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[loud gate]

Yes

[finite dragon]

alr man ty hopefully no more delays🙏🙏🤞

[granite mortar]

Dammit Clear Sky

A 2008 game has no right of looking so good

Its beautiful even on min details and DX9

[granite mortar]

He doesnt know

[regal sapphire]

yea he sounds like a bandit lol

[silent stump]

Hey will the ultimate edition be out forever

[thick bolt]

is obokan a good weapon if you buy it at the 500 rad bar and use it in the bunker/ borovs camp and later missions?

I say this as if I am there, but no, I am too scared to finish agroprom underground and the military bse

[gaunt burrow]

Obokan is pretty good weapon (imho)

Recently I started using it way more

Even better if you'll attach PSO Scope into it

[thick bolt]

can it take you to the end of the game without it being a disadvantage (better weapons later on)

[keen rune]

@solid dome yo krez man wanna hear what my lab partner said to me?

[gaunt burrow]

I wouldn't recommend using it in later stages tbh

By that time better guns will be available

Though for the midgame Obokan is pretty fine

[silent stump]

Hey will the ultimate edition be out forever

[raven grove]

I'm going to imagine it will be a limited run, when they're gone they're gone kind of thing like other games that have released similar editions

[silent stump]

Ok

[loud gate]

Dammit OLR 3.0

Why u play so good

[pine rapids]

hey, folks

is there a suppression mechanic in the game?

like, you fire to keep their heads down?

[hazy helm]

No

[pine rapids]

... sh*t

[raven grove]

Bro out here wasting ammo to the zone

[pine rapids]

uh well, about that...

I actually haven't gotten to play it yet

(Imma get judged somethin' awful, I know, but I tend to fall in love with a video game for it's lore, setting, and aesthetics before I even buy the game to play it)

[raven grove]

Well come on in, the fruit punch is fine

[pine rapids]

hell yeah!

Join Duty!

[raven grove]

If that's your thing, I'm just out here as my vacation spot

[pine rapids]

oh nice

got yourself any food?

[raven grove]

[pine rapids]

yessss

the diet sausage makes me crave an irl food called "summer sausage"

[raven grove]

I thought about getting a summer sausage and using it as a cosplay bit

[pine rapids]

literally was thinking the same

[worn oar]

Every time I see OLR 3.0 being mentioned I feel like quitting my work and heading home to finally play it

[pine rapids]

buy myself black uniform gear, a black altyn helmet, a PMK gas mask, an airsoft AK-74M with a grenade launcher, customize some body armor, buy the Duty patch, knee pads, load-bearing gear

and to top it all off, I'd pack lore-accurate gear, including summer sausage, canned food, and bread

ooh, and a reproduction kit of the AI-2 medical kit, always found those fascinating

[raven grove]

My eyes went right to AK74 and I was about to say your ammo options aren't great right now but then saw airsoft in front of it

[pine rapids]

I don't think they'd let me bring a functioning firearm to a convention...

I could probably get both the summer sausage and the bread at my local Hannafords grocery store

the gear would be online, and the AI-2 kit could probably just be 3D printed

[raven grove]

You can get a stalker's cheese (AI-2) on amazon with capsule containers for like 15 bucks

[pine rapids]

wait really?!

HOLY CRAP

[hazy helm]

You will need to customise the gear to make a cosplay

[pine rapids]

body armor mostly, I'd say

not sure what type tho

[hazy helm]

No

You want duty right

Which version of them

[pine rapids]

#🔮┃fanart_and_cosplay message

but with different body armor and no air tank/rebreather

[hazy helm]

I can't see disc MSG's
If you mean this one you will need to make the vest yourself from scratch and stitch the shoulder,knee and arm pads yourself

[raven grove]

He looks like DANGEROUS MUTANTS

[pine rapids]

actually not that different than the image I copied a link to

the difference being that the guy in the art I posted has an Altyn helmet

[hazy helm]

If you mean this one you will need to customize a empty vest to get gray pouches and put them on vertical

[pine rapids]

yeah that'll probably be what I go with

I wanna rock the Altyn helmet in a duty cosplay somethin' awful

[hazy helm]

I'd be more worried with how to stitch and where Id find the satchel

[raven grove]

Satchel looks like a recolored Romanian gas mask bag

[hazy helm]

https://twitter.com/Stalker2News/status/1781798147536171500

[pine rapids]

probably is a gas mask bag

[hazy helm]

It's a satchel

Same satchel for every stalker suit

You can reuse it for every other stalker suit except freedom

Tbh
The hardest part to get right is a base for your suit
I'd recommend a cheap jumpsuit one piece

[raven grove]

One piece? Hold on.. is the one piece real??

[granite mortar]

Dammit Spatial Anomaly
Why has your author made the best short story mod just to frick off indefinitely after releasing it

[loud gate]

[pearl jacinth]

xray engine is just that good

[solid dome]

Isnt SA 2 coming still?

[finite dragon]

U the one posting?

[hazy helm]

no

I dont have a twitter

[finite dragon]

Which mod is owner of the account

[hazy helm]

no mod owns the account,Spartan owns it

[finite dragon]

Oooooooooh thx

[silent stump]

@raven grove when do you think it will like run out like right when the game comes out?

[raven grove]

The UE?

[silent stump]

ye

[raven grove]

UE is like.. $400? I think I've seen that number tossed around but can't confirm

[silent stump]

yea it is

[hidden stratus]

Would you rather have a console or a figurine and a backpack?

[regal sapphire]

console

[lethal orchid]

I can't believe I was missing out on the VSS so much

I tried it in SoC and instantly ran out of ammo and never picked it up again

I just used the AK instead

and in CS I didn't even bother

[raven grove]

As a fur enjoyer the patch of freedom alures me; however, hippies

[ornate bane]

Does strider go back to Jupiter or Yaniv after the journey to Prypiat? I can’t find him in the military HQ

[pearl jacinth]

he goes back to his house and takes a nice nap :)

[solid dome]

@loud gate Remind us of how much days left?

13?

[pearl jacinth]

food... water... slavic post apocalyptic media...

[sand gorge]

It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Mark Twain

[granite mortar]

Yeah but there was pretty long break between them

[solid dome]

Well, shit

[tiny olive]

What's the stat difference betweem SP6 and SP5 rounds of 9x39?

[unreal cargo]

"The best gamblers put everything on the line - Nikolai Tesla"

[sand gorge]

"There is nothing in the world like persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus." - Mark Twain

[unreal cargo]

"Before we split the atom first split your 9x18mm ammo to manage your weight capacity so you can maintain peak stamina consumption under 50.0kgs" - Gandhi

[finite dragon]

So I played the Azazel mode in Stalker Old World (when you die, you take control over a random Alife NPC who actually exists).
Died as a Bandit, died as a Loner, then became a Monolith in prypiat.
And the monolith bro I took control over was absolutely decked out

[gaunt burrow]

Nope. He just dissapears from the map

His good ending slide is guaranteed tho

[finite dragon]

:3

[ornate bane]

Wow, that’s strange. I wonder if he goes back to the monolith

[finite dragon]

He doesnt

[gaunt burrow]

||A new group appeared in the Zone. They are well-trained, but their objectives are not known. Rumors say that they used to be Monolith fighters. Their leader is known as Strider - Strider's good ending slide||

[tiny olive]

Monolith 2: Chornobyl Boogaloo

[fast stratus]

hi stalker.

a good news

i found a place

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[finite dragon]

Ello stalkers

[finite dragon]

Your not marked anymore?

[wraith snow]

Guys

I need help in Clear skies

Im in thr swamp and im holding the farm place

The task is "hold the point until help is coming"

Im waiting like for a eternity and they aint here

[gilded glacier]

do something else instead. That's a bug you will be waiting long there, they could have gotten stuck fighting mutants trying to get there

[wraith snow]

Dumbass npcs

Is that task main mission or nah?

Yes or no

FINALLY HELP IS HERE

[gilded glacier]

yes, you need it to get out of swamp

[gilded glacier]

i had the same issue. they eventually came

[gaunt burrow]

I got unmarked

[gaunt burrow]

They should come sooner or later

Thats pretty common bug afaik

[finite dragon]

Damn

[finite dragon]

hey guys!

[wraith snow]

Guys

I gotta S.T.A.L.K strelok imma go now

[polar orchid]

better for what reason?

throwing some childrens author quote at me doesnt prove anything. anybody can do that in a discussion against their opponent.

stalker markets itself as being an immersvie simulation type experience, it should just call itself an arcadey action shooter and then it would be fine, people like me wouldnt be confused

got a bunch of upcoming games like road to vostok, gray zone warfare, beautiful light... all these games get compared to stalker and tarkov. but since theyre all modern games theyre going to do their own version of what tarkov has perfected when it comes to inventory management.

[hazy helm]

System Shock is an Immersive Simulation,an ImSim

Stalker aint an ImSim tho...

[hazy helm]

unfairly compared,none of these games like stalker at all

[polar orchid]

stalker is considered the OG inspiration to a lot of upcoming games

[hazy helm]

inspiration does not mean copy,you can inspire something taht is completely different from you

like,trepang2,is nothing like FEAR despite FEAR being an inspiration

Gray Zone Warfare may have been inspired by Stalker,I dunno,but that doesnt mean it will play,act,or even be anything close to it

I did see what Gray Zone Warfare is,and it is not in any way comparable to stalker,it is a Soldner #2 with a extraction shooter tag messily thrown on top

[polar orchid]

i just appreciate the extra depth most modern inventory based shooter games have now. when i went back to re-play stalker vanilla games it really hurts the experience for me. modern inventory management feels like the perfect evolution to the magic packpack

like stalker has weapon equipping into slots

even equipping of artifacts

i dont see anything wrong with a couple advancements to that system. its the system that modern games have jsut added a lil more depth to

[hazy helm]

it is a system that runs counter to the core of the entire game,thus it would be foolish to focus on that branch when stalker has always marketed itself to the other branch

[polar orchid]

its a horror game tho too. more reasons to get scared is a plus for any horror game. running out of packed mags, having to go into your bag and move grenades to your pockets... these little things just make an experience that much more thrilling and rewarding when you plan properly ahead of time.

[hazy helm]

Stalker has horror elements,its not a horror game no

its like,stalker has RPG elements,but its not an RPG game

[polar orchid]

i have never played stalker and actually ran out of ammo or been hindered in any way by needing to reload (reloads are super fast) but i often hear people talk about planning the journey and the thrill of getting caught in a situation where they run out of ammo and need to swap to pistol... that never happens to me

if you do run out of ammo and need to swap to your other primary in your bag then you have yourself a challenge and decision to make

i dont see why anything im saying is going to make staker a worse game in your guyses opinion, it just creates more situations where you need to be a better stalker

[hazy helm]

focusing in things that will run counter the loose action filled gameplay that is defined by its RPG and Story Focused traits would work against this yes

the game is supposed to have fast paced gunplay

[polar orchid]

i spend a lot of time running around doing nothing

travelling to and from tasks

picking up my 20th loaf of bread

like stalker SoC is full of secret stashes that get marked on your map... even on hardest difficulty I get tired of travlling to them, theres nothing in them, just more of the same small pool of items gets very boring.

I already have an abundance of those same items.

give me something to do during the down time y'know. a bit of inventory management, something to be thrilled about, something that can go wrong

[west anchor]

Shadow of chernobyl felt like I was doing chores for barkeep for like 50% of the game

Game was still fun it just lacks variety

[left drum]

yoooo boiss

[west anchor]

Yooo

[hot ingot]

Yooo

[sly matrix]

Wazzaaaaaap

[burnt geyser]

Stalker makes me want a makarov for some reason

[regal sapphire]

fr

im in 17th place in NA7

one of the biggest stalkers in the zone in just a few days

strelok zero to hero is real

[pearl jacinth]

they unmarked marked one

now they're just one

[raven grove]

Literally Unmarks your marked one

[pearl jacinth]

tattoo removal

[gaunt burrow]

Markedn't One

[worn oar]

Tattoo switched to somewhere else

[raven grove]

Non-body-modified singular individual

[pearl jacinth]

imagine being s random loner and you wake up with "S.T.A.L.K.E.R." on your arm

i woulda scrum so loud

[worn oar]

Having a random Merc guy hunting your a$$ across the zone

Screaming, death to the marked agent

Abomination

[regal sapphire]

that would be nice bc you can ambush him

[worn oar]

or him you

[regal sapphire]

me

[granite mortar]

I finished my Clear Sky re-run
Tbh I enjoyed it more than SoC re-run

[gilded glacier]

i recently played whole trilogy for the first time and i also enjoyed CS more than SoC

[granite mortar]

Even the first time I enjoyed it more but the gap between SoC and CS re-run enjoyability is massive

Well, now just CoP and then Ill replay Wind of Time because I have missed a lot of cool quests the first time

[regal sapphire]

same I also prefered CS more than SoC and CoP on my rerun

I also prefered it the first time I played it

[gaunt burrow]

Average Clear Sky enjoyer:

https://tenor.com/view/gigachad-chad-gif-20773266

[regal sapphire]

rip embed

[gaunt burrow]

Man both Discord and Reddit are buggy af today (for me at least)

[unreal cargo]

https://tenor.com/view/flexing-flex-arnold-arnold-schwarzenegger-body-builder-gif-18454197

[hidden stratus]

trailer

[granite mortar]

Guys Im curious, do you shoot Fleshes or do you just sprint at them with knife? Because to me they are a big fat waste of ammo

[gaunt burrow]

Usually I knife them

[granite mortar]

[raven grove]

You guys don't shoot them with the RPG?

[unreal cargo]

blow their head off with the shotgun

[granite mortar]

Thats lame

[unreal cargo]

then eat it

[granite mortar]

You dont even play the trilogy, do you

[finite dragon]

I didn't know until now that the knife has two attack methods (L2 and R2 since it's a console). Is there a difference in power or distance between vertical swing attacks?

[unreal cargo]

which game are you fighting the fleshes?

[raven grove]

Insert Freedom member saying the zone should be free for anyone to do anything

[granite mortar]

Currently in CoP but I just knife them in all three

[unreal cargo]

oh I see, I usually just shoot them in the head and usually get them with one pistol mag

[granite mortar]

Thats one more mag than needed

[unreal cargo]

well I usually have 200-300 rounds on me for pistols so I usually waste it

[finite dragon]

I only use knife attacks to break crates or metal boxes... 🥴

[unreal cargo]

resident evil grindset

[finite dragon]

Not enough biohazards in the zone…

[unreal cargo]

"Can't you see the real monsters in the zone are the peopl- "Shoot mutants, stab mutants, lead them into an anomaly, get rid of their corpse in the fireplace, watch them get sucked in by a tornado anomaly, watch them get zapped-"

[finite dragon]

I wonder why there are no “biohazard” such as biological weapons or viruses in the zone.
I also think that we are in an environment where something similar to T-Virus or G-Virus is being researched, and it would not be strange for it to spread from a research institute. 🦠

[unreal cargo]

Sidorovich is evil spin off series confirmed. Sidorovich unleases a virus that turns people into ammo to help with the ammo economy

[sand gorge]

"Some children's author quotes." The guy wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Some of you guys are so stupid

Next this guy is gonna tell me Martin Luther King was "Some random hippy politician"

[unreal cargo]

Gandhi was a avid weapons enthusiast who helped establish trade routes in the zone, also he was an advocate for peace (can't have violence if everyone in the zone is gone)

[finite dragon]

like Dr. William…

[polar orchid]

just tryna talk about the stalker games tb quite h

[sand gorge]

You want Tarkov in the zone

There's Gamma and Anomaly

[polar orchid]

no i just hope that the gameplay in stalker 2 will be a bit more engaging than the originals. i dont expect it to be an extraction shooter. i just dont wanna be bored after 5 hours cos all i keep finding is more of the exact same loot. tarkov inventory management is an evolution of stalker as much as people here hate to admit it.

[normal tiger]

It has now been exactly 100 days since we last officially heard anything about S2, from GSC.

I think that's cause for celebration! 🙂

[polar orchid]

mods dont give me achievements on my gamer profile

[granite mortar]

Goldsphere has achievements, 6/8 arent obtainable iirc xd

[granite mortar]

Grrr
Anomaly mentioned :(

[polar orchid]

it would be cool if they had both options, for a harder challenge put pocket slots on your current suit that act as the backpack while the actual backpack is only storage... then they could include "classic" mode with the classic magic backpack. i cant imagine that would be a mountain of work to implement. having magazines to loot/discard and more stuff to think about is only a good thing imo

the classic games already have slots for weapons, slots for artifacts... its not like its a completely alien thing to think about equipping things

[granite mortar]

RTTZ has the space system and it was made by two guys, I dont think its that hard

[sand fiber]

tarkov inventory management is an evolution of stalker as much as people here hate to admit it.
lmfao

[normal tiger]

Rather than needlessly grindy inventory management ala gamma, I'd prefer they make the zone and its mutants considerably more dangerous, and perhaps have a bigger emphasis on exploring anomalies, navigating them and acquiring artefacts. Especially curious to see how archanomalies will play out in this regard...

[polar orchid]

wouldnt everything be more dangerous if you could run out of packed magazines tho

[normal tiger]

Armor and weapon management can be a factor, but not to the extent they go in gamma. That shit's tarded.

[sand fiber]

this will just turn stalker into a half-assed "survival" game

[polar orchid]

not really

[granite mortar]

When will you shut up about this?

[polar orchid]

its a horror game, whats scarier than needing to actually run away and get some cover so you can repack mags, or being forced to swap to your pistol more often

in the OG stalker games, once I have a few hundred rounds of ammo my pistol becomes obsolete

the ammo is everywhere and the mags are magic

[sand fiber]

horror aspect doesn't amplify with survival elements

[polar orchid]

then why have an inventory at all

just do like halflife

[sand fiber]

because it's a somewhat-RPG

[granite mortar]

SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UUUUPPP

Return OL belt ammo system

And screw the mags!

[sand fiber]

stalker isn't a pure FPS, nor is it a pure RPG, and it's not a survival-horror game either

it's all of it, none of it, at once

[polar orchid]

i think its a sad state of affairs if games like tarkov out-do stalker who are the OGs of inventory FPS

there are a lot of people who are dying for more games with realistic shooter inventory management. its more immersive shooting. managing your guns, managing your ammo. its perfect for a game with dark atmosphere too, it keeps you on your toes

reload, check mags, are they actually full...

[sand fiber]

nobody cares about immersive shooting and painstakingly managing your ammo, it's not even engaging resource-managing

go play your Milsim №27 or smth

[polar orchid]

its not painstaking though

[sand fiber]

it is, "realistic" busywork that distracts from the actual gameplay

[polar orchid]

its just realism and stress/reward. i dont see any reason to sit there waiting long time to pack mags in a single player game. but having to stay on top of things, preparing for your next fight and not just plodding on ahead... its so rewarding

[sand gorge]

Tarkov Management is inspired by stalker not an Evolution of it

Tarkov is overrated asf

[polar orchid]

the only reason to swap to pistol in a stalker game is for larping

i wann be forced to have to swap to pistol

[sand gorge]

You do if you lose all your ammo

Has happened to me before

[polar orchid]

you dont lose your ammo tho, quick saving all the time, looting people, its near impossible to run out of ammo

[sand gorge]

I don't quick save

[polar orchid]

thats a choice

[sand gorge]

Just because in Tarkov you can't cheese the game doesn't make Stalker worse because you choose to give yourself unfair advantages

[polar orchid]

i need to be forced. if a game doesnt challenge me all by itself its not something im typically gonna do

[sand gorge]

Ah a Non consensual consensual

[sand fiber]

it's consensual non-consent actually

[sand gorge]

Oh sorry Noz

[sand gorge]

Choosing to not take action is a form of action anyway

It's your fault that the game isn't challenging

Play on a higher difficulty

[polar orchid]

i play on the highest one.

[sand gorge]

Play Tarkov

[polar orchid]

i've played tarkov to death

[normal tiger]

I don't get why people are so obsessed with bringing realism into the Stalker universe. I mean, we suck Bloodsucker dicks and shove Jellyfish arties up our butts because they keep it shiny. shrug

[sand fiber]

True!

[sand gorge]

Well it gives me a reason to not text you

[sand gorge]

Next The Elder Scrolls will be modernized

People are gonna get mad that it's not Boulder's Gate 3

[normal tiger]

I'll eat an entire wheel of cheese if Bethesda ever modernizes its engine lol

[polar orchid]

its not about the realism its about making it scarier. its a dark game about surviving in the zone. planning your journey. choosing what to carry. but the OG games are so simple its not fun.

not as fun as it could be rather

[sand gorge]

It's an rpg not a horror game and I've been jumpscared in the ogs anyway

[normal tiger]

can't think of anything scarier than inventory management

[sand gorge]

I was in the pitch black night and a chimera jumped at me from the darkness and I screamed

[sand gorge]

Anomaly in a nutshell

[polar orchid]

little things that force you to make decisions and actually plan ahead, stay prepared, and in a really hairy situation need to swap to your pistol... its absolutely rewarding, it makes you feel like a gun slinging genius when you have things to think about in situations

[sand gorge]

Anomaly

[sand fiber]

oh my god play an actual imsim i beg you

[sand gorge]

It makes you feel good when you kill 20 guys from one spot

Camping like in cod

[finite dragon]

can we just play stalker with what feels good to us, i dont think stalkeris like tarkov at all, but like if you wanna have mags have mags,

[polar orchid]

simple games dont give ma any sense of reward, nor are they scary

[sand gorge]

Then don't play them

[polar orchid]

when i have 300 rounds and all of them will magic reload theres nothing thrilling about that experience

[sand gorge]

Then don't play it

[polar orchid]

well nothing has been confirmed yet, i still hope they evolve

[sand gorge]

It shouldn't have to

[polar orchid]

magic backpack and magic mags should be a difficulty setting

[sand gorge]

Roskiobiwan should be a difficulty setting

[sand fiber]

roskiobiwan should play something other than tarkov

[finite dragon]

what is your thoughts on gamma

[sand gorge]

I don't think about Gamma

I don't care about Gamma

[polar orchid]

i cant play anything after tarkov. nothing gives me that sense of reward for managing my resources

[sand gorge]

For getting killed by some sweats

[sand gorge]

Play Fallout

[sand fiber]

play Pathologic 2 or smth

[loud gate]

bruh, I take one look at the chat and it's still Roskobiwan shilling for Tarkov

[sand gorge]

Based Mozi

[sand fiber]

that game is a psyop

[polar orchid]

i want more games that make me feel like real shooting. tarkov makes me feel like the first time i ever played an FPS, hitting the reload button as a kid made me feel like i was doing real gun stuff, seeing the bullet holes in the walls after a fight... all that stuff was kick ass. but now its stale.

[sand fiber]

literal brainrot

[loud gate]

Can you please kill me?

Actually, don't.. I want to play some OLR 3.0 first

[sand gorge]

Go to an American School or something idk

[polar orchid]

im not shilling tarkov. im bored of tarkov. i want more games like it.

[sand gorge]

I'm bored of it
everything should be like it

[sand fiber]

don't mind if i do

[polar orchid]

im bored of the maps

[sand fiber]

have you tried playing other genres???

[sand gorge]

I'm bored of this conversation

[polar orchid]

yeah i play a lot of different types of games. but FPS has always been my favorite.

[sand gorge]

Sir this is Stalker you are looking for the Metro series

[polar orchid]

not a fan of Metro

[sand gorge]

Why? It has resource management

[polar orchid]

No it doesnt lol

[sand gorge]

You play scenarios

Plan*

[polar orchid]

Other games have had their own versions of mag management. Battlebit remastered even has mag management. You dont even need to go into your inventory you just hold a button while walking around to pack the mags. Stalker coulda done that.

[sand gorge]

Why should it have to do that?

[loud gate]

@sand fiber nvm kill me

[polar orchid]

For engagement. For a next gen experience.

[sand gorge]

What obligation do the Devs have to you?

None.

[loud gate]

https://tenor.com/view/delusion-technical-boy-american-gods-bruce-langley-its-fake-gif-18698182

[sand fiber]

this is all the demiurge's fault

[polar orchid]

They dont. I just hope they see the beauty in how tarkov done things and implement a few ideas.

[sand gorge]

I hope you find something actually interesting to say

[polar orchid]

Hate me all you want but these conversations get this chat poppin off

[sand fiber]

this man should've had bought airsoft equipment and played with 40 year old russians, but now it's all ruined because tarkov exists

[quiet pecan]

I hope, one day, you will understand that you talking about two absolutely different games, the fact that you can shot people and eat in stalked don't make it same game as tarkov. Bro just download mods for things you want, when game will be released

[polar orchid]

i will enjoy mods but it would be better if the game had actual achievements for my xbox/steam profile that told people i finished a game with the more challenging aspects enabled

i want to have to risk it all by making room for stuff, being forced to sacrafice a few magazines and try to get back to a trader alive

nobodys gonna know i did that

[gaunt burrow]

Tarkov is Tarkov. Stalker is Stalker

I don't get why is that so hard to understand

[polar orchid]

stalker and stalker fans kinda gas the game up as being a big boy game tho

[quiet pecan]

Than you want to play other game, tarkov is pseudo-realistic multiplayer game and stalker is single player casual rpg-shoter or wth is this game even

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/wack-thatswack-hannibal-burress-ericandreshow-gif-20565184

[quiet pecan]

https://tenor.com/view/epic-embed-fail-ryan-gosling-cereal-embed-failure-laugh-at-this-user-gif-20627924

bro we both did epic embed fail, we are cringed now

[sand fiber]

gameplay-wise it's a classical shooter with RPG elements

[gaunt burrow]

All I'm seeing here is you fanboying over Tarkov, and either not realizing that Stalker simply isn't the same as Tarkov or refusing to realize it

[quiet pecan]

yea, more like this

[sand fiber]

closer to boomer shooters than any hyper-realistic thingie or whatever

[polar orchid]

i never said they were the same, the atmosphere is the main thing in stalker imo

[sly matrix]

I know it won't embed, I just do it out of spite

[polar orchid]

tarkov has no mutants. tarkov has an extract time limit

[quiet pecan]

oh okay

[polar orchid]

stalker has a way more interesting location

[loud gate]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is a big game even by today's standards

I don't know what's so hard to comprehend S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and Tarkov are two different games that have different gameplay

[polar orchid]

i meant, stalker tends to come across as a game for adults... i didnt expect to get so much backlash against making it more strategic and realistic

[sand gorge]

Tarkov and Stalker are different

Remove all originality and make it Tarkov

[sand fiber]

LMFAO

[polar orchid]

its the opposite. tarkov is pretty unique

[loud gate]

LMFAO

[quiet pecan]

You can just ask for hardcore gamemode without saves and everything making game harder but not changing it's gameplay completely

[polar orchid]

stalker as it plays in the originals is more like fallout with realistic graphics

[sly matrix]

Some of these takes I'm reading are... interesting

[sand fiber]

good

[sand gorge]

You remove the uniqueness of Stalker to make it Tarkov

[loud gate]

Listen, guys. I want everyone to go play OLR 3.0 now and stop listening to these delusions 🙂

[sand gorge]

Cry

[polar orchid]

stalker is very similar to fallout its not unique

[sand fiber]

how

[sand gorge]

Tarkov is a rip off a Stalker

You are braindead

[polar orchid]

tarkov is an homage to stalker

[loud gate]

tarkov is very similar to real life its not unique

[sand fiber]

'tis still in beta-testing unfortunately

[loud gate]

So?

[sand gorge]

So?

[polar orchid]

and tarkov is one of the best shooter games ever made specifically because the inventory management makes you feel like youre actually managing guns and ammo realistically

[sand fiber]

anytime author decides to upload the new patch you have to start a new game, not ideal

[loud gate]

You just don't install the new patch

[sand fiber]

nuh uh, one of the best shooter games ever made is Ultrakill actually

[sand fiber]

what an ingenious solution, truly

[loud gate]

https://tenor.com/view/think-about-it-use-your-brain-use-the-brain-think-brain-gif-7914082

[polar orchid]

cheaters everywhere and glitched audio? lol

[sand fiber]

oh and TF2 also

[loud gate]

maybe now you understand how dumb your point is

[polar orchid]

no

[sand gorge]

Stalker is an homage to Roadside Picnic

[quiet pecan]

this game not realistic, its pseudo-realistic game which trying to be like reall life but it cant, it's not even close to best shoter because u cant say what is best, casual people likes call of duty and battlefields, hardcore people play squad or arma, strange people playing tarkov

[sand gorge]

Ready or Not and Insurgency Sandstorm do a better job

[polar orchid]

people who dont enjoy tarkov are weird. when i first learned about that game i was braingasming my socks off. pointing at the screen like YES, YESSS! this is how you make a shooter game!

[loud gate]

Ok, but I don't remember who cares really

[sand gorge]

Go to the Tarkov discord then

[polar orchid]

im banned

[quiet pecan]

skill issue

[sand gorge]

Then don't come here with your trash

[polar orchid]

i was just here to speculate a lil bit about stalker 2 with my fellow stalkers

[quiet pecan]

play tarkov then

[sand gorge]

You are no Stalker

[polar orchid]

i am a stalker, how very dare you

[loud gate]

Man, you weren't speculating, you're just whining non-stop how you wished the game was more like Tarkov. We don't care because we are S.T.A.L.K.E.R. fans and we like the original idea, not what Tarkov is

[polar orchid]

i be all up in that zone, tresspassing, robbing, killing, you name it

[quiet pecan]

I'm not asking to add drivable tanks in stalker when I want to drive tank in game

[sand fiber]

anyway after thinking it through a bit a more survival stalker hard focused on resource-management would be fun

[polar orchid]

i cant be held responsible for how the conversation evolved here over the last few days. at first i was just talking then everyone was hating me

[sand gorge]

Anomaly

[sand fiber]

IT WOULD BE FUN THOUGH

[quiet pecan]

It wont, maps too small

[sand gorge]

Pick me boy

[sand fiber]

yes, anomaly-but-good
the mythical Actually Good Freeplay

[sand gorge]

Only In Dreams by Weezer

[sand fiber]

in S2 it would be feasible, as well as helicopter flights

god i want a helicopter segment in S2 so bad

[loud gate]

But there is driveable tanks in stalker

[quiet pecan]

where, show me

[loud gate]

Ever tried driving the BTR in ShoC?

[polar orchid]

get him boys, he's suggesting things that arent in the OG games

[sand fiber]

she

[polar orchid]

oops

[quiet pecan]

it will be interesting to give some new gameplay for a time, sounds like call of duty but if it will be one short moment than it's sounds interesting

[loud gate]

Please no

[sand gorge]

You don't understand anything

[sand gorge]

You shouldn't have said S2 should be like Tarkov

[quiet pecan]

One helicopter fly moment for 3 minutes wont change the whole game

[polar orchid]

i understand that stalker fans are die hard purists

[sand gorge]

You are an idiot

[loud gate]

Actually, in this specific case it would, but Roskobiwan is straight up pulling stuff out of his ass anyways

[polar orchid]

well if the gameplay is identical to the OG games, i respect it, i hated 343 for changing Halo

[sand gorge]

I hate you

[sand fiber]

stop insulting him his taste is just bad

[quiet pecan]

Yea, I know that it useless to talk with him, but I get exp for this anyway

[sand fiber]

and that's fine

[loud gate]

AS I SAID, shut up, play OLR 3.0 and ignore

[sand gorge]

He eats at Longjohn Silver's

[polar orchid]

what are you guys saying now, you like that Halo was changed but its not acceptible for Stalker to evolve?

[quiet pecan]

what is OLR 3.0 even

[sand gorge]

Who said that?

[sand fiber]

Oblivion Lost Remake 3.0, the closest we'll ever come to the That-True-Stalker experience

[sand gorge]

You are just making stuff up to look right

[quiet pecan]

never played halo

[polar orchid]

referring to this comment

[sand gorge]

I hate you

[quiet pecan]

not interested, trying to complete very long strategical game right now

[polar orchid]

well i dont hate you

[loud gate]

Just wait when we learn what "HoS" means and we make S2 HoS mod

[sand fiber]

idk personally i take issue with your view of pseudo-realistic gameplay as unequivocally good but it's fine if you want to play survival stalker, there are mods out there for that

[sand fiber]

what's the game?

[loud gate]

THE BEST STALKER MOD OUT THERE

[polar orchid]

there wont be at launch though. and im gonna have to stomach grinding all the achievemnts without mods

[quiet pecan]

Total War: Medieval 2

[sand fiber]

you can play x-ray mods in the meanwhile

[polar orchid]

also its unreal engine and a modern game so mods are gonna be constantly breaking as the updates roll out

[quiet pecan]

Anyway I have fear of mods after trying to download some of them, especially something not having it's own launcher

[sand fiber]

try NLC or smth, you'll be fighting for your life every single moment

oooooooooorrrrrrr gamma i guess???

[polar orchid]

OG stalker mods dont run on my current system

[sand fiber]

that audio issue?

[polar orchid]

ye

[sand fiber]

have you tried anything other than anomaly?

[quiet pecan]

NLC killed me morally after I was killed by dogs which were running from other part of location to me

[polar orchid]

im reluctant to since theres no fix and other people mentioned all stalker mods use openal

[sand fiber]

try it anyway

[polar orchid]

just reading about it sounds cool but no english lol

[sand gorge]

Who cares about achievements

[sand fiber]

you're talking about NLC? ask @hazy helm for english localisation

[polar orchid]

it sounds pretty damn epic tbh

[hazy helm]

https://www.moddb.com/mods/nlc7-he23

[polar orchid]

it sounds too good lol... like it will completely ruin stalker 2 for me lol

[hazy helm]

we released the translation a few days ago

its fully readable and fully translated,and up to date

[polar orchid]

awh you legends

im all over it like a bad rash

[hazy helm]

yhea,btw @sand fiber you got an old pc yhe?does the old internet explorer still work as well?

[sand fiber]

nope, i upgraded like 2 years ago

[hazy helm]

shucks

[half bone]

i finished fake stalker 2 days after it came out

mid mod tbh, the gameplay is literally running simulator after certain people.

[sand fiber]

you finished what?

[half bone]

true stalker mod

i call it fake stalker

[polar orchid]

does NLC 7 have a discord?

[sand fiber]

OKAY LMAO

[hazy helm]

yes,in russian

[half bone]

chatgpt translate time

[hazy helm]

best place to ask for help is in the C-Con discord server

[gaunt burrow]

If you are interested in mods and modding C-Con is your server

[polar orchid]

ah... does it have mag management? is it standalone or do i need to install CoP?

[hazy helm]

it has vest mechanics but no mags no,it also has deep logistical and economical systems
it is a completely diff game really
check C-Con if you need help

[polar orchid]

what is C-Con?

[half bone]

[hazy helm]

like I said,the C-Con server is your best bet for NLC help

[polar orchid]

i cant find that on google

oh found it

[finite dragon]

Common Consciousness.

[half bone]

bro said he played soc

but he doesn't know what c-con is

i don't get the logic

[gaunt burrow]

Maybe he got false Wish Granter ending?

[hidden stratus]

some people play the game just to play it the first time then get to the lore later.

did that with Skyrim, Fallout, the witcher, etc.

Its not an uncommon thing many people dont know the ins and outs of a games lore, so why call him out?

[half bone]

iirc, c-con was probably mentioned even if you didn't get the true ending

idk, it has been a long time since i've played soc

[half bone]

If you look at earlier messages, we had a justified reason to do so.

[hidden stratus]

Alr just read all his dumbass messages, you are absolutely right.

I will read context more often in the future.

lil tarkov player deserved to be called out

[gaunt burrow]

No it wasn't mentioned. We learn about C-Con from their representative

No one even knew about C-Con in the trilogy (after CoP Strelok most likely told the government everything)

[half bone]

yeah ik all of this already, i forgot the part when was c-con mentioned

[timid lotus]

26.04.1986

38 years ago

and its my birthday hehehe

bro is cnpp

[half bone]

today today

[pearl jacinth]

we're back zonebros

[polar orchid]

i barely pay attention to the story its boring lol

[gaunt burrow]

💀

[polar orchid]

i just trust the markers to be added to my map

[gaunt burrow]

How tf can someone be this wrong?

[polar orchid]

i dont play games to read a bunch of text

[gaunt burrow]

No comments

[polar orchid]

i want shoot stuff

[gaunt burrow]

You not bothering to read dialogues and not bothering to learn about the lore does NOT mean that story is bad

[polar orchid]

im vaguely aware of the lore

[gaunt burrow]

You say dumb shit like that and then wonder why people are reacting badly

[polar orchid]

yall read walls of text and think that some inventory management is boring

[pearl jacinth]

the story is peak bruh u gotta pay attention to it

[gaunt burrow]

Spoiler alert: he isn't even bothering to read dialogues

[pearl jacinth]

[polar orchid]

i play games to play the game, i dont play games for the story

story is the least important aspect of a game imo

[pearl jacinth]

stalker is one of those series' where the story is a huge part of the game

[gaunt burrow]

Don't accuse the game of having the bad story then

"I don't read dialogues and just shoot everything. Game has horrible story"

[half bone]

then why are you here?

go play gamma/tarkov

[polar orchid]

i was here to speculate on stalker 2 but thats not allowed, everyone here hates that

[gaunt burrow]

To you yes. To many people its the most important part

[pearl jacinth]

many pieces from the story of the games play a direct role on the gameplay

[polar orchid]

in the OG stalker games its about finding a guy named strelok except youre him... big whoop

[pearl jacinth]

for example: emissions. u gotta know why emissions are even a thing

and why they obliterate you if you dare exist outside

[gaunt burrow]

Again if you accuse the game of having a bad story then you gotta know about the story itself

[pearl jacinth]

unless you're scar

scar's just cracked

[gaunt burrow]

And since you don't bother reading dialogues or even try to understand the lore I doubt you know jackshit about the lore

[polar orchid]

the wish granter was cool in SoC, how you think youre getting your wish but its just killing you and making you hallucinate, that part was dope

the ending of CoP was ass. i felt so let down.

[pearl jacinth]

rosko did u get the true ending of soc

[polar orchid]

probably not, i cant rememebr what ending i got

[pearl jacinth]

u should repllay to get the true ending

[gaunt burrow]

[polar orchid]

im only a few hours into my second playthrough

[pearl jacinth]

go the other thing your pda hints you towards instead of immediately bolting in the direction of the chornobyl nuclear power plant

[polar orchid]

and my first play was years ago

[pearl jacinth]

find the strelok documents™️

[polar orchid]

this time around i cant do that at all, its not fun, i cant enjoy the game its too basic

[stray dock]

new trailer when

[gaunt burrow]

@pearl jacinth its pointless. Don't even bother with that guy

[pearl jacinth]

[polar orchid]

sorry bros, i game for the gameplay

[pearl jacinth]

reading the walls of text makes the games so much more fun bro trust

[gaunt burrow]

Rosko I have no problem if you just want to shoot and kill everyone and everything. I have a problem with you accusing the game of having a bad story (which objectively isn't true)

[sand fiber]

i take my words back you really are stoopid

[gaunt burrow]

While you don't even bother to learn about the lore and read dialogues

Your point is literally "I shoot stuff. Don't read dialogues. Story is horrible"

[polar orchid]

i do learn things. im role playing as a cheeky breeki loner who doesnt really care about other peoples problems, ill do anything for the money, and ill kill anyone who annoys me

i never said the story is horrible i just dont care that much for it

the atmosphere is what does it for me

[gaunt burrow]

You called it boring. Not the same maybe but objectively story is neither horrible nor boring

At least to people who actually want to learn about it more

[polar orchid]

its boring to read a load of text

[pearl jacinth]

read it!

[gaunt burrow]

Read those texts

[sand fiber]

😭😭😭

[gaunt burrow]

They contain interesting stuff

[polar orchid]

im just tryna have fun loading up corpses full of guns and dragging them to the nearest trader

[pearl jacinth]

granted yeah i do go get something to drink every time the Wall Of Text™️ comes up in dialogue but that makes reading it more enjoyable

[unreal cargo]

"You skip text because of gameplay, I skip text because I can't read, we are not the same"

[pearl jacinth]

because i can imagine myself being the games character and going "HELL YEAH BRO" and drinking his drink

"so what im trying to say here is that you're strelok"
me:

[pearl jacinth]

real zonepilled

i feel at some point you lose reading comprehension if you stay in the zone for too long

[unreal cargo]

the mysterious anomaly of being stupid enough to survive the zone

[pearl jacinth]

got shot in the head? no problem. brain small. brain can dodge bullet.

[finite dragon]

Especially in Stalker Trilogy, there are many things you can't understand unless you read the notes and dialogue.

[pearl jacinth]

c con goes on their whole rant about why theyre doing what theyre doing and why strelok should join them
and strelok just goes "BOOOORIIIIING!!! GET THESE GUYS OUTTA HERE" and starts throwing tomatos

[finite dragon]

I like to fantasize further from there.

[pearl jacinth]

what do you mean by this

[gaunt burrow]

Strelok always had a mistrust towards the scientists. According to Ghost's PDA

[finite dragon]

about this.

[gaunt burrow]

"Where the hell are you, Strelok? Damn, and Doc's gone I could really do with the help right now. When I get back from the mission I'm gonna find the Guide at the perimeter. He goes there a lot. And he may help me find Doc, and if Strelok's still alive, Doc will know for sure where to find him. Anyway that's for later, and now I'm all alone. On the stinking underground mission. Vasiliev doesn't count - he's just a burden which I'll have to protect. Vasiliev lost it at the very last moment, and when the door opened, he ran off instead of deactivating the lower consoles. I shouldn't have relied on him. Strelok was right to mistrust those lying dogs. My only chance is to get to the door before the controller."

[half bone]

cheeki breekies don't ignore the story and call it boring

[gaunt burrow]

Besides C-Con literally tried to kill Strelok and his group

[pearl jacinth]

that entry was so interesting

[gaunt burrow]

Why would Strelok ever join them after that?

[half bone]

go play efp/gamma/your little tarkov, watch youtubers like qloud, drewski, some random mfs

[gaunt burrow]

If I was in Strelok's shoes I would have done the same

Would you join someome that tried to kill you and your friends? I wouldn't

"The transports were used to send our Marked Agents into the Zone. They infiltrate Stalker Community and carry out our orders without realizing it. Unfortunately, more than half of stalkers die during transportation. The Zone is very unstable. You are one of our agents sent to kill Strelok, and we're now trying to work out how we made that mistake."

C-Con also sent other Marked Agents after Strelok

[valid kayak]

Hello I just got all 3 of the stalker games

Well I did yesterday

[gaunt burrow]

Gratz

[valid kayak]

Yeah, I played the metro series and loved that and learned Stalker is essentially the same thing with a different story

[finite dragon]

Good Hunting Stalker!

[gaunt burrow]

Metro is Metro. Stalker is Stalker

[unreal cargo]

WOOOOO YEAAAHHHH!

[sand fiber]

it's not but whatever

[valid kayak]

In terms of atmosphere I mean. Like yeah I can tell they're way different. Stalker feels more like a survival game. Every fight feels like it carries weight

[finite dragon]

The Metro series is also a fun game, so I love both of them. If anything, I have a lot of feelings towards Metro series.

[unreal cargo]

I remember wanting to get into stalker cause I saw a 30 second video of a guy hiding in a shack only to die instantly to a chimera on youtube

[sand fiber]

the atmosphere is different too but whatever

[unreal cargo]

which game did you start with?

[valid kayak]

I'm just getting frustrated by the bullet sponge enemies. Can't recall if that was just a thing of the time lol

[sand fiber]

click heads.

[valid kayak]

Playing Chernobyl rn

[pearl jacinth]

also switch difficulty to master

[sand fiber]

doesn't affect the damage, but yes

[valid kayak]

Oh I'm on vet now

[polar orchid]

you guys are just tryna make me into a filthy purist by forcing me to play by your rules lol

[unreal cargo]

I've been playing all the games on stalker

[half bone]

then don't come here.

[valid kayak]

I feel like even if I shoot heads it doesn't always kill them. I'm fighting the military now and it feels like I don't stand a chance

[half bone]

you literally got banned from gamma loooooooool

[gaunt burrow]

Nice. Complete SoC, then CS and lastly CoP

[unreal cargo]

I mean as long as he enjoys it, it should fine but it is an odd choice specially when the dialogue is interesting

[sand fiber]

are you at cordon? you still can genocide the outpost and the guys under the bridge, but it's difficult yes

you can get an AK if you kill Kuznetzov

[unreal cargo]

honestly I was lucky to beat the military before I left cordon, I just did the quests and took the paths around them

[valid kayak]

Agroprom

[unreal cargo]

have you gone in the tunnels?

[pearl jacinth]

i took out the military dudes under the bridge with the basic pistol simply because i didnt like them

[gaunt burrow]

No one has any issues with him enjoying the game. We have issues with him accusing the story of being "bad" while he doesn't even try to understand it

[sand fiber]

just continue to shoot heads then

[valid kayak]

Tunnels? I went through a tunnel. The one with anomalies

[pearl jacinth]

they were mean to me

[unreal cargo]

ah I see

[sand fiber]

so true!!!

[unreal cargo]

oh okay

[half bone]

he belongs in tarkov, not here

[valid kayak]

Story seems pretty straight forward so far. Find info on Sterlok lol

[gaunt burrow]

It gets interesting later on trust me

[half bone]

bro pulled like 20 reasons out of his ass, why og games are bad

[finite dragon]

Furthermore, you've to be careful about spoilers. Rookie's stalker always visits. ☕

[valid kayak]

Oh my bad

[gaunt burrow]

That part of the game is basically "I know a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy who knows Strelok"

[valid kayak]

Basically lol

[gaunt burrow]

But still, it gets more interesting later on

Also read PDA entries and dialogues of NPCs

[pearl jacinth]

i know a guy that knows a guy that knows a guy that knows a guy that has a brother that has a cousin who thinks that he saw the marked one from a distance

[valid kayak]

I mean, I'm not complaining. I'm enjoying the whole premise of it

[gaunt burrow]

They contain lot of interesting info and stuff

[valid kayak]

Only complaint is that I'm having trouble killing enemies. Not even mad about it being challenging, just want them to take the same amount of shots I do

[gaunt burrow]

Once you get more OP guns enemies will be dropping like flies

[unreal cargo]

yeah it was the same for me but it gets better

[finite dragon]

HS is really hard when playing on console.

Even if you throw a grenade, the enemy will avoid you, even the zombies, so it's really annoying.

[valid kayak]

So how many headshots is it supposed to take to kill? Doesn't seem to make a difference

[finite dragon]

The controller 🎮️ is very difficult to operate. The cursor moves at the moment of shooting.
What I don't agree with is that the enemy's ammunition is steadily cutting into our DPS.

[sand fiber]

what weapon are you using?

[polar orchid]

no i didnt i left

[polar orchid]

angsty school kid level take

[half bone]

glock said you got banned, i don't believe you

[polar orchid]

well if thats true they didnt ban me before i left

they muted me tho, thats why i left

[half bone]

that's why he banned you for it looool

[polar orchid]

well i was there to ask a simple question, before i spent 2-3 days downloading a 100 gig file, if its gonna work... he muted me for not downloading it, pretty unfair

[sand fiber]

lmfao

[polar orchid]

after trying NLC7 that didnt work either so safe to say stalker mods dont work for me

[unreal cargo]

what's NLC7?

[polar orchid]

lets just hope stalker 2 has some inventory management, i need something to look forward to

[unreal cargo]

?

[polar orchid]

stalker mod for people who like hardcore games

[unreal cargo]

like what kind of inventory management?

[polar orchid]

stuff like not being able to use whats in your bag, only whats in your pockets

and magazine management

[unreal cargo]

pistol and rifle only 5 bandage combo

[polar orchid]

its the dream

[unreal cargo]

3 mags max

I mean that would be interesting to make the gameplay harder but I kinda do like lugging around 500pcs of 45 acp for a black kite I rarely use

[polar orchid]

NLC7 sounded really cool. it has a tonne of depth like your artifacts need battery power to activate their effects and they degrade over time

gotta pay traders to use stashes or secure your own in the wild with booby traps

no mini map markers too, thats a great one, gotta actually navigate

[sand fiber]

it didn't???

oh my god maybe you should reinstall the system or smth

[polar orchid]

its openAL's fault

[valid kayak]

AK. I just got to the sewers and shot a mutant in the face 25 times and nothing

[finite dragon]

Shotgun is recommended for dealing with mutants.

[valid kayak]

Mutants dint seem to have heads

So like.... shooting center mass does the same as headshots

I'm also realizing my shots don't always land where I shoot

[finite dragon]

Use a shotgun to attack the torso of mutant dogs, and the head area of ​​flesh and boars.

[finite dragon]

That's the mysterious shooting accuracy of Stalker Trilogy.

[half bone]

he pinged glock that's why

[finite dragon]

Strangely enough, as you get used to it you'll start shooting Bandits, Military, and even Monoliths like snacks to get ammo and medkits.

[polar orchid]

i was replied to and told to ping glock

[half bone]

they were baiting you to do it

[polar orchid]

how am i supposed to know

[half bone]

read the rules, retard

[polar orchid]

had literally joined 2 seconds before that

[sand fiber]

leave the server

[half bone]

what?

[polar orchid]

how about you read some rules and stop acting like a child, that words not allowed on discord

[sand fiber]

[half bone]

bro you want stalker 2 to be realistic

[polar orchid]

so? youre mad at someone for having an opinion

grow up fella

[half bone]

do you even remember what did you write?

[pearl jacinth]

my favorite part of nlc7 was when the guy said "now this is nlc..... 7..."

[half bone]

cry about it on twitter

[loud gate]

How is it possible that I come back and it's still Roskobiwan talking about Tarkov

Shouldn't have stopped editing

[half bone]

at this point just leave the server and play tarkov

[finite dragon]

More frightening and strong than Monoliths and Military are small mutants such as pseudo-dogs, Psy-dogs, blind mutant dogs, and Snoke.

[polar orchid]

nobody even mentioned tarkov recently until you did

[half bone]

"takov"

what's takov i've never heard of it

[pearl jacinth]

HOME OF CHALLENGE PISSING

[polar orchid]

who hurt you bro?

[half bone]

I see how you're nice "sometimes"

[polar orchid]

i see how youre toxic a lot of times

[half bone]

only toxic to people like you

[loud gate]

Sorry bro, but everytime I see "Roskobiwan" and pacman with blood pfp I can only expect "game needs to be like tarkov" discussion going on

[half bone]

y'all keep having crashes and then complaining about it on unrelated channels and don't even know about the lore of the game

and how someone asked is miracle machine a mod

[pearl jacinth]

funniest shit ever

[half bone]

fr

[polar orchid]

classy

[half bone]

"where can i disable miracle machine, tell me"

[half bone]

treating everyone equally.

[loud gate]

It is actually still called Miracle Machine in Vanilla

But only when hovering your cursor over the disable button

I am 99.9% sure that's the case.

[half bone]

just made a slight mistake

my keyboard is broken

[loud gate]

my brain is broken

After listening to Roskobiwan and nonstop editing for 5 hours

[half bone]

bro i'm addicted to the sdk

126 gb in size

[pearl jacinth]

the xray sdk?! get well soon

[half bone]

yes.

[pearl jacinth]

im calling an ambulance

[finite dragon]

Whenever I’m playing stalker clear sky it crashes and restarts my Xbox series x. Is anybody having the same problem?

[loud gate]

Console?

[polar orchid]

stalker, now crashing on console lmao. 10/10

[half bone]

like when i find some goofy models that most likely old mod makers left, it's funny

[loud gate]

every game can crash on consoles too

[half bone]

sdalger is more stable than source 2

[sand fiber]

i know but there must be a solution

like, the base games work

[half bone]

custom engines based on xray that use openal need openal installed.

[polar orchid]

"xray engine is unstable like uranium" one of my favorite stalker community comments of all time

[polar orchid]

yeah those work but not mods

[sand fiber]

makes no sense

[finite dragon]

I just bought an Xbox from pawn shop so I’m hoping someone else has same prob.Hope it ain’t broke😂😂😂

[sand fiber]

there must be something in the logs

[finite dragon]

Yah console

[loud gate]

Try reloading an older save, or an autosave. Also, please report the bug in #1215013259740979320

[polar orchid]

well there are no logs because it doesn't make it far enough to even launch lol

[finite dragon]

Might be overheating cause it freaking hot out😂

[sand fiber]

it should leave logs in the folders??

have you checked?

[polar orchid]

already deleted anomaly...

[sand fiber]

well duh

[half bone]

i doubt it would contain anything useful

it would most likely show no log

[sand fiber]

openal-related issues are still logged

[half bone]

never had problems with openal so i can't tell

[polar orchid]

cant see anything in NLC logs that looks relevant. tbh that one doesnt give an error it just has an infinite splash screen that says not responding when i right click to close it

anomaly has an instant "OpenAL cant create sound device" error message

[hazy helm]

isnt stalker made in sorce engine?

[sand fiber]

what have you tried doing so far?

[polar orchid]

re-install OpenAL, launch game with other sounds playing, mess with different settings in launcher, mess with nvidia settings

[sand fiber]

do you use any soft for your sound system btw?

[polar orchid]

anything the internet had as a suggestion i tried

[hazy helm]

the solution is to simply stop using the DK deck lol

[polar orchid]

just windows drivers as the official drivers are from 2018 and dont work properly

[sand fiber]

check if the openal dll is even there in system32 folder

[polar orchid]

yeah its there

[sand fiber]

lmfao okay it's hopeless, find newer drivers for your soundsystem or something

[unreal cargo]

hear me out, a spin off series of Stalker except it's a rally car racing simulator except there's a map for every area in the zone

[sand fiber]

true!

[solid dome]

I am buying, I preorder twice only if we have Nimble as co-driver

Insta cash money delivery straight in dev hands

Me and Nimble in a Volga Impreza WRX rolling through the tight corners towards Limansk

How can you not love it...

[unreal cargo]

"Marked One listen to me, you're breaking the car!"

[solid dome]

Revving up the beast engine and leaving flames from the exhaust along the road, attracting every mutant on the way

[solid dome]

Hehe

[sand gorge]

Perhaps you may be redeemed

[solid dome]

His mishaps thou

We have to call the council to issue the verdict

[unreal cargo]

the biggest race will be going through the entire zone the exact route it takes to do all quests for the cannon ending

[sand gorge]

The council may execute him

[solid dome]

Who do we call then?

[solid dome]

Not possible without a hover car

Military would have placed obstacles along the way, stone blocks and all

[unreal cargo]

gravity anomalies

[solid dome]

We'd have to cheat thru through the No Clip god power

[worn yacht]

if the lift anomaly in pripyat's stadium in soc works on cars u could use those, idk if they do tho

[solid dome]

@unreal cargo Ever tried the Death Race mod?

[unreal cargo]

what is it?

[solid dome]

What you mentioned

Racing done the STALKER way

It lacks rally sadly, its more like Flatout type of deal

Works in coop, its a blast

It runs on X-Ray too

[sand gorge]

We must summon the council or we may face death

[raven grove]

One of my friends has some good points for joining Freedom, sent aid

[solid dome]

Send him to me

I am Master Loner

I possess more knowledge than Master Yoda

[raven grove]

Bro they call me Master Yoda at work, funny you bring that up

[solid dome]

No you heard wrong

They call you Master Yoyo

[raven grove]

"And the yoyo master just kept yoing"

[solid dome]

yopping, yopping

You're the master yopper, absolute slapper

[raven grove]

Correct me if I'm wrong, M05 should work for Freedom?

[solid dome]

M05?

You talk cryptic

[raven grove]

It's a Finnish camo pattern

[halcyon plaza]

Took a break from Stalker today by revisiting Fallout 4 with the next-gen update today. The game is beautiful and very smooth. Can’t wait for the next-gen updates for the Stalker Trilogy!

[stuck pewter]

i wonder

will there be more races in stalker 2

[sand fiber]

yes
the polish
and the belarussian

one (1) of each

[finite dragon]

why did stalker 2 take so long to develop? 15 years compared to 1 year of developing of the last stalker released

[spring apex]

germany stalker

[pearl jacinth]

gsc spent majority of that time not being a studio that existed

[finite dragon]

how come

[pearl jacinth]

from 2012 to 2015(?) or so they were shut down

[finite dragon]

why

[pearl jacinth]

poor financial situation iirc

there's a section about it on the wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSC_Game_World

so yeah, they spent a fraction of that being closed, and another fraction making a version of stalker 2 that would end up getting canned

[finite dragon]

damn, how did the community even survived so long with no titles

how does the studio receive capital?

[pearl jacinth]

games are too good to just fade into obscurity, theyre basically cult classics

that and the huge modding scene, the xray sdk helped with this

[finite dragon]

i see

is the old games sales enough to mantain the studio?

[pearl jacinth]

they just ported the original trilogy to consoles, so more than likely

either way theyve got a fanbase that'll follow them wherever they go

[pearl jacinth]

the original pc versions are still getting sales as well

[finite dragon]

makes sense, what games are like stalker that people play? is metro like it?

[pearl jacinth]

metro's more linear, but it's very good. a fun fact is that 4a studios, the developers of metro, were actually ex-gsc employees that dropped ship and formed their own studio because development of shadow of chernobyl was either taking too long or wasn't fun, forgot which it was

gsc and 4a have a pretty good relationship now, at least i think

[finite dragon]

interesting, other than metro is there anything like stalker?

[pearl jacinth]

there's Into The Radius and soon to be Into The Radius 2 if you have a vr kit

[sand fiber]

MODDING

TOTAL CONVERSION MADNESS

[pearl jacinth]

and also a good handful of games with similar settings, such as chernobylite for example.

((don't go into chernobylite expecting another stalker title, it isn't. still pretty good tho)

[sand fiber]

also stalker being a staple of eastern/european? gaming helps

[pearl jacinth]

basically, stalker (game series) was so popular that they made ukraine a real place

[sand fiber]

factual!

[pearl jacinth]

thats how popular it was

[worthy monolith]

I check everyday if preorders for collectors edition are available

[sand fiber]

metro was literally made by people from gsc so yes it has some of the flavor

[worthy monolith]

But they never are smh my head

[sand fiber]

but it's still cardinally different

[finite dragon]

dayz reminds me of stalker art direction

[sand fiber]

for more stalker you play STALKER MODS and that's it kinda

[pearl jacinth]

stalker soup

[worthy monolith]

Biggest diff its more linear and immersive
The vibe is fairly similar, just more junk crafted guns

[pearl jacinth]

mmmm soup (dies of radiation poisoning)

[sand fiber]

eh no not really, metro is much more postapoc-survival focused

[worthy monolith]

Survival? Idk about that
But yea its def more post apo

[sand fiber]

atmosphere-wise

[pearl jacinth]

i still wonder how they came up with the idea for metro

[worthy monolith]

Book? Lol?

[sand fiber]

OKAY SO

[raven grove]

Survival is eating taco bell and not running out of TP

[pearl jacinth]

yeah the og book

did a guy sit down one day and say "im gonna write a book about metros. its gonna be called metro"

and just casually made peak

[worthy monolith]

I wouldnt be surprised tbh
Dont take my word for it but all those russians making these books were writing criticism about the soviet union without being straight forward about it lmao

[pearl jacinth]

yeah i remember

what living in russia does to a man

[worthy monolith]

Honestly we had a few ourselves here in the warsaw pact zone

Theres a whole era for those writers

[pearl jacinth]

btw if you like stalker but wish it was czech and also played like quake then you'll like "HROT"

i played through it recently and its super good

[worthy monolith]

🐴

[pearl jacinth]

the gas mask horse game yes

[worthy monolith]

Based

[pearl jacinth]

this guy gets it

[finite dragon]

does the community have high expectations for stalker 2? do they think it will be as revolutionary as the trilogy?

[pearl jacinth]

ive actually got czech in me lol

[worthy monolith]

I like supporting and playing most games made in central europe tbh

[pearl jacinth]

probably yeah

[worthy monolith]

Also that reminds me, when is the central and eastern european awards this year

[worthy monolith]

Most do
Im pretty sure most people are casual about it like me
Comments literly cry about cutscenes, but i wouldnt mind a more linear/cutscene game

[pearl jacinth]

there's a good portion of us that just don't care anymore because we've been content starved for so long

we just want a stalker game lol

[worthy monolith]

My only and pure criteria is i want it to be good lmao

[worthy monolith]

Hungarian and slovakian here, and i got some russian in my dna from somewhere far off somehow
Probably my grandpa i didnt know

[pearl jacinth]

pretty sure that czechians are also somewhat german so that'd explain my german name

[worthy monolith]

The czech spoke german up to like the 14th century or something

[pearl jacinth]

ive got some blood from lebanon as well

the most random heritage combo possible

[worthy monolith]

Yea that is pretty out of nowhere lmao

[pearl jacinth]

ikr? like how does that even happen

[worthy monolith]

Im curious about the next gen of kids, gonna be so mixed fr

With the internet and all that

[pearl jacinth]

i dont think there's gonna be a next gen of kids with how expensive just living is nowadays

[sand fiber]

In ~2003 Andrey Prohorov, one of the lead designers on SoC envisioned a more linear Stalker sequel that would take place in Kiev Metro
AT THE SAME TIME Dmitry Gluhovsky wrote his short story about postapoc Moscow Metro and published it on the internet, which Prokhorov read
Some years later they got in contact and MANY years after that Metro 2033 The Video Gaem happened

[worthy monolith]

Real, i work as an aircraft mechanic, make double than the average wage here and i cant afford an apartment/house alone

[sand fiber]

thats it

[pearl jacinth]

these guys LOVE public transportation systems

[pearl jacinth]

fellow person who lives in america?

[sand fiber]

public transportation systems are RAD

[worthy monolith]

I would be proud of it too
The moscow metro is insane

[pearl jacinth]

(iation)

[worthy monolith]

Hungary lmao

[pearl jacinth]

DAMN

[sand fiber]

trans-siberian trainline is an EXPERIENCE

[pearl jacinth]

yeah ive heard the economy there is quite something

[worthy monolith]

Its much worse here dont worry

People dont know about it outside hungary how much the eu and the war broke the economy here since orban is more on the russian side if anything

[pearl jacinth]

yowch

[worthy monolith]

I wanted to get a car to make it easier to travel home to slovakia with my dog

[pearl jacinth]

this sounds like the plot of a game

you are a hungarian who's sick of dealing with the shit economy so you go on a trip to slovakia with your dog

[worthy monolith]

Slovakia aint much better
It is but not much lmao

But god forbid me from working for a slovak aircraft company tho

Does that even exist

[sand fiber]

pretentious arthouse indie games be like

[pearl jacinth]

sounds like it'd be a puzzle game

[worthy monolith]

Nah itd be like jalopy

Jalopy was based tho, id buy that

[sand fiber]

yes, their HQs are near the Polish Space Agency

[pearl jacinth]

POLAND HAS A SPACE AGENCY?

[sand fiber]

NO!!!

[worthy monolith]

[pearl jacinth]

LMAO

[worthy monolith]

Bro really ate that

[pearl jacinth]

ok i just duckduckgo'd it yeah they do have a space agency

[sand fiber]

naaaah more of a visual novel type thingie

[pearl jacinth]

i was expecting them to not

[sand fiber]

or maybe like that one game

[nimble cipher]

thethiefstalker6059 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[pearl jacinth]

yeah which one

[worthy monolith]

LMAO i said the bad word guys

[sand fiber]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/447120/Where_the_Water_Tastes_Like_Wine/ this one

[sand fiber]

WHAT

[worthy monolith]

Guys IT WOULD BE LIKE JALOPY

[pearl jacinth]

like actually

what the hell are the poles doing in SPACE!!!!

[worthy monolith]

Stealing from space is crazy

[pearl jacinth]

nah thats what britain does

[worthy monolith]

Romanian space agency

[pearl jacinth]

the only reason why the pyramids are still in egypt is because theyre too damn HUGE to steal and put into the british museum

[sand fiber]

i'm not sure europe is big enough to make a trip from hungary to slovakia long or interesting enough but still

[pearl jacinth]

be britain
steal a TON of spices
fast forward many use
don't use any of them
use WATER to season your food instead

[worthy monolith]

The romanians got the golden top off
Theres no limit for the romanians

[pearl jacinth]

im still mad over that one video i saw of a british place seasoning their food with water

i saw it in like 2019

[worthy monolith]

Im hungarian so i dont know whats unseasoned food

[pearl jacinth]

ok so imagine if food didnt taste

[worthy monolith]

Cardboard okay

[pearl jacinth]

yyeah

[worthy monolith]

Cardboard isnt edible chat

[sand fiber]

british people added MILK to tea, and for no other reason other than their SHIТTY silverware