⭐┃nospoilers_general

[uncut rock]

is there any decent TLDR on the stalker plot up to 2? for a fren

[dire dagger]

Nope

Little if any story stuff has been shown

Which is for the best

[empty rock]

Chernobyl did a Chernobyl and then mutants n artifafcts n stalkers n shit

[granite mortar]

tell him he has to play the trilogy
or Ill marrry his mother!

[uncut rock]

lol

[dire dagger]

Tell him to play the trilogy or I’ll come throw rocks through all his windows with the boys

[uncut rock]

told him to watch replays

[dire dagger]

You got 20 days bruh

Just play the games

[empty rock]

Just take 3 weeks off

[dire dagger]

You can easily complete all 3 games in 20 days

[uncut rock]

"you even have time to poop twice in between"

[dire dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/lizard-salamander-gecko-dance-gif-16187825

[finite dragon]

You can complete all 3 games in 3 days

[dire dagger]

Well nah

Not if your trying to actually do everything

[uncut rock]

cool gecko

[finite dragon]

Stalker games aren’t super complex and they aren’t that deep or long.

[empty rock]

Speedrun.com taught me that you can even do it in one day

[uncut rock]

oh boys empire of ants is out? epic just spammed me to get it

[dire dagger]

Ants

[polar orchid]

why not

[dire dagger]

Me when they tell me to put my hands covered in honey in the hole full of bullet ants

[uncut rock]

#📜┃gsc-answers message

[supple scaffold]

is it possible to pre order physical edition of the game

[sour goblet]

i beat clear sky in like 3-5 days

with sidequests and real life included

[native ibex]

Wait, real life?
Which artifact is that

[sour goblet]

[uncut rock]

clear sky's the prequel right

[polar orchid]

people who beat games at a steady pace are clearly too sober

[steel eagle]

research simulator disguised as stalker game

[steel eagle]

how y'all be taking so long to beat a game

[native ibex]

Aye, got through gta 5 in two or three days back in '13. Neighbor though I was nuts

[polar orchid]

personally, my mindset be like i see stuff, i try and climb it, then jump off it, and goof around and die a lot, and troll the npcs and have fun y'know... you sober people wouldnt understand

[steel eagle]

few years back when I first played stalker, I did all the shit imaginable in stalker cop and still beat it in 3 days

[polar orchid]

clearly you didnt sell every single gun that you could possibly find

[dire dagger]

Depends on the game

I mean most of stalker games can be completed in like 3 hours if you don’t do any side quests

[polar orchid]

if it takes me less than a couple weeks to beat stalker 2 ill be sad

[hardy turtle]

did you drop a Soul and a Flame in a ramp and saw which was faster? I think not huh

[sour goblet]

9 minute speedrun

[native ibex]

A couple weeks? I don't know many games that can't be burned through faster than that. If any.

[sour goblet]

just play it through like a completionist

[polar orchid]

escape from tarkov

[hardy turtle]

kenshi

[native ibex]

Hmm, yeah. Well, tbf, that game sucks unless you like CBT

[polar orchid]

i have more hours in that game than anything else by a landslide

[native ibex]

I heard that's a good game

[worn oar]

https://tenor.com/view/frustrated-ugh-headache-gif-7532429

[native ibex]

General Rhami, however, feels differently

STOC... wasn't that a weapons pack

[worn oar]

Tactifool is eh

[polar orchid]

i feel like some of you guys dont appreciate the games you play, sounds like you game like youre chasing the carrot on the stick

[hardy turtle]

very good game, highly recommend it, I no-lifed it for 100hours in less than two weeks when I first started it

[dire dagger]

5 dollar weapon dlc mod for stalker 2

[worn oar]

STOCoP

[native ibex]

Want reward chemicals. Want reward chemicals fast.

[polar orchid]

what is your reward if youre rushing to get it over with

[native ibex]

Right. Shame on me.

[native ibex]

Idk, but I eat my food fast and it makes it better.

[sour goblet]

dopmine

[polar orchid]

i have friends like that and i couldnt stand playing games in co-op with them

[uncut rock]

that's but a myth

[polar orchid]

dont even look at the art, just running to the next objective like their life depends on it

[sour goblet]

fair enough

[uncut rock]

if dopamine existed i should have had some by this point.

[native ibex]

That's why I said reward chemical and not dopamine. Always one of.these guys

[polar orchid]

i be high as a kite, walking down corridors looking at them from all different angles, soaking it all in, appreciating the artistry

[sour goblet]

BLACK KITE REFERENCE

[polar orchid]

and i intend to make stalker 2 even more drawn out by hopefully killing richter and dragging his corpse everywhere i go

[dire dagger]

Based

[native ibex]

I kinda do that when high. Sometimes I fall into a stupor too, lol.

@dire dagger New hat dropped, I see.

[worthy lagoon]

You can drag corpses

[polar orchid]

yeah its quite handy for bringing extra loot to sell to traders

[worn oar]

@crisp ruin

[native ibex]

That sounds slow

[worn oar]

Look at this

[crisp ruin]

WHYYYYYYYYYYYY

[polar orchid]

he's too happy

[native ibex]

Also, who's Richter? The emo guy with the Leon Kennedy cut?

[crisp ruin]

[silk sparrow]

new wallpaper arrived

[polar orchid]

guy from the trailers who gives you the bolts and gets all excited on top of the crane

[native ibex]

Oh, cute

[dire dagger]

Yah till tomorrow

Then I’m changing it again

Epic lag

[native ibex]

He seems nice. I hope nothing bad happens to tutorial guy.

[polar orchid]

im gonna kill him the first chance i get

[crisp ruin]

I hope so, since I cannot get better after... Jackie died in Cyberpunk 2077

[native ibex]

But why? Why would you do that, why would you do anyofthat

[polar orchid]

he better not conveniently disappear before i find a weapon

[native ibex]

You had a CGI trailer that spoiled that a long time before

[polar orchid]

cos he's too happy. i like my zone dreary and depressing

[sour goblet]

richter is cool

[native ibex]

Oh. No, it seems pretty upbeat overall this time around. Lots of dancing, jokes, singing.

[polar orchid]

also for fun to see if anyone notices me dragging his body around the whole zone

[polar orchid]

yeah anyone who is being too happy im gonna kill them too

[native ibex]

It's a new age, boomer

[sly matrix]

ALOOOOOHAAAAAA

[native ibex]

Exactly

[sly matrix]

EY BUDDY, LOOKING FOR A GOOD DEAL EH?

[polar orchid]

you dont know that, you dont know what he did. people who venture into the zone are not good people.

[native ibex]

That's exactly what I expect. He'll go through the mysterious and inoperable door at the end of the tutorial and despawn.

[sour goblet]

you're not a good person

[native ibex]

Says who

[polar orchid]

the lore

[silk sparrow]

i always wonder from where do strelok, scar, degtyarev has all those bolts in the pocket?

[native ibex]

The lore permits lots of great people. Like drunken technician.

[silk sparrow]

must be 5kg of bolts in pocket

[polar orchid]

appearances can be decieving

[native ibex]

They keep those in the soft pocket

[silk sparrow]

brown pocket?

[native ibex]

Exactly

[native ibex]

Is that why I see burer when look in mirror

[dense hatch]

or vano

the fact there isn't a smiling vano emoji is criminal

[steel eagle]

that's how I gained money wym

I never sell artifacts, I just sell weapons from dead stalkers

I get the guns, repair it, and make 20-50% profit

[late egret]

In an interview, I heard from a developer an idea that, in my opinion, implies that selling artifacts is wrong.. is it so?

[sour goblet]

i actually have a collection of artifacts in call of pripyat

[north violet]

I kind of wish they had gotten Ukrainian VAs for the English dub. Feels....wrong to hear so many people talking with American and English accents. (Yes, I'm aware that The Zone isn't populated with only Ukrainians and would likely have people from all over the world residing there. However, when I see characters that previously had Ukrainian or Russian accents suddenly no longer having them, it's a bit jarring.)

[worthy lagoon]

They've always used EN VA for EN dub though

[late egret]

I'm waiting for games to start using AI for voice acting in different languages with the same voice as the original actor. And in the movies too.

[north violet]

Yes, but they still had identifiably Eastern European accents, they didn't sound like they were from the US or the UK like we hear with many characters in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2.

[still ridge]

Yeah but clearly fake accents

Vs no fake accents

[north violet]

They were a bit exaggerated but not that far off from Ukrainians and Russians I've met IRL or voice-chatted with online.

[potent bluff]

We got a new trailer

[north violet]

I'm in Upstate New York, we've actually got a pretty sizeable Ukrainian population up here.

[exotic mural]

Fantastic video I've watched it 4 times, but I haven't seen a mosin haha. Is this an oversight? Surely

[unkempt junco]

I’m guessing the ultimate physical edition will not be available to the US market?

[ripe birch]

Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could they didnt stop to think if they should.

[warm cove]

First stalker game to be compared to stalker mobile

[marsh dome]

When trailer

[north violet]

Oh, speaking of trailers, anyone else notice how in the "Strider" trailer, Strider says psi differently? (Dare I say incorrectly)

[warm cove]

you receiver a trailer, but stalker 2 gets delayed again....

[worthy urchin]

Imagine Legends of the zone IOS port

[warm cove]

Horrible

[worthy urchin]

😾

[finite dragon]

I wanna apologize for that terrible joke

[worthy lagoon]

There won't be AI usage, plus that's illegal here luckily

[polar orchid]

but AI in games would be amazing

[sour goblet]

#📸┃screens_and_videos can somebody tell me?

[polar orchid]

i wanna talk to the characters

[worthy urchin]

I did this for amomawy, translated all voices with same tone, accent and momentum into Spanish language using AI(project stopped bc boring)

[pine ibex]

im surprised that the shadow of the zone media

hasnt been posted in the announcement section, new short film

[hazy helm]

quite reassuring

[worthy lagoon]

Shadow of tacticool

[hazy helm]

quite happy that this has yet to happen

[worthy lagoon]

https://tenor.com/view/laughing-cat-catlaughing-laughingcat-point-gif-7577620470218150413

[hazy helm]

https://tenor.com/view/grab-mole-catch-dig-gif-26751395

it doesnt work idiot

[nimble cipher]

goofy2765 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[hazy helm]

lol

hes trynna post shadows of the zone, somebody stop him

[worthy lagoon]

Was it a bot

[still ridge]

We got stalker on Nintendo switch before GTA 6

[late egret]

You're a cool dude if you can do that. Let me tell you something personally that's not about stalker?

[dire dagger]

Stalker on Nintendo Wii when

[worthy urchin]

If stalker LOTZ runs in Nintendo switch, can run in my iPhone and I'd definitely pay for it to play it anywhere😳

[alpine estuary]

stankler

[worthy urchin]

Thanks bro! Alright, sure thing

[unborn raft]

My apologies if this has been asked a million times already, but is the ultimate physical edition still available for sale? If so, where can one find it?

[worn oar]

Some stores do

[worthy lagoon]

https://game-legends.de/en/S.T.A.L.K.E.R.-2-Heart-of-Chornobyl-Ultimate-Edition-Reprint-Code-in-a-Box-PC-4020628560287

[worn oar]

@loud gate you have a list right?

[unborn raft]

Thank you!

[worthy lagoon]

GSC sent an email saying that they restocked in GameLegends

[worn oar]

Some other shops were reported to have the game available too

I missed the mail btw 😦

[worn oar]

Sweet

[granite mortar]

good
no need to clutter announcements with slop

[worn oar]

Was about to accidently unpin it lmao

Thinking I'm pinning it ofc

[unborn raft]

Does game legend only ship within the EU? Is there a way to have a purchase sent to the US?

[worthy lagoon]

Should be global, check their policy and #🖤┃s2-pre-order

[glossy blade]

No updates for US yet

[worthy lagoon]

Nvm

[glossy blade]

but we are actively working on it, should hopefully be soonish

[fervent socket]

Nah, not seeing any shipping to NA or anywhere else.

Besides Europe

[unborn raft]

Understood, thank you for the help! I can't wait to try and get my copy!

[fervent socket]

Don’t give me hope.

[pine ibex]

was it really that bad?

[granite mortar]

well there was like 0 stalker stuff

2 anomalies
0 mutants
0 actual stalker
Just bunch of tactislop operators doing tactislop stuff in remotely stalker like environment

[twilit sierra]

Heyooo!

Is there any word if the console controls for Legends on the Zone are coming to PC? I'd love to play Clear Sky on my steamdeck with the weaponwheel.

[fervent socket]

Should have it, if not the community will make ones.

That’s if it runs on the deck.

[twilit sierra]

It should! If the Switch can run them, the steamdeck definitely can lol

[worthy lagoon]

@granite mortar check #📜┃gsc-answers

[pine ibex]

dam ig people did not like it, i didnt watch it just yet

[granite mortar]

holy kino

[still ridge]

No bad cgi mutants, yeah I’m not watching

[worthy lagoon]

Someone has made a mod for it i think, @lean furnace and @lucid breach knows that better than me

[pine ibex]

i think considering small budget

[hazy helm]

it truly is the Holywood slop I predicted it to be, damn, I like being right

[warm cove]

Will there be a bloodsucker x freedom sequel to the tactislop stalker film

[unborn raft]

One last question, which channel will the US physical announcement be made in, so I can keep my eye out for it?

[still ridge]

Smh could at least do a humanoid mutant with practical effects

[pine ibex]

and youtubers making it

[granite mortar]

considering small budget entirely wasted on unecessary stuff instead of the important things

[hazy helm]

150k is not small

bigger movies have been made with 150k

plus

[still ridge]

They got a whole APC bro

[loud gate]

Doing Snorks is not that hard actually heh

[hazy helm]

they got sponsored by tatical gear companies

[still ridge]

they could at least do a controller or bloodsucker

[granite mortar]

poor OT-64 deserved to be in a better film

[still ridge]

Practical effects for that would be easy

[warm cove]

Only thing I liked was the loner in the start of the film, decent style If it wasn't for the plate carrier

[glossy blade]

#🖤┃s2-pre-order or #📰┃announcement , both are possible

[still ridge]

play with lighting and stuff, controller and bloodsucker could be pretty convincing

[pine ibex]

i think considering how much staff running entire project

[hazy helm]

they didnt spend a cent of that cash on equipment at all

[pine ibex]

like how many people did they have to organize all that

[unborn raft]

Thank you!

[warm cove]

They blew it all on spiritus carriers

[pine ibex]

also like you need to pay for people to be flown out and set management

[hazy helm]

so its still their fault that they had cash and they squandered it doing jackshit
bc case in point
the volunteers were told to bring their own gear, the BDRM was brought by a volunteer evem

[still ridge]

They could at least do a mutant

Not even a blind dog

Smh

[hazy helm]

and thats my point
why would you do all this over engeniering when you can get way way better quality for script, plot, lighting, effects, everything
if you film in a set

[still ridge]

truth

[wise blaze]

Have I missed some sort of argument? What’s up

[hazy helm]

its more expansive to do all this crap when youd have a better plot if you set the movie in a LABORATORY
that is UNDERGROUND
you know
ONE OF THE PILLARS OF STALKER

[pine ibex]

maybe

[hazy helm]

EXPLORING SPOOKY UNDERGROUND SHIT?!

see

[pine ibex]

i havent ever done a movie and dont know the processes and financial background of it

but interesting to see reaction to it

[green root]

20 days to stalker 2

[wise blaze]

What’s the argument about?

[hazy helm]

the director, hes clearly not a stalker guy, the ppl involved, most likely as well, they have experience elsewhere, with tatical shit, it shows thru
the problem is, stalker is hard sci fi action, not this stuff, its clear the ppl in charge didnt know how bnudget or coordinate and didnt really care to tie shit into stalker only reading the wikipedia page of the game and forgetting about it

[fervent socket]

The little stalker movie

[hazy helm]

shadows of zone shit
taticoomers in shambles

economy is down in tatters

[wise blaze]

What happened. Thought it was sorted to be fairly ok.
It’s the one drewski is involved in I think? Or was that a dif one

[hazy helm]

yhea its the drewski one, the Evan Royals one

[fervent socket]

People are angry that it was lack luster

[wise blaze]

Seemed fine to me. Maybe a few months ago. But I really never cared.
Is it out, and bad?

[fervent socket]

Me personally I never watched nor will I ever.

[granite mortar]

people are angry thatt it was shit barely related to stalker

[hazy helm]

Im ecstatic, I can tell ppl I told you so in a smug face

https://tenor.com/view/crunchycat-luna-cat-smirk-smile-gif-9301919548442205824

[fervent socket]

[wise blaze]

I mean. Imo, there’s really “not that much” of that stuff.
Like. If you count the reactor areas itself as underground then sure.

But the bunkers. I can think of 4 off the top of my head that are in the OG?

[fervent socket]

Where was the little movie filmed at? Some random ass woods?

[wise blaze]

But I will admit (don’t crucify me) I am more partial to the anomaly stuff.
I’ve always preferred mundane.

[granite mortar]

yeah ur getting crucified

[wise blaze]

Ik they were excited cause they got to film at an old nuclear plant for a bit iirc

[wise blaze]

Haha I always am.

[hazy helm]

Stalker is based around exploring and finding weird sci fi concepts and shit, with the most memorable and plot triggers being underground bunkers

Brain Scorcher, Yantar Underground, Sarcofagus, etc

it is a pretty big element of the stalker charm

[wise blaze]

Oh. 2 more if we count brain scorcher and the other one.
I did somehow forget about that goofy ah area north of swamps.

[fervent socket]

Im curious, did they have the skill to pull everyone’s expectations?

[wise blaze]

Tbh I don’t really think that’s underground tho. Just. Inside.

[granite mortar]

just kidding
as long as you have actual reasons to like it other than "muh graphics infinite replay " and can admit it has its shortcomings (and theres a lot of those) then its okay

[deep quiver]

sorry wendigoon, shadow of the zone is not good

[wise blaze]

Probably not. But idrk

[hazy helm]

they used the money to sightsee instead of make a good movie lmao

[deep quiver]

pure tactical slop

[fervent socket]

Wait you telling me it’s not about getting flash backs of hearing cheeki breeki 24/7?!

[hazy helm]

if you didnt have enuff cash why did you travel to power plant
"muh vibes?"
the ones you dont have? lmao

[deep quiver]

that movie is what would happen if you turn on the no mutants setting on EFP with 300 cag mods installed

[wise blaze]

I can haha.
Fr fr
But graphics is one of my reasons. Only cause my eyes are so friggin bad.
For me, it’s the fact that I’m just a dood chillin in the zone with my cheekie breekies and getting filled with holes.
I’m not special
Too many fps games make you “special” for plot reasons.

[granite mortar]

ehhh

[fervent socket]

Never tried modding stalker, I have a lot of backlogs of games to go through

[granite mortar]

Ive played many mods and I havent seen any of them have NPCs do as much peepee sucking as Anomaly NPCs do

[wise blaze]

Ay yo? I ain’t using those mods breh. I ain’t into allat

[deep quiver]

my point is, anomaly, EFP, gamma, and the 10 other cag mods are ruining the stalker perspective

[fervent socket]

Moderators, hack his pc and show his mod lists.

[deep quiver]

shadow of the zone is just the tarkov movie if it had exploding air

[granite mortar]

what I mean is some NPCs will call you a mighty hero who saved them blah blah
never seen that in other mods, everywhere else they just go "thanks bud, heres my stash, feel free to take something from there, see ya"

[wise blaze]

Ah. I skip 99% of dialogue cause I ain’t readin allat

[granite mortar]

fair

[wise blaze]

Yet I ironically chose to learn Russian cause the OG trilogy
Only to get cucked and have them not voice s2 in Russian. Haha

[granite mortar]

you should still be able to understand most of it

[wise blaze]

Tbh I thought they spoke same language but with slight differences

Nah. There’s a Ukrainian guy at my work who’s a refugee and they’re actually quite a bit different. But he knows both languages

[pine ibex]

solidly different

[wise blaze]

Like. Helicopter in Russian is вертолет but in Ukraine, it’s just геликоптер

[pine ibex]

also depends on dialect

[mystic anchor]

Did anyone else have a heart attack reading “Q1 2025” on that new video before seeing it was for the official wiki

[fervent socket]

I remember on my first play through of stalker 1 I got the greed ending.

[shy moss]

helo

[hazy helm]

heeeeey S2Wiki gets a shoutout

now thats what I like to see

[pine ibex]

western Ukraine v Kyiv region have different words, and mannerisms

[wise blaze]

You like to see naked men too prolly

[hazy helm]

https://tenor.com/view/batman-robin-slap-cachetada-meme-cachetazo-gif-14588588888076113146

[hoary grotto]

Did they just announce a delay

[hazy helm]

no

[hoary grotto]

What does Q1 2025 mean

[hazy helm]

why

[wise blaze]

Yea. 2 Ukrainians at my work. And 1 girl from my route (I work on school bus) 1 is western. The other adult is way more Russian accent. The girl told me her town speaks Russian and she doesn’t even know much Ukrainian

[shy moss]

stalker 2 wiki release date

[hazy helm]

[cyan canopy]

dont worry dude its just wiki

[hazy helm]

still 2 weeks bro

[mild plaza]

Happy Halloween, stalkers

[hoary grotto]

Man shit gave me a heart attack

[digital patrol]

Final delay incoming

[wise blaze]

Erm aktually 🤓☝️ it’s 2 weeks and 6 days. Which is closer to 3 weeks than 2

[pine ibex]

i grew up with russian (unfortunately), and family now sticking to hard Ukrainian, the best way to describe it is that bad habits stuck, and Ukrainians know both languages quite well a lot of the time

[cyan canopy]

dont worry i got graves for you

[pine ibex]

it was seen before as more like more opportuinites with more language

[cyan canopy]

from sid

[wise blaze]

Seems like it. Americans don’t need to worry about learning other languages mostly. Usually we pick up small bits of Spanish if we live on a farm (like me) but otherwise city folks don’t

For me, I pick up bits of many languages cause I’m practically autistic so I learn the crap so I can nerd about history better

[storm kernel]

whats wrong with that stalker fan movie?

[pine ibex]

yea its very much if you dont surround yourself with it, you dont learn it as good. my wish to get back into stalker was to get better at the language and relearn parts, so i can just be more fluent

[pine ibex]

they no likely, too tacticool, not much core of stalker

[hazy helm]

bad preplanning, bad script, bad execution, bad excuses

[cyan canopy]

ehh mostly Mercs being heroes in there

[storm kernel]

"erm but what about anomaly and gamm-ACK!!!"

[pine ibex]

i havent played those

[cyan canopy]

Nope

[pine ibex]

debating playing clear sky, been told on and off things

[granite mortar]

Merc stories can be good if you dont decide to potray them as superhero tacticool gigachad PMC

[pine ibex]

nearly done soc

[hazy helm]

clear sky guud gaym

bery guud

[cyan canopy]

but SoC is my blood and is like drug to me

[storm kernel]

that sounds more like Tarkov than STALKER

[indigo marsh]

Clear sky is like actually really good

[granite mortar]

Mason trilogy (aka Bad Company trilogy)
is probably my favourite stalker mod series despite being about Mercenaries
because it shows them as manipulating assholes with no morals

[pine ibex]

see ive had mixed bag, was told to avoid by some, said to like experience pain and get good, other said they loved it so

[granite mortar]

it is more tarkov than stalker
they had goddamn Drewski on set

[cyan canopy]

who?

[hazy helm]

even if you try to block shit out it goes sidewayre like, why is duty, ncontracting mercs
that makes no sense, they arent even neutral, and duty doesnt need to make contracts

its like

https://tenor.com/view/confusion-confused-look-questions-why-why-me-gif-17660966

the smae logic is then applied over

[pine ibex]

bro wants names

https://tenor.com/view/i-need-names-james-reece-chris-pratt-the-terminal-list-give-me-names-gif-26086780

[hazy helm]

its a forgetable 2010s double A flick if you dont care about the connection
its disposable media

which makes it worse since it failed to make an impression

[granite mortar]

you have to realize how big part of the community around stalker is made up by tarkov chuds

heck Gamma server is 6 times the size of this one

[hazy helm]

🤌 this big

[naive fog]

Sad

[pine ibex]

got 0 clue, got into it cuz i saw it before in a gaming records book

[granite mortar]

mama mia

[native ibex]

Cool dog

[pine ibex]

and thought it was cool my country has solid games i havent played before, and i loved horror

[hazy helm]

https://tenor.com/view/big-floppa-for-bk-gif-25780630

[indigo marsh]

You do need to go to the gamma server to install it. So it's kinda inflated. And this is the official server with the preorders so it's inflated too but that's not the point.

[granite mortar]

[native ibex]

Damn, that yo mama's kitty? Cause it's fat and furry

[hazy helm]

the basic point is, you can be a GAMMA or Anomaly fan without liking stalker, and you can be a Stalker fan without liking these properties

[sour goblet]

are you implying his mother is a furry

[naive fog]

Yeah but not liking stalker is a sin

[hazy helm]

if you go on the GAMMA server do you think a large portion of members will say they actively play smth else or like stalker?

not to say

GAMMA server is populated by a bunch of new users who drop off after a few messages and a small base of veterans

[native ibex]

Idk, I think all the hostility comes from the Vanilla fans and the modders are just vibing

[hazy helm]

what Im getting at is that, all the ppl in the GAMMA server dont mean they do or dont play Stalker or like it

[pine ibex]

purists

[hazy helm]

you can like GAMMA and Stalker at the same time its not like, immutable

and you can dislike Stalker and like GAMMA, many such cases happen

[native ibex]

I think I will like STALKER 2

Just that the originals are a little old old.

[bronze falcon]

bad for them

[pine ibex]

i do find the mechanics revealed like weapon wear will be interesting

[hazy helm]

https://tenor.com/view/oh-no-oh-no-anyway-gif-18887547

[hazy helm]

weapons already had condition and jamming in the OG so

[native ibex]

Mmm, yeah, well we had weapon wear in the old games. The curious part is, can I maintain them in the field

[bronze falcon]

meanwhile true stalker redpilled fans are going to enjoy stalker 2 gamma

https://tenor.com/view/car-uh-car-garn47-cat-bounce-gif-8905658433156715392

[pine ibex]

i mean more expansive, building off

[hazy helm]

Stalker 2 NLC8

Stalker 2 OP3.3

[bronze falcon]

based

[hazy helm]

Stalker 2 Alternativa 2.4

[dim topaz]

This whole topic is kinda irrelevant tbh. Stalker 2 will have its own Gamma with enough time.

[bronze falcon]

its almost sad that we won't get all those trash mods for s2

almost

[hazy helm]

explain that becasue, mechanics and upgrades were already a thing in CS and COP

[bronze falcon]

because on their own they were pretty terrible with all due respect

[native ibex]

STALKER 2: Goldeneye 64 remake mod

[polar orchid]

stalker 2 will potentially have even more mods than original games because more people use unreal engine

[pine ibex]

i do wonder what could be done with modding and multiplayer of stalker, will we see how arma exploded into DAYz and pubg?

[hazy helm]

I will try to port Game of Souls
its a comfy mod

I like Game of Souls

[native ibex]

And because it will be beyond a cult classic

[sly matrix]

We need a day 1 mod unlocking journalist mode so we can also play the game in our sleep

[pine ibex]

idk i just been hearing things from people that played the game

[hazy helm]

the developers said it wouldnt be like DayZ or COOP

[still ridge]

Bro thinks he can make gamma 2

[bronze falcon]

all those people that were doing mods for original series are either too old to switch from the xray to unreal

or not interested

they've already done their bid

[native ibex]

Well he made the first one

[pine ibex]

yea just dont know what it will be though or what could be done with modding till further notice, no?

[dim topaz]

Why wouldnt he

[hazy helm]

well I do think that the community that will suffer the most from Stalker 2 SDK releasing is the anomaly one

[still ridge]

Major mods for Stalker 2 will not come within two weeks of the game being out

[polar orchid]

yeah but unreal is one of the most popular dev engines, there will be a lot more people who can mod s2

[bronze falcon]

anomaly community

[hazy helm]

I dont think theyll allow modding of the multiplayer only SP

[bronze falcon]

https://tenor.com/view/crazy-korean-gamer-angry-mad-gif-17071809

[hazy helm]

https://tenor.com/view/mad-max-fury-road-mad-max-fury-road-gif-mad-max-road-rage-powerful-gif-23410772

[still ridge]

X ray engine vs UE5

[bronze falcon]

whatever

[polar orchid]

why not? plenty of games have modded community servers

[dim topaz]

What do you mean by that

[polar orchid]

like rust

[native ibex]

There's confirmed multiplayer?

[bronze falcon]

we don't even have s2 released on it's own, not even speaking about sdk or modding support

[hazy helm]

depends on what the multi will be but IG, dont think its gonna ahppen

[pine ibex]

i see, i think we might see aa fallout vegas situation where people will try to find ways to still do that, no?

[bronze falcon]

its just 2 weeks left

[pine ibex]

ig we shall see

[still ridge]

90 percent of mods in gamma were just reused

[cyan canopy]

hmm,is there even Mutant in Shadows Of The Zone film?

[polar orchid]

yeah, part of the perks of non standard editions are multiplayer skins

[still ridge]

With ue5 you would need to do it all from scratch

[hazy helm]

UE has built in Multiplayer binaries so many UE games get it so

[hazy helm]

no

[still ridge]

Can’t use mods to make a modpack if there are no mods to begin with

[native ibex]

Oh, there aren't skins in the single player, are there

[dim topaz]

Almost like GAMMA is a ... Mod pack?

[polar orchid]

i think there might be

[still ridge]

Correct. And there won’t be thousands of mods to pull and make into a pack when stalker 2 releases

[native ibex]

Looking forward to the female snorks replacer

[still ridge]

Anomaly 2/gamma 2 will not happen for years

If at all

[dim topaz]

Why would it need to happen on release

[bronze falcon]

weird question - but why? I saw a couple of screenshots and thought that it was some tacticool short film about cool guys in tactic equipment doing some tacticool-ish shit

[still ridge]

Check YouTube comments and stuff

everyone seems to think they’ll have gamma 2 within weeks of the game being out lol

[polar orchid]

its crazy how many stalker fans hate tacticool gaming

[still ridge]

For good reason

[bronze falcon]

it doesn't quite fit

[hazy helm]

offficial answer, muh budget, most likely answer, they forgot about it

[bronze falcon]

very well

[polar orchid]

stalker would make an amazing tacticool experience

[dim topaz]

People are... Special, yknow

[native ibex]

I mean, it's either iron sights or tacticool, there's no in-between

[hazy helm]

they got like 150K but if they manage money this badly then the director prob shouldnt be allowed to make proj again

[still ridge]

It’s not just guns

[polar orchid]

mag management and stuff like that would add to the fear/horror

[still ridge]

Its mechanics and stuff too

Nah man, this isn’t dayz

stalker never had hardcore survival mechanics

[native ibex]

I used the magazine mod.
It was buggy.

[still ridge]

Basic stuff, food, radiation, sleep.

[polar orchid]

imgine this... your main magazines run out of ammo and youre getting rushed by mutants. you have to swap to pistol, no magic backpack to save you...

[bronze falcon]

there should be a middle ground between tacticoolish bs that we see in numberless fps games like ready or not, and ulra-super-duper-hardcore extra mega survival like dead air where you have to scoop bark from the trees and drink blood from the mutants

original games sustained this pretty well with it's touch of funny concept weapons like lr and ft200m and rookies running around with double barrel shotguns

[hazy helm]

play NLC7

[polar orchid]

a game with magic packpack and magic mags needs to try n do something to make it more horror

[dim topaz]

It was considered hardcore at the time compared to other fps games

[hazy helm]

and it sint today

[polar orchid]

i cant play stalker mods on my new computer, they dont work

[still ridge]

It’s hard, sure. I wouldn’t say hardcore

[still ridge]

The abandoned underground laboratories with human experimentation isn’t enough?

Stalker has plenty of horror

[polar orchid]

but it should. it suits the atmosphere.

[native ibex]

Idk, Anomaly 2 should happen. And if it doesn't happen, I'm consulting an AGI to do it for me.

[granite mortar]

the horror isnt in difficulty or how easily you can die
its in the visuals, background noises and how weird everything is

[hazy helm]

stuff like percentage resistance damage and bullet drop off were considered hardcore simulations for the genre back then, thus, it was one
but thats the thing, you could argue that Quake was a Horror game back in the day, doesnt mean a new Quake game will need to be the same and change its core to meet the new expectations of what a Horror game is

[native ibex]

It's in Sid's prices

[hazy helm]

nha
youre wrong
itll be Xiannis Freeplay 2.0!!!

[still ridge]

People don’t line anomaly round these parts

[bronze falcon]

depends on your previous experience with games. you can pretty much hardlock yourself either with inaccurate save or bad resource management. i saw a hefty of reviews on stalker soc and 90% of them stated that game is janky (which I'm not entirely denying) and that the game is ultra hard

[hazy helm]

https://tenor.com/view/south-park-funny-we-dont-take-your-type-gif-14806320

[dim topaz]

Vanilla Stalker really shouldnt go the way of Tarkov. I don't hate those mechanics but vanilla stalker was never meant to be tedious to play just for the sake of difficulty

[polar orchid]

thats more sci fi youre describing. horror is when youre scared and that involves being limited in certain ways. think like how the original silent hill games your melee action was slow and ammo was super scarce.

[dim topaz]

Stalker is sci fi...

[still ridge]

Mfw Sci fi game has Sci fi elements

[granite mortar]

the horror comes from the atmosphere
from the dark corridors
Weird stuff
its not jumpscare horror
its existential horror

[dense hatch]

yeah

[dim topaz]

Yeah

[bronze falcon]

hell yeah

[still ridge]

I would say minimum half of the stalker series has horror elements

[dense hatch]

difficulty does not make a game spooky, but it can make a game annoying

[still ridge]

Labs by itself make it a better horror game than most lol

[polar orchid]

it doesnt need to be exactly like tarkov... they could map a key for packing mags and you can just do it passively while walking and never have to do inventory grinding. just would make mutants more scary if you dont have enough mags and make your pistol actually worth a damn.

[native ibex]

Mkay, but what about my tourniquets and disassembling

[dense hatch]

alien isolation does a good mix

[still ridge]

Me trying to get the grenade launcher in red forest

[dim topaz]

Miss me with that packing mag shit, who enjoys that

[still ridge]

Tactislop enjoyers

[bronze falcon]

https://tenor.com/view/nuh-uh-mgs4-mgs-solid-snake-young-snake-gif-386131498397785129

[dense hatch]

tedium my beloathed

[still ridge]

(Not stalker fans)

[native ibex]

Me

[polar orchid]

it makes shooting more intense. running out of packed mags = danger = adrenaline and excitement.

[dim topaz]

Hated it in Tarkov too, just right click, fill mag, done

[still ridge]

Did you play the originals?

[dense hatch]

it would either be pointless or annoying in stalker just because of how many rounds you go through in most firefights

[still ridge]

Just curious

[hazy helm]

running out of ammo = danger = adrenaline

[polar orchid]

thats the point

[hazy helm]

this can be said of anything

[bronze falcon]

ammo on it's own is scarce in some ways. running out of ammo is a danger on it's own

[bronze falcon]

yeah

[dense hatch]

mechanic adding tedium is garbage

[hazy helm]

for you, if you run out of cheetos = panic = calling your mom

[shy moss]

[polar orchid]

you dont run out of ammo after you find a trader

[native ibex]

Nyet, kinda ugly, kinda bad shooting

[dense hatch]

not during combat

[dim topaz]

My boy never played through a vanilla stalker game's end section lmao

[still ridge]

Oh ok.

Never play a mod again until you play the originals

[dense hatch]

there's already a system here and magazines add nothing

[hazy helm]

you dont run out of amgs after you find a trader

[bronze falcon]

so? I won't run out of my imaginary magazines after a trader visit too

[native ibex]

I tried Clear Sky but that was ass

[dense hatch]

there is zero reason to use magazines in stalker

[still ridge]

I WILL ban you if you don’t play shadow of Chernobyl

[polar orchid]

its not tedium, hold a button to pack mags while running around like normal. and experience the thrill of surviving situations where you ran out of packed mags and had to swap to pistol.

[still ridge]

Also you tried the prequel before the first game lol

[dense hatch]

in something like tarkov you aren't killing dozens of people every time you go out and going through hundreds of rounds in an hour

[still ridge]

Smh

[dense hatch]

this is a basic misunderstanding of how the game flows

[native ibex]

You're right. I hope the devs wake up and remove them from the animations and models

[dim topaz]

This. It makes sense in tarkov that you can mix and match cheap and expensive ammo, or flesh and ap rounds, but in Stalker it's Literally single player bruh

[still ridge]

I would rephrase

[polar orchid]

you dont seem to play tarkov. tarkov can get hectic. every raid is different. maybe you just are scared to play it properly if you did play it.

[dense hatch]

I'm correct regardless of personal preference

in terms of sheer enemy counts tarkov doesn't even come close

just the SoC red forest holds more enemies then any tarkov map

[polar orchid]

if gameplay in tarkov is going slow and you arent chewing through ammo thats your own fault.

[dim topaz]

Nah Tarkov is just a different Game by design

[granite mortar]

[polar orchid]

in a 30 minute raid i use 200 - 300 rounds, often need to take someone elses gun when i kill them and use that

[granite mortar]

screw slow approach
SoC ATP fight here I come

[dim topaz]

This entire debate is F word R word

[bronze falcon]

yeah it's pretty strange debate

[polar orchid]

either way. stalker would be more intense with less magic packpack and more danger

you can quicksave, its the easiest game on the planet lol

[still ridge]

https://tenor.com/view/pikachu-pika-gif-13469074065570030793

Stalker “fans” when they play stalker 2 and it doesn’t have stupid arbitrary artificially hard mechanics like gamma

[polar orchid]

whats artificially hard about gamma?

[native ibex]

But can Alex Jones play Sidorovich

[still ridge]

For starters you can’t buy weapons

[bronze falcon]

you control the buttons you press

[still ridge]

or repair them with mechanics

[storm kernel]

"stalker" "fans" (they only played anomaly/gamma)

[still ridge]

Yup

[storm kernel]

bro what 😭

[native ibex]

Fallout NV is basically a mod

[polar orchid]

whats artificial about not buying weapons?

[bronze falcon]

developers giving you an option doesn't mean it's entirely necessary to use it

[still ridge]

Because that’s a core thing in stalker

[polar orchid]

but its not stalker, its gamma

[storm kernel]

It's called "STALKER: Gamma" so it's free game

[still ridge]

And people want stalker 2 to be like gamma

But they shouldn’t

That’s the point

[granite mortar]

bunch of mods has that
usually only Cordon trader doesnt sell because army would hang him (such mods are Goldsphere and Dead Air)
In Gamma its just for sake of artificial difficulty and doesnt even have logical reason to back it up

[storm kernel]

I mean, they are so stupid, can we really call them "people"?

[polar orchid]

so you want gamma to be exactly like vanilla games, then whats the point of playing a mod?

[native ibex]

I want STALKER 2 to be a great foundation

[still ridge]

That is not the argument

[storm kernel]

me when I change the goalposts:

[polar orchid]

some people enjoy a challenge

[still ridge]

there are so many people who just jump into anomaly and gamma and don’t know what the original stalker franchise is like

that is the point

[celest goblet]

The solution is clear: we need op-2 difficulty to balance out the existence of quick save

[storm kernel]

then they get a false idea that the real games are exactly like anomaly and gamma, then they'll get angry come STALKER 2 when it's not a carbon copy of gamma/anomaly

[still ridge]

if you go from gamma to stalker 2 you’re gonna be like “what do you mean I can’t combine two artifacts into a single more powerful one???”

[polar orchid]

cos the old games are hard to play, theyre old and lacking the engagement that modern games give

[granite mortar]

theres a certain line to which building on top of something should go
Gamma crosses that line and just makes stuff tedious and unfair for sake of making it tedious and unfair
Theres difference between evolving a game and completely changing everything for worse

[still ridge]

They are not hard to play.

[storm kernel]

no but buying weapons at traders makes zero sense

[still ridge]

and they are not “lacking engagement”

[storm kernel]

but combining artifacts is perfectly logical

[native ibex]

A lot of them come from shooters that don't fill that Anomaly void. That's what's great about the mods. They cover a niche area. Kind of like Bethesda's games.

[polar orchid]

the mod creators vision was what he made it to be...

[granite mortar]

"made"

[polar orchid]

made the mod

[granite mortar]

"made the mod"

[storm kernel]

they're only "hard to play" if the only games you play are Fortnite and nu-COD. If you play any real shooters/survival horror games then STALKER is pretty normal in terms of difficulty. It just doesn't hold your hand and it punishes you for being an idiot.

[bronze falcon]

it's a modpack buuuut whatever

[granite mortar]

out of the 500 mods in Gamma, Grok made like 3

not even important ones

[still ridge]

The dialogue the traders give you is like “le hecking UN put a weapon sanction on the zone so now it’s super illegal” and it’s like my brother in Christ you literally are already in the zone illegally

[bronze falcon]

broken to the point beyond human comprehension

[polar orchid]

designed the mod, planned the mod, semantics are pointless to argue about

[native ibex]

Idk, but how does anyone get out of the zone? Got at least the Ukrainian military and probably a few others factions watching over the borders.

[storm kernel]

Of course, the UN being the end-all be-all authority in the world

[still ridge]

Yep!

Everyone listens to the UN!

[storm kernel]

Same way they get in I presume.

[native ibex]

As an American... ew.

[storm kernel]

Especially criminals who are already willing to kill other people over magic rocks!

[granite mortar]

same way they get in
sneaking through or using a corrupt contact in the border patrol

[native ibex]

Ah, Ukraine hires US personnel to guard the zone

[bronze falcon]

searching for a gas tube for an ak rifle just for it to stop jam after 2 shots is pretty engaing on it's own, I see

whatever

[deep quiver]

literally IPSF

[grave tide]

Pls controller support for pc :(

[bronze falcon]

we're gone too far in this argument

[granite mortar]

what?

[storm kernel]

I'm pretty sure its confirmed

[grave tide]

These games would go hard on steam deck without having to manually map everything

[storm kernel]

the demos at gamescom used controllers and kb/m

[grave tide]

For the OGs

[native ibex]

Not familiar with that IP

[grave tide]

Not stalker 2

[polar orchid]

sounds like a challenge with rewards, you dont like it and thats fine

[deep quiver]

USS but uhh, international

[still ridge]

So you’re telling me, the United Nations can’t stop a civil war in Africa, but they can cut all weapon smuggling into the goddamn Chernobyl exclusion zone filled with criminals, mutants, and physics defying instant death magic space-time warp balls?

[native ibex]

There will be. Burers are a safe bet too.

[granite mortar]

international perimeter security force
they manage the border in S2

[storm kernel]

I think he's referring that in STALKER 2 the Ukrainian Military faction has been replaced by a generic PMC group

[grave tide]

For the original games?

[deep quiver]

artifacts lose their power outside the zone

[still ridge]

I’m talking about anomalies

[native ibex]

Why are people buying them then

[storm kernel]

Don't think! Just CONSOOM the product!!!

[deep quiver]

the UN didnt even stop it

[storm kernel]

shiny

[deep quiver]

rechargers

[granite mortar]

its not generic PMC

Sircaa (international company) got hold of the Zone
So they hired troops to guard it
Not really some mercs, just regular border guards

[native ibex]

There's money in confiscating those weapons. Not in stopping poor people killing each other.

[storm kernel]

ohh I see. Well I was expecting there would be more lore around the "new" border guards.

I doubt they would just have it be "basic evil PMC group number 437"

[still ridge]

Military faction will probably still be in stalker 2

[storm kernel]

true, but it's still illogical

[granite mortar]

its just border goons
not much to talk about
Think its the same as old guards from trilogy, except less corrupt and with different faction patch

[still ridge]

Considering degtyarev is probably still in the zone

[deep quiver]

they need to add the build 749 quake railgun into stalker

[storm kernel]

I wouldn't necessarily blame the devs if they weren't.

[native ibex]

When do we get Mercenary focused entry

[polar orchid]

i hope there is a crossbow

[still ridge]

Deggy will probably be in the zone

[deep quiver]

or simply died of being too long in the zone

[polar orchid]

do you think that when youre up on some crazy vantage point with a scope you can zoom way in to the distance and see alife npcs living their alives and shoot them?

i sure hope i can land some crazy long range kills

[native ibex]

Can do that now

[polar orchid]

even better if the AI is good enough to not know its me killing off half of their faction

[polar orchid]

not really

[storm kernel]

in the trailer there is a scene of a guy getting on top of a tall building and sniping some dudes. If he was playing stealthy I have no doubt it would work kinda like that

[native ibex]

Idk, but I hope I find a Duty member playing the meat flute with that scope

[polar orchid]

yeah but they arent super long range

[storm kernel]

boutta do some diabolical things with a sniper in that scenario

[polar orchid]

i mean like when you can see wayyyy into the distance

[storm kernel]

idk maybe

[native ibex]

Problem... video games do range bad.

[polar orchid]

multiplayer games do it just fine

[storm kernel]

unless a game is specifically built around it

the Battlefield games have some great long-range sniping point

[polar orchid]

and tarkov

[sly rivet]

WAY too many pings today

[native ibex]

Battlefield 4 was lit

[still ridge]

Doubt. He’s an experienced stalker with an alliance to the military. Also possibly still had the gauss gun

[storm kernel]

sniping with the base SMLE in BF1 was so much fun last time I did it

[storm kernel]

BF4 and BF1 were when BF peaked as a series

[deep quiver]

stalker creepypasta built around alpha SoC where everyone is somehow dead, like A-Life just killed them

[native ibex]

Sadly

[deep quiver]

rate the idea chat

[granite mortar]

literally Dark Ukraine mod

[native ibex]

Fit for 2011

[polar orchid]

who played battlebit? that had long rang snipes too
also it was a very fast paced shooter with mag packing

[granite mortar]

a mod from 2007

[native ibex]

I did, but only as medic. Just as how I play Battlefield.

[bronze falcon]

we've seen that in jvk morrowind creepypasta

[deep quiver]

me when i walk through alpha yantar and everyone there was killed by a random rampaging dutyer

[granite mortar]

eww dooty

[polar orchid]

medic was OP, they nerfed it eventually

[native ibex]

Bf4 Deagle was lit too.

[deep quiver]

JOIN DOOTY AND SAVE THE INNOCENT

[native ibex]

I did pistols only and kicked a lot of ass just because I had to compensate for.the disadvantages of sidearms.

[storm kernel]

Leafy is now a canonical Duty member

[native ibex]

Leafyishere?

[deep quiver]

pistols are actually good if you hipfire + tap heads

[storm kernel]

yeah

[native ibex]

Amos Yee must be Freedom

[native ibex]

Revolver was doodoo. That delay they had in there originally...

[deep quiver]

why use revolver

[native ibex]

Revolver cool. It revolves.

[deep quiver]

drake the type of guy to leave cordon and skip to the army warehouses, only to get killed by a rat

[native ibex]

Who drake

[storm kernel]

rapper who is into kids

[native ibex]

Also, uh, snowflake best artifact

[polar orchid]

more of a pop star than a rapper

[deep quiver]

"good entertainer" - obamna

[native ibex]

Btw, how does one grab a kolobok

[granite mortar]

using this neat thing called hands

[native ibex]

It's pointy

Probably gives you instant tetanus

[granite mortar]

well that +4 health regen has to come at some cost...

[native ibex]

Artifacts didn't originally irradiated you, did they

[granite mortar]

depends on type of artifact

[native ibex]

I see, I see. I like having fireflies and becoming wolverine.

[rocky trellis]

They will tell you very sternly you to do something. Better not do anything bad or they might just ask you to not

[rocky trellis]

technically doesn't have to. It's just the system that they decided to go with. Artifacts are basically just accessory slot items with (usually) relatively small bonuses that come with downsides.

[storm kernel]

Don't let them count to three! Or else they'll cancel you on Twitter!!!

[native ibex]

Mmm, yeah

Funny how the UN and UK act as if they've got some big power.
Dumbass said he'd have Americans indicted for saying things illegal to say in the UK XD

[sly viper]

hold on why does the halloween video says Q1 2025?!

[native ibex]

You didn't hear about the delay?

[storm kernel]

april 1st was a couple months ago pal

[storm kernel]

who said this??

lmfao bro really think he's Big Brother

[native ibex]

Mmm... let me see if I can find the interview

[sly viper]

@native ibex NO

[tidal heron]

you are so hilarious

[native ibex]

Me?

[rocky trellis]

First of all the video isn't official, and 2nd of all that date could be for the wiki itself...

[hazy helm]

Release date of the wiki silly guy

Silly goose

[sly viper]

i dont want any more Q taglines till release

[indigo marsh]

Afaik t's rads in CoP. Or maybe that's a mod rot moment from messenger

[rocky trellis]

Funny joke, 1 week before release announcement for a delay

[sly viper]

not even to joke about it... better ge fried in burner

[dense hatch]

wonder how they'll make pistols worth using in S2

[final flint]

sorry i am french i have 1 qestion for ltimate éditions collector in my contry is unavaible is possible give more information for the colelctor ( sorry for my eng)

[dense hatch]

check pinned and it should have some available stores

if it's not on there it's just out of stock

[final flint]

@dense hatch thanks harris i go look now ^^

maybe out of stock just i am surprise because in my country is not stalker community is large idk

[still ridge]

Well… they have a use by default since they have their own weapon slot

Meaning pistols will actually be used after mid game

[dense hatch]

you still need to carry ammo and keep them in good condition though

it's the same in SoC and CS

[still ridge]

they’re going to be way more usable than in those games though

[terse bane]

https://www.moddb.com/members/marksmanko/blogs/stalker-with-a-gamepadcontroller

[still ridge]

Because you should be able to hit what you’re aiming at

[dense hatch]

you could still do the same in CoP, they just removed the dedicated slot for some reason

[still ridge]

Also carrying ammo won’t be hard because you’ll share ammo with SMGs

[still ridge]

Right, making pistols pretty much useless after a certain point

[sour goblet]

can i hire the mercs for pripyat 1?

[still ridge]

Why carry a rifle and pistol if you can carry a rifle and a shotgun

[dense hatch]

share ammo pools are kinda though

[still ridge]

Nope

[dense hatch]

maybe if they have better range?

[sour goblet]

oh alr

[still ridge]

There are 4 people you can recruit

[dense hatch]

they added some neat ones too

[still ridge]

Yeah but if you’re not using an SMG it won’t be an issue

[dense hatch]

I meant carrying ammo with an SMG like you mentioned

[still ridge]

Past a point I would probably be using a rifle and a shotgun over any SMG

[still ridge]

True. That’s why I wouldn’t be using an smg

[dense hatch]

there isn't really any way to tell considering how the trilogy has just one

[fluid abyss]

if only I suggested a mechanic for guns so that these pistols would still have a place in your inventory past early game :^)

[dense hatch]

if they're fun enough to use it could be neat

[dense hatch]

unless you use silencers

[marsh dome]

trailer in 3 minutes

[dense hatch]

in which case it's entirely pointless

[still ridge]

I’ll be using the MAC-10 and Bizon for sure

For a while at least

[dense hatch]

I'm excited for the mac-10 if it's in .45

[sour goblet]

i got them all

also should i load a prior save (i forgot my exoskeleton for pripyat)

[dense hatch]

kiparis will be fun

[still ridge]

Probably won’t be able to carry it through Pripyat 1

[sour goblet]

why

[still ridge]

Well you’ll need to use the SEVA for most of it

And exo is super heavy

[dense hatch]

malyuk looks kickass too

[sour goblet]

ive got that mostly sorted out

[dense hatch]

that might've been misinfo though

[still ridge]

Then yeah it’s fine

[dense hatch]

SEVA is only like 8 kilos in CoP I think

[still ridge]

Also you can switch into a different suit after a portion of Pripyat 1 I think?

[still ridge]

so that might be viable

[crisp ruin]

hello broz

[sour goblet]

i also forgot to bring artifacts for stuff

[still ridge]

I think it is but the vector is in 9mm

My ass will NOT be using that

[final flint]

or .45

[crisp ruin]

[final flint]

is 2 vector : 1 9mm and .45 ACP

[dense hatch]

they'll probably be .45 so they don't need to add a new caliber and can just use the current ones

[still ridge]

Rip. GSC promoting slop vaguely resembling stalker but not really

[still ridge]

As far as we know there’s only the 9mm one in stalker 2

Maybe you can change calibers as a modification

[dense hatch]

it's a big fan project regardless of quality

[dense hatch]

wait when did they say it was in 9mm

[hasty skiff]

hello together, is there any statement where to buy the ultimate edition in ukraine or germany?

[granite mortar]

not even gonna 🇨🇿 react that
Doesnt deserve such great flag

[hasty skiff]

im in ukraine every week so no problem to go to local store

[dense hatch]

check pinned

[indigo marsh]

Tejas said all you need is to have the Seva in your inventory

[hasty skiff]

which channel bro

[dense hatch]

this one

[dense hatch]

don't you still take damage in the green gas area?

[indigo marsh]

Idk

[glossy blade]

Atm you can check Game-Legends.De or Moyo.ua

[hasty skiff]

yooo this link works the one in pre order channel not 😄 thanks

[granite mortar]

Moyol1t?

[glossy blade]

facts

[indigo marsh]

I haven't done it without a suit or a different suit. Tejas just said that you don't need a Seva suit equipped and I don't remember a message that mentions that you do take damage. But it would make sense if you did take damage.

[still ridge]

2:50 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=okZqlTf_9lk

[dim topaz]

If you make a drink, does that mean its a mol1tov cocktail?

[pseudo rivet]

I can check if y'all want

[glossy blade]

[still ridge]

Didn’t want to take a screenshot on my phone because it would be so low quality you can’t see the ammo on the UI lol

[sour goblet]

hi mol1t

[dense hatch]

I know you need one to progress the plot but I thought it also did damage because it would be a pretty big thing to miss

[still ridge]

How are you Mr. Mol1t

[junior creek]

hey @glossy blade THAT day is coming?

[dense hatch]

that would be great yeah

[pseudo rivet]

Aite, back in a bit

[glossy blade]

The Armageddon

[tiny olive]

Man at this point they should try to have an official mobile port too

[sour goblet]

stalker 2 delayed to next decade trust

i forgot to turn off ping

[dense hatch]

millions must cancel pre-orders

[still ridge]

https://tenor.com/view/chris-paul-chrispaul-not-funny-gif-21088194

[tiny olive]

STALKER legends of the zone: LG Smart Refrigerator edition

[fluid abyss]

No shot Stalker 2 minimum specs is a 1060 bro… what kind of crazy optimizations or corner cutting is goin on bro 💀

[dim topaz]

My mind still can't comprehend it. It always felt like the world would end before Stalker 2 comes out. I've waited half of my life for this game

[dense hatch]

everything is 5% smaller

[still ridge]

Slavic video game vudu

[dense hatch]

also the grass shadows are a bit delayed I guess

[glossy wave]

Hello? Hello.

[still ridge]

Howdy Ho!

[sour goblet]

leaS

[dim topaz]

Sidorovich belly decreased by 5%

[still ridge]

😭 man CoP English VA is genuinely so awful

It’s funny af

[glossy wave]

That’s Marked Seal to you

[paper quail]

will there we be able to download the files for the game before it realses?

[glossy wave]

Sealok

[dense hatch]

it's worse than CS somehow

[dim topaz]

Clear Sky still takes the cake for goofiest VA

[hasty skiff]

gamepass you can

[paper quail]

i pre ordered

[dense hatch]

I legitimately don't know how they did it but it lost all the fun campy and is just kinda bad

and the actually good stuff is gone too

[tidal heron]

1060 fr? my potato can run this wow

[pseudo rivet]

It doesn't

[dim topaz]

SoC set the bar too high

[dense hatch]

that's a CoP moment

[dense hatch]

SoC has kinda terrible dialog but it's at least a bit fun, but I do prefer CS

[pseudo rivet]

It's working like intended

[hasty skiff]

okay guys i finally pre orderes thanks a lot! slava ukraini

[sour goblet]

slek

[junior creek]

Well me too, I hope that after so many delays we are indeed getting closer to THIS day

[dense hatch]

SoC is charmingly bad, CS is cheesy and fun, CoP is just mostly bad with some ok ones

[pseudo rivet]

Still, you don't even need the SEVA Suit. I've done Pripyat-1 without any armor whatsoever

[dim topaz]

I love SoC dialogue. It's nostalgic music to my ears.

[dense hatch]

the bad translations save it imo

[fluid abyss]

That’s what the page says is minimum

[dim topaz]

What I don't appreciate is Sakharov going HELLO HELLO

[dense hatch]

the military is going to wipe out all group

[dense hatch]

POLITICAL SCUM BAGS

most of the rest of his dialog is fine

[sour goblet]

Hello, Noah. I will definitely not take advantage of your Compass supply.

[ancient sleet]

So is the pre download open right now??

[junior creek]

Nope

[tidal heron]

for gamepass though right?

[junior creek]

It's only 10 mb

[tidal heron]

optimization is crazy wow

[glossy wave]

I never found that guy you were talking about with the Berill outside the lab

[glossy wave]

Strealok

[dense hatch]

it's right outside the entrance at a corpse

[sour goblet]

se al

[still ridge]

Clear sky English VA is goated

[dense hatch]

they got Steve Blum again

[dim topaz]

The freedom base megaphone and Strelok's VA would like a word with you

[glossy wave]

Outside the loading zone entrance?

[dim topaz]

Actual comedy game

[still ridge]

Ashot and Yar banter is the best

[dense hatch]

directly outside next to the campfire

[still ridge]

I hope they’re in stalker 2 lol

[dense hatch]

the conversation is great because it matches the tone of CS beat for beat

[glossy wave]

Nope wasn’t there the first time wasn’t there this time

[dense hatch]

strange

in SoC right next to the entrance of the lab?

[glossy wave]

I entered from that way and didn’t see it

[dense hatch]

if you used explosives on the zombies near it the corpse might've been thrown away

[glossy wave]

Nope

[dense hatch]

it's got a gray icon, it might've despawned or something

it should be there normally, you get given a quest to grab it

[azure dock]

Still waiting for A-Life 2.0/raw gameplay.

[glossy wave]

Wait I got it

He’s by the sandbags

[dense hatch]

deep dive

or if you want it in written form the demos game journalists played

[azure dock]

All curated, sadly.

[dense hatch]

vaguely sure

in that the demos are written and the deep dive has narration

besides that people have actually played it

[hazy helm]

Just checked #📺┃media
Stalker bros...we lost

[junior creek]

Why?

[worthy lagoon]

Shadow of the Zone being sponsored

[indigo marsh]

The gammafriends have won...

[hazy helm]

May God have mercy on us for we have failed him

[dense hatch]

it's still a fan project regardless of quality or how much of a fan the people who made it are

[worthy lagoon]

@hazy helm

@granite mortar

[hazy helm]

Hahahahaha hahaha
Literally a whooo skulls moment

[dense hatch]

ball of heads is my favorite stalker enemy

[worthy lagoon]

Can we give 150k € to Jekan?

Please

[hazy helm]

Get this kid off the iPad

[granite mortar]

they stole flying skill sphere from Jekan
bastards!

[still ridge]

https://tenor.com/view/fairysoobs-spongebob-reaction-oh-brother-this-guy-stinks-gif-25698553

[granite mortar]

except Jekans sphere had no lame "forgiveness" crap
only scientist eating skulls

[dense hatch]

biggest issue with it is that it's too big

[indigo marsh]

He is glazing the theme so hard.

[dense hatch]

any sense of horror looking at it is removed because it's so stupidly large

[indigo marsh]

Wait I don't remember this. What part was this at?

[granite mortar]

RTTZ :3

[indigo marsh]

Or is it in RttZ?

[still ridge]

My ass is not watching this, can you send a screenshot?

[worthy lagoon]

It's the same for his newer SCP movies sadly

[hazy helm]

It's really funny

[dense hatch]

give me like 20 minutes

[still ridge]

Man I got stuck in the first area and started playing something else

[hazy helm]

It's like the first RTTZ plot played straight

[worthy lagoon]

Don't you fucking dare

[indigo marsh]

Oh I thought it was in goldsphere

[granite mortar]

its basically a big floating sphere of skulls with glowing orange tentacles (lame)

[hazy helm]

Ho GOD, the controller, so scary

As opposed to a fun way to start the mod

It's so funny

[still ridge]

Sounds like some Miraak shit

Or whatever the guys name is from Skyrim

lmao

[hazy helm]

This movie would've been better if it was Protagonist pushing Cartridge to the anomaly and dumping him into it then having to get him out

[worthy lagoon]

There's also skull moving anomaly in Goldsphere

[still ridge]

I heard the movie treats the monolith like some PMC

[worthy lagoon]

It does

We also have duty hiring mercs and mercs hiring a stalker guide @still ridge

[granite mortar]

[indigo marsh]

The floating ones that look like the ones that look like similar to the skulls going out of the agents' rifles?

[worthy lagoon]

Literally GAMMA bs

[glossy wave]

Is the Sip-t better than the kora?

[granite mortar]

the Militants also shoot skulls
Since their guns basically use concentrated controller attack

[worthy lagoon]

Yeah

[granite mortar]

Jekan sure loves his skulls

[glossy wave]

Skulls for the skull throne

[dense hatch]

tapping through it is the most saddening thing I've ever seen

[granite mortar]

Blood for the Blood God!

[dense hatch]

the entire movie is visually similar too

it bothers me more than a mediocre fan film should

[still ridge]

Mfw the monolith is closer to a terrorist organization than a PMC

I mean seriously

heads on spikes guys

Actually I say that but there’s this one PMC that has definitely done that 😭

[glossy wave]

So now I’m debating whether the healing berill is a must have or if it’s just rubles to me

[granite mortar]

its good suit

[dense hatch]

it's still a shame

[worthy lagoon]

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXQU5hC1-sNED4LxBysJzM2kKgEie5PlR&si=eKuzTzX_L6IIcI10

THAT'S AN ACTUAL MOVIE

[glossy wave]

But I have the SEVA

[still ridge]

Is it a stretch to say that the monolith are similar to ISIS?

[glossy wave]

I can’t imagine which one you could be referring to Stalker looks into the camera

[worthy lagoon]

Mercs not being dressed as mercs

[granite mortar]

Seva is great but for combat its bad
better have the berill around for when you get into more combat ehavy areas
Unless you get something even better by then

[glossy wave]

Children of Atom

[indigo marsh]

They are religious fanatics but I'd say that the Monolith aren't as bad as the IS group

[glossy wave]

I hear in Clear Sky or whichever joining them gets you a psychic nullification item that lets you explore more but is it mandatory to get it from them?

[indigo marsh]

You can't join the Monolith in CS

[glossy wave]

Call of Pripyat then

[indigo marsh]

You can join factions like Duty, freedom, loners, and bandits. And you need to join the clear sky faction for a bit but not the Monolith.

[worthy lagoon]

You can't join Monolith in any of the games

[still ridge]

I mean. They put heads on spikes

That’s pretty close

[glossy wave]

Oh then what’s the deal?

[indigo marsh]

No. CoP is the same as the SoC where you can be friends with them but not join them.

[still ridge]

Do you know the lore?

[indigo marsh]

IS had slavery and also torture. The Monolith is nowhere close to IS. IS is a very horrible group.

[worn oar]

You play the game as it's supposed to?

[glossy wave]

I’m asking where did that info come from?

[indigo marsh]

Some mods like CoC and forks of the CoC mod let you join the Monolith.

[worn oar]

From playing ofc

The only game that features factions is CS