⭐┃nospoilers_general

[elfin echo]

Alr

[granite mortar]

Yeah

[elfin echo]

As i've been thinking of getting Fallout:new vegas

[granite mortar]

Best fallout game

[elfin echo]

I've never played a fallout game

[granite mortar]

Haters will hate
But NV is peak

[granite mortar]

Same :3

But I spent way too much time listening to 4 hour consipracy theories about some random asset on random map

[chilly vector]

Play fallout

[elfin echo]

So i'm overloaded on 5.56 AP nearly have 1k of it,i also just got an exoskeleton and an eliminator shotgun

[broken latch]

You'll be more disappointed than you think

It's awfully boring

[granite mortar]

[elfin echo]

I've talked to other guys about it and they said that the gameplay is not the best

[granite mortar]

But
You can make Caesar wear an NCR uniform

Thats enough for me :3

[elfin echo]

Shame considering i love to play "mass murder simulator"

[granite mortar]

I mean
Thats essentially what SoC is

[elfin echo]

I don't understand why the skadovsk makes big fuss over me murdering bandits,why do they have to close it down

[granite mortar]

Because its neutral ground

For both loners and bandits

[elfin echo]

Sad

I just wanna wipe the bandits off of the face of the earth

[nimble cipher]

trpe2007 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[elfin echo]

Oooohhhh

[celest blaze]

ngl it was refreshing to not have to shoot so many bandits in cop

[elfin echo]

I encounter loners more often,but bandits are good for buckshot loot

[loud gate]

@kind breach spam bot

[tender torrent]

fortunately there are moderators at this time

[bleak siren]

does anyone know if the preorder physical ultimate edition would come with a steam key or something of the sort because i want to get all the actual items like the lamp patches and everything else but wouldnt want to spend a extra 100 buying the digital version on top of all that because i dont have a disc drive

[loud gate]

comes with Steam

[indigo marsh]

I enjoyed being a bandit in CS and continuously defending the stalker base and assaulting it

It was the most fun with the obakan and the fun was less with the gp 37 bc it's too good

[wild wharf]

Bandits don't deserve Human Rights

[elfin echo]

I agree a 1000%

[indigo marsh]

They run a concentration camp in CS so I agree

[wild wharf]

Wait, actually?

[elfin echo]

god damn

[indigo marsh]

Yeah. didn't you play it?

[wild wharf]

I've only played SoC so far

Anyway... now I'm starting to think about joining the bandits...

[elfin echo]

I'm new to this franchise i've only played CoP

[elfin echo]

Don't you dare

[indigo marsh]

They give good rewards

[celest blaze]

those were to my go to rifles that i used most of the trilogy

[elfin echo]

They're great for looting buckshot

[indigo marsh]

But 2 of the 3 most evil stalkers are bandits

[celest blaze]

bandits are my opps

diehard loner/clearsky faction fan

[wild wharf]

Yeah, but Renegades are even Worse, at least with Bandits

[nimble cipher]

trpe2007 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[wild wharf]

They have That Fire bandit music, renegades have no redeeming factor

[celest blaze]

oh yeah renegades are opps too

[elfin echo]

I did everything to sabotage sultan and his bandits

It was a good decision too since i get discounts from Owl and better prices for artifacts from Beard

[celest blaze]

ngl wish we could play as renegades in the mods i dont get how SIN and UNISG are options ( debatable if even canon) but renegades arent

[elfin echo]

Also what's your guys favorite weapon,mine is the TRs-301

[celest blaze]

GP 37 and Obokan

[wild wharf]

I've only played SoC, so far and I really like the tundar S14

[indigo marsh]

LR 300 for 556 and obakan for 545

[wild wharf]

It's really good

[indigo marsh]

I think the gp 37 is too op for ne

[elfin echo]

I've only played CoP

[celest blaze]

its way to stong imo

[elfin echo]

Should i get the M203 for the TRs-301

[indigo marsh]

It's a late game gun in CS and you know CS endgame

[celest blaze]

on master the GP37 melted everything it felt almost to easy

esp in CoP

[indigo marsh]

Yeah it's pretty good, I used it more for the toads than stalker and other mutants

[elfin echo]

Cool,maybe it'll be good for dealing with chimeras

Those guys be built different

[celest blaze]

gauss rifle is really fun 1 shotting bloodsuckers is nice

[indigo marsh]

Honestly chimeras are not the worst mutant

[elfin echo]

Ehhh they're not hard i just let them appear and blast them up close with a shotgun

[celest blaze]

id rather deal with chimeras then all those rats in CoP

[indigo marsh]

That would be the toads/shorties

[celest blaze]

what difficulty you playing on

[indigo marsh]

You can use buckshot or a pistol

And I only played on a lower difficulty on my first SoC playthrough
Master gang

[elfin echo]

stalker

[celest blaze]

ah fair enough

i did master most of soc until the ending then dropped it down, cs did vet and cop master imo i think vet is a nice middle ground

[elfin echo]

I see

[elfin echo]

only dealt with them a few times and their small size makes them annoying

[indigo marsh]

For me it was the toads(burer)

[celest blaze]

on master if you get swarmed by 3-4 ( they can sneak up on you ) even in an exosuit they can melt health

[celest blaze]

screw burers i hate them rouge redditors on the loose

[indigo marsh]

I don't really use the exo

[elfin echo]

speaking of the exosuit i love it so much

[indigo marsh]

What do you think of the Exo in CS?

[celest blaze]

i never actually managed to get one that playthrough i used a maxed upgraded seva suit

[elfin echo]

I was thinking of saving up money for a bulat armored suit but then i realised that i can order an exoskeleton from nimble

[indigo marsh]

I think you can buy it from the duty trader with full bars or some other requirement

[indigo marsh]

What part are you on?

[celest blaze]

id deff choose exo over bulat but keep in mind until you upgrade it you cant run in it i would just take it off outside of combat

[celest blaze]

im excited for another run

[elfin echo]

Yeah but the NVG and extra weight carry is great

You can carry up to 90kg with the 10+ kg upgrade

[celest blaze]

oh 100% just walking everywhere gets old fast lol id just wear it when i see enemies

[indigo marsh]

What did you do on your first run? By that I mean the factions

[elfin echo]

Issue is when i take it off,i'm overloaded as i can't stop grabbing things

[celest blaze]

i did loners and duty

[celest blaze]

our struggle is real haha

[indigo marsh]

The sprinting thing makes me avoid the exo in CS and CoP

[jaunty junco]

You can upgrade it to sprint

[graceful sorrel]

Hey guys, I'm new here. I've already entered my email in the physical pre-order page to be notified when the game will be available. I'd like to purchase the Physical top tier package. Any of you know if there are any planned dates/periods for the physical copies in Switzerland/EU? Thank you

[indigo marsh]

It still exists in SoC the distance from where you acquire it and use it is short

[celest blaze]

im excited to try the exos in the mods

[elfin echo]

yeah but i need to go to pripyat to get calibration tools

[indigo marsh]

You need to upgrade it more when for the same price you can get the bulat full upgraded and your shotgun and a rifle

[elfin echo]

I still don't wanna go there as there's still things to do

[celest blaze]

you can leave pripyat

[elfin echo]

yeah but consider this you can up to 90kg with upgrades

[jaunty junco]

You can always go back to Yanov and Zaton

[celest blaze]

youll know when you cant turn back

[elfin echo]

Alr

[jaunty junco]

Theres a guide in the laundromat

[elfin echo]

I just need to find a way how to ge there

[celest blaze]

id go to prip and grab the tools asap

[jaunty junco]

I would on my playthrough but I must do every mission in an area before moving on

[indigo marsh]

I don't need that much, I only need 70 kgs at max

[elfin echo]

Also i love the eliminator shotgun,took one from a dead bandit and sold my SPAS-12

[jaunty junco]

Nimble got me one and its been my go to for my current run

[elfin echo]

I only used him to order my exoskeleton,i tend to get guns from stashes or corpses

Much cheaper that way

[jaunty junco]

Somestimes im lazy and I got the money

[elfin echo]

Also good lord am i overloaded with 5.56 AP thanks to the stalkers leaving me ammo in Yanov

[tender torrent]

Greetings no information so far for Switzerland it seems to me, unless I am wrong, try to find out with one of the developers, or by e-mail directly GSC game world if you have

[elfin echo]

How are stalkers capable of tanking shotgun blasts, especially loners and bandits who have no armor

[tender torrent]

look in #🖤┃s2-pre-order going back higher you will find the links for pre-orders for Switzerland

[indigo marsh]

It's one shot to the head

At a decent range

So get closer and aim at the head

Or use slugs and aim at the head

[elfin echo]

Is there any ways to see my relations with the other factions in CoP

[elfin echo]

Why can't i sell this compass artifact

[naive fog]

What game?

[elfin echo]

I already sold one to beard,don't know why i can't sell this one too

[naive fog]

Its prolly a quest item

[elfin echo]

CoP

[naive fog]

Ye I think it's a quest item

[elfin echo]

I took 2 of them from Noah's corpse,sold one to beard and i wanna sell the other one

[jaunty junco]

First of all, your a monster
Second, why not keep it? Its good artefact

[elfin echo]

I mean i want money and idk it does give radiation

[jaunty junco]

Find artefacts that get rid of radiation, jellyfish, wrenched, bubble

[elfin echo]

I found jellyfish and bubble and sold them so i can get money for the exoskeleton

[elfin echo]

Also can i ask why that's a bad thing

[jaunty junco]

What did Noah ever do to you?

He has a pubby dog

[elfin echo]

I didn't like his behavior towards me,despite the fact that we went to an anomaly together,when i came back the second time he was very distrustful

And i decided to see what would happen if i killed him

[jaunty junco]

I wouldnt expect any less from a dutyer tbh

[elfin echo]

I love the duty

They look much cooler than those freedom guys

[celest blaze]

clearsky ( faction ) my beloved

[raven grove]

Edgelord dutier detected

[naive fog]

If they just did their job most the time they'd be a lot better

[celest blaze]

naw hes new to stalker he hasnt really seen the other factions yet

[naive fog]

But when they actually do stuff and fight mutants they pretty nice

[celest blaze]

hes only played CoP Thier views may change when they play cs

[naive fog]

Ah k

[elfin echo]

Yeah

[jaunty junco]

He started with CoP?

[spring creek]

your profile's "about me" is accurate

[elfin echo]

That's what a friend told me

[celest blaze]

hey id take a duty fan over a gamma fan any day of the week

[naive fog]

Same

[jaunty junco]

Fair

[elfin echo]

Well i don't disappoint now do i

[naive fog]

Honestly duty has real good propaganda tho

[celest blaze]

fr

[elfin echo]

And yeah i'm new to this franchise so my views will change over time

[celest blaze]

your about me is not accurate dont worry man

[naive fog]

If they just actually went out on raids or held important points like in late game CS they'd be a lot better

[spring creek]

all he had to do was read what the artifacts do!

[elfin echo]

Wdym by that

[celest blaze]

oh i thought you meant for his choice in liking duty my bad

[celest blaze]

its all good

[elfin echo]

Tbh i read what goldfish could do but the radiation started killing me and decided to sell it to beard

[spring creek]

i mean im obviously not a fan of that but that's not the issue here XD

[celest blaze]

ngl i fw with monolith aswell

id join if i could

[elfin echo]

Also i read that there's a hercules drug that allows you to carry more weight

[naive fog]

For like 5 minutes a bottle ye

[elfin echo]

Ah no point then

[jaunty junco]

Tip: always keep artefacts that have a - to radiation, rheyre are good and worth keeping

[naive fog]

Maybe a bit longer idk but you know what I mean

[elfin echo]

If i find another goldfish do i keep it depsite the radiation

Since if i have it,it's gonna start to whittle down my health over time

[jaunty junco]

You gotta wear another artefact with - radiation to not die from them

Jellyfish, wrenched and bubble make it so you can wear other artefacts or give middle finger to general radiation

[elfin echo]

Ah i see

Well now i know,but at the same time artifact trading gives me a ton of money

[indigo marsh]

I think they do hold important points like the barrier bc it's access to their SoC base

[jaunty junco]

Yea but you could do so much with artfeacts

[elfin echo]

Alr then

[jaunty junco]

Shrug off bullets, become Usain Bolt

[spring creek]

you can do both
there are lots of artifacts

[jaunty junco]

I suggest searching up the wiki and learning the different kinds

[elfin echo]

Ok👍

Is there ever a point where you think you have enough bullets,cuz for me nothing is enough

[celest blaze]

Naw you can never have to much haha it goes quick

[elfin echo]

Same even nearly 1K 5.56 AP isn't enough

Also it should be known that i iced a duty patrol,no idea why tbh

[raven grove]

That's it, you're becoming one of us freedomers

[elfin echo]

Atm since my character is part of the military,imma identify as that

Cuz i also shoot freedomers due to the fact they have a high chance of dropping 5.56 ammo

[celest blaze]

based and balanced

[elfin echo]

It'll be hard to see with which faction i'll identify with

[raven grove]

Free Stalkers gives you the most options, scientists are just eggheads, military are generally disliked but they're just doing their job, bandits are cheeki, renegades are.. yeah. Freedom is keeping the rock boys back and are just here for a good time, duty is for the edgy kids, and monolith are just brainwashed people, but pretty based

[spring creek]

heeey you cool dudes and cold blooded comrades

[elfin echo]

Bandits are checked since i hate them and shoot them on sight,free stalkers are meh

Freedom and duty i don't know enough

[celest blaze]

monolith drip goes hard

[elfin echo]

However uncle yar is a pretty fun guy

[celest blaze]

mercs are a solid faction aswell

[slow crescent]

Hey. Duty is cool. It's not edgy to save humanity from the horrors of the Zone by dying to a single flesh.

[elfin echo]

I don't like them,they're mean and i shoot them on sight as well

[raven grove]

Duty is all edge, they're just there to make noise and pretend like they're doing anything. Freedom believe the zone should be open, what goes on should be transparent, think of them like hippies and conservationists with some anarchy thrown in and many guns

[elfin echo]

I like their outfits

[celest blaze]

i do see the pros of freedom the zone should be studied

[slow crescent]

Ye. Duty believe that too. For a different reason tho

[raven grove]

Well duty want to know about the zone to "destroy" it which will never actually happen

[elfin echo]

I agree there could be many interesting things in the name of science,think of how many interesting things we could discover

[elfin echo]

If they wanna destroy it why not nuke it a 100 times /s

[raven grove]

Because the zone doesn't work like that, it would just make it angry

[slow crescent]

Yeah. But it's reasonable to want to destroy something that could end humanity.

[slow crescent]

C Consciousness says nuh uh

[celest blaze]

youd just turn it into a parking lot the zone would still be there

the zone is otherwordly remember

[elfin echo]

I've heard of those guys a few times but they seem interesting

[elfin echo]

That's why i'm for preserving it and analyzing it

[raven grove]

Decent chance it would take all the nukes into the spatial anomalies, just send them off somewhere else entirely

[celest blaze]

horrifying for whoever is on the otherside lol

[sand fiber]

if i'm not hallucinating i think the military tried to nuke the Zone but something went wrong

[slow crescent]

Go Ecologist or Military

[celest blaze]

or monolith

[raven grove]

Well they can't really keep aircraft in the sky, so getting a nuke into it, especially where it matters, would just not happen

[elfin echo]

The scientists seem like cool fellas,but i like military more cuz they're more cool

[slow crescent]

Orbital nuclear ordnance

[raven grove]

I could just imagine some monolith dude being told to catch a nuke out of the sky lol

[sand fiber]

oh wait i'm definitely hallucinating, ukraine doesn't have nukes

[slow crescent]

Fair enough.

[sand fiber]

i'm not sure if air anomalies are present that high up

[raven grove]

Even if not, chances of something falling hitting one seems really high

[celest blaze]

They did until 1994

[sand fiber]

i know

[celest blaze]

On a side note would be cool to see the zone back then

Or atleast the area back then

[celest goblet]

Well if I am remembering right in the games there are still rumors that they tried to nuke it, though in the ARG documents they refer to the military trying to use an "experimental charge" and not just a nuke

[indigo marsh]

That's clear sky goal

[celest blaze]

join clear sky

[indigo marsh]

Well

No

[celest blaze]

(In standalone mods or stalker: clearsky by default)

[indigo marsh]

The ecologists are the better option

[celest blaze]

i mean you're not wrong

but they dont have a hidden base

[indigo marsh]

You know why

[celest blaze]

why ??

[indigo marsh]

I was thinking

[jaunty junco]

*nerds

[indigo marsh]

That's why ecologist is better

[jaunty junco]

shiny rock eaters OT

[indigo marsh]

[celest blaze]

[indigo marsh]

That's why they are better

[celest blaze]

still though...

ecologists didnt make the title of a game

[indigo marsh]

I mean if it's a CoC or CoC Freeplay mod then CS is pretty good

Or in CS ofc

[celest blaze]

fr you aint wrong

[indigo marsh]

Ecologists are in all 3 games

[celest blaze]

CS in shambles outside of those circumstances

[indigo marsh]

I mean Norikov is pretty cool and he is a ecologist (he has been one for atleast half a year)

His prior records don't matter or currently even exist

[celest blaze]

im glad he survived to join them considering what happened

[indigo marsh]

Also psi helmet

They gibe you a psi helmet

Kruglov is pretty cool

[celest blaze]

he was based

[indigo marsh]

I love how in CoP,|| the military got amnesia and forgot about the moving anomalies even tho they operated helicopters perfectly well before that in CS and SoC|| (CoP ending spoiler and a kinda CS end game spoiler)

[celest blaze]

fr i thought that was weird

musta been game dev oversight

[fluid abyss]

Nah they probably knew, it was likely some commander who was like “bullshit! we’re going straight through no matter what!”
#armedforcesmoment

[velvet schooner]

i SoMeHow still don't get why the name change from chernobyl to chornobyl

[indigo marsh]

They had a ||advanced anti emissions system on the helicopters, so ecologists were likely consulted on their knowledge of the zone for the project|| (CoP spoilers)

[celest goblet]

It is just the latinized version of the Ukrainian rather than the Russian name

[sand fiber]

chernobyl - russian
chornobyl - ukrainian

[fluid abyss]

Clearly not advanced enough ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[indigo marsh]

I mean it seems to have survived an emissions

So you gotta give it props for that

[velvet schooner]

._.

[restive shell]

Hey guys, I'll be soon starting my first playthrough if clear skies. I've read that getting ABR mod is worth it for some gameplay fixes. Is that true? Or should I go in without any mods at all?

[sand fiber]

No, ABR is not recommended.
Vanilla only, SRP optional

[wet lark]

Coop ez

[indigo marsh]

I don't think we are getting CO-OP or something like day z with factions in HoC

We are getting a PVP similar to the trilogy

[graceful saffron]

Yeah I know but I’m hoping for coop so bad. There’s already so many things to die from in the zone. Let me have a friend

[indigo marsh]

But the other 2 are pretty cool ideas

There might be mods for it

[indigo marsh]

There is shadow of Co Op for SoC but you can't complete the game it's only partially built

Maybe when HoC releases there might be a mod like that

[fluid abyss]

is not friend?

[ripe hinge]

lvl 10 gyatt

[granite mortar]

To be fair they had "anomalous protection" and maps
They probably didnt think it would affect them anyways

[ripe hinge]

im seeing 0 gyatts

[drifting shard]

someone will mod it in with time

[granite mortar]

Tbh Id rather see multiplayer in a mod with new story
Because HoC isnt built for it and some parts could be worse with it

[ripe hinge]

What is this, Sven?

[lethal orchid]

I definitely think Stalker is hindered by being with friends

You don't get any scary interactions

The atmosphere is heavily lost too

[ripe hinge]

Multiplayer enviroment can only work PvPvE or PvP imo, maybe the new stalker isnt that way but thats the way I see it

[lethal orchid]

Yep

[ripe hinge]

I would have no interest in playing a game such as stalker in coop, half the zombie games releasing w coop flopped past 8 years lmfao

Cant do a horror/athmo if it includes coop and is trying to be serious

Or well nobody managed to

[lethal orchid]

I sincerely hope Richter doesn't hold your hand too much

Part of the stalker experience is the feeling of "wow, I'm totally alone, totally outpowered, and totally f'cked"

Sons of the Forest loses a lot of atmosphere with friends imo

[ancient crypt]

well there were no emissions powerfull t o move anomalies liek that untill operation monolith perhaps

[restive shell]

Huh now that I think about it.. enemies don't throw grenades at all in SoC

[versed crypt]

Hello the persons with people

How's the day!?!

[worn oar]

Dreams can be big sometimes

[worn oar]

He is not a companion. He's somewhat of a mentor for your protagonist. He will probably teach skif basics about the zone and assist him in certain story missions, but other than that, I don't expect him to be around no more than necessary

Well, we still can't know if stalker 2 will have something like a companion system anyway?

[finite dragon]

I don't feel outpowered especially when I spam the quicksave button and have 500 bullets

[ripe hinge]

gyatt rizzler

[pseudo rivet]

The Burnout of CS?

[pseudo rivet]

Zone Dreams?

[finite dragon]

Don't

Don't ping me with this bro I thought someone had something interesting to say

[ripe hinge]

Im glad I ruined your day

[finite dragon]

You ruined like 7 minutes of my day

I'm gonna go play slay the spire now

[sly matrix]

for 7 days

one day for every wasted minute

[dapper finch]

You know what would be really awesome? Take inspiration from coop puzzle games and give the players different roles and separation. I.e. you have to get through a gauntlet of firefights and anomalous areas, with one player mostly proficient with combat and one mostly proficient with navigating the zone - only together can you get through it.

That could keep the tense atmosphere because each would be woefully underprepared for the other's specialized content

[prisma goblet]

Like portal 2

Could be funny, but I doubt they'll do something like that

[dapper finch]

Almost certainly not but I'm always looking for modding ideas 😄

[prisma goblet]

I'm wondering if the majority of the modding community will migrate to stalker2 or if mods will still being made for the original trilogy

[dapper finch]

It'll be a completely different environemnt for modding with the engine change, so I'd imagine both will thrive.

Some won't want to abandon x-ray while others will want to never see it again.

Language will play a big factor. The eastern bloc modding scene for x-ray isn't going anywhere.

[worn oar]

Psi rad exposure can do wonders

[untold karma]

Hello guys

[dapper finch]

3 months!

[untold karma]

i realllly want to pre order the ultimate physical edition

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[half bone]

wrong server...

roh is your place

[half bone]

x-ray sdk is better than unity

[nimble cipher]

justsilverguy has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[half bone]

in unity you can't f word duplicate objects without them linking

[dapper finch]

S2 is in Unreal

[half bone]

ik

but unreal sucks, i'm a massive hater for it

[dapper finch]

X-ray has its own major issues

like the way dialogue works is horrible

[half bone]

and?

unreal engine 5 runs like sheet and relies on upscalers to barely hit 60 fps on an rtx 4090 at 1080p

and then you're gonna mention "uNoPtImIzEd GaMeS"

[dapper finch]

No?

I've been playing Talos Principle 2 at 4k on a 4060 so seems like you're pulling numbers out of your ass tbh

[half bone]

lol i will still be using x-ray

[worthy lagoon]

Wdym it's amazing

[crisp ruin]

Finally, someone like me! Same here bruh

[half bone]

i hate unreal, fuk unreal, fuk upscalers, fuk taa, fuk everything

[hazy helm]

the way dialogue is handled in the backend is very messy, and its hard to efficiently make quest stages and such

[crisp ruin]

in other irony is, why Anomaly runs with no problems? I mean, older verison of Stalker games did run to errors but this doesn't? This means, with more people to contribute on software development can cause great thing that, did on original game engine. Only I need SDK to Game Engine for X-Ray.

[half bone]

anomaly uses openxray, althought the version of oxr is like 8 or 7 years out of date

i feel like the same people that say x-ray is outdated are the ones who love spending 2k on a gpu

[sand fiber]

i mean, x-ray is outdated

[half bone]

yes, but i'm talking about the gamma players

[crisp ruin]

Open X-Ray going great for future

[half bone]

it's better than unity, since unity SUCKS

[crisp ruin]

I get Anomaly but Gamma...

[granite mortar]

The hate for unreal is very real

[sand fiber]

even modern forks of it struggle with performance n stuff, it's mostly kept together by ukrainian molfar magic

[granite mortar]

OXR runs good while having good frames tho

OGSR on the other hand

[half bone]

anomaly has better optimized lua scripts, while oxr doesn't

[sand fiber]

anomaly op2.2 port when

[half bone]

oxr is mainly about engine changes, not script changes

[granite mortar]

OXR my beloved

[pseudo rivet]

Where's Matt? Haven't seen him active in a while

I haven't been active either, but I had four concerts last week

[hazy helm]

Anomaly is using a earlier version of OXR with custom edits, its x64 with up to date drivers

[half bone]

the oxr build they used was already x64, so anomaly is nothing special

[crisp ruin]

[hazy helm]

I dont know whats the point in shaming a game thats way over a decade old

[crisp ruin]

I'll make game on OXR. don't worry

[half bone]

anomaly's main selling point is that it's x64

[hazy helm]

for a 17 y old game SoC works very well

not everyone can run as clean as Ghost Recon 1

[dapper finch]

Yeah funny to think it's almost as old as Oblivion.

[dapper finch]

Have you done custom dialogue before? You can't view the conversation at once in a handy tree, just individual lines that must then be referenced all over the place.

[naive fog]

Lucky im going to Abbath tommorow

[hazy helm]

its fine-ish
its less convoluted and less granular than php servers

if you have a good treemap program to map the lines along side the files, then youre fine

its more up to the developer to keep track of all connections

[dapper finch]

Yeah I should be using external tools you're right

[worthy lagoon]

Yea

[pseudo rivet]

What's that?

[hazy helm]

I mean, yhea, either an external application or pen and paper

[restive shell]

Guys.. I've a serious question about clear skies. Might make or break the game for me and if I'll play it or not

Does it have cheeky breeky?

[loud gate]

[restive shell]

Let's be honest here the game wouldn't be the same without it

[granite mortar]

Yes it does

It also has some banger music

And I dont mean the bandit radio

I mean Combat OSTs

Combat OST 3 my beloved

[celest blaze]

fr

[sand fiber]

so true bestie

[half bone]

"A wise choice, my friend, of course it has cheeki breeki."

[restive shell]

Now that I think about it SoC doesn't really have any OST. It's all ambience and scary sounds all around

Oh and the bar song :p

[elfin echo]

Yo guys i found an LMG

[dapper finch]

You can become cheeki breeki

[restive shell]

Is there more focus on factions in this compared to SoC?

[sand fiber]

the game's main new feature is literally faction wars, so yes

[restive shell]

Ooohhh so like that fight In pripyat/pp. Sounds awesome

[dapper finch]

It's a bit broken, might have better luck with warfare in CoC or a derivative if that's what you're looking for specifically

I wonder if faction war stuff will return in S2

[sand fiber]

i hope not

[elfin echo]

Bro how do i detect the mines next to stingray 1

[dapper finch]

It does add a lot of replay value. Then again I guess leave that to the modders.

[celest blaze]

if faction wars does come back i hope its more polished

[naive fog]

There are big, dark spots on the ground where mines are

[elfin echo]

Oh

Oh yeah i just encountered some monolith dudes,they asked me to speak to the yanov residents about taking refuge there

[naive fog]

Everyone just thinks I'm the mine shaman

[sand fiber]

eh, faction wars is a freeplay-focused feature, you'd have to design the whole game around it

[elfin echo]

They look cool

[celest blaze]

i wouldnt mind a seperate faction war mode though tbh

[dapper finch]

It's an open map

CoP managed to have freeplay, I doubt they'd leave it out here

[dapper finch]

🙂 S2 foreshadowing moment

[celest blaze]

it might be different if stalker 2 is truly open world

[dapper finch]

It is an open map, but not "open world". From what I can gather the map unlocks in chunks. Think unlocking the bridge in GTA SA

[elfin echo]

huh?

[dapper finch]

The leader of that group is prominent in one of the Stalker 2 trailers

[elfin echo]

nice

[dapper finch]

The unlocking bits of the map thing is somehting I really wanted for Metro Exodus but we never got, as shown in the Last Light DLC level "Kshatriya"

Huh, just looking at comments about it now and people comparing Kshatriya to Stalker 😛

[elfin echo]

Damn i still keep dying to the mines in stingray 1,even though i stay away from the big black spots

[celest blaze]

Another thing you can do is run to the white sticks in the ground and follow that path

[dapper finch]

Bolts 🙂

[elfin echo]

There's an issue with that,i wear an exoskeleton so i can't run

[celest blaze]

You can walk

[elfin echo]

do they do something special?

[dapper finch]

When the bolt hits a mine it goes click

[elfin echo]

I see

[dapper finch]

I thought that was really cool getting you to repurpose how you deal with anomalies to dealing with manmade stuff

[celest blaze]

That is pretty neat tbh

[deft stirrup]

throw bolts

plus grenades work but its expensive

[elfin echo]

I have 25 nades

[dapper finch]

Rain fire on that plateau!

[deft stirrup]

i dont think it disarms them

idk

[elfin echo]

Honestly the bolts are doing their job,i'm getting there

[dapper finch]

suddenly 20 dogs want to play

[pearl olive]

and boars

[elfin echo]

Thanks for setting off the mines you doggies

Those that got past were simply gunned down by my eliminator

[dapper finch]

I honestly forgot that actually happens

[pseudo rivet]

Oh, Stingray 1?

Follow the concrete road

As easy as that

[dapper finch]

Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kopachi anymore

[elfin echo]

no worries

Bolt spam saved the day

[wraith snow]

We thank you, oh Monolith, for revealing the cunning plans of your enemies to us. May your light shine down on the souls of the brave soldiers who gave their lives in service to your will. Onward, warriors of The Monolith. Avenge your fallen brothers. Blessed, as they are, in their eternal union with The Monolith. Bring death to those who've spurned the holy power of The Monolith.

RUSSIAN
Благодарим тебя за то, что раскрыл слугам твоим козни врагов наших. Озари сиянием своим души тех, кто отдал жизнь во исполнение воли твоей. В бой, защитники Монолита! В бой! Отомстим за павших братьев наших. Да будет благословенно их вечное единение с Монолитом! Смерть… Лютая смерть тем, кто отвергает его священную силу!

[elfin echo]

How does the SEVA suit compare to the exoskeleton

[naive fog]

It has better anomalous and rad protection, belt slots and can have sprint from the go

[elfin echo]

But the armor sucks

And with upgrades the exoskeleton also has belt slots

[still ridge]

Use bolts

[elfin echo]

A little late for that

I already solved the issue

[pseudo rivet]

But less slots and less anomaly protection

It's a matter of playstyle

Same goes for your weapon

[dapper finch]

Yeah I prefer to just tank the endgame in an exo

[pseudo rivet]

See which ones you like best and see what armor fits with your playstyle

[elfin echo]

I prefer extra armor since enemy stalkers have deadly accuracy from range,the exo makes me a walking tank

[dapper finch]

Have we seen an exo so far in s2 marketing?

[pseudo rivet]

Nope

[elfin echo]

Same here

[dapper finch]

Oh I guess there was the cancelled S2's duty one. Embed aaargh

https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2F6nwa1ql5ggx81.jpg%3Fwidth%3D640%26crop%3Dsmart%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D94057a7043e6f0483e5baf522b4f686ce2bd37cb

[pseudo rivet]

The one we don't talk about

The one that is best left forgotten

[elfin echo]

tf is that,that looks ugly

[dapper finch]

The mask is weird but I like the rest

[pseudo rivet]

Guardian of Freedom with Screen Helmet for me, same anomaly protection of a SEVA Suit, better armor and just a bit heavier

[elfin echo]

But it lacks the ability to carry more weight unlike the exo which is the best thing about it

It's why i stick with the exo despite needing a tier 3 upgrade so i can run

[pseudo rivet]

So carry less

Like, realistically, you only need to leave camp with around 20-30 KG in your inventory

[elfin echo]

Yeah but i can't stop taking things when i see them

And that ammo,i need ammo,there is no such thing as enough ammo

[dapper finch]

Once you go north of Pripyat you're heading into the endgame. Carry only what you need.

[elfin echo]

Alr

[dapper finch]

Waaait wrong game lol

[elfin echo]

I'm playing CoP

[dapper finch]

Oh for CoP don't worry about it, there's no point of no return and you'll always have access to a stash

[elfin echo]

Good to know

Atm i need to set up a squad

And i need money for the SEVA suit for my fellow squadmates

[dapper finch]

Make a hard save before departing on the journey 🙂

[elfin echo]

No worries,i've learned how to savescum

[dapper finch]

It is stalker tradition. Will be weird if S2 doesn't have manual saving

[pseudo rivet]

150-180 for assault rifles is about all that's needed

[elfin echo]

150?Nah i got 1503 5.56 AP ammo

[pseudo rivet]

Yup, and there's your problem

[elfin echo]

Nearly 300 of buckshot for my eliminator

[pseudo rivet]

Even worse

[elfin echo]

I don't see the problem,you should always come prepared

[pseudo rivet]

And how much ammo do you actually use on a run?

[dapper finch]

I'm so used to playing with a 100KG mod lol

(mostly because I got high on exploiting SoC's body dragging)

[elfin echo]

This is my first ever playthrough in a stalker game

[dapper finch]

A run as in going out, shooting things and going back to stash

[pseudo rivet]

Okay, and I'm trying to tell you you can play the game more efficiently by stashing some of that ammo

[elfin echo]

I could but it is better to be prepared for anything

[pseudo rivet]

Basically, the time between leaving and returning to the base

[pseudo rivet]

Then have fun always carrying too much

[dapper finch]

You'd be better dumping the ammo then and taking an RPG-7u

[elfin echo]

Well considering i main 5.56 i tend to often buy due to it's rarity in the field

[pseudo rivet]

Objectively the best sniper rifle in the game

[elfin echo]

Ever since i bought the exosuit i never encumbered

[pseudo rivet]

Rarity? What weapon do you use?

[elfin echo]

Trs-301 with a scope and silencer

[pseudo rivet]

Ah, then I wonder how you're missing so much of your shots you consider 5.56mm to be rare

[elfin echo]

Not really i tend to hit my shots 90% of the time

[pseudo rivet]

Then it's not rare

[elfin echo]

Maybe but i like to grab everything i see

[tender torrent]

This combination is the most versatile in terms of psy anomalies protection, damage absorption?

[pseudo rivet]

Either Freedom Guard suit with Screen Helmet or CS-3a with Screen Helmet

SEVA Suit is basically the best for anomaly protection and can be made very light with a Tier 3 upgrade

[tender torrent]

The rarest combination?

[pseudo rivet]

Rarest or weirdest?

[elfin echo]

Also how problematic is radiation in CoP

[pseudo rivet]

Non-existent once you get a Jellyfish, Wrenched or Bubble

Or take Radioprotecta if you've got a suit without artifact containers

[tender torrent]

Hmm..both

[elfin echo]

Guess i should do more hunting later

[tender torrent]

So I think it's an outfit, Seva improved with special reinforced plates

found via a secondary mission from what I remember

[still ridge]

Tbh CS-3a with sphere 12 is goated

[deft stirrup]

yap yap

[tender torrent]

there is also a unique outfit, in an X16 laboratory I believe, you need the psy helmet to access it

[still ridge]

Theyre playing call of Pripyat

[dapper finch]

I'm so hyped for the prospect of these places being in the same game

Just me?

[elfin echo]

I'm wondering if i should get SoC or S2 for my next stalker game

[indigo marsh]

Definitely SoC

[tender torrent]

Will the locations be the same on S2?

[indigo marsh]

Then get S2

[worn oar]

Try playing the whole trilogy then stalker 2! Make yourself familiar with the zone if possible, and then you will be ready to embrace the peak experience blast!

[indigo marsh]

Or peak sky

[tender torrent]

Both

[elfin echo]

yeah that's what i'm thinking of

[worn oar]

So many things changed. The zone is now rearranged in a more coherent way let's say. Changes were required for the open world chift and well, it's gonna work. Some locations or buildings will be almost exactly the same, but more detailed, others will be familiar and rather new. The vibe is still the same

[tender torrent]

maybe Strelok will still be alive in S2 at the end, then S3

[tender torrent]

with new anomalies

[nova wedge]

He's probably alive bro got a job at the end of CoP

[tender torrent]

I'm afraid that in S2, we won't have the same atmosphere as the old titles, like specific PSI zones, where zombies etc.

[dapper finch]

SoC, S2 will definitely have things that will go over your head if you don't play SoC first.

[dapper finch]

S2's map is a blend of locations from the trilogy and the real zone map

[worn oar]

Strelok presence is not confirmed, but we might hear or see something about him. We can't know. We'll, I can't even mess your brain up with theories for now too

[tender torrent]

and especially very dark underground areas

[ripe hinge]

Get S2 stop listening to these lore nerds

[loud gate]

both

[dapper finch]

Heck I'll go one further, watch Tarkovsky's stalker before S2 as well

[worn oar]

the center of the new story is Skif! Even if strelok was part of S2, you can not expect too much.

[worn oar]

All 4 of them*

[tender torrent]

S2 will be a kind of following episodes of SoC more exactly?

[tender torrent]

Yeah

[worn oar]

It will be around our time! Or 2 years earlier if I'm not mistaken

[tender torrent]

we could imagine lots of scenarios

[worn oar]

You sure?
Bro, you saw the ToO trailer right? A sneak peek at diffraction parts of the game should've gave you the idea already? Don't worry about the atmosphere and vibe!

[worn oar]

More than you can imagine!

[nova wedge]

That's what I was expecting more or less yeah I'm excited to play as a new face and see skifs story especially since there hasn't been much in the trailers

I'm expecting a little strelok to make old fans happy but a serious role would feel too forced methinks

[tender torrent]

it's hard to say , we never really know what happens in the past with several alternative choices

[tender torrent]

We will have lots of surprises I think

[worn oar]

Surprises, man!

[ripe hinge]

stroken my thang rn

[naive fog]

My favourite armour is the Duty bulat with the SCREEN helmet

Wait a sec

[tulip vapor]

Doctor is there. I don't see why not.

[tender torrent]

I don't want to end up on a single path at the end of the game, without being able to turn around, that would make no sense in the open world

[naive fog]

WiFi freaking out

[tulip vapor]

Strelok joining SIIRCA is the first mention of them, so probably canon

[untold karma]

our usernames are similar and we both like cars?

[tulip vapor]

Yeah I'd expect postgame like CoP. Also don't forget there will be DLC also implies postgame

[naive fog]

This is my preferred armour:

[naive fog]

.

[nova wedge]

You should prefer to get some bitches

[naive fog]

[nimble barn]

Hurry up with the the physical pre-orders I wanna buy it already

[untold karma]

youd get bitches if you joined Duty

[untold karma]

literally I want to too

[tender torrent]

DLC with 2 story expansions! only in Ultimate version 👀 Afterwards I don't know if we can simply obtain it separately in store purchase from the menu

[naive fog]

Hey bro i know like 2 wenches well enough not including my mom

[untold karma]

bruh guy called his mom a wench

[naive fog]

What is my phone doing

[naive fog]

There we go

[worn oar]

He did join SIRCAA

[naive fog]

Nuh uh wenches is specified for the others and I'm just saying cause he immediately gonna mention my mom

[tender torrent]

SIIRCA is a clan?

[tulip vapor]

Of course... its not going to be exclusive lol (@aym)

[worn oar]

You can make your theories if you know how to use your knowledge

[tulip vapor]

SIIRCA aka NIICHAZ is the international body in charge of the zone, eggheads

[tender torrent]

I stopped playing since cop in 2010, 14 years ago, so I don't remember everything

[worn oar]

A scientific group. They are quite shady.

[pseudo rivet]

Sphere M12 + CS-3a bodysuit, I suppose

[pseudo rivet]

I personally don't really like the CS-3a, tbh

[tulip vapor]

Its info from the marketing for stalker 2

[worn oar]

If you read the ARG documents, you'll get a glimpse of how they conduct their work

[pseudo rivet]

It's a bit meh

[tender torrent]

I am a scientist, I love the field of research and understanding things in an area to solve its mysteries

[tulip vapor]

Dr dalin from the first trailer is the head of sircaa

[worn oar]

Well, SIRCAA is often know for being connected to mysterious deaths. They are quite secretive and hmm let's say it again, shady.

[tulip vapor]

I reckon they're the group

[worn oar]

He is the chief executive of the institute yes!

From the looks of it, he will be one of the major antagonists of the game.

[tender torrent]

Hmm the secret services

[tulip vapor]

Major character. Doubtful protagonist

[nova wedge]

It's all for science so it's cool. Government says we're allowed to kill as many people as we want

[celest goblet]

Would be strange if not

[worn oar]

Who knows ! It's just a hunch that fits many theories of mine

[tulip vapor]

You think you'll be playing as a guy in a suit?

[worn oar]

SIRCAA itself is not really known for being friendly anyway. You can not expect them to be antagonists, except for strelok if he made the appearance.

My theory involves strelok btw and the antagonists are SIRCAA too lol

[tulip vapor]

Protagonist doesn't mean good guy, it's the main character

[worn oar]

Sorry antagonist

My bad! I just woke up haha

[tulip vapor]

Makes a lot more sense, he seems to be shown as a parallel to monolith brainwashing in the strider trailer

[drifting shard]

People at the SGF demo said skif was sneaking into the zone at the beginning so I think he’s just another stalker

[tender torrent]

I always wondered that Strelok was there to end the zone

[worn oar]

Antagonist. It was just a typo. Mb

[tulip vapor]

There's a branching narrative so maybe antagonists vary

[still ridge]

I mean we know what the start of the game looks like

It’s skif on a death truck

[tulip vapor]

Sorry I' replying to wrong messages

[tulip vapor]

Its not a death truck, the driver is Hermann

[still ridge]

Ok sure but he’s already in the zone if that’s the starting cutscene

[tulip vapor]

Just another parallel

[celest goblet]

It seems like they're actually outside the zone in the trailer that shows the opening cutscene

Heading towards a breach caused by an anomaly

[tulip vapor]

Skif being a flipside of Strelok, not brainwashed by monolith but by supoosed enemies of monolith

[still ridge]

Yes brainwashed by monolith

[drifting shard]

They also listed the monolith as one of the factions you can side with?

[tender torrent]

It looks like the game will have like a part of the map area where a broadcast will occur, and not an entire map

[still ridge]

Probably Faust’s sect of it so not actually brainwashed guys

[celest goblet]

They have not said who you can or can't yet exactly

[tulip vapor]

Gameplay was shown outside the big wall at cordon, but that's not the outer perimeter

[still ridge]

Yeah lol

[tender torrent]

it will be something the A Life 2.0 system

[drifting shard]

Lemme see if I can get it but there was an infographic in a stalker magazine titled “what faction will you side with” or smth and it listed freedom, Ward, and the monolith

[still ridge]

PC gamer?

[tulip vapor]

Yeah that's legit I saw it too

[drifting shard]

I can’t post pictures bro where can I

[still ridge]

Just dm me and I can send them

[drifting shard]

#📸┃screens_and_videos

[worn oar]

The game will be a masterpiece

That's what you all can be sure about

[tulip vapor]

Just rest assured it will be good. Never a good idea to overhype, even with great games.

[still ridge]

Imo even if the game is pretty glitchy or buggy at release, as long as it’s not game breaking I’m going to enjoy it one way or another

I think the positive aspects of the game will outweigh any negatives

[drifting shard]

I’m fine with bugs and shit I just want stalker, besides it’s a miracle the games coming out at all tbh lol

[tulip vapor]

Glory to the monolith

[pseudo rivet]

I'm glad they added Ward. Killing just Duty gets boring after a while

[still ridge]

Duty will be free now that there’s a new “no fun allowed” faction

[drifting shard]

I just know they’re gonna be annoying dicks to skif

[pseudo rivet]

It's just weird

Duty were always the "law", for so far there is any law in the Zone

Now Ward is taking over their thing

[drifting shard]

Freedom took over Rostok as well

[celest goblet]

The way Faust has been framed in the trailers makes it seem like he will be one of the antagonists, but I would not be surprised if you could work with his group too

[still ridge]

Well yeah

I think you have to either side with strider or faust

that makes sense

[drifting shard]

that group he’s working with for finding the artifact doesn’t sound nice tbh

[worn oar]

The delay was done mostly for that sake

[pseudo rivet]

Hope they didn't mess up Freedom. Would be sad to see them becoming worse

[still ridge]

Probably just became larger so there’s different subgroups

Like the ones in rostok

[celest goblet]

Maybe they will be more focused on their "fighting the zone" thing than keeping order among other stalkers

[drifting shard]

we haven’t even seen duty yet have we

?

[still ridge]

I think the guy speaking to you over the radio in the new trailer is duty

[worn oar]

[pseudo rivet]

We have, but just the one from the teaser

[still ridge]

Like I think the group in rostok called “fraudsters” are just some subgroup in freedom that you have the option of wiping out for Duty

[granite mortar]

Omg Duty
Duty my beloved

I still dont get how Duty lost Rostok

Its so good position, they got good gear, plenty of men and dont have to split their forces to defend their other territories like freedom does

[pseudo rivet]

Where did you get that info?

[indigo marsh]

Maybe it was a like a anomaly or some matter of the zone

[still ridge]

The map

[pseudo rivet]

Ah, danks

[still ridge]

The freedom part is just speculation

[pseudo rivet]

Where did this one pop up from?

[celest goblet]

All sorts of things happen in the zone. They had to move from Agroprom and that was also a good position.

[granite mortar]

No idea
But Mol1t said its okay to share it

[tulip vapor]

They don't seem to be the brainwashed monolithians of old but a new reformed group of "true believers"

[still ridge]

I forgor

[pseudo rivet]

Yowza

[still ridge]

I just watched the anomalous dugout breakdown of it

but it is official

100%

[pseudo rivet]

"The Greedy Toad"

[celest goblet]

It came from some retailers who got high quality images of the collector edition items

[granite mortar]

They were under cknstant mutant attacks
Not to mention they didint have to
Iirc Voronin was sent to explore new territories after the CS ending emission

[still ridge]

My goat

[tulip vapor]

No its not, we see the player shoot a freedom member near where the duty base used to be. Take a look at the sign that used to say duty.

[pseudo rivet]

Bro wat

[celest goblet]

I am curious about what he said in the newest trailer about the zone being what you consider it to be. Reminds me of the hermit's dialogue in clear sky

[granite mortar]

Wdym
Agroprom was terrible position

[pseudo rivet]

Ngl, with a name like "Fraudsters", it'd be extremely sad to see GSC turn Freedomers into some sort of pseudo-Bandits

[granite mortar]

Nobody liked it there
And it was just depleting Dutys resources constantly

[tulip vapor]

This and MANY other things from S2 marketing are straight out of Tarkovsky's Stalker.

[still ridge]

It’s speculation from me that the freedom group in the area are the “fraudsters”

[pseudo rivet]

Until Scar flooded the underground

[still ridge]

We don’t know what “fraudsters” means and who they are

[tulip vapor]

Fair

[pseudo rivet]

Besides, Duty's aggression towards the Zone only draws more of the Zone's aggression towards them, no matter where they go

[worn oar]

You just saw it?

[granite mortar]

Fraudsters
100 🍺

That can only mean one thing
They make a bet that you cant out drink their fellow
He drinks water you drink beer
Ehen you are drunk
They steal your stuff and disappear

[tulip vapor]

Fraudulent Barkeep 2

[pseudo rivet]

Yes

[tulip vapor]

Nice rhymes

[granite mortar]

Yeah but still
Capturing Rostok was good idea as it is much better position
And from the trilogy maps I cant imagine better base

[indigo marsh]

Maybe pripyat or cnpp

Monolith have the best base

[tulip vapor]

Other than a more forward base in Pripyat, Rostok is perfect location

[pseudo rivet]

Technically the Garbage, as that has access towards the North, East, South and West of the Zone, not to mention relatively safe

[still ridge]

Maybe they have yanov

[pseudo rivet]

Control that and you can deny anyone you don't like access towards a large part of the Zone

[worn oar]

Where have you been? We discussed that a lot in the bar already! We even edited it according to the info we could gather from trailers

[pseudo rivet]

It's why the Bandits control/controlled it

[worn oar]

And ofc speculations too

[tulip vapor]

Yaniv is a terrible secure position, the doors aren't even guarded lol

[pseudo rivet]

Gone

[indigo marsh]

The army warehouses were terrible bc the places with artifacts were filled with bloodsucker and the main freedom trader was ready to ask duty for help dealing with the suckers

[tulip vapor]

Military warehouses is the top defensible location... but under constant attack

[pseudo rivet]

True, tbh

Although, with my Merc theory, I don't know if it would be the number one most defensible location

[indigo marsh]

It would be a better base for duty seeing as they don't care about artifacts that much and they are better than freedom at dealing with mutants

[pseudo rivet]

Of course, with the entire map being rearranged now, there's nothing left of that theory

[still ridge]

Waste processing plant?

[pseudo rivet]

Not really, because you can use the walls as cover

[worn oar]

Poor stalker

[tulip vapor]

You never know, the movement of locations might be canon as an anomolous phenomenon.

I mean teleportation does exist in the zone

[still ridge]

I remember when the new trailer came out and crimson said “finally, a good trailer”

acting like my goat Strider didn’t have an entire trailer about him

[tulip vapor]

They were all great

[pseudo rivet]

My Merc theory was that their real base was located below Limansk and above Dead City. If you look at the map, there's a second "Army Warehouses" there. With us knowing there are Mercs controlling the road to the Red Forest in SoC, us knowing they control Limansk in CoP and us knowing there's a bridge that needs to be lowered to even have access towards Limansk, that would make it an ideal location for their operations

[tulip vapor]

Ooh I guess we might learn more about merc benefactor

[pseudo rivet]

That trailer was meh tbh

Not to mention Strider's voice acting was laughable

[tulip vapor]

Strider was the best english va so far

[pseudo rivet]

Exactly

[still ridge]

I thought the English va was good

[pseudo rivet]

Or, actually, Faust tbh

[tulip vapor]

English skif is pure cringe

[pseudo rivet]

But we only have a few lines from him

[still ridge]

Real

[tulip vapor]

Wish I could play in ukranian but my ability to read subtitles while playing a fps is abysmal. Second playthrough for sure

[granite mortar]

Oh also guys
Do you think Mercs are hired by Group to cover their tracks?

[still ridge]

I’m def gonna play in Ukrainian audio first

[nova wedge]

Wdym? It's perfectly normal. Everyone knows the zone is in America

[tulip vapor]

Quite possible

Can't even bhhyyeeerrriiii them

[still ridge]

It’s not that they have American accents

[granite mortar]

It is buildo thing and Id like to see one day if it remained or was cut

[still ridge]

That’s not the issue

[nova wedge]

What's it then?

[pseudo rivet]

From what we've seen in CoP, very likely

[granite mortar]

Finally
Interesting stuff about Mercs that makes them actually cool for what they are

[celest goblet]

Possibly the group, possibly people on the outside who were connected with the experiments some way

[still ridge]

But why is this new one your favorite

[celest goblet]

The way the military responded to the appearance of the zone in the arg documents makes me think there are people in the military/government who may have known what was going on there and wanted to get rid of it ASAP

[still ridge]

Just curious

[granite mortar]

Lore sweet lore

[pseudo rivet]

Actual gameplay, showing off the PDA, Psy Dog (Although Mol1t called it a Pseudodog? , area that looks like the School from CoP, HUD looking miles better than before

[drifting shard]

new anomalies as well

[granite mortar]

If Mercs cant recognize a bloodsucker
Why couldnt Mol1t recognize a psydog?

[celest goblet]

It even raises the question of it the people running SIRCAA were connected with the group before in some fashion, at least for me. We saw some former members end up in clear sky, so it does not seem out of the question for me.

[still ridge]

True the HUD looks great

[pseudo rivet]

The Mercs protecting Hermann's bunker were recommended to them, as well

[still ridge]

Don’t forget hairy giant

[pseudo rivet]

Ngl, kinda ouch tbh

[still ridge]

+ukrainian audio

[pseudo rivet]

Definitely a +

Although now I wonder how it would be with EN VAs

[still ridge]

Probably a variation

[pseudo rivet]

Definitely worse, tbh

[still ridge]

English richter singing

[pseudo rivet]

[still ridge]

I do actually really like strider’s English voice

[celest blaze]

Ryan gosling as a VA

[still ridge]

Imo as long as it’s a variation I think it’s good

[pseudo rivet]

Same

[still ridge]

Hoping that GSC will do more mutant teasers like the Cat one.

[worn oar]

Typo mistake haha!

[worn oar]

Shitt can't imagine that

[lunar ledge]

who the hell is danilla

[worn oar]

Dalin*

[indigo marsh]

I hope the deserted hospital map does not appear in S2

[nova wedge]

True it's better than it was before imo

[sonic flax]

Don't think I'll ever play with English VOs. From what I heard I'll much prefer the Ukrainian VOs.

[pseudo rivet]

Ngl, it would be cool to see it return tbh

[still ridge]

Wdym before, in the originals?

[pseudo rivet]

Same with Limansk

[still ridge]

Of course all the new English voices will sound better than the originals

[worn oar]

He meant dalin

The head of SIRCAA

[indigo marsh]

I kinda liked limansk

[celest goblet]

I am a little torn on which audio track I will play with. I am pretty used to reading subtitles in games and movies, but I feel like I would miss out on the visual experience reading them all the time

[indigo marsh]

But the deserted hospital was not good and it was a small map

[sonic flax]

Considering the game will have multiple endings, I'd suggest maybe going English for the first run and then Ukrainian for the subsequent ones

I might also switch it up, just to hear what a specific character sounds like in English

[worn oar]

If limansk is gonna be there, it'll be in the eastern part of the zone, close to the grand lake.

[still ridge]

I’m gonna do the opposite

[pseudo rivet]

UA VAs, EN subs

[still ridge]

Ukrainian first, English second

[worn oar]

True exp

[restive shell]

so uhm.. i found the C-consciousness and didnt join them.. what now? no cutscene, no nothing..

[pseudo rivet]

Just Gaming

[restive shell]

no quests lol. i can just leave the area and im still in the powerplant

[worn oar]

You should pass through the door on the center of the room and continue

[hazy helm]

that was added by ZRP, it is a freeplay mode after you do the true ending

[pseudo rivet]

Mfw Edillon

[hazy helm]

unfortunatly

[sonic flax]

The fact that it looks like they have the game lip synced to Ukrainian as well, after people were speculating about the off looking lyp-sync of the "Not a paradise" trailer, it 100% sealed it that I will play with Ukrainian VOs. (though I was going to do that anyways probably lol)

[hazy helm]

you cannot turn this off

[restive shell]

oh so they cut out a cutscene.. yay lol

[still ridge]

LMAO

[pseudo rivet]

Ayo ZRP cringe confirmed? Based

[still ridge]

the perks of playing vanilla first

[pseudo rivet]

Vanilla Gang

[restive shell]

well my game was crashing every 5min so i had to get some kind of bugfix mod ;_;

[still ridge]

Just look up shadow of Chernobyl true ending cutscene

[celest goblet]

Could be that they added lip sync for both voice tracks, because in the past we have also seen it synced to English

[still ridge]

They definitely did

[sonic flax]

Yes, that was my point. It looks like they got two versions, which is great

[still ridge]

We’ve seen both

[worn oar]

Destroying the C-con cutscene*! True ending is different from that

[pseudo rivet]

I'd imagine some sentences would be longer in English or Ukrainian? Wonder how that affects the cutscenes

[celest goblet]

Hard to believe we are now close to only two months out from release

[sonic flax]

A little more than 60 days is crazy

[worn oar]

Crimson is hyped yay

[covert slate]

73 days baby

[worn oar]

Almost 2 months away

[sonic flax]

Really hope they'll also ramp up the marketing a bit more soon. Some more mutant trailers, maybe a section of gameplay etc.

[restive shell]

okay so i guess i finished stalker. that was a fun ride 😄

[sonic flax]

Faction introductions

[still ridge]

IGN said we’re going to see a lot more of S2 in the coming months.

[covert slate]

i feel they will, maybe even showcase the demo gameplay from the SGF

[still ridge]

Clear sky time

[restive shell]

hell yeah. downloading right now. cant get enough of this game

[sonic flax]

Yeah, I remember. Then again it's only about 2 months away as well, so I'd expect stuff to be shown quite soon.

[elfin echo]

Degtyarev looks so majestic

[worn oar]

They will be showing more soon! That's a sure thing, the sooner the release is.

[sonic flax]

I was expecting as much.

[worn oar]

NDA rock is lifting a bit by bit. We will be seeing more, mostly in the last month gap

[pseudo rivet]

Not hyped, but hoping for a good game

[still ridge]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YaQTtceUrH0&pp=ygUNSWduIHN0YWxrZXIgMg%3D%3D

[worn oar]

That's hype!

[pseudo rivet]

Nope, hype is putting blind trust into something and getting disappointed

[celest goblet]

Think they may do an IGN First showcase with it?

[pseudo rivet]

That being said though

[still ridge]

“We’re gonna have a lot more on stalker 2 in the coming weeks and months leading up to release”

[pseudo rivet]

Gimme an OICW or I'mma riot

[worn oar]

Not necessarily. Even that curiosity and hope for a good game falls into the hype area

[pseudo rivet]

Then I have fallen

[still ridge]

Idk it’s clear to me that I’m going to like it

[worn oar]

As you should Crimson, my man!

[pseudo rivet]

[still ridge]

I mean what can you be disappointed about

[celest goblet]

Would be difficult for me not to feel some hype for a sequel I have wished for the past 14 years

[restive shell]

is clear sky longer than Soc?

[nova wedge]

Nah

[pseudo rivet]

Retcons mostly

[worn oar]

That last trailer was enough to get you into the hype zone with the rest of the blind believers

[celest goblet]

Similar if you do side missions and explore, shorter if you just do main story

[pseudo rivet]

I'm no blind believer

[still ridge]

C-Con is destroyed, there’s one major retcon they won’t do

[pseudo rivet]

[worn oar]

I didn't say you are, but you are in the same both with them (and me)

[pseudo rivet]

[still ridge]

Can you elaborate

[celest goblet]

The last trailer was convincing enough to let myself get excited and not just cautiously optimistic

[worn oar]

You can not disagree with me this time, brotherman!

[pseudo rivet]

"I may be blind..."

[celest blaze]

I'm hyped but also trying to have no expectations

[worn oar]

"But it is granma lovers who cannot see"

[celest blaze]

Gamma fans sweating rn hoping there will be unnecessary amounts of crafting and things

[pseudo rivet]

It's as easy as this:

Will or will it not have the RPMmG-7u?

If yes, this is the best game ever. Period

If no, then it's not the best game ever

[still ridge]

All he’s saying is that the zone is basically omnipotent and that destroying the C-Con didn’t do anything

[celest blaze]

@worn oar based fellow stalker gosling pfp

[pseudo rivet]

And that got explained where?

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah, I need me one of those

[still ridge]

It will be explained in the game

it was revealed to me in a dream

[pseudo rivet]

So you got it from a leak

[worn oar]

@loud gate his idea

[still ridge]

I didn’t see any leaks

[celest blaze]

I'll tag you in a stalker gosling gif in offtopic but there's also some on the steam game pages in community tab @pseudo rivet

[pseudo rivet]

Based blind man

[still ridge]

Waiting for the game to come out

I mean it’s not hard to see what picture GSC was trying to paint in that trailer

[worn oar]

The zone came out as a wild entity after the destruction of C-Con

[still ridge]

It cuts to the destroyed c-con as faust says “you cannot kill god”

Assuming Faust is right about the zone anyway

[pseudo rivet]

Mother Nature given consciousness

[pseudo rivet]

I'd say the Shamans are

[restive shell]

oh damn what a graphic improvement!

[worn oar]

you can not mess with the nosphere and get a night sleep that easily

[pseudo rivet]

Clear Sky, my beloved

[covert slate]

Gamma fans throwing a fit when you'll be able to actually buy and repair your weapons in stalker 2

[restive shell]

i've read abit about it and this is the first time someone says its their beloved 😛

[worn oar]

[covert slate]

alot of people in here love Clear Sky

[pseudo rivet]

All those who said they hate it are cringe

[celest blaze]

Ong lol

Clear sky was my favorite game out of the trilogy tbh

[covert slate]

@loud gate is definitely a Clear Sky lover

[pseudo rivet]

They likely never even played it or quit out of boredom from the Swamps and never gave the game a try or ragequitted because of the Holy Run

[worn oar]

Mozi is a stalker lover

[worn oar]

Cordon machine gun victims

[still ridge]

Make sure you get good armor before going to cordon

[pseudo rivet]

"I hate CS"
"Why?"
"Because people told me it sucked. I never bothered looking at it, tbh"

[worn oar]

Skill issues

[covert slate]

honestly the people who tell you to skip clear sky are walking red flags

[pseudo rivet]

Or mod-exclusive players

[wraith snow]

Благодарим тебя за то, что раскрыл слугам твоим козни врагов наших. Озари сиянием своим души тех, кто отдал жизнь во исполнение воли твоей. В бой, защитники Монолита! В бой! Отомстим за павших братьев наших. Да будет благословенно их вечное единение с Монолитом! Смерть… Лютая смерть тем, кто отвергает его священную силу!

[worn oar]

Granma lovers with anomalous brains

[covert slate]

*cough Sloperator Drewski

[restive shell]

wait.. why is there no map

[pseudo rivet]

Check PDA

[loud gate]

[covert slate]

there he is

[restive shell]

oh its P ;p

[wraith snow]

Scar is arguably

The worst protag

Marked one is better

[pseudo rivet]

Scar legit prevented the Third Disaster, because he's an ultra Chad

[worn oar]

Mozi can't perform speech nowadays. He's an emoji guy now

[worn oar]

He said marked one

The choice of words speaks better

[pseudo rivet]

True, but Scar is still better

[worn oar]

You missed the point bro

[pseudo rivet]

I get the point, but don't read it that way

[worn oar]

that suggests he's a greed ending guy

[worn oar]

Nah no worries

[pseudo rivet]

Order of protagonists would be:

Scar
Marked One
Major Degtyarev(?)((Depends on what HoC tells us is canon))
Strelok

[granite mortar]

Erm actually
Skip Clear Sky
Instead you can play this peak of the peak mod
True Stalker

[pseudo rivet]

Or Misery

[indigo marsh]

Or lost alpha

[pseudo rivet]

Priboi Story tho

[worn oar]

Or granma

[loud gate]

[granite mortar]

Wait you didnt see it?
Drewski said that
Its been huge meme in the community

[indigo marsh]

Or analmeme

[worn oar]

Hello Mol1t

[restive shell]

So all those names like anomaly or gamma
I assume those are mods. Based on CoP?

[loud gate]

[granite mortar]

Spartan Mol1t

[pseudo rivet]

Drewskip

[worn oar]

[granite mortar]

[worn oar]

These are narcotics

[pseudo rivet]

NLC 7

[granite mortar]

Yes
The worst thing to ever happen to this community