⭐┃nospoilers_general

[dapper finch]

https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GeForce-210-vs-Intel-HD-2000-Desktop-11-GHz/m7740vsm7697

very comparable

[kindred dust]

that 1050ti been through a lot

[still ridge]

I played NV with intel integrated graphics

I think you’ll be fine

[kindred dust]

i tried playing NV and it was uhh

like 20fps in there

[still ridge]

Damn

idk bro like Minecraft maybe

Roblox

[kindred dust]

oh no you overestimate it so much

those games will make it go boom boom

[still ridge]

Play like Roblox or something

Idk

[dapper finch]

Minecraft older versions yes. Like from around the original Aether mod kinda time.

[still ridge]

maybe the original dooms

like the 90s ones

[kindred dust]

alright now you underestimate it

it can run all of the stalker games decently well

i finished CoP on that pc and the only problematic spot was the goddamn water

i had about 5fps in water

i'll just install that 1050ti

so i can play normal games

[still ridge]

You mean games that came out over 10 years ago

[kindred dust]

and not worry about some shit like water physics in CoP

[kindred dust]

i finished dying light 2 on launch with that gpu

(it was barely handling it)

[dapper finch]

I wonder how Factorio would run

[pearl olive]

@kindred dust ever played Warband? It's pretty low reqs.. Last night I fought using muskets and sabers against an army of invaders trying to take over a KFC restaurant

[kindred dust]

oh and by the way dont forget that it's xeon cpu im talking about, it can go up in flames easily lol

[finite dragon]

Hey guys if I put items in chests in CS do they despawn or no?

[dapper finch]

Time to find every fan in the house at full blast

[kindred dust]

im surprised it survived through CoP

and now it's going through SoC

[dapper finch]

CS is the beefiest of the three

presumably because of the faction war background stuff

[kindred dust]

well that poor xeon cpu is about to have some work

[dapper finch]

You can get better performance with CS Complete mod.

also fixes some stuff like bandit uselessness

[finite dragon]

@kindred dust what have you been playing all this time?

Tetris? Quake?

[kindred dust]

just CoP and SoC

[dapper finch]

How about OSRS 😂

[kindred dust]

i can try

[still ridge]

Complete is ass

It’s better just not to play it than play complete

[icy prism]

No, he is not right. PERIOD. Also, STFU

[dapper finch]

People have such hilarious takes about those mods. Only SoC complete has a balance issue. And they legitimately are the best way to play Stalker on low spec machines

[kindred dust]

i would never pre-order a game

[nimble cipher]

goredfs has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[dapper finch]

funny thing is the only reason I'd pre-order is for the physical stuff, quite apart from the game

[valid thicket]

I wanted the steel case

[kindred dust]

they can f||u||ck it up even if they always did masterpieces

how much is pre-order tho

[pearl olive]

GSC showed us a beautiful, glimmering physical edition.. one that would grant my wishes...and they called to me in my dreams about it... spoke to me from above about it... i lost my sight.. but my VISION grew stong.. a vision of a cool-assed artifact lamp, and some stickers i'd never end up putting on anything.... but then things became clearer as September approached.. and I could finally see... it was a GD hologram and GSC was capping ong fr fr

[kindred dust]

the worst thing about pre ordering this game is that you dont know when it's coming out

i mean yeah, there is a release date and shit but they can move it like they always did

[pearl olive]

feels more likely each day

[kindred dust]

each year

[pearl olive]

ouchhhh too true

[wraith snow]

Bruh S.T.A.L.K.E.R was such a good game they created Ukraine cus of it

[kindred dust]

true...

stalker was so good they recreated the events of chernobyl irl

[pearl olive]

1986 was a stalker ripoff

[pearl olive]

Ivan!

[valid thicket]

My nephew, who is six, asked me what people did with their pets during the Chernobyl reactor meltdown.

[open jacinth]

We ate them for fun

[whole knot]

so is there like some kind of bot campaign going on in the sub-reddit? There's just suddenly a big influx of people complaining about stuff we've known about for years.

[still ridge]

Noticed that too

there’s been like 8 of those in the past week and a half

[granite mortar]

@glossy blade will each mutant in a pack have slightly randomized running speed? Just saw bunch of flashes charge at me like they wwere some sort of hivemind in CoP and it didnt really look good

[whole hull]

Good for you, I already preordered.

[untold salmon]

i mean yeah i intend to play the game regardless of how it turns out so a preorder is fine to me

[sly matrix]

[granite mortar]

[celest blaze]

Going well just at work atm hope you're well

[warm linden]

thanks hon :3

[digital lynx]

I bet he is not lol

I have a RTX 3060 i hope it will be enough for S2

Maybe i could upgrade but then again i'd need to upgrade other components maybe :/

[solid dome]

I am giving 12 litres of mint-flavored of sorts Lemonade and 6 litres of sparkling water TO THE MAN OR WOMAN WHO REVEAL ME 59 SECONDS OF UNREVEALED BEFORE, FRESH AND LOVING RAW GAMEPLAY FROM STALKER 2. Deal stands as long as I get offer.

[untold salmon]

should be alright for 1080p, maybe 1440p at mid-high

[still ridge]

@glossy blade pretty good offer

[covert slate]

also stuff like that ain't new, there was alot of stuff locked behind pre-orders for Red Dead 2 and nobody seemed to mind all that much because they were minimal additions

[untold salmon]

bonuses for pre order and editions is pretty normal

[solid dome]

Sound the alarm, my man

[covert slate]

all i know is keep your eyes to the 25th

[digital lynx]

If I buy RTX 3080-90 or 4080 i think it will be enough but i'd need to upgrade other components right ?

Like power supply and motherboard and maybe more RAM ? Like DDR6 ??

[untold salmon]

most likely, i've got a 3060ti and i can run cyberpunk on high 1440p 60fps so im hoping that stalker 2 should be fine, i cant image a 3060 would run it much worse

[untold salmon]

depends more on cpu rather than psu or ram

[digital lynx]

I have an AMD Ryzen 7 3700x

Can I upgrade my current gpu to RTX 3080 or RTX 4080 with that ?

Or should I change my cpu ?

[pearl olive]

should be able to.. would probably just need to make sure you have at least 1000W

[untold salmon]

you could definitely go for a 3080

i dont think you'd need 1000w for that tho

[pearl olive]

not necessarily nope

[umbral rune]

8 minutes!

[covert slate]

i got a 4070, i'm locked and loaded for September

[digital lynx]

So no cpu change ? No ram change ? Are you sure it wont be underperforming ?

[pearl olive]

hoping the ol 12GB 3080 holds up to 4k

[umbral rune]

3080, 5800x3d

[queen ice]

I would get a 4070 together with a 5800X3D tbh

[untold salmon]

nah you should be good

[junior creek]

For what?

[queen ice]

Seems like a more sensible choice than just slapping a 30/4080 in there with a 3700X

[pearl olive]

nahh that CPU ain't gonna bottleneck you in the scheme of things.. more ram can never hurt tho

[digital lynx]

Amd ryzen 7 3700x is a good cpu then thanks for your help

[celest goblet]

I have a 3700X and 3070. This I'll be fine. As long as you don't care about running with all the bells and whistles. I have a feeling this game will look great even on the lower settings

[untold salmon]

i've got a 3060ti and a 5600x so i should be okay, not gonna bother upgrading because i only got the 3060 earlier this year

[covert slate]

usually every tuesday around 12PM EST is when they tease more things

[digital lynx]

Yeah i got 16gb of ram i think i'll upgrade to 32gb but i need to know if my ram is ddr6 or ddr5

[untold salmon]

i actually dont remember how much ram i have

[queen ice]

I have my 13700K stable at 5.9GHz paired with a 4070Ti-S, Stalker 2 is gonna be great

[untold salmon]

i think 32, i upgraded for star citizen and that seems like a reasonable amount

[umbral rune]

Tuesday 12pm media reveal

[untold salmon]

:))

[pearl olive]

I've got the 5 ghz just crossing my fingers 12GB GPU will not catch on fire

[queen ice]

DDR4 currently

[queen ice]

It shouldn’t, atleast mine never did when stress testing it on Anomaly

Capped out at 11.7GB used and 98% utilization

[pearl olive]

yea just hoping S2 doesn't turn it into a CNPP meltdown situation

[queen ice]

[solid dome]

You think it will hold? Why I'm buying 7660 XT then...

[digital lynx]

I think the DDR thing depends if your motherboard accepts it or not right ?

[pearl olive]

I don't see myself maxing out much of anything, but I have hope that the FTW3 will stay strong

[queen ice]

That and CPU

3700X is AM4 which runs on DDR4

[queen ice]

EVGA card? Damn.

[solid dome]

LES GO

[analog kite]

Someone translate the patch pls

[solid dome]

ПОЛУДЕНЬ CONFIRMED

[restive shell]

what are those announcements even...

[gloomy knoll]

bro gotta bring in the Deutsch-Demokratische-Republik into the game

[covert slate]

faction tease it seems?

[upbeat gale]

It's Noon babyyyyyy

[umbral rune]

Wtf is noon?

[solid prism]

Noon patch...nice

[untold salmon]

new faction

[solid prism]

Strider's group in S2

[gloomy knoll]

Ex monolith

[umbral rune]

Thank you

[gloomy knoll]

If Monos are chads then Noon are gigachads

[digital lynx]

Thanks, I think I will upgrade my ram, cpu, and gpu to max out my computer performances

I think motherboard is fine i have a gigabyte something iirc

[near star]

another day, another everyone ping that doesn't include unedited gameplay

[finite dragon]

Just got to the part where Scar finds Strelok's PDA in his stash

[queen ice]

Cheapest option is 5800X3D, 3600Mhz DDR4, 16-32gb, and something like a 4070/Super/Ti. Needs atleast a 750w PSU

[finite dragon]

That is NOT Strelok speaking.

[queen ice]

This will allow you to stay on the same motherboard and still give you a really good boost in performance

[pallid sky]

Does this mean we will be collecting patches?

[umbral rune]

Yea I wouldn't expect gameplay until gamescom and that's only two weeks from launch

[still ridge]

Possibly

[still ridge]

Unfortunately that’s what I think as well

[solid prism]

That would be sick

[untold salmon]

whats the wild island?

[covert slate]

something from the ARG

[untold salmon]

ohhhh

[digital lynx]

What would be the highest one ???

You seem to know about computers, tbh i'm into that but I just know basic stuff

[pallid sky]

I think Stalker 2 will inherit a lot of fan favourite features from modded stalker games like Anomaly, GAMMA etc

[solid prism]

Yeah but i hope only the good parts

[queen ice]

Highest in terms of what?

[hazy helm]

source?

[digital lynx]

Budget and performances

[queen ice]

Tbh it doesn’t need to, as long as it provides a decent modding platform the game will do great

[pallid sky]

Yea , there are a lot of people who like the OG game mechanics. But modders have made some great QoL mods that community really enjoyed

[queen ice]

On your current platform, 5800X3D + 3600mhz DDR4 ram + a 4070/Ti/super is going to be the cheapest upgrade path to good performance

[pallid sky]

Its my thought..

[queen ice]

Maybe an RX 7800 XT if those prices are better in your country

[hazy helm]

its MY ASS

[gloomy knoll]

Kinky

[pallid sky]

They showed patch and a story that highlights patch collection.

[pallid sky]

And did i offended you?

[digital lynx]

I could go for a DDR5 and change the cpu and motherboard right ?

[untold salmon]

modders will make sure there is

[pallid sky]

Is there any moderator here? Because this is Stalker related chat, no?

[still ridge]

We also got new screenshots earlier

[hazy helm]

there was a story, surely, this points that the game will be anomaly inspired right?

[still ridge]

And also there’s allegedly going to be another trailer in two days

[worthy lagoon]

Like?

[hazy helm]

me

[worthy lagoon]

*Me

[hazy helm]

*mE

[worthy lagoon]

You go play GAMMA

[hazy helm]

play NLC first

[worthy lagoon]

I have

[crisp ruin]

Grok is in the chat btw, bulling people lmao

[pallid sky]

I hope they implement good things that community liked.

[hazy helm]

like uhhh....

hmmm

uhhh......

HMM

[still ridge]

[tiny osprey]

Where are us pc physical preorders?

[umbral rune]

Where?

[worthy lagoon]

I honestly don't see why people say that S2 have inherited features from GAMMA and Anomaly... There isn't any

[queen ice]

Yes, if you go AM5 you could something like a 7700X/7800X/X3D and DDR5 up to 6200mhz (stability reasons)

[hazy helm]

China IGN rleased 2 photos from the start of the game along with a statement saying that they played 2 of the first Hours and said they were going to release something soon

[queen ice]

But this upgrade is inherently more expensive

[still ridge]

Kind of crappy quality but Chinese IGN

Also there’s another demo rn I think

https://preview.redd.it/new-screenshots-v0-izy655lha9ed1.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=ef85341e5a247e32073a0e97e3b22d02ed047cd4

[hazy helm]

its china thye mooching of the NK wifi

give them a break

[still ridge]

https://preview.redd.it/new-screenshots-v0-r9jbiltla9ed1.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=a1daf9f784641b75445085177a37e0f6e3f064be

[hazy helm]

their entire bandwith goes to try and fuck with Taiwan

[still ridge]

Lmao

[untold salmon]

look in screens and videos mozi posted higher quality ones

[tiny osprey]

Whats taiwan, dont you mean the PRC

just kidding

[indigo marsh]

They didn't really have territory close to the Monolith that we know of. The path from rostok to radar is kinda blocked bc freedom controls that territory and their base is close by

[queen ice]

They used to be at Yanov right?

Atleast the core members

[still ridge]

https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5059340266897986

[indigo marsh]

They did fight ... Each other. You can see their bodies at Limansk

[still ridge]

It says we’ll get more info on the 25th

Possibly gameplay

[hazy helm]

rumour is 25th possible trailer or gameplay
but catch that

rumour

[indigo marsh]

Yaniv is just one place of operation for those two

[loud gate]

Why do you not link them from #📸┃screens_and_videos I posted good quality\

[hazy helm]

Spartan knows just how much Rumours stings

he believes in every one whole sale

[still ridge]

I didn’t see them

[loud gate]

This is not a rumour

[still ridge]

It’s a fact?

[indigo marsh]

They are based in warehouses for freedom and rostok for duty during the time of the trilogy

[vestal nexus]

Why do people start bitching about the dlc espically Reddit btw Good evening fellow stalkers

[still ridge]

People malding for some reason

[loud gate]

The post says that GSC Game World will "reveal more information about the game on July 25"

[hazy helm]

it also aint a rumour I fuck your mom

[still ridge]

owned

[loud gate]

it's a lie, yeah

[umbral rune]

Reddit moment 🤮

[solid dome]

Noon patch at evening

[vestal nexus]

Real

[loud gate]

I don't go to Reddit anymore, just went there to post, and exited quickly

[solid dome]

What if his mom joined the ATF? Alien Task Force?

[vestal nexus]

[hazy helm]

Im the chief

[hazy helm]

ho dude

dude

ho dude

[umbral rune]

Gotta bring your seva suit to survive the toxicity there

[hazy helm]

you should go to the steam discussions for S2

its so funny

[vestal nexus]

Yep Its funni

[gloomy knoll]

so you bang your employees?

[still ridge]

How so

[loud gate]

To see PsyWarVeteran say how "Black People in S2" is woke and is made just to appeal to western audiences?

[still ridge]

LMAO

[hazy helm]

shit howd you know?

[vestal nexus]

dont remind me on that

[still ridge]

The people who see a black person and say “woke” are insane

[still ridge]

What is this

[loud gate]

I asm not kidding

[tiny osprey]

Where is physical edition purchase for US?

[vestal nexus]

i sold it to my boss

duh im a merc of course i do stuff for money

[tiny osprey]

Uh….

[hazy helm]

DEI means Diversity Equity Inclusion and ESG means Enviromental Social Governance

basically

[pallid sky]

Dude you are allowed to use such language while being the moderator?

[vestal nexus]

its the zone what rules

[hazy helm]

🫳 I shall petition so that YOU too, can say you fucked spartans mom

not to worry citizen

[pallid sky]

Lmao

[hazy helm]

the road to utopia is built, brick by brick

[gloomy knoll]

Why is this guy asking if black people are there, which apparently by his wording, are not permitted to participate in the same activities as whites?

[nimble cipher]

nodeep has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[still ridge]

People are just insane

no way around it

[tiny osprey]

Wtf

[vestal nexus]

im insane in a diffrent way

[hazy helm]

dude you didnt hear it?GamerGate 2.0 is around

its worse than the first

[vestal nexus]

tf what did i miss in my absence

[tiny osprey]

Why did I never receive an email from gsc about physical edition retailers when I signed up to be notified.

[untold salmon]

Mfers be like "we want an escape from reality" and the reality is just, other races existing

[still ridge]

I just want something on Thursday

I know we’re getting something

[solid dome]

Noon logo symbolises a LEMON TREE
-- Krezzin theorycrafting book, excerpt 8162/2372024

[untold salmon]

i can only rewatch the trailers so many times

(i will continue to do so regardless)

[vestal nexus]

(same)

[untold salmon]

Actually did make me realise that we see the zone wall get broken in the enter the zone trailer which supports my theory of the zone expanding

also theres a shotgun in the come to me trailer with no pump/handguard

[hidden stratus]

What patch is that from the announcement

[untold salmon]

Noon

[hidden stratus]

The hell is that

[untold salmon]

Former monolithians

[still ridge]

What

[gloomy knoll]

Striders boys

[still ridge]

Strider’s faction

[untold salmon]

in the scene with the 2 noon guys getting their shit rocked by a monolithian

[hidden stratus]

Alright, guess I missed that then.

[untold salmon]

not noon sorry, ward

[umbral rune]

Zonegregation

[gloomy knoll]

I see a fellow German here

[umbral rune]

This anomaly is whites only! (Joke!!!)

[hidden stratus]

I heard german people dont pay their bills

[vestal nexus]

HUH

[gloomy knoll]

We pay them more often than Americans I would say

[hidden stratus]

Dont, what for anyways?

[vestal nexus]

oh gott noch mehr deutsche : we expand

[covert slate]

do people just not watch the trailers

[gloomy knoll]

So I have a reliable social system

[finite dragon]

Hey guys how do I increase my relations with Duty without joining them?

[covert slate]

doing work for them

[umbral rune]

Kneepads

[finite dragon]

As in walking up to a random guy and asking if I can help the with anything

And every single one said I can't help them.

[covert slate]

you're playing clear sky i take it?

[finite dragon]

Yes

[covert slate]

i'd go around and ask multiple people, if nothing maybe do some other stuff and see if they have anything for you later

[finite dragon]

Ah

I'll go annihilate the bandits in Garbage

Join the loners, I upgraded my SEVA suit almost to the max

[sand fiber]

it's broken in the release version, you need SRP for it to actually have quests

[worthy lagoon]

PsyWarVeteran has always been an ultra weird guy that wants STALKER the way he wants and at the same time throwing shit at people playing mods

[sand fiber]

they're the most boring and basic fetch quests ever, so you're not missing much

[finite dragon]

I only need 1 more upgrade that requires me to go around looking for some dumb flash drive

[worthy lagoon]

Usual American

[finite dragon]

Okay but you see, I want the circles on the map to be green

And to be friends with every faction EXCEPT BANDITS AND RENEGADES

[loud gate]

I will refrain from commenting further

[covert slate]

i don't think that's going to go well with Freedom if you're helping Duty

[worthy lagoon]

why?

[covert slate]

you lost me

[finite dragon]

They stole 19 roubles by almost killing me with a nade in a cutscene and tried to mug me like 6 separate times at checkpoints

[finite dragon]

Okay no there exist quest that you can do which don't ruin the reputation with other factions

[loud gate]

I don't have much good to say

[finite dragon]

At the freedom base you can kill some pseudo dog and they'll be happy

Duty is way better at killing dogs

They're like the ATF basically

[covert slate]

[hazy helm]

he is turkish

and he translates mods

[finite dragon]

Doing a main quest give to you by freedom increases your relations with them but if you volunteer to take down Agroprom Duty will not care

I mean they did give me 10K roubles but

What am I gonna do with that? Increase my total ammo count from 1K to 2K?

I already have like 20 medkits

I was mag dumping snorks that were like 30 km away from me

[covert slate]

gottem

[exotic mural]

NEW FACTION

[covert slate]

it's Noon

[still ridge]

Looks like an M1014

[exotic mural]

NEW FACTION!!!!

[slow sky]

So who is paying for campfire music dlc and quest dlc? Love me a game thats not fully released

[untold salmon]

thats what i thought but its still missing a handguard which is a lil bit funny

[covert slate]

again, it's Noon

[pliant fog]

Ooh, Noon patch

[jaunty junco]

Noon? Never heard of this

[covert slate]

it's Striders faction

[exotic mural]

New faction!!!

[pliant fog]

Anyone able to translate the word?

[jaunty junco]

Ohhhhh, thats cool

[exotic mural]

i shoot him i thought

[indigo marsh]

Noon is a new faction as of the trilogy

[lethal orchid]

What does ролу mean precisely?

[covert slate]

horse

[exotic mural]

horse

[lethal orchid]

Isnit half or whole

[exotic mural]

I love you....

[lethal orchid]

I meant the prefix

[celest goblet]

The smart move

[umbral rune]

Anyone have a link to the Chinese article?

[indigo marsh]

It has existed for some time but hasn't appeared in the games, only in the ARG.

[pliant fog]

What’s Noon’s whole deal? What is their philosophy?

[hardy turtle]

they don't work at night

[untold salmon]

not sure yet just that they dont believe in the monolith anymore

[exotic mural]

JORKING IT ON CAM IN 30 SECONDS !!!!

[untold salmon]

i dont think they've published one yet

[pliant fog]

Oh yeah, they’re the ex monolith guys

[hardy turtle]

I can't believe we're so close to release date, finally

[indigo marsh]

They fight the monolith or sometin

[exotic mural]

Aren't they in duty

[vestal nexus]

44 days

[umbral rune]

@loud gate where did you find the article claiming more info on the 25th? I'm trying to find it

[hardy turtle]

the weibo one?

[exotic mural]

Or freedom depending

Strider's twink death is real

[untold salmon]

not an article just a weibo post

[umbral rune]

Ah

[still ridge]

I posted it

[untold salmon]

its just 2 screenshots with the text "GSC Game World released two new screenshots of "Stalker 2: Heart of Chernobyl" and stated that new information will be released on July 25, so stay tuned"

[pliant fog]

Yeah, but apparently Strider goes on to make his own faction regardless of what choice you make. Or maybe they’ll choose one choice as canon, idk.

[exotic mural]

I doubt they'll canonize anything

[umbral rune]

What channel

[exotic mural]

Thats just poor game design yknow

[loud gate]

https://weibo.com/7494874950/5059351875947129
https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5059351892984031

[umbral rune]

My man

[loud gate]

sorry for thissss time waiting

[hardy turtle]

eastern languages are so interesting, look at those characters

[untold salmon]

thank god that china is in the future

[hardy turtle]

I've been reading a book called The History of the Ancient World, it brushes on the subject of the origin of writing, seeing the evolution of it is wild

[untold salmon]

Its interesting how the materials that different areas wrote on affected how the language looks

[hardy turtle]

+2000 social credit for u

[covert slate]

well here's hoping they deliver on the 25th, explains why they haven't been posting any media stuff in the announcements lately, just image stuff

[hazy helm]

I will punch the guy who made cursive cyrilic

[hardy turtle]

yeah! like ancient mesopotamian civilizations, engraving on clay

[umbral rune]

Agreed

[hardy turtle]

sorry, I went offtopic

[still ridge]

Also new demo going on rn

[covert slate]

oh real?

[umbral rune]

According to China IGN

[fallen folio]

That patch looks super familiar, what faction is that? UNISG? KGB? Sin?

[umbral rune]

None of the above

[fallen folio]

Good, so we can mark those off

[umbral rune]

It's "noon"

[hazy helm]

UNISG and SIN are not stalker factions

[pearl olive]

uhhhh did you read the post?

[untold salmon]

Its noon

[hazy helm]

KGB is not a stalker faction either

wtf

[fallen folio]

Oh cool

[still ridge]

Reading comprehension 100

[hardy turtle]

the symbol from the patch is the same as psychology

[queen ice]

It’s high noon

[fallen folio]

KGB is a part of the military

[gloomy knoll]

Now it is

[sand fiber]

what the fuсk

[queen ice]

That’s Spetznas in stalker

[hazy helm]

yhea what would they be doing in the zone

[celest goblet]

Yeah it seems to be the symbol for Noon, the Greek letter Psi

[covert slate]

is the new demo thing mentioned in the articles Mozi posted?

[queen ice]

KGB doesn’t exist in the stalker universe

[fallen folio]

I’m even dumber than I think lmao you right

[pearl olive]

miss me with that whole paragraph explaining why there's a random picture of a patch and start telling me whos patch that is

[queen ice]

No worries

[hazy helm]

https://tenor.com/view/john-cena-huh-confusing-confused-seriously-gif-22863349

[sand fiber]

KGB is a soviet secret service, Ukrainian secret service is SBU

[queen ice]

I’ve had my daily chuckle now

[covert slate]

if you read you would have seen who's it was, get out of those psi-waves man

[fallen folio]

Oh cool I didn’t know that

[gloomy knoll]

Bring back Stasi

[fallen folio]

Well anyways now I know it’s the Atlantans

[gloomy knoll]

Revive it in Stalker

[pearl olive]

at least you learned something pajama mike, good on ya

[fallen folio]

Noon a new faction? Or was it cut?

[loud gate]

new

[still ridge]

Idk but in Reddit it was posted by the same guy

[pearl olive]

new man we just learned about noon at noon

[covert slate]

in reddit

[loud gate]

which guy

[fallen folio]

Not for me :((

[worthy lagoon]

that still explains

[hazy helm]

spartan is a redditor

[still ridge]

From weibo

[hardy turtle]

any ideas on what happened to monolith? on the time of opportunities the bald dude that got his head shoved in the car had a monolith patch

[loud gate]

I am indeed, not a redditor

[hazy helm]

play the games

[still ridge]

https://preview.redd.it/n5lazhd549ed1.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=254647d1d71f8042300c83b57ffe6a2e0e1367e5

[loud gate]

If the article was posted by someone with a long and autistic name, that was me

[covert slate]

[fallen folio]

One time someone told me some thing I said was the most Reddit thing they heard and I actually cried

[hardy turtle]

on COP monolith was wrecking me, strelok and the boys at the end, so yeh they were still strong at the end

[still ridge]

An upvote for you, good sir!

[loud gate]

https://x.com/Stalker2News/status/1815698017552359816
https://x.com/Stalker2News/status/1815717875023302743
https://x.com/Stalker2News/status/1815718056670163355

I've reported on everything so you can just recap my posts

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 News (@Stalker2News) on X

IGN China got to play 2 hours of the game and media coverage on it may occur soon.

Twitter · Jul 23, 2024, 10:38 AM

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 News (@Stalker2News) on X

A new trailer for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is expected to be released on July 25th.

Twitter · Jul 23, 2024, 11:57 AM

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 News (@Stalker2News) on X

Source: https://t.co/U4suLQmlhY

And thanks to @6pneuma6 for informing me

Twitter · Jul 23, 2024, 11:58 AM

[still ridge]

Stalker 2 News is you?

[hazy helm]

skill issue

[loud gate]

Thanks, I guess

[still ridge]

[hazy helm]

yes

[loud gate]

[covert slate]

"the man himself"

[umbral rune]

The secret revealed

[still ridge]

I stg if it’s a 30 second trailer with no gameplay

mol1t don’t let us down

[loud gate]

we will see..

[covert slate]

so they got to play 2 hours of the game huh, isn't that like the longest time anyone has had outside of dev teams to play it?

[pearl olive]

30s clip of Richter dancing and singing

[hardy turtle]

yeh

[still ridge]

By far

[still ridge]

Real

[loud gate]

Sleep Schedule has been ruined so I hope they don't send it too early when I'm sleeping

[covert slate]

i'll ping you if they do

[hardy turtle]

2 hours of getting cardan blasted on radioactive vodka

[loud gate]

Yes, 2 hours is the longest.

[loud gate]

I will overdose on NonStop to keep awake

[still ridge]

Would IGN cover it in English?

if the demo is in China..

[hardy turtle]

-800 social credit

[loud gate]

yes, I'm pretty sure they will cover in English too

It is interesting that they do this in China. Not a paradise trailer also premiered on a chinese showcase

[still ridge]

Interesting

[hardy turtle]

aight got a meeting, see ya have a great day

[covert slate]

it makes sense considering china also has a very large gaming scene

[static compass]

I saw some drama popping up over on the twitter

I dunno if it's valid or people misunderstanding stuff, didn't look into it much myself

[loud gate]

about

[covert slate]

i saw a dude have a meltdown at a guy that wants to see some gameplay

[static compass]

Something about an actor in the game

[covert slate]

ooh yeah that video the other day

[loud gate]

people still believing russian propaganda and that Azov "are" nazis lmao

[untold salmon]

not just that but a dude who only joined azov after the war started

[static compass]

From what I looked up they once were, but disbanded and reformed or something

[loud gate]

it doesn't even matte, because Azov are not nazis

This isn't the Azov battalion from 2014

[granite mortar]

their batallion patch doesnt exactly stop the lies tho

[untold salmon]

the original azov battalion was a militia if i remember correctly

[loud gate]

Azov is now a brigade integrated in the national guard.

[untold salmon]

the new one is an actual army unit that the russians dont like because they're really good at their jobs

[loud gate]

they are actual army unit now, and they're not nazis.

[sand fiber]

they are, it doesn't really matter though

[finite dragon]

i might play stalker 2 on ukrainian language since am bit new to learning it

[loud gate]

It is so sad having to explain literally the exact same thing over and over and over again

[finite dragon]

so playing a game and learning its language is helpful cause you entertain yourself and know words

[untold salmon]

Im really torn on what language i wanna play it in, i was learning ukrainian for about 9 months but then i got too busy with life and now i dont know if id be able to recognise a lot of stuff

[loud gate]

do you know how many things look alike in this world

[granite mortar]

at least 2

[finite dragon]

tbh its up to you i just learned most of the languages i talk by watching movies with that language or reading books or playing a game with its dub

[granite mortar]

the point is, having such patch really plays to the cards of Russian propagandists

[sand fiber]

there are multiple explicitly far-right military formations in ukraine, including azov, but again, it doesn't matter, it's a drop in the ocean

[north herald]

wagner also had many nazi guys in it.

[untold salmon]

i suppose it would help to learn yeah

[sand fiber]

ru military is a nazi cesspool

[granite mortar]

yeah but those were actual nazies

[north herald]

yes i only wanted to say that because the russian orcs act like whole ukraine is that.

[finite dragon]

so as i said ill make the language ukrainian to understand and hope theres english subtitles like how metro last light did with making subtitles and spoken language different

[loud gate]

russian propaganda will pick them regardless become of their former image

It is so sad to see how many people still believe this shit and call them nazis and then also say "I support Ukraine" lmao

[still ridge]

No politic

[north herald]

So, what do we get at the 25th? I only read about new information, but this could be everything right? Delay, new trailer, maybe even gameplay?

[worn oar]

https://tenor.com/view/discord-moderator-spawned-gif-23970926

[sand fiber]

again, it's still a far-right formation with a black sun on their patch, you can dislike that and support Ukraine

[loud gate]

not the same thing

[still ridge]

No politic

[loud gate]

fine

[sand fiber]

yes it is lmfao

[still ridge]

NO POLITIC

[loud gate]

FINE

[worn oar]

Stop guys

[sand fiber]

say dat to the ua chat :3

[nimble cipher]

m4killer000 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[loud gate]

He wouldn't dare go there

[vestal nexus]

well well

[indigo marsh]

Is UA chat way better than EN?

[north herald]

So, what do we get at the 25th? I only read about new information, but this could be everything right? Delay, new trailer, maybe even gameplay?

[vestal nexus]

i say trailer

[edgy zephyr]

o wait its in czech republic nevermind

[sand fiber]

you will be forcefemmed under the iron rule of kamala harris

and it doesn't even matter that you're in czechia

[edgy zephyr]

🤣

[indigo marsh]

And that's bad because?

[sand fiber]

51 state sweep

[edgy zephyr]

https://tenor.com/view/shaggy-drifting-goodbye-bye-bye-scooby-doo-gif-23364865

[sand fiber]

fifty first being Ukraine of course

[indigo marsh]

I LOVE the UNITED STATES of ALBANIA

[drowsy osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/hedgehog-angry-gif-9821594656038098292

[vestal nexus]

arent the elections like in november

[worn oar]

You kidding me?

[icy prism]

my god, the mess is still in the subrredit xDD

[covert slate]

they do happen in November, yes

[worn oar]

Not only offtop but also politics

This is a final warning ⚠️

[vestal nexus]

imma dispear like a good merc

[worn oar]

STOP

[granite mortar]

501st*

[untold salmon]

cant wait for the gawr gura collab with stalker 2

[covert slate]

[flint grail]

Does anyone know what faction faust belongs to or is that still unknown

[loud gate]

new trailer + media coverage from IGN

[covert slate]

Monolith

[indigo marsh]

Monolith

[loud gate]

I think Noon.

[still ridge]

Unknown/literally monolith

[vestal nexus]

i just wanna shot bandits in the face with my shotgun

[still ridge]

Doubt, clearly in contrast with strider

[north herald]

Definitley no delay? 😄 im happy

[still ridge]

I’d be surprised

[indigo marsh]

Didn't he say that the Leader of noon is blind?

Not literally but in terms of faith

[still ridge]

Strider is the leader of noon

[covert slate]

they've mentioned Sept 5th more than any other date, so it's certainly a solid release date

[loud gate]

I think Noon because in PC Gamer Magazine, it said that there will be rivalaries inside the factions themselevs.

[finite dragon]

When is strelok coming to fortnite

[covert slate]

perhaps, then again Faust isn't bald for better brain signal, lol

[loud gate]

So full belief in Monolith, but part of Noon group, I think. I made a video on this

[vestal nexus]

what article may i ask and possible a link for me

[loud gate]

what was that

[still ridge]

Tomorrow

[loud gate]

the leader of Noon is Strider

[finite dragon]

Can't wait 🔥

[loud gate]

No

[loud gate]

Article about what exactly again?

[vestal nexus]

from PC gamer magazine

[untold salmon]

yuh i think faust wants to restore the monolith faction

[finite dragon]

is CotZ better or rttn

[indigo marsh]

They are kinda different

[vestal nexus]

lets say im to lazy to search i had already a lonk work shift for 12h

[finite dragon]

I see

Well in terms of gameplay, kinda tired to play story mods

[indigo marsh]

CotZ focuses more on freeplay and RttN more on Story

[covert slate]

RTTN is more story based

[finite dragon]

Don't wanna try out GAMMA either cos it's like 500 mods or some shit like

[loud gate]

uhh, I don't have the photos at hand, but I'll just timestamp link you the part where we talked about it https://youtu.be/GrFsgPTNirM?t=168

[finite dragon]

Ahh aight aight

[finite dragon]

I'll just try both out

[covert slate]

just know that RTTN has Misery style combat

[vestal nexus]

thank you very much kind sir

[indigo marsh]

and Misery bloat iirc

[vestal nexus]

449 already i think

[finite dragon]

Misery combat is cool but the items are too much

[finite dragon]

Holy

[finite dragon]

whats rttn

[still ridge]

120 gigs

Gamma is 120 gigs

[finite dragon]

Road to the north

[finite dragon]

both is good

[finite dragon]

Actual?

[solid dome]

UNSPECIFIED? @worn oar Cmow, brudman

[still ridge]

Yes

it’s 450 mods lol

[quartz fossil]

Ugh im soo excited for this game lmao

[finite dragon]

I'll try em both fr

[untold salmon]

real

[solid dome]

Which game. Grok Mania?

[finite dragon]

also try old world addon for anomaly

[finite dragon]

Bro I swear the last time I played it, it was like 15 gigs max

[still ridge]

GROKKER2

[finite dragon]

its better than gamma

[quartz fossil]

Sure, we'll go with that 🙂

[finite dragon]

I'll give it a shot

[still ridge]

Anomaly is 15 gigs

Gamma is 100+ gigs

[solid dome]

Analmaly is 2 plugs

[worn oar]

Dw about it.

[solid dome]

[sand fiber]

yeah gamma is just a vasyanka

[vestal nexus]

me who disables certain mods in gamma btw i need to try old world soon when im actually not at work

[finite dragon]

My pc will kill itself

[still ridge]

It will

[finite dragon]

Real

[solid dome]

It will shoot itself in the forehead

[finite dragon]

my pc ran gamma on a 100 fps

[still ridge]

It bluescreened my PC last time I tried to install it

[vestal nexus]

huh

[still ridge]

and I can play it just fine

[finite dragon]

Definitely go boom

[solid dome]

My PC uninstalled Gamma after installation

[indigo marsh]

What's a vasyanka?

Does it mean shit mod?

[still ridge]

Stalker soup

[finite dragon]

but my opinion still stands gamma is hard but its time consuming to be called a hardcore mod

[still ridge]

it means a shit ton of different mods

[indigo marsh]

Isn't that a Solyanka tho

[vestal nexus]

stalker 2 will fry my pc probably

[still ridge]

Oh yeah you might be right

Same

[finite dragon]

Same but it's a lot of fricking mods and I enjoy my games with just a few essential mods

[vestal nexus]

or space marine 2 yikes

[indigo marsh]

Like norodyna Solyanka

[finite dragon]

dont worry ill give you bread if your pc got fried

[solid dome]

I am trading my current PC for 200 litres of STALKER 2

[covert slate]

when he describes GAMMA as "rouge-lite" and has to have you put hundreds of hours into it i'd rather just not bother

[finite dragon]

LMAO

[finite dragon]

hundreds of hours to find a way to repair your guns and not playing the game

[vestal nexus]

guh i just gonna replace it i have enough money (still) for an entire new PC

[finite dragon]

True true, I kinda like GAMMA's gameplay in some aspects but game is grindy and boring asf

[covert slate]

i'd rather watch gun restoration videos on youtube

[finite dragon]

Real

[vestal nexus]

i just deactive the econmy system and the tedious repair action

[indigo marsh]

Honestly a meat Solyanka looks so good

I kinda want to try it

[vestal nexus]

btw does somebody know a good trick to treat a burn wound (no i didnt walk into a burner anomaly)

[finite dragon]

like its dull to make the most essential feature aka crafting to be luck based on the stash

[nimble cipher]

nozar_l has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[finite dragon]

Very very

I find misery more enjoyable even though it has that item bloat issue

[indigo marsh]

Wolf deleted your reply

[finite dragon]

misery makes you miserable
gamma makes you wanna put your dick in a pencil sharpener

[finite dragon]

Can confirm

I do remember playing GAMMA and not being able to progress very well I thought it was a skill issue, maybe still is but then I played the original games and realised it really isn't about finding tools and repairing guns

[sand fiber]

vasyanka is any [bad] and amateur modpack, derived from Vasyan, a form of russian name Vasiliy, unlike solyanka it's a derogatory term

[covert slate]

actually now that i think about it, is this anomalous breach of the perimeter how you get into the zone, judging from the demo footage i saw you get brought up to the perimeter by Hermann and have to make your way in through there before the military has time to react?

[finite dragon]

the so called skill issue in stalker revolves around you having equipment not aiming

[finite dragon]

Real

Yeah it's cool tho, just not the type of stuff I enjoy

[finite dragon]

same

[indigo marsh]

Your a piece of shit wolf

[sand fiber]

@finite dragon goldsphere playthrough when

[finite dragon]

Maybe after I finish misery

[indigo marsh]

It's easier to ask what he didn't do

[loud gate]

yep

[finite dragon]

Btw if I do start playing Goldsphere should I start with the OGSR engine mod

Or the original

[sand fiber]

ogsr, it's more stable

[finite dragon]

Aight bet

[marsh dome]

Has anyone translated the patch?

[old jungle]

Noon

[covert slate]

[granite mortar]

erm actually
Anomaly is 16.3

[lucid kite]

hello, I want to ask when will the ULTIMATE EDITION be sold? thank you very much for your reply and wish you all a nice day 🙂 and good health for life

[granite mortar]

Same size as RTTN
Only difference being one of these mods is vastly better

[umbral rune]

Get in line, pal

[lucid kite]

so I'm here mate just wanted to ask but thanks for the answer 🙂 🙂 have a good time mate 🙂 🙂 above all stay healthy 🙂 🙂

[covert slate]

there's no word on it just yet, but be sure to regularly check in on the official websites that are selling it for when they are back in stock

[lucid kite]

ok ok

thx

[marsh dome]

We are talking about what is written in Ukrainian? Below the symbol?

[swift sinew]

Yes

[old jungle]

yes

[vestal nexus]

wait how many weapons are "confirmed" for Stalker 2

[finite dragon]

i guess most of the iconic weapons from the trilogy

If you guys were to recommend a player who played the original games but wants to play a free play mod other than GAMMA, what would it be?

so far no screenshots or footage for f2000

[worthy lagoon]

Are you sure that you want to play free play mods? There are lots of mods with a very good storyline if you didn't know

[worn oar]

[finite dragon]

old world addon
call of the zone
call of chernobyl

[turbid crag]

So there is an Stalker event in china, i hope we will see something

[granite coral]

Thursday

[turbid crag]

really?

[covert slate]

yeah we've been talking about it in here earlier, the IGN team there got to play 2 hours of it so that'll bring some big stuff about it in future coverage, but also keep your eyes to the 25th

[turbid crag]

cool 😄

[old jungle]

From what I know 26 guns

[finite dragon]

Yes I wanna try something new out, I did play some story mods like True Stalker and they were fun but I simply want something new

[untold salmon]

they say 30 in the dev highlight

[finite dragon]

Thanks, I'll check em all out

[old jungle]

I meant that we've seen so far

[untold salmon]

ohhhh

[turbid crag]

Maybe IGN made a preview video with gameplay

[untold salmon]

wait we've seen 26?

[finite dragon]

also legend returns
lost alpha

[finite dragon]

I'll add em to my list as well

[worthy lagoon]

Here's some story driven mods:

1. Winds of Time

2. Spatial Anomaly

[old jungle]

If I know how to count

[covert slate]

what about Dreamcatcher?

[worthy lagoon]

Incubator and Dreamcatcher after that

[worthy lagoon]

It's a good one as well, make sure to play Incubator first

Goldsphere is one of my favourite as well

[finite dragon]

i finished incubator only

[finite dragon]

Ooh yes Spatial Anomaly looks awesome

Being stuck in a Spatial Anomaly is scary

one thing i find weird is how i see the cop weapon animations appealing

[covert slate]

does Spatial Anomaly have an english translation?

[finite dragon]

even tho its mirrored and clunky it feels arcadic and simplistic

True they are appealing, I loved the animations ngl

[finite dragon]

Yep, it does

[worthy lagoon]

yes

I'd say give a try to spatial anomaly or winds of time first @finite dragon

then hop into more complex mods like Goldsphere, Incubator etc

[finite dragon]

I'll give em all a try

Definitely won't be playing games other than Stalker and its mods for a while lmao

[worthy lagoon]

@loud gate I have a Chinese friend, is the event at Beijin open to the public? Can they play the DEMO? How long will the event be open?

[finite dragon]

I never knew Stalker was even a thing in China

[covert slate]

i mean most things game-wise over the eastern part of Europe usually go to China too

there's a large gaming scene

[finite dragon]

Interesting, I am glad that the game is getting the recognition it deserves. GSC is going all out this time

[loud gate]

I do not know details, you should ask CMs

[vestal nexus]

hmm i may try call of the zone soon

[covert slate]

it's real good

[finite dragon]

What's after STALKER 2

Will there ever be a Stalker 3

[covert slate]

Cossack 4

[finite dragon]

CotZ is goated

[finite dragon]

[umbral rune]

Stalker 3: call of the heart of the shadow of the sky

Then stalker Back4More

[finite dragon]

What if GSC disappears again

IMAGINE WE GET GAMMA 2

[umbral rune]

There is no way we won't gamma 2

[finite dragon]

Real

[umbral rune]

Grok rocks

[finite dragon]

considering the fact that grok still havent finished gamma yet to begin with it will take more years even after release for him to make a modpack for stalker 2

[old jungle]

I believe Grok said himself that he has no plans to make GAMMA 2.

[umbral rune]

I mean gamma is just a mass mod pack. Somebody will make something similar

[vestal nexus]

before i try CotZ i must first finnish COP

[spring apex]

i hope there is gonna lost alpha 2

taking stalker 2 from 2012 concept

[covert slate]

as nice as that would be, i feel like there's way less to go on for that one compaired to the many builds of SOC

[old jungle]

I heard Dezowave is working on it

[worthy lagoon]

Yeah they are

If i am not wrong based on the S2 Xray engine

Although i doubt since it is pretty unstable

[old jungle]

They will probably tinker with it

[sand fiber]

dezowave is developing Old Concept which is that, it also uses the leaked X-ray 2 engine

[dark schooner]

Hey do we know if physical ultimate collectors edition will be available in the USA?

[flint nymph]

Hello there duty!

[solid dome]

What is there to translate on a patch with no text than on e line...

[flint nymph]

I restart for fourth time Shadow of Chernobyl 😉 Is the best of the trilogy

[timber totem]

Wondering the same thing. Signed up for the notifications ages ago and haven’t heard yet, and they show currently unavailable on amazon.de atm

[wild hare]

We need uncut gameplay !

[sand fiber]

you already have it

[wild hare]

@sand fiberWhere ?

[sand fiber]

last trailer

videos from sgf too

[wild hare]

Its trailer no uncut gameplay .

I want see uncut gameplay , when i see everythings i ok and its play and looks like good old stalker i preorder max edition . No gameplay no money from me .

[celest blaze]

They showed gameplay

[wild hare]

@celest blaze Where ?

[celest blaze]

Read the post above you

[wild hare]

In trailer ?

Its not enought.

[celest blaze]

I mean up to you if you preorder or not

[celest goblet]

Ultimately the people at GSC creating the video control what is on screen whether it's a trailer or a longer gameplay video. If you don't trust the trailer to be at least fairly representative of the game then I don't know why a longer video would convince you instead, personally.

We got longer uncut gameplay of Cyberpunk 2077 and see how that turned out at release

[wild hare]

Game is behind door and we still don´t have raw gameplay , something not good here . I wish i don´t have truth guys . This is not good .

[celest blaze]

We have seen gameplay though

Bros acting like this is some big conspiracy lol

[celest goblet]

The only sure way is to simply wait for the release and see what reviews and players say

[nova wedge]

Idk hearing people say good things abt the demo got my hopes up

[sand fiber]

you can literally go play the leaked build oh my god 😭😭

what is this whining about poor marketing strategies like it actually impacts anyone

[wild hare]

No conspiracy , i just like STALKER i play every game and many moded ver. of it and i have bad feelings about this one . I just want see ingame raw gameplay before buy that all . No cut , no trailer just raw gameplay of actual version of game .

[celest blaze]

Then don't preorder and wait

[wild hare]

That leaked build is only test ver . its nothing to play about it .

@celest blazeThat waiting kills me !!!!

[celest blaze]

I feel that

I'm ready now I want stalker 2

[worthy lagoon]

They probably already sold it out

[worthy lagoon]

The game WILL release the 5th of September

[nimble cipher]

vlad85 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[turbid crag]

Game is a scam, we nned uncut gameplay, another delay...... mimimimi

[wild hare]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker2-character-stalker2-stalker-gif-18333679

[lethal orchid]

I'm so hyped for the game

These mods are cool but they ain't no stalker 2

@granite mortar would you say goldsphere matches the trilogy in terms of story?

That's the only mod series I could think of that would come close

[turbid crag]

Another delay will end in a meltdown, they release it, finish or unfinish

[lethal orchid]

From what I understand, all they're doing at the moment is polishing

Still probably gonna wait for the day 1 patch

[teal grotto]

Hello 🙂

[celest goblet]

Dreamcatcher is good enough it could be an official dlc I feel

[lethal orchid]

Gonna have to anyway, I have work and school

[turbid crag]

They polish the game since 1 year or more

[gaunt island]

Are we ever getting physical preorders in the US 😔

[lethal orchid]

Well, polishing includes hand placing all the props and everything

[celest goblet]

Though the tone and areas of interest are different from the trilogy

[lethal orchid]

So not game breakingly important, but still important

[teal grotto]

How do the physical pre orders work, they are cool and I would love to have them but do they just mail it to you or to your post office once the game releases?

[lethal orchid]

I'm playing it now, it's definitely a lot more supernatural

[untold salmon]

I wonder if they're gonna allow predownloading

[lethal orchid]

Which I really like (granted I've only been in the dead city)

Really like the vibe there

It's like pripyat but more desolate

[gaunt island]

Is the game likely to get pushed back again? Launch date is in less than 6 weeks and I haven’t heard a peep.

[granite mortar]

wdym?
I mean, it certainly tries to put the story in boundarie of known lore

[untold salmon]

No

[granite mortar]

but to different both in terms of writing and execution

[sand fiber]

could be, prolly not

[granite mortar]

not exactly vanilla style mod
More liek very schizo ogse

[celest goblet]

Personally I like this, the developers clearly had their own vision

[lethal orchid]

I mean in terms of what it adds

[gaunt island]

I’ve had my eyes on the physical ultimate edition for years I’d be so sad if I’m not able to get my hands on it.

[lethal orchid]

And they were not the true stalker developers

[still ridge]

I think so too

They said this is the “final release date”

If they delay again it will be a shit show

[sand fiber]

they said it the previous date too

[granite mortar]

it adds schizo story that isnt like the vanilla game

[still ridge]

Did they?

[sand fiber]

yes they did

[lethal orchid]

Lol ok

[still ridge]

Errr source?

[gaunt island]

I’d just appreciate them saying “hey guys the war has messed everything up, we’re working on it but won’t commit to a launch date until we’re ready”.

[still ridge]

Do that nowadays and people will say the game doesn’t even exist

[celest goblet]

Well I'm fairly confident this is the date they are committing to

[still ridge]

same

it would be a total shitshow if they delay again

people gonna start losing faith

[gaunt island]

Committed to yet haven’t even opened pre-orders yet to half the world…

[nova wedge]

I have faith theyll drop but it might be where its kind of buggy on launch and theyll patch it as time goes

[broken latch]

Game comes out soon!!!!!

[gaunt island]

Like I want to throw money at them I’ve had $400 set aside for 3 years now to get this ultimate edition lmao

[still ridge]

I know it doesn’t look good, but you gotta have faith

can’t be doomposting too much

[broken latch]

If the game gets pushed back or gets released, for me it's win win situation

[still ridge]

Stalker Reddit is literally an echo chamber right now

[sand fiber]

ohhh aahhhh i don't trust this company is this game even real aaaa
GOD I WANT TO PREORDER SO MUCH I WANT TO SPEND MONEY BUYING THINGS I DON'T NEED YES PLEASE

[still ridge]

Oh the games gonna get delayed again, oh muh preorders and pre order exclusive content

[sand fiber]

???

[still ridge]

Stalker Reddit is too much of an echo chamber right now

[gaunt island]

I never said I don’t trust the company or it’s not real. I’m questioning whether the release date is going to be met because we’re literally less than 6 weeks away. I don’t think I’m being ridiculous by thinking preorders should be open less than 40 days to release lol.

[still ridge]

You’re not

It is concerning

Hopefully Thursday won’t leave us disappointed

[teal grotto]

6 weeks is a long time? I would not exepct announcements at 6 weeks from a releasing game?

[still ridge]

If they do delay it’s gonna be a cyperpunk style delay

[teal grotto]

thats a month and a halfish lol

[still ridge]

For like a month

[flint grail]

Why would the fact that they don't have the supply for enough trinkets and doodads for ultimate preorders translate to a future delay? the game has nothing to do with items that are shipped for those who want extra swag, or am I just going crazy

[silk sparrow]

what... people already talking about delays?

[static compass]

Anyway, what are we getting on the 25th? @loud gate

[still ridge]

People are doomposting

[still ridge]

New content and media coverage apparently

[silk sparrow]

they cant delay, i took vocation

[flint grail]

"I cant preorder ultimate edition so the game must be getting delayed" its silly doom logic that just keeps feeding the pessimism monster around here

[static compass]

Delaying the game 43 days out is pretty unlikely

[polar orchid]

is clear sky the most hand holdy game?
i dont remember cop marking literally everything on the map, maybe im wrong...
soc definitley wasn't like that

[sand fiber]

if anyone preorders and complains it's their problem, the practice of opening preorders, delaying and releasing the game broken is 20 years old, Cyberpunk's release was the biggest scandal in gaming and is still talked about, if you learned nothing then it's your stupidity entirely

[still ridge]

Have you seen the state of the subreddit

[static compass]

Pretty sure this is the closest we've been to release

[still ridge]

It is

[celest goblet]

I'm just going to patiently await the release

[gaunt island]

Yeah let them ship a game and minimize their ability to actually make money off of launching the game lmao

[silk sparrow]

stalker without a bug is not a stalker

[cunning crow]

good ol' Plebbit

[gloomy knoll]

I preorder because I wanted to support this lovely game studio

[polar orchid]

hopefully gsc pulls a larian studios and blows everyone away

[flint grail]

Last I checked it was a bunch of people upset because they read information thats been out for almost 3 years regarding weapon skins

[static compass]

What info?

I'd just like to see the skins at least

Hope they're cool

[sand fiber]

yes
CS has no depth and got rid of all the RPG elements, every sidequest is now a simple fetchquest

[loud gate]

Media coverage, I presume Trailer, etc

[still ridge]

Exactly

[flint grail]

https://www.stalker2.com/en/preorder/digital literally the preorder bonus information saying 1 costume 3 weapon skins blah blah blah. Reddit is upset because they think GSC is paywalling people

[still ridge]

I have seen like 30 different posts

Literal echo chamber

We knew about weapon “CAMOS” (not skins) for years

People are just coming out now to complain

[flint grail]

"they're hiding guitar songs from us because we didn't preorder" Brother, its not that big of a deal

[nova wedge]

Why the 25th?? weird date lol

[polar orchid]

skins are meaningless in a single player game... the most outrageous things are locking people out a mission, presumably one with a reward, and giving extra campfire music to people who pre-order

[north herald]

RDR 2 had a bank mission extra for preorder, nobody cared about that. Here its the end of the world

[polar orchid]

unless the character skins are armor with decent stats

[static compass]

A little odd, but fine with me

[sand fiber]

the funniest thing is that the game's DRM-free and moddable, so any "pre-order content" will be immediately modded in for free 😭

[north herald]

a underrated thing if you ask me. A Big game that will be drm free isnt that much seen anymore

cyberpunk and the witcher is drm free i know what most of the other big games have drm with online connection even if its just a singleplayer

[polar orchid]

the game will get crushed in reviews if its not moddable like the og games

[sand fiber]

i have doubts about the capability of S2's SDK tbh

[cunning crow]

I hope stalker 2 releases and its like Peggle

[sand fiber]

BESTIE SO FUСKING TRUE

[lethal orchid]

The codebase has to at least be better than the trilogy

[junior creek]

In my opinion, maybe a trailer in darker climates (night and anomalies) and as of press time a longer piece of gameplay and feedback on it

[nova wedge]

All I can think of is that SDCC starts thursday and ig everyone just dump media at once thing

[granite mortar]

echo?
like the detector?
IS THIS A STALEKR REFFERENCE?!

[sand fiber]

if it won't allow for total conversions it's useless

[lethal orchid]

No goldsphere 2😭

[loud gate]

I think they will show a trailer similar to Not a paradise, and then let press show the footage from the beginning (which is what people played at SGF)

[granite mortar]

that would be just RTTZ

[polar orchid]

tbh this game has a lot of trailers and previews compared to most games

[granite mortar]

also I doubt Jekan will switch to UE

[loud gate]

From what I understand, the screenshots are taken directly from the trailer, and those locations are all located during the introduction area afaik

[lethal orchid]

That's goldsphere 0

[loud gate]

This game has been marketed for years lol

[granite mortar]

no
Goldsphere 0 is OGSE

[lethal orchid]

That's goldsphere -1

[polar orchid]

if they show much more there wont be much left to explore lol

[loud gate]

https://tenor.com/view/haha-so-funny-gif-27253208

[worn oar]

[granite mortar]

no
thats SoC

[indigo marsh]

Goldsphere -1 is SoC retail

[loud gate]

my friend, GSC stated a while back they've shown smth like 1% of the whole game

[celest goblet]

Yeah the screenshot of the wall looks like exactly where the enter the zone trailer leaves off

[granite mortar]

and before you start
Goldphere -2 is Oblivion Lost

[polar orchid]

depends how that is calculated, i highly doubt its only 1% of the map

[loud gate]

That's the first thing you see once you get into gameplay.

[loud gate]

[old jungle]

we've seen nothing

[polar orchid]

there are dozens of locations already shown

[old jungle]

And?

[static compass]

Maybe like a "S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 first 10 minutes" IGN style video?

[polar orchid]

just saying, if they release another trailer with another 10-20 locations, thats a lot of revealing

[celest goblet]

We have seen plenty of locations, though relatively little of the missions that will happen in them

[loud gate]

Eehhhh, maybe.

[static compass]

Did you say you could lean in the demo?

[sand fiber]

goldsphere -3 is FireStarter

[old jungle]

Locations are just one thing. There's also characters, mutants, anomalies, artifacts, weapons, and most importantly the story - of which we've seen very little.

[granite mortar]

Grigorovich is actually the Chief Scientist

[old jungle]

yes

[worn oar]

Maybe less

[static compass]

Sweet

[worn oar]

[polar orchid]

they dont need to show me anything else, but if they do im gonna watch it in 0.0005 seconds after i find out it exists lol. i just hope that there is plenty of stuff to explore that im not just recognising half of the game from the trailers

[finite dragon]

good afternoon yall

[nova wedge]

good afternoon

[loud gate]

I doubt less than 1%, less than 5% for sure tho

[old jungle]

The 1% was a long time ago though (in 2022 I think) so we've seen more now. But it's still very little compared to the size of the game.

[polar orchid]

we still dont know what 64km2 means

[celest goblet]

I am fine with knowing relatively little of the story going in

[north herald]

i hope not. I dont want to see the first 10 minutes, i just want to see some random point of the game

[finite dragon]

hope yall stay safe and have a nice life :>

[north herald]

you too

[old jungle]

Probably the playable area will be smaller. It depends on how they calculated it.

[obsidian trail]

This makes more sense

[polar orchid]

64km2 could mean an overall size of 64km2 but only 45km2 of playable area
it could also mean a 100km2 area with actual 64km2 of playable area

[static compass]

Maybe they could show a small side mission

[junior creek]

Maybe all previous locations on one large map

[north herald]

yeah that would be better than show the beginning if you ask me

[north herald]

you mean to show a random point from the game?

[old jungle]

Considering the map we've seen I believe it is the closer to the former.

[static compass]

I wonder if we'll see what's left of the brain scorcher

[lethal orchid]

Will the map be 1 complete thing? Or will it be a sequence of maps like the trilogy / metro exodus' "open world"

[sand fiber]

seamless