⭐┃nospoilers_general

[finite summit]

Of course you will

[native ibex]

UwU, get em

[rotund fox]

yes

[native ibex]

Dont forget to attach the barb

[wide aspen]

damn, crap gets realy weird really fast in this bih

[sand condor]

the cutscene mocap is great

[native ibex]

Garbage railway station is looking just the way we left it

[sand fiber]

Yup

[finite summit]

It's not

[sand fiber]

I think everything in the trailer is extremely cool

except voice acting

[wide aspen]

who was here when they banned the ky... gif?, or when you couldnt say hell or ass

[hazy helm]

Even for a game boasting about 64km² 150 gigs is too much and is provident on poor coding,poor optimization and if it does have that,I can't say you're gonna have good performance

[native ibex]

Speaking of ass, let's get some curvy bloodusckers this time around

[sand fiber]

i hope they'll add izlom back, just imagine the fisting he can provide with his hand

[finite summit]

They removed ukrainian paintjob from the train and added the overhead line

[worthy lagoon]

Have you seen PayDay 2 weight?

[native ibex]

Well I definitely would not notice such things

150 gigs? Darn

Probably just a little eurojank

[finite summit]

These were big goofs in the OG. The train was abandoned back in 1986 and should've still had soviet paintjob. Plus it was an electric locomotive and those things require an overhead line to operate which were absent in the original games.

[sand fiber]

i hate term eurojank so much and i don't know why

[finite summit]

cope

[wide aspen]

everything has a reason, you just dont know yet

[ionic fulcrum]

Hey any of you guys know what the number on the minimap in shoc means

Always wondered about it

[finite summit]

The term "eurojank" was probably created by muricans to lower all european games to the "slavjank" level

[finite summit]

Number of people nearby

[ionic fulcrum]

Oh

[hazy helm]

Payday 2 is less a symptom of poor optimization and more a symptom of it being a live game where it also has skins so you need to download every single skin and DLC pack even if you don't have them BC someone your matching with might have them and the live service practice which relies on mealpatching and stacking updates making them unable to patch stuff prior without much hassle

[ionic fulcrum]

Does it count dead bodies?

[wide aspen]

no

[worthy lagoon]

Americans don't even know what trains are@finite summit

[ionic fulcrum]

Weird I wonder where those 3 people are.

[worthy lagoon]

I played PD2, with a GeForce 820M, 4 GB of RAM, i5 7th gen, at over 60 FPS

[finite summit]

check "Contacts" tab in your PDA

[ionic fulcrum]

Doesn't stalker 2 also have skins

Or won't it? I thought it did

[ionic fulcrum]

Ok thanks 😊

I love how I first played stalker at like age 4 or 5

[worthy lagoon]

It will, both for MP and SP, costumes too

[ionic fulcrum]

I wonder if they will be unlocked via play or not

[worthy lagoon]

I HOPE

[sand fiber]

Wait, for SP too? What? Where does that come from?

[worthy lagoon]

Instead of having a tier for skins and lootboxes

[worthy lagoon]

S2 website

[hazy helm]

From how they're structuring stuff I am betting multiplayer will be separate application, which is overall better for everyone

[sand fiber]

But they don't mention skin availability in SP there

[worthy lagoon]

They do

[hazy helm]

like I said Payday 2s file size come about from the live service model it has practiced over the years,or was a pretty optimized game at the begginin in all regards

[finite summit]

Stalker 2 will be multiplayer only at launch and Singleplayer will be added as a paid DLC

[sand fiber]

Based

[glad temple]

I think a semi battle royale (like a capture the artifact before an emission and kill others to win) would be cool as it could start out above ground and gradually shift into an underground firefight

[worthy lagoon]

@glad temple @sand fiber

[worthy lagoon]

DEAR GOD NO

[glad temple]

or a factions war type always online

[worthy lagoon]

Stop with that

OG modes were good

[finite summit]

BASED

[sand fiber]

It's over

[glad temple]

Perhaps you don’t quite understand what I’m saying. It’s not ACTUALLY a BR, but takes some things like moving into a new area before the current one is wiped out.

[worthy lagoon]

I mean, depends honestly, i really don't get how they are going to implement "costumes" if there are suits

But i am fine with that IF it's unlockable stuff through the game and NOT tier stuff with lootboxes

[glad temple]

More of just pushing the players into getting artifacts and then heading into to agroprom or other undergrounds where the final fights begin

[finite summit]

Far Cry 5 style skins?

[rotund fox]

@glad temple Sir nobody cares about stalker MP were here for the singleplayer

[hazy helm]

I am viamently against such a thing and I will not stand for anything that goes against the originals multiplayer
Hate myself matchmaking luv myself server,simple as

[wide aspen]

i would love coop

[glad temple]

Read my texts after, it’s not actually BR

[finite summit]

Singleplayer was always extremely mid in stalker. Only played it for the MP

[rotund fox]

Too bad go play Tetris coop instead

[worthy lagoon]

I will choke you

[finite summit]

Cope

[wide aspen]

how about you go play tetris

[rotund fox]

What if i do already, huh?

[finite summit]

How about both of you go play chess and whoever wins is right

[worthy lagoon]

No coop

[hazy helm]

these modes run counter to the fun simple multiplayer we got before and require matchmaking to be at their best and thus Im against

[wide aspen]

i know thats what makes the game 60/100 for me, and after i try the game, the precentage is either going up or down more

[glad temple]

To each their own, I feel like it’d be fun

[wide aspen]

what is also important to me is how artefacts work, and if the artefacts are gonna be good with good stats increas

[rotund fox]

Artefacts are just going to be stat increases again

[hazy helm]

Even stat increase can change a lot if the numbers are substantial enuff

And as well as the stat they increase

[mild owl]

Hey guys

[ionic fulcrum]

Yo

[sharp cave]

Oh my god that ultimate edition…..I now have a mighty need

[mild owl]

Thinkin about the stalker 2 trailer, anybody else noticed the downgraded in visuals compared to the screenshots and 2021 trailer?

[cerulean knoll]

Hopefully the npcs in S2 don’t Walk through anomalies as if they are not existing but that would be hard to pull off I believe

[ionic fulcrum]

No it wouldn't

[cerulean knoll]

Well you have to realize that the majority of the player base don’t have the specs they are demanding

But it’s still nice looking

[worthy lagoon]

That usually never happened in the vanilla games

[split heath]

They've been killed by dogs and can get shot by bandits

[cerulean knoll]

Last time I played SOC was 12 years ago

[mild owl]

I mean yeah but they have to showcase the absolute best state the game is in so they can market it, every game shows itself in ultra

[worthy lagoon]

So?

[split heath]

The 2021 trailer was just a proof of concept

[worthy lagoon]

I don't get the suggestion, STALKER never had that issue

Aside in the mods

[rotund fox]

why

[cerulean knoll]

By that I mean I can’t remember if that was the case or not in vanilla games

[worthy lagoon]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1049303851599134750.png?quality=lossless&size=48

[cerulean knoll]

Maybe I should replay them one by one before S2 comes out

[worthy lagoon]

NPCs usually never walked in anomalies, in the vanilla games.

However in mods like Goldsphere, Anomaly and CoC is common because it lacks of a proper navigation system and some has dynamic anomalies

[split heath]

That's cool

[cerulean knoll]

👍🏻

[mild owl]

I don’t think it was, the textures and animations are the same and they said it was gameplay, seems like the issue is illumination

[granite coral]

Hey guys how are today?

[ionic fulcrum]

It looked great to me but that mightve been my sleep deprivation

[ionic fulcrum]

I am awesomely

[granite coral]

Yeah me too

Watched the trailer many times but we need a release date

2023 is not enough

[rotund fox]

2027

[granite coral]

I hope December 2023 is not true on Steam

[ionic fulcrum]

It's temporary

[mild owl]

Doin alright, haven’t slept yet but it’s okay, thanks for askin

[ionic fulcrum]

Whoever complained about the illumination is crazy cus I'm re watching and it looks fine

But now I'm seeing that the bloodsucker looks slow..

[cerulean knoll]

The bloodsucker running animations reminds of how gta characters run.

[hazy helm]

yo perro,you should watch Ghost in the Shell,the 95 movie

[sharp sonnet]

help i cant stop playing stalker anomaly i need mental assistance

[mild owl]

Compare it to the E3 2021 trailer or the screenshots and you’ll see what I mean

[wide aspen]

play original games all of em, it will fix the problem believe me

[sharp sonnet]

thank u

[mild owl]

Yo, yeah i truly need to watch that movie, maybe later with my partner. We did watch millennium actress on Christmas

[hazy helm]

I dunno what that is but both you and you partner both liked Cyberpunk so GiTS should be right up your alley

[mild owl]

Anime movie by guy who made perfect blue, really good movie

[ionic fulcrum]

Only difference I can find is less shininess

[hazy helm]

Which is good,the 2021 trailer looked live they bathed the whole scene in vaseline before shooting s movie,just to flex their reflections

[mild owl]

The colors are more vibrant, the shadows looked more detailed and in general just looks better

[mild owl]

Im not talkin just about the gun fight, but even the way the hands are illuminated

[hazy helm]

we already knew the E3 trailer was a heavely edited and contained especially treated scene,I thought we did

[ionic fulcrum]

I mean I'm legally blind without my glasses so I suppose it's possible I can't perceive a difference even with glasses (I also need new lenses these are old by now)

[mild owl]

But c’mon, shouldn’t we expect and want the same if not better visuals?

[mortal parcel]

Imo if you want to try Anomaly, try it first for a few hours just to get a grasp of it. If you like what you see, hop in gamma. That way your mind will most likely be blown away by what the modding community achieved 💚

[hazy helm]

the graphical fidelity on the 2022 trailer is good,and I'd hope they take a look at performance better than spreading that damn vaseline can on every surface known to man and making sure every surface has a sun surrounding it

[mild owl]

I need the ray tracin maaaaan

Just try to compare the poppy anomaly field from this trailer to the screenshot and you’ll see what I mean about colors

[hazy helm]

You care too much about shiny things,maybe you should try and fix ADHD?

[mild owl]

I like things that look good and the E3 trailer in terms of visuals looked better

[hazy helm]

maybe if Stalker 2 was supposed to be a movie you'd have gotten your wishes

[hexed wyvern]

That’s because trailers don’t equal the game

[ionic fulcrum]

Pretty sure this is because the sun is In different places plus the trailer is looking away from sun

[mild owl]

If it’s a watch dogs thing then I guess people will be able to turn it back on once they get access to the game

[hazy helm]

Not trynna hype you up but it may also just be that the gameplay trailer turned RTX off to try and get better performance

[mild owl]

That is true, tho it makes me believe the RT mode rn is basically unplayable, stalker 2 could be the next crysis if that’s the case

[ionic fulcrum]

Could be that too

[mild owl]

But hey, I like me ray tracin

[ionic fulcrum]

12 fps is playable for me

Whats your playable fps?

[hazy helm]

stalker isn't known to be the most optimized and new games are basically unplayable on release on the Trip A market
I expect Trip A quality and Trip A blunder from GSC since they harp on and on so much about being Trip A

[worthy lagoon]

Remember when STALKER almost had a movie?

[hazy helm]

it has its just not the Stalker games universe

[worthy lagoon]

It had

But it was cancelled

[mild owl]

60

Can be on the 50 ish if it looks really good still

[hexed wyvern]

12fps? That's crazy. I can maybe live with 45

[north cape]

[ionic fulcrum]

I used to be dmg with 20 fps in csgo years ago

Then I got a good pc and had a few hundred fps and immediately deranged to silver elite

[hexed wyvern]

I used to play random free to play games on less than 30fps when I didn't have a good laptop but nowadays I can't go back

[ionic fulcrum]

I thought I couldn't go back either but my pc broke and I'm using the family computer and it's alright.

[hexed wyvern]

My old laptop is now running linux but still it is so slow and the only games that runs somewhat good are old valve games

[ionic fulcrum]

Dang

[hexed wyvern]

anyways I hope stalker 2 runs good on my laptop and also my dad would love this game if it will be good

[ionic fulcrum]

Truth

[hexed wyvern]

If it weren't for him I wouldn't find this series. He always had an exoskeleton and the rail gun at the end fully upgraded

[mild owl]

Damn that’s cool

[dawn hazel]

Hello All

[pseudo rivet]

Welcome

To the Maddening

[dawn hazel]

[hazy helm]

sorry to say it probably won't

[dawn hazel]

Damn the trailer for the next stalker was crazy

[hexed wyvern]

It still has a year to cook. Let them cook

[pseudo rivet]

I know right? It was pretty mid

[hexed wyvern]

The only cool thing they showed in this trailer was the double barrel

The other things we already saw

[pseudo rivet]

Only cool thing they showed in this trailer was... I don't know tbh

[hexed wyvern]

My only problem is the hud and the lighting. I think the lighting should be dimmer to make it more atmospheric

[dawn hazel]

I also liked the animation of the jammed AK

[mild owl]

Personally I like seein that they kept the same inventory system, real nice

[pseudo rivet]

Which had lighting issues

The inventory and HUD looked pretty bad, to be honest

Could be just a placeholder

[hexed wyvern]

It's prob a placeholder

[dawn hazel]

I think fixes will be made

They rely a lot on player feedback and I love that

[pseudo rivet]

At least I've got some hope for the HUD and inventory. Other than that, it just looks bad

[mild owl]

UI is prob the easiest thing to modify and they have a year to do so, it’ll be fine

[pseudo rivet]

Ah, that explains why they don't read #📜┃s2_suggestions

[hexed wyvern]

It doesn't look bad. It's just different. We don't have a lot to work with

[dawn hazel]

Waiting to see the mods too

After it's like any game, fixes will be made later

[mild owl]

Very minimalist but it’s okay, I do wish they use a different font for the ammo count in the inventory and fix the descriptions, had some spelling issues there

[pseudo rivet]

I actually got a suggestion thanks to the trailer, but they unfortunately don't read them

[dawn hazel]

What I find incredible is to use the UE5 engine

I just hope the 1080 ti can run the game.

[gentle coyote]

Dose anyone know if stalker 2 will be on geforce now? My PC wont be able to run it that's for sure. But I really want to play it and I think I might get the pre-order for the game but idk if it will be on it so thats why is im asking should I just wait until it's confirmed that it will be on it?

[native ibex]

No idea

But if your machine cannot run it, I suggest a summer job and some mid-spec parts

[solid prism]

That's good because that means the game is in very late stage so maybe most of the suggestions can no longer be put inside the game.

[pseudo rivet]

Then the game has been in a very late stage for several years

[hazy helm]

it's also good BC most of the suggestions are bad

[hazy helm]

What was the suggestion

[pseudo rivet]

Stimpak one

[hazy helm]

Ho that

[pseudo rivet]

Aye, not even sure if it's a good one, but heck

Besides, who knows, maybe that's the new animation for the most common healing item

[hazy helm]

it's exactly like Dark Souls 2 so,maybe it's good

[pseudo rivet]

I mean, that would make it more challenging, yet not obstruct the gameplay too much

[lusty pumice]

just miss Ashot & Yar wish they reunion in heart of chernobyl 🥹

[sand fiber]

ashot is dead they shot him

[sleek tundra]

How do you know?

[lusty pumice]

i knew just dream of all the possibilities ashot may still alive he was a good stalker.../open cossacks vodka for him thank for your reply sorry for my suck eng 🙏

[sleek tundra]

NOZ WHY ARE YOU GREEN NOW

[nimble cipher]

Lord Trashcan#9358 has been warned

Reason: Capital letters

[sand fiber]

i love elves

also joined gsc, will now design S2

[ruby quarry]

From what I’ve seen there should be gunsmith in Stalker 2

[sleek tundra]

You're the only person I've met who consistently jumps from "based" to "cringe"

[ruby quarry]

I hope we can change the gun stock

[sleek tundra]

Well, my remaining hopes for the game are gone

[sand fiber]

thanks!!!

[hazy helm]

TRAITOR

[sleek tundra]

Ikr

[sand fiber]

Whyy

[hazy helm]

Gunsmith?ho you mean a mechanic like in COP

[sleek tundra]

Elves, out of all the furry races she chose elves

[hazy helm]

If you don't rock and stone you ain't coming home

[ruby quarry]

Somewhat like Gunslinger mod in CoP

[sand fiber]

Gunsmith sounds badass btw

[hazy helm]

What?wdym,you're talking in enigmas

[sleek tundra]

The gunslinger mod doesn't have a gunsmith

[sand fiber]

Would fit fore a buncha settings

[ruby quarry]

Well you give technicians some money and they will put cool stuffs on your gun

[sand fiber]

i wasn't able to buy drg so i now assist elves

[ruby quarry]

Thats pretty close to gunsmith

[hazy helm]

betrayal

[sand fiber]

that's called mechanic

[sleek tundra]

That wasn't from gunslinger, the old games had this

[hazy helm]

What do you mean by gunsmith in the first place?what do you want?say it in prose

[ruby quarry]

Like change the stock of the gun and stuffs like that

Putting a picatiny rail on the gun

[sleek tundra]

Like I said, that's not from gunslinger. It was in CoP and Clear Sky

[hazy helm]

This would be completely useless what are you talking about

[sand fiber]

Gunsmith Cardan it sounds so cool

[hazy helm]

I expect scopes to work just as th same as in the original stalkers so it would be useless to put a picatinny rail there dude

[ruby quarry]

I just don’t want to stuck with the AKS anymore

[rotund fox]

Idk why you're being obtuse on purpose, he wants mods for weapons

[sand fiber]

OH MY GOD I JUST REALISED S2 WILL PROBABLY HAVE 3D SCOPES

[nimble cipher]

NozAr#0330 has been warned

Reason: Capital letters

[rotund fox]

Like flashlights and lasers
Also get rid of the timer already what is this a kindergarden?

[hazy helm]

You have a LR,a GP37,a f2000,you have a lot of options that aren't AKs

[sleek tundra]

Bye bye, performance

[sleek tundra]

I've literally never heard of any of those guns

[hazy helm]

not a real one

[rotund fox]

[ruby quarry]

The only AK in the game is the AKS if you don’t count the AK-74U and I don’t like it

[hazy helm]

Wdym

[ruby quarry]

I wanted the full stock

[sleek tundra]

Oh, you're using the ingame name

[rotund fox]

Stalker isn't going to have 50 million weapons i just want to tell you that right away @ruby quarry

[hazy helm]

bro they have th Abakan and they should've cut that weapon out of the game it's useless

[ruby quarry]

Yeah that’s why I was talking about changing gun stocks and so on with the gunsmith

[sand fiber]

I think it's much easier to realise on a proper engine

[ruby quarry]

You think I wanted item bloat?

[cedar oasis]

anomaly intensifies

[hazy helm]

You,have absolutely no reason why you should change stocks,why would you want that?aesthetic?

[rotund fox]

Won't probably have that either, it will have just internal modding like in the twilogy

[hazy helm]

and it was perfect that way

[ruby quarry]

For aesthetic

[hazy helm]

...
Yhea you aren't getting that LMAO

[ruby quarry]

Stupid reason but I just want it

[ruby quarry]

If the game have mod support then yes I will get that

[hazy helm]

you put too much faith in something you don't even know will be possible young man

[sleek tundra]

Society, Vasim

[worthy lagoon]

STALKER ≠ EFT

EFT core are guns

STALKER core are not the guns and heavily customisation of it

You can have skins though

And upgrades

[hazy helm]

I don't think he was going for a angle like that

[worthy lagoon]

EFT is the only game where you actually change the stock

COD copied that

[rotund fox]

Stalker should be like Tarkov, but for fictional armour and artifacts

[sleek tundra]

No

[worthy lagoon]

You say that like if EFT doesn't have fictional armours

[hazy helm]

nice joke wangan

[sleek tundra]

Wdym, stalker has REAL armor

[worthy lagoon]

EFT armours and bullets are one of the most hilarious jokes i have ever seen

[sleek tundra]

The exo is real, I have one in my closet

[sleek tundra]

B-but realism!

[rotund fox]

What, you mean you don't want hundreds of artifacts at your disposal?

[hazy helm]

Real Ukrainian Armorer

[rotund fox]

artifacts in the last stalker game before 2 got nerfed to high hell anyways

[worthy lagoon]

EFT is more unrealistic than STALKER when it comes to ullet stuff

Like seriously

The enemies are bullet sponges

[sleek tundra]

Wdym

[worthy lagoon]

Especially if they have an helmet that in reality is not even capable of stoping 9mm FMJs

[sleek tundra]

Stalker MFs survive two bullet blank buckshots

[worthy lagoon]

You haven't seen how many shots it takes to kill a player in the legs

[rotund fox]

Anomaly and it's various repacks are a waste of time so i don't know what anyone here is talking about

[worthy lagoon]

The ones who claim that EFT is realistic have never played the game enough or they never touched grass

[long harbor]

they're fun for rp tho

[worthy lagoon]

I have 2k hours in there, and i regret it

[long harbor]

the only reason why i play anomaly is because of the rping element and it's addons

[worthy lagoon]

That's fine

[sleek tundra]

Damn, you're really good at judging stuff. Only took 2k hours to realize this

[worthy lagoon]

Yeah, exactly

[long harbor]

just kuro being kuro

[worthy lagoon]

Especially during the Punisher tasks

[sleek tundra]

Anomaly's addons follow this crappy rule

"If it's broken, fix what isn't broken"

It's not even good at role-playing because of how immersion breaking it could get

[long harbor]

idk man, if they add more stuff and fix bugs that i never knew existed then they're good enough for me

[sleek tundra]

They don't fix the economy

They don't fix the artifacts, at least not well enough compared to other mods, they don't fix factions or quests

They literally just add more guns, scopes or tacticool crap that no one cares about

[rotund fox]

Yea tbh his sensors are broken, i can tell within the hour if a mod is good or bad now

[long harbor]

you can modify the economy wdym

[sleek tundra]

No you can't

The economy will always be broken

[long harbor]

yes you can

[sleek tundra]

Proof or never happened

[long harbor]

it's literally in the settings, i modify it every time

[sleek tundra]

You literally just inflate the economy so a loaf of bread will cost more than what the artifact you found would sell for

[long harbor]

you can modify it however you like

[sleek tundra]

No you can't, you just make stuff more expensive or cheaper

That's artificial difficulty, not good game design

[long harbor]

yes you facking can

[sleek tundra]

You seem to be ignoring half of my text

[long harbor]

you can modify it however you want, you just need some times to think and test it

[sleek tundra]

Like I said, you can only make stuff cheaper and more expensive, which isn't good game design

[long harbor]

ok so what do you want then

how do you even fix the economy in the game?

[sleek tundra]

Easy, make artifacts the currency and don't make every NPC accept rubles

[long harbor]

💀

so what you're saying is "they should add new stuff to the economy"?

[sleek tundra]

No, I'm saying that you shouldn't be able to buy ammo, medical supplies or good weapons and armor with rubles

Except in specific cases, like at the beginning NPCs should sell beginner armor and pistols + their ammo

NPCs shouldn't spawn with expensive equipment either, at least not until later on. So if you're on garbage you'll only find people using cheap AKs and shotguns in not-so-good conditions

Add artifact tiers properly so at the beginner areas you'll mostly find cheap artifacts

[sand fiber]

it kinda makes no sense

[sleek tundra]

Sense isn't good for balance

[sand fiber]

Balance can be achieved through a variety of other things

[sleek tundra]

It kinda makes no sense that you can use medkits to heal bullet wounds in seconds

[sleek tundra]

Well the alternative is making NPCs with good guns not drop their equipment, which is arguably even worse than NPCs only using good guns at late game areas

[long harbor]

at this point i don't even know what trashcan wants to talk about anymore

[sleek tundra]

Economy balance?

If you don't like what I'm suggesting, feel free to criticize it

[long harbor]

are you just finding every way to complain about anomaly when your complaint is literally "here i have this new cool idea they should add this"

[sleek tundra]

Anomaly's economy is broken no matter what you do

[long harbor]

elaborate

[sand fiber]

eh honestly how economics and balance should be is kinda hard to discuss since it ties into so much more stuff

yet i see where you're going

[sleek tundra]

If you make stuff inflated you'll have to spend hours upon hours doing very, very repetitive quests to get better gear

[long harbor]

like i said, you can modify the economy

[sleek tundra]

And make a piece of bread expensive?

Fixing the economy doesn't work like that, you're literally saying "keep increasing numbers until it works'" which won't work

You can modify the general economy value in Anomaly, but not specific stuff

So everyday items could be expensive for no apparent reason, like Food

[long harbor]

bro i literally said that you can modify the economy however you like

[sleek tundra]

You can only increase and decrease values

[long harbor]

did you even play Anomaly? there are options for you to modify different kind of money that comes in/out of your pockets

[sand fiber]

make your own game moment

[sleek tundra]

You can only increase and decrease general values

[long harbor]

ok so what do you want then

[sleek tundra]

I LITERALLY suggested earlier a better economy system and you ignored it

[sand fiber]

customization only works if the base system/mechanic is well designed

[sleek tundra]

^^^^^

[long harbor]

I saw that but can you elaborate

[sand fiber]

or it's already tuned for a certain good experience

[sleek tundra]

Long story short, make good equipment require talking to NPCs and trading artifacts or other items, money is only good for beginner equipment, everyday items like food, and pistol ammo

[hazy helm]

When you critique anomaly and someone else says "there's a mod for that",is always strange BC that doesn't matter,you're critiquing anomaly not anomaly with some other modn

[sleek tundra]

Artifacts could be traded for medical items, ammo, good weapons and armor, etc

So you can make an NPC at dark valley trade you 15 radiation pills for a sawed off pump action shotgun

You'll need to get radiation pills, primarily, by getting artifacts and trading them to sidovorich

Another good balancing technique is making NPCs sell better stuff the more quests you finished and the further you get in the zone

[sand fiber]

i mean i get that it's supposed to be a highly personal tweaked experience and for some broken vanilla mechanics are non-issues, yet having a solid ground in vanilla would only benefit

[sleek tundra]

While the original games had crappy economies I'd argue that they're better than Anomaly because even with a lot of money you won't be able to get equipment until you finish some quests

He left, 1984

[hazy helm]

You're giving criticism on anomaly not the mod that fixes it,it's like saying how the crashing in FONV is really bad in a critique and some other guy goes,there's a mod,of course but youre critiquing the game in its state

[sleek tundra]

Mods are always used to excuse bad games

Skyrim in vanilla is a very mid game with a lot of problems

But people always say "just get a mod" so criticising the game in 2022 is almost impossible

[sand fiber]

Vanilla balance is kinda deeper than that tbh, after your first playthrough you're much more likely to not struggle in early game and even be overpowered, which is quite nice i think

[sleek tundra]

That applies double to CoP

[sand fiber]

This too.

[sleek tundra]

Stashes in that game could be acquired before finishing quests afaik

So after you memorize the locations of said stashes you can easily power level through the game

[sand fiber]

It's not really good for replayability, but

I mean, it's kinda like knowing a level in immersive sims?

[sleek tundra]

That's quite different though

Levels in immersive sim were more often than not filled with rooms or containers that required lockpicks or grenades to open so regardless of your knowledge you'd have to spend points to open

But yes, they did have a few levels where one entrance was just better than all the others because it's the cheapest and most rewarding

[sand fiber]

In terms of "you know the game and much less likely to struggle", only replayability in imsims and stalker is achieved through different things

[sleek tundra]

Facts, sister. So true, my friend

[sand fiber]

real

[sleek tundra]

Anyway, what was the original topic before all this?

Milk dude left mid conversation

[sand fiber]

btw i kinda thought about what if they'd have gone full imsim in S2 and how that could work in openworld

[sand fiber]

anomaly

as, unfortunately, usual

[sleek tundra]

Doubt it, too damn hard to make

Prey 2017 went bankrupt even though the game was popular, it just didn't get enough sales to break even

[sand fiber]

it's a fate of all games that are actually good

Did it go bankrupt though? Arkane like released Deathloop three years later

[sleek tundra]

Huh, no not bankrupt

But it was a financial failure

[sand fiber]

i thhhink it's not that hard, original stalkers were kinda looking in that direction

[sleek tundra]

But not full on immersive sims

They played like ones slightly but a lot of the mechanics that made the original im sims unique aren't there

[sand fiber]

oh god here we are again we hit the "define immersive sim" wall

[sleek tundra]

Absolutely not

I'm not discussing this, you can't make me. I'd rather die

[sand fiber]

I really should've talked to that girl who wanted to explain how to define imsim without comparison to any other game

[sleek tundra]

Emergent gameplay, no further comments

[sand fiber]

at least we can agree that soc has similar enough vibe in some of its parts

[sleek tundra]

Yes

[cerulean knoll]

I assume there will be drinking&eating animations as well in S2

[sleek tundra]

Why lord

[cerulean knoll]

Considering we got healing animations it will probably have

[sleek tundra]

Why lord

[sand fiber]

no way to know, i'd bet that there will be no such animations

[sleek tundra]

Hopefully

[cerulean knoll]

I mean I’m all for change as long as these animations are fast

[sleek tundra]

Hopefully

[ancient haven]

there will be
its impossible an AAA game has no eating/drinking animations
AAA games have standards and gsc is willing to meet them

[sleek tundra]

Then he said "AAA games have standards"

Funniest shit I've ever seen

[sand fiber]

Thinking about it animations can improve gameplay and make it a bit more tactical, but they should not take too long, yeah

[ancient haven]

[sleek tundra]

You can technically do the same without animations

[cerulean knoll]

Yea especially with 60 bucks they are asking for it’s believable

[ancient haven]

im obviously joking
but seriously tho why wouldnt stalker 2 have eating/drinking animations

[sleek tundra]

Why would it

[ancient haven]

because immersion

[pseudo rivet]

We haven't seen them, so you can't judge it

[sleek tundra]

Two words, F immersion

[pseudo rivet]

And seen how healing has an animation, it will probably have one

[sleek tundra]

Pretend I said the f word because it's not allowed here

[cerulean knoll]

All speculations my dude

[sand fiber]

i mean i feel like s2 devteam has all creative freedom in the world, especially compared to slaves at activision-blizzard/ea/ubisoft and other megacorpos

[pseudo rivet]

Thus, why I'm giving my two cents on the topic

[sleek tundra]

Give three or it doesn't count

[pseudo rivet]

Go away, you're just greedy

[cerulean knoll]

I want a stick with a rodent being cocked on it just like npcs

[pseudo rivet]

Sounds like mods, my dude

[cerulean knoll]

Yummy

No mod has such thing as far as I know

[ancient haven]

abo 3mar when there is a military document:

wait i dont have embed perms :(

[pseudo rivet]

Nor does Vanilla, so I'm not sure what you're referring to

[pseudo rivet]

Mods and CMs only

[sleek tundra]

@3mar

[cerulean knoll]

I’m saying if there will be animations in the game for cooking etc then I want this one

[sand fiber]

I want to put alive rats in my inventory and eat them, just like in builds

[sleek tundra]

No person called 3mar

[ancient haven]

@cerulean knoll this guy is

[pseudo rivet]

Please, don't let there be cooking in this game

[hazy helm]

My prediction is that there will be no crafting
And I am hoping there will be no animations for eating and drinking

[sleek tundra]

I want to be able to get cancer like real life, so immersive

[cerulean knoll]

I’m the father of amar he is my son

[pseudo rivet]

Don't make it even worse than what it already is

[hazy helm]

consumable animations are wack ASF

[hearty vigil]

The only thing that matters about S2 is that we got vanilla weapon names.

[sleek tundra]

Based

[hazy helm]

GP37 my beloved

[sand fiber]

you WILL craft
you WILL cook
those are NOT rudementary mechanics that never worked and never would work and are useless in most games

[pseudo rivet]

Never seen the Assault GP37 in any of the other games before

[sleek tundra]

CDDA says otherwise

[pseudo rivet]

Sounds pretty lame, if that were the case

[sand fiber]

cdda?

[sleek tundra]

Ever played project zomboid?

[hazy helm]

Cataclysm Dark Days Ahed

[sand fiber]

oh i mean games that are oriented for crafting and survival for sure benefit from cookinf and uhhh crafting

[sand fiber]

Yeah heard that one, even considered playing but might be to impenetrable for me

[hearty vigil]

What if it’s a special weapon like Sniper SGI-5k?

[hazy helm]

Crafting and cooking was never meant to be in stalker

[pseudo rivet]

X tbh

Placeholder name, probably

GP37 do be based, though

[sleek tundra]

GP37 lives in gun nuts' mind rent free

[sand fiber]

It was never meant to be in like most games
I think situation will only worsen, since Froms added crafting in ER and everyone will start praising MIYAZAKIS GENIUS GAMEDESIGN

[pseudo rivet]

Now, the question for you is: "Now that the weapons aren't mirrored anymore, is the GP37 really a GP37 anymore?"

[cerulean knoll]

Sure but we are talking about a new dev team (correct me if I’m wrong) so new things that weren’t a thing in the og games might be present in S2

[hearty vigil]

Redesign ain’t retcon, fine by me.

[sleek tundra]

Western stalker fans explaining how adding crafting greatly enhances gameplay, immersion and is genius game design (they never used it)

[pseudo rivet]

Not a purist

[hearty vigil]

Mirrored weapons would be cool but alas.

[sleek tundra]

Add the 10mm pistol from fallout 1

[hazy helm]

this new team seems to be doing the right thing and keeping things close to the OGs,so I'm hopeful they know what they're doing and that crafting doesn't have a place in stalker and that consumable animations would only harm the game

[pseudo rivet]

Nah, I personally don't care either. It's not STALKER, after all

[cerulean knoll]

Yes no crafting

[pseudo rivet]

Plot twist: They don't

[sleek tundra]

I don't care either way since I highly doubt stalker 2 is gonna be a good game

[pseudo rivet]

^

[sleek tundra]

I've played too many good mods to build my expectations around them

[steel finch]

Ngl I have doubts about stalker 2

It’s better to ease from the hype

[hazy helm]

like I always say temper expectations but that trailer did ease my thoughts on gameplay
and gave me worries for the story

[pseudo rivet]

Better to wait for more information or the release of the game. I'm currently not impressed

[sleek tundra]

That's just a fraction of gameplay through

[steel finch]

Idk the voice acting is kinda eh

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah, I'm worried about the story

[steel finch]

Better play in Ukrainian language

[pseudo rivet]

You can switch that to Ukrainian, so no worries

[sleek tundra]

We don't know how it works deeper, artifacts economy progression etc

Where the hell is Russian voice acting?!?

[steel finch]

You knows these times

[pseudo rivet]

Uh, war and biases, that won't happen

[sleek tundra]

No I don't

[cerulean knoll]

I mean compared to older games it’s an improvement but it’s pretty hard to capture the feeling of stalker using English

[sleek tundra]

It's literally just translating properly

[pseudo rivet]

Tbh I found it worse than the voice acting of the previous games

[sleek tundra]

The problem is with the voice acting itself, which is bad. Atmosphere is a different story

[steel finch]

It’s going to be weird to see the garbage in modern tech

[cerulean knoll]

No voice acting does impact the atmosphere of the game depending on where the game takes place

[sleek tundra]

The voice acting is bad, regardless of atmosphere

[steel finch]

Or the whole zone actually

[cerulean knoll]

[steel finch]

I wonder if they’ll open the whole zone like adding the great swamp

[sleek tundra]

Place the characters in the United States and they'll still sound bad

Because the voice acting itself is bad

[pseudo rivet]

^

[cerulean knoll]

Yea not sure about that it’s easy to say such things in hypothetical scenarios

[sleek tundra]

Not because it sounds out of place, it'd just acted poorly

[pseudo rivet]

You know what bothered me? A lack of Duty and Freedom characters in the trailer. What role will they have in the story, other than being puppets?

[sleek tundra]

Memes

[pseudo rivet]

No, Ward is a meme

[steel finch]

No monoliths it’s sad

I wonder if they’re still alive

[pseudo rivet]

There were Monolithians in the trailer

[steel finch]

Did they say on what date is the game based on?

[cerulean knoll]

Less , less more is the best for stalker.

[pseudo rivet]

More more more seems like a better formula

[pseudo rivet]

Don't remember, sorry . At least modern times

[cerulean knoll]

A decade later

[sleek tundra]

Modern

[steel finch]

Damn doc is immortal

Mf is still living

[sleek tundra]

It takes place in 2022-2024, cringe if you ask me

[steel finch]

If it’s in modern then the zone is crawling of pmcs

[sleek tundra]

No

[steel finch]

More mercs

[sleek tundra]

It wasn't crawling with pmcs in the original games and it won't crawl with them now

[steel finch]

I love when nato invaded the zone

[pseudo rivet]

With some luck, maybe the Merc story of CoP will be continued

[cerulean knoll]

?

[pseudo rivet]

Already got UN there, not sure what you're talking about

[cerulean knoll]

Did I miss something when did such thing happen in the old games

[pseudo rivet]

Never

[steel finch]

I always thought that nato sending pmcs in the zone didn’t notice that un is there

[pseudo rivet]

You believe in rumors

[sleek tundra]

The mercs are hired by virtually everyone, not just NATO

[pseudo rivet]

NATO isn't even mentioned

[sleek tundra]

I hate nato, I hate nato

[pseudo rivet]

Mercs are just Mercs

[sleek tundra]

Only the UN was mentioned

[steel finch]

Aren’t they neutral?

[pseudo rivet]

Being in and around the Zone, yeah

[pseudo rivet]

Neutrals are Free Stalkers

[steel finch]

Is being neutral only works if you are doing it for the money

[sleek tundra]

What

[ember jasper]

actual stalker dev news what?!?!!

[pseudo rivet]

Well, everyone hates Mercs and nobody trusts them, so not really

[pseudo rivet]

Calm down, it's nothing that impressive

[sleek tundra]

I know right? Half of us thought it was an early April fools joke

[ember jasper]

i mean its actual gameplay

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah, and it looked kinda mid

[cerulean knoll]

Did anyone notice that part of the trailer where skif is walking at night. It felt like the entrance to rostok

[sleek tundra]

In real life or ingame?

[ember jasper]

we havent got that yet untill now lol

[pseudo rivet]

Both

[pseudo rivet]

We did, but they put on god mode in that vid

[ember jasper]

nah that was pre rendered

[pseudo rivet]

Same with this one, or at least dev armor or something

[sleek tundra]

No it wasn't

[ember jasper]

i think the guy playing made it feel that way though, maybe it was actual gameplay

[pseudo rivet]

Another one who believes that

[ember jasper]

they got that mouse smoothing on 10000 i guess

[pseudo rivet]

It was, but God Mode was enabled

[sleek tundra]

It's an actual gameplay video, look at the guy when he picks up the items

It looks too clunky and unrealistic to be rendered

[pseudo rivet]

Which were pretty badly animated

[cerulean knoll]

Maybe he had the best artifact in the game giving him 100% hp Regen who knows

[sleek tundra]

Exactly, if it was pre rendered it would've looked much better

[pseudo rivet]

So yeah, real

[ember jasper]

real

[ionic fulcrum]

I am suffering

[sleek tundra]

Real not fake

[pseudo rivet]

Regen and Impact Negation are two different things

[spring abyss]

life is only pain and cheeki breeki brother

[ionic fulcrum]

Guys what does one do when an quest item is in a level change zone (meànimg you cannot get to it)

[pseudo rivet]

Hello suffering

[steel finch]

I hope vodka is in stalker 2

[pseudo rivet]

It is, it has the Cossacks III symbol on it

[spring abyss]

it is

[steel finch]

Don’t forget the energy drinks

[spring abyss]

it is too

[ionic fulcrum]

Any of you know how one would reach that item (shoc)

[pseudo rivet]

And the shotgun shells are made by GSC

[spring abyss]

all the classic items are back

[steel finch]

It saved my ass everytime

[pseudo rivet]

By getting it ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[spring abyss]

jellyfish hd in stalker 2

[worthy lagoon]

Have you seen the compass? It has like a chest icon, please don't let those be stashes please don't let these be stashes @pseudo rivet

[ionic fulcrum]

wait stashes don't have the circle and 3 triangles icon in stalker 2??

[sleek tundra]

NOOOOOOOOOOO

[nimble cipher]

Lord Trashcan#9358 has been warned

Reason: Capital letters

[worthy lagoon]

Idk, but i saw chest icons looking like the Skyrim ones

I hope those are not stashes

That's why i prefer the minimap

Never enjoyed the compass

[pseudo rivet]

HUD is hopefully a placeholder

[worthy lagoon]

Proof

Sauce

[pseudo rivet]

hopefully

[finite summit]

copefully

[pseudo rivet]

You still find that word funny, huh

[finite summit]

at that point that is not even funny in an ironic way

that's why I use it

[pseudo rivet]

It's honestly a bit sad

[steel finch]

Sequels are such coin tosses

[finite summit]

Unlike the prequels which are always good

[steel finch]

I’ll never forget my clear sky experience

[finite summit]

best game in the series

the only good one in fact

[steel finch]

Idk man, those grenade tosses are something

[hearty vigil]

Clear Sky is a masterpiece.

[finite summit]

also bleed

[steel finch]

I got robbed in there as well

[finite dragon]

wait... people like clear sky?

[finite summit]

who doesn't?

[cerulean knoll]

They are not people they are something else

[steel finch]

I am happy that I experienced it even though it’s buggy

[ionic fulcrum]

I do t th

[finite dragon]

like...
This is my rating of official stalker games
SoC = Good
CS and CoP = Bad

[sleek tundra]

I mean, yeah?

[finite summit]

taste issue

[sleek tundra]

Skill issue

[cerulean knoll]

Wait what cop has the best quests and gun play out of all three

[steel finch]

Wait cop bad?

[sleek tundra]

It has the worst main quest

[steel finch]

I like looking for helicopters

[ionic fulcrum]

Soc = godly cs = alright cop = unplayable

[finite dragon]

YES YES LAD YES

[nimble cipher]

IMMACULATUS#2225 has been warned

Reason: Capital letters

[cerulean knoll]

Yes but in terms of side quests it’s the best

[hazy helm]

I love clear sky,second best game in the series

Unironically

[steel finch]

I am sad about what happened to scar

[hearty vigil]

SoC feels like a tech demo for CS.

[steel finch]

If he only knew he was going against the protagonist

[hearty vigil]

And CoP is a step in the wrong direction. Both are still part of the series, just not as good as CS.

[finite dragon]

okay let me rephrase
SoC = Godly
CS = Worst game of the series and unplayable if you consider the bugs
CoP = alright.

[hearty vigil]

Just avoid the bugs duh

[hazy helm]

unplayable
I have completed it without problems and mods many times before just fine brother

[hearty vigil]

Skill issue

[hazy helm]

Ppl really do be overhatting CS

[sleek tundra]

Someone said it sucks on the Internet so they believe them

[steel finch]

I learned one thing about cs is that to keep moving

[hearty vigil]

Best tip about CS is exploring as much as you can.

You will have issues if you rush forward unprepared.

[finite dragon]

it depends like CS is just a shothole for me... the only thing good about it are the faction wars and these are buggy as hell.

[steel finch]

It was raining grenades at that time

[sleek tundra]

Download a bugfix mod

The only major issues with it are the bugs

[finite dragon]

the fact that you need something like this to enjoy a game preperly is just sad.

[pseudo rivet]

Clear Sky is my personal favorite, ngl

[pseudo rivet]

What bugs?

[sleek tundra]

It's literally just bugs

[hazy helm]

CS even with said bugs is still enjoyable except the last quest but even then that quest is just Garbo

[steel finch]

I wonder what made them rush cs

[finite dragon]

did somebody played CS for the story?

[hazy helm]

me and loads more ppl coming from SoC

[sand fiber]

skill issue

[pseudo rivet]

Yes

[hazy helm]

It has moments where it's bad but it's overall p good

[finite dragon]

I also come from SoC but that doesn't mean that I care about the story.

[hearty vigil]

Yeah I love CS story.

[hazy helm]

It has good combat arena's

[sand fiber]

cs is the most controversial, don't hate it but it has the most issues out of the all three

[hazy helm]

huh

[finite dragon]

true

[pseudo rivet]

Indeed, SoC having a skill issue is just natural for their first game. Fortunately, the skill issue made GSC learn and make a better game

[hearty vigil]

You don’t, some people just suck.

[sleek tundra]

Based

[pseudo rivet]

Honestly just this, yeah

[sand fiber]

I'll send the elves to cannibalize you

[finite dragon]

can we just all agree that vanilla Shadow of Chernobyl is the best of them all?

[finite summit]

CS = the best in the series
SoC = trash
CoP = utter garbage

[pseudo rivet]

And that's exactly why everyone hates Elves

[finite dragon]

banned.

[hazy helm]

SoC is my fav,CS is behind it just barely overtaking SoC and CoP is at the bottom

[pseudo rivet]

Not that they'd ever succeed

[hearty vigil]

based*

[finite summit]

you misspelled "based"

[pseudo rivet]

CS = Personal favorite
SoC = Great game
CoP = Barebones, but the stats and upgrades are the best

[sand fiber]

broke: soc is the best game
woke: cs is the best game
bespoke: cop is the best one
truth: stalker games are shit

[finite dragon]

banned

[pseudo rivet]

Nah, STALKER games aren't Fallout games

[hearty vigil]

stalker mobile is the best game

[finite summit]

taste issue

[steel finch]

Oh yeah there’s a mobile version

[pseudo rivet]

Something I've noticed as well as of late

[finite summit]

literally the same thing

[pseudo rivet]

Taste issue

[finite dragon]

that hurts

[sand fiber]

crimson you're the one here with a taste issue

[finite summit]

Isn't it like on an emulator?

[pseudo rivet]

Says you

[hazy helm]

Sorry but he is a dwarf guy,and you're a elf gall,he wins by default

[pseudo rivet]

Pretty much

[sand fiber]

When are we going to kiss?

[pseudo rivet]

https://tenor.com/view/heresy-space-marines-astartes-warhammer-gif-18849638

[finite summit]

epic embed success

[ionic fulcrum]

I was suppose to vacuum tha house

[finite summit]

do it

[sand fiber]

One day i'll make a fork of dwarf fortress and name it "Elf Forest"

[ionic fulcrum]

InStead I've been playing shoc stalker shiv shoc

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah, do it ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[sand fiber]

It's only a matter of time

[ionic fulcrum]

Just let me kill borov first

[hazy helm]

I shall sic the swat on to you,this is illegal acts against humanity

[finite summit]

soyboy elf grindset

[finite dragon]

so... my oppinion
SoC = Best stalker game ever
CoP = Second best Stalker game ever
CS = no just no.

[sand fiber]

Nah, CS is cool

[hazy helm]

switch CS for CoP and we talk

[finite summit]

CS is the only good one

[versed raft]

R.I.P Volodymyr.✊

[hazy helm]

What

[versed raft]

https://youtu.be/696zMTbrAFM

[cyan canopy]

CS was best but it most hardest stalker to beat

[finite dragon]

so... my oppinion (Update)
SoC = Best stalker game ever
CS and CoP = no just no.

[sand fiber]

Can't do a top, stalker games are too different

[cyan canopy]

Vova vist 😭

[hazy helm]

Hmm,ho yhea the guy everyone mistakes for working for S2 despite having left GSC about 15 years ago
He worked on CS one of th best Stalker games
May he rest in peace

[versed raft]

Dev for Clear Sky was KIA

[hearty vigil]

Yeah we all heard your opinion, taste issue.

[sand fiber]

It's like doing a top of Dark Souls games, they're all shit, you aren't really able to point the bad/good one

[sand fiber]

except stalker games are good ofc

[hazy helm]

obv,DS2 is a masterpiece

[finite dragon]

Dark souls Trilogy:
Dark souls = Godlike
Dark souls 2 = Shit and too easy
Dark Souls 3 = second best game

[sand fiber]

Played vanilla and liked it much more than DS1

[cerulean wyvern]

one comment about the (absolutely amazing IMO) trailer; they don't put "Made in the USA" or "Made in China" in other game trailers so this was an unnecessary bit of virtue signalling that will be more divisive than useful for marketing, given today's bipolar situation in the world.

[hearty vigil]

He’s quite likely the guy who came up with Vova Vist.

[finite dragon]

confused cheeki breeki

[sand fiber]

who cares, capitalism will kill us all

[hearty vigil]

Cordon minigun sequence in general.

[sand fiber]

and actually sometimes they put made in china, i remember some indie games marketing pointing out the devs are chinese

[cerulean wyvern]

pats on the head It's not that important. Go on about your regular day

[cyan canopy]

His PKM was so fast ngl

[finite dragon]

do people like anomaly? because I love anomaly!

[sand fiber]

Actual taste issue

[hearty vigil]

We already know we got no taste stop

[hazy helm]

Many ppl like,many ppl dislike,most ppl here dislike it

[cyan canopy]

Sometime yes sometimes are not

[hazy helm]

Anomaly mediocre mod

[finite dragon]

I like anomaly because you can disable the story!

[steel finch]

I like the pain of anomaly

Or misery

[cyan canopy]

Yeah i suggest play original first and then mods that have own story

[sand fiber]

ohhh the misery

[steel finch]

I didn’t last long though

[sand fiber]

every single person is my enemy

[cyan canopy]

Can we get much higher

[glossy blade]

Even I?

[sand fiber]

@finite dragon ever played OLR?

[finite dragon]

no... what is that?

[sand fiber]

Yes, McCulkin is the only exception

[glossy blade]

Damn

[hearty vigil]

behold ladies and gentlemen, SoC fan that does not know of builds

[sand fiber]

Oblivion Lost Remake modification

[finite summit]

"look at me I am so edgy and quirky and totally not a bottom"©️

[glossy blade]

Sacred knowledge

[sand fiber]

it's jerma reference you dum dum

[finite summit]

Oblivion Mid Remake

[hearty vigil]

It’s better to play actual builds than a “remake” mod tho, I heavily recommend 1935 and 2571 for a starter.

[sand fiber]

[cyan canopy]

I never play OLR but i already know what is

[sand fiber]

Playing builds isn't for your average staller player

[finite summit]

It should be

[finite dragon]

I was today years old when I realized that people play stalker for the Story...

[glossy blade]

BuildEnjoyer role for the next event

[sand fiber]

You at least should be prepared to troubleshoot a lot of things and expect lots of things to not work

[hearty vigil]

Leak new builds. 💀

We know you have them. Best event reward ever.

[sand fiber]

ooo

[finite summit]

Will the winner get a HoC build/design document?

[cyan canopy]

First build of STALKER leaked in 2023 just imagine

[sand fiber]

you mean the S2023 builds?

[hearty vigil]

Nah I mean trilogy stuff.

Leaking WIP makes no sense, old prototypes of released stuff on the other hand…

[finite summit]

I think there were some leaks but nothing in terms of gameplay builds

[full estuary]

Sidorovich model that crashes the game if removed but in rtx

[sand fiber]

i think they wiped the archives long before 2012

[hearty vigil]

Of course they did not, they wouldn’t be able to make pre1.0007 otherwise.

[finite summit]

Did they though?

[finite dragon]

Alright I am going in anomaly and shoot everything I see on sight because Major Kuznetsov told me so... Bye

[hearty vigil]

GSC still got a fully working servers with 15 terrabytes full of stalker knowledge.

[finite summit]

Anomaly

[sand fiber]

mhmhmgmhm

[finite summit]

do they?

[sand fiber]

just the idea of this makes me feel things

[hearty vigil]

Well, they made a new patch for SoC so they have the sources.

[finite summit]

Do they?

[tropic junco]

I wonder how far stalker 2 is already in development. I will gladly wait, but just a thought.

[hearty vigil]

Also some stuff (such as S2 2011 desdocs and builds and bugtracker) was leaked in the past few years.

So yeah they did not wipe anything. We can have actual new builds.

[finite summit]

Probably at an early "still making design document" stage

[sand fiber]

Leaked. Certain people had it long before the leak

[finite summit]

Did you have them?

[hearty vigil]

I know, but long is a year before.

I believe Lox received S2 2011 stuff in 2020 and it was leaked in 2021.

[sand fiber]

I have everything, loxotron in disguise

[hearty vigil]

That’s nine months of difference but he still did get it in 2020, nobody had it prior to that point.

[finite summit]

Proof?

[hearty vigil]

Anyway, clearest evidence is that GSC recently made a patch based on non-leaked source code.

So there is no debate they have access.

[sand fiber]

pay me 2000rubs and i'll show you proofs

[hearty vigil]

and it would be strange to assume they wiped only some of it and still have the rest.

[finite summit]

Was it recently though?

[finite summit]

Why not?

[finite summit]

That was like an eternity ago

[sand fiber]

Having SoC code and having all the builds are different things

[hearty vigil]

“All the builds” nah but they got 3075.

[sand fiber]

I wonder if lox and others have any more non leaked docks or builds

[hearty vigil]

No they don’t, Lox isn’t in good relationships with ex-GSC since the war started.

[sand fiber]

oh

[finite summit]

a\Literally the same thing

[hearty vigil]

Safe to say he isn’t getting anything else soon.

[finite summit]

good

[sand fiber]

sad that most of the crowd interested and involved in builds and related stuff are nazis

[finite summit]

As if it could've been otherwise

[worthy lagoon]

It's a beta, yeah

You can check it on Steam

[sand fiber]

Is it the one that adds Steam functions like screenshots and overlay?

[finite summit]

not really

[pseudo rivet]

@sleek tundra
Lmao I never played GAMMA

[sleek tundra]

It's literally the gamma system

But reversed, so medkits and bandages in battle but outside you use stimpaks to heal

[pseudo rivet]

Weird

[sleek tundra]

Me and Grok argued about the usefulness of the mechanic in #🔩┃trilogy_modifications

[pseudo rivet]

Conclusion?

[vernal magnet]

Good morning comrades

[pseudo rivet]

I mean, I can see Stimpaks and Vicna as some good alternatives for temporary health and blood loss

[vernal magnet]

Oh my God my name is red. I GOT IT!?

[sleek tundra]

The mechanic isn't bad but I don't see a usage

[vernal magnet]

Let the zone take me, I must be dreaming

[sleek tundra]

Either way it wouldn't affect combat since you'll heal and by the time the HP starts decreasing you're probably already outside

[hazy helm]

Yes

[pseudo rivet]

Unless you get killed

[pseudo rivet]

More pink, tbh

[solid dome]

This a trollpost

GSC doesn't even have the press assets for SoC. I can provide proof if needed.

[solid dome]

WOOOOOOOOOOOO. MY MAN GOT THE RED BADGE.

[nimble cipher]

Krezzin#7223 has been warned

Reason: Capital letters

[hearty vigil]

Lox got S2 2011 from GSC in 2020.

[nimble cipher]

Krezzin#7223 has been warned

Reason: Capital letters

[vernal magnet]

@hazy helm Dude i am soooo hyped

[hearty vigil]

Bugtracker was leaked at about the same time.

But I’d be happy to receive your proof ye.

[hazy helm]

cool,you're a VIP now,hot any VIP knowledge to share?

[vernal magnet]

GSC was the wishgranter the whole time

[hearty vigil]

They do not have everything, granted. But they do have lots of stuff we have not seen yet.

[hazy helm]

Expected

[solid dome]

Words, words

[vernal magnet]

I guess the real C-Conscience was the friends we made along the way

[solid dome]

Code wise, may have this and that. Media assets... lots was lost.

[hearty vigil]

Of course lots is lost, but ask SWZC about how many terrabytes of data GSC still got.

[sand condor]

i don't expect s2 win goty but it could be nominated

[hearty vigil]

It’s still lots of stuff we haven’t seen.

[amber tendon]

since when goty was actually made for players

[glossy blade]

Your reaction video was top quality content

[solid dome]

C-Con was that hot chick, Jennifer Love Hewitt, from the Ghost Whisperer whispering in your ear ALL THAT TIME. Fax.

[solid dome]

No idea who that is, ex employee?

[solid dome]

No more Strelok shooting (the tubes). Aight?

[hearty vigil]

Resource that leaked SoC source code, koan desdoc archive and bugtracker. That’s just in the past few years.

[solid dome]

NO MORE STRELOK SHOOTING!

[nimble cipher]

Krezzin#7223 has been warned

Reason: Capital letters

[hearty vigil]

what’s your proof anyway?

[amber tendon]

Tommy link your channel to discord, you got me curious what you make lol

[solid dome]

My proof of lost media assets? I can dm

[hearty vigil]

Please do.

[solid dome]

Collects proof

[hazy helm]

On the new trailer?you get a 20 minute video

[sand condor]

i really don't care about goty but am like yea cool whatever

[amber tendon]

and again which goty

[sand condor]

what more do you want me to say

[amber tendon]

its a question

[sand condor]

i dont have to answer further

[fallen adder]

vhgjkgvctykuyiuguo

[amber tendon]

the steam one or the GOTY streams

I hate cooldowns

[sand condor]

tga

[amber tendon]

yea no results there are predetermined

[gaunt island]

I'm sure this has probably been asked before but is the game legends pre-order the German version? If I'm in the US and if I order from there will I get the US version of the game? Sorry been OOTL for a few months.

[dry imp]

i agree

[solid dome]

The game legends pre-order IS NOT the German version. It's multi-language version.

[amber tendon]

relatable

[dry imp]

im the german

[gaunt island]

Okay awesome, and the extras that come with it, they'll be in English?

[solid dome]

Yeah as per usual, son

[dry imp]

i could be your son

[gaunt island]

Just want to be 100% sure before I drop $350 on this lol

[dry imp]

wait until a release date

[solid dome]

The German Shepherd of STOC

[sand condor]

who here hates multiple audio dialogue in different languages included

[dry imp]

whats wrong with that

[gaunt island]

Yeah I'm thinking about waiting but that trailer got my mojo through the roof again

[solid dome]

If played at once - EVERYONE

[sand condor]

bigger space requirement

[vernal magnet]

https://youtube.com/@itstommylove

[dry imp]

when has that been an issue

[amber tendon]

🤨

[dry imp]

S2 is going to be like 120gb and thats not an issue on its own?

the issue is like 500mb worth of audio files?

[vernal magnet]

I don't see why. 4k textures cost alot of space for an open world

[sand condor]

games are getting bigger and games@like mw are over 200 gigs

[dry imp]

i think it would be cool that they go and record for multiple languages

[vernal magnet]

And Stalker has always had tremendous audio quality

[sleek tundra]

Not everyone speaks English

[dry imp]

no it's not new MW is like 67

[sleek tundra]

Not everyone wants to hear English when they have Russian or Ukrainia

[amber tendon]

warzone sits at 30

[sand condor]

which is why games like witcher 3 have a free dlc

[dry imp]

yeah the total is 67

[sleek tundra]

GSC, WHERE THE HELL IS RUSSIAN VOICE ACTING?

[nimble cipher]

Lord Trashcan#9358 has been warned

Reason: Capital letters

[amber tendon]

gone

[vernal magnet]

The average game size nowadays is pretty darn high

[polar fern]

Only ukrainian

[sleek tundra]

Why

[amber tendon]

bait

[sand condor]

wasnt russia planned pre war

[sleek tundra]

Nvm, don't answer. Knowing you, you'd mock every Russian for existing

[vernal magnet]

I remember when games had to fit a 700mb CDROM. Oh how times have changed

[sleek tundra]

It was... and it was beautiful

[dry imp]

based

[strong drift]

does COP become a sandbox if you decide to stay in the end?

[polar fern]

If they cared less about voiceacting and cared more about fighting maybe them they would win

[sleek tundra]

Sure

What the hell is he talking about?

[crude musk]

Freedom > Duty

[amber tendon]

and so the coach wars rage again

[strong drift]

wtf are Coach Wars

[sleek tundra]

You can always count on Anomaly players to have the shittiest opinion

[crude musk]

Cry about it

[polar fern]

When football coaches fight

[sand condor]

as enough

[sleek tundra]

Skill issue

[strong drift]

seems interesting, where do I sign up

[polar fern]

Are you a football coach?

[strong drift]

no

[polar fern]

Then get the hell out of here

[strong drift]

nah

is Harry writing an essay or smth

[sleek tundra]

Probably

[amber tendon]

Ukrainian actors can't do russian dub because of war and the general attitude towards rus content , GSC can't hire Russian dub because they are tax payers of RF which means their pay will come out into funding russian side.

[sand condor]

what the hell going on

[strong drift]

idk

[sand condor]

what coach war

[sleek tundra]

So it's pure petty

[amber tendon]

why x dub isn't in the game

[sleek tundra]

Like, no Russian content because of the war? My brother in christ half of your fanbase is Russian

[polar fern]

Who cares

[strong drift]

would be interesting if in STALKER 2, the zone expanded to the point where we can even cross the border between Russia and Ukraine and visit some interesting locations

[sleek tundra]

The Russians do

[polar fern]

Who?

[amber tendon]

oh my f god this was discussed whole year

[sleek tundra]

For good reason

[nimble cipher]

Brilliance#3139 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[sleek tundra]

This is pure petty and has no logic behind it since a large amount of the playerbase is Russian

[strong drift]

wait I'm dumb, Chernobyl is near the Belarusian-Ukraine border

[polar fern]

No one cares the fanbase has russians,they can go cry in their corner

[amber tendon]

And death threats came from good intentions too? Just like doxxing and general sh*t hole such beloved fan base caused?

[sleek tundra]

That's racist, you know

[strong drift]

[crude musk]

[sleek tundra]

That also comes from the western playerbase

You're making it sound like every Russian player has at least 4 death threats emailed to GSC

[solid dome]

He makes this
#💬┃en_offtop message
I don't watch streamers usually but since its our homeboy...

Respect has to be given

[polar fern]

I dont care,they might be fkin jesus no one cares

[amber tendon]

you'll have your subtitles, enjoy them

[sleek tundra]

Not as good as dubs or voice acting, not as "immersive" either

[strong drift]

brb imma go touch water

[amber tendon]

lol ukrainian ruins mah immersion

[crude musk]

lol

[sleek tundra]

???

[polar fern]

water is not real

[strong drift]

wait what the hell

[sleek tundra]

Hearing what a character says is just better than reading it

[polar fern]

yeah,like giraffes

[sleek tundra]

And sex