⭐┃nospoilers_general

[pseudo rivet]

Grey

Novikov

[dire dagger]

Oh right

[sour goblet]

i feel like scientists and clear sky partnered up at times

[pseudo rivet]

Nah

[sour goblet]

what? you cant afford 2 bottles of vodka you brokie? lmao

[indigo marsh]

Yes

[sour goblet]

rip joker and barge though

[analog pine]

saves from pc game pass could be compatible on steam version eventually? if they sharing same folder?

[magic reef]

That's what you get for being stubborn dumbasses

[indigo marsh]

I am an Anti rad hoarder. I would rather use my vodka than those med. Hell I didn't use vinca or any other drugs added in CoP. Only used HGH twice in game.

[sour goblet]

they were blinded by ambitions and rage, cardan was the only one who got it right, in order to survive the zone you must be calm and focused, you cannot be scared and focused, or angered and focused, you must be cool, and high on weed or drunk on vodka

[magic reef]

Thats why Freedom is so successful

[pseudo rivet]

Legit

[obtuse widget]

Hello all. For those who preordered in 2021 the physical collector editions (ordered both ultimate and collector editions here) will the following bonus apply also ? #📰┃announcement message

[loud gate]

Yes.

[fallow dirge]

so hyped

[loud gate]

@pseudo rivet Can I finally get my "Pre-Order helper" guy role finally?

[fallow dirge]

when does the game go live? at what time

[obtuse widget]

Thank you !

[magic reef]

To be continued

[loud gate]

Yet to be announced, but probably at 18:00 CEST

[quiet ridge]

heyy

[pseudo rivet]

I'd have to get it as well. I just simply wasn't fast enough to respond this time

[loud gate]

https://tenor.com/view/excuses-files-cabinet-gif-12019483

[native ibex]

Another day closer to the one-day-prior-delay

[sly matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/ds-gif-15339562539745993012

[dire dagger]

Bro is the matrix oracle fr

[native ibex]

Exactly. 600mg edibles in the zone.

[sour goblet]

also if you didnt know you get weed as a starting item in stalker anomaly (if you choose SVOBODA)

[native ibex]

I knew. But only for smoking. Not chad way to consume

[pseudo rivet]

Don't bother looking, you won't find it

[sour goblet]

what if i just ate the entire leaf

[native ibex]

That's a way to do it

[sour goblet]

"Eating weed in its raw form is not recommended and can potentially lead to unpleasant effects such as nausea, vomiting, and stomach discomfort." nevermind

[obtuse widget]

Another question about initial preorders 😇 are the steelbook cases guaranteed unlike new physical batches?

[native ibex]

Just glad they're not waiting to capitalize on Christmas. I would have released it in December.

[loud gate]

Yes, all should be steelbook

[sour goblet]

we should stone you

[native ibex]

That's not the Christmas spirit, Mr. Tree

[sour goblet]

thats MISTER mr tree to you!

[native ibex]

Looking forward to game

[sour goblet]

Looking forward to S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Heart of Chornobyl

and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 3 Ass of Chornobyl

and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 15 Left Pinky of Chornobyl

[native ibex]

Stalker 3: Call of the Sphincter

[pseudo rivet]

Don't forget STALKER 76

[fallow dirge]

can i really wait another 12 days

need the game rn so badddd

[sour goblet]

T.A.L.K.E.R. Conversation of Chornobyl

[fallow dirge]

new to franchise but seems like ill love it

[sour goblet]

i really hope we get to see noah's pack of pseudodogs

[limpid oracle]

I wonder if they’re gonna to add a feature where you can have some kind of bace ?

[sour goblet]

listen bro, dont rush to play on release day, i know its gonna be a big day and all, but its best you take your time so you really know what you're getting into

[sour goblet]

you mean base?

[fallow dirge]

i never rush single players

[pseudo rivet]

If you want some foreknowledge about the Zone, you could check out Anomalous Dugout on YouTube

[sour goblet]

great, i hope you have fun bro

stalkercraft reference

[hazy helm]

bace?

[sour goblet]

i think they meant base

[hazy helm]

haa if you mean that, you cant make your bases or hideouts and customize them

it wont be in the game

[sour goblet]

interesting concept though, it would be nice to fortify abandoned houses and sleep in them for the night with some portable repairing station or something like that

[pseudo rivet]

Ah yes

Fallout 76 moment

[fallow dirge]

does it connet to previous titles or no

[pseudo rivet]

Yes

[sour goblet]

it does because it is stalker

[pseudo rivet]

STALKER 2, in fact

[sour goblet]

i dont know why they added a 2 to the name though, could have just been heart of chornobyl

[pseudo rivet]

Agreed

But 2 attracts people

Especially seen how the last game was released quite a while ago

[sly matrix]

at least they didn't call it S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 1

[sour goblet]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Electric Boogaloo

[pseudo rivet]

And the whole company being gone and all

[native ibex]

STALKER 2: Consolification

[sour goblet]

GSC was revived by the geniuses of the next gaming world

[native ibex]

GabeN helped

[sour goblet]

imagine they release another cossacks game

[raven laurel]

STALKER 3: чики брики

[fallow dirge]

ig they may make a revision to the story so far

[celest goblet]

Think the idea is it is an entirely new story. Clear Sky and CoP are both closely connected to the story of SoC

[raven laurel]

[fallow dirge]

nevertheless, im gonna play it lmao

[sly matrix]

it would also have been weird to refer to clear sky as stalker 2 because it was a prequel

[sour goblet]

i mean that is true, the world is entirely different now, with new anomalies, artifacts, factions and etc

[fallow dirge]

game looks extremely polished

[sour goblet]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Call of Belarus

[fallow dirge]

hopefully

[raven laurel]

STALKER 2: Welcome to Brazil

[sour goblet]

its 2053 and the zone expanded to belarus

[crisp ruin]

[sour goblet]

cant wait to kiss more men in stalker 2

especially richter

[crisp ruin]

[sly matrix]

Richter is in so much trouble...

[pseudo rivet]

Don't we call such behavior "Harassment"?

[sly matrix]

well, don't tell them this... but Richter is not a real person(afaik), so it's okay

[sour goblet]

Wait... How old is Richter?.. Isn't he one of the youngest stalkers?..

[pseudo rivet]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/504592685428899851/1292573402220990494/lv_0_20241006204245.gif

[crisp ruin]

25 Idk

[sour goblet]

he does look 20

[sour goblet]

deez nuts ass gif

[pseudo rivet]

No

https://tenor.com/view/kick-anime-kick-balls-explode-crushed-gif-15974215

Those nuts

[sour goblet]

my internet is so bad the gif runs at 5 frames per maybe

YEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWCCHHH!!1

[sly matrix]

it's so you can appreciate every single frame

[sour goblet]

bro why does professor hermann look like my fuсking dad in stalker 2

im not even kidding he looks like my actual father

[raven laurel]

Lol, he is in the zone now

[sour goblet]

NOOOO!!

[pseudo rivet]

So that story he told you about getting milk and smokes was a lie?

[sour goblet]

PAPA!!

[pseudo rivet]

Big shock

[raven laurel]

Gman in half life 2 looked like my dad

[pseudo rivet]

It's so funny, honestly

My dad looks like a Flesh

[sour goblet]

thats funny but he does work in czechia and comes only a few times per year

[raven laurel]

The perfect cover story

[sour goblet]

my father leaves for the zone to make money from artifacts confirmed

[raven laurel]

He is a good stalker

[sour goblet]

funnily enough he was in the bulgarian land forces

(which is basically our army)

he's shot an ak before, very cool guy

[deep quiver]

cossacks 4 : heart of vodka

[ancient haven]

@hollow mantle asking the right questions

[sour goblet]

also they are looking to recruit, i literally got an ad for it yesterday, im going to become a military stalker fr

[jaunty pebble]

Holy mother of god that’s an amazing bait on Steam Discussions. Unless that guy is actually real

[pseudo rivet]

Not sure which one you're referring to, but sounds funky

[sour goblet]

that one in specific

[pseudo rivet]

Ah yes

[jaunty pebble]

I will post a quote

[pseudo rivet]

"That one"

[jaunty pebble]

“I’m not expecting EFT firearm complexity(but would be awesome to have it in all games with firearms)”

[pseudo rivet]

https://tenor.com/view/drmgif-clueless-gif-6610570081184878123

[pseudo rivet]

Guy's for real

[sour goblet]

by the way, bulgarian military camouflage pattern looks like the freedom camo

[celest blaze]

Fallout 4 weapon crafting is a nice middle ground imo

[pseudo rivet]

Eh

Felt like a chore, which I understand

[jaunty pebble]

“No buy from me. I am demanding gamer not a casual hyped kid that will buy anything with parents money just becouse of some hype online for a game. I am STALKER fan but back then, there was different times, different expectations for games and I was not spoiled by very good games in last years, that have good gun play mechanics and properly believable firearms mechanics that properly represent how real firearm works.”

[pseudo rivet]

It's cool for Survival Mode, in which everything is a chore

But the thing is

[chrome ridge]

12 days till peak

[pseudo rivet]

If you've got options to upgrade a weapon, each should be useful in their own way

[celest blaze]

Fair I figured since both fallout and stalker systems lean more towards arcade then realism

[pseudo rivet]

Which isn't the case

[jaunty pebble]

Oh hold on, y’all will LOVE this part from this guys post

“Dev team responsible for gunplay and main game director picked easy, lazy road because of casual players. But if they would put more love into gunplay and would at least do believable basics of firearms like in Insurgency then casuals would not even notice anyway but true firearm and game enthusiasts would be more than happy!”

[celest blaze]

[pseudo rivet]

Define "casual players"

[celest blaze]

Ngl firearm enthusiasts are kinda like vegans they will make it known without being asked

Like that guy who got muted in chat yesterday

[jaunty pebble]

Anyone wanna bet this guy played EFT and GAMMA and never touched the OG’s?

[celest blaze]

The og poster ?

They deff a gammagamer

[jaunty pebble]

Yea, the guy I am quoting

[celest blaze]

Bro has NOT touched the trilogy

[jaunty pebble]

The great filter of STALKER 2 will be amazing

[celest blaze]

I can't wait to see it go down

[dense hatch]

bait

[storm kernel]

tbh 90% of STALKER "fans" probably don't even know about the OGs

[jaunty pebble]

Generational bait in Steam discussions

[hollow mantle]

holy moly i never thought that would actualy get awnsered

[terse shore]

people don’t realize that stalker isn’t a hardcore tactical fps shooter 🤣

[storm kernel]

it might just be on the same level as the Shadow of the Erdtree Filtering of 2024!

[jaunty pebble]

The effects of GAMMA and Tacticool YouTubers on STALKER must be studied

[celest blaze]

I agree

Alot of people are going to be disappointed in S2 for not being gamma 2

[storm kernel]

GAMMA, and it's consequences have been a disaster for the STALKER community

[deep quiver]

literally operator drewski

[celest blaze]

Stalkers worst enemy

[terse shore]

drewski did a regular playthrough too on anomaly at 1 point i’m pretty sure

not gammafied

[celest blaze]

Bro told people to skip clearsky and play anomaly and true stalker mods to get ready for stalker 2

[storm kernel]

idk who that is but im guessing it's a tacticool guntuber who only played gamma and thinks that's all that STALKER is

[celest blaze]

He plays gamma aswell

[storm kernel]

can we send diddy to that mfs house?

[terse shore]

ye

[deep quiver]

add operator drewki to stalker 2 as a kill quest

[sour goblet]

i feel like stalker 2 will have a lot more story and cutscenes

[celest blaze]

"The MOST hardcore and REAL fps shooter in HISTORY "

[terse shore]

but tbf, stalker would not have nearly as much popularity without gamma

[deep quiver]

this fps DOESN'T fake survival

[jaunty pebble]

I mean he reccomended people to play gamma for stalker 2 instead of Clear Sky and had to add CS to the list because he got alot of comments

[celest blaze]

It hasn't done anything for stalker though as hardly any gamma players even own the games

[storm kernel]

it just aint what STALKER is meant to be

[jaunty pebble]

This combo will DEFINETLY shock you(Fork and Outlet)

[deep quiver]

to be completely frank, stalker would be better off without the tacticool community

[storm kernel]

if anything GAMMA has just been treated as some free version of Tarkov by it's community

[deep quiver]

sure, it's gonna be small

[celest blaze]

Fr

[patent mortar]

I agree with this.

[deep quiver]

but i'll take 300 views anyday

[sour goblet]

i played anomaly and the eotech sights were extremely unexpected, felt like i was fighting with future technology

[storm kernel]

you have imbeciles unironically asking for mods to remove anomalies and mutants from gamma/anomaly (you know, everything that sets stalker apart from other open world shooters) just to make it more like Tarkov

[celest blaze]

Now I'd understand if the trilogy was tacticool but it's not it's very arcade like and stats etc

[celest blaze]

Fr at that point just play other games

[patent mortar]

I've heard of this lmao

[storm kernel]

at that point just get tarkov 😭 🙏

[jaunty pebble]

God I remember that post

[celest blaze]

Haha Ong

Stalker without anomalies or mutants is kinda boring imo

[sour goblet]

some people make me wanna shoot myself

[deep quiver]

ngl i think stalker would be goated with the valve touch

[patent mortar]

Its not even Stalker anymore by that point sir.

[deep quiver]

just saying

[celest blaze]

True haha

[jaunty pebble]

I was just gonna say that

[celest blaze]

Ngl I'd be curious to see stalker in frostbite Engine

[patent mortar]

First thing I'd destroy is the Monolith

[deep quiver]

stalker but source engine

[patent mortar]

watch

[deep quiver]

XRAY engine is literally just ukrainian source

[patent mortar]

What about... Dagor?

[deep quiver]

or should i say, source is the american XRAY

[jaunty pebble]

Watch as people make mods that remove anomalies and mutants to make the game another Tarkov slop

[celest blaze]

This will be controversial but creation engine stalker lol

[jaunty pebble]

Dont you EVER speak of that again

[nimble cipher]

npcfromwbr has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[crisp ruin]

[jaunty pebble]

🐺 moment

[deep quiver]

rahhhhh 1984

[patent mortar]

Oof

[celest blaze]

Lol

[rose apex]

But will Sidorovich finish eating the Chicken in Stalker 2 .?? 🤔

[patent mortar]

Bullshit.

He never will.

[celest blaze]

No he has anomalous chicken that doesn't end

[deep quiver]

it is a released one.

[sour goblet]

some people just hate having story but then they can go on and make their little fantasy larp lore for their stupid fuсking characters who get all the bitсhes and are 5000 lbs and buff as thirteen brick walls stacked

[indigo marsh]

Don't you mean 8

[jaunty pebble]

Never. He has that infinite chicken bucket anomaly

[deep quiver]

so real, why does people make monolith female ocs anyway

[wise geyser]

TOMMMMY VIDEOOOOO

[jaunty pebble]

God that’s the part I hate about the modding community

[sour goblet]

corn brain

[jaunty pebble]

So hard to find actually good story in floods of bad LARP or stories written by edgy 14 year olds

[deep quiver]

i just remembered, my friend made an oc that was raised by a monolithian mom and a dutyer dad for whatever reason, and that was for roblox

[patent mortar]

What?

And I thought Alternativa was peak schizo

[jaunty pebble]

I give my condolences to you

[deep quiver]

im not even traumatized, just disappointed in my man

[patent mortar]

My condolences.

[deep quiver]

that backstory has made me contemplating my life decisions

[quiet ridge]

Dos Stalker 2 have a multiplayer like the old games? Or something new concept?

[sour goblet]

GRRR.. I HATE ANYTHING THAT MAKES A GAME UNIQUE!!! IT MUST BE TACTICOOL!!!1 IT MUST HAVE THIS ATTACHMENT IT MUST HAVE THIS SLOP OR BAD GAME!! MUST BE TARKOV COPY!!

[jaunty pebble]

I would have just stopped talking

[patent mortar]

Friendly reminder not to tell us the details.

[indigo marsh]

Pretty sure it will be like the old games.

[jaunty pebble]

As far as we know, like the old games. But they haven’t said anything besides that they don’t want to add Co-OP

[deep quiver]

i have the entire backstory if yall want to read them

[patent mortar]

No thanks.

[jaunty pebble]

Please no. I do not want brain death 12 days before release

[patent mortar]

Most likely just TDM like back then.

[quiet ridge]

so there is a chance of having no kernel level anticheat right? asking for Linux support

[sour goblet]

not a second passed and this guy already replied no ☠️

[deep quiver]

it's nice to see myself in possession of a WMD

[jaunty pebble]

That depends on if they want to add Anti Cheat and monetize it

[quiet ridge]

please dont🥹

[deep quiver]

do you want to read the fic

[terse shore]

a lot will buy stalker 2

[sour goblet]

HELL NO

[deep quiver]

trust me bro is peak trust me please

[patent mortar]

Sir please.

[sour goblet]

im not trusting a merc that calls something peak

[deep quiver]

im sending it to you and you have to read it.

[sour goblet]

blocked

reported to god himself

he's on his way to ban you from life

[deep quiver]

rahhh you're not slick buddy

[patent mortar]

There are standalone/mods that actually has good story. Dreamcatcher, Incubator, and Spatial Anomaly. Go play them instead.

[deep quiver]

i WILL make you read it another time.

[sour goblet]

true

[patent mortar]

I've been diagnosed with Modrot. Need to play the original trilogy again.

Been playing too many mods lately.

[jaunty pebble]

You have 12 days

[sour goblet]

your story sucks and is not lore accurate, monolith are just brainwashed zombies who fight until the end, one look away and they bash their head open, your duty father and monolith mother fanfic is illogical and the dutyer is probably a sexual assaulter

[patent mortar]

Not enough.

[jaunty pebble]

Go do it

[indigo marsh]

That sounds kinda like a threat

[sour goblet]

You have 12 days.

[deep quiver]

i HAVE the copypaste in my chat right NOW, i will release it.

i demand 200 trillion rubles

[storm kernel]

It MUST be SLOP like COD: NU-MW

[jaunty pebble]

If you do that I am actually reporting you to the mods

[patent mortar]

For the sake of his sanity, please dont.

[deep quiver]

200 trillion rubles

[storm kernel]

many will buy Stalker 2 or play through gamepass and get totally and utterly filtered

[deep quiver]

why does this feel like a bomb threat lol

[jaunty pebble]

Because it is

[storm kernel]

I cannot wait for the pure copium when that day comes

[jaunty pebble]

Me too, the complaints of game being hard

[wise geyser]

That cheeki breeki ass smile from Tommy got me thinking he’s got a review copy lmao 😂 peak delusion

[sour goblet]

NOO MUH REALISUM!!

[wise geyser]

Gamma players

[deep quiver]

the second i release the fic, everyone over 50 IQ will fully comprehend the fic. this will cause a chain reaction where readers completely die off brain damage

[storm kernel]

it'll be like Shadow of the Erdtree all over again, the salt will make the Dead Sea look like freshwater

[static compass]

Aside from finding the 5 helicopters, what else do you do in CoP?

[patent mortar]

Vanilla stalkers has always been casual imo and maybe people who will get filtered are the ones who wants realism.

[static compass]

I know you evac at the end

[storm kernel]

NOOOOO MUH HECKIN WHOLESOME TACTICOOL RELOAD ANIMATIONRINOS!!!!!

[patent mortar]

Plenty of side quests that affects the ending.

[twin thistle]

you kill everything that tries to kill you

it's true pest control

[deep quiver]

freak it im gonna send a snippet of the backstory

[patent mortar]

At the end of the game, there will be an epilogue.

[static compass]

So if I'm trying to speed run the game, can I do it in a few hours? Lol

[jaunty pebble]

Im preparing the report

[storm kernel]

that's what I'm talkin about. The anomaly and gamma mfs are gonna get a bucket of cold water to the face, they'll know what REAL Stalker is!

[still ridge]

Yeah like 6-7 hours if you try to speed run it

[jaunty pebble]

Media Ping

[patent mortar]

Most likely yeah if you know exactly what you're doing.

[jaunty pebble]

Day got worse more

[static compass]

Alright, I'm not concerned about side quests or the ending, I just wanna get it done before S2

[twin thistle]

if you try to skip the companion stuff it will be a harder road through the tunnel unless you're on a lower difficulty

[static compass]

I've completed SoC and CS, so this is all I've got left

[still ridge]

Side content is the best part though

[deep quiver]

did i kill anyone's brain?

[static compass]

It's more of a time thing lol

I'll be doing everything possible in Heart of Chornobyl

[patent mortar]

The side quests are good though. Like I said, there will be an epilogue at the end that will tell you whether you do the side quest right way or not.

[twin thistle]

CoP didn't really have any crazy lore that I'd think would be critical to S2 if you don't finish, other than a handful of characters

[celest blaze]

^

[static compass]

I know the bulk of major events occurs in SoC

[patent mortar]

True

Hermann and Strider are from CoP

[celest blaze]

You could honestly watch a lore vid of CoP and you'll be good

[patent mortar]

We've seen them in trailers.

[sour goblet]

the world record is a few minutes

[molten blade]

Godday everyone. I’ve heard mixed things. Will there be a coop on the release? Also same question for PVP

[static compass]

If I run out of time, that's what I was gonna do

[celest blaze]

No coop and pvp later

[sour goblet]

game too hard. brain too small.

[static compass]

Battle pass?

[celest blaze]

I feel like I'm in the early 2000s with how much co-op just asked here lol

[molten blade]

Got it, thank you!

[patent mortar]

PvP is most likely going to be like old games.

[patent mortar]

Cant deny exploring the zone with friend does sound fun.

[jaunty pebble]

Me when there is no fully yellow pathway to every objective:

[celest blaze]

You're not wrong tbh

[patent mortar]

First thing I'd do is push someone to an anomaly.

[sour goblet]

real?

[celest blaze]

I'd see if friendly fire works

[static compass]

That's kinda why I'm hoping you can hire a battle buddy

[jaunty pebble]

GSC has tuned down the yellow paint

[static compass]

Just to have an extra gun when doing a bounty or something

[sour goblet]

i never actually saw any, it was mostly just objective markers

[static compass]

Death to the yellow paint

Still Wakes the Deep was awful for that

[twin thistle]

time to make Dogmeat a hireable companion, paid in treatos

[sour goblet]

having a pseudodog pet just included in a game was good enough for me, didnt have to be our pet, just a pet was good.

[thick bolt]

😔

we are gonna have to activate parts of our brain to play a game now

[storm kernel]

that stuffs a plague in modern games. At least it isn't as bad as Deus Ex: Human Revolution

[patent mortar]

How many characters been confirmed in S2 from previous games?

Scar, Strider, Hermann...

Who else?

[thick bolt]

sony games have so much of it

[sour goblet]

hermann looks too much like my dad in real life, im suing gsc for copying my dad

[patent mortar]

Huh?

[storm kernel]

snoy games are mostly designed to appeal to the lowest common denominator, like Call of Duty.

[patent mortar]

Give your dad heart of the oasis.

[crisp ruin]

[sour goblet]

my dad and hermann have an uncanny resemblance and i wish i could show proof but im not leaking my dad's face

[crisp ruin]

I just looking to chat and lmaooo

[twin thistle]

I mean CoD is a fun game. Trashy but fun.

[normal bobcat]

I'm suing hermann for bearing a likeness to your father

[twin thistle]

Can sorta have your cake and eat it

[patent mortar]

So uh

Which characters are confirmed from previous games to make an appearance again S2?

[twin thistle]

you are. you've survived 3 STALKER game plotlines, and now you're the main character of S2, congrats

[patent mortar]

Thanks

[sour goblet]

strider scar hermann vano yar and petruha i think

[normal bobcat]

I think Owl was in the Time of Opportunities trailer or whatever trailer had shown off the Skadovsk

[radiant needle]

Is there any article / video or smth explaining how A-Life in stalker SoC works? How npcs are spawnd, how they decide where to go, what to do etc?

[sour goblet]

my dad is hermann confirmed

[storm kernel]

True, it's fun to absolutely stomp on a lobby full of 12 year olds who just got home from school.

[patent mortar]

Petruha... Is he from CoP around Yanov?

Vano, Yar, and Strider are from there.

Couldnt remember about Petruha.

[sour goblet]

he's a skadovsk loner i think

[patent mortar]

Hermann is in the bunker near Yanov too

[sour goblet]

i think he's from the robbery side mission (aka the first side mission)

[jaunty pebble]

Its more on the Preview gameplay/articles

[patent mortar]

I failed a mission that lets Sultan takes over Skadovsk.

Darn it

[radiant needle]

?

[sour goblet]

"Petruha plays a minor role in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat as one of the Skadovsk Loners. He can be found at the Boiler anomaly hunting for artifacts with his friend Awl. Both of them have been saving money for a new suit but the only thing they could buy was a Sunrise suit. If the player stays long enough, Petruha will get hit by the anomaly, which will prompt Awl to give the player a first-aid kit and ask them to help Petruha."

• S.T.A.L.K.E.R. ENG Fandom Wikipedia, which makes some of this probably false information

[patent mortar]

Oh him.

[sour goblet]

idk if he's confirmed though

[sour goblet]

he's also in shadow of chernobyl as the leader of wolf's men

[patent mortar]

Neat

[sour goblet]

he upgraded to a sunrise suit after years

[patent mortar]

Feels bad.

I'd give him an eco suit but he'll probably die to an anomaly anyway.

[jaunty pebble]

The more complex features of the A-life are mentioned by Journo’s and people who got into the 3 hour preview session GSC did and allowed them to post videos and articles a few weeks ago

[sour goblet]

he also gets a viper 5 and martha so atleast he has some better guns

[wanton galleon]

I hope we end up getting something similar to anomaly when people get their hands on the sdk

[mild marsh]

Yo moderators or who ever is in charge of selection of new mod team
I just saw your email with questions 😅

it was in my spam folder

I know it has been a week since it has been sent but I am only doing it now

[thin shuttle]

what effect has the campfire on player at the stalker original trilogy, does this has any gameplay mechanic?

[sour goblet]

SoC Equipment of Petruha
Leather jacket
Sawn-off dbl-barrel

CoP Equipment of Petruha
Sunrise suit w/ gas mask
Viper 5
Martha
Fireball
Bear detector

[thick bolt]

not much

you can talk to different npc's though

[patent mortar]

I dont think theres any

[radiant needle]

I was asking about first stalker - shadow of chernobyl. I avoid stuff about stalker 2 to go into game blindly

[thin shuttle]

oh i see i though that radiation remove with campfire was related to the original trilogy but seems like it's an anomaly thing

[patent mortar]

DM Mol1t see if he can help.

[thick bolt]

I mean if you just came back from an underground lab, you might wanna hear a man play his guitar for a minute

[sour goblet]

o ok, i will spoiler stalker 2 info when i talk about it for you

[jaunty pebble]

OH. My bad. I thought you were asking about STALKER 2 as most people that do ask is asking about STALKER 2

So I am just used to sending it like this

[patent mortar]

Weird, I played Anomaly and dont even know you can remove radiation with campfire lmao

[radiant needle]

no problem :p I will just wait for release, and ask question after i finish game :p

[thin shuttle]

mmm maybe it's a mod on a specific modpack, i find this feature on gamma and efp

[mild marsh]

will do tnx, I just hope Mol1t dont take offense with me randomly DM-ing him 🤣

[thin shuttle]

with the new ilumination, new models audio etc, labs going to be a fcking nightmare so i think this is going to be some kind of roleplay relax feature 💀

[sour goblet]

wait, is the armsel protecta (eliminator) in stalker 2?

[patent mortar]

Dont worry, he's chill.

[sour goblet]

mol1t is as chill as a freedomer

[mild marsh]

free stalkers tbh xD

[sour goblet]

he's a renegader

[mild marsh]

but keep it friendly with Duty and Freedom, they have good traders xD

[sour goblet]

most of gsc is actually apart of renegades

[mild marsh]

it has been years since I played the games, I almost forgot everything LOL

[granite mortar]

Renegadis Gods of Zona

[thick bolt]

I guess, you could also listen to the stories the stalkers talk about around the campfire in original trilogy, that is, if you understand ukranian

[patent mortar]

Oh God Chymo is here pls dont bulli

[granite mortar]

bully who?

[patent mortar]

Dont bulli me to play another mod

[mild marsh]

I guess time to replay games while my Ukranian coworker translate to me what they talking about

[thin shuttle]

i hope they sub all ukranian dialogues on randoms

[mild marsh]

🤣

[patent mortar]

Yamerooooo

[amber perch]

I pre-ordered I'm ready bois

[boreal mica]

!warn @granite mortar inappropriate word usage

[nimble cipher]

chymo8658 has been warned

Reason: inappropriate word usage

[pseudo rivet]

Bruh wat

[patent mortar]

Hey druid relax.

Lmao

[granite mortar]

you need Commands to mimic a fraction of Wolfs power
I AM UNWOLFABLE

[boreal mica]

Do not swear please

[sour goblet]

HELL!

[pseudo rivet]

Bruh

Fuck

Damn

[pseudo rivet]

Shitty Wolf bot

[mild marsh]

I didnt pre-order cuz I will have it on Xbox gamepass, but I am planning on buying it on Steam

[pseudo rivet]

[thick bolt]

In the new game? They definitely will because they have enough time and budget

[untold silo]

I am wofl

[granite mortar]

Crispy!
you cant say fuсk

[sour goblet]

what the fuсky ducky!?

[patent mortar]

I guess swearing is fine but there should be a limit on how much you can..

[pseudo rivet]

https://tenor.com/view/sonic-sonic-the-hedgehog-super-sonic-blaze-blaze-the-cat-gif-26225975

[untold silo]

1984

[sour goblet]

1984

[pseudo rivet]

This basically and even then it's pushing it

[granite mortar]

1983 swears max
after that its illegal

[thin shuttle]

i hope so, i keep wondering how to play it, ukranian or english, scar trailer seems very good since lip sinc was on point, plus i understand english but ukranian feels more atmospheric

[patent mortar]

Anyway uh please carry on.

I havent got enough time to sleep ever since I play Dead City Epilogue mod.

[pseudo rivet]

https://tenor.com/view/nothing-to-see-here-explosion-explode-bomb-fire-gif-4923610

[still ridge]

Still thinking about how GSC decided to add one of those under barrel shotguns

That’s so awesome

[wise geyser]

Higher diff less loot 😎 = love

[pseudo rivet]

M26 MASS

[wise geyser]

Ong

[pseudo rivet]

Not sure what the in-game name is

[still ridge]

and they showcased it on the R700 of all things

[wise geyser]

Haven’t seen a master key in game since cod

[still ridge]

Mk26 ASS

[boreal mica]

@granite mortar sorry for that, I'm kinda new to being a helper.

[pseudo rivet]

M26 MASS

[still ridge]

In game name

[still ridge]

It’s better than a masterkey, it’s semi auto lol

[granite mortar]

its ok
just give me full poltical immunity and we good :3

[boreal mica]

Let the red council decide to do that

[pseudo rivet]

Now hol' yer horses, pal 🤠

[full bronze]

do you guys think that the inventory hud is mid? because i do, a little bit tho

[still ridge]

Tacticool modders won’t even need to add it if it’s already in game!

[granite mortar]

I dont have horses
I ride on big cat
its kinda like Fenrir..
But cat...

[still ridge]

Omw to use the GP-37 M26 combo

[pseudo rivet]

You've kot to be kitten me

[granite mortar]

unless I cant mount it on TOZ-66, its lame
2 barrels for accuracy, one for power

[still ridge]

you can probably mount it on anything with an under barrel rail

Including the R700 for some reason 💀

It’s comical but it’s epic

[granite mortar]

its lame
GSC should have added Bolter instead

[mild marsh]

anyway, form has been filled in, submitted and I DM'd Molt xD

now its time to wait

[pseudo rivet]

Agreed

[still ridge]

Wait. GSC done goofed, the M26 has to be cycled manually

It’s not semi auto lol

[granite mortar]

GSC should add AG-30M and give it to Vova Vist

[untold salmon]

noticed that when i saw it

i can look past it tho

[still ridge]

More fun lol

[humble pivot]

guys i have harnessed the power of the central galactic black hole. i'm worried it won't run stalker 2 using just one singularity

[candid slate]

Does anyone here know the price of the msi stalker 2 Xbox controller?

[mild marsh]

my guess is between 70 and 150 bucks

cuz arent just regular normal controllers like 50-60

[still ridge]

No shot the controller is 150 dollars

[mild marsh]

150 is relatively cheap compared to some of the others available

[sour goblet]

pretty reliable and nice to have, you dont have to switch to a shotgun

id rather blow their head off first if they're close to me

[granite mortar]

booooo
laaaameee
I want to carry a shotty around
its badass
this tho..
gay and nerdy

[pseudo rivet]

Honestly? I need an underbarrel snipe rifle

[granite mortar]

underbarrel sawn off Mosin

[candid slate]

is it even available yet?

[still ridge]

Lmao Grok is getting cooked on Reddit

This community man

[granite mortar]

nothing new

[pseudo rivet]

Nothing new

[sour goblet]

"badass" you sound like tacticool modders lmao

[pseudo rivet]

https://tenor.com/view/space-marine-bolter-warhammer40k-space-marine-warhammer40000-adeptus-astartes-gif-22320694

Bolter kewl

[granite mortar]

dakka

[sour goblet]

they shouldve added that russian 4 gauge shotgun, wouldve been insane

[still ridge]

I think that was the intention

[indigo marsh]

Rocket powered bullets

[sour goblet]

ks-32 or whatever it was called

[still ridge]

Gyrojet but cool

[still ridge]

KS-23

[sour goblet]

oh

close enough

[granite mortar]

its not a shotgun

[sour goblet]

oh

is it because it has a rifled barrel

would it be a carbine then

[still ridge]

It is a shotgun

It shoots shot

It’s a shotgun

[granite mortar]

its not
it got rifled barrel

its carbine
shotguns are smoothbore

[jade coral]

Just classify it as shotgun since it shoots 20x70

[sour goblet]

they should add that ks-23 carbine, would be fun

[still ridge]

It’s called a carbine

[granite mortar]

its not a shotgun, its a carbine
classify it as carbine

[still ridge]

But it fires shotgun shells

🤷

[granite mortar]

its a carbine, its got carbine in the name, and its main round is solidshot

[sour goblet]

its a short gun with rifling which makes it a carbine i think

[untold salmon]

wouldnt that just make it a rifled shotgun

[jade coral]

Classified as a large bore shotgun

[still ridge]

It’s a shotgun. It fires shot. The AK-47 was initially classified as a submachine gun if I remember correctly

[sour goblet]

The KS-23 is a Soviet shotgun. Because it uses a rifled barrel, it is officially designated by the Russian military as a carbine. KS stands for Karabin Spetsialniy, "Special Carbine". It is renowned for its large caliber, firing a 23 mm shotgun shell, equating to 6.278 gauge using the British and American standards of shotgun gauges and approximately 4 gauge using the current European standards (based on the metric CIP tables), making it the largest-bore shotgun in modern use.

[still ridge]

It’s more of a shotgun than a carbine

[untold salmon]

well yeah wasnt the ks23 made from cut down zsu barrels?

the point of it was to put a fat slug in it to clonk car engines

[still ridge]

Fat slugs that are fired from shotgun shells

[granite mortar]

thats because the term assault rifle wasnt even a thing back in the day
also main round of KS-23 is solid round, not shot, its anti protest and riot control gun, used to stop cars

[pseudo rivet]

If a gun fires slugs, is it a sluggun?

[still ridge]

Solid round from a shotgun shell

[sour goblet]

also wasnt it fatal with rubber bullets at 40 meters

[granite mortar]

you mean carbine shell

[still ridge]

Touché

[granite mortar]

yes

[sour goblet]

how effective

[blissful peak]

Hellloooooo

[sour goblet]

hi AT

[blissful peak]

How's it going everyone ?

[granite mortar]

the gun is made to stop cars using slugs, by disabling their engines
:3

[sour goblet]

even more effectiveness!

[sour goblet]

im doing good, wbu?

[pseudo rivet]

We vibin', we jivin'

[blissful peak]

Doing great, loaded up atomic heart while waiting for stalker.

[blissful peak]

https://tenor.com/view/if-youre-like-that-gif-13348347855002813843

Aw 😦 gif did not load

[sour goblet]

nice, btw, which is your favorite new faction?
(spark, noon, ward)

[granite mortar]

spark isnt new

[sour goblet]

o, im not too informed lmao

[granite mortar]

its Iskra
Herrmans field team

[old jungle]

as a faction it is new

[granite mortar]

but since the Zone is closed, and Hermann is prohibited to enter, they stayed and fight SIRCAA

[old jungle]

we don't know that

[pseudo rivet]

https://tenor.com/view/epic-embed-fail-embed-fail-embed-discord-embed-gif-embed-gif-21924703

[granite mortar]

we know Scar is part of Spark, and they oppose "the institute"
Which can be nobody else than SIRCAA

[blissful peak]

New factions ? I purposefully don't look at ANY content regarding stalking 2 to get it all in once it's downloaded So I sadly can't really answer that 😦

[sour goblet]

is the sircaa this game's big bad?

[old jungle]

I meant the part about Hermann

[granite mortar]

well he sends Skif in, and border guards shoot at him, if Hermann was allowed, his field workers would be too

[old jungle]

I suggest you read GSC's post about Hermann again

[sour goblet]

also would Iskra align with Freedom and Free Stalkers?

🤔

[pseudo rivet]

We don't know

[sour goblet]

fair enough

[pseudo rivet]

Although I'd imagine more closely to them than Duty and Ward, yeah

For obvious reasons

[sour goblet]

also isnt it technically called ISRIT

Iskra Scientific Research and Investigation Team

[pseudo rivet]

Uh, why?

Iskra is in the name

[lament dome]

So Hyped for this game

[old jungle]

it's not an acronym

[sour goblet]

true but if scientists can be abbreviated then so can iskra

[granite mortar]

nooo
Hermann is bad

[sour goblet]

ISRIT vs SIRCAA (scientists vs scientists waow)

[old jungle]

He's nuanced

[sour goblet]

hermann oiled up

he's definitely got a twink build

[solemn perch]

Is it me or the exploring in clear sky is less rewarding then soc and cop

[twilit arch]

I really hope mods put fpv drones in the game like how anomaly and gamma had IED bombs, would be insane

[sour goblet]

you can do some side quests, sure, but clear sky is more driven by the main plot, unlike the other games

[solemn perch]

Yeh shame that I can't finde a uniqe gun by the corner of the maps

[sour goblet]

you usually get rewarded more by doing things in the most efficient way, since that means you use up less resources and get more

[still ridge]

[twilit arch]

What don’t you like about it, I think it could be done and be scary realistic

[still ridge]

ask grok

[twilit arch]

Done well*

[granite mortar]

aerial anomalies

[static compass]

Hype levels are off the charts

[granite mortar]

entire goddamn plot of Call of Pripyat

[sour goblet]

too larp, probably will be controversial at a small scale

[static compass]

I can't wait to see the lore videos

[old jungle]

depends

[twilit arch]

Oh the drones wouldn’t work

[still ridge]

Not necessarily

[static compass]

On what?

[still ridge]

He could be good, and the institute could be bad

[twilit arch]

Damn don’t know my lore:/ but wait why do some helicopters work?

[still ridge]

or they could both be bad

[static compass]

Hermann Gosling?

[granite mortar]

they dont

[static compass]

Helicopter go boom

[old jungle]

People who only now realize what S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 actually is get a huge spike of hype. When you've known for a much longer time it feels different.

[still ridge]

I mean yeah, the trailer that came out yesterday already has 600k views

[static compass]

No but some helicopters take "safe routes" through the zone, the ones that don't hit aerial anomalies and crash

[twilit arch]

In soc weren’t there some? And then cop I remember crashed them, I guess they wouldn’t work.

[storm kernel]

what is Zelensky doing in The Zone 💀 😭

[static compass]

Yeah I get that, I'm just saying those of us that were already waiting this whole time are hyped as well lol

[old jungle]

My personnal explanation is that since there were no emissions in SoC the military maps of aerial anomalies were actually accurate back then.

[old jungle]

Of course

[twilit arch]

Man regardless I can’t wait for this

[static compass]

When do you think we'll start getting lore vids? I assume you'll take time to finish the game first

[still ridge]

This is a reasonable assumption

[old jungle]

From my side it will take a long time, but I'm sure some others will be much faster

[granite mortar]

he voiced Red in Angry Birds
now he moved to more serious roles

[still ridge]

Lmao

[static compass]

Yeah, I'm gonna go through the game very slowly

[true oxide]

How is it ONLY Nov 8th??

Placing my preorder today fellas

[old jungle]

nice

[still ridge]

Can’t wait to destroy the institute with Scar

[blissful peak]

Imagine we could just go to sleep today and wake up on the 20th right for the game release

Btw anyone knows when they will release the worldwide time table for the game release ?

[still ridge]

Not yet

[old jungle]

soon

[true oxide]

Was just gonna ask this

I booked two days off work lmao

[blissful peak]

You know something we don't? 👀👀

[old jungle]

I read ask-gsc

[blissful peak]

JUST enough to properly explore the starting area

[sour goblet]

i suspect that the majority of aerial anomalies began forming sometime after the years 2010-2011 (after strelok did you know what, not gonna spoil it) and the zone became more unstable, which caused it to produce more anomalies everywhere

[true oxide]

Exactly

[blissful peak]

Finally lvl 10 🤣

[gaunt burrow]

gratz

[sour goblet]

"why doesnt stalker add this larp stuff?!"
"stalker is too hard!"
least obvious slopmod player

[gaunt burrow]

lmfao

[polar orchid]

the game is stuck in a weird place between being realistic and being arcadey

why yall get so uppity about gameplay features calling them larp stuff, when you have modification and maintenence... its like its only OK if its in the game. if its not in the game we must hate people who suggest it.

[still ridge]

I don’t think it’s Arcady at all

[worn oar]

Based

[polar orchid]

magic mags are arcadey

[celest goblet]

Not really. That's just average. Arcadey is no mags

[buoyant sable]

does the gamepass preinstall count as a preorder? for the veterans rifle

[still ridge]

Not really lol

[midnight oar]

if you want an example of arcadey just look at the original modern warfares, STALKER is not arcadey

[still ridge]

A magazine management system would suck in stalker

[polar orchid]

i siad its stuck between realistic and arcadey

its stuck between sci fi horror and sci fi shoot em up

[celest goblet]

Stuck implies it would want to be somewhere else, but the game seems to be exactly where it wants to be to me

[sour goblet]

also all this high tech equipment feels too high tech for the idea of a civilization divided in a lawless zone

[granite mortar]

this guy
yeah thats him
can we all just 🚿 react him?

[still ridge]

Respectfully I don’t agree with this at all

[celest goblet]

I mean the outside world is normal, and goods flow in and out of the zone

[sour goblet]

its not like these merchants are constantly being supplied by the military

[nimble cipher]

tryn1010 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[wanton galleon]

in... a stalker subreddit

[still ridge]

Keep stinky dayz mechanics out of the game

[midnight oar]

it’s probably real easy to smuggle guns into the zone

[granite mortar]

the stalker what?

[scenic steeple]

gentlemen, gun is good but it can be AK47

[polar orchid]

yeah like scavanging for supplies, who needs that larp stuff

[wanton galleon]

LMAO oops. I guess my brains half melted at this point

[wanton galleon]

still crazy you cant swear here

doesnt every game have a TON of swears?

[midnight oar]

stalker is not fallout, you’re not rummaging through nuked buildings for food, you go to a bar .

[granite mortar]

only you cant

[midnight oar]

what supplies can you even scavenge in the radiation ravaged zone

[still ridge]

Stalker never had deep scavenging as a gameplay element. If you manage your inventory correctly you shouldn’t run out of supplies.

[wanton galleon]

Anti-swear beams sent into my brain :(

[polar orchid]

i just think mag management would be more enageing than bullet bloom

[naive fog]

Yeah but some like retard aren't modded by wolf

[granite mortar]

magic rocks
DUH

[midnight oar]

true .

[still ridge]

Scavenging, sure, but it wasn’t an essential part of survival

[naive fog]

Funni

[polar orchid]

i think the original games were too easy because of that, there is no real challenge to playing them, they are a a walk in the park

great atmosphere, but no real engagement

[midnight oar]

too easy

too easy?

[still ridge]

Disagree. On master difficulty you really have to watch what you’re doing or you’ll die very quickly.

It was never a hardcore survival game

And it shouldn’t be, imo.

[sour goblet]

you know i'd get it if it came from mercs and stuff like that but i wouldnt expect there to be all these attachments and grenades, you know not everybody has the money to just come into the zone fully decked out, also i dont think ive ever seen any npc have dialogue about outside goods being supplied by anything, supply trucks is way too dangerous aswell, the only explanation in my small mind is that there are stalkers going long way to get this equipment for the traders, working under them and maybe going outside of the zone once in a while to trade artifacts for guns and other items

[polar orchid]

yeah especially if bullets didnt spray everywhere ecept where youre aiming it would be near impossible to die

[midnight oar]

are you sure you didn’t pick… like stalker difficulty

[polar orchid]

nah i always play hardest difficulty if a game has quick saves

[midnight oar]

do you also want an EFT-like health system

[placid grove]

What digital version of stalker 2 will come with the physical "collector" edition?

[granite mortar]

steam key

[polar orchid]

dont care about the health system. i just think the gameplay would be better if the challenge was engagement rather than bullet bloom

[granite mortar]

highest edition

[placid grove]

The one that comes with the future dlcs?

[granite mortar]

yes

[placid grove]

I bought it two times soo..

[granite mortar]

give me one copy :3

[sour goblet]

what do you guys think?

[placid grove]

Cant do that :(

[midnight oar]

just send him the steam key and he’ll redeem it

[placid grove]

I'm going to use the money from the refund to pay the import tax for the poor country I live in.

[midnight oar]

oh never mind

[granite mortar]

its okay
I was just joking

[polar orchid]

like instead of bullet bloom, instead of me wasting bullets... give me less bullets
instead of me missing 75% of my shots to RNG and dieing, let me die because I chose not to repack my mags

[mild marsh]

#💬┃en_offtop message

why did it only install like 10 MB or so and it show it as "installed" and originally it was 150 GB

[granite mortar]

cuz the 10MB is all thats currently uploaded to steam

or anywhere really for that matter

[mild marsh]

this is Xbox gamepass

[granite mortar]

same thing

[mild marsh]

I might call in sick after they release the game

[mild marsh]

for like a week or so 🤣

[candid slate]

until what date can we buy the msi keyboard and mouse?

[polar orchid]

working extra hours at xmas so you can play stalker 2 in november eh

[mild marsh]

I work extra hours always

specially in November and December

[placid grove]

The price of the collectors edition + shipping was 245 dollars, and I'll still have to pay 60% more in taxes, bringing the total to 392 dollars. The country? Of course, it's Brazil... What a frustrating place to live, seriously.

My kidney will be for sale in the next months

[sour goblet]

to be honest, i can agree to some of this, felt like it was wayy too easy to get bullets and cash in the games, the accuracy needs some touching up, but i see no reason for mags

[mild marsh]

Isnt that like a month of wages in Brasil

[tidal sonnet]

just preordered today. cant wait to be playin this on my birthday. i really hope nothing bad is gonna happen by then

[jaunty pebble]

The unexpected meteor that will wipe humanity:

[livid gulch]

You just jinxed yourself

[placid grove]

2 months...

[gaunt orchid]

Does anyone know 100% is the PC or XBOX collector/ultimate physical editions coming with discs or just digital codes?

[tidal sonnet]

i probably did but i dont wanna play devils advocate

[placid grove]

1$ for R$5,80

[livid gulch]

Pc is code. Idk about Xbox

[mild marsh]

Just code I think, not 100% sure tho

[uncut night]

Xbox physical plcomes with disc

[mild marsh]

Code for steam

[livid gulch]

Yep

[sour goblet]

the only way magazines could work best is buying them preloaded because what in gods name do you mean loading a gun magazine, thats just gonna take time and is gonna look like those tacticool speedloading animations

[livid gulch]

-sweats in DayZ-

[gaunt orchid]

That's a shame I don't trust steam anymore there going shady now, I'll just get the xbox version and gog.com for pc thanks guys

[plush relic]

hi guys, who know what multiplayer gamemodes will be ?

[uncut night]

I'll have a second code but i don't know when it will be dispatched from the physical i orderd last week. I plan on just using the ultimate digital I've has for the last 2 years or so.

[livid gulch]

I've heard it will be similar to what the og trilogy had

[mild marsh]

Nothing about steam has changed

You never actually owned your games on Steam

[plush relic]

so, that still not bad, i hope it will be well done like not in og trilogy xd

[mild marsh]

They just put that in fine print visible to you

[uncut night]

Mp has not been detailed but don't expect anything more than what old games were like. Simple deathmatch team deathmatch modes . Like games from 2000s

[sour goblet]

also a lot of guns can be loaded through the ejection port although it would usually cause damage to the gun

[jaunty pebble]

I would way prefer just having the magic pockets instead of putting ammo into mags for 45 minutes because I put the wrong ammo type

[livid gulch]

The net code will be much better. In any event. Lol

[plush relic]

i had a dream that there will be freeplay mp or coop

[livid gulch]

Dayz stalker mods are as close as we got to that

[sour goblet]

like 50 full stacks of magazines in my inventory and i have to switch magazines manually 💀

[gaunt orchid]

Yea but now there just been obvious about it and I don't like not owning games I really like

[plush relic]

yep they're cool but its not og stalker

[livid gulch]

You don't really own anything. We all die dude. -stoned freedom answer-

[mild marsh]

Aside from GOG you dont own your games anywhere else

If it is digital it is only licence

Its has been like that since dawn of digital 😅

[granite mortar]

common GOG win

[jaunty pebble]

Yea, I would rather have the magical pockets instead of “realistic” gameplay

[plush relic]

as i can see, in ultimate edition we will have more skins and 1 more costume, but the most interesting can i get this skins later?

[livid gulch]

Don't think so

[plush relic]

i mean not tourist and veteran

[gaunt orchid]

Least I can be buried with a disc 😂

[jaunty pebble]

Maybe in a few months as they release the preorder pack DLC, as many games do

[livid gulch]

I'm pre-ordering for the expanded campfire songs

[plush relic]

im pre ordered for early bird)))

[boreal mica]

There is no stalker without "he was a good stalker" song

[hollow vapor]

true

[gaunt orchid]

Yea it pissed me off to see gamestop close down here I'm old fashioned

[sour goblet]

its just too much work and makes the game more exhausting to play

[livid gulch]

I don't even see pcs with optical drives anymore. You may need to just deal with the crappy future lol

[plush relic]

imagine how it will be cool if there are oldschool campfire melodies from og stalkers for pre orders

[mild marsh]

gamestop left the country here 🤣

[hollow vapor]

i rather realism

[sour goblet]

💀

[mild marsh]

soon people will just make mods for game, so just mod it as you see fit

[hollow vapor]

thats what im going to do

[plush relic]

s.t.a.l.k.e.r. 2: anomaly

[mild marsh]

you dont like realism, mod it

you like more realism, mod it again

[gaunt orchid]

Yea but you can still get them there not dead just yet

[mild marsh]

I never played modded stalker, I only played vanilla

[hollow vapor]

poor soul

[livid gulch]

You're missing out on some amazing content

[plush relic]

try light mods, which changes some gameplay features like setting silencer for all weapons or smth like that

or mods that comeback old stories from builds

[gaunt orchid]

Yea I was the only on in my local gamestop to buy stupid expensive limited or collectors editions of games 😂

[livid gulch]

Just play Gamma. It's okay. You can pretend to still hate it on Discord. Lol

[sour goblet]

let me guess, anomaly?

[plush relic]

i heard it has a lot of bugs and crashes

[mild marsh]

fake it till you make it xD

[livid gulch]

I've not crashed in over 100 hrs of gamma. But ymmv

[hollow vapor]

i played every stalker so no

[sour goblet]

atleast thats something

[celest blaze]

🤢

[zinc patrol]

do yall think stalker 2 is gonna be good?

[hollow vapor]

my comment was more about playing clear sky without mods/patches

[celest blaze]

Anomaly is slop

[hollow vapor]

and gamma is crazy

[plush relic]

yeah thats my fav stalker game, vanilla clear sky

[zinc patrol]

I've avoided spoilers, even minor things

[livid gulch]

Gamma is easy. Wdym?

[dense hatch]

yeah from the gameplay

[granite mortar]

gamma is crazy bad

[zinc patrol]

hoping it'll be great

[celest goblet]

Clear Sky has things I don't like but I think it gets unfairly maligned

[livid gulch]

Look! Someone likes something youn dont. You must go have a bad take about it

[granite mortar]

it wasnt even a take
its a sticker of puking cat

[livid gulch]

You need more attention form me, buddy?

[nimble cipher]

chymo8658 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[livid gulch]

Heh

[sour goblet]

yeah you're really trying buddy i think we'd rather draft you to duty

[granite mortar]

reee
how could you Wolf?

[granite mortar]

shut the fuсk up

[mild marsh]

||CoP is goat||

[sour goblet]

...

[livid gulch]

So tilted so fast. You really need a hug eh?

[hollow vapor]

SoC

[granite mortar]

I need HugTV
Im stuck in my Calm after the Storm playthrough

[livid gulch]

Best I can do is an angry handy-j

[sour goblet]

he's right you little scumbaiter, he just replied to you normally and you're over here escalating things by calling him an attention seeker buddy ol pal

[mild marsh]

mission, should you choose to accept it "Kill Strelok" 🤣

I finished the game and that mission stayed unfinished till the end

[granite mortar]

[livid gulch]

Calm down babe. I'll come over after.

[spiral stump]

Gonna say beforehand, that this isn't a place for argue

[sour goblet]

why is this dude acting like a celeb

[dense hatch]

this truly is a stalker fan moment

[granite mortar]

cuz I hurt his feelings IG

[still ridge]

Hey

Behave

[granite mortar]

sowwy

[hollow vapor]

||Just perform a persona 3||

[livid gulch]

So like I was saying. You owe it to yourself to try out a few mods. If for nothing other than the memes

[mild marsh]

if I was a mod here I would just mute you all for an hour 🤣 cuz time to chill bro

no need to get upset over something insignificant

we all friends here

[crisp ruin]

Heheh

[spiral stump]

nah, not yet

[naive fog]

That would be taking all the fun out of it

[livid gulch]

Based

[sour goblet]

he has tried mods, good mods, anomaly just adds a bunch of sh!t like those minecraft modpacks, and the story is lackluster

[dense hatch]

he's such a fan he listed all the stuff he dislikes about it

[livid gulch]

Relax hun. I was talking to someone who said they hadn't tried any mods.

[dense hatch]

peak

[granite mortar]

[mild marsh]

well first thing to keep community in check is not allow sh!t to get out of hand cuz once that happens all bets are off

[sour goblet]

im relaxed i just use sh!t sometimes my bad

[livid gulch]

Okay. Need a juice box?

[snow olive]

i cannot wait 13 more days. argh

[mild marsh]

then like if you let it continue it only gets worse, if you mute people they call it suppressing freedom of speech

you cant win 🤣

[sour goblet]

now.. back to what i was saying, heres twelve reasons why we should be able to romance bloodsuckers in stalker 2

[dense hatch]

you better list those reasons

[livid gulch]

You have my undivided attention

[naive fog]

12 days until the discord goes silent

[old jungle]

[sour goblet]

i got dementia from an emission woops

[mild marsh]

first, cuz they suck 😛

[livid gulch]

1. they have nice feet

[sour goblet]

what

[dense hatch]

COWARD

[mild marsh]

second hawk tuah

[livid gulch]

2. I bet they cuddle good with them strong arms

[normal ocean]

Started playing Switch version of SHOC

[old jungle]

[normal ocean]

It has derailed my gaming plans into just playing SHOC lol

[sour goblet]

ok i remembered

1. sucky sucky
2. sucky sucky
3. sucky sucky
4. sucky sucky
5. sucky sucky
6. sucky sucky
7. sucky sucky
8. sucky sucky
9. sucky sucky
10. sucky sucky
11. sucky sucky
12. sucky sucky

[snow olive]

weve been waiting soo so very long for this. i am so happy they decided to finally finish it. now that gaming is mainstream were finally going to see the general public understand why we say stalker is one of the greatest games ever made.

[normal ocean]

Only big complaint is no cut content restored.
I'm not crazy enough to expect quests but I would at least like (since I heard it isn't done) to have improved AI

[mild marsh]

I quit playing all my games in preparation for stalker 2

[normal ocean]

Mainly the "AI can actually use explosives" fix as an option

I think at least letting them throw nades and use launchers would be cool.

[dense hatch]

what cut content it hasn't come out yet

[livid gulch]

Dwarf fortress in preparation for s2. You wish you could

[normal ocean]

It is, the switch port dropped a few days ago

[dense hatch]

oh you mean the switch version

[normal ocean]

Yeah of the STALKER Trilogy

[mild marsh]

cheesecake, cuz they are all out of cheese so its just a cake

[normal ocean]

Still cool to get an official portable way of playing SHOC with English text and Ukrainian vocies

[indigo marsh]

They fixed it in the real stalker 2 (clear sky)

[dense hatch]

I think they still use grenades in CoP

[normal ocean]

Yeah I just wish that was backported at least.

[normal ocean]

I am certain they do, just at a far reduced rate, no idea about launchers though

[dense hatch]

not launchers besides that would suck to play against

[normal ocean]

I'm ok with the janky buggy melee not being restored but I at least wish enemy nades were back as a option

[livid gulch]

So. How are we feeling about the geographic changes?

[normal ocean]

To be fair, enemies with grenade launchers are actually kinda rare in SHOC

[dense hatch]

you can dodge grenades, but grenade launchers would just be like more common RPGs

[mild marsh]

you know what was hardest part of CoP

getting all those fukers alive thru the jupiter tunnels 🤣

[still ridge]

They’ve always thrown grenades?

[normal ocean]

But yeah I would actually like AI using launchers in STALKER 2, just give them a low spawn rate

[dense hatch]

and the worst part of SoC is when they spawn like 3 of them behind you

[normal ocean]

Not in Vanilla SHOC

[placid grove]

"This edition does not include a physical disc. The game will be delivered digitally between 11/10/24 and 11/20/24, once delivered, the order cannot be canceled. The physical items will ship separately in April 2025."

I hope the final boss sends the digital key at the same time the game release... a

[normal ocean]

You actually need Zone Restoration Project to reenable both hand and rifle grenades being use by AI

[still ridge]

Thought you were talking about HoC, my bad.

[dense hatch]

ZRP mentioned

[normal ocean]

But yeah that's like my one complaint, since I feel that's more of a fix than anything else

That and reloading seems to be janky

[normal ocean]

(Opening the Inventory and weapon wheel seems to cancel it)

Listen Spark has Scar

[sour goblet]

cant blame you

[normal ocean]

so when I play STALKER 2, I am just beelining to them asap

In like a few weeks lol after it's presumably gotten whatever needed initial patches it has

[jaunty pebble]

Same

[sour goblet]

nobody likes noon

[jaunty pebble]

They have my boy Scar. Gotta side with him

[normal ocean]

All of what I've seen is interesting but one of them has previous protag

[sour goblet]

my poor boy strider :(

[normal ocean]

and I am very curious how they'll address the ending of Clear Sky if at all with him

[indigo marsh]

Isn't ISKRA and Spark the same thing?

[normal ocean]

Did he just wake up outside the CNPP, was he briefly part of Monolith or what

[jaunty pebble]

Oh….. The guy who brought Johnathan Ferguson(the Gun guy for Gamespot) got laid off

[normal ocean]

Does he still want to shoot Strelok in the face

[sour goblet]

no also iskra is the first word of their name

[pseudo rivet]

Spark and Iskra are the same

[normal ocean]

And most importantly, does his faction somehow provide Clear Sky armor

[sour goblet]

wait wat

[pseudo rivet]

Yes

[jaunty pebble]

Maybe you can if you get to their base

[normal ocean]

I'm at most expecting a few straggler Clear Sky members but being able to loot their armor would be nice

[mild marsh]

yea, literal translation of Iskra is Spark

cuz iskra in ukranian is spark

[normal ocean]

Kinda like how SHOC had the Military (even if it was bugged) and Monolith suits usable

[mild marsh]

how do I know that, my birth language is actually very similar to ukranian 🤣

even tho I am forgetting it more and more cuz I live in english speaking country now

[livid gulch]

Next ur gunna tel me Svoboda and Freedom are the same /s

[sour goblet]

i thought ISRaIT (Iskra Scientific Research and Investigation Team) and Spark were seperate factions

[livid gulch]

Iskra means spark. Silly billy

[buoyant sable]

what new factions

[mild marsh]

and Duty is Dužnost 😎

[sinful pond]

Anyone knows if you will be able to purchase the pre order bonuses after the game has ben released?

[livid gulch]

Isn't it Dolg?

[normal ocean]

"JOIN DUTY AND TOGETHER WE WILL PROTECT THE WORLD FROM THE ZONE"

[indigo marsh]

Heard that in the switch version some squads have less people and around half of monos and zombs in the old service center compared to PC version

[dense hatch]

spark ward noon sirrca

[normal ocean]

I haven't heard that or noticed it in Cordon at least

[sour goblet]

i thought sircaa was the scientists

[mild marsh]

maybe in Ukranian, I dont speak Ukranian 😛

[dense hatch]

new name new faction

[indigo marsh]

Oh this is for CoP

[sour goblet]

fair

[dense hatch]

might be a balance thing

[spiral stump]

Dolg is in russian

[pseudo rivet]

Svoboda as well?

[spiral stump]

ye

[normal ocean]

I know Arena is changed but that's in all versions

[pseudo rivet]

What would they be in Ukrainian?

[lime gull]

Finally they made CS better

[livid gulch]

Ukranian as well

[dense hatch]

[still ridge]

Lmaoooo

[pseudo rivet]

[indigo marsh]

This is for CoP

[mild marsh]

Ukraine and Russian are like 90% similar or so I think, which is to no surprise cuz they were same country like 30 years ago or so

[livid gulch]

Svoboda and borh

[spiral stump]

In Ukrainian in Stalker it will be still Dolg, even tho it's russian

[lime gull]

Oh, nvm. Disappointing.

[normal ocean]

I can't remember which but apparently one of the original game's waves had different guns to what the arena description said and in new version they have them

[spiral stump]

Freedom would be Volya