set in after the books

[zinc tapir]

ive never been so hyped for a game since kcd2

[proven hollow]

ooh, right, that metro reveal, damn i missed it

[charred nova]

Like i think putin is hunter and the reich is the kremelin

[dusky pawn]

Hunter's confrontation with the Dark Ones had a profound effect on his mind. He developed a great deal of hatred for them and that is the reason why Hunter, after he slaughtered a black person on Avtozavodskaya station, is in fear of his appearance mistaking him for one of them.
Nah guys he did what had to be done

[bitter plover]

yep

[dusky pawn]

Does glukhovsky have to rename hunter to THE RACIST DRUNK for people to get it ?

[zinc tapir]

they even said they are inspired by the current events so 100%

[odd sky]

Hunter has never been treated so badly before

[dreamy forge]

Man you are way to emotionally invested in this

[dusky pawn]

No way

[charred nova]

crazy i know

[charred nova]

i wouldn't know i only read the first book

[zinc tapir]

do yall think its actually gonna release in winter?

[dusky pawn]

I am just SHOCKED by the ammount of cope surrounding the third worst major character in the books

[zinc tapir]

whos the worst one?

[dusky pawn]

Either miller or that pimp from 2035

[zinc tapir]

why miller

[dusky pawn]

He is a terrible pathetic person in 2035

[zinc tapir]

are we talking the game?

[odd sky]

Hunter being fuhrer is something new

[dusky pawn]

Imagine exodus miller but he doesnt change from the start becomes worse and bellitles artyom while also being stuck in a wheelchair 24/7 and being a pathetic pos

[dusky pawn]

No

[zinc tapir]

oh nvm then

[charred nova]

well its all original story with nothing to base it off

[zinc tapir]

i need to read the books asap

[charred nova]

hunter can also be written to be way more evil

since in the game's lore

he never shows up again

[dusky pawn]

He was also mad at artyom for dragging anna into his insanity but he was actively helping the hanza

[dusky pawn]

And in 2034 it was the dark ones encounter that broke him something that was not explored in games

[dreamy dagger]

Metro caused more hype with 15 min reveal than STALKER 2 did with all trailers combined. THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT, GSC MANAGEMENT

[charred nova]

we have been telling gsc for ages they don't listne

[zinc tapir]

did it tho?

[odd sky]

No, we have hype, we have cards and new artbook

[dreamy dagger]

Trust

[zinc tapir]

i always felt stalker is way bigger than metro

[fresh cloud]

Yeah I think the several year delays is what killed the hype man

[dreamy dagger]

Cards nobody gives a fvck about and artbook that everyone seen already

[odd sky]

No no

New one

[proven hollow]

trailer looks cool, interesting to go back into the metro after exodus

[proven hollow]

krezzin ffs relax

[odd sky]

With unique intel

[zinc tapir]

i think its gonna get released in spring next year tbh

[charred nova]

TIME TO WAKE UP GSC 4A GAMES IS KNOCKING AT THE DOOR

[fresh cloud]

Why has there been an influx of Metro fans in this server coming here to say "STALKER 2 BAD, NO ONE CARES" like bro we are on the same team 😭

[zinc tapir]

one guy said this btw

[proven hollow]

we are

[charred nova]

we are having a cage fight with the 2 largest ukranian dev studios

[zinc tapir]

if stalker 2 gets modded like the ogs got modded we have nothing to worry about, stalker 2 will live foreverr

[dusky pawn]

Its just that one idiot

[fresh cloud]

We are all here to drink vodka, shoot mutants, and slava ukraine 🇺🇦

[zinc tapir]

slava cocaina too

[karmic ice]

I wonder what the gsc devs doing rn since the reveal of 2039

[proven hollow]

oi no need to call people idiots

and krezzin is so scizophrenic he counts for at least five people

[mint thunder]

yh but both are peak let's be fr

[keen terrace]

Which is stupid, bruh

[dusky pawn]

You know who I mean tho

Krezzin is relaxing he's fine

[dreamy dagger]

Never been a Metro fan. I was only saying this is how you do opening marketing, is all.

[stuck flint]

https://tenor.com/view/house-angry-gif-24302801

[charred nova]

it only even matters of metro 2039 turns out to be a lot better than stalker 2

[keen terrace]

I mean, if it will be better, it is good

[odd sky]

no? they never had conflicts

[mint thunder]

tbh there's thing I like more in stalker and things I like more in metro

[charred nova]

which is not even a really fair comparison since they don't really have much in common

[keen terrace]

this tho

[fresh cloud]

We all win

This similartities are kinda just the past developers really

[charred nova]

im being facetious

[mint thunder]

it's hard for me to say which one i like more but as of now gotta go with stalker

[dreamy dagger]

WOLF STILL THINKING

[proven hollow]

what wolf thinking about?

[keen terrace]

We'll find a way to ban this guy anyway

[dreamy dagger]

About banning your yee yee ass

[stuck flint]

https://tenor.com/view/hmmmmmmm-hmmmmmm-hmmmm-hm-hmm-gif-2339932555530048784

[charred nova]

what did that guy even say

im totally lost

[bold smelt]

dude this bot is lost in thought

[vestal lantern]

Do you have offtop here?

[proven hollow]

my yee yee ass will woop your yee yee ass if you keep this behavior up

[vestal lantern]

Like lol, anything but not stalker games

[charred nova]

tbf theres not much to talk about atm

[bold smelt]

if it was only stalker games being talked about then nobody would use this chat

[proven hollow]

damn, y'all broke wolf

[vestal lantern]

Why not #💬┃en_offtop then?)

[keen terrace]

Too many mods 😔

[charred nova]

it often just ends the conversation

[bold smelt]

because people dont know ball and only use this one for some reason

every time the chat tries moving it just dies

[charred nova]

like unless people are arguing politics i find it's best not to get involved

[dreamy forge]

Its called being lazy

[proven hollow]

i could talk for hours on end about snorks but then the mods get mad

[bold smelt]

its 2 clicks

[mint thunder]

do people here really not like stalker 2

[dreamy forge]

Never underestimate laziness!

[charred nova]

we do nothing but complain about stalker 2 all day

[fresh cloud]

I hope we get more Cost of Hope news next month

[mint thunder]

that's a shame I love the game glad they're adding more content

[charred nova]

they need to release a stalker 2 tik tac toe game

[fresh cloud]

WE NEED STALKER MERCH MAN

[proven hollow]

dw only jeb does that

[dusky pawn]

Wait lmao what did that guy say

[charred nova]

or stalker 2 connect 4

[charred nova]

im really not sure

[fresh cloud]

I WANT OFFICIAL STALKER MERCH SO I CAN SUPPORT THE DEVOLPERS GREAAAHHHH

[mint thunder]

lore peak

[dusky pawn]

Btw fun fact for yall mods

A few days ago you banned a guy with an n word in his description

[vestal lantern]

Bruh

[dusky pawn]

He was asking about his melted collectors edition lamp

[charred nova]

im just joking bruh

[dreamy forge]

Can just buy bunch of copies of the game and give to folk

[charred nova]

are we on the battlelines defending this game almost everyday

[dusky pawn]

And after that he tried convincing people on an fb group that you guys banned him for daring to discredit the collector's edition

[mint thunder]

bruh what a corny ahh

[fresh cloud]

Yeah but I want like a cool shirt or a hat

Just something

[vernal lily]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1238970017329189024/1302524795937755188/ezgif-7-5875e47d1e.gif

[dreamy forge]

Best can do is fridge magnet

[fresh cloud]

[mint thunder]

I'd rather get that gear that the soldiers use

[charred nova]

eventually wolf will process that ban

EVENTUALLY

might be a while

[proven hollow]

wait that means wolf is busy and can't ban anyone else right now

[dreamy forge]

Hope it melts its cpu. Warned me one time too many

[odd sky]

Stalker merch is condensed milk from local store

[mint thunder]

[charred nova]

am i in the minority here i'd never even heard of condensed milk before until i played stalker 2

[fresh cloud]

Like the APB store cards are cool and all but I want something I can wear

[vernal lily]

yes

[mint thunder]

question how many expansions are they planning for stalker 2

[fresh cloud]

The only wearble merch I have is the dog tag lol

[dreamy forge]

Condensed milf? Gotta say never heard that one before

[fresh cloud]

2

[dreamy plover]

yes

[charred nova]

milf squared

[vernal lily]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-red-red-cat-evil-cat-normal-cat-gif-7123425318368299957

[mint thunder]

so the 2nd one will probably have better overall content

[main jewel]

i love condensed milfs

hey

[dreamy forge]

But shame remains

[main jewel]

you edited it

[charred nova]

yah

[main jewel]

but i condensed milks taste good

[vernal lily]

Why condensed, why not expanded milf

[main jewel]

like just by itselfs

[odd sky]

[main jewel]

people like boney gurls

[mint thunder]

hmm I like vampires

[vernal lily]

there should be more large women appreciation

[charred nova]

Who

[odd sky]

Btw
Strelok is 44 years old

[mint thunder]

bro is a dilf

[vernal lily]

😋

[odd sky]

Deggy 40

[mint thunder]

lemme add that to the top dilf characters

[visual mortar]

bullet straight through your cranium

[odd sky]

Faust 45

[mint thunder]

[vernal lily]

🤗

[mint thunder]

I need some vodka

[main jewel]

i dunno

[odd sky]

Doc 75

[half falcon]

whats the second expansion then

[charred nova]

How old is Sid

[odd sky]

Dalin 37

[dreamy plover]

young man

[fresh cloud]

Snowy mountain

Where the second Caribbean experiment happened

[odd sky]

55

[vernal lily]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-explode-cat-explosion-blushing-cat-nervous-explosion-shy-explode-gif-3123902237300160606

[half falcon]

where would that even be bro

[odd sky]

Voronin also 55

[charred nova]

Btw where are you getting this from is this from the cards?

[fresh cloud]

It's to the right of the CNPP above SIRCAA. It's on the Zone paper map that came with the physical editions

[odd sky]

Yes and also from new artbook

[half falcon]

gotcha, still weird that if you go directly south you hit literal swamps

[charred nova]

Hmmm alright I guess the cards may be cooler than i thought

[fresh cloud]

It became snowy due to the experiment. https://static0.srcdn.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/stalker-2-map-size-stalker-2-regions-stalker-2-locations-png.webp?q=49&fit=contain&w=750&h=422&dpr=2

[odd sky]

This new artbook has more info than official artbook from dark horse

[charred nova]

Hope they release it in English

[vernal lily]

interesting

[odd sky]

And it's very cheap

[half falcon]

oh so it's an anomaly from it being freezing in a not so freezing place

[fresh cloud]

Yes

[odd sky]

Less than 10 us dollars

[half falcon]

im a genius guys

[vernal lily]

zayum

[dreamy plover]

everything is cheap in Ukraina

[vernal lily]

Including a large 24 case of nonstop

[odd sky]

Not everything

[cursive knot]

new metro is so peak🥹

[odd sky]

Hahahaha

[vernal lily]

americans paying like 30 dollars or something for a single can of nonstop lmao

[cursive knot]

bro i buy 500 mil can for less than a dollar

[odd sky]

Can of nonstop here costs 1 USD

[fresh cloud]

You can also see what this looks like on the map thanks to the map seen on Strelok's PDA on the rooftop cutscene. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gg7rXDxXYAAtGyp?format=jpg&name=medium

unclouded and unblurred

[charred nova]

If I buy it on eBay it’s like 200

lol

Atlantic inflation

[odd sky]

But
My scholarship is less then 50 usd per month

[fresh cloud]

I will simply not own the cards

[charred nova]

https://gif.fxtwitter.com/tweet_video/HFoG0xQakAcpvYj.webp

[dreamy plover]

tariffs are terrific

[odd sky]

And I need to survive

[charred nova]

Fearless leader always keeps us winning

[charred nova]

I believe you’ll make it

[odd sky]

I can send you photos of book

[fresh cloud]

I have been stricken with inspiration

[marble gyro]

Man, less than $50 a month for school Is like a dream

Here they charge up the ass

[odd sky]

And also cards and site with audios

[odd sky]

I'm at uni

[charred nova]

That would be awesome actually

[dreamy plover]

the medical bills are the scariest I think

[marble gyro]

Fr tho, I still have to pay 12,000 for my head injury I got 3 years ago

[dreamy plover]

what like a scratch as well probably? they put a plaster on it and send a bill for 10k lols

[charred nova]

Have insurance

[marble gyro]

Nah, got hit in the head with a bottle, cut into my scalp, two stitches

[dreamy plover]

no insurance can be like having a nationalized service really

[marble gyro]

The cost was for the ambulance, the lobby admission, doctor, surgery

[marble gyro]

And that's with insurance

But it all depends on "If it is in network"

[vernal lily]

chat talking about med bills making me think about mine that I racked up in January

[dreamy plover]

did you go to a stalker fan meeting and said you tried changing the gamma settings in your game?

[marble gyro]

Nah, when I was with my ex we went to a bar, and some dude was trying to hit her

So I stepped in

Knocked the guy out, but did not realize I had a pool of blood coming out of my head

Then they told me after that I got hit with a bullet bourbon bottle

[dreamy plover]

similar thing happened to me. I realized i was bleeding when women started screaming

mine was a belt tho

stories from the zone lol

[marble gyro]

True untold Stories

More interesting than skif finding a new apartment

[charred nova]

Skif should just make his own apartment in the zone

[marble gyro]

Skif is the apartment

[dreamy plover]

with the pinkys of his feet

[charred nova]

Yes

[fickle hill]

Gotta take up a spot in Pripyat

[charred nova]

Fr no one living there

Skif might as well

[fickle hill]

Yeah he just has to hope a monolithian doesn't find him as well unless he's sleeping in the attic

[dreamy plover]

the metro trailer just came out if anyones interested

[weak walrus]

i see stuff about UE tools is no longer maintained?

how do you get console commands nowadays

[marble gyro]

3rd party software

[weak walrus]

wel yea but what is that software

[marble gyro]

Party of 3rd

[charred nova]

Very helpful

[marble gyro]

Helpful very

[iron wind]

guys, the new metro looks super good, stalker better hurry up with the 2nd DLC

[marble gyro]

It's just a teaser trailer

[iron wind]

15 mins?

barely a teaser lol

[marble gyro]

Cinematic trailer and like 2min of gameplay

Or not even 2min

And subject to change too

The concept looks good

But not enough to sell me

[iron wind]

an easy pre-order

an it runs on its own engine

[marble gyro]

I'll wait until the actual game trailer comes out

[dreamy plover]

I'll get it on sale like every Metro game. They're great, but don't quite hit that stalker feels

[marble gyro]

Exodus sold me on purely the open hub and on the go customization

[dreamy plover]

yeah I had tons of fun too, lock down cure

[marble gyro]

Each metro game has their own gimmick

And 2039 has not shown that yet

[iron wind]

open seamless metro

and crazy RTX

[marble gyro]

Sooo??? Every game advertises RTX

Like now a days

[iron wind]

Exodus was the pioneer of RTX

the real first very optimized RTX

[marble gyro]

Still wasn't what sold me

Graphics alone will not sell me a game

It's like when the blu-ray was first announced

And showed people sweating through all the trailers

Like cool, we see more sweat clearly

But it's not enough to sell me on it

More vibrant colors, awesome not enough

The idea of a open world metro game, with on the go customization that allowed you to adapt to your situation is what sold me

Marketing was amazing for that game too

[unique locust]

The new game will be linear

[marble gyro]

https://youtu.be/hAuj2ExAMcw?si=rw8SikEznqPvzDp9

This trailer is what exclusively sold me

If 2039 makes something like this that shows what they are aiming for

I'll get the game in a heartbeat

[proven hollow]

Exodus was great, the entire series was great

love crawling around metro tunnels

[vapid galleon]

imagine, waiting a good marketing for but new Metro

[marble gyro]

Well thats exactly what I'm waiting for

And also something that shows, that it is uniquely different over the others

[vapid galleon]

ok

[marble gyro]

Like 2033 and last light, metro tunnels and expanded story on the dark ones and artyoms origins, exodus a damn good continuation and artyoms struggle with himself and his relationship the end of an era

Also Sam was a damn good dlc

And not only was it about story, they refined every gameplay detail and mechanic

They wanted you to feel you were isolated and took survival even further

[small quest]

immersion and non digetic ui was sick

[jagged rapids]

New trailer looked great

[small quest]

going to have to go back for the DLC of exodus — never played them

[mint thunder]

graphics still look amazing they actually use their own engine

[marble gyro]

Game is unfortunately still buggy af

[brittle steppe]

never played Metro

[marble gyro]

Enemies do shoot through walls

[small quest]

compared to stalker 2 — it's AAA

[marble gyro]

There is also that immersion breaking gas mask bug

[mint thunder]

correct if I'm wrong but isn't some devs at 4a work on stalker?

[marble gyro]

You may not realize it, but there are a lot of bugs in exodus that can match stalker 2 today

Especially when you play NG+

[charred nova]

True metro is an insanely janky game

Exodus especially

[jagged rapids]

Seems new Metro trailer has been inspired by 'Another brick in the Wall' video by Pink Floyd

[smoky hawk]

do you mean, the wall?

[marble gyro]

You know what stalker needs that would boost people's perception of it?

Less stiff, more animation

When enemies shoot their guns, they shouldn't be stiff and all you see is their gun lighting up with pellets flying out the barrel

I want to see enemies, shoot and strafe, take cover and blind fire, making hand signals to ensure their friendlies Flank you

Body movement needs heavy animation input

[proven hollow]

well, there's a reason you don't see that in any open world game beyond cutscenes 😛

[marble gyro]

Because atm, they are like skiffs shadow

[marble gyro]

But COP has this, surprisingly

Stalker 2 just needs a huge overhaul

Because right now it feels like you are fighting enemies in T stances

[rain birch]

You absolutely should

[marble gyro]

Or at least....give skiff more shadow animations

Skiff the stiff

[jagged rapids]

I mean the faceless kids learning at school. That's lifted straight from Pink Floyds music video

[errant shell]

is 1.9 coming out on gog? I haven't been able to download it.

[marble gyro]

Gsc is currently working on it

[errant shell]

ok

[mint thunder]

still incredible tho

[charred nova]

Eh

Exodus is a field of missed opportunities

[mint thunder]

what game doesn't have bugs let's be fr

[charred nova]

Not bugs

Exodus is just a very unfinished game

[smoky hawk]

say waht you will about the weak pastiche of post apoc pop culture references, at least it was better than completely stripping the metro off its various factions

[iron wind]

yeah own engine of 4A is actually very very optimised unlike urine engine 5

[mint thunder]

ue5 is so generic

[iron wind]

yeah, sadly

[mint thunder]

almost every game in that engine feels the same

[charred nova]

True

The 4a engine makes there games feel special

[errant shell]

isnt 4a just modernized xray tho?

I heard that somewhere

[marble gyro]

No engine can feel the same like RED engine

[iron wind]

its made by lead tech devs of xray, so kind of yea

[errant shell]

an engine is an engine, it's up to the devs on how they make it feel.

[charred nova]

As notch said if you want your game to feel unique make your own engine

Which id tend to agree

[marble gyro]

Since when did cyberpunk add a autodrive????

That's so sick!!!

They are still adding more stuff to this game

[mint thunder]

I mean I'll give credit where credit is due some games in ue5 can be pretty good like stalker 2 it does feel like it's own engine sometimes but that's just my opinion

[marble gyro]

Did they also fix the combat music???

[mint thunder]

yk whats funny playing this game on easy because u feel like a tank lol

why nobody talk about how broken the Texan is😭

[native jay]

GP4 in Stalker? I can do GP4 in real 😄
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/o1OULgkzPFQ

[marble gyro]

That's so sick

So like every enemy next to a vehicle can chase you

You see them run to a vehicle and immediately start driving

If stalker 2, ever has this much of a glow up upgrade to their game, like in terms of mechanics, it will easily have the praise like cyberpunk got

[dreamy plover]

I think you meant rage not red. Rage you can literally feel the physics

[dreamy plover]

Hello Starion Sir, how are you? Are you still playing lost alpha? How can you play for so long with no crashes? Mine crashes every 10-20 min

[native jay]

Hey mate!

[dreamy plover]

And that's all she wrote

[half falcon]

oh thats cool

[ruby gale]

[native jay]

Regarding lost alpha:

• Update your GPU Drivers!!!
• Any other mods you are using?
• How much RAM do you have?

[marble gyro]

Do you all think

2039 will add more story elements related to the Dark ones?

[south parcel]

You guys think mods will come to console for S2?

[marble gyro]

Damn, metro is still bugged

[south parcel]

I can't be buying a pc rn

[slow crypt]

not like s2....

[marble gyro]

Oh it is

Enemies still shoot through walls, immersion breaking gas mask bug, non cracked gas mask air leaks at a broken rate

Radiation stays with you if you are in a safe area

Dude stop lying to yourself, lmao Metro is just as janky as S2

I still love both of them, but metro exodus....man that game pulls you out sometimes and it sucks

[slow crypt]

I don't know if this is bait or not anymore...

[marble gyro]

It's not lmao

Metro exodus is not getting anymore stability updates or general bug fixes, even quests can still break

Hell Sam's dlc still break when you get to the first checkpoint

[proven hollow]

it's all slav jank

[slow crypt]

You say that as if S2 wasn't the most unstable, poorly optimized, and broken game (especially in later parts) of recent years

[proven hollow]

payday 3 was worse

[marble gyro]

I'm not tho?????

Lmao I literally said they are equally as janked up

[proven hollow]

cities skylines 2 was also worse

[slow crypt]

.

How can you say they're the same brhu

[marble gyro]

Equally as janked as they are?? Because they are lmao

At least with S2 we are still seeing Updates, regardless of how long

Metro is getting none

Except a new game

[slow crypt]

Whatever, keep living with your hallucinations. Crazy

[marble gyro]

Are you even READING???

[ruby gale]

Eh, its not terrible anymore, still not pd2 though

[proven hollow]

at least metro games are feature complete when released

[marble gyro]

Damn man that hairline is getting in the way of your brain dawg

Them glasses too dark to see even a sliver of reality

[slow crypt]

If those are your arguments, imagine...

[proven hollow]

thankfully i only played it on the xbox gamepass at release, so haven't played it lately, heard it got better but it's been a rough road that seems to remain rough

[marble gyro]

Imagine that you cannot comprehend what I said? yeah definitely

[slow crypt]

Sorry for hurting your fragile ego. Bye

"Moderator"

[marble gyro]

How can my ego hurt when I'm not even flexing it in the first place?

[proven hollow]

hey, leave sin's fragile ego alone!

[ruby gale]

They changed servers to pier to pier so they're more stable now and did an overhaul of skills/armor with guns actually doing damage now

[marble gyro]

Wow, I don't understand people sometimes, it's like I'm speaking a different language to them

All I said, was metro exodus and S2 are literally equally as bugged

But apparently it seems like I offended someone's grandmother and get skewered for even saying "my opinion"??? Lmao go figure

[shell flax]

LMAO

Bro hasn’t seen any game in the last decade but S2

[crystal granite]

[marble gyro]

Bro has only seen the darkness emanating from those spectacles

[slow crypt]

I left for a while and she's still crying, that's tough.

You guys are so easy to rage on

[robust pendant]

theres been worse, come on

[crystal granite]

Bro got ratioed now tries to run it off as rage bait

[ruby gale]

Im not even sure what's happening here

[slow crypt]

I've been doing that since I started in the server yea

[crystal granite]

Walked in on bro having a 3 way meltdown about S2 and Metro

[shell flax]

I just got here fuck you mean three way

[crystal granite]

Right, how sophisticated of you

[grave wyvern]

how much yall think dlc will cost?

[marble gyro]

Around 30

[shell flax]

20-30

[slow crypt]

The same as upgrading to the ultimate version

[grave wyvern]

ok ty, in this case it makes sense to just upgrade to ultimate edition on sale

[crystal granite]

@marble gyro currently the only thing about the new Metro that doesn't sit well with me is that its looking like back to the tunnels for majority (if not all) of the game. I'd prefer more of a split, tunnel rat and Exodus surface stuff

[uneven pecan]

hot take maybe but I’m not in love with the dark and depressing direction of metro. I would have preferred something more adventurous and hopeful.

[crystal granite]

Though they might compensate with the way darker approach to the story

[marble gyro]

That would be exodus for you

[robust pendant]

isn't metro depressive as hell

[crystal granite]

Exodus

[slow crypt]

Well, its creator is in exile with an 8-year sentence; if he returns to his country, that's normal.

[uneven pecan]

Exactly

[robust pendant]

then just replay exodus hehe

[marble gyro]

Exodus is definitely not depressing

[slow crypt]

Sam story

[uneven pecan]

Exactly, much more hopeful

[crystal granite]

Not bad but 2 Colonels clears it

[slow crypt]

He's looking for something less depressing

[marble gyro]

You aint gonna find it with metro

[uneven pecan]

Exodus main story was great

[crystal granite]

It's metro, there isn't non depressing, only how depressing you want it

[slow crypt]

I find Sam's story quite funny

[uneven pecan]

I loved Sam’s story too

[mint thunder]

I would just get the ultimate edition

[mint thunder]

it was perfect

[marble gyro]

You find that his choices are literally damned if you do damned if you dont?

Both his endings sucked

[crystal granite]

Ngl they really pulled off the Novosybirsk part

[slow crypt]

I also wanted to go back to the metro and this new phase promises a lot

[uneven pecan]

I wanted more open world like exodus 😢

[slow crypt]

You have Stalker 2 for that partly

[crystal granite]

I'm glad we at least get a new character, they let Artyom enjoy his rest. Also wtf, since when did Hunter become SS Hunter?

[uneven pecan]

true

[marble gyro]

Destroy the nuclear sub prevent war but never see his parents ever, or leave the sub ignite a war, see his parents in America and be considered the most selfish bastard in existence

You think thats funny??

[slow crypt]

read the novels

[crystal granite]

Behind on that

[marble gyro]

Sam's endings were just terribly depressing

[slow crypt]

He's an adult man, the responsibilities for each person's actions are demonstrated in the game. I don't find it depressing.

[marble gyro]

Crazy

[crystal granite]

Dawmned if you do, damned if you don't. Same with the Colonel and his kid

[marble gyro]

I said that

[crystal granite]

Yeah, it sums it up very well

[marble gyro]

That is Hella heartless

And im considered edgy

[slow crypt]

He stays, helping the locals and accepting his new life...

[crystal granite]

Just wonder, since this game is gonna get darker, wonder what they'll come up with? What are we sacrificing now? Playing with ppl lives? Make this choice, sacrifice that station, women children, but don't make it, you loose 2 stations somewhere else?

[marble gyro]

Or or

The choice to kill artyom

[crystal granite]

Seal the tunnel with explosives, and let in less mutants, or try to organise evac of people, but more mutants get in?

[marble gyro]

Like some last of us coup de gras

The more I think about it, its like a Skiff situation

Save the zone or preserve it

[crystal granite]

Since its more of a war or civil war situation, I remember what Garrus said in ME3, the deadly calculus of war, sacrifice 10 million lives here, to save 20 million there

[marble gyro]

Bro..Garrus was a G

But ahem....Tali all the way

[crystal granite]

The morality will 100% play a role, and I see them putting tough choices in

[crystal granite]

Miranda and it ain't even close

[marble gyro]

Miranda????? You are the first that I have seen and ever heard that said that lmao

Like based

An ass like that it's almost too good to be true

But I like talis story a lot more, reuniting her race with the geth

[crystal granite]

Ash was a mess in ME1, and ME3 she's just a pain in the ass. Tali I never felt anything for, bit awkward if you ask me. Liara sometimes true, but honestly Miranda is where it's at for me for ME2 & 3 especially with the Citadel DLC

[marble gyro]

Liara was just a Used up toy man

I ain't gonna fret

[crystal granite]

It was too good to be true, they moved the camera to her face from her ass in Legendary Edition haha

[marble gyro]

Like a basic one time deal

[marble gyro]

The devs knew what the players wanted

[crystal granite]

I did it not for Tali but cause I wanted both the Geth and Quarians for the war effort. Alliance by necessity

[marble gyro]

Hmmmm

I see your point

[crystal granite]

One time deal? Jack and pinning her to the bulkhead haha

She even gives you a comment in ME3 at the academy, something along the likes of "what, you gonna pin me against the bulkhead again?"

[marble gyro]

In the end I still had maximum war assets but tbh, in ME3 it really did not matter because it gave the player the choice to choose what they wanted as an ending

[main jewel]

interesting how theres metro talk inside of the stalker server, when theres a metro server

[crystal granite]

Never got enough to have the 'good' ending

[marble gyro]

Bro.......it's a pain

[ruby gale]

I probably have 3 hours total across all metro games

[crystal granite]

Stalker general is the unofficial #💬┃en_offtop

[crystal granite]

Replayed each game like 3 or 4 times, including Exodus

[main jewel]

not even

there is no true stalker general

[ruby gale]

It kinda is

[marble gyro]

It's just the flow of the convo

As said by Jack

[main jewel]

not even just only stalker touches the

[crystal granite]

I generally play until the final choice, get to score Miranda again, and then just start a new save

[main jewel]

en off topic

https://tenor.com/view/melcom-komodo-3000-gif-24606841

[marble gyro]

I respect it

For me a new save is starting the trilogy over

[crystal granite]

Pretty much yeah

[marble gyro]

But that's not until like at least 3 months of cooling down

[crystal granite]

Replayed the trilogy like 5 times now

[marble gyro]

Because holy cow man, that is definitely dedication

[crystal granite]

Boutta get hate for days but screw it: I replayed Andromeda like 3 or 4 times and I'll prolly do it again

[marble gyro]

Okay so like for Andromeda

[ruby gale]

I dont think ive ever even pressed start new game

[crystal granite]

It's flawed, it has its issues but also I think player's didn't fully come off of the trilogy high and were expecting Shepherd level stuff 2.0

[marble gyro]

I didn't mind it, story could have been way better

But it had the best gameplay of the series

[crystal granite]

Too clinical, could've been darker, and more detailed

[marble gyro]

No importance you are just there

[crystal granite]

Dark Space I wanna live type of thing?

Forced to do shit to survive

Honestly I think some xenomorph style enemies would've been a good choice for Mass Effect

[marble gyro]

Yes

[crystal granite]

New galaxy, a clean slate, let the devs experiment

Maybe some xenomorph on some planets, some helldivers 2 bugs on others, and then some more technically advanced species and you're forced to either negotiate with the advanced species or fight a 3 way

[mild haven]

I know it was often being said that you couldn't access the 1.9 content post SIRCAA, but did they change this?

Its letting me play it

[crystal granite]

Game with Dave on YT made a post about some mod being in development

[ruby gale]

Anyways, gonna disappear for another 5 days, or till after my birthday

[mild haven]

I have no such mod

[crystal granite]

Bug? But a good one

[mild haven]

Perhaps. I'm post SIRCAA but pre Duga

I'm gonna try and play it out. Just accessed the lab

[crystal granite]

Have fun, I haven't touched it yet

Might just watch gameplay instead

Not worth it making a new playthrough for an hour max of a new quest

[shell flax]

No, just misidentification on quest names at first

It’s pre first Duga assault

[mild haven]

Oh, so I'm right on time then

[timid flicker]

de ce esti fan @deft scaffold

[fierce nexus]

Hello all, hope you're having/had a Glorptastic day

[jolly canyon]

Why can burers throw stuff through walls

[heavy mural]

is the english dub good?

i played a bit of it back in 2024

[jolly canyon]

Very much no in my opinion

[heavy mural]

in ukrainian

[river chasm]

People seem to prefer the dub for whatever isn't their native language

[uneven pecan]

English dub is trash

[viral rivet]

Stalker updates the rest of the year and a new metro game god damn

[bold smelt]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-tickle-cat-tickle-chuddyfan-thomas-jefferson-gif-15541031946739484981

[bold smelt]

i found it good

its listenable and not flagrantly bad

[uneven pecan]

moving away from silent protagonists was a mistake

[bold smelt]

i also really liked the accent thing they did, showing how a lot of stalkers probably came from surrounding countries by changing their english accent

[bold smelt]

this is a cringe take

speaking protagonists are superior even when the VA or writing is ass

[uneven pecan]

hard disagree

It ruins immersion imo

[bold smelt]

immersion tends to come at the cost of making a likeable protagonist so its a sacrifice well made

not even likeable, just memorable

[uneven pecan]

But the protagonist is me and I’m already likable 😎

[smoky hawk]

I dont want the story to hinge on the protagonist

fuck character driven stories, that shit stinks

[bold smelt]

this guy takes problem with the hero's journey style of storytelling

[uneven pecan]

Hero’s journey doesn’t work in all scenarios

[charred nova]

Vasim wants every mc to be link

[bold smelt]

its either character driven or the "story" is hidden under 80 pages of lore that no normal person is going to find in normal circumstances

[smoky hawk]

I will be beating the crap out of the Greek writer that formulated the Heroes Journey
I dont need "ITS SO DEEP GUYS" stories about people
I need stories about factions

show me a cool war NOW

[bold smelt]

go play a map game then

[uneven pecan]

The main character of stalker was always the zone

[smoky hawk]

no, I want metro

literally untrue

[bold smelt]

plus faction war narratives are still character driven, its not like things just happen out of nowhere

[smoky hawk]

if your point is that instead of characters, the factions act as characters, you are a smarmy asshole

[charred nova]

I’m some how surprised that you like metro

[bold smelt]

the entire trilogy revolves around the strelok

[smoky hawk]

do not call me for the university project

[bold smelt]

vasim gets called wrong once and immediately diverts to name calling

[uneven pecan]

Nah, Strelok was always just a macguffin

[smoky hawk]

did you play SOC?

[uneven pecan]

Yes

[smoky hawk]

Penguan just loves playing the same story over and over again

[bold smelt]

uh huh

i hate it when a story is memorable and has accessible content

as opposed to watching 30 theory videos about the super deep "story" hidden in the lore

[charred nova]

Honestly taking on Hitler in the post apocalypse I gotta admit that’s kinda unique

So if nothing else gotta give 2039 credit for doing something new

[bold smelt]

also isnt metro character driven anyway?

[smoky hawk]

I don't understand exactly the reference

[bold smelt]

dark souls

[smoky hawk]

why would I be refering to dark souls here?

[uneven pecan]

Metro definitely is but it’s a completely different game

[bold smelt]

every game is unique

[smoky hawk]

you arent however

[burnt bridge]

Straight up metros trailers looks hella cool. The va sounds great

[bold smelt]

because thats the alternative to character driven stories

[smoky hawk]

I clearly said faction driven story

[uneven pecan]

Yes I am my mom told me I was 😊

[charred nova]

Yah Slavic sounding characters in the Slavic setting is a breath of fresh air

[smoky hawk]

we need more stories about factions with nebulous never defined characters

I do not want to know the MCs name but I want an autistic information sheet on the factions modus operandi

[bold smelt]

thats just character driven with the veneer of "organizations" making the plot go along

[smoky hawk]

reread

[charred nova]

So do you like new Vegas

[bold smelt]

vasim doesnt like being called wrong

[smoky hawk]

its ok, not the best

[charred nova]

Alright that’s something at least

[uneven pecan]

My favored mod for Bethesda games is the alternate start where you can abandon the main story to be a random NPC

[bold smelt]

every narrative in video games boils down to two types, lore driven and character driven

[uneven pecan]

Ya my bag is lore driven games

[bold smelt]

nah i hate lore driven games unless they come from some outside media

fnaf and its consequences

[uneven pecan]

Wdym outside media?

[bold smelt]

like from books, movies or games that contain separate but connected narratives

[uneven pecan]

oh I see

[bold smelt]

lore-driven games are much more enjoyable when part of a larger whole, which is the point, but a lot of them just dont do that

[smoky hawk]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1069409593689645106/1355086726879645726/caption.gif

[swift badger]

hi, does anyone know whats called the new quest for start it via console?

[visual mortar]

this is so insanely retarded i have no words

what do you think a fucking story is

[smoky hawk]

jimmy you dont get peak stories for games

you want games as a movie

[visual mortar]

you just want to read a wikipedia article of lore

[smoky hawk]

youre the kinda guy who likes TLOU

[visual mortar]

that's quite literally the entire fucking point. they're interactive stories VIDEO GAMES

[smoky hawk]

cry to the hand cry to the hand

[visual mortar]

this is such an obvious ragebait take

[smoky hawk]

you want slop and you enjoy the slop

[visual mortar]

definition of a decrepit contrarian

[smoky hawk]

I dont need to defend my opinions from a man whose beliefs are literally that games should be movies

[visual mortar]

genuinely baffled at the idea of calling "stories" slop

thats so actually braindead its giving me a headache

[smoky hawk]

yours is

[visual mortar]

mine?

my what

[smoky hawk]

I think it was p clear, your story

[visual mortar]

my story

what the fuck are you talking about

[smoky hawk]

I didnt expect you to understand english but this is bad...

[visual mortar]

i think fat tumors are growing in your brain

[visual mortar]

me when i am vague and elude to nothing

"does he even know"

"does he know"

[smoky hawk]

it isn't very hard to understand that your story refers to life story

[visual mortar]

what does that fucking mean

life story?

[smoky hawk]

this is basic english bro

[visual mortar]

you're not being clever dude

[smoky hawk]

no, because this is elementary school level

[visual mortar]

my story

somehow has something to do with wanting a story in a video game

but also somehow means i like slop?

[smoky hawk]

its a quippy insult to call you boring

its not very deep, but I see you need it explained

[visual mortar]

I AM boring because i want a well written story? ME?

hello?

you ar genuinely just a contrarian for the sake of it

[wild wing]

how does one open the door with big red button in x18?
key from the room with electro wall vanished from inventory

[visual mortar]

"hehe those losers that LIKE things am i right"

[smoky hawk]

haha