⭐┃nospoilers_general

[hazy helm]

I have no interest whatsoever in it

You need to rework the entirety of the gameplay in and of itself to make it work on 3d unless you mean to just, make it the same RPG game just in 3d at which point why bother

[dense hatch]

because fallout 1's isometric combat is kinda bad

2 has some QoL changes but 1 would be significantly improved by having better combat

[sand fiber]

wha

[granite mortar]

didnt you say you live in Australia?

[somber hawk]

new vegas is one of the best fallout games

[dense hatch]

people overhype it

[granite mortar]

wrong
its objectively the best

since it isnt from Bethesda

[dense hatch]

BoS also isn't from Bethesda

NV is good but it has some flaws besides being buggy and unstable at times

[finite dragon]

#💬┃en_offtop message
I'm in a city next door to Beijing. It's a shame I didn't get to meet them.

[granite mortar]

NV is good but it has some flaws besides being buggy and unstable at times

[gloomy knoll]

NV is good and it aint buggy and unstable like fallout 3

[dense hatch]

have you played NV like at all

[gloomy knoll]

Yes

[finite dragon]

NO

[gloomy knoll]

I have, several times over the last couple of years

[dense hatch]

NV has plenty of instability issues, it crashes in me if I alt tab, randomly kills the frame rate, and if I don't have music playing when I open it, the ingame music is broke

[indigo marsh]

Have you played any FO?

[gloomy knoll]

Strange those are problems I never encountered

[indigo marsh]

I've had more bugs in Stalker than FO NV

[gloomy knoll]

sooo... its a your problem

[static compass]

Yes

[karmic vale]

Bro you are the furry version of a deathclaw

[granite mortar]

no

[granite mortar]

wouldnt that be just a deathclaw?

[karmic vale]

Idk

[static compass]

I would argue that is what a deathclaw is lol

[viscid blade]

I just watched the new trailer. The hype is over 9000.

[static compass]

Scalie rather

[finite dragon]

yeah, i think i saw a lil bit of alife but still no stalker combat

hopefully they soon release something going into stalker alife

[somber hawk]

stalker a life will be probably more advanced that mutant a life so yk

[viscid blade]

That's true. Not combat in this trailer and in Monday's dev deep dive

[finite dragon]

🤷‍♂️

on the bright side the graphics look nice and animations okay, it really does look like stalker

[tough lance]

read factions descriptions in wiki, duty is still my favoruite

[finite dragon]

IMO that big ass cursor did the trailer so dirty by focusing your attention to it subconsciously

[tough lance]

who would join a faction that likes bandits

[finite dragon]

Its like with a hammer everything looks like a nail

[tough lance]

lol

[finite dragon]

IMO if i was working at GSC i would omit more UI elements as to make the environment feel more expansive because its truly beautiful.

at least for showcase trailers

[somber hawk]

the thing i am most hyped for is the a-life in stalker 2

[finite dragon]

we did see a bit of cat ai

Imagine if it climbed up to the player lmaooo

the dog and boar ai seem more or less the same, but damn its the stalker ai i wanna see

[viscid blade]

They released some combat gameplay in one of the recent trailers, but it didn't feel very good. In some moment you could see the AI running still against an obstacle.

[somber hawk]

a life was basically the main selling point of stalker iirc

[finite dragon]

yeah you recall right thats it

id say so as well

A-life brings vessel for unscripted and dynamic moments no other game in genre can replicate

[somber hawk]

far cry was good at that

[viscid blade]

I was refering to the Time of opportunities trailer

[finite dragon]

Also the redhead Grigorovich girl monologuing over the trailer said “freedom” so many times lmao 🔛🔝

[somber hawk]

fr fr

[finite dragon]

i think her favorite word is svaboda

fair enough

[finite dragon]

Unironically the quest they showed was a bit relatable with far cry wasnt it

stalker climbing a tower, story through radio transmissions

[viscid blade]

You also noticed

[somber hawk]

i only played far cry primal and the gameplay seems quite simmilar to stalker 2

[finite dragon]

lmao not all of us will, dont tell anyone

[viscid blade]

She is a fredomer for sure

[jaunty pebble]

Its one of the maybe tens of missions, I think we can endure 1 or 2 Farcry like mission

[finite dragon]

Far Cry primal was my favorite far cry and one my favorite games tbh as a kid

[somber hawk]

peak game

[finite dragon]

Most underrated tbh

[viscid blade]

I didn't played Primal. But I really enjoyed Farcry 2

[grizzled pelican]

I just seen the new video am I the only person happy that it's confirm that the spas 12 going to be in the game

[finite dragon]

yeah the more mainline far cry games is what i meant as rly close to the stalker mission

[somber hawk]

you could ride a mammouth and a sabertooth tiger do you need anything more lol

[finite dragon]

like take a shot anytime you climb a radio tower in a far cry game

[finite dragon]

this sold me as a kid

The commercial had like animal taming and they coulda said less i was already at the gamestore buy disc

[viscid blade]

True

[finite dragon]

and unironically the animal AI in far cry is good asf

[somber hawk]

what platform did you play it on

[finite dragon]

Xbox One

[somber hawk]

i played on the ps4

[finite dragon]

idk if im having nostalgia glasses or i just havent seen fcp gameplay in a while

but remembering back, thick forests, getting jumped by sabertooth tigers with kick ass in-game cutscene.

[viscid blade]

I stoped playing Farcry after Farcry 4, it felt more like a Farcry 3.5
And I didn't even bother to play the next ones. They look all the same thing ☹️

[nimble cipher]

silversstuff has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[finite dragon]

the atmosphere was **hecking insane

[finite dragon]

ye they kinda re use the slop after that like an NBA 2k game

[viscid blade]

Ubisoft did what they know best: recycling

[vale patrol]

Primal was amazing

[finite dragon]

i just saw the new trailer

and i felt the orgasm

[vale patrol]

Lmao

It was great the game looks amazing

[finite dragon]

i just hope my rtx3050ti be ablt to run it more than 60fps on low quality

[loud aspen]

damb my bait didn't work lamo

[balmy forum]

I just wanna know what happened to the picture in picture ads with scopes 😦 looked good in the early trailers

[loud aspen]

still waiting for NA physical ultimate edition

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/169649777468899329/1170545628808486912/1142914651835875400.gif

[granite mortar]

epic embed fail
laugh at this user

[balmy forum]

Proceeding to laugh at user

[loud aspen]

I just want to give GSC $400

[lean quiver]

don't we all

[static compass]

Heard that

[static compass]

Omg cat

[hardy bear]

Could be a toggle to remove them.
honestly glad if that's the case

[tough lance]

i tried the further portal, it connects to the same place, there isnt a 2nd ending after u refuse to join c-con

[viscid blade]

I hope not having to change my RTX3080 because of this game, but is more than probable 😅

[hardy bear]

if it somehow doesn't run well on a 3080 i'll be livid

[finite dragon]

u will be fine man thats a strong gpu

[tough lance]

spoiler alert: ||in my first ending i deliberately tried the wish granter to see what happens and got the ''i want the zone to dissappear'' ending, and on the c-con i got the ''c-con refusal portals true good ending'' i guess the game is over now||

[finite dragon]

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1H142187JP
In the last few days the Stalker 2 team came to China for Comic-Con.
It's taking place in Beijing, and it's already done.

[viscid blade]

But I want ULTRA graphics, I'm greedy

[balmy forum]

Get a 6090ti oc

[somber hawk]

ryzen 4070 and intel 7950x

[tough lance]

its bad that u cant keep playing sandbox after u finish the game

guess ill start playing clear sky now

[balmy forum]

You can in cop, one of options is to stay back if you wanna sandbox

[viscid blade]

I remember there were mods for that

[somber hawk]

i always left the zone because i dont really see a point in free playing cop

theres not alot to do

[tough lance]

normally cuz of the story, u never act comfortably, never freely, always in some kind of rush, when u finish the game i thought u would finally relax and just wander, talk and enjoy the open world, but the game just ends

also gunplay would be much more fun if ur werent under pressure by missions and story

[hardy bear]

The pressure is part of the experience, at least that's how I view it. There are always mods to change that up as you see fit

[rocky zodiac]

Is the xbox exclusivity timed?

[tough lance]

but i guess u can do that by starting a new game and deliberately not advancing the story

[hardy bear]

for stalker 2? It will only ever be xbox and pc

[static compass]

Mol1t said Xbox/PC only

[tough lance]

i mean, cuz of the story, u cant truly enjoy the world around u, u cant like having relations with factions, have fun fighting mutants, bandits, talk to npcs, go scavenge and come back sell things, it is sandbox but the sandbox follows the story, i think itd be cool if they made a storyless sandbox mode with multiplayer, where theres no npc and everyone is a real player

[lean quiver]

hahahahah get rekt Sony

[sand fiber]

prolly

[lean quiver]

Oh god no is Nozar

[sand fiber]

so just mmorpg??

[somber hawk]

ps5 no games

[sand fiber]

or... stalker rp

[edgy glade]

so question... i think this will break my hope but.. what will multiplayer be for stalker 2?

[sand fiber]

deathmatch, no co-op

[hardy bear]

tdm, ctf, that sort of thing. Not coop, not big open map, just arena fighting

[edgy glade]

dang it

[jaunty pebble]

basic PvP Deathmatch, Capture the Artifact and some other modes

[viscid blade]

Like the multiplayer in SoC I think

[jaunty pebble]

yea, If the matchmaking didnt go down

[edgy glade]

thats sad.. had hope to experienc the zone with a friend

[jaunty pebble]

I believe they said this in the beginning

[edgy glade]

i know it can be modded but why wouldt the devs test it out coop ? or have they done it before?

[hardy bear]

Can understand that, although implementing such a mode would be a tremendous amount of effort

[somber hawk]

i would love if the mp was like faction vs faction in a some location (like military vs monolith near the CNPP)

[jaunty pebble]

No Co-Op because it is designed for you to feel alone

[twilit arch]

Will stalker 2 have night vision of any kind?

[somber hawk]

yes

[viscid blade]

Mods may be the solution, some time after the release of course

[hardy bear]

the number of questions you need to ask about balance and game structure when it's coop and not just pvp fighting is immense

[jaunty pebble]

Nope, they didnt do it, reason was the engine itself being quite limiting

[twilit arch]

Awesome was worried from the lack of it in trailers

[tough lance]

yeah, an open sandbox no story mode where there are always on servers and people join the servers, once u join u spawn at the edge of the zzone and u progress, go deeper in the zone, fight mutants, communicate, cooperate with other stalkers, build bases, create ur own factions, fight each other etc. once u leave the game ur character will be gone but everything u made will remain and next time u join u will continue where un left off, something like a dayz/rust mode

[somber hawk]

stalcraft:

[jaunty pebble]

There is a mod for Anomaly for Co-Op but its being accused of scamming people so idk

[edgy glade]

yeah i think so

[tough lance]

its like this?

[somber hawk]

kinda

[tough lance]

ive seen it on steam, might try one day

[somber hawk]

it has very slow progression tho but you dont lose items like guns if you die

[edgy glade]

well i cant wait to play this game, gonna have big fun of the game

[tough lance]

not before finishing the tilogy of course

[tough lance]

thats bad

u should lose everything u have once u die

[somber hawk]

you die alot

[edgy glade]

but will there be a chance in the future that they maby gonna think about coop?

[tough lance]

u can always loot and get good equipment again tho

[severe cloak]

i wonder will game have photo mode

[tough lance]

ill stick to og stalker games, don wanna play 3rd party games or mods, at least not until i finish the first 3 games

[hardy bear]

Doubtful. It would take many months to merely begin considering how to rebalance and redesign the game for it. Closest thing will a mod potentially several years down the line

[viscid blade]

This is the way

[solid cosmos]

good hunting, stalker.

[hardy bear]

valid question, Mol1t we need an answer

[tough lance]

thanks, felllow stalker

[sand fiber]

i mean, stalker rp in arma, dayz and gmod exist

[somber hawk]

you can also play mods

[tough lance]

first game is finished, 2 remains

[somber hawk]

gmod stalker rp 💀

[finite dragon]

ye its not legit

[violet badger]

i wonder if the game will have cheat commands/a debug menu

[edgy glade]

well i hope that the devs would think about it and try it out

[finite dragon]

“anomaly together” its obvious name alone

[somber hawk]

i have over 70 hours on CoP and like 50 hours from that is just mods

[viscid blade]

I hope you really enjoy them

[south patrol]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/720280977020289075/1273390769973100596/image.png?ex=66be7112&is=66bd1f92&hm=ffc4ebeddab08000db7544c527754a8bb8e3aff92f80c4ca29273f28fdcaa9dd& I thought this was an IRL reference shot for architecture study and whatnot but it's actually in-game?! (damn embed)

[somber hawk]

mods give the og series huge replayability

[tough lance]

i love the game so much

[violet badger]

i wanna go "hold f, pause, unpause, open console, type 'demo_record 1' and collect items i can't normally reach"

[finite dragon]

Lossless Scaling fps generator gonna come in so clutch to even run this

[sand fiber]

no they don't, most mods are total conversions with new stories

[finite dragon]

i legit cant tell

[sand fiber]

vanilla+ mods suck and there aren't many of them

[finite dragon]

ye it has to be ingame

[somber hawk]

yeah but if you have the og games you can get alot of mods which expand on the gameplay

[south patrol]

holy balls it's so good: the first time it was shown in the deep dive so I didn't even consider it being in-game

[sand fiber]

vanilla+ mods suck and there aren't many of them

[finite dragon]

he was playing on an xbox too

the fridge one

[south patrol]

didn't they say PC + XBox controller?

[somber hawk]

it was pc and xbox controller

[finite dragon]

oh damn

i wonder what specs the pc has

[hardy bear]

here's hoping the game isn't one of those that forces TAA. Want to properly take in the sights in this, if everything is a forced blurry mess I'll be livid

[finite dragon]

TAA would be hilarious

[hardy bear]

with this much grass and foliage I'm already having nightmares

[finite dragon]

surely able to disable though i agree TAA would ruin the games 3d feel

[hardy bear]

I actually want games to look somewhat crisp for once

[finite dragon]

TAA makes games look 2D

idk what it is but older games look better than some newer releases with TAA

[hardy bear]

It just causes everything to smudge in such an unholy manner

[finite dragon]

motion blur but just the blur

[hardy bear]

In a shooter it’s abysmal, but I want to bask in the glory of these visuals and if forced taa gets in the way of that it’ll simply degrade it

[finite dragon]

im from the future and by 2035 STALKER 2 will have a mod that turns the entire game into a massive multiplayer where it’s basically you being dropped into the zone IRL with real people fulfilling all roles

🗓️🤙ezy (this is if the world doesn’t end in the next few years)

[sand fiber]

Ray of Hope moment

[finite dragon]

real

then get downscaled into a glorified wave shooter

[viscid blade]

If you die in the zone, you die in real life, like Matrix? 🤔

[finite dragon]

ding ding you found the secret sauce

[violet badger]

bruh

[viscid blade]

Then GAMMA players will play for sure

[finite dragon]

the games experience will be 1:1 with IRL if you were dropped into the zone because all people in-game would have some kind of legitimate drawback

[violet badger]

i want it to be delayed to 2033

[violet badger]

so it's a dying simulator

[finite dragon]

In the not so far off sad future people will have so much stake that they will dox and send goons to your house for doing what they dislike ingame

so everyone acts according to their faction in the world and the entire experience turns into some SAO anime shit

[granite mortar]

is letter "V" synonymous to word "secret"?

[finite dragon]

yeah and sauce is jackie

[granite mortar]

[violet badger]

i'd say something but i'm almost certain that would get me banned

[granite mortar]

or is it?

[viscid blade]

Stalkerpunk 2077??

[finite dragon]

literally me

we should get a Viktor Tsoi reference in Stalker 2

[violet badger]

yeah why not

[finite dragon]

idk i hope that doesnt piss off ukranians now that i think about it

[violet badger]

КИНО my beloved

[finite dragon]

based user ^

[granite mortar]

[violet badger]

i couldn't care less tbh, if they get offended by a Korean-Russian who died 30 years ago, it's their problem.

[sand fiber]

we shouldn't :3

[violet badger]

how dare you

[finite dragon]

He was half korean??? bro i knew it!!

[granite mortar]

dont worry
NozAr says unbased stuff on regular basis

[finite dragon]

i thought he was just russian with alot of mongolian admixture

[hidden stratus]

The fog?

[sand fiber]

is coming.

[somber hawk]

imagine if they add vehicles to stalker 2

[granite mortar]

Creature in the Mist

I hate leaks
Whenever I see any I cant take my eyes off them

[hidden stratus]

Leaks? Again?

[granite mortar]

constantly everywhere

but
good thing
they made me even more excited for the new map and especially for the DLCs

[hidden stratus]

Is it new leaks or the same old leaks that keep resurfacing

[granite mortar]

dunno
only saw it recently
but its probably older

[hidden stratus]

Hold on nvm i just did a simple goggle search and saw new things

[granite mortar]

"I can stop looking at leaks whenever I want"

(I cant)

[brazen patio]

WAS THAT AN M1 GARAND IN THE TRAILER
bruh I’m gonna bust

[granite mortar]

no
if anything it was Mosin

[brazen patio]

Aw
Still looked sick tho

[hidden stratus]

Should we tell someone? Someone leaked the entire map, Dont look like anything we've seen before.

[granite mortar]

yes the map is what I cant get my eyes off

such map
much wow

Im cursed with being able to read cyrillic
if I couldnt, ignoring leaks would be so much easier

[naive fog]

Real

My Russian got better after a dream I had a couple days back

[granite mortar]

sounds like placebo ngl

[sand fiber]

they won't :с

[naive fog]

I was in the middle of St Petersburg and had to communicate in my very limited Russian and it just got better after the dream I don't even know, still pretty bad tho

[somber hawk]

starts yelling out stalker voicelines

[still ridge]

Yell out bandit voice lines

at a police officer

[granite mortar]

no

GSC even said Coop would ruin the atmosphere

[edgy glade]

how so?

[loud gate]

no feel of loneliness

[granite mortar]

horror elements in Stalker largely rely on being alone in old facility

[somber hawk]

coop in stalker is overated

[edgy glade]

i understand

but it would be lovely have a friend near the campfire and just relax after a big fight from monster or enemies

[somber hawk]

with my friends never 💀

[somber hawk]

my bro would jump into the campfire

[edgy glade]

well thats sounds like a u problem XD

[granite mortar]

if I had my friends with me in Stalker I would just constantly ruin their game

[rose moth]

you just need better friends lmao

[granite mortar]

Id let them go deeper into lab alone and then scream into voicechat to scare them

[rose moth]

i do too for a matter of fact

[rose moth]

real

[edgy glade]

XD well i want to experience the game with my friend

[granite mortar]

Shadow of Coop exists

give that a shot Operator Schwartzkopf

[rose moth]

bro my friends took one look at stalker, called it old and didnt even try playing it

[naive fog]

F

[still ridge]

M1A

[naive fog]

Get new friends

[rose moth]

yo congrats on veteran

[still ridge]

or m14

[granite mortar]

[rose moth]

fr

[edgy glade]

well the diffrent from ur friend then mine is he is willing to try it and we have blade quake games and red alert games that are old game

[naive fog]

Thanks man

[still ridge]

And it’s great

[rose moth]

[ruby warren]

If you can afford a fancy VR set Into the Radius 2 just came out and that has Co-Op

[still ridge]

Fallout 3 and NV vaults were also like that

[rose moth]

my friends would never

[edgy glade]

sorry

[granite mortar]

just get them to play SoC
I dont see why they couldnt play a singeplayer game

[rose moth]

nah lol u all gud

[brazen patio]

Tyty

[rose moth]

because my friends have the attention span of a actual fvcking goldfish

[still ridge]

The lab from the 2021 trailer looked peak

[granite mortar]

I wonder which designation it has
there were lots of new lab names in leaked materials

[loud gate]

there will probably many more than 10-12.. if you count some undergrounds..

[granite mortar]

I mean specifically designated X-labs

[loud gate]

I really like how X11 looks

[still ridge]

I’d say 4 tbh

New ones

[granite mortar]

I like how X-2 and 5 look

[rose moth]

i havent even watched the new trailer yet i need to

[still ridge]

Leak content?

[granite mortar]

yeah 4 would be good

[granite mortar]

modded labs

[naive fog]

Recently we be getting loads of good vids and trailers it's so hype

[loud gate]

[still ridge]

LMAO

[granite mortar]

but Im pretty sure there will be X-5 in S2

[still ridge]

You were just talking about leaks that’s why I assumed so

[granite mortar]

or some similar low designation lab

[loud gate]

X-11 is peak, can't wait to raid it with Strider

[granite mortar]

I got stage 5 modrot

[granite mortar]

it wont keep him away
they had very specific texture on very specific part of body

[still ridge]

How do you know that’s what it’s called

[granite mortar]

[naive fog]

There's a chance 🙏🏻

[loud gate]

It's written X11 on a concept art door they showed

[still ridge]

Interested in the underground area with the burning snork

Also Pripyat underground

And Jupiter underground

[somber hawk]

bro was cooked from the begining

[granite mortar]

Im sure you arent the only one interested in grilled Snorks

[loud gate]

you can also see the whole Zone map in X11.. or at least it seems like it?

because it does fit with the swamp part, for example

[celest goblet]

I don't need a ton of new labs as long as the ones we get are excellent

[granite mortar]

anyways
Do we know when the DLCs are releasing?

[still ridge]

No

[granite mortar]

because little bird told me the coolest stuff is DLC content

[celest goblet]

No clue. I imagine we will hear sometime aftter the game is out

[granite mortar]

[loud gate]

No but don't expect them to be soon.. earliest Q3-Q4 2025

[granite mortar]

[calm bough]

it is cool stuff yes

[edgy glade]

what dlc will there be?

[somber hawk]

bro yall are thinking about dlcs before even the game gets released

[calm bough]

^

[granite mortar]

if you only knew where Ive been and what I saw

[celest goblet]

We don't know the exact DLCs, but we know they are planning two story expansions at least

[loud gate]

@still ridge

[calm bough]

secrets of NDA rock

[granite mortar]

what
cant I even say Secrets of|| REDACTED|| anymore?

[loud gate]

mmm, mybe I shouldn't call ha1ber

[granite mortar]

[calm bough]

wanna know more secrets?

[granite mortar]

Secrets of Cordon is a mod btw

[somber hawk]

will you be able to eat the chicken from SoCh intro

[granite mortar]

can we all just agree to call it SoC?

[still ridge]

Deleted… you’re getting BANNED

[somber hawk]

crispy juicy chicken tender

[granite mortar]

its either SoC or ShoCh
but no ShoC and no SoCh

[granite mortar]

[somber hawk]

CoPr

[celest blaze]

Call it gamma lite

[somber hawk]

ClSk

[brazen loom]

Any news on the physical ultimate edition in NA??

[granite mortar]

no

[calm bough]

Gold have u already pre ordered ur ultimate edition

[fiery tundra]

Is truck cemetery going to be in STALKER 2?

[calm bough]

yes

[fiery tundra]

Confirmed? 👀

[granite mortar]

no
Im too f*cking poor
Ill be going for the 80 euro one at most

[calm bough]

yes you can see it during one of the gameplay trailers on the pda map

[fiery tundra]

Based

I really like the location a lot in stalker anomaly

Shame it was never in the OGs

[lean quiver]

Well i guess im more positive now after the deep dive

[fiery tundra]

After the game was delayed I saw a lot of people claiming the game was vaporware doesn’t even remotely makes sense to me

Like we haven’t gotten a lot of content on the game because of the situation they’re in

What would be the point in advertising a game that doesn’t exist anyways? They wouldn’t be getting any money and they would just be wasting their time

It’s funny how stupid anger makes people lol

[lean quiver]

but can you really blame then after all those delays

[finite dragon]

its kinda hard to say this after we’ve gotten these past few reveals

the game is def not vaporwave per-say but…

the reveal for sure hid some things

def stuff to work on i’d imagine

[lean quiver]

now that i think about it the deep dive didn't really feel uninscripted

[jaunty pebble]

Like, sure. The missions are scripted but not as a normal scripted showcase

[tough lance]

hello

[celest blaze]

Hey

[fiery tundra]

Yeah I can

Considering the state of their country

Absolutely. There’s this thing called empathy and critical thinking that 99% of the human race seems to no longer have

[lean quiver]

The ones before the studio moved to Prague we can excuse

[fiery tundra]

If it needs more time to cook, give them more time

Realistically it’s probably not going to be a squeaky clean launch. Maybe it will but who knows

Looks pretty smooth in that showcase

I feel like this is the one time where we can excuse a rocky launch. I know it sucks I know the state of the game industry is rough in general

[celest blaze]

I don't mind the wait tbh I want a good game

[fiery tundra]

But I just can’t bring myself to really be angry at them considering the situation they’ve been in

[celest blaze]

Cyberpunk was horrible lol and that aswell

[granite mortar]

theres like
nothing there

[solid cosmos]

Hopefully there is something there now.

[fiery tundra]

You’re in this server too?

Also, there’s like nothing anywhere. Every location just feels like an empty shell with maybe a couple of containers you can loot occasionally or the odd item here and there

Locations themselves don’t really seem to hold much inherent value, you get most of your looting from corpses

I like the danger and atmosphere of that area. The layouts cool

[granite mortar]

thats just Anomaly specific issue

RTTZ had plenty of content there
it was also schizo as hell

[high kernel]

Goddamnit why is 9x39mm so expensive

[fiery tundra]

Shadow felt the same to me

[granite mortar]

if SoC felt like bland, empty, gray, lifeless and lootless place then Im not sure we palyed the same game

[high kernel]

I think a Controller might be screwing with your brain rn

[lean quiver]

lol

[celest blaze]

[west anchor]

I hope they don't delay again

These trailers they keep making look so cool

So I'm hopeful

[sand fiber]

???

i gotta be honest SoC could use more exploration but "nothing anywhere" is certainly not true

[slow crescent]

Yo, do we have any idea on the storage requirements for HoC?

[sand fiber]

200GB

[high kernel]

If they do I'd be happy too, though, every delay is more proof these guys actually care about what they're making beyond getting a paycheck

[slow crescent]

Thanks bro

[west anchor]

I agree in the long run it shows more effort is put in but I'll probably cry if they announce the next delay

[granite mortar]

marketing campaign is in full swing
I doubt there will be any more delays

[west anchor]

[high kernel]

You never know what might happen leading up to release

[granite mortar]

I doubt GSC would spend so much time and resources on deepdive and teasers if they werent sure with the date

[sand fiber]

wait so griga didn't lie

the marketing campaign really did start 4 months before release

[granite mortar]

no he didnt lie
he truly is a pepsi addict

[west anchor]

Also they allowed the predownload from game pass on xbox now

[sand fiber]

holy shit TRUST THE PLAN

[high kernel]

OOOH THEY DID? I'VE GOTTA GO DO THAT NOW

[west anchor]

Yeah I got mine done

[indigo marsh]

He is everywhere

[west anchor]

So it's looking good if they're doing that again

[indigo marsh]

If he was not how would he gatekeep effectively

[granite mortar]

so true

[fiery tundra]

I mean sure there’s a bunch of empty abandoned buildings with NPC’s scattered across them

But it felt very unfinished probably because it was in a lot of ways

[wide flume]

Nothing will ever beat CS

[indigo marsh]

|| ||

[celest goblet]

steam page says 150, though perhaps it will change

[lean quiver]

There's also this theory floating around that the november delay is for marketing reasons rather than technical reasons

[celest goblet]

I was just thinking this myself the other day, the delay did happen around 4 months prior to the new release date

[granite mortar]

Peak Sky

[wide flume]

Why is there no stalker Fortnite collab

I wanna play drum kit as strelok

[granite mortar]

oh look
its the guy from Fortnite!
The guy in question:

[wide flume]

I wanna play a concert as Scar, with master chief, a clone trooper, and nord from tes

[wide flume]

[lean quiver]

Goldsphere, show cat without helmet

[wide flume]

Car

[urban sentinel]

Здоровенькі були, Пані та Панове! 🤠

I'm not a newbie in the Zone for a long time (this is almost since the release of the Original). But here… — for the first time…. 🙃
— Thanks to….

[celest goblet]

If they say it was to polish the game, I am inclined to believe it. It has been looking pretty good, but with such a big game, there are plenty of places for bugs to crop up

[granite mortar]

no
I dont think I will

heres some other random cat

[stuck pewter]

when will they make AMERICAN STALKERS

[high kernel]

Never lmao

[stuck pewter]

why not

you have armenians, why not americans

@granite mortar has there been a mod with this premise ever

[sand fiber]

story of john i think

also almost every soup features some kind of americans/westerners

[hazy helm]

americans first need to stop eating burgers
you cannot ride a mobility scooter in stalker thus americans would never be able to live in the zone

[indigo marsh]

Analmeme I think

Or rather analmeme head canon

So that doesn't really count

[stuck pewter]

the people that would probably be going would be redneck country boys though, not an issue

[indigo marsh]

Vanilla had Gordon freemen

[hazy helm]

they would never get on a place

[stuck pewter]

i mean as a plot point or subplot
freeman was an easter egg

[hazy helm]

[granite mortar]

definitely

its calledd gamma
and its completely, objectively, canonically wrong in its potrayal of the Zone

[stuck pewter]

you should be locked up

but im surprised noone has made a stalker story mod that follows an american into the zone

or any foreigner, even the games say the zone is a globally known phenomenon

[granite mortar]

theres 2 confirmed DLCs right?

[granite mortar]

literally Story of John

[granite mortar]

[stuck pewter]

i can only find story of john 2

[granite mortar]

damn
skill issue I guess

https://bar-reaktor.stalker-worlds.games/forum/topic/11920-istoriia-dzhona-1/

[celest goblet]

2 story expansions confirmed, maybe some other things too? The ultimate edition description says "All future DLCs, including 2 story expansions"

[granite mortar]

oh good
so I didnt make the number up

[hidden stratus]

Hopefully its actual expansions and they didn't get it confused with dlc

[granite mortar]

pretty sure its expansions

the map is large with long border, there probably is enough space to fit new area somewhere near the edge

[celest goblet]

After the delay teaser there has already been some speculation that Limansk might be one such area, since that part of the map was strangely fogged over

But IDK. We've already seen most of the original trilogy areas already in footage for the base game

[dawn grotto]

dont we have mercenaries

[stuck pewter]

i should kill you with hammers

[sand fiber]

mercs are from CIS countries

[dawn grotto]

tf did i do

[stuck pewter]

american mercs is fanon people think is canon

its a mod fabrication

[stuck pewter]

i thought the only foreign mercs were armenians

[static compass]

Just make a loner who's chilling on a building with beer, an american flag, and he's just listening to Metallica while sniping snorks lol

[lean quiver]

Guess i'll take it

[stuck pewter]

or make a loner thats like that one guy that you have to give the cola in left 4 dead

[static compass]

"But in my haste, I forgot the cola!"

[stuck pewter]

he'll clear the way for you if you give him some pabst blue ribbon

[static compass]

He throws a giant bolt to kill an arch anomaly

[sand fiber]

mercs are implied to be ex-soldiers from CIS countries, spetznaz, chechnya and transnistria veterans, in UA dub they have RU voices with, and some of the RU voices have caucasian accents

[stuck pewter]

sex-soldiers

[lethal orchid]

arch anomalies are a cool concept

I wonder what a spatial arch anomaly would look like

Probably that area of limansk but like 10x larger

Perhaps the poppy field is a spatial arch anomaly

Although spatial anomalies work best in more confined areas since you can't actually see out of them

It's so sad that my boy Richter has to die to progress the plot 😢

75% chance this happens

100% chance this absolutely f*cks me up for a while if it happens

Like when ||Jackie died|| in cyberpunk

[solid cosmos]

Idk it wasn't very impactful for me when ||jackie died. I would've liked to got to actually do more than 1 mission with him to actually get to know him instead of a montage of the cool things we did. || It just felt empty to me.

[granite mortar]

Isnt Spatial arch anomaly just a regular spatial trap?
Like the one Mercs were stuck in, during CS
While the teleporters like the on Noah uses are regular spatial anomalies?

[granite mortar]

[celest goblet]

idk i could see him living or dying depending on your choices in the plot

[granite mortar]

I will let him die if he doesnt sing more often

[rigid phoenix]

This better not be true. I've been waiting to order the physical collector's for years.

[frank egret]

Hey, guys! Where has skadovsk gone? I have not seen it on satellite view of the earth since 2012

In the chornobyl yard of ships

[cyan hill]

I am so excited

[gloomy knoll]

I must say, Cyberpunks story was, to me, nothing special

[frank egret]

skadovsk died

[rotund canopy]

Is anyone else pre-ordering that season pass digital verson?

[solid cosmos]

I've had the ultimate edition locked and loaded for over a year now.

[rotund canopy]

Hopefully they dont pull a BSG and give us all with the season pass 😅

[rotund canopy]

Ikr im so excited what platform did you get it for?

[celest goblet]

I likely will, though I am waiting until closer to the release date to purchase

[solid cosmos]

Pc, but i'm also getting the gamepass version on xbox.

[rotund canopy]

Im saving my 1$ month for it on xbox then buy it ultimate for pc cause xbox is 30fps or something

Is it new gen only tho?

[solid cosmos]

mhm

[celest goblet]

Yeah I believe it's only Series X/S and PC

[solid cosmos]

fps doesn't bother me so if it's 30fps that's fine idc lol

[rotund canopy]

Whats mhm? Google translate doesnt have an answer

Im almost done with english but still gotta translate some words

[still ridge]

Yes

[rotund canopy]

Oh i see thanks man

[still ridge]

mhm = uh huh = yes

[solid cosmos]

oh sorry, yeah.

[gloomy knoll]

Talking to someone who used mhm for both yes and No, its just freaking confusing

I also hate people who just do a hmm Sound in real life when a question is asked

[frank egret]

anyone know what class of ship the skadovsk is

[spring apex]

swamp icebreaker (hah!)

[frank egret]

It’s close to slavyansk but it doesn’t have the same upper unit

[warm linden]

ohh now I'm hyped for stalker 2, what will emissions look like :3

[solid cosmos]

red

[warm linden]

red sun
we love sundowner in this household

[frank egret]

in real life you don’t see the emissions

[warm linden]

bro's eyes aren't affected by the zone, laugh at this user

bro's eyes haven't been opened

[frank egret]

No the emissions just kind of give you brain cancer

[vale patrol]

YOOOOOO

PREORDERS AVAILABLE ON CONSOLE

yessssirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Wait I have to be bugging

Did GSC do this on purpose?

[lethal orchid]

yeah probably

[vale patrol]

The game standard is only 60?

[lethal orchid]

game is coming out soon, or so they say

[vale patrol]

They not doing the 70 dollar price point?

[lethal orchid]

that's pretty standard for AAA, no?

[vale patrol]

The new standard for a while now has Been 70

I wasnt asking if they released preorders on purpose

[lethal orchid]

yeah probably

[vale patrol]

I was asking if the price was right lmao

My bad typo

[lethal orchid]

yeah probably

[vale patrol]

That’s actually insane lmao wtf

Damn that’s earners some major respect from me wtf lmao

[lethal orchid]

they recognize how evil a 70 dollar price pooint is

and witnessed the fall of the west from the east

[vale patrol]

I’m boutta preorder this hoe in a bit

[lethal orchid]

do it

[vale patrol]

Just need to set up my card

[lethal orchid]

does xbox let you refund back to your card if you choose to?

[vale patrol]

I’m so fkn hype I wonder tho I don’t wanna miss out on the other extra content so ima ask if I preorder the standard could I buy the other stuff in the ultimate addition down the line

[vale patrol]

Yes

[lethal orchid]

You can on steam, not sure about console

worst case scenario you just refund and buy the more expensive version

oh did you mean like after the game released?

You probably won't get that additional side quest or the artbooks, but you could buy the DLCs for sure

[vale patrol]

Im looking rn and the ultimate version comes with an extra quest and costume and weapon skins, and access to 2 future story dlcs and all future downloadable content

[vale patrol]

Well no the art book and stuff is digital

[lethal orchid]

Well,you get the skins on all versions of the preorder

[vale patrol]

And the addition sidewuest is available in the season pass

[lethal orchid]

oh then yeah you can prolly get everything

[vale patrol]

So I’m assuming I’ll just get the standard then later on buy the season pass and I’ll have everything

[lethal orchid]

right

[vale patrol]

I’m not gonna miss out on a thing

Only reason I’m not buying it outright is cause AC shadows is comming out near then and I’m debating getting it

But idk after the footage they released 2 days ago

I’m just convinced Ubisoft is a shit team

They dealing with all the Yasuke BS which I don’t think is a big deal so that I feel for them on

But as far as the actual game and improvements since the last AC. Other than weather tech and new animations it looks exactly the same and like they didn’t push shit

Then you see GSC now apparently dropping this shit 10 bucks and making stalker fkn unrecognizable technical wise but still the same and true to genre

Ggs man ggs… Can’t have a good AC and Stalker 2 in the same year I guess 😭

[solid cosmos]

I def wanna get AC shadows too. I liked the last 3 so it stands to reason I'd like this one too and Japan is a cool setting for it.

But I'll probably wait to get that. I got a lot going on and Stalker 2 is going to be my splurge purchase that i've already paid for lol

[kindred dust]

let's hope people won't regret their decisions to preorder

[solid cosmos]

I'm of the mind people can do what they want with their money. It's not my business.

I got enough crap to worry about. Worrying about what someone else decides to do with their money just seems exhausting and pointless.

[lethal orchid]

this guy gets it

Non Aggression Principle all the way

[ivory nymph]

Was the last 1 good? Goobi soft normally good every other.

I dont trust the latest anno for that very reason.

[vale patrol]

On god lmao

[vale patrol]

And yeah mirage was a step in the right direction

Stalkers gonna have a lot of my time tho

[solid cosmos]

I didn't play mirage, but I liked Valhalla and Origins a lot.

and Odyssey

[vale patrol]

I loved all of em thh

Fav story def origins of the 3

Then Oddesy for the game play and quests

Valhalla was a good middle ground and improved the story wasn’t bad either just long asf

The Paris DLC tho for Valhalla Jesus Christ that was amazing

[worn oar]

Morning

[solid cosmos]

I wonder how often we'll get trailers..

Maybe once a week until release? Maybe something next week for sure

[worn oar]

Well, I don't think it'll get a specific set schedule (ofc im not talking about the team, but about the public media). We will definitely see more, but it all depends on what the devs want to show/are able to show without affecting the player's exp.

[loud gate]

Obviously not once a week, no game does that.

[solid cosmos]

True..

I do imagine we'll get something next week for gamescom

[worn oar]

Shorts might do appear tho, let's see how things go. Either way, I personally got feel spoiled with all the footage I was able to see in the past 3 days . I still haven't processed all of it entirely yet

[worn oar]

Yes we will

[solid cosmos]

So what maybe ever other week? Every 3 weeks? We're in the marketing portion so we're definitely gonna be seeing way more of the game.

[worn oar]

Possibly! We'll see about that

[lethal orchid]

I'm fine with a single gif every week

[vale patrol]

Confirmed acc

It’s sad though man..

Im not one to show fake love to people I ain’t know but truthfully man Rip to the lost devs. It’s a damn shame

We getting closer and closer game boutta be out and they won’t even be able to experience the fruits of their labor and see the end result of their work man

[solid cosmos]

acc?

[vale patrol]

Shit when you truly think about it especially due to the time gap since the last game and how this shit was a long time coming is sad asf

[vale patrol]

Didn’t mean to press call my bad, acc is actually

[solid cosmos]

Lmfao I was so confused

😭 why is he calling me at 1:30 am

[vale patrol]

😂💀

[worn oar]

I'm also confused tbh

What are you talking about fella?

[vale patrol]

He wasn’t confused what I was talking about lmao just that I had accidentally pressed call on his account when I was replying to him to tell ‘em what acc means

The shit I said about the devs though was pretty clear cut lmao

Just sad they ain’t here to see their work completed and enjoy it

Damn shame man

[worn oar]

https://tenor.com/view/james-franco-wait-what-wut-wtf-nani-gif-25479769

[ivory nymph]

I liked both, but if i ever go back to PC iv got to go get a pirate copy of anno 2070 and farcry 3. Iv still got beef with goobi. They were lucky i spent money on it. But had they earnt my trust and kept it i likely would have spent £35, £50. Not the £18 i did.

[gray matrix]

@vernal magnet so I always wanted to ask how did you get to make videos about the leaks without getting DMCAd and even still got the content creator role here?

[ivory nymph]

it was money well spent anno 1800 is really good, but will the next 1 be good?

[vale patrol]

Bruh ain’t no way you still confused lmao 💀

He said “I was so confused, why is he calling me at 1:30” we both laughed it off because I hadn’t meant to call him but click reply to tell him what acc means since he asked

Then you joined the convo saying your ALSO confused and what I was talking about. But he wasn’t confused about what I was talking about but rather why I had accidentally called 💀 so that ALSO is just you 🗿

As for what I was talking about after that like I said it was just me saying Rip to the devs who lost their lives and it’s unfortunate they can’t see the finish especially with how close the release is

I can no longer explain the shit any clearer than it already is 💀

[grim palm]

[old jungle]

[sly matrix]

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/tom-hanks-forest-gump-wave-hi-gif-4982968

[vale patrol]

Your videos doing wonders for me right now man 😅

Tryna catch every bit of lore before going into stalker 2

Prob gonna replay the games again tbh aswell but they helping nonetheless

[old jungle]

Nice

[grim palm]

You want some snork fingers with those videos? They are yummy!

[wet lark]

Lever actions and wheelguns in stalker 2, yay or nay

[worn oar]

Nah nah, I'm just kidding

[tough lance]

where do u get the beretta 92fs in the game, never found it

[vale patrol]

All good I just thought you were genuinely confused

[vale patrol]

No clue tbh

[tough lance]

also, is there a freedom base in the game, only base i found was duty base in the bar

[vale patrol]

Army warehouses

Wait what game? SOC?

[tough lance]

yeah soc

[worn oar]

Actually, he didn't really do it for the lea**. He asked permission from GSC to talk about certain stuff and that's all. He did not post anything other than what he asked permission for.

[vale patrol]

Oh then yeah army warehouses

[fringe olive]

hello guys will anomalies change places with emissions in stalker 2?

[vale patrol]

Ima boutta get ready to replay all the stalkers again soon

[tough lance]

is army warehouses located below pripyat or smth

lemme loook it up one sec

[vale patrol]

Right past Rostok

Just head north

Towards the center of the zone…. Ominous music plays

Nah lemme stop lmao I’m just tweaking atm

But yeah it’s north of Rostok below the red forest

[tough lance]

oh i see above rostok below red forest

finished the game but never visited their base

[worthy lagoon]

#📜┃ask-gsc

[vale patrol]

Oh wow lmao

[worthy lagoon]

Probably not

[vale patrol]

You must’ve took the road path then directly forward

I always made sure to check every crevice of every level before I moved onto the next 😭

[tough lance]

i was gonna continue from my last save deliberately not finishing the game by coming all the way back to the rostok and around there , but i accidentally deleted the save file 😭

[vale patrol]

I have the worst perfectionist problem same with always having to play on the hardest difficulty or I don’t feel accomplished

[vale patrol]

😭😭

[tough lance]

but hey at least i finished the game so i can just go play clear sky

😌

[vale patrol]

Clear sky would be perfect if the pistols just ads’d 💀

[tough lance]

although i wanted to do some free exploration before leaving the game

[vale patrol]

At least for me

[tough lance]

i can start a new game then again i would have trash loot and no progression in story

[vale patrol]

Definitely should that’s the whole reason ima replay the trilogy. I wanna note every detail and keep a mental of everything so I can remember it and not miss a callback for stalker 2

[tough lance]

yh i heard there are no ironsights for pistols

[vale patrol]

Unfortunately

[worn oar]

Actually, it all depend on whether emissions are like in CoP or not. We should ask about this ig

[worthy lagoon]

They're probably not dynamic

[worthy lagoon]

If they're dynamic it's gonna be an issue in terms of map design

[tough lance]

i mean, i had a save file right before netering the last portal leading to the true good ending, i was gonna come all the way back from there to the outer zones of the zone and enjoy some freedom and exploration of the world but i acc deleted that file

[vale patrol]

I have to wait to preorder tried to buy it off my phone on my card but Apple trying to charge me for Apple Music 😭

[vale patrol]

Ohhhh

Damn that fkn sucks 😭

[tough lance]

yeah

[vale patrol]

I’m sorry strider…

Wonder what skiff is talking about when he says that. Sounds like he was a monolith or something

[tough lance]

dont be sorry stalker, for such is the life in the zone

[vale patrol]

Facts lmao

[tough lance]

monolith guys are poor souls

i feel bad for them honestly

[vale patrol]

Ong especially this new Faust guy he seems completely lost without it

[stable pivot]

hey guys, i am playing clear sky rn. Should i join the free stalkers?

[vale patrol]

And since he is blind it definitely made him bind to monolith even more so because that was his guiding light essentially

The game is gonna be crazy that’s for sure and I’m likely not gonna have a life trying to figure everything out 😂

But I’m all here for it

I may be blind but it is you for who can not see…

[tough lance]

little advice, just enjoy, have fun, u don need to do everything, i skipped a lot of side quests and took very little jobs

[vale patrol]

Cliche line tbh but great nonetheless

[vale patrol]

Oh hell no Brodie lmao don’t get me wrong I will lmao that’s just how I enjoy games

[tough lance]

ah

[vale patrol]

I like to immerse myself and explore and find out everything as if I am actually the character lmao

[tough lance]

however u enjoy it mate 🙂

[vale patrol]

I pretty much play as if I’m in the shoes so to speak

And if I were in the zone I would want to know everything, take in the scenery and fck shit up lmao

Boutta be going crazy with skiff 😭

Can blame the detective side of me for that though as well I’m def a sucker for intrigue and wanting to solve shit

And stalker is literally a gold mine in that department 🗿

[tough lance]

there are some puzzle factors in stalker but not much

silent hill 2, i tried that game for horror, story and theme, but it turned out to be the most confusing, complicated puzzle game ive ever tried

so i deleted it although i finished 80% of the game cuz personally i hate puzzles

my brain is too small to solve them by myself

[worldly cargo]

You guys think stalker 2 will get steam deck verified?

[tough lance]

i need to look up some guides or shit to continue and theyre very boring

[half bone]

yet people call it a masterpiece, lol

[tough lance]

i don like being stuck in some place trying to solve a puzzle for 5 hours, its very boring

[half bone]

i bet 90% of them looked in yt videos about how to solve each puzzle

[tough lance]

its not a masterpiece, its an overrated puzzle game marketed as ''pyschological horror''

[half bone]

overrated as hell

[tough lance]

only good thing about the game is the main soundtrack and sound effects

[nimble cipher]

__veles has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[tough lance]

also, the camera is trash

its like those old ps1 games

alsoi its an extremely emo game filled with cringe suicidal characters and st*pid relationships

so aside from the gameplay, the story and game world sucks as well

[worthy lagoon]

#📜┃ask-gsc

[vale patrol]

I’m not talking about solving puzzles I mean things like “why is this a certain way” “what’s this factions motive” “what other secrets are hidden in the zone” shit like that

Puzzles weren’t even on my mind 😭

But I do welcome them If they are present

[tough lance]

u mean mysteries of the game world i got u

[vale patrol]

Exactly

[tough lance]

not gameplay puzzles but story puzzles

[vale patrol]

And it’s characters as well and mutants

[vale patrol]

I’d say more mystery’s

[tough lance]

yeah in that case, stalker might even be the biggest gold mine there

[vale patrol]

But yeah

[tough lance]

cuz theres a lot of lore that can be intrepreted differently, and the game doesnt give it all to u from a single viewpoint but scatters it all around the zone through different factions, characters and character beliefs

[hardy bear]

Aside from the lore dump in soc

Almost wish that didn’t happen at times

[tough lance]

which creates a good space for creating ur own theories about the game

[vale patrol]

Yup and finding that shit out in game is fun as hell exploring meeting characters talking to em and finding their motives and then sometimes even just wandering clearing a place and finding info that answers a question you may have had earlier on

That’s what’s fun as hell to me in stalker and the gameplay ofc

[tough lance]

yeah stalker is awesome

[vale patrol]

Wish wat didn’t happen?

[tough lance]

the darkness, terrifyingness of the world makes it even more intriguing to try to find out

[vale patrol]

Indeed

[worn oar]

@glossy blade yes please 🙏🏽
I want to upgrade my perorder version fr

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[tough lance]

its a cruel place, but even in the most cruel place, u can still find some warmth and be content thanks to campfire chatting, that song that plays in the bar, the one by the firelake, its not just empty meaningless gore and brutality, but much more than that, it has some good melancholic themes

theres a sense of unity

[hardy bear]

That the game just went and told you the answer to basically every question you had leading up to that point

[tough lance]

u understand other stalkers pain

[vale patrol]

True as far as the main story goes yeah fact i remember that lmao

[tough lance]

theres a sense of being away from home, its like being in the final stage of ur life where u embrace everything that is urs both good and bad, its like u have no enemies and u can relate to every single human being, the game has that kinda feeling

[vale patrol]

Kinda get what ur saying but you lost me a bit 😅

[prisma goblet]

If Monolith was real and you could ask for a wish, what would it be ?

[hardy bear]

To reduce my spread by 25%

[half bone]

infinite golden eagles

[fathom jolt]

Stalker 3.

[tough lance]

bro wants stalker 3 when stalker 2 isnt out yet 💀

[fathom jolt]

Yep

[tough lance]

i would wish for the monolith to destroy itself i guess

[granite mortar]

That would turn against you just like "I want the Zone to disappear"

[rocky trellis]

Monolith: I'm gone if you're gone

[fluid sphinx]

im still unsure about the combat of the game

animation work still looks very jank in latest deep dive

also i wish deep dive was longer, for a game as slow paced as stalker it was very brief

[tough lance]

they said if monolith was real

[celest blaze]

i'd wish for clearsky to return

[celest blaze]

i dont think we watched the same thing lol

the latest deep dive looked smooth

[rocky trellis]

Just noticed another game that is also a shooter but excluded from xbox... so I'll make a funny comparison.

Xbox: "This shooter looks pretty neat, I'm sure our players will love it."
The shooter: S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 (excludes PS)

PS: "This shooter looks pretty neat, I'm sure our players will love it."
The shooter: Concord (excludes xBox)

[celest blaze]

one reason why i hate consoles the whole exclusivity bs

[fluid sphinx]

nah its ubisoft tier animation work

[celest blaze]

better then the trilogy

[fluid sphinx]

everything else looks great but the response animations are not good

[granite mortar]

if Monolith was real it would still twist the wishes in bad and unforseen ways

[fluid sphinx]

trilogy used physics, stalker 2 is animation based, you really can't compare

https://youtu.be/bi17nPEG7jw?t=1151

i mean just look at that... literally teleports... no animation blending whatsoever... ubisoft tier stuff.

[celest blaze]

doesnt look that bad

[hardy bear]

Yeah the death animations are a little finnicky, can agree there

[fluid sphinx]

it does look bad imo... animations look super cartoony too

[hardy bear]

Wish we could have gotten a closer look

[celest blaze]

the series has always been cartoony

[granite mortar]

it is arcade shooter

[celest blaze]

gamma has rotten your mind

[hardy bear]

Weapon animations are mostly fine, the shotgun could have probably done with less spacing between firing and the start of recovery but it’ll be fine

[fluid sphinx]

yeah weapon animations are good imo, pistol looked super satisfying

but its all ruined by the death/response animations... hope the devs put more time into it, i dont want stalker 2 to require mods from day 1

[celest blaze]

it doesnt require mods lol

[hardy bear]

They could probably address it before launch anyway. As all it needs is some blending to not be so rapid

[celest blaze]

i mean lets not pretend the trilogy is the gold standard for animations

[granite mortar]

didnt they say the visuals like hud and animations will be customizable and you will be able to turn them off?

[celest blaze]

goofy weapon movement, unrealistic death ragdoll

[half bone]

they showed more gameplay footage for s2 than in the og trailers

[granite mortar]

CS bandit backflips my beloved

[celest blaze]

[fluid sphinx]

but it was satisfying... ubisoft death animations are not satisfying

[celest blaze]

to you

[fluid sphinx]

deep dive also has heavy auto aim so its hard to properly tell

[fluid sphinx]

to anyone with standards above the bottom of the barrel

[hardy bear]

Ngl I didn’t see any assist whatsoever

[lilac umbra]

Seriously noone is interested to play this in VR?

[rocky trellis]

That one "teleportation" looked more like a glitch. Most of the other death animations are fine... they are zombies, not people.

[hardy bear]

It was actually kinda painful watching it played on a controller

[fluid sphinx]

https://youtu.be/bi17nPEG7jw?t=1192 slow this part down... automatic headshots when missing

[fluid sphinx]

similar animations used with people tho

[celest blaze]

i mean you're free to skip S2 if you dont like it

[hardy bear]

Hold up, signal is poor

[celest blaze]

i care about content and story more then something minor like death animations

[rocky trellis]

no they look what they used to look like for zombies in older game, unnatural in a weird way like they are not sure if dead or not

[fluid sphinx]

https://youtu.be/g6HH5kKLAlw?t=72

[rocky trellis]

like no dying instantly unless it's a headshot

[fluid sphinx]

this one is with people, still very lazy low quality animation work and still teleports at times with 0 animation blending

[granite mortar]

you expect people to have VR?

[celest blaze]

i doubt many here have a pc that could run S2 in vr

[fluid sphinx]

like everything else is great, why would they skip quality animation work... makes no sense to me

[celest blaze]

ill wait till i play the game to judge

[lilac umbra]

https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=how+many+VR+gaming+users

[celest blaze]

VR is so niche lol

[hardy bear]

I was mostly looking out for aim assist, but yeah you’re right, it’s like their hitbox is 3 times the size at time. But it also seems inconsistent which is odd. There are times where it doesn’t land even when right next to the head

[lilac umbra]

have you tried it?

[celest blaze]

that video is also 2 months old

[celest blaze]

not atm

[lilac umbra]

take the opportunity if it come up

[celest blaze]

im saving to a good vr set i dont want cheap

i need to play VR DCS and war thunder

[rocky trellis]

possibly just weapons being inaccurate. This isn't call of duty

[celest blaze]

keep in mind the trilogy had gun stats

[lilac umbra]

i think a lot of people have this idea that its like playing the game on a big screen- but the sense of scale is immense

[fluid sphinx]

if anything it is call of duty style aim assist, definitely not innaccuracy when its landing right on their head

[lilac umbra]

Skyrim VR is incredible and i think STALKER 2 could be incredible

[rocky trellis]

dude... he's not single tapping bro

[celest blaze]

i think only consoles will have aim assist as they need all the help they can get

[lilac umbra]

its hard to go back to flatscreen after VR

[fluid sphinx]

VR is a gimmick

[celest blaze]

i heard alot fo good things about skyrim vr

[lilac umbra]

have you tried it?

[fluid sphinx]

yes, i have a headset

[lilac umbra]

and you didnt get on with it?

[granite mortar]

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[fluid sphinx]

its fun for 30 minutes but after id rather return to flatscreen as it gets boring

[celest blaze]

im ready for nov 20th im tired of playing stalker mods

[rocky trellis]

not saying it can't be aim assist, but also it might not be. Will have to either see more or get hands on the game for sure. Since it's on lowest difficulty it could be that aim assist is on automatically on it

[lilac umbra]

haha weird, so its about 171 million users

[granite mortar]

thats a spit in lake of PC users

[fluid sphinx]

im almost certain its aim assist, obviously it will not be forced when the game releases but it makes it hard to tell if its aim assist or bad animation work... but then again all the other trailers have bad animation work so its probably the latter

[celest blaze]

stalkers never had good animation work imo

only mods make it good

[rocky trellis]

eh, never bothered to get a mod for that

[lilac umbra]

sounds like that more a comment on what you were playing than the medium, but, its not for everyone. If you have a decent headset, try out skyrim VR, Onward, maybe into the radius

[fluid sphinx]

yeah but physics were satisfying... as i said you really cant compare a physics based reponse system to an animation based one

[celest blaze]

fr i just played the trilogy with bug fixes

[lilac umbra]

yes, new things start small

[hardy bear]

Well weapons don’t have spread either, in all the clips we’ve seen it’s been tied to the crosshair, so unless guns have a 1/6 chance of firing off at a greater angle, it’s probably just a glitch

[rocky trellis]

did you check if that was the same weapon tho?

different accuracies with different weapons

[granite mortar]

VR isnt really new tho

[fluid sphinx]

i have tried all of those, its a gimmick. It's fine if you like it, enjoy it, everyone has their own tastes but its nothing new in terms of gameplay once you get over VR interaction.

[celest blaze]

VR works best with games like DCS and war thunder imo

[rocky trellis]

or elite dangerous. The immersion you get from being in a cockpit of a ship

[celest blaze]

oh based didnt consider that one

ive seen some crazy good VR heli war thunder mains man looks like hes in an action movie its so op haha

[lilac umbra]

not for everyone for sure, but i disagree its a gimmick, its fundamentally different from flat screen- next level immersion

STALKER has always been about immersion

[rocky trellis]

Then there's also games like beat saber, but arguably VR isn't necessary make a game like that work

[fluid sphinx]

eh not any more immersive than flat, its not like your mind can't tell you just have 2 giant screens attached to your eyes...

[hardy bear]

Every shot fired by that gun in the save is dead accurate, so I’m still feeling it’s a glitch of sorts

[celest blaze]

i gotta say going from flat screen to curved screen has been a game changer

[lilac umbra]

are you using google cardboard! 🤣

[gloomy knoll]

Maximum Upgrades probably

[fluid sphinx]

most fun ive had with vr was multiplayer where the interaction was fun to mess around with... but then again, only for 30 minutes until the vr gimmick wears off

[celest blaze]

i wanna convince my bosses to replace our flat monitors with curved ones much better imo

[tender pasture]

Replace with VR

[celest blaze]

my work doesnt require vr

i want the HTC Vive Pro 2

[rocky trellis]

Okay now I spotted somthing weird. https://youtu.be/bi17nPEG7jw?t=844

[lilac umbra]

For me using valve index, head position based sound, aiming by actually looking down sights, gun interactions, and the presence you get from VR is a world away from flat screen

[celest blaze]

however if im gonna drop a grand its gonna be going toward new MB and CPU

[lilac umbra]

i mean check this out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENR3pFjuDFQ

[fluid sphinx]

to each their own man, i have an index too but i dont feel the same way, i always found it gimmicky, perhaps as VR advances things will get better but in its current state its a gimmick imho

[hidden tree]

Good morning Stalkers!

So many new content...

[rocky trellis]

Is that just a controller thing, that weird jerky camera movement?

[celest blaze]

deff looks like controller

that reminds of gta aim assist

i always forgot how much hand holding controller users get lol

[viscid blade]

Yep. Hype train is in light speed right now

[tough lance]

they mean that if it was real and granted peoples wishes without deception

[lilac umbra]

I just want this in the Zone so bad

[celest blaze]

ngl i do still wish we had PiP scopes for pc version of the game

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I wish you all a good day be well

[celest blaze]

should be an option for those who have the rendering power to do it

[granite mortar]

then it wouldnt be real Monolith tho

[celest blaze]

you aswell thank you

[tough lance]

yeah, it wouldnt be the same monolith in stalker, and were just entertaining the idea if it wasnt deceptive and really granted peoples wishes without altering them, what wish would u ask is the question

[celest blaze]

cant wait to see the monolith soon

[ivory nymph]

On console? On OG stalkers Its on automatically. I shoot stuff regular so i just turned it off immediately. Its just a hindrance vs snorks.

[ivory nymph]

mono fight sooooo hard.

[tough lance]

snorks are my fav mutants

[ivory nymph]

i cant hit them with controller, they just merc me

[tough lance]

they can be a little hardcto deal with

[celest blaze]

S2 snorks gonna be wild

[tough lance]

but hey at least not as hard as bloodsuckers or controllers

[ivory nymph]

its something you have to relearn

[tough lance]

once a controller gets u, is there a way to escape

maybe if u find cover before it teleoports u again

[rocky trellis]

bloodsuckers aren't too bad. Only when there's multiple of them are they a real threat

but that might change in this new game...

[tough lance]

or if u kill it before that

the best way to deal with them is to kill them without showing urself or just throwing a grenade

my first encounter with a controller was beneath agroprom, i found streloks stash but didnt go there yet wanted to explore the way to the left, it caught me and i was unable to kill him, constantly teleporting me back and forth and attacking me, and i died

[rocky trellis]

usually best way to kill a controller is getting close to it behind a cover, then quickly unload as many bullets as possible before it can strike back, take cover and repeat.

[ivory nymph]

psi resist, stamina ups

[ivory nymph]

Teleports you? You mean skull fraks you

[tough lance]

true, if u shoot them enough bullets they just die, i guess snorks are harder to deal with

since they jump on u and u cant shoot at it accurately

[rocky trellis]

if you stop their jump by shooting at them while they're about to jump from what I recall, but that's just CoP tho. Don't remember if that's possible in older games... and probably wasn't too reliable either

played CoP a lot but it's been a while now

[ivory nymph]

with M&K they just die.

[tough lance]

or u can evade the jump and once theyre on ground, they have a cooldwon, u can just kill it there

or u can just take the hit and kill it

[ivory nymph]

I just double tap with long shotty and side step

[tough lance]

the best way of course is to kill it before it sees u and starts jumping

[rocky trellis]

they can still claw at you after a jump, that's one of the ways I've died a few times in misery, bled to death

[ivory nymph]

in a field fine. You never want to be in their den

[hardy bear]

I’d expect snap aiming and rotational assist but unless the guy playing is so bad that even that is enough, I couldn’t see much

[ivory nymph]

i hate it, never move unless i ask please

but im OG a mouse user

[rocky trellis]

Game journalist assist when? Remove need to do anything. Make autopathing so you can click on the map, your character moves to the location and kills everything on the way there with aimbot 😂

[lilac umbra]

feel like this is the inverse of a stalker vr experience

walk everywhere yourself, aim your self, move map in front of eyes

i can imagine running away from a snork and looking back over my shoulder to see it jumping at me

[rocky trellis]

that would be useful