⭐┃nospoilers_general

[somber hawk]

or it might be the SSU instead of the military

[static compass]

Yeah I'm sure they're still watching the perimeter near the cordon

[loud gate]

IPSF could be composed out of multiple military branches

[digital lynx]

Just saw the STALKER 2 video on Youtube, I hope I could be a Merc ?

[somber hawk]

you will be probably able to join a faction

[static compass]

Have they shown if the mercs will be back?

[somber hawk]

probably

[loud gate]

yes.. not shown, but said

[static compass]

[digital lynx]

Mercs ftw so badass

Its really cool that they showed new gameplay

I'm so excited now lol

[silver pagoda]

SHOT BY LONERS
FOUND WITH A STONE AROUND HIS NECK
THROWN OFF A CLIFF
OPERATION MONOLITH
HIDE
TORN APART BY DOGS
KILLED
MISSING
PRYPIAT
KILLED
DEAD
WILD ISLAND

[somber hawk]

what were you doing when pripyat died
i was playing CoP and heard
"pripyat is dead"
"no"

[digital lynx]

The weapon gameplay feels so good omg

It has a Warzone/Operator feeling to it

Without being too arcade they really nailed this part

Makes me wanna sell my pc and buy a fresh one, just for this game lmao

[hazy helm]

https://tenor.com/view/wwe-world-wrestling-entertainment-wrestling-wrestler-john-cena-gif-4632059

what

[digital lynx]

Yes kind of

Like the way he handles the gun

[hazy helm]

what

[digital lynx]

Yes

[digital lynx]

Lol not trying to be offensive

But I really like it

[hazy helm]

what is this guy saying

[digital lynx]

And the sound of the SVD is just perfect

They really nailed the sound of weapons it sounds like real life not gonna lie

[granite mortar]

I dunno
one guy says its too arcadey
other says its just like warzone :/

[digital lynx]

Its not arcade

[granite mortar]

yes it is

[somber hawk]

the recoil seems like gunslinger ong

[digital lynx]

Its just perfect, they really find a balanced between Arcade and Realistic

[somber hawk]

no muzzle climb no nothing

[hazy helm]

its supposed to be arcade

[digital lynx]

I'd say maybe not Warzone but like Insurgency Sandstorm maybe ?

[granite mortar]

never played that
because I hate sand

its rough and gets everywhere

[hazy helm]

the bad Insurgency game? yhea I played it

what about it

[somber hawk]

i only played insurgency and the recoil isnt even close

[digital lynx]

The only thing i want to see is the recoil of the HK 416 because the recoil of it in full auto is really hard to control in real life lol

[hazy helm]

the only rthing I want to see if every single HK416 in a burning pile of ashes so that HK gets the message

what a shit rifle

[nimble cipher]

smolbabyyoda has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[digital lynx]

Im not gonna complain

[digital lynx]

No ? It's cool, heavy but cool but heavy yes

[hazy helm]

it looks like swiss cheese, even worse, its fucking german, made by the spanish

https://tenor.com/view/cat-cats-catsoftheinternet-get-up-standing-cat-gif-23554018

this is an affront to Stoner

[somber hawk]

they should remake the full auto recoil from anomaly into stalker 2 that recoil is fire 🔥

[hazy helm]

what

what does that mean

[somber hawk]

the full auto recoil in anomaly is peak

[hazy helm]

???

[digital lynx]

I mean who really gives a damn about the recoil honestly

[granite mortar]

thats just TAZ recoil

[hazy helm]

a whole lot of ppl

[digital lynx]

I'll just go semi auto

And I havent seen in the video if they did a fire selector animation

[hazy helm]

hopefully not

that would be so fucking ass

[digital lynx]

Why lmao

[somber hawk]

iirc there was no animation

[digital lynx]

Could have been cool tho

[somber hawk]

before the bayun fight they switch the g36 to 3 round burst and there is no animation

[hazy helm]

it is pretty cringe to have all these action stoppers, Im already iffy on the backpack animation and bandage animation, altho the backpack animation is still fast there is a serious delay on when the inventory screen is seen and closed, and it looks like movement is locked, which sucks

[hazy helm]

I should do a deep dive in the deep dive

[granite mortar]

Gunslinger is canon for S2?

[digital lynx]

You prefer a more fast paced game dont you

[hazy helm]

I will bash a skull in

[hazy helm]

yes I like stalker

[lean quiver]

Absolute dissapointment if we can't join factions

[digital lynx]

It kills the immersion to be honesy

[somber hawk]

Stalker was never really about stealth it was just pew pew= fun

[granite mortar]

I will want Sergiy back if its the case

[digital lynx]

Too fast kills the immersion

[hazy helm]

yhes it kills immersion to stop every minute for some random ass animation,

its just annoying as fuck]

[celest goblet]

Original stalker was pretty fast but still perfectly immersive

[digital lynx]

The devs put a lot of work into the atmosphere, the graphics, the landscape, would be a shame playing the game way too fast

[hazy helm]

you should stealth the agroprom military outpost sometime

[hazy helm]

ayo, this sounds dumb asf, you got real talent

https://tenor.com/view/el-risitas-juan-joya-borja-ratones-coloraos-laugh-meme-laughing-man-gif-24899295

[digital lynx]

Ok if you say so

[lean quiver]

Is this really a moderator lol

[digital lynx]

Lol

[celest goblet]

I'm fine with what we have seen. The animations shown are pretty short

[hazy helm]

noooooo the guy is sprinting, hes not gonna appreciate our world design

[granite mortar]

I love the fast combat of Stalker
its prefect cross between semi-modern FPS and boomer shooter

[hazy helm]

nooooo hes doing full auto, nooo how are we to show him models
as tho I cant see them already

[digital lynx]

No like, rushing the game jumping everywhere, speedrunning the game

[somber hawk]

one of the best ways to play stalker is to first beat the game quickly and then replay it and see all the details you missed

[granite mortar]

just do it like lost alpha and lock running at like 120% of walking speed

[digital lynx]

But yeah you can play how you want to play i don't care

But hey its just my pov anyways

[hazy helm]

you can have all these things and still rush the game and not look at anything, the speed of animations or them being there is not dictating how fast of callously you take things

[hazy helm]

well yhea but thats just bc LA sucks

[granite mortar]

at least it doesnt have Gunslinger integrated

[hazy helm]

the new ones do LMAO

[granite mortar]

[celest goblet]

Lol

[granite mortar]

the revised?

[hazy helm]

https://tenor.com/view/neekeri-kissa-funny-cat-wheelchair-gif-17334150

[digital lynx]

I'll take my time honestly, looting every single thing, talking to every npc

[hazy helm]

it is funny that every time ppl tryn to remix LA they make worse

like'

[granite mortar]

I didnt play revise as it seems even more abysmal than prior versions

[hazy helm]

[digital lynx]

Playing the game and spend countless hours on it

Feels like a good deal

[somber hawk]

Lost alpha and gunslinger sounds like hell 💀

[spring wedge]

Crouching still worked I just got stuck under the rocks and couldnt get out

I blew myself up to get out lol

[digital lynx]

I'll put difficulty to the hardest because it's not really stalker if its not really difficult 😅

[granite mortar]

0.5km/h running speed combined with coming to full stop when holstering a weapon

[hazy helm]

mhe stalker is easay as fuck, diff isnt the deciding factor for what is stalker

[digital lynx]

Lol

But anyways i'm hyped, i hope i could customize Ak with rails like Zenitco stuff, if you can be a merc that would definitely be a win

[somber hawk]

stalker games are hard if you dont know shit about them

[hazy helm]

if I see a zenitco ak I will fly to Grigas house and have him cut the rails of an HK

[granite mortar]

I love when mods make movement so slow it gives you time to re-evaluate your life choices and repeatedly ask yourself why are you even playing it

[hazy helm]

as DIVINE PUNISHEMENT

WHO THE FUCK PUTS ZENITCO ON AN AK

[digital lynx]

A merc maybe ?

[hazy helm]

if hes a fucking pussy maybe\

[digital lynx]

I mean you're duty thats understandable from a duty

[hazy helm]

wdym

I do not have a faction

[digital lynx]

Oh i thought

Lol

[hazy helm]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/862389318656196679/1259601151326945290/frans-frans-lars.gif

[granite mortar]

why would a merc do it?

[hazy helm]

I mean

[digital lynx]

But mercs with high tech equipements and weapons would be understandable

[granite mortar]

no

[hazy helm]

if the merc had the worst fucking fashion sense in the zone

tghe mercs dont have the best highest tech equip in the zone

this is false

[digital lynx]

Aren't they ex high trained soldiers ?

[granite mortar]

no

[digital lynx]

From everywhere around the globe ?

[lean quiver]

Why is there so much spacing in the text in news sections of the website

[granite mortar]

they are poor villagers from armania

[hardy bear]

I love how some of the posts in the answers channel are getting 10s of thumbs ups but I don't even know what the answer was :|

[hazy helm]

who knows, we know many are ex stalkers, and from other places, all we know is that they are ruthless and secretive

[somber hawk]

the only modification you should be able to do is remove the recoil spring and turn your ak into bolt action

[digital lynx]

Lmao ak into bolt action would be an SKS then

Kinda

[granite mortar]

no
Mercs judging by accents are from Aremnia, which makes sense as well
Hiring soldeirs from such country is cheap
they arent professional fighters
they are goons
they dont have tacticool M4s
majority of them use AKs
Plain old AK-74s with just scope

[digital lynx]

Except its not bolt

[granite mortar]

the lower ranking ones use AK-74u

[digital lynx]

Where have you seen that lol

[granite mortar]

you seem to confuse "SKS" with "boring as hell"

in SoC and CoP

[hazy helm]

its called stalker games

[granite mortar]

mercs during Rookie Village assault use AK-74us
mercs in Wild Territory have AK-74s
only high ranking carry TRs-301s

[digital lynx]

Armenia ? Wtf no ?

[hazy helm]

yes

[digital lynx]

Where did you find that statement lmfao

[granite mortar]

and no, there isnt single mention of them being from around the world
the PDA entry in SoC saying they are pros is likely a buildo remnant sicne in CS they are goons

[hazy helm]

their VAs accent

we do have Merc Voicelines

[digital lynx]

Oh god ..

[static compass]

Aren't mercs supposed to come from all over the world?

[granite mortar]

again
majority of PMCs have fighters from africa and countries like Armenia since its cheap
Blackwater failed since western PMCs are expensive to keep running

[digital lynx]

Just because they hired someone armenian that speaks ukrainian does that make them armenian ?

And also aks 74u because of game engine

[granite mortar]

fym?

[digital lynx]

Dont tell me devs could make an ak105 zenitco rails or ak 12 in 2008 lmfao

[hazy helm]

we know that the ones weve seen are from the Balkan regions, we have nevber seen a Merc thats not from there

[hazy helm]

https://tenor.com/view/puke-sick-messy-gif-14520737

[digital lynx]

Maybe its russians mercs who know lol

[granite mortar]

mercs use AK-74u because they dont have budget to give anything better to their rookies

[hazy helm]

I dont know whats worse your takes or your taste in weapons

[hazy helm]

yhea maybe theyre martians

maybe I fucked your mom last night, who knows?you werent there

you didnt see

but I was

[digital lynx]

Lol

[granite mortar]

well Martians have to be real prose since theres 0 documented deaths on Mars

[still ridge]

Mostly only an issue on console

[somber hawk]

maybe its the boykisser pmc

[still ridge]

You don’t need the weapon wheel if you have keypads

[hazy helm]

they are africans

I know

[granite mortar]

Jamal?

[hazy helm]

I telepathically beamed Sergei information during Stalker developmenty

[digital lynx]

Yeah they are africans coming from Lybia

[granite mortar]

[hazy helm]

I have a code phrase for activation

"Pepsi Sucks"

[granite mortar]

where did Grigorovich being addicted to Pepsi even come from?

[hazy helm]

bc he genuingely is

[granite mortar]

yeah but where did he say it?

[digital lynx]

He is addicted to Budweiser too

[hazy helm]

it was all that he drunk throught the documentaries and employes say he has a problem with em\

[granite mortar]

he isnt addicted to Cossacks Vodka

[still ridge]

Do we know what the 7.62x39 weapon is?

[granite mortar]

[somber hawk]

sks probably and akm

[granite mortar]

lame downgraded Trophy AKM probably

[indigo marsh]

Isn't it just a chuck that come for armenia

[granite mortar]

no

[still ridge]

AKM would be cool

[indigo marsh]

Afaik they are mostly from the ex SSRs and some from other parts

[granite mortar]

yes but 7.62x54 one would be cooler

[granite mortar]

schutzstafel?

[indigo marsh]

No, soviet socialist

[granite mortar]

oh
thank god

[indigo marsh]

Slutty Waffel?

[granite mortar]

yes
they were very close to a flying waffle

[crisp ruin]

Bro don't know about his BMW Wheelchair

[still ridge]

SVU-A exists

[granite mortar]

[granite mortar]

I want full auto, rifle sized buzzsaw

Viper 5 but with big boy cartridge

[still ridge]

It is full auto and also a real weapon.

[granite mortar]

no 30 round mag

[still ridge]

7.62x39 AK in the zone would be nice

[granite mortar]

I want x54

[hardy bear]

I want .1234

[crisp ruin]

From this video btw https://youtu.be/V4SR00J6qAo?t=2741

[granite mortar]

or 7x57 rifle
it sounds really obscure but the round is surprisingly common hunting calibre

[digital lynx]

It will be in the zone lol

5,45x39 too i guess

[granite mortar]

[still ridge]

I think now there’s only one 5.56 weapon that can take an under barrel grenade launcher

[digital lynx]

Would be so weird not to have 7,62x39 and 5,45x39 as it is set in Ukraine lol

[still ridge]

It is a new caliber to the series

It’s probably an AKM

Wasn’t it an AKM in the psuedogiant teaser?

[digital lynx]

Yeah AK series

[still ridge]

We have AKS-74 and AKS-74U

[indigo marsh]

[indigo marsh]

Why not X64

[granite mortar]

I want PTRS in S2

[somber hawk]

it was a ak74

[digital lynx]

There will be AKM or AK74M or something

[granite mortar]

or TNSh

[somber hawk]

they should add the shak 12 fr

[digital lynx]

They cant do a remake without putting AK chambered in 7,62 lol

[granite mortar]

Shaq?

[somber hawk]

fr ong

[granite mortar]

[digital lynx]

The ash

ASh 12

[indigo marsh]

Snipex makes the PTRS if it was good

[digital lynx]

Basically a reversed ak lol

Bullpup ak if you want

[indigo marsh]

Sniper that shoots Soviet anti tank round from WW2?
Yes please

[digital lynx]

I hope they really nailed the weapon customization part ive put high hopes to it

[granite mortar]

14.5x114 my beloved

[indigo marsh]

Caliber changes like in CS would be cool

[digital lynx]

Yes even visually

Like visual customization, weve all seen the G36 double mag

[somber hawk]

also in CoP

[digital lynx]

I think it's a modification maybe, if we can customize our weapon as if it was our own then its good

[indigo marsh]

CoP has caliber change modifications?

[somber hawk]

yeah

not very significant tho

[still ridge]

In the original, I think there were 3 5.56 weapons that could take an under barrel grenade launcher

[indigo marsh]

Is it only for a specific gun?

[still ridge]

In stalker 2, I only think the HK416 can take it

[somber hawk]

like you can change bunch of pistols from either 9x19 to 9x18 and vice versa

[still ridge]

Several weapons iirc

[somber hawk]

also some can even become full auto

[still ridge]

If not most

[indigo marsh]

Wish there was a day one mod to replace the HK 416 with the LR 300

[somber hawk]

martha can be upgraded to 3 round burst and the udp + some other gun can be upgraded to full auto

[digital lynx]

Why so many hate towards the HK 416 ?

Its a good weapon

[somber hawk]

brick

[digital lynx]

Even in real life, its a good rifle

[still ridge]

Because there’s no LR-300 or L85 that we know of

Also no F2000 as far as we know either

so for 5.56 weapons you have the choice of… G36 or HK416.

[somber hawk]

they said that theres over 33 guns and the og trilogy also had 33 so 💀

[still ridge]

Oh also the kharod

I forgot about that, it can take an M203

[digital lynx]

I'd take the 416

[somber hawk]

g36 could take a granade launcher iirc after you modified it

[still ridge]

If it can take a UGB I would take it

[digital lynx]

Yes

[still ridge]

I forgot the IWI Carmel which IRL is only semi automatic

[worn oar]

https://tenor.com/view/stan-twitter-monkey-sad-depressed-bored-gif-14632661802414689947

[granite mortar]

Monke

[still ridge]

I don’t think so

It has a UGB IRL but I’m not sure if that made it to the zone

Unjam animations are going to be epic

[digital lynx]

Yes g36 has a grenade launcher under its barrel

[still ridge]

Not in stalker

Maybe stalker 2

[spring apex]

clear sky's g36 can mount granat launcher

[still ridge]

@granite mortar Malyuk or Fort 221

Both bullpup 5.45 weapons

[granite mortar]

Id rather run around the Zone with just knife than use a bullpup

[digital lynx]

Not a fan of bullpup weapons

[still ridge]

I don’t think they can get grenade launchers

[digital lynx]

Except FAMAS the rate of fire is crazy and unique

[granite mortar]

thats like reason number 3057357 for why not to use them

[still ridge]

That’s number 1 for me

[spring apex]

[pearl jacinth]

THE ZONE

[still ridge]

Luv me underbarrel grenade launchers

‘Ate dogs

Simple as

[digital lynx]

Pseudogiants ====> GL

[granite mortar]

yes
pseudogiants bring good luck

[still ridge]

Monolith ===> GL

[digital lynx]

Yes monolith gave me a hard time in anomaly

In the EFP mod

[static compass]

Psuedorovich

[granite mortar]

noo
you made me remember that picture of pseudogiant with Sids face
eww

[pearl jacinth]

realorovich

[granite mortar]

[still ridge]

https://drukarnia.com.ua/articles/zbroya-z-treileriv-stalker-2-7_yso

All weapons we’ve seen so far

30 of 35

[digital lynx]

Lol i was about to share it too

[calm bough]

[grim palm]

[calm bough]

Sargoth looking for another snork

[grim palm]

[grim palm]

I see they grill themselves in the new game. Pre-cooked snorks

[calm bough]

you replayed that part at least 20 times

[still ridge]

Not sure what the point is in having both the fort 221 and the Malyuk

[grim palm]

[calm bough]

[hardy bear]

are they both rather similar?

[indigo marsh]

Stalker trilogy made me love the LR 300 and the HK416 is replacing it

[still ridge]

They’re 5.45 Bullpups that don’t take grenade launchers

[loud gate]

article does not have all of them

[spring apex]

fort 221 is basically tavor, malyuk is an AK mated with tavor basically

like the safety switch, receiver, etc is still AK style but covered in tavor's body lol

[still ridge]

We don’t know if the revolver can be used

[loud gate]

lmao

[still ridge]

We also don’t know if the mosin is in the game

So that’s two that we don’t have solid information on

[spring apex]

need more bolt actions in stalker

[still ridge]

At least we have R700

[loud gate]

[spring apex]

yeah man, one

but its good i agree

just need the 7.62mmR bolt action for its counterpart

[crisp ruin]

[spring apex]

honestly that r700 in the screenshot can't really be identified since the chassis is aftermarket

[hardy bear]

Actually that’s a point, thinking about it now I’d kill for some kind of bolt action sniper

Might actually be beneficial given the new map size

[granite mortar]

just to be clear
By AG-30 I mean the automatic grenade launcher, not the guitar amp

[dim topaz]

Only 35 kinda meh tbh. Maybe DLC will bring more I guess

[sand fiber]

considering in-game weaponmods and everything it's alright

[grim palm]

LR 300 is a unique take on the AR-15 rifle, HK416 is an absolute beast of a take on the AR-15 rifle though.
But there is room for both. Would love to see an updated take on the LR 300. Pretty amazing seeing some actually custom build an airsoft based on it.

[celest blaze]

To be fair are you realistically going to even use them all? 35 is fine imo

I used maybe 4/5 weapons throughout the entire trilogy

And going by the mods most are just boring ak reskins

[worn oar]

[still ridge]

Like… Fort 221 and Malyuk will be pretty much identical gameplay wise

[celest blaze]

Fr

[still ridge]

Unless Malyuk gets a grenade launcher

I will be using the HK416

[dawn grotto]

Oh monolith please misplace 152,000$ dollars into gsc's bank account and my life is yours

[wide flume]

I’m happy with Ak

[agile pebble]

Will p90 be in stalker 2?

[celest blaze]

All I need is an an94 and saiga 12 and I'm happy

[loud gate]

[wide flume]

[celest blaze]

I know something that's not NDA || I'm in stalker 2 ||

[finite dragon]

ofc your a bayun

[wide flume]

PRAISE IT BE GSC, GIVE ME A GAME KEY FOR A EARLY ACCESS VERSION

[celest blaze]

[celest blaze]

Fellow stalker players are now closing in on your location

[wide flume]

KITTTY

[celest blaze]

🫵

[wide flume]

What if pet dog in zone named gort

Feed gort to keep alive

Gort become wizard dog

Gort cast spells turning stalkers into dwarfs

[balmy forum]

When the controller mutant does his mind magic, the player should hear a voice, something to the effect of "GET OUT OF MY SWAMP"

[umbral mirage]

Hello ive got a question to ask

[finite dragon]

Is this what happened to your father before he left you and your mother?

[celest blaze]

Ask

[umbral mirage]

I have purchased the ultimate edition on steam how do i get the other goodies like the patches and the map and figures and stuff ?

[still ridge]

That’s physical edition

[umbral mirage]

Oh does the physical edition come with a steam code?

[still ridge]

I think so

[umbral mirage]

But you cant buy the physical yet is that correct?

[still ridge]

Something along those lines, some people have been able to get them but they sell out quick.

Have them pre ordered*

[umbral mirage]

Ah

So theres only a limited amount i guess?

[still ridge]

I think so. The demand is greater the supply or something like that. Probably they’ll be available again once more are made. That’s just my guess though

[umbral mirage]

Fair enough

So theres like probably no way to reserve a spot to be able to get the items

[dim topaz]

I like guns 🙂
But tbh it's more about variety and having options, rather than using all of them

The originals had a similar amount of guns so it's not really a big step up

[ruby warren]

Honestly as soon as I find the VSS that’s all I’m going to use lol

[limpid kraken]

different arsenals for different runs is my motto

after I beat the game and have gotten a feel for it, I wanna do a cowboy playthrough. Six iron/trenchcoat only run.

if there happen to be lever action weapons (doubt but would be fun), I use them too.

whoever makes a dual wield mod is a

[lethal orchid]

Yeah but what about the new arsenal😳

7😳😳😳

[limpid kraken]

I value variety when it comes to arsenals 👀

[tropic summit]

Just started CoP, what is this little guy with a trenchcoat

[sand fiber]

who

[celest goblet]

burer?

[pale lintel]

i like to imagine what my favorite games would look like if made by different devs and i realized i haven't done it for stalker

what if bethesda/cdpr/ubisoft made a stalker game

[sand fiber]

uhgggghhghgh

[limpid kraken]

It's hard to imagine a Bethesda STALKER, because I don't think they could fully commit to the grittiness and dark atmosphere. Bethesda like a balance between seriousness and off-the-wall humor, especially in Fallout. Cliche joke incoming: the bugs would still be plentiful ayuck

[sand fiber]

cdpr would be kinda the same actually, bethesda would be spiritually the same (a broken half-finished underbaked mess that doesn't even qualify as an rpg), but practically very different, ubisoft is ummmmmmmmm

[limpid kraken]

Ubisoft STALKER already exists, it's called Far Cry New Dawn.

And yeah, I think if CDPR made a STALKER game they'd nail it the best

[sand fiber]

i mean Witcher 1 already feels like SoC

maybe has something to do with both of them being slavic 2007 games, dunno :3333

[sand fiber]

also bethesda DOES NOT have a creative development process unlike 2002-2006 GSC

[pale lintel]

let's pick some more random devs: rockstar, bioware, kojima, etc :p

[limpid kraken]

holy shit I'd love to see Kojima produce a stalker game

[sand fiber]

kojima would just do S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Oblivion Lost

[pale lintel]

imagine he pulls some PT shit with the anomalies

[limpid kraken]

Imagine Kojima brings in Guillermo del Toro on the project

[sand fiber]

CS is very rockstar-esque in it's linearity i feel

[limpid kraken]

then they'd make the game more like the Tarkovsky movie

[sand fiber]

and bioware ughhhh

[pale lintel]

STALKER starring Norman Reedus

[sand fiber]

i tried to start mass efect 1 once but quit 5 minutes after

[limpid kraken]

Skif romances all the sapient mutants

[sand fiber]

:3

[limpid kraken]

"I'll never forget... the day you took control of my heart."

😳

[sand fiber]

cyberpunk 77 romance quests in stalker when

[pale lintel]

OH you know who i'd love to see do a take on STALKER? Obsidian Entertainment

[sand fiber]

i meannnnnn

vibes don't match imo

[limpid kraken]

yeah, it's the same problem as Bethesda. Both of those studios like to inject quirky humor into their games, and I don't think they're very capable of playing it straight

that's not a criticism, btw, just their styles

[sand fiber]

nah, stalker has quirky humor running in its veins

[limpid kraken]

yeah but a lot of that is unintentional lol

[dawn geyser]

I just got stalker on Xbox, why is there no Russian audio settings? I thought the original game was in Russian

[limpid kraken]

between the bugs anomalies and the English dub

GET OUT OF HERE STALKER intensifies

[sand fiber]

nope
if you research devcontent a bit more you'll find out that even release SoC has A LOT of silly inside-jokes and stuff

[sand fiber]

It was

[limpid kraken]

Damn, it's rough not having full subtitles for all the random NPC dialogue

[sand fiber]

oh i just realized you people don't hear the constant barrage of anecdotes everywhere

[pale lintel]

I'd love to see Arkane's take on STALKER as well (more Prey and Dishonored than Redfall please)

[sand fiber]

IMSIM STALKER IS REAL

[limpid kraken]

but what I mean to say it, STALKER is very grounded, even with its humor. Obsidian/Bethesda on the other hand are very fond of whacky, borderline cartoonish humor.

Classic Arkane STALKER would be dope

[static compass]

You can trace Fallout's wacky humor to all the way back when Interplay owned it

[sand fiber]

i need to play FO2 fr

[limpid kraken]

that moment when Sgt. Arch Dornan notices you are out of your exoskeleton

[static compass]

He rants at me and I'm just there like

[pale lintel]

just imagine what stalker would look like with all the creation engine's uhhh idiosyncracies

[limpid kraken]

let's be real, Creation Engine and X-Ray are brothers from other mothers

[sand fiber]

our janky but fun x-ray versus their buggy and stupid creation engine

[static compass]

Someone fully recreated SoC's map in Fallout 4

Very faithfully might I add

You spawn into Cordon and make your way north until you get to the CNPP

[pale lintel]

i have to applaud them for the effort

[limpid kraken]

welp, looks like I'm reinstalling Fallout 4 again

[static compass]

I'll check the mod name for you lol

[limpid kraken]

I think I'm at it. Man, why does the entrance have to be all the way in the Glowing Sea? Just put that shit right outside the vault.

[sand fiber]

honestly if you want to experience what stalker would be like from different devs just play total conversion mods
you'll go insane

[static compass]

Oh you got it that quick? Lol

[limpid kraken]

ha I just googled "fallout 4 shadow of chernobyl"

came up quick

[static compass]

Lol

Shockingly faithful recreation

[pale lintel]

lol i love stalker as is but this is more of a mental exercise i like to do with all my favorite games

[limpid kraken]

Damn, I gotta recreate Strelok in the character creator

[static compass]

Can't remember if it had the brain scorcher or not

But I know Pripiat is in it

And Rostok

[sand fiber]

play goldsphere. now.

:333

[solid cosmos]

I wouldn't want Bethesda to make a Stalker game. not because I don't like Bethesda, but I don't think Stalker would translate very well to the creation engine. Just like Bethesda games wouldn't do very well in other engines. That and the way Bethesda makes video games is very different than the type of game that Stalker is. I think they could do it, but it wouldn't be like we'd want it to be

Frankly I wouldn't want 4A to make a stalker game either, or anyone else. It's in good hands where it is.

[static compass]

The closest 4A got to making Stalker was Metro Exodus

[solid cosmos]

And for whatever reason I could not stick with that game. I've tried a few times and I just lose interest right around getting to the caspian sea

and I loved the first 2 metro games.

[static compass]

Loved Exodus

[sand fiber]

nah, 2033 is the closest

[solid cosmos]

I should give exodus another shot.

[sand fiber]

i need to replay it :з

[static compass]

It and its DLC's are good

[pale lintel]

i'm waiting to read 2035 before playing exodus 🙂

[sand fiber]

as well as cyberpunk after i get a new gpu

[limpid kraken]

I enjoyed Exodus, but every time I try a second playthrough I lose interest. Even when I upgraded to a fancy RTX PC and played that shit at max settings, I got bored. One of those games where one playthrough is fine with me

[static compass]

I dunno, I liked it a lot, sniping on Caspian is fun

[sand fiber]

i remember only liking the kazakhstan level and novosibirsk

[static compass]

Fair, fair

[sand fiber]

sam dlc was cool too

[static compass]

I think that's Caspian, if I recall you never go to Kazakhstan, you just have a Kazakhstani member on the team

[sand fiber]

caspian is kazakhstan

[static compass]

Well, Caspian sea does touch Kazakhstan, so I guess it makes sense

Never thought about it

[limpid kraken]

geography moment

[static compass]

[sand fiber]

i mean all the people on the level are asians, and the subplot is one of your comrades discovering the lab their mother worked at or smth like dat iirc

i'm psure it's mentioned multiple times

[static compass]

Yee

I remember now

[dawn geyser]

There’s no option for it on console I guess

[cobalt nexus]

So….has the yellow paint been discussed yet? Is it going to be able to be turned off?
The gameplay deep dive was great but console players might want a pointer on the inventory screen like a mouse and yeah…the yellow paint. This isnt ubisoft or capcom. Its Stalker.

[lethal orchid]

I highly doubt you'll be able to turn it off, but yes, it is a little disappointing

[broken latch]

#📜┃ask-gsc

[nimble cipher]

balelei has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[dawn grotto]

Bethesda is incompetent af

uses the same buggy engine and in each games that are years apart still has the same bugs

doesn't even take the time to make a whole new engine or just fix it

their npc's are stale and robotic as hell

their gameplay balancing is garbage and their GUN DESIGN IS AWFUL

the only reason why people even play their games is mods, lore and world building

[solid cosmos]

Lmao whatever you say buckaroo.

[limpid kraken]

Basedthesda

[jaunty junco]

starfield felt like modded skyrim and not in a good way at all

[solid cosmos]

To each their own. I enjoyed my time with it.

[limpid kraken]

It's far from my favorite Bethesda title, but I thought it was decent. Will jump back in once they add the buggy

[solid cosmos]

I think that's probably coming during gamescom.

[limpid kraken]

noice

[solid cosmos]

Probably alongside the announcement for the DLC release date

Idk if it's my favorite bethesda title, it might be cause I put way more time in it, in one sitting than I have any of the other games in the last decade, so idk lol.

Loved the ship combat and customization, was pleased with that.

[cobalt nexus]

Im sure someone will make a mod for it if its not.

[solid cosmos]

Im not too fused about the yellow paint, it doesn't feel as stand out as it is in other games where it looks like a fresh coat of paint. In Stalker 2 it's faded and peeled, it looks natural to the world and is easily ignored.

[cobalt nexus]

I can agree with that. Its almost as if a big console publisher said “we want yellow paint so people dont get lost” so GSC put in the bare minimum amount to try please everyone.

[solid cosmos]

Like in uh.. Still wakes the deep? It's set on an oil rig and there is a lot of yellow paint in places, but it fits into the world space because yellow is the color for caution and things, especially on an oil rig where it is ac ommon color for guardrails and other things.

For stalker 2, the buildings are old, the paint is peeling, it's fine. I'd have a problem with it if it was just fresh coats of yellow paint slathered on things.

Like the only place I saw it was in the church? I don't even think it was in other places, but I was so taken by everything else I may have missed it in other places.

[cobalt nexus]

Yeah theres ways to do things so they make sense. I do wonder if the recent delays were so they can add more accessibility features. Im actually all for this but it would be nice to have a “hardcore” option.
Like you said though it may only be in certain locations. Perhaps the start of the game I dont know.

[solid cosmos]

I don't think it's something for people to really worry about. Maybe you can turn it off, but it isn't like it's going to impact the game, but who knows. Maybe they will chang the color from yellow to red and people will suddenly not be mad anymore lol

[cobalt nexus]

Yeah. The bright side is that this is all I have a problem with. I was really trying to be objective and not a fanboy. I really think this could be game of the year.

[broken latch]

lmao

[solid cosmos]

I will unashamedly be a fanboy because I am a fan of the game and series. I will happily play whatever vision GSC has for the game.

Give me my stalkerslop and let me have my fun.

[broken latch]

I love stalker

But few things I saw

In s2

Makes it look less like stalker idk

[dawn grotto]

?

[solid cosmos]

That's fair I guess. I didn't get any of that. everything I saw made it look like stalker to me. Sure some things could be tweaked like the grabbing of artefact animation probably needs a touch up, but that's not gonna ruin the game fo rme

[broken latch]

To me it looked more like anomaly

When I send the deep dive to my friend, he also said it looked like anomaly

But to be fair, we both just skimmed through the vid

[solid cosmos]

I think the biggest thing I dislike is the use animations for food and drink and stuff. THAT feels anomaly-like, so I have a revulsion to it lol.

I hope you can turn them off, if you can then that's great.

Everything else felt like classic stalker to me

[broken latch]

First mods to come out will stalker-fy the game

[cobalt nexus]

An animation mod. Turn them off or speed them up

[solid cosmos]

I just would like to remove them for sure. I don't mind the healing item usage animations, but they weren't in the original trilogy either. I know things change and upgrade over time, it's whatever. as a player I should be able to adapt to that and I intend to try to at least.

[gaunt burrow]

Hi guys

[cobalt nexus]

Hi

[vale patrol]

Old school I see

[cobalt nexus]

Stalker 2 Old World mod

[vale patrol]

I like ‘em I never did like the idea of using things and they just magically apply without an animation tbh

[solid cosmos]

And that's fair enough.

[vale patrol]

Makes it more real since you actually see em doing it

And you can’t spam heals anymore because you actually have to apply the first and do the animation

Like irl lmao so shits gonna be cool

[cobalt nexus]

I like the animations unless you are getting torn apart buy dogs while you bandage

[vale patrol]

Lmao facts

Gotta create distance tho

So they not a problem

[solid cosmos]

Like I'm not a fan of the backpack appearing when you open the inventory. Og trilogy let you move while you opened your inventory, but I can get used to that because it's the same for the console versions. Opening the inventory makes you unable to move.

There are things I will have to get used to for sure.

[vale patrol]

Metro vibes

[gaunt burrow]

@glossy blade I'll be busy for a while (real life stuff plus plans of my own for the future) so I won't be online for a while. Instead of having the helper role but being inactive and not contributing to anything I'd rather get it removed

[vale patrol]

Its all things to make the game more immersive at the end of the day

The tech is just better now and they have the a illity so I definitely understand why a immersive experience like stalker would like to have an animation now for the bag and inventory now that they can compared to an invisible pit where your mind just has to make up where you pulled it from 😭

There was a video I had watched about metro that explained details like this

Like how in metro there’s also a bag and a real time book to pull up quests

[solid cosmos]

I never had trouble being immersed in the OG trilogy. I could easily imagine that I was digging through a backpack, I didn't need to be shown an animation of it, but I get what you're saying.

[vale patrol]

Makes the game seamless and that your not pausing it

But actually doing it

[vale patrol]

Yeah no fact I understand that I’m the same I love that shit lmao

Never had an issue roleplaying it in my mind sort of speak

[gaunt burrow]

Done

[vale patrol]

But now that it’s actually there and happening it’s way fkn cooler 😎

[solid cosmos]

and that's fair enough. I will take time to appreciate it, especially since it isn't Tarkov ripped animations thrown in stalker.

[vale patrol]

Facts

[solid cosmos]

Like I said, I'll enjoy whatever vision GSC has for stalker 2.

[vale patrol]

Rip Ps5 boys

[solid cosmos]

I'm not going to assume to know the Stalker IP better than the developers making it.

[vale patrol]

I was trying to explain to them today that it’s an Xbox exclusive

They kept saying to people after the deep dive just buy a ps5 😭

Would’ve made the poor people waste their money

[solid cosmos]

It does seem to be that way it will shake out.

[vale patrol]

Idk all I know is though I need to catch back up on all the lore

I don’t wanna go into stalker 2 missing a thing so I know every callback 😂

[solid cosmos]

Anomalous Dugout has like 20 videos with your name on it

[vale patrol]

Lmao true indeed

The will of that man to continue the day counter is crazy lmao

A new fact every day 💀

[sand fiber]

thankkk :333

[gaunt burrow]

@pseudo rivet @worn oar @stuck pewter @obsidian trail @granite mortar @indigo marsh @finite dragon @sand fiber @old jungle @loud gate @worthy lagoon @hazy helm @wide aspen @still ridge @remote crow @solid dome @silver pagoda @rocky shadow @finite dragon and others I forgot to mention. I want to thank you all guys. It was fun talking to all of you here. I enjoyed time I spent here but sadly I have to go inactive for a very long time due to my future plans and real life stuff so don't expect to see me online anytime soon. Take care y'all (1 small request to Mol1t or other mods: feel free to remove the helper role)

[sand fiber]

oh ;_;

[vale patrol]

Wish you well brother

[finite dragon]

Good luck king 🫡

[sand fiber]

good luck with whatever awaits you!!

[rocky shadow]

Damm. Good luck man. Hope to see to again.

[wide aspen]

thanks to you too, it was also fun talking to you, you were awesome, good luck to what ever you are facing and may you allways be well!

[solid cosmos]

Take care of yourself.

[stuck pewter]

damn man i hope you come back when you can

good luck

[cyan canopy]

Good hunting,Stalkers

[worthy lagoon]

But how are you going to play S2?

[safe badge]

I wish you all a good day be well

[prisma goblet]

Join duty protect your children from the WOKE propaganda of freedom ! 🔥 🔥🔥 🦅

[cyan canopy]

No!
Zone is gud!

[pseudo rivet]

Farewell, fellow Lore Master. May the Zone treat you well on travels. Remember, just as the Zone is a test, so is our life. I do not know what it is you'll be facing, but remember that you are able to cheat on tests, so you should absolutely do that

I wish you a good day, Marked Matt. Be well

[pearl jacinth]

good luck our there, brother

[obsidian trail]

Take care Matt,I wish you the best in life.
ძალა ერთობაშია
🇬🇪 ❤️ 🇧🇦

[sly matrix]

Best of luck dude, I'll look forward to your return. I hope you can find the time to enjoy stalker2 if it comes out before that.

[grim palm]

[karmic vale]

Hi

[sly matrix]

Read the room!

[gloomy knoll]

I cant read tho

[grim palm]

[tender torrent]

Thank you for everything you did for us and brought to everyone, your meticulous work on every detail, on every event was something that will be missed, until then it will be fine, have a good trip @gaunt burrow

[solid dome]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[celest heart]

good luck with your future plans and take care bro

[obsidian gust]

im trying to install gunslinger for cop but i dont know where my cop is installed i installed it with steam but what folder does it put it in?

[somber hawk]

C://steam/steamapps/common/Call of Pripyat (i think)

[obsidian gust]

thank you so much its there

[somber hawk]

np

[worn oar]

I wish you best of luck brother. Your absence will be noticed and stoc will not be whole until your return.

Farwell, Matt. You will be missed

[naive fog]

Seeya man, good times

[nova wedge]

Im late but really wish you the best man. Gonna be a lot different without you here

[crisp ruin]

Goodbye my fellow Georgian, Vizirat!

[random bridge]

are you the shoemaker

[worthy lagoon]

You shall be turned into a S2 character

[finite dragon]

You can no longer consult the legendary master of Stalker for story discussion and dialogue here ...

[worthy lagoon]

Check #📜┃s2_suggestions @worn oar @naive fog @nova wedge @solid dome @tender torrent @obsidian trail @sly matrix @pseudo rivet @stuck pewter @wide aspen @sand fiber @hazy helm

[gloomy knoll]

I will murder any and all Freedomers in Matts name in S2

[finite dragon]

I think I'll browse through them as my favorites.

[granite mortar]

[worthy lagoon]

Check suggestions

[vale patrol]

I’m so confused

So is it gonna be a Ps5 timed exclusive after some time on Xbox and PC ? Or Xbox and PC only

[worthy lagoon]

XBOX and PC exclusive

No news regarding PS5

[pseudo rivet]

He would actually dislike that

[gloomy knoll]

Gods and prophets cannot choose for what events their names are abused for

[pseudo rivet]

He's neither of those

[gloomy knoll]

Yet

[vale patrol]

Oh okay

[stable pivot]

any advice for clear sky master?

[sly matrix]

learn to recognize the phrases opponents use when throwing grenades so you can run like hell

[vale patrol]

Simple

[stable pivot]

alr

[vale patrol]

Hit ‘em in the head

[stable pivot]

well, i will prolly abuse a machine gun as a sniper ....

[vale patrol]

Shit that will work lmao

[sly matrix]

#🤨┃stalker_memes message

[vale patrol]

I’ve never played the stalker games on any other difficulty than master so I honestly couldn’t even tell you the difference

Gonna be the same with stalker 2 unless they have an iron man mode

Then I’m playing that

[stable pivot]

i palyed it on novice the first time and i just finished soc on amster so imma continue that way

[vale patrol]

Lit

Ever since I played ghost mode on recon wild lands every game I touch I have to play on the hardest difficulty

More a mental thing for me tbh to feel accomplished

Granted it’s a game so ain’t really acomishing shit lmao but still nonetheless

[worn oar]

Agreed

[solid dome]

Paint should go

It goes against immersion, doesn't improve it

Not everything should be made obvious....

Handholding the player is a huge mistake

[hardy bear]

Painting ladders is just wild to me. Like that one ladder out in the swamps that was the only ladder in a 5 mile radius… had paint

[solid dome]

Though, in general, the paint is the lesser evil. It could of been OBJECT HIGHLIGHTING

Imagine every object having yellow outline/glowup

[solid dome]

In-furrken-deed

[hardy bear]

I get why paint exists as a level design concept, but here it just doesn’t feel right. We know wood can be broken, so tutorialise that early then create ways to identify breakable wood through model and texture rather than a high contrast decal

[solid dome]

Making obvious things even obvioius for retards isn't helping anyone, not even retards

[solid dome]

Fvcking yeah, put it in the tutorial section. Very well said.

This is the moment where GSC collects feedback - should be done right now

Have a global poll, whatever the result is, you decide what to do - if people want it to stay, leave it be, if not, rework the thing

[hardy bear]

Like that whole ‘shoot the wooden plank through the hole’ thing could be one of the first things you do. Say you wake up in some facility and have to break out. Then the player knows to look out for planks with a certain look that are breakable.

Paint exists when game mechanics aren’t properly tutorialised or utilised enough to the point where players don’t ever look for them or even know it exists.

[solid dome]

I suppose they wont collect feedback in public (where they should)

[hardy bear]

But they could bypass that super easily while maintaining believability

[worthy lagoon]

I am talking about matt

[solid dome]

I am talking paint, dunno what you meant with Matt. He off for a bit, its normal.

[worthy lagoon]

Stashes with a orange reflective duffle bag

Not even my medical bag is that noticeable

[solid dome]

Look, mane

[worthy lagoon]

Why do I have a feeling that these very noticeable stuff were made for console players

[solid dome]

Should they want to do a "Very Easy" difficulty setting, have the paint there, who gives a damn. Though to do it on a grand scale and emphasize all across the game... hell naw.

[worthy lagoon]

Difficulty shouldn't change the usage of your eyes and brain

[solid dome]

Like the locked doors thing mechanic

If door is locked and there is hole in a wall, sure as hell people will figure out a way to open it. Why tell them to shoot crap. Plain obvious thought. Its called intuition.

[worthy lagoon]

Like, exploration is also being able to find your own path without hints

[solid dome]

GSC further confirms modern gamer has 10% cognitive function

[normal bobcat]

I wonder if GSC has any employees who worked on the og trilogy

[worthy lagoon]

10% would be a compliment

[solid dome]

Sure, one of them is Dmitry Iassenev, Lead A-Life Programmer (now fighting in the UA vs RU war)

[worthy lagoon]

They have

[worn oar]

oh

[solid dome]

Rahmi, modern gaming is actively pushing to ruin the game

Would you accept an IGN-ified STALKER sequel?

I'll make a poll out of that

[wide aspen]

pettition for matt?

[worn oar]

Nah, I don't even think that yellow paint thing will be present in the full game. The deepdive perhaps wished to show certain details and highlight them to show the mechanics of the game. That doesn't mean that we'll be seeing that kind of stuff everywhere.

[worn oar]

A small reward for our lore master. Something to monumentize him in someway.

[dapper finch]

Auto aim is an option for using a controller... As long as it's not mandatory

[worthy lagoon]

I don't see why bothering to make the stuff, it wouldn't make sense

[solid dome]

Auto aim on PC!

[worthy lagoon]

I doubt it would be a thing on PC, surely not mandatory

[dapper finch]

gamepads exist on pc, as seen with the demo

[solid dome]

Auto aim on mouse and kb

[worthy lagoon]

But well that's my take, console games kinda ruin PC games

[solid dome]

I am not talking console features, if I did, I would have mentioned it

We have 1 troll

This is meant to be serious poll.... don't vote if you are gonna abuse

[wide aspen]

i dont know what ign ified means, but aslong as the game be good aye

[sly matrix]

I've only seen auto-aim on pc one time

[dapper finch]

If you want a serious poll, don't weight it like a dick

[solid dome]

IGN-ified is turned into a glorious handholding simulator

Less thinking, more action

[worthy lagoon]

There's usually an option for those who plug a controller on PC

[worn oar]

Well, new players ig

[wide aspen]

i love console games because racing games or fighting games like yakuza are great on console, or most of story games like the last of us, its sometimes more comfy to lay on your bed with a screen infront of you

[solid dome]

I weight it the way it looks like it can turn out

If you don't like calling things with their real names, your problem

[dapper finch]

Like I said, auto-aim as an OPTION is absolutely fine, great even. Having it mandatory is game breakingly bad. You need to be clearer.

[wide aspen]

the only reason id play in a console is if the game was split screen like it takes two

[dapper finch]

Same with yellow paint. That's an accessibility feature if optional, immersion breaking if mandatory.

[wide aspen]

other than that pc wins

[solid dome]

Cant be clearer with Discord's freakingly absurd poll limitations

[dapper finch]

And physical games (though that's dying)

[solid dome]

55 letters arent enough and there is no way to put answer description to clear things off

[solid dome]

Molit refuses to say if its toggleable, giving the impression it's mandatory.

[dapper finch]

I don't think Mol1t understood that question

[solid dome]

Highly likely

[dapper finch]

Funny thing is I didn't even see the yellow paint until 3rd time watching, it's not like it was dayglow like most games with it

[hazy helm]

good luck with our irl stuff

[worthy lagoon]

I haven't seen an auto aim

[worthy lagoon]

The planks though...

[vale patrol]

What yellow paint?

[dapper finch]

Yeah first watch I just saw the player whacking the floor and surprisingly it worked

[vale patrol]

Oh shit lmao

[naive fog]

Based idea

[dapper finch]

Funny thing though

[vale patrol]

I’m watching it right now as wel speak and I literally see yellow paint on the ladder

[dapper finch]

I bet nobody has a problem with the red barrels exploding. Why is that unrealistic convention ok but not yellow paint for traversables?

[vale patrol]

Is that what y’all talking bout?

[dapper finch]

No the planks the player melees to drop down

[vale patrol]

Oh

Is it kinda like a guild that the player can interact with it

[granite mortar]

it existed in SoC too no?

[dapper finch]

Never encountered, maybe?

[granite mortar]

I think in rookie village, in one house there are planks blocking the door

might be modrot tho

[dapper finch]

Oh but those are nailed from the inside so whacking them is intuitive like HL crowbar use

[sly matrix]

Nah that's real

[dapper finch]

the planks in the deep dive are just... part of the floor

[granite mortar]

maybe they will glow yellow if you look long enough

[sly matrix]

Why are planks the hot topic anyway?

[worthy lagoon]

Because it tells you where to go

[naive fog]

Only bad thing shown

Not even that bad tbh

Just better to have them normal

[dapper finch]

And the red on the barrel tells you what to shoot. Unrealistic visual cues are not new.

[vale patrol]

Decided to play soldier?

[lean quiver]

maybe they should put yellow paint on mutants too

[vale patrol]

With me?

Maybe you can tell me where all the planks fit

[lean quiver]

so we know what to shoot

[worthy lagoon]

Yeah but it's not about exploration, and besides i never used explosive barrels

It's not about realism

[vale patrol]

Lemme stop yapping lmao

[worthy lagoon]

It's about that you should find your way without visual cues

Or at least, it shouldn't be paint

[oblique thistle]

[wide aspen]

whats goes on

[oblique thistle]

Nohing

[sly matrix]

Visual cues in this case would not have to be highlight. Could be cracks or rot

[dapper finch]

Reminds me of the Snatcher fight from Hat in Time, where he has no weak points until you literally paint him blue

[vale patrol]

97 days

[sly matrix]

Like my brain

[worthy lagoon]

Like with stashes too

[wide aspen]

there shouldnt be visual cues for map navigating, maybe for items, like a light flash for an item on the ground

[worthy lagoon]

Why is it an orange reflective duffle

[naive fog]

To blind people trying to steal from you

[dapper finch]

Think about it though, the player has no inherent way of knowing what is or isn't breakable. It's not like real life where you can figure it out based on the material properties

[vale patrol]

Likely gonna be toggable anyway

[wide aspen]

probably to tell the player " hey, storage!!1 "

[worthy lagoon]

Does the trilogy tell you that boxes are destroyable?

You just know because you tried it yourself

[vale patrol]

It would be cool if they do something similar to dying light 2 and just make hud presets, like imeersive/arcade/ normal

[dapper finch]

They're physics enabled and they do stand out visually

[vale patrol]

Something like that and Jesus my autocorrect 💀

[wide aspen]

why would you break anything than creates of ammunition, for example like in half life, the ammo box is diffrent from the other boxes

[vale patrol]

Shit failed me

[worthy lagoon]

That's just a lighting bug, but the physics is a hint

[dapper finch]

An object in the map being breakable is normal in games. A part of the map's geometry being breakable is very unusual.

[worthy lagoon]

I'd love to see IGN playing NLC or Goldsphere, imagine not being able to read

Some ppl are still looking for Nimble's stash in NLC

[worthy lagoon]

You can still figure it out yourself without the need of paint

There's no need to highlight it with paint

[wide aspen]

its pretty normal, its just that in older games its scripted, place bomb, break wall, open secret room, i believe if they do something like this you will get a hint, perhaps a dead stalker with a grenade in his hand near a blocked door or something

[dapper finch]

There's a reason why bombable walls got cracks in ALttP onwards

[worthy lagoon]

At least it's not paint

[dapper finch]

Ok then swap the paint for it looking rotten

[wide aspen]

sometimes you do need visual cues, but i think paint is too much

[worthy lagoon]

Good idea

[dapper finch]

Fair enough

[worthy lagoon]

The rotten planks are a good idea

[calm bough]

[wide aspen]

it could be a simple note of a stalker that said this wall is breakable

[dapper finch]

I know what mod I'm making now

[worthy lagoon]

I do believe that some gamers are incapable of reading

[wide aspen]

or like a notification after you loot a dead stalker like how it tells you about a stash, instead it tells you about a breakable wall

[wide aspen]

scratch the note idea off

[worthy lagoon]

I'd sentence those stalkers to play NLC

[dapper finch]

That's fine, not like the plank breaking is mandatory to kill the bayun

[wide aspen]

nlc is awesome

[worthy lagoon]

Like "Fuck you, read the notes and find the way yourself by looking around and look at the map"

[hardy bear]

Writing a Reddit post about this very topic, there are loads of ways they can tackle this to be honest

[worthy lagoon]

I was expecting better from the Bayun

[wide aspen]

my brain thinks, plank blocking door, shoot plank, grenade plank, hit plank in some way so it breaks, same with locks, or cracked walls, walls that look weak, it happens alot

[worthy lagoon]

Exactly

Or with the ladders

No need to paint them

[wide aspen]

yeah

or with anything that looks like it can be hit

[worthy lagoon]

In the trilogy the ladders you cannot use are either broken or set a little higher

[nimble cipher]

lamphyris has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[wide aspen]

good morning wolf

[worthy lagoon]

He said that his main concern is the AI

[lean quiver]

Sight

can´t have anything in discordia nowdays

[wide aspen]

i dont think i have concerns but i really do hope the AI is good, alot of new games are coming out with full indepth graphics and such, but the ai is something special

[lean quiver]

AI and anomalies is what sets stalker apart from other games for me

[sly matrix]

Can we give Wolf better AI?

[normal bobcat]

no

[sly matrix]

Okay

[normal bobcat]

wolf will consistently swat you on the hand because swear word hurt his widdle feewings

[sly matrix]

Not that consistently

I can call someone a dick or an ass

But when I use the word d i n k it's suddenly the end of the world

[naive fog]

You can call someone a retard but not shіtty

[lean quiver]

no way the AI warned me but not this lol

[sly matrix]

Yeah you got to memorize the list of cusswords with double meanings around here...

[dapper finch]

You supine protoplasmic invertebrate jellies

[worn oar]

None stalker veterans

[naive fog]

Or also use letters from different alphabets like the Cyrillic ones to make it so that you can say what is needed

[worn oar]

I myself find all other games easy af when it's not stalker. I got used to stalker exp and all else feels like shit

[lean quiver]

Your mom

[worn oar]

Where is the fun when you literally have everything marked and when the game is guided.

[lean quiver]

Hopefully we can disable that

[naive fog]

Better for the game to be like Gothic

Shit is real

[indigo marsh]

Good luck Matt. And I hope life treats you well.

[worn oar]

Easy there. Keep the chat chill and nice.

[lean quiver]

But he called us supine protoplasmic invertebrate jellies

[worn oar]

My message was for all. :smile_scar:

[granite mortar]

[naive fog]

[worthy lagoon]

You hurt my feelings

[dapper finch]

That's what building a wall around them then living in isolation in the zone is for

[normal bobcat]

[worthy lagoon]

Is that shiroko

[fossil urchin]

hello

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-blink-blinkingcat-cute-funny-gif-8859604814399687515

[indigo marsh]

Omg it's a weird version of

[indigo marsh]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/877520104911437825.webp?size=48

[normal bobcat]

Shiroko Terror.

[tough lance]

turned off the brain scorcher, got bored, will play the rest later

also cleaned out the military when exiting, mfs always come right after u finally manage something

[worthy lagoon]

Sp00ky

[tough lance]

its kinda weird theresnt any mission in pripyat (except for the doctor secret stash mission)

it just skips to chernobyl

[crisp ruin]

[granite mortar]

there are

[crisp ruin]

who tagging me

[tough lance]

pda doesnt have any mission set in priyat

[normal bobcat]

I mean once you reach Pripyat its the final stretch of the game

[granite mortar]

they only appear once you enter Pripyat,

but since you dont know what is there yet, no missions

[tough lance]

oh i see, i guessed that

[frozen sail]

is 20th november the final date?

[tough lance]

yeah

[frozen sail]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1047866388175405188/1273242163442094240/obraz_2024-08-14_132937591.gif

[tough lance]

i don think theyd do any more delays

[frozen sail]

i hope so =))

[tough lance]

they even started the preorders and dev deep dive

[frozen sail]

good sign

[tough lance]

so, its more likely that this is the final final

but since im new to the stalker, its the first final for me 🙂

i understand ur pain tho

[frozen sail]

yeah i just bought the game and even new GPU for the game but sadly its got delayed but im not mad at all

its better than like Cyberpunk who had more bugs than every game xd

[normal bobcat]

I've been waiting for 2 since its development was announced in 2018, original trilogy wasn't on my radar until late 2015.

[granite mortar]

to be fair with Cyberpunk it wasnt exactly the devs fault

and they fixed the game after release too

[tough lance]

better delayed for some months than rushed unfinished buggy game

[dense hatch]

so did nomansky and yet people rarely praise it

[hardy bear]

wondering how they are going to balance gunfights now that you can theoretically just onetap everyone

[granite mortar]

its not because they dont want to praise it, its because they forget no mans sky exists

[hardy bear]

mol1t back on the gsc answers grind

[celest blaze]

fr they should have never put that game on old gen

[granite mortar]

well they didnt choose to really

[celest blaze]

oh did sony and micro force them ?

[granite mortar]

if they didnt release at that time, their investors would leave

[celest blaze]

oh damn hmm

[mortal river]

wsp gang

[granite mortar]

[celest blaze]

cant say i blame them for that

[granite mortar]

well it would be either unfinished game or no game at all

[mortal river]

usually when games are bad its because the big investors take charge of the desicions

they are usually SO out of touch with the playerbase its insane

[celest blaze]

investors and shareholders ruin so many games

[mortal river]

like in COD

[granite mortar]

nah
CoD is just bad

[mortal river]

COD used to be serious and cool military fps, now its just fps fortnite.

[granite mortar]

Stalker on top

[celest blaze]

cod stopped being good many years ago ( ogmw2 )

[granite mortar]

CoD is bland gray game that caused stagnation of FPS genre

[hardy bear]

honestly yeah
even disregarding the visual aesthetic now it's general design is just not fun

[celest blaze]

tbh cod used to be innovative ( first few games ) but now its yearly slop

BRO i remember they were charging people for a basic red dot sight lol

[granite mortar]

wait was CoD the game that let you put attachments on PPSh-41 in like 1943? or was it battlefield?

[mortal river]

vanguard i think

[hardy bear]

bf hasn't had a ppsh for years so that'll be vanguard

[granite mortar]

damn

[mortal river]

vanguard sucked so bad lmao

[granite mortar]

like
who goes and says" I will let players customize their 1940s guns because that totally makes sense"

seriously is there something wrong with stock guns?

[mortal river]

The big investors chose inclusivity in a historically racist setting, making things suck for us history bros. They also had wild customization too lmao

[celest blaze]

did they even have red dots in the 40s ??

[mortal river]

no

[granite mortar]

hell no

they were lucky to get scope for their Mosin

[mortal river]

fr, scopes were not as common bc why use an external signt when your gun has one

irons are W tho I love my ironsights

[dense hatch]

that's the issue you had and not just the laser weaponry

what a mess of a series

[mortal river]

that too

[dense hatch]

don't know why anyone still plays it tbh

[mortal river]

and they do that weird crossover with wz so you get pushed to get the new game

[dapper finch]

haven't played cod in a long time, absolute waste of money

[mortal river]

tell me about it

70-100 DOLLARS FOR A DLC WITH A 4 HOUR STORY

[finite dragon]

HELLO

[dense hatch]

why do y'all pay so much for games

you get a 100th of a hollow knight for potentially 20 times the price

[dapper finch]

Back in the day my friends were playing it and I wanted to play with them, but now there's zero appeal

[indigo marsh]

Ello vro

[granite mortar]

the all new release of Skyrim every year is just too good of a deal

[dense hatch]

true....

[dapper finch]

Yeah, bet people are glad they got it on Stadia 😂

[jaunty pebble]

Stadia exists?

[dapper finch]

formerly

All of these streaming platforms die and your games along with them. Bloody onlive

[jaunty pebble]

Yea but I heard it was gonna get revived and got canceled again

[dapper finch]

ahahaha search for it, the site description is hilarious

"Stadia service is no longer available. Thanks for playing."

Thanks for your money, now go swivel

[dense hatch]

what was stadia's gimmick?

[limpid kraken]

anyone who was dumb enough to spend money on Stadia deserves to lose it

[dapper finch]

That google would support it properly 😂

Kinda tempted to pick up a cheap stadia controller as a novelty, they work as regular controllers for PC.

[gloomy knoll]

Didnt Nvidia or so have a stadia like Support?

[dapper finch]

geforce now

[gloomy knoll]

Yeah that was it

I am surprised that aint dead yet

[dapper finch]

It's got a decent install base because of the Shield TV

hah wow you can use stadia controller with the switch, nice and cursed

[lusty jetty]

Hello Stalkers. A wanna ask is these HW Req on Stalker 2 website still actual ? 🙂 I mean it's my RX 5700XT still enough to run it at 1080p ? ))

I just know these hw req are there really long time same

[pearl olive]

5700XT on 1080p yea i think you will be fine lol

they said they will update the min. specs if they feel its needed

[lusty jetty]

Okey thank you Stalker ♥

Have a really nice day btw

y'all

[dapper finch]

Good news then, I'm on a 3060 and that's similar specs

[slender crown]

how does one play stalker multiplayer, what are the choices if any?

[dense hatch]

mostly CS and CoP, and PVP

good luck getting a full match for any game modes though

[slender crown]

you can play co op multi on vanilla cs?