⭐┃nospoilers_general

[chilly vessel]

But I was sure about that, Tom is the most reliable person in industry with Jason Schreier

[granite coral]

You mean Tom Warren?

[chilly vessel]

Tom Henderson, leak that Stalker 2 will be there was from him

[granite coral]

Oh I see now

[frail sonnet]

time to get the hype train started

[whole hull]

🔥 Officially, STALKER 2 will be at Gamescom 2023 !!!

Tom Henderson's insider confirmed!
On the official site of Xbox, in the section of the Gamescom gaming event, there is information about the presence of the STALKER 2 game at the event.

PS If we are not mistaken, it will be possible to get acquainted with the game in game stations and photo zones (Photo Opportunity).

[ancient haven]

NO WAY

[glossy blade]

[verbal sedge]

GET IN HERE STALKER

[brazen wigeon]

OH GREAT GSC HAS ANSWERED OUR PRAYERS

[ancient haven]

too bad i cant go there

[glossy blade]

See you at the event

[full estuary]

Finally something more than a cinematic trailer

[fluid abyss]

FINALLY

gawd damn

I can’t wait to hear the reviews, I hope it’s good

[whole hull]

🔥 GSC have confirmed their participation at Gamescom and the possibility to play a demo version of STALKER 2

"Deadly anomalies, dangerous mutants, anarchists, bandits, free-lance stalkers, players and partners alike are cordially invited to join us and play the STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl demo at gamescom 2023 on August 23-27.
We are waiting for the meeting and #goodhuntingstalkers ! "

[acoustic parcel]

lmao! finally!

[whole hull]

WOOOOOOOOOOOO

[acoustic parcel]

this probably means that the game is in a playable state and close to release

[whole hull]

I want to explode from happiness !!!!

[hazy pumice]

HERE WE GO : Stalker 2 to appear on gamescom 2023.
Done deal

[ancient haven]

smh gamescom 2023 is in germany :(

[grave quarry]

i think they are sticking to a release in 2023 if the demo is already ready i think it will come 2023 we still have almost 4 months of the year still

[acoustic parcel]

121 days to go to december

[hazy helm]

Most auspicious

[grave quarry]

yes sir that is alot they are working hard right now as we can see

[vernal magnet]

I've never been more sad to not be able to make it to the conference

[acoustic parcel]

and with the demo, it will be less than 100

[grave quarry]

lets just wait and see how much is in the demo and how it is

[hazy helm]

You

[worthy owl]

FINALLY

some good news

[hazy helm]

Wait you dont say
They release OLR3.0????

[hardy bear]

Dang, look forward to seeing the coverage of it

Im assuming people are allowed to post gameplay of this?

[vernal magnet]

foreal though im happy for the news i just wish i could be a part of it

[grave quarry]

guys what is the best mod for soc that keeps alot of the original elements?

[kindred dirge]

What is your favorite artifact?

Select one please

I gonna create something

[hazy helm]

A possibility

[woeful frost]

It’s the demo I’m assuming there will only be a couple or hrs of content in it! And let’s hope it’s good I have high hopes for it

[timber violet]

Depends really, you cant put a few hrs of content and get many people to try it, so I assume there will be maybe one mission or so to get the feel and so people can cycle and many try it

[woeful frost]

Yeah that makes more sense I’m a silly blob

[timber violet]

Nah we're all assuming, could be anything :)

[woeful frost]

Yeah I’m really excited for this game ❤️ hopefully they are allowed to share gameplay and I wonder if it will be on Xbox or pc

Like what will the demo be on*

[timber violet]

It 99% will be allowed to share, there will be cameras there for sure

[woeful frost]

I’ll be playing on pc

[timber violet]

You going to gamescom?

I wonder how close it means the game is to release, is it going to be gameplay to get feedback or to hype it up for upcoming release

[woeful frost]

No I wish I live in the states and don’t even have a passport

[timber violet]

The demo is going to be for those who attend the event... so unless you go there you wont be able to try it :\

[woeful frost]

It’s props to hype it up for upcoming release maybe cause In the article I read about they supposedly being at gamescom 2023 a insider also reported a supposed release date of February 2024

This could be wrong tho for all I know

[abstract tartan]

Hello, guys I don’t understand how the ultimate editions work, I want to buy it from their website but it says that it doesn’t exist yet, like I have to wait, I dunno, then I go to amazon and I see it there, but I’m not sure sure if it’s legit or not I’m so confused, i signed and told it to tell me when it is available but man I dunno, this is a confusing message nonetheless but this is a confused man as well

I’m from Germany and don’t know how to use discord

[timber violet]

Can you screenshot what it tells you? it lets me buy it...

[abstract tartan]

Lemme see

[timber violet]

Oh we cant post pics here

come to this channel #💬┃en_offtop

[abstract tartan]

Since when btw? I tried like a week ago or a week and a half

[velvet schooner]

another s.t.a.l.k.e.r. 2 showcase (demo), in gamescom?

yay

(dunno if it's the first, or maybe the second, third, whatever)

[balmy hound]

Not 100% sure but I'm seriously considering making the trip ♥️

[solid dome]

What in Wayne's World is happening in #⭐┃nospoilers_general

What in mankind's revolution goes with people today, tell me more I want to be part of the crowd

Do not leave Father Krezzin out of the business!

All ye who dare stand against the prophecy, will be sent...---transmission interrupted

[crimson prawn]

FINNALLY SOME NEWS ABOUT STALKER 2

LET´S GOOOOOO

[finite dragon]

Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, oh my god,

[woeful frost]

@solid dome stalker is confirmed to have a playable demo at gamescom 23-27th of August 🥹🥹

[nimble cipher]

420dwaynethecockjohnson has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[woeful frost]

Lol

STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl’s official release is slated for 2023, but insider sources hint at a potential delay until February 2024

[humble condor]

Wouldn't really call them "insider sources"

[woeful frost]

It’s what I found on a website 🤷🏻‍♀️

[silk dirge]

Anyone wants hear a stalker joke?

[prime spade]

so, with GSC's announcement does this look like a 2023 release?

[silver ledge]

Bandit

[prime spade]

maybe early 2024

[silver ledge]

Duty

[finite dragon]

Energy drink demo at gamescon

(jk - im excited to see the game obviously)

[wise blaze]

finally news? lesgooo

[prime spade]

I hope they don't do something like limiting the entire demo to rostok or some single place

[finite dragon]

yeah its true, it could be a special made map, its not uncommon. lol maybe they'll use reshade

[silk dirge]

They will add car's?

[digital glacier]

Nope

[finite dragon]

im mostly kidding and being contrarian

[silk dirge]

Lol

[prime spade]

they'll have 2 4090's set up just to run the game at 30 fps

[finite dragon]

it'll just be SoC with reshade

[prime spade]

I can't wait to see what it looks like with UE5

gonna be so good looking

[hazy helm]

no

[granite coral]

Finally it is happenning boys! 😄

[prime spade]

I'm sure the modding community will, but driving a car in the zone is asking to be launched into the sky

it makes zero sense to drive around in a place where anomalies are always changing places

[finite dragon]

its true, having to walk everywhere is the vibe

[silk dirge]

If size of map will be increased it should be something for going fast,not just fast travel right?

[prime spade]

also, adding cars would ruin the atmosphere of having a huge open world map

[prime spade]

it's not that large, it can still easy be traversed by foot

[silk dirge]

Walking started something just waste time not scary

[finite dragon]

also you really have to soak in the atmosphere (which is to me why I love this game) when you walk, its awesome and does the imsim thing

[prime spade]

for example, stalker 2 will have a claimed size of 60 square km's, GTA 5's map has an area of 48 square km's on land (75 counting ocean)

[limpid kraken]

something I've been wondering about is how Nitro and Cardan were making a Zone-capable vehicle by the end of CoP. It makes me wonder that if while it won't be player-driveable, it'll be used as an "immersive" fast travel source

[prime spade]

it's not so large to the point that you can't walk around, especially if they add lots of things to keep it from being barren

[limpid kraken]

if it even exists

[tiny olive]

Howdy ho

[sterile flame]

transport is needed where there are large empty stretches between locations. There are practically no such segments in the stalker, and every 20 meters anomalies

[prime spade]

I could see fast travel being implemented via a guide honestly

[finite dragon]

Honestly it does need to be kinda barren, it's part of why it's atmospheric and scary, i hope gamers aren't bitchy about it and expect gta7

gamers piss me as much as game studios (not devs)

[silk dirge]

Maybe they need just add fast travels like far cry (i know it's haritage)

[tiny olive]

I wish cardan added the giant gauss cannon in Iron Forest workshop to their car

[prime spade]

well, I think there should be a lot of unique places. Such as anomalies, camps, mutant dens, hidden artifacts/treasures/weapons. Helicopter crash sites, abondoned villages, etc etc

which would make it worth exploring

[hazy helm]

mfw no meadow

life sucks

[viral badger]

Hello World

[digital glacier]

We will probably see those vehicles, but guides are a bit too iconic to replace them with the vehicles I think. Maybe only some guides will actually be drivers of these vehicles, who knows.

[finite dragon]

yeah definitely, but should be nice and spread out

[hazy helm]

they said fast travel would be like clear sky with guides

[finite dragon]

the zone is a wasteland and there aren't supposed to be too many stalkers

[tiny olive]

Taxi NPCs

[prime spade]

well, I would assume that the zone has more unregistered stalkers than registered ones considering the ways people get in

[limpid kraken]

Yeah I was thinking that Guides are the "normal" way to fast travel. Cheaper but take longer; but vehicles would be more expensive but take less time

[hazy helm]

the zone has 10k stalkers,how?trust me bro

[digital glacier]

Yeah, would add some decent variety. Though we already saw some kind of working APCs in the last trailer when Skif was attacking some kind of stronghold, so at least the vehicles are in as props

[prime spade]

I think the safer regions, away from the CNPP and pripyat should have a large population to reflect stalkers hopping the borders and getting in, those 2 areas should be pretty empty though

[hazy helm]

everytime vehciles appear in the zone,they are destroyed near instantly,its dumb,and it shouldnt exist in the zone

[finite dragon]

It would be cool if they different game modes like Metro so you can be a masochist if you want

[silk dirge]

I Don't play much clear sky like Cop,in CoP guides are disappears when I go little far from camp and not something useful everytime

[viral badger]

How i can be invited in ecolog group?

[finite dragon]

Like meaningful difficulty and HUD changes and things to make it more stalkery hardcore

[hazy helm]

why no play CDlear Sky,Clear Sky good game,you bad person,I am done

[hazy helm]

?
there is no Ecog group in the stalker games

its a mod addition

[silk dirge]

Sorry I going to suicide my Stalker

[tiny olive]

You mean live to forget

[hazy helm]

me when no clear sky

[digital glacier]

Give modders some time after the tools come out and GSC won't even need to do it themselves lol.

[silk dirge]

"Stalker,Put your photo away"

[finite dragon]

I am concerned about UE5 modding but don't know enough about it to say why

[prime spade]

the stalker modding community are literal cultists on drugs, I believe they'll add just about everything possible when they get their hands on the modding tools

[silk dirge]

Yeah

[finite dragon]

it makes me sad everyone is just using UE now, each individual engine's jank gives such charm to each game

[tiny olive]

Modding might be config-based system. Just speculating

[prime spade]

also, the poor modders coming from older titles are gonna have a lot of adjusting with UE5 modding lol

[hazy helm]

if the developers make a good enuff framework to allow mods then it doesnt matter

besides

the support for adding modding frameworks to otherwise unavailavle UE games is getting better so

I am sure its becoming a muter point day by dayº

[rocky shadow]

It will definiítely be easier than to mod old engine

[finite dragon]

i suppose, i don't know enough but I know UE5 is pretty closed off. whats an example of a ue5 game that's been modded

[prime spade]

they're gonna be on suicide prevention after touching UE5 after so many years of modding the uselessly difficult to mod x-ray

[digital glacier]

Well it won't be on the level of modding we are used to, that's for sure, I wouldn't expect more than what CDPR games have for mods, but it's enough to make survival modes and stuff

[hazy helm]

Unity is closed off,any engine is closed off,let me tell you another engine thats closed off,its called Source,Source games are only moddable bc the developers bother to create frameworks to enable them to be moddable
heres the thing,its not moddable bc of the engine its bc of how developers develop the game

[rocky shadow]

It isnt closed off. It entirely depends on game dev team, to make it modable.

[hazy helm]

Xray is a clsoed off engine

back to mod translating

[finite dragon]

to be fair source has been leaked through multiple versions but that was an era also when devs seem to be more modder friendly and valve was really good at it back then but yeah we will see

I have a feeling it'll be more like red engine or metro's engine where you can't get "in there" as much

[hazy helm]

acister,Xray 0.5 and 0.6 had no sdk's,they had released multiplayer map makers,only CoP released a proper modding SDK

GSC wasnt as receptive of modding in SoC or CS

[finite dragon]

yeah I don't think UE5 is as easy to reverse engineer, idk. someone give me an example of a ue5 game that has a modding community and ill shut up

[silk dirge]

But could that make problems in-game engine?

[hazy helm]

bro like I said,there are coming out more and more tools to mod UE games that dont have frameworks+modding is a thing developers add not something to do with the engine

if you mean that Xray was better for modding bc it goddamn sucked,ok

[rocky shadow]

It much more depends on devs rather than engine itself.

[brazen plinth]

Quick question
Does the ABR modpack works well with the gunslinger mod for Call of Pripyat?

[hazy helm]

º

shhh

[vernal magnet]

same as the previous titles

[prime spade]

that's good

gives an option to get to a place fast, although it'll cost you some good chunk of money I bet

[brazen plinth]

I mean, I don't see the reason why some old mechanics wouldn't be in 2

[finite dragon]

We'll see when it comes out, no point in speculating too much

[hazy helm]

like CS they said,which is the best tbh

[prime spade]

it's our entire life to speculate in this chat

[brazen plinth]

with ABR, right?

[hazy helm]

CoP fast travel was no better than having a map and clicking where you wanna be

[hazy helm]

what?what are you talking about

[vernal magnet]

agreed

i dont like fast travel in any form. but the way CS did it was probably the least problematic

[brazen plinth]

Having 1 guide taht would fast travel you to certain points is good enough

[finite dragon]

If the economy is good, they should make you have to think about using a guide and if it's worth it or if you should go and rough it (and maybe die)

[brazen plinth]

And not "anywhere you want"

[hazy helm]

Fast Travel should only really be allowed for things like,imagine you are in Army Warehouses in SoC and need to get to Cordon for smth,yhea,Id use a guide

not close areas,far away ones

[brazen plinth]

main places to be persice

like, Army Warehouses, Yantar Bunker, Sidorovich's bunker, etc

[silk dirge]

Actually when you going to explore new places makes good scary content,but I Don't prefer to go same area 918237 times by walking bc i cant find the guide In same area and I need to finding.

You know what? Cars is a not good idea

[vernal magnet]

it would be cool if there was an event chance of being ambushed and interupting the fast travel, killing the guide

add some danger and risk rather than assuming 5000 rubles gets you anywhere no sweat

[brazen plinth]

I mean, the areas that we don't know like our palm is teh otehr areas of teh Zone that the main titles didn't featured

[hazy helm]

could be a bit jarring tho,if there is no transition animation while fast traveling,and Id rather there not be

[digital glacier]

Some Fallout 1 and 2 random encounter shit, I love it.

[vernal magnet]

very true but it could be overcome

id probably make it where it fades into wherever your traveling with the guide so you know to get ready

since that wouldnt happen unless there was danger

[silk dirge]

If they add to guide new specializing things,that will be acceptable

[vernal magnet]

maybe if you save the guide you get a discount or reward

[digital glacier]

Pokemon wild battle theme in the background A wild Pseudodog appeared!

[silk dirge]

Like to shoot him and giving first aid kit?

[worthy lagoon]

YES YES YES @vernal magnet @hazy helm

[hazy helm]

[silk dirge]

[vernal magnet]

like if you got ambushed and you manage to keep him alive from the encounter

maybe he say something like "damn bro thanks for saving my @$$, i owe you one"

[silk dirge]

Is it possible make guide npc's aı to recognize us in this engine?

Maybe he was getting attacked and kill 3 of 4 enemies and we came and kill the fourth.....

Okay it gets complicated forget it

[worn oar]

Finally! We got a good announcement

I'm crying rn

[silk dirge]

I wish to go to the gamescom

[exotic hamlet]

I've literally never wanted to travel anywhere before until now.

[prime spade]

this years gamescom is great

[woeful frost]

I’m sure the game will be well optimized

[prime spade]

tarkov arena and stalker 2 are going to be there, both playable too

the two games I've been waiting for

[silk dirge]

Who's going?

[hazy helm]

the only reason Tarkov Arena is relevant tbh is due to Contract Wars nostalgia

[prime spade]

true. I'm also tired of grinding every wipe. After 5 wipes I have become completely disconnected from tarkov

it's the same repetitive stuff every wipe now

[hazy helm]

man who cares about Tarkov,I just want Contract Wars 2 LMAO

[prime spade]

I want to pew pew people without having to grind 500 hours of content too

[hazy helm]

Hunt Showdown

[prime spade]

I have never tried the game, the setting didn't really appeal much to me

[worn oar]

Toooooooo damn far away

Haha I can't come no matter what I do

[prime spade]

only sad thing is that my college starts back up on the 22nd, so I won't have time to go to gamescom this year

was really looking forward to it though

[worn oar]

I would've skipped everything to be there, not trying to be a bad example my man haha

But I really really want to see stalker, playable

[prime spade]

not a bad idea considering it's the first week haha

[worn oar]

Rahmi the bad influencer

[prime spade]

but, the good thing is that this semester is where I dumped almost all my classes. After that, I have a very easy schedule, which means more gaming

[silk dirge]

Me too,and that's perfect

[pearl jacinth]

news!!! news!!!

[old jungle]

Indeed.

[deep heron]

man i just want to buy the physical collectors edition

[sly viper]

are you guys ready for DEC 2024?

[worn oar]

Come to off-topic

[worn oar]

Yesssssss! I can safely say that my hype has been renewed

I bet we all share that now

[pearl jacinth]

its enough to make duty and freedom stop fighting... maybe

[worn oar]

I envy the ones who will be able to attend the event.. not gonna lie abt that haha, but it's a positive envy ofc

[worn oar]

The only freedumb I'm willing to not fight with is @midnight tiger ! He's my frenemy

[midnight tiger]

Make love, not monolith

[vernal magnet]

dont forget ya boi

[worn oar]

Forget what haha

[worn oar]

Marked one? What the hell?

[granite coral]

I will not sleep from 23th August till 27th because of the Stalker 2 demo 😄

[vernal magnet]

I do my share of Freedoming

[granite coral]

I think the game will come out end of this year because we'll see playable S2 demo

[midnight tiger]

🚬

[prime spade]

It all depends on what the demo shows. If it’s an in-depth demo with multiple places and mechanics shown, then I can see a 2023 release date. If the demo is focused on a single point (as I mentioned earlier, something like rostok), then I am looking at a 2024 release

[finite dragon]

demo will just be Sid's bunker

[worn oar]

You never told me abt your faction? You have none tagged to your account

[prime spade]

We will see the 2,000 ruble bread prices

[nimble cipher]

driftingt80u has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[prime spade]

I forgorr that wolf is very strict with the word usages in this server….

[finite dragon]

its a game where you kill people and there are swears but you cant say cuss words that are acceptable for 10 year olds these days

[prime spade]

I said the no no S word

Forgive me wolf

[pearl jacinth]

wolf....

[finite dragon]

Wolf is Amish

He will wash our mouths out with soap

[prime spade]

But hey, I’ve only been warned twice, which is amazing considering the vocabulary of southerners is half cussing

[mild owl]

Anybody goin to gamescom in order to try stalker 2?

[pearl jacinth]

ive been warned five times

[finite dragon]

ive been warned 100s

[pearl jacinth]

one today because i sent nothing but four times in a row in one message

[finite dragon]

it don't matter

wolf doesn't hold a grudge

[prime spade]

I need to test

S h I t

[finite dragon]

@nimble cipher !

[prime spade]

It seems wolf runs on a single brain cell, he is no match for me

For I have two brain cells

[pearl jacinth]

thats why we love wolf, he is very forgiving

[prime spade]

Hypothetically, if I got 100 warnings in a single day, would he hold a grudge?

[finite dragon]

Hello. How are you?

[prime spade]

Of course this is hypotheticals, simply hypotheticals….I would never do it

[pearl jacinth]

he would personally come to your home irl after that

(knock knock knock)
[muffled, through door] " @prime spade, that word is not allowed here! 😡 "
(knock knock)

[prime spade]

I can imagine a “here’s Johnny” scenario, but replaced with “here’s wolf”

[nimble cipher]

_grayson__ has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[pearl jacinth]

grayson, that wor

[prime spade]

He was sacrificed

[woeful frost]

I need your prophecy again my brother how will the demo do!

[opaque parrot]

Any chance we could get a playable demo for a couple of days in near future after Gamescom?

[pearl jacinth]

strelok at the wish granter:

[woeful frost]

Probably not I’m assuming the demo will be great and we will probably see it all over YouTube

[opaque parrot]

I hope it'll at least be available on YT so we can take a look at what's coming

[granite coral]

hehe 😄

[vernal magnet]

wouldnt even be mad

[finite dragon]

i like his bunker

[prime spade]

I hope his bunker is a little larger

[fossil crow]

Detailed sandwich eating technology

Over 9000 polys on every slice of doctors sausage

[worn oar]

Ye shall be able to embrace the zone again through skiff. Whomever will play the demo shall feel the fire of joy, and sorrow. Most of those whom will play the demo will not be able to taste enough and thirst will overwhelm them.

[woeful frost]

Amen brother @worn oar

[worn oar]

The next months will be hard brother. Brace yourself for impact

[woeful frost]

Brace myself for what impact my fellow brother

[worn oar]

You shall know when the time is right.

I am the prophet of the zone, not a foreteller

[woeful frost]

I must brace myself for the release date

[worn oar]

The nosphere reaches out to me from time to time and I deliver what I learn to you stalkers.

[woeful frost]

How to I myself get this mysterious power

[worn oar]

Ask @solid dome, he is the founder of this cult.

[woeful frost]

@solid dome tell me your secrets my friend

[worn oar]

Father @solid dome is doing his prayers at the top of the antenna

[solid dome]

I climbed the highest point, detached the spoofing device, installed the frequency booster, connected the small megaphone I carry and pushed couple switches. Prayer was heard across the whole Zone at the same time.

[cobalt nexus]

Im just glad theres been actual news

[solid dome]

Ooh dear GSC, hear our voice, hear our troubled voice, and fulfill our wishes.

...let the Light shine in through the small crack in the Gamescom walls of terror

[cobalt nexus]

We may actually be playing at Christmas

[solid dome]

What resembles the terror? All the no effort developers who will make it to the stage.

@worn oar Rebroadcast my prayer to them Dutyers who switched off their walkies, please.

[worn oar]

Voronin already ran it through the megaphone we have at the bar

[solid dome]

Voronin, hero for life

[velvet schooner]

i have a dream

ptrs-41 in s.t.a.l.k.e.r. 2

[prime spade]

That’ll show them bloodsuckers man

[worn oar]

Glowy bloodsuckers

@solid dome knows the glow

[whole hull]

I need to go to sleep and wake up in August, 23

[dense stone]

It's ok to eat fish 🙂

[balmy hound]

Well, so far I think it's gonna be way too tight for me to go at Gamescon, even if I try a 1 big day trip from Paris.

I'll be with you online guys !

[granite coral]

Same here

[fossil fiber]

I'm going to enjoy the speculation period though

[woeful frost]

I have hope this game will be wonderful 😀

[fossil fiber]

I think it will... from what I saw before

[woeful frost]

Yes and the gameplay trailer have all ran smooth

I feel like they have poured they heart into this

[fossil fiber]

Tbf optimisation is the only thing I have no idea how it will turn out cause it is hard to predict

[fossil fiber]

For sure

[woeful frost]

Yes I’m sure it will be well optimized tho I’m playing on pc with a i7-10700k 3060ti and 64gb of ram

[meager verge]

Playable demo at GC23’ means we’re close right?

[balmy hound]

I suppose so, even if they have to delay a bit the release date.

[granite coral]

Yes

[worn oar]

Depends on what fish you are suggesting

[dense stone]

Cause they don't have any feelings 🙂

[main nimbus]

trout

[worn oar]

Dude, you should join my new cult

[pearl jacinth]

is it called Duty ?

[dense stone]

How 🙂

[worn oar]

Nope, still thinking of a name

[pearl jacinth]

Duty 2?

[worn oar]

We are the prophets of the zone for now

[pearl jacinth]

Monolith? rahmi, did the brain scorcher just get to you?

[worn oar]

For now we have 2! Father krezzin and father rahmi

[woeful frost]

I wanna sleep untill august 23rd

[worn oar]

Come, let me hit you with a baseball bat

[balmy hound]

I wish you a better luck than me, me thinking to last minute that S2 could be at the Summer Game Fest was a huge failure in prophecy history

[dense stone]

Wake me up when September ends 🙂

[worn oar]

I know no failure my man duty word

[worn oar]

Want a baseball bop too?

[dense stone]

Have you ever wondered why me and Batman do not appear at the same time?🙂

[worn oar]

Edit that to me and strelok or else it's marked off-topic

[woeful frost]

That will work let’s just hope S2 is the best game in the world I have faith in gsc world they have been to hell and back

[worn oar]

Have faith son, what else do we have other than faith here, in the zone ..

[dense stone]

🙂

[woeful frost]

I have anxiety in the zone 🙃

[worn oar]

One way to put it

What is anxiety but negative faith

[dense stone]

Roses are red
Poems are sappy 🙂

[woeful frost]

Yes all of gsc world past games have been hits so this one won’t be any different 😀

[pearl jacinth]

gsc game world knows how to make a (gsc) game world

[worn oar]

Died studying astronomy
Stroke by boners
Found with a hickey around his neck
Blown off by skiff

[dense stone]

When we gonna play eso 🙂

[worn oar]

Move to off-topic

[dense stone]

Why 🙂

[worn oar]

Duty brings order to the zone

[dense stone]

🙂

[woeful frost]

So the game will be excellent

[glad temple]

I want Zakhar back

[static compass]

So, any chances that they release a demo after gamescom for the public?

[pearl jacinth]

we can only hope

[fossil crow]

*doody

[pearl jacinth]

monoshit speaking.....

[prime spade]

wouldn't be surprised if they do

[kindred cosmos]

In reality that gsc is gone. They shut their doors 10 years ago, teams went to Vostok and metro. How many people you think are from original team? Could be just the ceo.

[midnight tiger]

Agreed. But also...doody

[pearl jacinth]

true .. they'll likely do a good job anyways!

[kindred cosmos]

Hoping so, new team and new engine

[solid dome]

February 2024, @worn oar called it

[solid dome]

At least 2-3 we know of

Griga, Iassenev and another fella whose name I can't recall due to my poor brain storage

[woeful frost]

Yep that’s about all we can do the come to me trailer looked awesome and ran smooth!

So is there gonna be both pc and Xbox to play stalker 2 on at gamescom

[vernal magnet]

that Feb 24th / February has been dancing around since the leak, its russian fandom misinformation its not confirmed. and likely wouldnt be because GSC would likely change up the date anyway

[solid dome]

Never too late to announce the new date in the closing seconds of the new trailer, fam

Can easily throw it in there and people won't be so angry

Some may not even notice it if the trailer is too good

#ask_gsc should be brought back immediately

[woeful frost]

I wonder if there is gonna be a pc you can play stalker 2 on at gamescom in case there is any optimization issues they can fix it

[solid dome]

I suspect it'll be Xbox devkits / whatever its called

STALKER 2 powered by a CABINET...

Woah

[woeful frost]

Yeah probably

[nimble cipher]

krezzin has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[woeful frost]

I just hope the game is good

[solid dome]

What are you.... WHAT DID YOU DO @nimble cipher I will flip your ass upside down.

I haven't had been warned by a single bot in STOC for good couple months

Bring back the Arena event so I smack that loser @nimble cipher for once, damn. I'll repaint the walls with his blood. Lol.

[prime spade]

also, amazon sending the notice doesn't seem like a problem on amazons case in this regard

[oak narwhal]

Fingers crossed. Releasing a buggy mess would be traditional, albeit not cool

[prime spade]

before the announcement of GSC being at gamescom, it was believed that the amazon notice for deliveries in december were another accident. But just a few days after GSC randomly announces they will be at gamescom with a playable demo

I think this is adding up to be a 2023 release date personally

[solid dome]

Let's not get carried away too much yet

[prime spade]

LET ME INHALE THE HOPIUM

[solid dome]

We're ready to jerk off at anything atm

[prime spade]

they could post a 10 second gameplay clip and I would literally explode

[solid dome]

What if it's a male Bloodsucker wearing female costume, long hairs, big boobes, long legs, pretty face...

[prime spade]

imagine....a bloodsucker with a nice white dress on in the swamps....

[fossil fiber]

Too many "accidents"
like constant updates on steamdb that started in June

[solid dome]

...dancing to Madonna - Like A Virgin...

I think I need serious mental help

[prime spade]

WE need serious mental help

[calm bough]

[pearl jacinth]

we dont need that fellow stalker

[fossil fiber]

Krezzin definitely does

[pearl jacinth]

we have eachother!

krezzins about to fast travel to this damn event i swear

[prime spade]

so we have 69938 sleep deprived psychopaths in a room waiting for a single game to release for over 10 years

[pearl jacinth]

second the doors open he's there

[pearl jacinth]

sounds good to me!

[solid dome]

I'm about to go berserk on the noclip mode real quick, I swear

[prime spade]

this game carries the star citizen mentality, some people have been waiting their entire childhood for stalker 2

[pearl jacinth]

[prime spade]

funny and sad if you think about it really

[solid dome]

[pearl jacinth]

stalker 2 actual release date gets revealed and everyone watching at home immediately morphs into strelok

[solid dome]

I am more sad we will have to wait another 15 years for Stalker 3

[pearl jacinth]

me on my deathbed watching stalker 3 trailer like

[solid dome]

THat Shapeshifting Tiktok video. Hahhahahahah.

[pearl jacinth]

"holy shiiit"

[solid dome]

...and you rip apart your shirt

[pearl jacinth]

i grow muscles out of nowhere after at least a decade in the nursing home because my stalker-senses are tingling

sorry nursing home employees but i gotta take a trip to the zone

[solid dome]

Stalkers, we're 20 days away from the ritual and we already lost our shi

[pearl jacinth]

video footage of the demo releases and everyone collectively loses their minds

[pearl jacinth]

we're like starving victorian children

[solid dome]

[pearl jacinth]

[solid dome]

Strelok is with us

[pearl jacinth]

strelok is IN us

[prime spade]

I don't think there will be a stalker 3

[pearl jacinth]

we are strelok

[solid dome]

We are Straight and we are Loked in, babyyy

What the holy f...

I think I'll have to go offline for a week to prevent randoms calling the mental institution people on me

[pearl jacinth]

we're not straight, we're strelok!

[pearl jacinth]

[solid dome]

No more painful waiting, more Strelok embracing!

[pearl jacinth]

i love strelok

[solid dome]

No, I will stop here, mods are watching, too much emotions

[pearl jacinth]

[pearl jacinth]

krezzin hopping around his room flailing his arms rn in joy

[sturdy zodiac]

Mandatory cartwheel as well

[solid dome]

My motivation to keep doing the SoC translation has peaked at levels never reached before

[pearl jacinth]

losing my mind over the possibilities of mods for stalker 2

[solid dome]

Hellz yeahz, fam, hellz yeahz

[pearl jacinth]

krezzin just did a backflip, source is that im his roommate and watched him

(real)

[solid dome]

In 20 days we will be reborn and will spawn with RPMmG-700 in hand at the start of the game

Ultimate destroyal

[pearl jacinth]

in 20 days strelok will be real

[solid dome]

In 20 days we have couple months long hard on

[sturdy zodiac]

Good enough for me

[solid dome]

[devout canyon]

i'm getting bored

also i don't chat here a lot often so

[solid dome]

Due to happiness, I'll que up the Dark Valley ambience for at least an hour. Lfg!

[solid dome]

No more boredom!
We be horny from now on.

[devout canyon]

ok have a paperclip 📎

[kindred cosmos]

Anyone worried about their PC performance when we get release? Hopeful about UE5 optimization lol. Still can’t run clear sky above 60 with a 3080 TI lol

[devout canyon]

damn

Replicanti...

[solid dome]

A 3080 TI and you're worried if you be able to RUN AND PLAY normally?
What should I think with my 1660 Super?

What, should I start crying even now?

[devout canyon]

3AM only in in 0.033 updates

[kindred cosmos]

Well imagine the insane graphics… and now one seamless 36KM map?

[solid dome]

64 *

[kindred cosmos]

Yes start saving lol

[devout canyon]

Wait... Stalker 2 is in the entire 1 map?

[kindred cosmos]

Yes

[devout canyon]

I wouldn't even know...

[kindred cosmos]

So optimization better be good lol

[prime spade]

bloodsucker.....

[woeful frost]

Same I can’t wait to see Pripyat in stalker 2

[solid dome]

I think I am fine. As long as the thing runs and I can play it with satisfying FPS, I am okay. Graphics I don't care about if set on max or low.

[woeful frost]

Same I don’t see how they would fail at optimizing the game

[kindred cosmos]

If stalker 2 is what I’m hoping for. I will build an entire new pc for it.

[prime spade]

I'm happy that I bought 16 GB's of ram earlier this year considering how ram hungry games are getting

we're pretty close to normalizing 32 GB's

[woeful frost]

I bought a new ssd for stalker 2

[kindred cosmos]

A lot of new games are getting Cpu intensive. Which is a problem if your single core performance isn’t great

[devout canyon]

Nice
Paperclip for you

[prime spade]

kinda regret getting a 3060 ti since my VRAM maxes out on a couple titles

[solid dome]

Me playing Stalker 2 with my 7200 RPM drive...

[kindred cosmos]

Well they couldn’t do it with XRay so here’s hoping they take full advantage of unreal engine optimization

[prime spade]

yeah, the CPU dependency is ridiculous. It's the thing that holds me back in every game, despite having an i7 11700.

[kindred cosmos]

Yeppp

[prime spade]

VRAM and CPU, the most annoying things to fix, and yet games are becoming increasingly hungry for both

on another note though, the next line of CPU's aren't far off

[woeful frost]

I have a 3060ti too

[devout canyon]

Demo gonna be a good thing

[prime spade]

I'm waiting for the 50 series, in which case I'll probably upgrade to a 'mid-range' 50 series GPU

which is gonna be a beast

[nimble cipher]

delusional_blob has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[solid dome]

You people earn too much money

[prime spade]

I can already smell the 5060 ti 24 GB

[kindred cosmos]

OT baby

[woeful frost]

Im sure ue5 is massive step up from X-ray engine

[kindred cosmos]

Absolutely is

[finite dragon]

lol i upgraded to a 3070 recently, im sure it'll be fine if dlss works and the game is optimized

[devout canyon]

Stealing paperclips from Wolf

[kindred cosmos]

Have they confirmed dlss or any other supported tech?

[prime spade]

that's the issue though. Most modern titles no longer focus on optimization, so the launch is almost always rough on your PC

[kindred cosmos]

Like darktide

[finite dragon]

At this point, it's standard.

[prime spade]

DLSS will 100% incorporated day 1, I do wonder about FSR though

AMD users might have to wait a little bit after launch, who knows though

[kindred cosmos]

I mean COP was amd partnered so

[finite dragon]

someone may be able to mod it for frs like cp2077 using a dll hook thingy before cpr officially supported it

[woeful frost]

Isn’t stalker 2 collabing with nividia for there facial animations and stuff

[kindred cosmos]

I don’t recall seeing nvidia

On anything

[woeful frost]

The only reason I can see this game going south is poor optimization

[kindred cosmos]

Which will suck, but eventually get patched in over time

I just want my hands on the game at this point

[woeful frost]

The rest of the game looks fantastic

The trailer have all been awesome

[finite dragon]

there's been next to no gameplay revealed other than the "thing" so we'll see this month

[kindred cosmos]

Not sure what’s been pre rendered tho

[finite dragon]

some of those promo stills were absolutely filtered

[prime spade]

gameplay trailer wasn't pre-rendered I think

[finite dragon]

there was like 4 seconds of gameplay

[prime spade]

hey, I give it atleast 5 seconds

[kindred cosmos]

Where he picks up the artifact and all that

Or when they loot in the helicopter

[devout canyon]

aagh

Idk what else i can say tho

[woeful frost]

Yeah I think gsc will do a good job with the demo

[kindred cosmos]

Everyone least and most favorite maps from the games?

[woeful frost]

I love Pripyat I hate Limanks construction site

[finite dragon]

sids bunker only good map

[woeful frost]

My coworker told me stalker 2 is gonna be horrible

😂

[kindred cosmos]

I don’t care for zaton. But I think it’s confirmed coming back

Honestly I think call of Pripyat’s maps are my least favorite compared to the classics

[woeful frost]

My coworker also plays racing games if that tell you guys anything 😂

[finite dragon]

i like CoP pripyat

[solid dome]

Your coworker doesn't have a woman

[woeful frost]

I know I think stalker 2 is gonna be awesome 😎

[solid dome]

Tell your Coworker, Father Krezzin from STOCtown, Prague said you don't have a woman, tell him that

[woeful frost]

Bet I got you

[solid dome]

My church is open 24/7 for confessions. No bandits are welcome, everyone else is. Come, children.

[balmy hound]

The choice of a demo is really impressive. Maybe the beggining of the game ?

[woeful frost]

He said stalker 2 is gonna be the worst game he has ever played @solid dome

[solid dome]

I will come to your work site, knock down the office door performing n actual exorcism session, locate the perpetrator, tie him around a chair with the car rope and play Agroprom Underground mutant scream sounds on a giant JBL speaker pleaced next to his ears. Ritual lasts 4 hours.

[woeful frost]

Ok sounds good

Like I think stalker2 is gonna be good

@solid dome my coworker also plays racing games if that tells you anything

[solid dome]

Oh so The Crew junkie

[whole hull]

I need... To Survive... Just enough... To see... STALKER 2

AHHHHHHHHHHH

The voices in my head...

They say...

...Come to me...

least delusional stalker fan

Krezzin... Pls help... me...

[finite dragon]

The moment I see the new raw gameplay, I’m gonna bussssssssstttttttttttt 😩

[woeful frost]

Yeah bro I think racing games are stupid

[pearl jacinth]

time u got until your protective psy helmet stops working

pro tip you can repeatedly walk in and out of the area and it resets the timer every time

shut down the thingamabob by pulling all the switches

after that a cutscene will play

did you get every single lever that you can access?

there should be at least one per floor around the thing you're shutting down.

[silver ledge]

So I started my first game as a bandit in anomaly

[finite dragon]

ok

i woke up today and ate breakfast

[magic python]

is it fun

[prime spade]

do you really need to ask that

that's like asking if he loves being curbstomped by everything around him while having mediocre gear

but hey, I guess you get a sense of difficulty then

[solid dome]

No they arent

Rally games be cool

[woeful frost]

Yeah rally games are cool

[finite dragon]

wtf is a rally game

[worn oar]

Freedumb and monoshit crossing hands now

[civic lava]

race game but theres no road, only sand and dirty

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[pearl jacinth]

you too ranjid

[devout canyon]

chat died... (3 minutes since last message, 99 minutes since 2nd last message)

[worn oar]

XD well, he's a snowflake but you can still save him yk

[worn oar]

Monolith influence

What do you mean?

Send me a screenshot in the offtop channel

Side missions probably

You spent too long away? Probably alife missions like mutant hunt etc..?

Well, it's fine to fail side missions. no spoiler given

[devout canyon]

as long as it's possible to retry them

[worn oar]

If doesn't really matter that much, if you can negate the damage done to your reputation hehe

[finite dragon]

Physical work is worse than mental one

[worn skiff]

Guess the "december 2023" date on steam is not the real release date huh? 😦

[sturdy zodiac]

Never was, it's just a placeholder.

[granite coral]

I think the game will release earlier (I hope) than December 2023

[worn oar]

Well, I heard some whispers saying that there is no real update to the original release date yet!
My Feb 2024 prophecy can come to pass and still may not. I hope I'm wrong abt Feb 2024 prediction

[finite dragon]

hello

guys, hi again, what do you think about the beta test that we can play

[granite coral]

It'll be great

[finite dragon]

I agree

[worn oar]

" the game is planned to be released in 2023, the exact date will be announced later" Quoted right from a Facebook comment (GSC), less than an hour ago.

I guess, Ill renounce my PROPHECY

[granite coral]

so it'll be released in this year! 🥰 💯

[ember jasper]

Mmmmmm stalker demo mmmmmmm Gamescom mmmmmm preorder

[tropic junco]

Duuude I was at gamescom last year and can't go this year, last year there was only shit and now stalker is there but I can't go AARRRRGGGG

[glossy blade]

[granite coral]

hey Mol1t my friend 🥰

[ember jasper]

Woah gsc developer

[granite coral]

Yes he is 🙂

[glossy blade]

hey chat

[ember jasper]

Is red forest going to be in stalker 2 I still have nightmares from going there man

[granite coral]

I hope you're safe and good my friend 👍

[ember jasper]

I don't think I will recover if I see it in UHD 4K 144FPS let alone back when I had a 720p moniter

[tropic junco]

damn bro what rig do you have

[granite coral]

Do you have a big TV?

[ember jasper]

3 Hampsters running around in a computer case

[tropic junco]

sheesh

[tardy flax]

I will go to the next comicon dressed as a mercenary

[glossy blade]

[tropic junco]

I really really really hope there will be a steam demo or something after the gamescom demo soon

[ember jasper]

Oh my god

[tardy flax]

Real

[granite coral]

I'm thinking the same thing

[lone obsidian]

Stalker 2

[ember jasper]

Exactly

[tardy flax]

But in what year is the game gonna be set in

[tropic junco]

..probably present

[glossy blade]

you will have a chance to explore the zone and look for the locations of interest once you dive into gameplay, all I can say

[tardy flax]

2012?

[granite coral]

If there will be a Steam demo we can test the game on our PCs 🙂

[tardy flax]

That would be insane,i wonder if any of the factions disbanded in time

[ember jasper]

thank you stalkerman, very cool

[glossy blade]

modern world

[lone obsidian]

I cant believe Stalker 2 is coming out last year🔥🔥

[tropic junco]

most likely yes since they said something like familiar and unfamiliar faces, and that you don't know who made it and who didn't

if sidorovic(my waifu) dies me sad 😭

[tardy flax]

Noooooo

Yea well will get stalker 2 cuz stalker is my childhood

[ember jasper]

Gotta speedrun starfield then play stalker 2 it's gonna be a wild few months

[tropic junco]

I think gamescom will be a first taste, then later there will be an updated demo optimized for PCs and Consoles and we can play it at home

[tardy flax]

Imagine if you can enter any faction you want

[granite coral]

If there will be a Steam demo we can test the game on our PCs. In this way, your burden of optimizing the game will be reduced 👍 @glossy blade

[tardy flax]

My 6 year old pc will go boom boom

[ember jasper]

There is a reason why the demo is only at Gamescom

[tropic junco]

bro probably has an NDA, don't think he can say anything about it, but it would be the logical step after the gamescom demo

[granite coral]

Maybe yes but they can optimize the game easily with this way

[tardy flax]

[tropic junco]

im just excited to see what unreal engine 5 can do in a game this big

[ember jasper]

There will be a whole 4 polygons instead of 2

[tropic junco]

I meant Lumen and stuff

[ember jasper]

2 lumens

[tropic junco]

if thats even gonna be a thing

[tardy flax]

There is also going to be the board game

[ember jasper]

Hell maybe even 4 let's stress test this bad boy

[tropic junco]

bro Lumen is a new shader thing how can there be a quantity of it

[tardy flax]

Guys,my gp5 gas mask has asbestos in it s filter

[glossy blade]

Can not say at the moment

[ember jasper]

Who would win 1000 stalkers or the sun?

[granite coral]

No problem, but it would be helpful for you to think about this suggestion 👍

[tardy flax]

There is an incoming emission

[ember jasper]

I'm like the robbert J. Oppenheimer of asking the real questions that need to be answered

[tardy flax]

"Now i am become cheeki,the destroyer of breeki"

[silk dirge]

An emission never ends.

[wraith cove]

Woah. Damn that's crazy

[rocky shadow]

Molt, can you tell us, when we will see updated HW requirements?

[worn oar]

It'll be updated after gamescom! I believe the exact release date and new sys req will either be shared in the event, or shortly after.
Let us not press Mol1t! He can't share any information due to his engagements to his work regulations/rules.
Let us just wait, my hunch can be right and probably is .

[ember jasper]

Thank you stalker veteran man, very cool

[granite coral]

Yeah I think we'll learn the real release date during the event or after it.

[rocky shadow]

Yeah, i think this also, but just wanted to ask.

[vernal magnet]

https://tenor.com/view/rock-one-eyebrow-raised-rock-staring-the-rock-gif-22113367

not a no. Hopes stay high boys

[worn oar]

Welcome to the server buddy

[ember jasper]

[worn oar]

I know man! We are all hyped up . We just gotta know that our man can not share anything without being allowed by the management office.

Even if he wants to yk

[worn oar]

Go grab a faction man haha, come come, join duty.

[rocky shadow]

Thats why i ask about, if he can tell, when we will se HW req, not release date and etc.

[ember jasper]

Haha duty yeah haha

[worn oar]

He can't say, even if he know

[rocky shadow]

poor Molt

[ember jasper]

FREEDOOOMGANG 4 LYFE

[worn oar]

Freedumb, we call it freedumb here

[ember jasper]

SMOKIKG GASS EATIN uhh food

[rocky shadow]

Imagine knowing things, be excited about them, but not be able to show to you friends...

[ember jasper]

Duty is for smucks I hate Rostock I also don't like freedom either I hate everyone equally

[worn oar]

Our man is as much hyped as us. I'm pretty sure he wants to share many things and will when allowed to do so.

[hazy helm]

aye,how much research have you done

[ember jasper]

3 games 4 mods 8 anomaly runs 3 soc runs

[hazy helm]

was more of a joke lmao,how much research has your freedom character helped or smth

[ember jasper]

After my great search I have found stare into distance

They all suck equally

Likin park plays, rolls credits

Directed by Michael bay

[worn oar]

Exactly! See why I replied to your text? I needed to make things clear. We should take it easy on him. He will share anything he can when the time comes, in the announcement channel

[ember jasper]

Oh nothing I hate them

It's just that people like duty so I gotta see if the other side is good

[worn oar]

Plenty I suppose

[hazy helm]

lmao

[rocky shadow]

I know Molt will tel only things, that he can bcs of NDA. I knew, that i wont get answer with date. Just tried.

[ember jasper]

End of the day the zone keeps on expanding and I keep on dying to anomalies

[hazy helm]

shame

I hope Stalker 2 expands on the nature of the zone and the shammans

hopefully research on them has advanced since Clear Sky

[ember jasper]

I've got a cool idea for where I think the story could go but stalker 2 would have to be extremely successful

[worn oar]

And yet you chose freedumbs God damn it..

[ember jasper]

Zone keeps on expanding and we go all around the globe as we see the earth getting consoooomed by the zone

But that would cost a lot of dollars and money

[worn oar]

Time will tell man, we all just gotta wait.

[ember jasper]

Oo didn't see that one coming did ya

Clear sky yeah that's right

[worn oar]

Vasim is leaking story content

"Loads shotgun"

[ember jasper]

I used to hear the PDA beeps in my dreams.

[worn oar]

too much for a freedumb supporter hehe! Well, choosing CS is a good move.

I love CS

[ember jasper]

Clear sky is the best because their base is so chill and out of the way

[hazy helm]

they are dead

they are not coming back

and if they do,thas bad writting

[ember jasper]

Let them rest

[hazy helm]

they got turned into monos and got killed by the shooter so

[ember jasper]

Yeah they all got blazoinged

[amber tendon]

I mean

They might have dissolved but few members are still out there

We will see

[hazy helm]

they shouldnt

they should go schizo and confirm the PsyOp theoryº

[hazy helm]

THE GODHEAD

[ember jasper]

The whole point of clear sky is that they died lol

Psyop theory?

[amber tendon]

Do you think Scar is a Merc or clear sky member

Out of curiosity

[hazy helm]

he's an agent of C-Con brainwashed and pushed to kill strelok

[amber tendon]

If he survived 2 blow outs he might survive 3rd one

[hazy helm]

THE PSYOP THEORY

[ember jasper]

Blowout lol

[amber tendon]

Just saying

[amber tendon]

Duty blow

[ember jasper]

Woah woah woah

[hazy helm]

and no Scar isnt Charon,thats dumb

[amber tendon]

Isn't in CS despite doing all of this for them?

[hazy helm]

what?Scar in the game is a mercenary,he is only workign with clear sky due to a mutual benefit,he can join the other factions

this steaming from the fact that Clear Sky isnt a normal faction,in the normal sense

[amber tendon]

I don't know tbh

Sounds like simping for cs

[hazy helm]

I am literally telling you that CS is dead,they should not come back for the sequel and that my theory is that they were a psyop made by the C-Con from the start to support a agent and facilitate their killing of Strelok

[amber tendon]

I know that they dissolved, I am just saying that not all of them would die

[hazy helm]

they should all be dead
sure 2 or 3 guys should still be alive

but start massively sprinkling idiots everywhere and youll start wondering why they arent back

[amber tendon]

Swamps are dope as hell

[hazy helm]

LA swamps are better ngl

[dapper finch]

Huh, that fits

Considering their connections with The Group

[stray sentinel]

I agree with this

[placid grove]

Any news about the retail versions availability? I would like to buy it but im from Brazil, and i cant find any brazilian store selling it... Will this retail versions be available to buy in other countries?

[vernal magnet]

better than vanilla? spicy take

[hazy helm]

LA Swamps is comprised mostly of 2 areas,the upper and down area,they are both filled with copious ammounts of high reeds and flooded meaning that you are a lot more vulnerable and it is the perfect map for mutant hunting due to impredicatbility
the upper part has houses and you could put some hunter stalkers there

[vernal magnet]

no doubt. LA swamps are damn fine swamps

[tropic junco]

Pretty sure it will come in the future but after the gamescom demo

[vernal magnet]

That's also my bet. Can't let a good demo go to waste if it can let people know a rough idea of how the game will run on their machines

[static compass]

I would say the game isn't too far off if they have a playable demo ready to go

[granite coral]

Yup

[vernal magnet]

It's possible but many demos have came out for games that didn't launch till a year or more later. Not that I think that's the case here, the only reason I think the game is coming soon is GSC confirmed the game is still slated for 2023 release

[static compass]

That's fair, here's hoping it's in the next few months

[vernal magnet]

Looking like December

We will get the final date in 3 weeks

[granite coral]

They probably will be announce the date during the event but we'll see.

[vernal magnet]

Well GSC stated a final date will be given before the end of the year. And are also saying the game comes out in 2023

So if both things are true it's definitely gonna happen at gamescom.

[silk dirge]

We will see gameplay in gamescom right?

[static compass]

I'm assuming we'll b get some sort of launch trailer at gamescom

[granite coral]

Yes

[granite coral]

They'll play the demo

[silk dirge]

How about release date? I am thinking about release announce will get cancelled

But they will release Just in new generation consoles

[granite coral]

At least we need to wait for Gamescom event to find out.

[vernal magnet]

Yes, the booth is also playable

[static compass]

I still think it would be cool for the game to start with you sneaking into the zone

[vernal magnet]

Did you watch the intro trailer?

[static compass]

With the truck?

[vernal magnet]

Correct

Your not far off at all

[static compass]

Another thing that makes me think that was the clip from the trailer where it looks like you're fighting the army at that giant gate checkpoint

[silk dirge]

You feel it's more like capture in ubi games?

[vernal magnet]

The checkpoint looks so good for S2

Much more realistic for a border actually keeping people/mutants in

[static compass]

?

[silk dirge]

Forget it

[static compass]

Huge wall > chain link fence

[frozen wind]

Wazap my boys

[solid dome]

How do you think it starts?

[glad temple]

Person trying to enter the zone: damn, with this chain link fence here, now we’ll never enter the zone! It’s practically invincible, let’s go home guys.

[glad temple]

We know this is how it starts, they show it in the opening from the 2022 trailer

[vernal magnet]

seriously. I only hope our favorite border Guard is still around taunting over the loudspeaker

[vernal magnet]

Skif takes his GF to dinner before she breaks up with him for the handsome Siirca employee so Skif goes all out to one up him by taking on the most dangerous task for Siirca with the Topaz

[static compass]

What I'm guessing, you try to get into the zone (hence the checkpoint scene with the soldiers and the wall) with some people, it goes bad, you wind up on the back of the truck

[glad temple]

I could literally tell you, but I’m not gonna to tease you

[static compass]

Blowout happens, you get away with the topaz, game starts

[static compass]

👀

[glad temple]

Also, I promised the mods no more leaks, otherwise I’d be banned

[solid dome]

I could spoil the opening for you on the cost of being banned. I prefer not to

[static compass]

No, I'm good lol

[glad temple]

Good, because it’s great

That’s all you need to know

[vernal magnet]

your all wrong. The beginning of the game is Skif trying to collect his final unemployment check so he can gather up gear to enter the zone. He gets into a scuffle with a drunken belligerent in the line and then the authorities are after him. So he hits up his buddy JoJo to take him into the zone via the truck with no gear.

[glad temple]

SSSHHHH DONT SPOIL IT

[vernal magnet]

https://tenor.com/view/dredd-judge-aldor-lore-i-am-the-lore-gif-22133107

[old jungle]

When will you start making lore videos then?

[finite dragon]

why is there no voicechats in this discord

[old jungle]

Yes, can't wait to see his reaction to the event

yes?

Indeed.

🤨

[hazy helm]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/550869975385112606/1133054221965607022/image0.gif

may the christ have mercy

[vernal magnet]

https://tenor.com/view/ten-hag-manchester-united-man-utd-manager-legend-gif-25762449

no way its the legend Anomalous himself

now this guy knows how to make a Lore video

when they reveal at gamescom ill probably put myself in a hype coma

waiting these 20 days till then in slow motion

[old jungle]

Apparently yes 😆

[vernal magnet]

https://tenor.com/view/kermit-falling-building-fall-woodz-gif-24715383

[old jungle]

Don't joke like that. It won't fail.

[vernal magnet]

we all know its gonna be an absolute BANGER though

[static compass]

Oh, I've watched a ton of your vids

[old jungle]

That is nice.

[vernal magnet]

No worries our hype is high

[old jungle]

I know, you are the man!

[hazy helm]

he spoke accursed words

[vernal magnet]

Stalkers been making schizo jokes from anticipation

[hazy helm]

modsº

JUMP HIM

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/677984131304652802/986823824374890566/043D6F4D-E035-43A9-9F50-3DE3325BFCE0.gif

[vernal magnet]

im holding out the highest hope we get the demo access after gamescom

They wont come out and deny it so i feel like its a tease

[old jungle]

If anyone should get it, it should be you.

[vernal magnet]

dont make me blush bro

[old jungle]

Your reactions to the material are the best publicity they can get 🙂

[vernal magnet]

That means alot man thank you i hope we all get access.

[old jungle]

Funny thing, I almost had the opportunity to go. But I'm stupid so I ruined it.

[vernal magnet]

now we need to hear the story

[old jungle]

Got the wrong week off...

[vernal magnet]

ooooooooh nooooo

your close to Germany?

[old jungle]

France.

[vernal magnet]

New fans have been pouring in since the Reveal i have no doubt stalker will be getting more mainstream attention

[old jungle]

So yes pretty close.

[hazy helm]

unlikely to break the mainstream but it will defenetly get bigger

hopefully

[vernal magnet]

dang man, sorry to hear that. im in US so the plane travel was brutal. 1200+ USD, couldnt swing it

[old jungle]

Yeah I can imagine.

[hazy helm]

fallout is p big,Id say mainstream

[vernal magnet]

fallout deffo mainstream

[hazy helm]

lmao

lol

kek

[static compass]

I was trying to place your accent lol

[vernal magnet]

yea Xbox lowers the barrier of entry and provides an affordable option to play the game. Just need the old games ported over. Which we had seen a leaked build of with xbox controls

Probably will take some time but id bet it will happen eventually

[hazy helm]

gamepass literally has loads of good games

[finite dragon]

Dishonred is a solid title

[old jungle]

I think we need to learn more before making a judgement.

[vernal magnet]

STALKER 2 is the ultimate underdog for the xbox brand. its the one bombshell super title they are sitting on

you mean just the digital extras? pretty standard. it includes the planned story DLC as well. i dont have any issue with it

[hazy helm]

hypnospace outlaw
both amnesia the dark descent and the bunker
all battlefield games
Black
Chivalry 2
Cities Skylines
Deep Rock galatic
all dishonored games
most of the doom games
frostpunk
full throttle
grim fardango
hardspace shipbreaker
both mirrors edge games
Pentiment
the first perfect dark
Prey from arkane
Psychonauts 1 and 2
the first quake
scorn
the shadowrun games
skate 3

I havent finished

[vernal magnet]

15/10 post because you included my previous favorite game of all time before STALKER, Full Throttle

[static compass]

Just waiting for the Ultimate Collectors edition to drop

[hazy helm]

you got the full yakuza collection
wasteland 3
and many more

I played the bunker,its great

[static compass]

Bunker was lit

Lol

[vernal magnet]

STALKER got too popular. maybe not mainstream, but enough that the core "non furry" fanbase was no longer exclusive

and generally anything popular attracts that. Just look at Fallout

[hazy helm]

stalker is rather known on the underground tbh,you have good chances of running into someone who knows stalker if you search in places where they are hardcore with single player games,but its still on the unknown side

but its a lot better than years ago

way way better

[vernal magnet]

its because furries commision a ton of art as well so they are attracted to any popular media to find people to commision work off of

exactly

[finite dragon]

And with a suspicious amount of money

[vernal magnet]

one of the funniest internet quotes is "never mess with furries, if they can afford a $3000 dollar fursuit they can afford to put a pipebomb in your mailbox"

[static compass]

[vernal magnet]

https://tenor.com/view/steve-buscemi-big-daddy-pointing-this-guy-knows-gif-11859501

[stuck pewter]

all of the IT industry would fall if the furry community declined

[glad temple]

I feel like stalker fans are the antithesis of furries though

[nimble cipher]

theantsaretakingover has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[vernal magnet]

as a not-furry who works in IT i have heard this alot but never knowingly encountered a furry IT worker

[stuck pewter]

i have rarely found bigger weebs than ones that were also into stalker

[static compass]

Look for the thigh highs

[vernal magnet]

https://tenor.com/view/tim-robinson-i-think-you-should-leave-you-sure-about-that-gif-22429959

[glad temple]

Most furries are super rich, while most of us stalker fans are poor as sh!te

[stuck pewter]

yes

[vernal magnet]

mmm, havent seen that at all yet. Most people probably keep it private until they are comfortable enough to reveal it

[hazy helm]

if you are a stalker fan youre either
1-furry
2-weeb
3-femboy

which am I?

who knows

[vernal magnet]

https://tenor.com/view/every-single-one-of-them-steve-kornacki-msnbc-all-of-them-everyone-gif-19744458

[stuck pewter]

real

[static compass]

I'm pretty sure there are quite a few other furries in this discord

[stuck pewter]

there are

[vernal magnet]

oh no doubt lol

[stuck pewter]

although my definition of furry is definitely looser than some other peoples

[glad temple]

Good bet for a server with 70k members

[vernal magnet]

https://tenor.com/view/tread-lightly-kitten-mitten-gif-14420629

[stuck pewter]

70k members and under 100 regulars

[vernal magnet]

its gonna hit a fever pitch when that new trailer drops

i feel like alot of fans are in hibernation rn

[stuck pewter]

i think he just looks goofy

and i like my stalker games goofy

[glad temple]

It’s clearly just some quickly made concept art, idk what the problem is

Also, isn’t that from the leak three months ago?

[stuck pewter]

i like it

[glad temple]

Well I can tell you, NOTHING looks like Disney in the actual game lol

Oh, he deleted his comment

[stuck pewter]

i think he just left

or got kicked

[glad temple]

Likely

[stuck pewter]

either or

[glad temple]

All of his comments were deleted at once, so we can make a pretty good guess mods sniped him

[vernal magnet]

what did i miss inside of 5 minutes lol

[glad temple]

Guy shared leaked concept art and then called it “Disney-ass design”, proceeded to get banned

[worn oar]

Was discord down earlier? I couldn't access the server for like an hour..

[glad temple]

Dunno

Only started talking like a half an hour ago

[vernal magnet]

oh my goodness lol the audacity

[static compass]

Oof

[glad temple]

Was a white-name too, so he just joined lol

[vernal magnet]

Why did he ever think that was a good idea lol

[glad temple]

Being a dumbass

Though, I shouldn’t say anything because I literally did that yesterday lmao

Was lucky enough to get a 100 on charisma

[vernal magnet]

https://tenor.com/view/skyrim-illusion-goty-gif-19429478

[solid dome]

You blew it

[vernal magnet]

Luck of the irish lol

[glad temple]

Absolutely

[glad temple]

Imagine stalker 2 drops the day the demo comes out

[vernal magnet]

Ants when he avoids the banhammer

https://tenor.com/view/im-still-worthy-worthy-thor-chris-hemsworth-beard-gif-17509539

[solid dome]

I'll rip off my shirt and ask for divorce!

[glad temple]

Stalker 2 and AC6 at the same time, I’d cry

[vernal magnet]

meanwhile your wife, mega confused

[glad temple]

I’m always worthy beeeoootch

[solid dome]

[vernal magnet]

https://tenor.com/view/steve-carrell-prison-mike-do-you-really-expect-me-to-not-puch-you-gif-13525379

its such a fun word to say out loud

[glad temple]

It really is

[solid dome]

Lol

[vernal magnet]

quick, go under s2_suggestions, we need an NPC to say beeeeyoootch

[glad temple]

There probably already is lmao

[vernal magnet]

hehehe, bring back Magpie

[solid dome]

@vernal magnet Check #📜┃s2_suggestions quick

[glad temple]

LMAO

[solid dome]

You boys, are the ultimate homies. STOCtown wouldn't be the same without you. Totally honest.

[vernal magnet]

lmao the shade thrown at Sultan

[solid dome]

You know your boy Krezzin despises Sultan. I always Insultan the mfer!

Ever since I entered Skadovsk for the first time I hated his ugly face.

[vernal magnet]

i always tell him im gonna help the bandits

then i show up and betray him and he acts so put off by it like bro your a bandit lol

[worn oar]

Where is my mention

[worn oar]

Never bothered to look at him hehe, a bullet always beats me to it

[vernal magnet]

Based

[worn oar]