⭐┃nospoilers_general

[boreal crescent]

89 days until release right?

[tender torrent]

not visible enough for some apparently

[hardy bear]

the night looks brighter in this than the other games, people saying it's too dark?

[still ridge]

Trueeee

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah, it does look brighter

[still ridge]

they made it more accessible and people still complain

[hardy bear]

I'm liking the atmopsheric haze, but any brighter than this and it'd too bright

[tender torrent]

absolutely, but it seems that some people have forgotten what the trilogy was like at night

[drifting shard]

What’s the time stamp for stalker 2 gameplay internet is crappy rn and I’d rather not have to sift through the entire live stream

[hardy bear]

although what they saw was a pretty low res youtube stream, if they are complaining about a lack of visibility you will naturally see things better when playing it yourselfd

[solid burrow]

It's pinned

[tender torrent]

Ahhh It's True

[drifting shard]

Thank you!

[pseudo rivet]

Ngl, I'd love to see the flickering SoC had. It adds to the atmosphere IMO

[tender torrent]

https://youtu.be/gvSC8MK_cus?si=CDNvo-HnSI9NHn7r

[celest goblet]

Stream quality probably crushed some blacks and made it look worse than it will in person

[hardy bear]

Although I hated the double vision it had, if we have really clear night vision I can't see there being any real detriment to playing at night.
I'd like to feel a bit more tense, with potentially a risk reward factor

[pseudo rivet]

Oh, I liked the blurry vision actually

[tender torrent]

Having your night vision ripped out by a Bloddsucker, and the Bloodsucker uses it by running away like a thief

A troll

[hardy bear]

yeah as a balance decision I quite like it

[pseudo rivet]

Makes it feel like it's definitely a step-up, but still the scraps of the bottom of the barrel. That and it adds to the atmosphere

[hardy bear]

You can see, but can't really fight with it. Means it isn't the defacto way to play but also gives it some uses

That's the kind of balance I'd like to see somewhat explored

[frigid anchor]

Well, that Gamescom gameplay was pathetic.

Whoever decided to submit some night time dark gameplay isn't the brightest head on the studio.

[hardy bear]

especially since the more precise our guns are, the more impactful that double vision is

[drifting shard]

I love the recoil animations for the AK74

[tender torrent]

Hmm

[pseudo rivet]

I honestly don't disagree, tbh

It was hard to see what happened, especially with the poor quality of the video

[tender torrent]

there was better to do I think

perhaps in rendered quality

[pseudo rivet]

Should definitely be better when we're actually playing it, though

[frigid anchor]

Were they playing on consoles or PC? It seemed odd that they used a commo rose with PC Controls

And the huge humongous UI elements when you go pick up something from the ground is straight up ridiculous

[pseudo rivet]

Dawg was playing the game like they were playing CoD, so I'm guessing console

[tender torrent]

It can give an illusory bad impression, be careful

[celest goblet]

It was on Series X apparently

[pseudo rivet]

Dawg simply wasn't playing STALKER like STALKER

[fair jackal]

i do hope they give us options to make those promts smaller...lol

[drifting shard]

I’m sure that brightness will fix it. If it’s so bad modders will probably get to work on it

[tender torrent]

The series X is extremely dark as a base instead of other platforms

[pseudo rivet]

[celest goblet]

Again it probably looked fine in person. Streaming compression does not handle dark scenes very well

[pseudo rivet]

In all fairness, the Trilogy was darker

[still ridge]

Trilogy was WAY darker

[tender torrent]

Absolutely

[drifting shard]

Yeah I don’t really mind super dark nights because I like atmosphere in my games, but I get how people are a lil mad that they chose this as a gameplay showcase

[pseudo rivet]

Agreed

[drifting shard]

Kinda hard to see anything with compression etc

[hardy bear]

understandable

[frigid anchor]

Waiting another 3 months ughhh I so hope it is good, like, good on gameplay, replayability, modding, performance, and overall design decision making

[pseudo rivet]

Definitely on all of those

[frigid anchor]

But specially on modding, as long as it is moddable enough, I don't care how much they mess up as long as people can fix it at will

[pseudo rivet]

Modding is still a bit of a question mark, but one of the reasons they decided to use UE5 is because many people already got experience with it and, thus, should make mod making easier

[untold salmon]

they exist

i think serb aks had underfolders

[tender torrent]

I don't hope that this compression gives a bad expectation to some

[pseudo rivet]

Paratrooper variant?

[drifting shard]

The base game looks pretty well done from what I’ve seen. I just don’t like the UI. They said they’ll also have modding tools day one I believe

[tender torrent]

The best is to upload a video of the real gameplay on YouTube, it will change the opinions of those who have doubts

[untold salmon]

i think ease of manufacturing

[pseudo rivet]

Aye, that's fair kek

[hardy bear]

Really hoping for a full 4k vid with isolated audio

[untold salmon]

ye the zastava m92 is what it is

[frigid anchor]

Any source for the tools on day one? Not that I don't believe it, just want to see it haha

[nimble cipher]

.dibbu has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[still ridge]

At least you can remove it

[pseudo rivet]

Source: Trust me and GSC, bro

But they have mentioned it, for sure

[hardy bear]

Not day one

[loud gate]

modding tools aren't day one

[hardy bear]

little while later

[pseudo rivet]

Ah, then they changed it

[drifting shard]

Not day one yeah i probably shouldn’t have said that but with how much they’ve mentioned it I’m sure they’ve realized it’s extremely important to the community

[tender torrent]

I think an explanation of A.Life 2.0 with its lifestyle instead of gameplay in the middle of the night would have been better

[fair jackal]

i do like that the night doesn´t seem to be mega pitch black like how they are in CS ( which i have been playing a few days as a second playthrough)

[tender torrent]

Tomorrow there will be another developers conference on S2 as well, so day 2?

[drifting shard]

seriously who’s idea was it to place a giant box ontop of what you’re looking at to the point where you can’t even see it anymore?

[hardy bear]

it is rather comically large lol

[drifting shard]

Hey at least you know the name of the item 😂

[drifting shard]

I’d love to see A life be talked about a bit more as well

[still ridge]

What are you referencing? Not sure what you mean

You can send it in screens and vids

Or give a timestamp

[tender torrent]

I also thought

[drifting shard]

4:00 in the new showcase is one of them, just a giant UI screen on the thing your trying to pickup

[loud gate]

Enemy AI in the gameplay was very smart though

It made me happy

https://tenor.com/view/cats-gif-20168946

[pseudo rivet]

Flanking based

[hardy bear]

-Cossacks Vodka-

PICK UP USE

[loud gate]

Not only, for example, when the player went to cover to reload, they shout that they should regroup to push the player.. Really nice

[drifting shard]

We better be able to turn that off 💀💀💀

[pseudo rivet]

Push the player? Pull the pin

[hardy bear]

I'd be perfectly happy with just the name

[loud gate]

Oh yeah, they also threw a lot of grenades.

Like.. a lot, which kinda surprised me. In a good way, that's good

[sleek yoke]

Excited for the Gamescom footage!

[pseudo rivet]

Unfortunately not the Clear Sky amount

[hardy bear]

Couldn't hear that part

[loud gate]

It was a great balance

[tender torrent]

the only bloodsucker was strong, imagine a dozen bloodsuckers on you

[valid pagoda]

Gamescon hasn’t shown any footage yet? I’m a little late

[still ridge]

Oh the looting UI?

[pseudo rivet]

Check pins

[still ridge]

lol it was bigger in the trilogy

[pseudo rivet]

Ngl, I prefer the Trilogy's looting screen

[loud gate]

I wouldn't say bigger, but around the same size

also, you can directly use, don't have to pick up everything, which is such a good qol feature lol

[valid pagoda]

Cool thanks

[lethal orchid]

I dunno if I'm gonna watch this IGN footage

[hardy bear]

being able to unload weapons without needing to pick them up is very welcome

[lethal orchid]

At this point there might be a little too much info for me, and I'm already pretty confident thte game is good

[hardy bear]

you trying to avoid any kinds of spoilers?

[lethal orchid]

Kinda

I just want to experience that portion of the game

the swamps are fine because it isn't super early into the experience and I already more or less knew what to expect

[drifting shard]

Never have been a fan of looting UIs aside from tarkovs which is a given for how much looting you do. just a small white dot and two extremely small boxes with “take” and “item name”

[hardy bear]

Well from what was said, this is the first quest so it's not spoiling too much later on

[lethal orchid]

Well that's what I mean

I wanna experience the first quest firsthand even if its boring

[hardy bear]

ah so you want to experience the beginning purely yourself

[lethal orchid]

yes

[hardy bear]

gotcha. Thought you meant you didn't want story spoilers

[lethal orchid]

I doubt there are serious story implications

I heard hermann but that's when I clicked off

[hardy bear]

Hermann existing is about as far as it goes in terms of story

[shy cave]

nah i like it just dont like the fact that it is only 1080p cant see shit

[hardy bear]

beyond that it's a couple gunfights in different locations and some wondering about

[dim topaz]

what if I told you 1080p isn't the problem, but youtube compression

[lethal orchid]

I don't even want those gunfights spoiled, unless they're A-life

[shy cave]

yeah im aware but still im using 2k monitors :C

[lethal orchid]

If some bandits take me by surprise I'd rather it be a surprise yknow

[hardy bear]

the first fight is a setpiece fight, the others seem to be dynamic ones

but yeah I can also get not wanting to spoil a life much

one reason why i'm not too bothered by not getting a dev showcase of a life. The reason it exists is to breathe life into the world, knowing how it works behind the scenes can spoil a bit of that

also during that bloodsucker fight, was there combat music or was that just a heartbeat?

can't tell cause of the commentary. But actually having combat music could be interesting if it's not too overbearing

[worthy lagoon]

Any S2 stuff? @loud gate

[loud gate]

++++++

@worthy lagoon

[languid widget]

are there any info on the armors? will there be armors in the game like in the OG trilogy?

[pseudo rivet]

Definitely, but we don't know anything about stats yet

[languid widget]

phew, i just saw a new gameplay from Gamescom, and when the player looted and saw the inventory there wasn't any armor there, hopefully it's somewhere else

[pseudo rivet]

So far, we've seen modernized versions of the Sunrise Bodysuit, SSP-99 Ecologist Suit, the SEVA Suit, the PS5-M Universal Protection and the Bulat armored suit

[languid widget]

awesome

[pseudo rivet]

Ah, and the Monolith Suit

Don't know if I forgot anything

[woeful ermine]

can i play gamescom?

[pseudo rivet]

You can most certainly try

[languid widget]

wonder if we'll see the Wish Granter again or is it destroyed? 🤔

[pseudo rivet]

It's technically gone, but who knows

[median sonnet]

I love how they modernized the suits

[pseudo rivet]

Meh

[median sonnet]

They are still like very recognizable as what they were and are still stylized but look more realistic, not just like visually like with the modeling

[loud gate]

you can see it in Deep DIve.

[pseudo rivet]

More realistic? Bruh

[worthy lagoon]

I've really found nothing that was concerning

1. I like the visual effects and hitting feedback

2. Bloodsucker seems strong that's really nice

3. neutral NPCs will ask you to holster your gun

4. Ragdoll physics

5. The upgrade system looks like the trilogy, nice

6. Fighting looks really good and challenging like in the trilogy

[loud gate]

Enemy AI was really good

[pseudo rivet]

Just wish the dawg playing was actually playing the game like it was STALKER

[loud gate]

That's what he did

[pseudo rivet]

Not like CoD

[pseudo rivet]

You play STALKER like CoD?

[tender torrent]

on his 6 points I agree

[loud gate]

???

[celest blaze]

You can only play it cod on lower difficulty lol

I played tactical on master

[tender torrent]

Do you think there are things that need to be refined?

[celest blaze]

Run and gun at monolith and you're getting smoked

[hidden stratus]

How exactly does the upgrade system look like, is it just a screen? Or can it be compared somewhat to Metro where you see the gun model and it is very interactive?

[celest goblet]

Generally I shoot at enemies and reload and throw grenades yes

[worthy lagoon]

Although i really do hope that stashes won't just be like a normal orange reflective duffle bag...

[loud gate]

Depends on the stash.. some are backpacks, some are boxes, etc.

[leaden sentinel]

Just bought the stalker cop and cs to complete the pack with soc

[celest blaze]

Corner tilt and peak supremacy

[worthy lagoon]

What? Ever seen CoP and CS?

[scenic canopy]

hey i know im very late to this but are physical pre-orders still available?

[leaden sentinel]

Time to play those works of art

[pseudo rivet]

Kinda like CoP but not like a big list. It basically just "zooms-in" at a specific part of a weapon and allows you to upgrade that

[hidden stratus]

oh ok thanks

[sharp maple]

Wait, has IGN shared their footage yet?

[pseudo rivet]

You want to upgrade the stock? Here's your options! Upgrade barrel? These are your options! Something like that

[pseudo rivet]

Check pins

[dense hatch]

do upgrades actually change what the weapon looks like

[still ridge]

Bruh

[still ridge]

Yes

[worthy lagoon]

I hope

[sharp maple]

So Xbox and IGN were the same thing...

[pseudo rivet]

I don't think that's confirmed yet, but rails are visible so technically yeah

[dense hatch]

aw

[still ridge]

You can put laser sights, rail mountings, and change your stock

It seems

[celest blaze]

Do we know if AN94 is in the game yet ???

[still ridge]

no

[loud gate]

you can see other stashes ian trailers

[dense hatch]

I was more hoping upgrading the barrel would change it visually to match the upgrade description

[woeful ermine]

I, who bought the biggest game package, can't play the demo, but the one who went to gamescon can? It would be nice to see something for my money and not have to go to the other side of the world to get it.

[worthy lagoon]

Awesome, good work @glossy blade

But i do expect an NDA rock easter egg

[hardy bear]

might do for all we know

[pseudo rivet]

Ian Trailers, what a name

[worthy lagoon]

Good

[dense hatch]

is all the extra goodies not enough?

[worthy lagoon]

Yes

[hidden stratus]

This game will be heavily compared to Metro Exodus, which is good

[worthy lagoon]

No?

[pseudo rivet]

Afraid the IL 86 won't be in HoC, but it B wat it B

[worthy lagoon]

It's not good lol

[sharp maple]

Was a game demo promised when u spent ur money?

[celest blaze]

To be fair what other modern game gives demos

[worthy lagoon]

These are two different games

[hardy bear]

haven't played metro so I can't compare

[hidden stratus]

It is good, gives the devs an incentive to do better

[pseudo rivet]

Pretty sure they're not planning on releasing a demo

[hidden stratus]

They are more similar than different

[celest blaze]

Also no one forced you to go all put with ultimate

[worthy lagoon]

No, if you want to play the demo you will have to be at gamescom/events

[hardy bear]

Ubisoft still do on a surprising number of games, but those are games that are out when they release said demo

[celest blaze]

They never advertised a demo and you still chose to buy ultimate

[pseudo rivet]

That as well

[woeful ermine]

it should be a demo base, not a privileged thing

[worthy lagoon]

The only similarities are mutants and radiation lol

[celest blaze]

Seeing the gameplay is good enough imo

[hidden stratus]

I dont think you played the game

[sharp maple]

@pseudo rivet @worthy lagoon It was a rhetorical question... I know there's no demo...

[pseudo rivet]

Good for you

[woeful ermine]

ok

[dense hatch]

oh no, the least used gun

[worthy lagoon]

I have played the whole metro series and read the books lmao

[still ridge]

No, not good

[woeful ermine]

There is no demo, but there is actually one = gamescom

[still ridge]

correct

[sharp maple]

So buy gamecom tickets.

[pseudo rivet]

So, now I'm wondering. Should I be worried that GSC went back on their statement of all Detectors having a special purpose that makes each unique? We've only seen Echo do beep and see Boar do bleep. but nothing like a secondary ability. I was really happy when they said they added that but I haven't seen anything like it so far

[dense hatch]

probably not shown to leave some stuff to be discovered

[worthy lagoon]

We'll see

[hidden stratus]

Someone said some detect anomalies

[sharp maple]

I'm guessing they might be able to get upgraded.

[worthy lagoon]

Nothing new

[still ridge]

That was in the originals

[pseudo rivet]

Svarog detects anomalies just as well

[still ridge]

well

That was in Call of Pripyat I mean

[hardy bear]

I just took it as every detector having a different detection method, like we already have, didn't expect any kind of additional quirk

[glossy ravine]

special purpose could just mean the higher level detectors do more things no?

[loud gate]

Veles's ability is the svarog.. after all, the Svarog was an experimental version of the Veles, and it made it to 1.0

[pseudo rivet]

Aye

[loud gate]

No, not really

[pseudo rivet]

Just hope they gave the Echo, Boar and Stick an additional ability that makes them adaptable to your playstyle

[still ridge]

Gilka gang

Lmao

[pseudo rivet]

Inb4 leaked info

[worthy lagoon]

Yea

[loud gate]

Boar and Stick?

Bear is indeed a bit different, can be easily observed. Also its functionalities have been changed a bit

[still ridge]

Banned

[pseudo rivet]

Uh-oh, naughty

[worthy lagoon]

I mean it's to be expected that there will be more than just Gilka

It's obvious

[pseudo rivet]

Mfw Bear, I'm getting old 😭

[loud gate]

||Kuro gay||

[pseudo rivet]

Real

[worthy lagoon]

||Deez nuts in yo mouth||

[still ridge]

||Well known||

[worthy lagoon]

Indeed

Nothing new

[loud gate]

https://tenor.com/view/homelander-gen-v-episode-8-gen-v-generation-v-gen-v-homelander-gif-10184270609126560325

[pseudo rivet]

So what's up with Bear? I did see that additional bar it had, but what makes it special?

[loud gate]

Idk.. but I can say its functionality has been changed a bit..

[pseudo rivet]

Wowzers, this guy knows... stuff!

[loud gate]

It now shows the range and direction. When you get too close at a certain point, it lights up in a circle as closer you get

and the direction disappears, but the range appears

[still ridge]

‼️

[glossy ravine]

pretty neat detail

[loud gate]

It's confusing, hard for me to explain, my mind speak romanian

[worthy lagoon]

Become Italian

Ez

[pseudo rivet]

I'm so sorry you're born this way

[loud gate]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/881691853949382708/1275813975333933066/TOMMYSLEEPER.gif

[worthy lagoon]

You prefer French?

[still ridge]

Monolith reference

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-monolit-gif-2230862900583137861

[worthy lagoon]

Guys

[loud gate]

https://tenor.com/view/cats-gif-20168946

[worthy lagoon]

What if Skif

Is french

[still ridge]

I’m jumping into a vortex

[loud gate]

No, he's from New Jersey

[still ridge]

https://tenor.com/view/tony-soprano-smoking-a-cigar-tony-soprano-cigar-tony-soprano-cigar-gif-7705468042119447259

[worthy lagoon]

The zone didn't exist, Skif went into a septic coma after jumping in the Seine river

[glossy blade]

Skif is not real, just like you and me

[worthy lagoon]

[hidden stratus]

Hopefully Skif is from bull f*cking TEXAS

[still ridge]

I’m not real?!

[glossy blade]

Who is truly real?

[still ridge]

The monolith, obviously

[naive fog]

Kvass

I ran out of kvass

[worthy lagoon]

My cat

[ruby warren]

https://tenor.com/view/remember-the-alamo-before-you-go-to-bed-gif-22423633

Aww I don’t have gif privileges 😦

[worthy lagoon]

Clearly a skill issue

[loud gate]

https://tenor.com/view/cats-gif-20168946

[dense hatch]

hey did they show how trading works anywhere?

[worthy lagoon]

They didn't

[dense hatch]

that's a little odd

[loud gate]

Yes!

[dense hatch]

where?

I don't want to watch the full thing for spoilers but I am interested in the trading UI

[finite dragon]

What about Faust, then?

[pseudo rivet]

You're real to me

[indigo marsh]

[lethal orchid]

is the realest one I know

[finite dragon]

Yo @loud gate do you if the weapon upgrade part in demo is done near a technician by using PDA as interaction or we can just upgrade it by money anywhere?

that was a bit odd

[dire dagger]

Mates on the front lines

While we work the 7 to 3 he’s grinding

[lethal orchid]

Why would you ever subject yourself to a 7 to 3

[dire dagger]

Cus I’m making that bread

[lethal orchid]

I work a 10 to 6, get to sleep in

[dire dagger]

Use to work 5:45am to 6:15pm

[lethal orchid]

Wtf

Are you an EMT or something?

[dire dagger]

No

I assembled ion implanters

Now I make micro chips

[lethal orchid]

Splendid

[loud gate]

Sorry, I don't know

[lethal orchid]

Like factory floor or design?

Factory floor sounds like literal torture

[dire dagger]

Factory floor the silicon die isn’t made at this facility but

The die is attached

Leads are attached to the die

The package is casted in plastic then the pins etc etc

[dire dagger]

Meh

I just sit at a desk and operate a machine all day

Mind numbing and boring but

The break set up makes it much more tolerable

[lethal orchid]

Fair enough ig

As long as you get to sit it's probably chill

[languid widget]

does someone know that keyboard and mouse will be supported on XSX? would be awesome

[tender torrent]

It seems to me that it will not be supported according to my memories dating back more than 6 months I believe

[static compass]

I'm curious to hear what the new demo is

The gameplay they showed today looks like it could be from the very first mission

[sonic flax]

It's quite literally the beginning of the game

[static compass]

Amazing

Then I'd say that's probably what the demo is, I'm sure lennic can tell us after he plays

[tender torrent]

Is it me, where I feel like it's too easy to catch artifacts and that anomalies, chemical elements, burns have no effect on Skif?

[grim vector]

Uhm, in the trailer during second shootout at army base, an enemy NPC yells "No enemy in sight. At ease!" literally mid-fight. Wut??

[static compass]

A bug probably

That or Skif got out of sight and the enemy de-agroed

[still ridge]

Bayun cat mimicking human

[grim vector]

Or just a guy that has an attention span of a goldfish

[still ridge]

Wait, which trailer

[static compass]

"Must have been the wind"

[static compass]

The one from today I assume

[grim vector]

Not trailer, the gameplay bit from today

[grim vector]

• Guardian, all of your comrades were killed right in front of you!
• Oh no! Anyway...

[still ridge]

Sounds very stalker

10/10 game

[static compass]

And the bloodsucker smoke

Someone mentioned that earlier

[still ridge]

Muh particle effects

unplayable

[grim vector]

The bloodsucker just graduated from ninja school, he still needs practice with his smoke bombs. Don't be hursh on him!

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/archer-krieger-smoke-bomb-get-away-run-disappear-gif-9640060

[static compass]

Lol, I didn't have an issue with the smoke effect, better than it just blipping out of existence

[grim vector]

But... it's an optical camouflage. Ideally, he would have to gradually blend in with the environment

[static compass]

It could also just be the type of bloodsucker that it is

[still ridge]

Imo the fact that the biggest complaints I’ve seen are particle effects is a good sign

[tender torrent]

Bloodsucker's smoke effect is very illusory

wait, we haven't even seen the chimera

Chimera VS Skif

[static compass]

I was about to say, we've seen concept art of the chimera, just not in game yet

[grim vector]

1 Chimera-sized Skif VS 10 Skif-sized Chimeras

[tender torrent]

the chimera is scarier than the Bloodsucker

[static compass]

I wonder if they'll still be stalking around Pripiat

Heh, stalking

[hidden stratus]

stalker, the game

[static compass]

It's stalking time

[grim vector]

Well for now, what startled me is that guy with short attention span. I hope AI won't be that dumb on release

[tender torrent]

Chimera vs bloodsucker

[ruby warren]

Chimeras make me scream like a little girl when they charge me

[grim vector]

Chad Chimera and Virgin Bloodsucker, lol

Chimera just charges straight ahead with all it's mass while bloodsucker hides behind camouflage and attacks from behind like a coward

[static compass]

The only thing I'm wondering is if you're in the zone as soon as you get control of Skif, or if that tower falling on the wall is how he gets in

Hermann seemed like he wanted Skif to come back from where he was, but Skif wanted to keep pressing on into the zone

[still ridge]

I don’t think it’s AI I think it’s dialogue that doesn’t update instantaneously due to player input

The AI is still smart and deadly, even if the dialogue is silly

[grim vector]

Dialogue? Do you mean voicelines?

[ruby warren]

From the first trailer I got the vibe skif was on his way into the zone in the back of that truck and a blowout happened and expanded the zone

[static compass]

Yeah, that's him in the back of the truck, we just don't know why he's unconscious

Although we now know Skif keeps contact with Hermann after he falls out of the truck

[grim vector]

I think the way we get into the zone was shown in the beginning of Time of Opportunities trailer, where he climbs up the ladder to meet with his friend

[static compass]

Because he said the "I've got nowhere to go back to Hermann, over and out" line in the gameplay earlier

[static compass]

No, he doesn't know Richter at first, I assume the first time they meet is after Skif gets robbed or knocked out or whatever happens to him after the intro segment

I'm pretty sure that ladder scene is from a bit later in the game

[grim vector]

oh yeah, you're right. I forgot that bit

[static compass]

I like trying to put the pieces together

[grim vector]

Does anyone have theories why Skif went into the Zone in first place?

[static compass]

Mine is that Hermann was going to pay him a lot of money to do whatever he needed him to use the topaz for

[grim vector]

It seems to me he was hired by some research company to venture into the zone and reactivate the psi-emitter because it also emits some kind of other energy

Remember the bit where some dude in costume was yapping about the energy into our face?

[still ridge]

Dalin

[grim vector]

Also Strider telling us that he had no choice but we do?

[grim vector]

yeap, that's him

[still ridge]

Head of SIRCAA I think

[static compass]

"Only I didn't choose that path, unlike you"

[grim vector]

or just responsible for one of the projects, but it doesn't metter atm

[grim vector]

yeah, that
Looks like Strider knows Skif's mission

If that's the case, in one moment Faust would try to help us

[dense hatch]

I hope they spend a bit of time explaining the purpose of some of the more odd questions

like if the c-con chose people to be part of the monolith or agents and not just zombies or if it was random chance

because the way the monolith keeps it's numbers up is just by getting people who've been brain scorched

or how the zone is seen by the outside world considering artifacts are still used

[grim vector]

Just like we see North Korea today. Some shit's going on, but only the bravest dare to go inside and investigate and inform the world

[dense hatch]

I mean in actual detail besides the fact it's a media blackout

considering the existence of the ecologists and now SIRCAA, there must have been some technological impact at this point

[still ridge]

Booba

[grim vector]

Press F for Booba

[ruby warren]

According to the devs artifacts are nearly useless outside the zone, so you'd think the zone would have some kind of medical tourism industry

[grim vector]

true, that would be interesting to know

[dense hatch]

when?

isn't there something about how an artifact is used outside the zone in like every other SoC description

[ruby warren]

I cant post screenshots but heres a link to the deep dive (https://www.stalker2.com/en/news/developer-deep-dive)

[dense hatch]

sure the artifacts are rare but they studied them and the zone for over a decade

literally no impact whatsoever would be absurd

[ruby warren]

Just do a keyword search for artifacts and they mention they're useless outside

[still ridge]

https://preview.redd.it/small-detail-of-s-t-a-l-k-e-r-2-gameplay-at-gamescom-that-i-v0-7keszapv51kd1.png?width=1023&format=png&auto=webp&s=607b2620fccfa0647fbfd0d7ef26f47d1e21d3a4

What’s up with that hand

Welcome back original trilogy

[dense hatch]

just read it, that's extremely disappointing

arguably a retcon too

unless there's something in stalker 2 about it

[ruby warren]

It is a weird change, since artifacts were the stalkers reason for being there in the first place

Most of them are pretty so I guess collectors would still buy them

[still ridge]

I think the idea is that they lose power very quickly outside the zone

yet in the zone they remain consistently powerful

[dense hatch]

that still massively reduces their value

what a shame

[grim vector]

That's literally what i just said in ukrainian channel, lol

[ruby warren]

Great minds think alike

[main tangle]

check the deep dive at 30:57

that's a true classic

[still ridge]

Is that the gun being a foot higher than the guy’s arms

Peak stalker

[main tangle]

ahh tickles my artifacts

[frail jacinth]

did i only 1 that see character movements is so fast ?

[dense hatch]

do you mean the animations or movement speed

[frail jacinth]

yep

[dense hatch]

it matches the original trilogy

[frail jacinth]

make me feel like cod lol

[still ridge]

Did you play SOC?

[celest goblet]

Yeah it seems similar to SoC

[dense hatch]

that's probably because CoD games have gone the way of actually having movement, after SoC

[ruby warren]

He's got a gun, obviously a CoD clone

[frail jacinth]

nah im new to stalker

just pre order ultimate

[main tangle]

welcome stalker

[still ridge]

Character has always moved fast, if anything it’s a bit slower in this game

[grim vector]

Welcome to community! I would definitely advise you to play SoC and CoP before playing Stalker 2

[dense hatch]

also CS

[granite mortar]

Clear Sky too
Dont skip CS

[dense hatch]

ignore all CS hate is it simply those filtered by Vova Vist

[rocky trellis]

Could be that armor/weight/artifacts might have a greater effect on your speed here

[granite mortar]

so true

[frail jacinth]

im worry dev would delay again

[main tangle]

skip all and play cossacks 1 2 and 3

[grim vector]

Nah, I don't want to start the shitstorm, but CS is too janky even for Stalker series

[weak hatch]

Hey guys, does anyone know if the physical edition will have CD or it will be steam code? I don’t have the drive so…

[loud gate]

Steam code

[weak hatch]

Roger, thanks bro 😎

[dense hatch]

CS has minimal jank, people just don't know how it works

nothing about it I would say is outright janky besides the economy

[dense hatch]

sid pays more for artifacts than yantar

I forgot about pistol shots disappearing after a short distance

[celest goblet]

It has issues but I think it's worth playing all the games at least once

[rocky trellis]

physical edition seems a bit silly these days unless it's a collector's edition

[frail jacinth]

i want know more about stalker lore! is there any website so i can read it ?

[dense hatch]

anomalous dugout made a couple decent vids on the lore of specific topics

[worthy lagoon]

https://youtube.com/@anomalousdugout9557?si=-IvlpqPX52dC9jEw

[still ridge]

Blud left out peak sky

[worthy lagoon]

You should play the trilogy first

[dense hatch]

some of the twists don't work as well with knowledge about them

[ruby warren]

It was fine, the hate for it was overblown imo. Game was a little too crowded for my tastes but I enjoyed watching the AI raid each other with my binoculars

[dense hatch]

some of them don't work well regardless

[nimble cipher]

.stepalex has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[main tangle]

i don't want to self promote but i'm pretty sure you can find a couple videos on lore, be careful tho obviously a lot of spoilers

[dense hatch]

wolf'd, rip

[grim vector]

what??? Which one??

[rocky trellis]

Playing previous games never really been a requirement for story, but it would fill in some missing details. But there's barely any situation where you wouldn't understand what is going on because you're missing some info you would have if you played previous games.

[frail jacinth]

yess i will buy it to support dev! especially they in war

[dense hatch]

the zone being crowded is because it's a more combat focused game even compared to SoC

also, faction wars wouldn't be as exciting with SoC or CoP populations

[worthy lagoon]

It's because of the faction wars and the fact that it was before SoC

[ruby warren]

I know why they did it, because of their little turf war system, it was just a bit much for my tastes

[grim vector]

What i was trying to say is that some missions in Clear Sky are unnecessarily much more harder than they had to be

[dense hatch]

it encourages working with NPCs while also rewarding solo play being challenging and fun as hell

[ruby warren]

I did love raiding the military base with freedom, probably one of my favorite missions in the series

[rocky trellis]

Go solo because NPCs are slow and lazy

[dense hatch]

killing an entire enemy squad and reinforcements with nothing but the starting gear in the swamps is almost peak CS

[ruby warren]

Swamps vibe was immaculate too

Can't wait to go back there in 2

[grim vector]

Telling yourself that you'll help the guys after you search some location and then seeing that they accomplished the mission on their own is peak CS

[dense hatch]

should've gone there immediately if you wanted to help, can't mosey around

or even if you don't participate in faction war a lot, the ending (besides the EM1 section) is fantastic

[ruby warren]

I remember picking up a side quest for the CS PDA and right after I turned around to do it a swamp bloodsucker ran out and murdered the quest giver lol

[rocky trellis]

Your team completely failing and almost losing the whole war when you're busy not helping for 5 minutes is peak CS

[dense hatch]

you are the backbone of whatever group you support most of the time

you actually make a significant difference

[grim vector]

The most competent fighter in the zone

[main tangle]

CS lore and ending is what makes it even more worth it tbh

[ruby warren]

You dont become an old man as a Merc without being a badass

[dense hatch]

exactly

scar and strelok are miles above most zone denizens

[grim vector]

You mean a horde of enemies in the buried hospital and helicopter final boss?

[dense hatch]

it's a blast

I love the hospital section and the helicopter fight, just wish it wasn't undercut by the last little bit

[ruby warren]

The CNPP portion of clear sky on master made me almost throw my controller

[main tangle]

meant the shoot the gunslinger with the big zappy rifle part and the cutscene

[dense hatch]

it's pretty much either brute force or waiting for it to bug out

I did it without it bugging out once

still not as bad as CoP's ending

[grim vector]

Ah yeeee, the goofy ahh run of Strelok, how could I forget that

[dense hatch]

that game actually had the worst ending sequence

[ruby warren]

Bro got stuck on some cover so I just blasted him until his tin foil hat fell off the second go around

[main tangle]

ikr

[ruby warren]

Had to do it twice because right before the game ended some monolith guy one shotted me while they were giving the ending exposition lmao

[main tangle]

"had too many energy drinks" run

[grim vector]

"Gotta get to the toilet before getting brainwashed to kill myself" run

[main tangle]

Lore says, that tourist delight he had after blowing up the tunnel was a bit dated

[ivory gale]

Is there a video of the gamescom gameplay without IGN talking over it?

[somber hawk]

turn off the sound

[broken latch]

It's a ign interview or showcase, what do you expect

[still ridge]

“Bread”

[naive fog]

What I'd do is cut a hole in the bread, eat the cut out bit and make a hotdog

Maybe even cook it over a campfire

[granite mortar]

wrong

you bend the bread and grab the sausage with it

[somber hawk]

nah also wrong

[naive fog]

Wait a sec no I'd cut the bread in half and put the sausage in-between the 2 bits of bread

[sly matrix]

''Bread''

[pseudo rivet]

STOC Gaming

[sly matrix]

@pseudo rivet I broke the game : D

[somber hawk]

you tear the bread with your hands and put the sausage inside

[pseudo rivet]

How?

Me too, btw. I've got a ton of Bandit reinforcements now

[sly matrix]

joined duty, defeated freedom, joined loners to join freedom(to join bandits from there). but every time I try to join freedom the game hard crashes : D

[pseudo rivet]

We're legit taking over the Zone

[sly matrix]

yeah can't wait to try

[pseudo rivet]

Ayo based?

[dense hatch]

might be because you "defeated" freedom

[pseudo rivet]

Sounds freaky

[sly matrix]

nah I've done it before

i'll try leaving the map and coming back

[granite mortar]

no

[pseudo rivet]

I uh, I think the Bandits are trying to attack Yantar

[lyric forge]

.

[dense hatch]

how

[pseudo rivet]

Legit

[dense hatch]

isn't that across agroprom or something

[pseudo rivet]

Yeah, but the Bandits already captured a lot of Agroprom and are currently even reinforcing areas with two squads

[indigo marsh]

Bandits being useful for the first time

[pseudo rivet]

Bro, they've got both a full bar of squads and resources

Faction strength of 181

[indigo marsh]

This makes me want to do a bandit run again

[grim vector]

Nah, imagine heating up some Tourist Delight on campfire, cutting a whole bread in half, taking out the soft part from one of the halves and pouring the tourist delight inside like some sort of bread bowl. You eat the stuff inside and bite onto bread as it soakes with juices. I would love to try that

[sly matrix]

you seeing any AS VALs?

[indigo marsh]

But I need to do a loner run

[dense hatch]

try spam

[indigo marsh]

With the trophy AKM

[grim vector]

Should be nice too

[pseudo rivet]

Yup, I did after I captured Duty's base and they're fairly common, too

Bruh, another squad of reinforcements

Sweet

[sly matrix]

let's see who can reach the highest faction strength, if I ever get passed this crash issue^^

[pseudo rivet]

Freedom, always

Although, who knows? It depends on how much the Bandits can capture

Oh wow, they've now captured that watch tower just outside of the Stalker camp

[sly matrix]

did not know that was even a capturable point

[indigo marsh]

Holy snail

War thunder in clear sky

[grim vector]

Did bandits fetch some aircraft?

[indigo marsh]

They would pancake in them when CAS ing

[somber hawk]

grind never ends

[granite mortar]

[rocky trellis]

What's that for? Which one you want removed from the zone? 😂

[somber hawk]

why are people so mad about the ladders 😭

[dense hatch]

not sure

[somber hawk]

there should be a setting imo

[dense hatch]

it's not a big deal

[rocky trellis]

It is... it damages immersion a lot

[dense hatch]

people act like it's an announcement saying there will be 50 gorillion tooltips

[granite mortar]

[somber hawk]

bro there are yellow ladders in irl chernobyl

[dense hatch]

do red barrels damage immersion

[rocky trellis]

you know damn well that wasn't the only yellow thing

[dense hatch]

the original SoC has text pop up for the tutorial on screen

[rocky trellis]

And they got rid of it for Pripyat

[granite mortar]

mfs when you tell them there were yellow artifacts:

[broken latch]

Hello cats and stalkers

[granite mortar]

omg hii

[dense hatch]

not a cat person?

[rocky trellis]

Just have a separate game journalist mode that adds neon lights to point you to the right direction

[tender torrent]

https://tenor.com/view/hi-cat-black-cat-kitty-hello-gif-20900919

[broken latch]

It's journalist mode just regular speedrun

Isn't*

[dense hatch]

I just checked AND IT'S NOT EVEN THAT YELLOW

[somber hawk]

IGN mode

[dense hatch]

IT'S SPECKLED

[lean quiver]

If you like being treated like a toddler, sure is not a problem

[pseudo rivet]

Neither, it's just hard to see with the stream's quality

[rocky trellis]

Step 1: No problem
Step 2: Okay there is a problem, but it's no big deal
Step 3: Just cope harder

[dense hatch]

I would expect this level of outrage from like a hard yellow color

[somber hawk]

ign playthrough with the yapping 😴
ign playthrough without the sound

[solid dome]

You may be blind but you are also deaf

[dense hatch]

people should be complaining about the boards

[solid dome]

[dense hatch]

that's actually a little annoying and looks odd

[lean quiver]

The boards are more passable unless they clearly make what is breakable and what is not in a photorealistic environment

[somber hawk]

they should complain about the fact that the sircaa bald guy disasembled the ak wrong

[sly matrix]

@pseudo rivet managed to redo some stuff and join freedom without crashes, gonna join bandits tomorrow and join your havoc

[dense hatch]

the fallout 4 assault rifle would immediately kill a portion of stalker fans

[lean quiver]

🤮

[pseudo rivet]

Awesome

[somber hawk]

🪦

[dense hatch]

quite possibly may be the worst proportioned fictional gun

[pseudo rivet]

Bandits are currently reinforcing the hilltops at Agroprom

[leaden sentinel]

GUYS THERES A MULTİPLAYER MODE IN CALL OF PRYPYAT

[wide flume]

So like how big will the stalker figurine be

Need to pick a jar size

[dense hatch]

isn't it just pvp

[pseudo rivet]

Not quite

[somber hawk]

pvp

also you need a account

[onyx plinth]

Do we know if the stalker 2 ultimate physical edition is getting restocked?

[solid dome]

I know

I'm stoked!

[onyx plinth]

I neeeeed it in my life lol

[solid dome]

Twice the size of...

You prefer cashew or walnuts?

[wide flume]

Uhhh

[pseudo rivet]

Here's my current progress on the Bandit run
#📸┃screens_and_videos message

[solid dome]

Fugh you then, get lost or you'll remain on... post

[granite mortar]

[pseudo rivet]

[granite mortar]

#🔩┃trilogy_modifications

also gamma isnt stalker

[solid dome]

and?

[granite mortar]

so ask in mod channel

[broken latch]

We recommend going to gammas servwr

[wide flume]

Gamma?

[solid dome]

and?

[wide flume]

Slop?

[solid dome]

and?

[wide flume]

Shitkov?

[solid dome]

ok?

[wide flume]

Stalker 3?

[solid dome]

yes?

[broken latch]

@solid dome hello to my rational thinking friend

[wide flume]

[granite mortar]

epic embed fail

[still ridge]

Krezzin? Rational?

[solid dome]

Good gawd, Addicy spawned. Clear the room!

[wide flume]

Kot?

[onyx plinth]

I’d like to try gamma but I’m too dumb to figure how to get it

[granite mortar]

krezzin living of army rations in Red Forest

[broken latch]

Download anomaly and apply the modpack

[solid dome]

[wide flume]

How much calories are in a artifact

[onyx plinth]

I’m new to pc so idk how to do anything lol

[dense hatch]

it's quite large but worth a playthrough

[granite mortar]

[pseudo rivet]

I expected better from the so-called king of the so-called STOCtown

[dense hatch]

just download and unpack anomaly

[wide flume]

Successful bulk through eating gravi

[dense hatch]

there's a lot of tutorials online

[granite mortar]

just uninstall Anomaly

[dense hatch]

hey it's worth a single playthrough to see if you like it

[onyx plinth]

I tried to look up a vid lol didn’t help haha

[granite mortar]

no

[onyx plinth]

Il give it a try again tonight

[dense hatch]

do you have WinRAR?

[wide flume]

Install ||thunder storm||

[onyx plinth]

I think so

[broken latch]

Go to mod.db site, search anomaly, follow the instructions on the site. Then search for gramma on the same site and follow the instructions

[wide flume]

Why is it clear sky and not thunder storm

[broken latch]

Why is it shadow of Chernobyl and not sunshine of Chernobyl

[dense hatch]

if you don't enjoy anomaly but like the idea of freeplay try COTZ or legends returns

[lyric marten]

Hello guys , I just wanted to ask if Absolute HD mod (only textures) is better then absolute nature and absolute structures for soc

[wide flume]

Kots

[dense hatch]

don't use texture mods so can't comment

[broken latch]

Just compare the images

[onyx plinth]

If I can’t figure it out could I pm you?

The whole gamma thing

[dense hatch]

I don't play gamma much and only installed it once like 8 months ago

[lyric marten]

Please tell me i cant decide absolute HD looks too dark at some parts and absolute structures for soc have bugged textures in chernobyl

[dense hatch]

nullmoxy's server has a couple people that play gamma that aren't as bad as the actual gamma server

[broken latch]

Always use the less buggy mods

[onyx plinth]

I tried to download it but like I said I’m dumb haha

[gilded remnant]

How enjoyable is clear sky vanilla? (Im playing it)

[broken latch]

A lot

When you know what to do

[dense hatch]

quite a bit once used to it

[wide flume]

Peak sky

[onyx plinth]

Ok imma try and figure out again

[gilded remnant]

Is call of pripyat better or worse than clear sky?

[broken latch]

Learning all routes to avoid getting mugged was the best decision ever

[granite mortar]

its caleld PEAK sky because it is in fact peak

[broken latch]

Better in terms of quest, worse in everything else

[gilded remnant]

After im done with the trilogy imma start modding or anomaly

[lean quiver]

what

[dense hatch]

true!

[lyric marten]

Ok will do , using Absolute HD (textures only and deleting weapon textures and replacing them with OWR3 for soc ) should work right? If I do that i dont need manual merging right

[broken latch]

I can help you out tmrw around afternoon CEST if you're willing to wait that long

[granite mortar]

anomaly is overrated ahh slop
not good start for modded playthroughs

start lightly with mods like ogse

[onyx plinth]

I mean what time is that est? And I’m more then willing to wait

[dense hatch]

it's a different experience compared to classic stalker modding

[wide flume]

Baby thrown off balcony

[dense hatch]

anomaly is like 15 mods all stacked on top of each other

[broken latch]

6 hours ahead of est

[gilded remnant]

Anomaly is the reason i bought the trilogy

[dense hatch]

#🔩┃trilogy_modifications

[broken latch]

Ask in gamma server

[gilded remnant]

Best decision ever

[granite mortar]

ask in the mods channel
repeating the question 5 times after being told where to ask wont help you

[dense hatch]

it's a common stepping stone

something like NA7 or OP-2 would give more interesting experiences

[onyx plinth]

So that would be 6am I think idk I’m not smart lol

[dense hatch]

there's also alternateA but I haven't played it yet

[wide flume]

GET JT OUT

[dense hatch]

will as soon as my laptop is fixed

[gilded remnant]

Cuz its free

[broken latch]

Afternoon is like 4-6pm

[lyric marten]

😄

[wide flume]

[granite mortar]

errrm
mods
can we Wolf this guy?

[pseudo rivet]

Just mute lmao

[spring apex]

gamedata/sounds/interface

[dense hatch]

anomaly is basically the equivalent of going into cybersecurity on the path of being a furry

it's perfectly fine and acceptable

[spring apex]

[onyx plinth]

So 4pm my time or your time

[wide flume]

Monolith Ironman run

[dense hatch]

just an odd choice honestly, plenty of other more accurate mods are free

[gilded remnant]

What mods are best for each game?

[lean quiver]

Afternoon is after noon, obviously

[broken latch]

Just DM after 10am (EST) and I should respond

[granite mortar]

depends on what you want
modding possibilities are far and wide

[broken latch]

We aren't gammas engineers, ask in gamma server

[onyx plinth]

Oh ok well idk when il be up tomorrow might be like 3pm my time

[dense hatch]

what

[broken latch]

Or ping the dev @mortal parcel

[granite mortar]

heres spreadsheet I made for story mods
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1o996FD2lx1rlHUwY9fmaFo-g_fE9uXPmrx_PoaXsI3Y/edit?pli=1&gid=0#gid=0

[gilded remnant]

Why am i even asking? Im not even done with vanilla

[dense hatch]

for overhauls or fixes

[spring apex]

oh yeah grok is here lol

[onyx plinth]

@broken latch I sent you a friend request il message you tomorrow 🙂

[broken latch]

👍

[onyx plinth]

Appreciate the help

[dense hatch]

grok occasionally comes in to whine at people for hating on gamma

[granite mortar]

or do 3 hour rants about memes

[pseudo rivet]

Respect

[dense hatch]

I think I've only ever seen him complaining or saying some wild take

[broken latch]

For soc winter edition
CS I played 2 short story mods, it doesn't have a lot of mods
Cop - Spatial anomaly

[gilded remnant]

Should i get the STALKER tattoo?

[dense hatch]

no it's large as hell and extremely visible

[pseudo rivet]

Up to you

[granite mortar]

if you want
whos to stop you?

[dense hatch]

maybe like on the lower body

[wide flume]

It’s an idea

[granite mortar]

it can have bad implications
personally wouldnt get one

[gilded remnant]

Like the marked one

[dense hatch]

bottom of the foot

[wide flume]

Cosplay marked one by being marked

[broken latch]

You mean like the all other agents

[gilded remnant]

Strelok lowkey looks like cillian murphy

[pseudo rivet]

You can also just get a 1 tattoo, so you'd be Marked "One"

[wide flume]

[gilded remnant]

Thats gonna leave a Mark

[broken latch]

Please change back to wh40k pfp

[pseudo rivet]

Which (Marked) one?

[dense hatch]

back?

[gilded remnant]

I can't wait to see sidorovich in stalker 2

[wide flume]

Forget Ryan gosling, strider the real me

[gilded remnant]

Yall know who the saviour from SoC is?

[dense hatch]

movie reference

[pseudo rivet]

Yes, a Stalker

[gilded remnant]

Imagine if we get lore on him in stalker 2

Stalker: the dark ages

[dense hatch]

stalker eternal

[lean quiver]

stalker forever

[pseudo rivet]

STALKER: The Dark Angels

[granite mortar]

Stalker: Dark Valley

[pseudo rivet]

I think the Bandits captured everything they wanted now, at least for Agroprom

Because I'm not getting reinforcements anymore

Welp, it does seem like they want to take Yantar

Based

[naive fog]

His current one is so good tho

[indigo marsh]

Wait bandits can take positions at yantar

[dense hatch]

bandit sweep

[broken latch]

I can't get used to this one

[grim palm]

[broken latch]

#en_cat

[pseudo rivet]

I'm legit as surprised as you

[pseudo rivet]

Legit which one?

[indigo marsh]

I mean the dark valley one made sense

[broken latch]

The one that you, vasim and another 2 dudes shared

[indigo marsh]

But the yantar one is crazy

[broken latch]

That's the only one I accept

[pseudo rivet]

Lmao that wasn't 40k

[broken latch]

Others I can't get good with

[broken latch]

I thought it was golden guard or something

[pseudo rivet]

That was D&D

[fluid abyss]

zesty voice: deliciosa

[broken latch]

Dining & Dinner?

[indigo marsh]

The guy with a steel knight helmet?

[broken latch]

Dine & Dash?

[pseudo rivet]

Dragons & Dungeons?

[rapid shadow]

Hello, i have a doubt about stalker 2 pre order, in the content shows that if you preorder, you can get skins and a camp content, what does mean this last one?

[broken latch]

Drugs & Dopamine?

[naive fog]

Hell it could've been a knight pilot or princeps if you were thinking bout 40k

[broken latch]

Skins is well skins, campfire is like extra tales and lines around campfire

[pseudo rivet]

Dude, Questor Imperialis Scions look so cool and retro

[naive fog]

My knights all have Imperialis markings and everything but I field then as Mechanicus cause they have better stats lmao

[pseudo rivet]

Hella

[rapid shadow]

oh ok, so its not like a guitar to play near campfire, canteen or some items to camp, right?

[naive fog]

Also it's a custom house so I get to field any house rules I want

[dense hatch]

guitar hero mini game WILL be in stalker 2

[pseudo rivet]

Ngl, I love (almost) all the Houses

Which is unique with sub-factions

[wide flume]

Fortnite festival in stalker 2

[broken latch]

No

[pseudo rivet]

House Raven is legit Dark Angels but Questor Mechanicus, tho

[naive fog]

I have an idea to field a Knight Lancer and just kit it out with relics and stuff, if I pick House Griffith it gets to advance and charge but idk cause if I pick the House Hawkshroud rules for stat purposes all knights have double the health so they'll be more effective

[pseudo rivet]

House Cadmus would probably be my favorite

[rapid shadow]

okey, thank you ... one last thing, if we preorder, we won´t be able to play like 5 days before or something?

[naive fog]

Based

Same tbh

[broken latch]

We will get 3 days early access

[rapid shadow]

0.0, cool, but it doesn´t appear on the description of the content on xbox, play or pc

[flat barn]

I like how the bloodsucker is like a slippery little shit man

[rapid shadow]

that is shown somewhere else to read it?

[nimble cipher]

mr_grim10101 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[dense hatch]

what

[pseudo rivet]

#📸┃screens_and_videos message

[indigo marsh]

This is my head cannon

The bandits controlled yantar

But 'Small 'kruglov came and wiped the bandits out

[frank egret]

how did that guy get strelok ipad

[solid cosmos]

Thief. He stole it from Strelok

[leaden sentinel]

i gave 3 vodkas to this mf called ''cordon'' for a discount, he fell asleep after the third one

[limpid vigil]

XDDD

[limpid vigil]

Its actually Cardan,and you should give 2 vodka bottles to him

[leaden sentinel]

but he didn't said no to a third one

[limpid vigil]

I dont think that somebody was able to say no after 4 litres of vodka :)

[celest blaze]

Me

[leaden sentinel]

he fell asleep after

[leaden sentinel]

i prefer rakı but ok

[worn oar]

[static compass]

I wonder of we'll see the return of deggy

Don't know if it would make much sense

[frank egret]

That would make the bad ending canon

He is sent back to the zone

[pseudo rivet]

That's the only Deggy ending

[wide flume]

My birdsona could be hawk tuah

[polar orchid]

How many more days boys?

Like, how many more days is it really. Like really really...

[dense hatch]

check the release date

[dense hatch]

avian

[polar orchid]

November 20th

But how many more days is it...

[dense hatch]

I forgot which months are 30 or 31

[polar orchid]

It's 91 more days

Or 90, depending what time of day it releases

And how long the download takes

[dense hatch]

it shouldn't be too bad if you have anything decent

[celest goblet]

90 days yea

[polar orchid]

Depends how big the file is, if its like 100 gigs+ it'll probably take me 4-8 hours

[lean quiver]

Even if it were 150gbs with a decent internet it would take no more than 7 hours

[dense hatch]

shame it'll probably be kinda large

not a fan of gutting my steam library for a single game like gamma

[polar orchid]

i have a 2tb gaming drive and its mostly empty

cos i dont wanna play anything

i need that stalker 2

[dense hatch]

why in god's name did you get a 2tb drive

[polar orchid]

cos they arent very expensive

1tb isnt enough

or it used to not be enough, since i got a new computer i have barely installed anything lol

[lean quiver]

people acting like even 1tb ssd drives aren't 30 or 50 bucks

[dense hatch]

no but like why

240 gbs is enough for most decent games considering most of the big stuff is garbage

HK is only like 5 gbs

[lean quiver]

Oh thrust me you never have too much space

is like bread

[polar orchid]

for me a decent 1tb ssd is like £70 ($100), or a 2tb is £120, ($150)

its more bang for my buck to get the 2tb

ill fill it eventually

[dense hatch]

I just play games that aren't bloated mostly

even modded games shouldn't get too big

[polar orchid]

same, most games i play are like 30gigs

but also performance is important, if an ssd is more than half full its not as fast, so 2tb is a lot of breathing room

[untold salmon]

I've only been playing 2 games recently so I'm good for space,anything else is small or uninstalled

[celest blaze]

2TB is very nice to have

[hidden stratus]

Hard drives are only getting cheaper

[dense hatch]

do y'all not uninstall games

[celest blaze]

I do but I also like having alot of games and alot of mods haha

[dense hatch]

most mods (excluding gamma) don't breach like 50 gbs

[celest blaze]

I have gamma and a bunch of other games haha

[ruby warren]

Why would he? Dudes got a 2tb drive

[hidden stratus]

Skyrim mods

[dense hatch]

to encourage proper storage management

similar to trimming screenshots every once in a while

[ruby warren]

Sounds boring

[celest blaze]

Baulders gate 3, Red dead 2, war thunder with updated textures alone is 379 gigs and that's only 3 out of 89 games on my steam profile

I need alot of space

[ruby warren]

With that hard drive he can have 2 call of duty games installed at once

[dense hatch]

with my hard drive I can have 40 HK installs

[celest blaze]

Plus stalker 2 makes 4 games a quarter of my ssd lol

2TB isn't as big as it used to be imo

[polar orchid]

im anticipating future games to always be like 100gigs

this is my computer for the next 5 years or so

[celest blaze]

Fr

Aslong as the games are good I don't mind the big size ( Red dead 2 , bg3 etc ) but if it's cod slop then im not happy

[polar orchid]

space marine 2 is looking tempting, thats gotta be a big one too

[celest blaze]

I think stalker 2 is what 150 gigs?

[polar orchid]

yeah the steam page says 150

[celest blaze]

Before any mods aswell

Gamma 2 is gonna 600 gigs lol

[polar orchid]

at that rate it wont release until 2030 lol

[untold salmon]

75gbs

[hidden stratus]

Brandon.1 is typing...

[last moth]

Guys, i think CoP is a very good game despite the menus

[dense hatch]

gamma would be significantly smaller if grok bothered to trim it at all

[dense hatch]

wrong, grok him

[last moth]

SoC is better, but still a very nice game

The AI's not so spectacular, but there's an huge improvement clear sky

[celest blaze]

peak sky >

but all the games are good imo

[last moth]

I hated CS

[celest blaze]

damn

[last moth]

Too much bugs.

[celest blaze]

i wish CoP had more time in the oven

[dense hatch]

which ones

also try SRP

[last moth]

The faction system was a very nice idea, BUT IT'S SO BAD MADE

[last moth]

I did it

[dense hatch]

you LIE

SRP removes pretty much every bug, it's extremely thorough

[last moth]

Clear sky be like: "oh yea guys, let's leave the place that we conquered like 2 minutes ago so the enemy can reclaim it again

• the ai is awful

[hidden stratus]

then a fastball grenade straight to your head from a group of 4 bandits ready to retake it

[lean quiver]

i though that only happened when they were almost full

[polar orchid]

the less memory being used the better i think

its probably fine up to like 60-70%

[sick pike]

https://tenor.com/view/america-hurricane-happy4th-of-july-america-flag-independence-day-gif-13302491156063296247

[dense hatch]

it is not the 4th of July

[celest blaze]

Bros late

[tulip crow]

Hot take: there are no bad Stalker games

[dense hatch]

the mobile one

[hidden stratus]

turn the fcking ac on its hot in here

[static compass]

[wheat rose]

hello can I ask about a problem? i'm playing s.t.a.l.k.e.r 3 and don't know what the game is telling me to do, the mission on the personal assistant screen is data about the "go to the high ground" mission. i don't know where to go. People can help me? Thanks!

[leaden sentinel]

how do we access the server stickers?

[leaden sentinel]

3?

like call of pripyat?

[wheat rose]

Correct, it is S.T.A.L.K.E.R : Call of Pripia. I am sorry, I am using a translation tool.

[finite dragon]

Do you understand Japanese? Maybe I can help.

[golden wave]

stalker

[finite dragon]

Hello!

[golden wave]

stslker

[wheat rose]

Yes. It is my first time in here. I want to send a picture to explain the situation, but the button to send a file is not available.

[leaden sentinel]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1050141967385886761/1276032611214688347/yt5s.io-Marked_One__What_the_hell_.mp4?ex=66c80d7a&is=66c6bbfa&hm=3d553ce94cc3c7ed0eb4b9f099c7b0ef124cf999b9b70118887f1e99654d2924&

[finite dragon]

ここにはスクリーンショットは送信できません。チャンネル一覧内からスクリーンショットとビデオのチャンネルに行ってみてください。

[wheat rose]

おっ？君もわかるのか？ここにもう一人の仲間がいて嬉しいよ。

[finite dragon]

解りますよー！宜しくです。

[sand fiber]

stalker.