⭐┃nospoilers_general

[jaunty pebble]

Its not as “impenetrable” as its marketed

[finite dragon]

Clear

Sky

[plush burrow]

cant wait to eat the elephant's foot next week

[finite dragon]

A tiny nibble

[plush burrow]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-crunch-cranch-meow-cute-gif-17368992236901678436

[pseudo rivet]

You ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?

[azure topaz]

Imagine on the last day before Stalker 2 releases they delay it to 2025

[pseudo rivet]

Hella X

[finite dragon]

Reminds me of one of the funnier memes I’ve seen. Basically it was someone driving through absolute hell in a jeep on one of the Pacific maps in BF5 with the caption “me sneaking into Pripyat to take a bite of the Elephants foot while the Ukrainians are distracted”

[finite dragon]

I’d actually tweak

[azure topaz]

I'd do a tremor

[finite dragon]

I’d actually cause an emission

[golden wren]

Hey folks, is “Plaion” physical lim ed any different from previous one? Will it still come with steel case? My previous retailer couldn’t fulfil demand and cancelled my order.

[plush burrow]

im gonna drive to czechia to steal the hard drives from the office at that point ( this is obviously a joke)

[finite dragon]

Or is it

[plush burrow]

im just questioning

[rancid sinew]

Will the game have dlss or fsr

[plush burrow]

will the game have cats, or did all of them get eaten by the creatures

[rancid sinew]

I'm disappointed that it needs a 3070ti to run at 60fps at 1440p

[lean quiver]

6 days

[peak knoll]

idk about cats, but it will have frogs.. plenty of them

[rancid sinew]

I have a 3080 and expected to hit 120fps

[pseudo rivet]

There's a chance there won't be a steel box due to production and demand. The rest is like the OG

[rancid sinew]

Hope the game is optimised decently and we can squeeze more performance for higher refresh

[obtuse quartz]

on what settings ?

[hoary kiln]

You and I both because apparently it is hard to optimize a gaming using UE

[rose yarrow]

Its probably with RT on so dont worry

[plush burrow]

still easier than optimizing with unity 💀

[rancid sinew]

I'm on 1440p and I'd like to have good graphics and 100fps plus I didn't expect the game to be graphically intensive

[hoary kiln]

Yeah, but I have less crashing on Unity games compared to the games that I play that use UE

[rancid sinew]

I disabled RT anyway.. higher FPS isn't worth the small graphic improvement

[obtuse quartz]

well i hope the benchmark is with RT on, if yes than it could work

[plush burrow]

ah im more talking from a dev perspective

[rancid sinew]

Is ultrawide support confirmed

[hoary kiln]

Ask in #📜┃ask-gsc

[plush burrow]

quoting gsc in #📜┃gsc-answers '' Yes. We support 16:9 21:9 32:9 & 16:10 for example ''

and just use the search function i suggest

there are probably a lot of your questions already in there

[rancid sinew]

Good to know, I already pre-ordered the game. I hope it can live up to expectations as an immersive sim

[hoary kiln]

I just want to know if my Xbox preorder will also include the Xbox edition on PC. Yet, that question has not been answered yet.

[tough anvil]

They cancelled my pre-order at Coolshop great..

[rancid sinew]

Immersive sim like Prey

Or Dishonored

[hardy bear]

the only slight imssim inspiration I felt could potentially be its quests, but it's just got somewhat branching choices, the rest is just a shooter

[rancid sinew]

Games that give freedom of choice

[hardy bear]

yeah it doesn't really do that

[plush burrow]

well the freedom of choice you also have is ignoring the story entirely

[hardy bear]

it's only systemic design is in enemy encounters, for the most part you will just be shooting, and there aren't many systems in place that promote creative play

[nocturne prism]

decrypting takes longer then just redownloading the game tho its just easier to download the game at release

[rancid sinew]

To me stalker has always been an immersive sim

[plush burrow]

Im assuming stalker 2 will still have you making sure you eat and drink enough?

[hardy bear]

surprised you came to that conclusion

sleep too

[west dagger]

Me chugging 32 gallons of milk so I erupt in a white cloud when I jump into an anomaly that crushes me

[rancid sinew]

What does stalker miss from the immersive sim checklist

[obtuse quartz]

srawberry milk, here i come

[plush burrow]

im just gonna say , after release give it a couple of months and youll have all of the immersive mods you'd want

[hardy bear]

1. Doesn't have a 451 reference

But it has no systems that interact in any meaningful way. About the extent of it is picking up some world objects, but you can't deal damage with them or stack them. Stealth is hardly a system, just a means of setup, quests are only somewhat immsim like in COP, but that's just down to quest design offering different entry and exit points over a potential immsim inspiration

[plush burrow]

does this game still softlock you out of quests , like one of the npc's can be game ended while you are roaming the wasteland ?

[hardy bear]

again the only systemic aspect are is a life, and the interactions between groups, and while sure that is systemic infighting that can be used to your advantage, it's not really enough

[warm linden]

I might make a heavily schizophrenic rant about stalker 2 when it comes out

[hardy bear]

it's not a rant, it's first impressions

[warm linden]

@dire dagger free me of this curse you gave me, it's been 6 hours

[warm linden]

It's going to be a religious rant

[hardy bear]

i'll be absorbing any perspectives to get a clearer picture for what the game is actually like so go ahead

[nimble cipher]

biddinwar has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[haughty topaz]

My collectors edition got cancelled because the store isn't getting the agreed upon copies, love it. Can't even get it elsewhere now 🙃

[hardy bear]

Haven't had that happen yet, most npcs are in safe enough places and are probably invincible, but who knows about s2

I'd hope not, as that would just be annoying

[obsidian cloud]

Guys, will it be possible to have a mod that makes magazines like in other games? (EFT)

[tough anvil]

I hate that they cancelled..

[haughty topaz]

Not gonna pay some muppet x4 the price

[boreal crescent]

will come after a while yeah

[west sierra]

Any news about the review embargo?

[jaunty pebble]

nope

[hardy bear]

if you can travel into the future, maybe

[boreal crescent]

probobly in the start of next week

[jaunty pebble]

Possible daily announcement will happen in 6 hours

[granite mortar]

Sim

[west sierra]

:))

[lean quiver]

Dandadandadnadnadanda

[jaunty pebble]

Everyday they post something around 19:00 UTC+2

[boreal crescent]

tru

[pseudo rivet]

So true

[granite mortar]

[west sierra]

tbh i still cannot believe that we’re finally getting a new entry for the series

[obsidian cloud]

Would be so cool, i want to load my bullits to my maghasinos

[boreal crescent]

I took a full week off work for this game, hope its worth 😄

[hardy bear]

not something i'm too keen on but give it a year and maybe people will start making stuff like that

[rose apex]

By the way when is the release date of Stalker 3 Beyond the Zone ??

[west sierra]

i was gonna do that as well but management refused it :( i ended up taking half of december off lol

[boreal crescent]

haha that works

[obtuse quartz]

well one of the only things where im glad to be sick, so atm i dont work

[plush burrow]

im just here going to try to balance it with uni

[hardy bear]

don't get me started
Got so much going on, i'm glad i'm in the boat of people who is happy to wait several weeks

[verbal slate]

From what day?

[west dagger]

I got a whole week off to play this game. I’m stocking up on food like I’m 11 again playing halo all night

[boreal crescent]

monday-sunday

[verbal slate]

Good chance it won't be released until late afternoon/evening on the 20th

I took off the 21st - 27th myself

[boreal crescent]

it's all paid so i'm good, just want to reset at the start of the week and get ready for release mid week and play until i cant anymore 😄

[verbal slate]

6 days of uninterrupted game time, my game room will look like Strelok's hideout

I'll probably smell radioactive

[obtuse quartz]

im going to get so much food for that day, drinks and what not hahahaha

[west dagger]

Ima be ordering pizza and getting so much gamer food

[jaunty pebble]

if you dont eat a Sausage and Pepsi for once while playing STALKER, you aint doin it right

[obtuse quartz]

i normally dont drink energy anymore ...but i guess ill just do it for that week haha

[rose apex]

Well you only need a piece of break and one vodka to truely experience s2

[west dagger]

Too late

[obtuse quartz]

bread too

[rose yarrow]

I hope it will be midnight

[obtuse quartz]

i got crohns disease...im already one lol

[verbal slate]

There is rumours it's 4 pm on the 20th at least for UK timezone

Now we just wait for confirmation

[jaunty pebble]

The current placeholder time is 7 PM UTC+2

Waiting for the release time map

[west dagger]

I saw something that said 11am est

Source trust me alright

[gusty grove]

Guys, I have a question about physical version of the game. Was there any update or is this a mistake from GSC to put this lamp in collectors edition ?

[obtuse quartz]

xbox store says 5pm german timezone so yeah but nothing confirmed

[hardy bear]

it'll be at 13am trust me

[rose yarrow]

So we need to take day off 21th :p

[verbal slate]

Exactly 🙂

Lot's of people calling in sick on the 21st

[gusty grove]

collectors one, i just checked the main site with offers

[rose yarrow]

cough cough

[rose yarrow]

Great idea

[lean quiver]

I got stalkitis

[gusty grove]

okay

[glad heron]

Is the stalker 2 preload available on PC Gamepass? Undecided on if I buy this through steam or gpass

[rose yarrow]

it is

[gusty grove]

Really ? I ordered it 1,5 year ago and i think it wasnt on the list

when i was buying it

[verbal slate]

On the 21st, Managers all around the world "I felt a great disturbance in the work Force, as if millions of voices suddenly called in with a cough.

[hardy bear]

'And I heard a voice... "Come to me", it said..'

[verbal slate]

Can I book off the 21st and 22nd please Wish granter? What!? I mean Boss.

[nova mason]

[gusty grove]

Last question, do You think that i will get it eventhough i ordered it 1 year ago ?

does it make any difference ?

[hot bridge]

why no preload steam????!!!

[lean quiver]

we will see i guess

[rose yarrow]

Why 2 iq?!?!?

[lean quiver]

Rude

[hot bridge]

Dekkuu funny guy huh??

[rose yarrow]

Where all good manners? Hi hello etc

[lean quiver]

Nice weather we having huh

[gusty grove]

okay, thanks a lot

[glad heron]

Getting conflicting info , dude on Reddit said Gamepass on PC doesn't allow preloads . Never used gpass so I wouldn't know

[verbal slate]

Gamepass 100% does allow pre-load, also so does Steam, usually 48 hours before on both.

[jaunty pebble]

You kinda have to talk to the retailer sold it to you

[verbal slate]

I would expect at some point Monday for us all.

[jaunty pebble]

Yea, god I can’t wait for the preload

[untold salmon]

game pass pc is allowing preloads rn

[jaunty pebble]

Its the 10mb placeholder

[west dagger]

That’s cause it’s Xbox

[jaunty pebble]

Its been there for a year

[untold salmon]

oh rip :(

[west dagger]

You’ve been here for a year

[jaunty pebble]

The only FULL Preload is on Xbox Series X and S versions

[untold salmon]

oh god i hope the steam servers dont die

[jaunty pebble]

I expect what happened on Wukong preload to happen again

[gusty grove]

Yeah, I meant the lamp ofc, because everything else looks fine. Retailer site has been updated and shows new release date etc. I was just scared of not getting the lamp.

[untold salmon]

what happened with the wukong one?

[rose yarrow]

I mean wukong is the second most played game on steam EVER so...

[jaunty pebble]

Steam servers basically died and reached a new peak user count

[untold salmon]

rip

[rose yarrow]

I dont think that Steam will have this many users, remember that the game is on gamepass which is cheap af

[jaunty pebble]

All thanks to the flood of Chinese players logging on at the same time

[jaunty pebble]

That’s also true, but there is a lot of people on Steam aswell waiting for release

[upper sigil]

hello, any good movie and series recommendations to get in the right mood for stalker release? (beside stalker and roadside picknick)

[peak portal]

I got an answer from the ones that manage the physical release of the game here, and the code it comes with is for choosing Steam or Epic.

[jaunty pebble]

Chernobyl?

[rose yarrow]

Chernobyl

[upper sigil]

oh yes, will deffenetliy rewatch Chernobyl, thanks!

[raven laurel]

супер сус (super sus) channel on YouTube. They enter the exclusion zone and explore pripyat in some of their videos

[wraith socket]

The Road (movie)

[verbal slate]

He said mood, not depression

[rose yarrow]

Looks like LOTR 😄

[raven laurel]

The Road… to Mordor

[wraith socket]

It was also a good book.

[peak portal]

Now, i think I asked this yesterday, but i don't remember already, someone knows or think that with the physical preorder i will get the exclusives things of steam?

[regal arch]

SoC in nutshell, I wish the next games had that vibe like SoC did.

[rose yarrow]

Im frodo baggins, Free stalker from the Shire

[wraith socket]

You've asked it every day this month. You told us you have no short-term memory.

[obtuse quartz]

the road to the wish granter

[raven laurel]

Aragorn would definitely be Wolf or Guide lol

[upper sigil]

great, thanks for the tips, will 100% check out the book if you recomend it

[peak portal]

Lies and deceptions, if i have asked, it was once >:C

[finite dragon]

i wonder if my pc can run stalker

im not a pc expert so i have no clue if my pc even meets the minimum requirements

[amber perch]

I hope there will be a A LIFE trailer

[raven laurel]

Youll get all digital content via code on release day. Any physical items will be shipped out and delivered by April 2025

[rose yarrow]

Give me ur specs pv, we will see

Guys remember if you have good quality internet you can play it on GeForce Now

[amber perch]

You can check your PC specs in windows settings, and look up some online comparisons of them vs the recommended specs

[jaunty pebble]

If you ordered the Steam version, yes

[wraith socket]

The same author that wrote it, also wrote "No Country for Old Men", that also was made into a movie.

[upper sigil]

say no more brother

[dire dagger]

I’m a man of my word

All fixed

[upper sigil]

and here i was worried about what to do for the next 6 days

[peak portal]

I hope so, but what the retailer said in the message is that i would not receive the code early as it is a physical code, and I live in an island, so I worry that it will arrive a week later from launch.

[raven laurel]

Oh did you preorder a while ago?

[sand fiber]

play some mods 💅💅

[peak portal]

Three years ago, the physical ultimate edition

[obtuse quartz]

oh from what i know reprints get a code

[raven laurel]

Nice, yeah it might turn up a bit later than expected then, if you live in a more inaccessible place idk

[peak portal]

[raven laurel]

Youll get the physical stuff earlier than people who pre ordered the reprint at least

[warm linden]

I love you

[tropic junco]

I whiffed my biology exam so hard but atleast stalker 2 coming in 6 days more important 💔

[west dagger]

I would’ve dropped the 400 bucks if I hadn’t preordered way back in January. Steam wouldn’t refund to my card 😔

[worldly yarrow]

I want that stalker keyboard.

[hollow prawn]

Is it good or bad that I got a long list of things to do with Monoliths?

[hasty elk]

Pretty much all GPU's can use FSR 3.1. + Frame gen that can come with it.

[velvet igloo]

There is some?

[opal knoll]

So question. How does everybody feel about the FPS chart using DLSS/FSR for a representation for how the game will run? It feels false and dishonest, especially coming from this company. Just wondered how everyone felt about it.

Also I ordered the Ult edition, so I’m just wondering in general how the population feels

[worldly yarrow]

Dont care.

[vivid sphinx]

I don’t feel too strongly on it. I think it should run without it, but I think changing the settings will let me bypass some of it.

[velvet igloo]

Hate it. Like you need 4090 to play on 1440p 60fps decent graphics with native resolution or what?

[worldly yarrow]

Stalker mouse and keyboard by msi.

[velvet igloo]

Will check it out thanks

[rose yarrow]

I love the fact that everyone is speculating about performance but not one of this people run a game on their PC's...

Did you remember what CP2077 requirements were? i9-12gen RTX 3080 12GB vram 20GB ram without RT but i played on RX 5700 XT + Ryzen 5 3600 on max settings 😄 with 16GB of ram

[opal knoll]

I’m the same way, but personally I do feel like it is being done in a dishonest way, so they can kind of push the idea away from everybody that this will turn out like “cyberpunk”

[velvet igloo]

What do you mean not run a game on their pcs

[upper sigil]

id live to try out the orignial trilogy with some good mods, but im restricting myself from playing any game until release to experience some absence, might be a wierd thing to do

[sand fiber]

cyberpunk required 2 years of optimization to run decently on mid cards, nevermind the fact it uses redengine which CDPR has full control of

[coarse sparrow]

played on day 1? important context

[jaunty pebble]

People love to go to panic mode to spread misinformation

Also yea Dekku, on Day 1?

[opal knoll]

Just to clarify, I am very excited for the game. Dropping $500 on it should say enough lol. Just as a fan of the game series and the company, I felt this was slightly dishonest and not a good way to get people on your side towards launch. I think just about everybody needs to upgrade their PC if they’re expecting to play this game the way that they want to, I personally don’t feel it’s right. However, I do you expect a bumpy launch at least within the first week.

[jaunty pebble]

We need to know that

[jaunty pebble]

I expect a bit of a bump on launch. I totally expect a Day 1 patch

[worldly yarrow]

If you buy a modern game wanting to play on highest setting, should probably expect big requirements.

[celest blaze]

Stalker 2 min settings require 4090

[rose yarrow]

I meant that we should chill out and if you are not certain that your game will work decent try it on gamepass first.

[rose yarrow]

Day 1 on gog.

[jaunty pebble]

Based

[jaunty pebble]

Ok that’s better for context.

[sand fiber]

you don't play the trilogy with mods, you play the mods themselves, they're total conversion with their own stories and gameplay, but yeah, i understand the attitude :3

[coarse sparrow]

I certainly hope not, given all the delays

[sand fiber]

have you learned nothing

[coarse sparrow]

?

[opal knoll]

I’m playing on a 7900xt, 32GbRam, Ryzen 7800x3d. I’m going a mix of high/max and working my way down from there

[jaunty pebble]

While yes with all delays we shouldn’t get a Day 1 patch. I think we should atleast expect it because maybe something can happen that they never experienced fed while developing

[opal knoll]

Definitely expect a patch. It’s pretty common for just about all Triple A Games

[jaunty pebble]

Some problems only show up when production or even release stage of development

[somber wedge]

I believe the nvidia benchmarks were on absolutely maxed settings, odds are there are at least a couple tertiary setting (lighting related or whatever), that absolutely tank performance

[jaunty pebble]

Yea, they were

[celest blaze]

they are

[jaunty pebble]

Nvidia chart while being the only benchmark data we have, is a marketing tool for DLSS and Newest cards

[chilly edge]

[rose yarrow]

Guys you need to remember that whether you like it or not, it is business, it is a part of marketing and every single big company works like that. It is supposed to work like that. I need to buy new card etc.

[celest blaze]

im still gonna try epic settings even though i dont got a 4090/7900xtx

[somber wedge]

I imagine with a bit of tinkering, the game will probably run fine, also it seemed like the game might be CPU intensive (X3D chads rise)

[jaunty pebble]

Yea

[jaunty pebble]

Yea, the game will be a bit CPU heavy, which is normal

[dire dagger]

We stand with v cache

V CACHE MASTER RACE

[slender valve]

would anyone happen to know why CoP keeps crashing ||trying to get through the tunnels that lead to Pripyat?||

[worldly yarrow]

Uh oh.

[jaunty pebble]

Ok, first of all. Any mods?

[coarse sparrow]

AI simulation is costly, yes

[crisp ruin]

YES, FINAL BOSS OF X3D, I HAVE 5800X3D!!!

[slender valve]

Using Gunslinger but I've never had this issue before

[dire dagger]

Final boss is 9800x3d bro

That cpu is a monster

[jaunty pebble]

Hmmmm

[dire dagger]

Is unlocked for overclocking plus supports cu dimms

So it can run like 8000mhz cl34

[jaunty pebble]

Let me think

[dire dagger]

[celest blaze]

i want this bad

[dire dagger]

If I didn’t have a 7950x3d I would too

[celest blaze]

i gotta wait a few years to upgrade though

[dire dagger]

I’d get one delidd it

Then run Liquid Metal

[slender valve]

I would really hope my pc can handle Stalker 2 on 3440x1440 :/
using a 4070 + 13700f

[crisp ruin]

Intel rn

https://tenor.com/view/amd-intel-conor-mg-gregor-gif-14599805

[slender valve]

if it supports dlss we're good to go

[dire dagger]

It does

[celest blaze]

fr lol

i hate that i built an intel pc tbh i wish i went full amd

[dire dagger]

They brought the king to his knees

[slender valve]

quality dlss feels illegal sometimes LOL

it was the difference between 50fps and 100+ in the deadspace remake.

[crisp ruin]

Lisa Su is built different for this

[dire dagger]

I mean she single handedly turned the company around

[celest blaze]

fr

[dire dagger]

Before she was put in charge the company was about to drop under one dollar on the stock exchange

[celest blaze]

which is insane tbh

[dire dagger]

Which would have caused it to be delisted and effectively dead

On the spot

The lowest it got was like 2 dollars and 10 cents

[celest goblet]

It was a long road back to here too

[celest blaze]

a world with only intel is bad honestly

[dire dagger]

If you bought 1000 shares back then

You would now have over 100k dollars

[celest blaze]

[crisp ruin]

She is the best idol for young woman who wants to be great leader in company. She rare kind person.

[dire dagger]

fr so many stories of women being put in charge of stuff and running them into the ground but this is not one of those times

She revived a dying empire

[celest blaze]

she is PEAK

[crisp ruin]

Other irony was she is cousin to Nvidia's CEO lmaoooo

[celest blaze]

ngl this is the first time ive seen AMDs full name

[untold salmon]

Quality dlss my beloved

[dire dagger]

No way fr?

[crisp ruin]

Search it

[dire dagger]

That’s insane

There family must just have that gene

[crisp ruin]

Intel is scared

Intel : I'm in danger

[dire dagger]

I’m still waiting for amd to bring Radeon back

[slender valve]

if you get any ideas let me know lol

[dire dagger]

Believe it or not back in the day it wasn’t nvidia who brought technology to gpus it was ati

Ati radeons made up at one point nearly 70 percent of the gpu market

[jaunty pebble]

Unfortunately I haven’t used Gunslinger… the only help I can give is that make sure its up to date because I heard that Gunslinger got an update sometime

[dire dagger]

If they fail to make multi chip nutso Radeons 3dfx will have died for nothing

[celest blaze]

i wonder how long itll take for intel gpus to be competitive with amd and nvidia

[dire dagger]

Maybe never bought they will at least run stalker 2

I’ll have to post benchmarks

I have an arc a770

Bought it at the store when it looked like intel was gonna can the entire thing

[celest blaze]

It'll be neat to see how it does

[dire dagger]

They have come a long way like

For a while the companion app for arc was so fucken ass bro

If you clicked off the window

It would just instantly close

This wasn’t a bug

It was intentionally designed this way for some ungodly reason

And it was like that for fucken ages

But I’m gonna try and run the game at some point on this

[celest blaze]

💀

[dire dagger]

I just need a Samsung 950 nvme drive

The 950 nvme drive is the only pcie storage device ever made that works on legacy style bios

Which is why an 8 year old pcie drive that’s like 512gb still costs 250 dollars

[compact oar]

PMm > Sawed-off shotgun

[west dagger]

My fists unto the chimera

[crimson remnant]

I see we are still talking about the performance worries

[somber wedge]

I have 4070ti and 7800x3d

[ivory gale]

Unfortunately the PC system requirements table should be taken with a huge grain of salt until release.

[somber wedge]

All will be well, works on my machine (probably)

[jaunty pebble]

Honestly this

[somber wedge]

I figure it’ll probably run better than the system requirements would lead us to believe, I figure it’s all just targeting max settings

[celest blaze]

i think it is

[somber wedge]

Games look fine on med-high

[celest blaze]

ngl aslong as i got a stable 50-60 im happy anything else is a bonus

[somber wedge]

I’ve always favoured higher FPS over visuals anyways, once you get into max+ graphics settings, it tends to be diminishing returns for a massive performance hit

[celest blaze]

fr theres a good sweet spot

[jaunty pebble]

Also people are blaming the 150GB of the game as a sign of unoptimization

[somber wedge]

I am not coping

[jaunty pebble]

My brother in The Zone the Season 1 update of Black Ops 6 is 74GB ON XBOX

[dense hatch]

that's also black ops

[jaunty pebble]

74 GB FOR AN UPDATE???

[celest blaze]

naw its not a cope imo

[tidal matrix]

Any news on preload for game pass?

[blissful dome]

You can go play it now

[nimble cipher]

ahmedlabidi has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[celest blaze]

stability > graphics it can be pretty af but if it's running bad and stuttering its going to suck

[somber wedge]

Honestly I’ve got a pretty great deal of faith game will be good. I think what sold me on it is the Q+A where they said supposedly, despite the huge map, fast travel is not a thing. Travelling large distances will be done through paid guides, like the older games

[jaunty pebble]

Nope, but some of us assume 48 hours before release, which would be Monday 18th

[tidal matrix]

Oh sorry

[dense hatch]

it's one baldur's gate 3 worth of size

[somber wedge]

Gonna be a lot of walking

[tidal matrix]

Yay

[celest blaze]

god i can't wait

[somber wedge]

Or spending a lot of money on guide npcs

[tidal matrix]

Will let u know guys how it looks

[celest blaze]

i hope we get cotz 2 one day

[somber wedge]

I don’t know how they resisted the urge to add Bethesda style fast travel to a map 2x the size of Skyrim

[blissful dome]

Does anyone know what faction skiff is?

[tidal matrix]

Fast travels takes the fun of it, the game is all about exploring and preparing before going out. The randomness is what makes it scary

[blissful dome]

Or whatever your dudes name is

[jaunty pebble]

Loner as far as we know

[marsh pond]

Monolith 😏

[somber wedge]

Yeah exactly, it would’ve been the casual friendly approach, but also would’ve entirely ruined the game

[jaunty pebble]

He is not in any faction if we know correctly, so he is a loner

[blissful dome]

Ooo boi

[somber wedge]

Travelling should be dangerous, or expensive

[tidal matrix]

What did Strider mean by "I did not choose that path, but you did"?

[jaunty pebble]

We dont know

We will learn by playing the game

[tidal matrix]

Does he imply that Skiff chose to become controlled to get closer to the center or something?

[blissful dome]

The dirt path

[untold salmon]

we dont know

[somber wedge]

We don’t even know if monolith exists in its conventional form anymore

Brain scorcher dead

[naive fog]

Ask in a month

[jaunty pebble]

C-Con is shut down and the Brain Scorcher is offline from what we know on previous games

[tidal matrix]

Probably he chose to assassinate people, because Strider was talking about killing a soldier

[blissful dome]

I'm going merc as soon as I get the chance

[tidal matrix]

But of course I will choose that path, or else how would I make money lol, have to loot bandits

[carmine shell]

Hi.... is it too late to chose faction?

[tidal matrix]

Or risk your life to get an artifact for sidorovich and get paid like 5 rubles

[marsh pond]

Hope we can choose any factions listed

[somber hawk]

hi guys

[tidal matrix]

Nope, I welcome you to the merc faction

We have cool weapons

[naive fog]

Sup

[chilly edge]

[untold salmon]

as far as we know skif is new to the zone, so strider is probably talking to him about something that the player does, possibly killing other stalkers and/or scientists

[marsh pond]

Come home to us and join monolith

[carmine shell]

@tidal matrix it is written no access

[tidal matrix]

Yeah, makes sense

[blissful dome]

I'm also kinda hyped for the pvp

[tidal matrix]

Come meet me at the Merc check point in the Army warehouses

[untold salmon]

they mean for the event, pretty sure its closed rn

[tidal matrix]

I'm hyped for the co-op mod that will be made probably

[marsh pond]

Lol yeah closed yesterday or so

[carmine shell]

I mean, the faction role on discord

[tidal matrix]

I trust the modders in this community

[carmine shell]

Huh okay too late...

[untold salmon]

right i think molit locked the entire channel instead of just the event faction message

[celest blaze]

ayo meet behind CNPP

[untold salmon]

monolithian circlejerk

[carmine shell]

Was it planned unti 13 november only?

[mystic anchor]

What if the twist is that Skif was a monolith fighter before being freed and forgetting about his experience. Do we know his age?

[celest blaze]

ONG

[blissful dome]

I'd be hyped too but don't hold your breath

[celest blaze]

peak sky members unite

[naive fog]

Yeah, gather in a nice spot so I can mug yall

[celest blaze]

i wouldnt think to much about co-op mods for a VERY long time if at all

[untold salmon]

no clue, presumably he's brand new to the zone because he doesnt understand bolts, still possible though as we know monolithians didnt have much issue with anomalies

[somber hawk]

he might have got amnesia or something like that

[mystic anchor]

In the strider trailer we see the POV of a monolith sniper during the CNPP assault, I always assumed it was strider but why would we be seeing his POV in a cutscene unless it was some kind of hallucination

[untold salmon]

so the cutscene is basically a flashback, its what strider is telling skif

[glass salmon]

Well I do think Monolith will be in the game still because in one of the trailers Skif is seen fighting and killing a stalker that has the monolith patches on his arms. I mean we really won’t know to the game is out, but I could see some monolith soldiers being there still. The Brain Scorcher and Wish Granter converted many against their will, but I’m sure there is some who willingly wanted to be part of the monolith.

[untold salmon]

he says "through the scope, i saw an unknown soldier fall" and what we see is a soldier being shot through an svd scope

[somber hawk]

also what trailer is that scene from?

NVM

[worn oar]

[untold salmon]

yeah this is known, there is a monolith faction and its split between two inner factions (noon and monolith)

[jaunty pebble]

Probably mentioning around the end of COP

[proper rock]

Greetings,

[untold salmon]

havent finished cop yet but im aware of the push to the cnpp

[tidal matrix]

You talk like a half life scientist

[wise geyser]

“The Zones Mystery’s are nothing but trouble” Skif said to Scar Calmly

[proper rock]

What a honor, as a fan of HL !

[peak knoll]

“Do you know who ate all the donuts?”

[tidal matrix]

Rise and shine, Mr freeman

[dense hatch]

oh the CoP ending

[proper rock]

[wise geyser]

#🤨┃stalker_memes message

exactly… 😈

[tidal matrix]

You know it's the end for C-counciousness if Gordon freeman ends up in the zone

[dense hatch]

he already did

[untold salmon]

he DIED

[tidal matrix]

Damn it

[untold salmon]

[dense hatch]

he has the best pistol in the franchise

[peak knoll]

wait until the combine finds out what the brain scorcher is

[tidal matrix]

They have something similar

That radio wave that stops people from populating

[untold salmon]

I cant wait for strelok to appear and go "it's me john stalker"

[peak knoll]

confiscation field?

[tidal matrix]

Yes

If there are women in the zone, what's the chance that we'll see children in the zone in a few years?

All it takes is some Vodka and a bad day

[tidal matrix]

Sorry Strelok, I'll have to go with Gordon

[finite dragon]

Hmm, I hope save files are compatible between all versions (GOG, Steam, GamePass).
I still have a Game Pass 1 Month code lying around and maybe I will try Stalker 2 there, before buying it on GOG or Steam.

[proper rock]

All in Gordon Rams..Freeman.

[tidal matrix]

He single handedly ended the government HECU unit and an Alien army

[somber hawk]

we need to id the exact scope to see if he was using a svd or a svu 🗿

[peak knoll]

Who would win, a theoretical physicist or a man who destroyed the C-consciousness

[tidal matrix]

He can surely handle some 70 fanatics

[glass salmon]

Strelok could boost himself with artifacts. Would that make a difference mayhaps?

[untold salmon]

oh shit that reminds me i still have like3 gamepass pc invite codes if anyone wants one

[untold salmon]

we see that it's an svd, he runs out of a helo with it

[tidal matrix]

Hell yeah, pm me @untold salmon

[peak knoll]

Freeman with an HEV suit, Strelok with a SEVA Body suit with Artefacts

[marsh pond]

sorry but magpie will win 😄 lol

[untold salmon]

bet

[tidal matrix]

So 3 men walk into a bar

[somber hawk]

oh forgot about that

[tidal matrix]

The 3 men are Gordon, barney, and strelok. Drinking that beer

[somber hawk]

eating the chicken

[tidal matrix]

That means the end for everyone, even Murkoff corporation isn't safe

[glass salmon]

Bro imagine any resident evil protagonist in the zone lmao

[hushed olive]

I have returned

[tidal matrix]

Where are you guys playing from?

[hushed olive]

Australia

[tidal matrix]

Dw I'm not the IRS (or I'm I)

[jaunty pebble]

Leon from RE4 would kind of fit

[glass salmon]

NY - USA.

[tidal matrix]

I'm coming to collect my tax money bro, pull up

[wise geyser]

💀💀

[tidal matrix]

The city that never sleeps

[hushed olive]

racks shotgun with malicious intent. Try me Fed!!!

[marsh pond]

UK

[tidal matrix]

Playing from Algeria, kinda closer to Ukraine

[glass salmon]

It kinda would wouldn’t it? I could def see Leon being a loner or a Merc depending lol

[tidal matrix]

Yeah, seeing how he prefers to work alone

[indigo marsh]

We can find Gordon Freeman dead in SoC, so he Definitely got skill issued.

[jaunty pebble]

Yea, Leon on his RE4 stage would either be a Loner or Merc

[jaunty pebble]

We can also see him alive in the HoC preview footage

[tidal matrix]

Mercs are basically loners with better gear and unknown "employers"

[untold salmon]

Resonance cascade moment

[tidal matrix]

Freeman would be a merc, hired by Gman

[tidal matrix]

Guys honest question

Are you playing the English version to focus on the game? Or Ukrainian version to get immersed but have to focus on subtitles?

[jaunty pebble]

For COD btw

[vivid sphinx]

English. I may switch it to Ukrainian after first playthrough, but I’d like to know what’s going on.

[naive fog]

Ukrainian and focus on the game and sometimes on the subtitles

[jaunty pebble]

Not for STALKER 2

[tidal matrix]

I wish mods are quick enough to release English version with eastern accent

[glass salmon]

Subtitles never bothered me, and I’ve learned to read subtitles quickly and see the image I’m looking at.

My first run will be in Ukrainian voices, English Subtitles, and Monolith Faction Ending (if possible).

[jaunty pebble]

Honestly, first run in EN VO because I want to understand the story. Second run in UA VO because I wanna get immersed

[tidal matrix]

That's how it was supposed to be

[velvet igloo]

English

[waxen nacelle]

En for me. Beeing able to understand stuff hearing it while focusing on scenes and details is crucial to me.

[jaunty pebble]

I would like to watch the cutscene and not focus on the subtitles for the first run

[tidal matrix]

But I get why they made it in British accent, they're introducing the game to a wider audience

[glass salmon]

6 more days man. It’s right around the corner now boys.

[untold salmon]

English but I might switch to ukrainian part way through, I know enough that I'll get the gist without looking at subtitles

[proper rock]

I looked on Google and.. My town is smaller than the open world of STALKER 2

[tidal matrix]

Lmao

[velvet igloo]

• few of my ukrainian friends that live around the area and had to flee before a few years are saying they speak mostly russian and half russian half ukrainian in the area around chernobyl so I wonder if it is good immersion but it is very similar to listen to so I guess yes

[proper rock]

I'm serious ! Ahaha

[tidal matrix]

I guess I'll start in English and switch half way through

[nimble cipher]

🚫 roach7694, that command is disabled in this channel.

[glass salmon]

That is quite an interesting little fun fact tbh.

[tidal matrix]

What town is that?

How big is the stalker map? In cubic kilo meters?

[celest blaze]

like 60-64km i think

[untold salmon]

64

[naive fog]

Stalker 2 is gonna be in 64²m

[velvet igloo]

Cubic?

[tidal matrix]

Idk I just know it's km2

[velvet igloo]

Cubic is km3

[tidal matrix]

Oh yeah

[velvet igloo]

60km2 will be which is basically 0km3 😂

[tidal matrix]

Square kilometers

[jaunty pebble]

64 square km

[celest blaze]

freedom bout to die

[untold salmon]

for reference the rdr2 map is about 55 square km

[tidal matrix]

That's bigger than my town That's for sure

[jaunty pebble]

We dont know how big in km3 because we dont know the highest area on the map

[velvet igloo]

I like how we are all smart asses here 😂

[tidal matrix]

I can only walk 24km in a good day, I'm never making it past the garbage

[jaunty pebble]

Yea, the wait has been eating us alive

We can assume the highest area but what if there is a giant mountain at the literal edge of the map

[vivid sphinx]

That’s fine, the map is only 11km across.

[proper rock]

Lyon, France is 47,87 km²

And it's very big.. trust me

[tidal matrix]

I would love to see more realistic parts of the game, like how are people getting safe water that doesn't give you radiation sickness

[untold salmon]

presumably in the outer edges of the zone the water pumps should be fine

[tidal matrix]

No wait my town is 306 square kilometers so nvm

[velvet igloo]

Just use reverse osmosis yk

[vivid sphinx]

Likely rainwater. I remember there’s a flooded building in Pripyat that stalkers use to refill water because it collects rain.

[jaunty pebble]

Mol1t please say sike

Please say sike Mol1t #📜┃gsc-answers message

[proper rock]

[untold salmon]

its so over

[tidal matrix]

Wouldn't that collect some radiation from the air?

[untold salmon]

well not for me i have ethernet

[untold salmon]

minimal amounts, nothing to be concerned about

[coarse sparrow]

guys, have you seen that PC wont have preload 100%?

[velvet igloo]

It would especially since there are emissions

[jaunty pebble]

I also have Ethernet but like…. For those who dont have fast and stable connection

[untold salmon]

I pray for their souls

[tidal matrix]

Source?

[vivid sphinx]

Depending on location, maybe? Not a nuclear physicist, so I don’t know, but I imagine that any radiation picked up from the air would be minimal compared to what is on the ground/surroundings.

[untold salmon]

i made it up

[tidal matrix]

Trust me bro ✅️

[untold salmon]

radiation from rainwater in the zone would be less than what an oncologist experiences so they should be fine

[tidal matrix]

Makes sense, Ionizing radiation travels through the air, so you could be safe

[vivid sphinx]

Point is it’s less contaminated than water that is naturally in the zone.

[raven laurel]

No need for water when you have vodka

[celest blaze]

If you're on steam why not just use the app to remote download the game once it's out

[tidal matrix]

And energy drinks

[velvet igloo]

Oncologist hides behind a wall for a reason when the pacient is being xrayed

[jaunty pebble]

Its 150gb?

[abstract needle]

There we go just spent my life savings on a video game

[celest blaze]

That's not alot

[jaunty pebble]

Like I am one of those who have a good Ethernet

[tidal matrix]

I read about radiation sickness and it's not pretty

[hushed olive]

Haha get bent PC users

[jaunty pebble]

But what about those who dont have a good connection stability?

[untold salmon]

true but they still wear dosimeters because of the exposure

[velvet igloo]

I would need to know exactly how the emission in stalker works to tell you if rainwater is safe to drink

[tidal matrix]

And here I was, buying an rtx 4060 specifically to play stalker 2

[vivid sphinx]

I mean I usually have about 20 mbps download.

[waxen nacelle]

They are boned most likely.

[velvet igloo]

Thats awfuly slow

[vivid sphinx]

I completely forgot about emissions. Yeah, that’s likely mess up rainwater.

[jaunty pebble]

I wanted the preload because I want the low stability/speed internet users

[tidal matrix]

That's related to our noosphere, and in real life we know it exists but we don't know much about it

[vivid sphinx]

Not terribly.

[untold salmon]

emissions of noosphere energy not radiation

[jaunty pebble]

If I remember. Emissions are basically Psi Radiation

[vivid sphinx]

I thought noosphere was just a concept that stalker took and ran with.

[velvet igloo]

Thats like 3MBs per second you will be downloading for quite a few days dude

[jaunty pebble]

Wait no

[tidal matrix]

There was an article about the noosphere in 2019 by Russian scientists, you can find it in ScienceDirect journal

[jaunty pebble]

Its not Psi Radiations.

[vivid sphinx]

No, I mean I’m downloading at 20mb a second.

[jaunty pebble]

20mbps means 2-3mb/s

[velvet igloo]

Ohh well than about 2-3 hours

[hardy bear]

b and B mean different things

[tidal matrix]

It does exist we just can't study it rn, like dark matter for example

[vivid sphinx]

Ah.

[jaunty pebble]

You meant 200mbps

[frail mulch]

I hate minecrafr

[untold salmon]

its philosophical no necessarily real

[dim topaz]

No preload oof lmao

[frail mulch]

No minecraft i hate

[vivid sphinx]

I knew 200 was somewhere, but forgot if it was download or upload.

[velvet igloo]

No he meant 160mbps because 20MBs is 160mbps 😂

[jaunty pebble]

Honestly I am just dumb for these conversions

[frail mulch]

Who dont know minecraft 🤪🤩🤙🤙😭

[velvet igloo]

What speed does it shows to you at steam download

[tidal matrix]

I wouldn't think Science Direct accepts an article that is purely philosophical

[frail mulch]

Yeah men mather hello

[vivid sphinx]

It goes in increments of 20-23 MB at a time.

[tidal matrix]

Bro if you don't stop talking about minecraft

[velvet igloo]

Noosphere is only concept and philosophical it does not exist

[untold salmon]

philosophy is a kind of science especially theoretical science

[tidal matrix]

I will give you a block of ionizing radiation

[velvet igloo]

So its 160-180 download of
Megabits per second

[frail mulch]

I eat those things

And my piss is radioactive

[raven laurel]

Mmm ionising radiation 🤤

[tidal matrix]

Now I will have to read that article again, I only skimmed through it (like I do with every article)

[round axle]

Wait no steam pre load!?!?

[frail mulch]

No cause pirates and datamining

[hardy bear]

I remember my dad got jebaited thinking we were going to get 70MB when it was in fact 70mb… couldn’t believe it

[tidal matrix]

Damn, no day 1 play for me 😔

[frail mulch]

U from russia?

[velvet igloo]

Thats sadly only your dads problem for not reading what it actually is and not knowing it 😅🥲

[round axle]

I hope it’s a midnight release so I can play it in the morning

[tidal matrix]

No

[frail mulch]

Yeah me too

[frail mulch]

Nice gean i too from

[tidal matrix]

If only I knew earlier I would upgrade my subscription

To like 50mbps

[frail mulch]

U have 6 days tho

[tidal matrix]

I'm from Algeria

Ancestors were chads and pirates so it only makes sense to play pirated games

Not stalker tho

[frail mulch]

It is in africa yes?

[tidal matrix]

Yes north

[frail mulch]

Oi matey

[marsh pond]

hope its around 8pm 😄

[tidal matrix]

Is it confirmed no preload for steam?

[frail mulch]

Nah

[untold salmon]

yep

[languid fern]

Why

[jaunty pebble]

Yea… look at #📜┃gsc-answers message

[tidal matrix]

Damn

[frail mulch]

Yes

[untold salmon]

literally 1984

[frail mulch]

Cause datamining

[jaunty pebble]

Probably because the game is being sold on GOG and it would get leaked from there

[velvet igloo]

Kokot leo

[marsh pond]

what time then ya guessing

[languid fern]

It's understandable

[boreal epoch]

Man Steam won't get a preload? Cmon, why? I paid and now I will be able to play at best one day after release most likely two days... Not fun.

[tidal matrix]

Hackers Will still pirate it as soon as it's out

[jaunty pebble]

Understandable, but sad

[frail mulch]

12PM

[warm linden]

It's never been so over

[tidal matrix]

I will bet it'll take a week to get the ultimate edition cracked

[jaunty pebble]

Because if they put to PC they gotta do it for all. And GOG has no encryption for downloads

So its super easy to crack it from GOG

[frail mulch]

It'll take like 2 to 3 days

[untold salmon]

The zone will wait

[frail mulch]

No genuvo

[warm linden]

It's going to take the entire internet of the balkans to download stalker 2

[jaunty pebble]

And on GOG

[tidal matrix]

12pm CET time or?

[marsh pond]

ill be too clocked in the game to notice 😅

[untold salmon]

she patient like that

[austere crypt]

Idk if I agree. Studios do different release days for different platforms all the time.

[frail mulch]

Yeah

[stoic acorn]

yo anyone here good w pc hardware stuff? will i be able to run stalker2 w a ryzon 5 3600 and rtx 2060?

[celest goblet]

Yeah no DRM/Denuvo often means no preload

[boreal epoch]

Great so because of that I will have to suffer?
Not fair at all, sorry. I'm sad not even angry.

[tidal matrix]

Nice so midnight in my time, I will be up

[frail mulch]

+0

[turbid jay]

ryzon yes

[tidal matrix]

You will run on medium settings, probably 70 fps with DLSS on

[marsh pond]

12pm cet sounds like a good guess 🙂 ill have a pre lunch

[frail mulch]

Yeah in my country it'll be 1 AM

[boreal epoch]

You should on Medium or Low with DLSS Medium almost for sure

[untold salmon]

medium-low you should be good

[proper rock]

By the way guys, do we already heard anything about how the multiplayer is host ?
Is it peer2peer ? Private server ? Or we have to play on server side hosted by GSC ?

[jaunty pebble]

Not fair I agree. But i think the reason why is they dont want the game get leaked second time

[stoic acorn]

aight imma hope for medium then thx

[jaunty pebble]

No information yet

[tidal matrix]

Do you think it was a good move to ban Russians from buying the game?

[boreal epoch]

I can understand that. But still.

[jaunty pebble]

Ask to Ukrainians

[frail mulch]

Can u tell me if i run s2 on medium? gtx 1660 super and ryzen 5 5600

[marsh pond]

think i read somewhere where they can buy it on different sites

[mystic anchor]

No but it’s understandable

[jaunty pebble]

They would say yes

[tidal matrix]

I understand why, I would do the same, but idk Russian people love it

[untold salmon]

Be Russian
Angry that game wont get russian subs
Threaten to leak 2tb of files
They ban the game from sales in russia
What did they mean by this?

[austere crypt]

They could release it earlier on steam and later on GoG if that's what they're worried about.

There are so many games have earlier release dates on, say, EGS for example.

[proper rock]

It's a real information ?

[jaunty pebble]

Even if they do, the buyers might go to jail for supporting GSC

[tidal matrix]

Maybe medium but lower down all shadow and sunray and antialiasing settings, you should be able to run it

[boreal epoch]

Well as far as I know Russia itself wants or already did made STALKER 2 an "extermist" game and it's illegal to own or buy it there. Same with pirating. Russian pirats won't upload it

[jaunty pebble]

Yes

[celest goblet]

Well I think under the circumstances it makes sense not to sell there. I doubt anyone is happy about it

[frail mulch]

In 60 u think?

[jaunty pebble]

Since GSC is supporting the Ukrainian Army

[tidal matrix]

A hard maybe

[warm linden]

apparently I was out of the loop, did the game get leaked?

[frail mulch]

😦

[jaunty pebble]

Once, about last year

[frail mulch]

I must upgrade so hard

[tidal matrix]

You can play it on low settings just fine

[celest goblet]

There was a leak of some files in 2023

[hardy bear]

Only way to know for sure will be to watch benchmarks post launch

[tidal matrix]

That aside I think people will Crack it and play it just fine and even buy it if they want

[untold salmon]

yeah that was russians angry about getting no subtitles

[runic herald]

you can preload on PC only with game pass which honestly doesn't make sense.

[austere crypt]

Wtf

[jaunty pebble]

That’s the 10mb Placeholder

[tidal matrix]

It's the Russians we're talking about, nothing is stopping them

[frail mulch]

I have a game so i can just play it post launch

[boreal epoch]

Maybe, it should run. Well on Low it should run almost 100%

[jaunty pebble]

Not the game. Its been there for over a year

[frigid anchor]

There won't be companion NPCs. Damn.

[warm linden]

yeah I'm definitely not pre ordering stalker 2 then no pre loading

[frail mulch]

Good

[hardy bear]

Oh yeah I remember when that appeared on the store page

[boreal epoch]

It's most likely a placeholder. Microsoft Store does that with almost every game

[untold salmon]

perfectly valid

[warm linden]

Companion npcs has never been a requirement in a game like this

[proper rock]

Then it looks pretty logic to me, video game should stay video game and don't enter the world of politics.
But a video game is representative of an idea, social vision and others from the people who create it.

I'm pretty sad for innocent Russian people but i would do the same if i was GSC.

[boreal epoch]

I like Them in COP. Wano is the mvp

[mystic anchor]

I’ll be at work anyway so I’ll be remote downloading it

[tidal matrix]

Noo who I'm going to use as bait now?

[warm linden]

Like bro I want to play the game as soon as it comes out not wait 1-3 days after launch

[runic herald]

ok, fair then.

[untold salmon]

yeah i get that, only reason i preordered is because "Oooo nice suit"

[tidal matrix]

If it has mod support as they claim, you bet they'll be added

[frail mulch]

U will have this type of npc companions like in cop

[frigid anchor]

Anyone knows when third party reviews will be out? When does the embargo lift?

[warm linden]

The first thing I'll do is makem y character a woman

[boreal epoch]

Man I won't be even allowed to play new Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 because it requires more internet for almost everything to generate... And I will download for 1-2 days 160GBs Stalker 2...

[frail mulch]

But not permanently, j think it'll be just for missions

[austere crypt]

Same.

As long as the key gets sent before work anyway. Or maybe I can do it remotely via steam deck.

[tidal matrix]

I just don't want to think what people will do with women in mods...

[hardy bear]

Assume on the day

[boreal epoch]

I see, thanks for info, that's good

[untold salmon]

everyone who doesnt have ethernet should immediately buy a long ass cable just to install it

[tidal matrix]

See that's what I'm talking about

[vivid sphinx]

Connecting to the neighbors?

[hardy bear]

I’ll just head to gsc and ask for a ssd with it already installed to save the hassle

[untold salmon]

if you can find a long enough cable

[vivid sphinx]

“Each ultimate edition comes with an SSD with the game preinstalled.”

[boreal epoch]

I have ethernet cable. But my internet is just Radio one to Fiber internet. I do not have Fiber internet yet here. My Internet Provider for half a year already says maybe soon...

[tidal matrix]

It will get released on the busiest days of my work so maybe I can keep myself busy while it downloads

[untold salmon]

"soon tm" the fate of all

[tidal matrix]

Half a year? Those are rookie numbers

[warm linden]

when has a piece of media being banned ever stopped russians?

[runic herald]

I live in area where max I can get is 50mb down and 10 up

[worthy lagoon]

There is no companion system in the trilogy

[tidal matrix]

There is??

[worthy lagoon]

Proof?

[warm linden]

that is only for quests

[tidal matrix]

Wb those missions where you take people to forrays?

[proper rock]

I have pre-ordered on GOG.
I will receive my SSD by mail i guess ?

[celest blaze]

Check your mail rn

[worthy lagoon]

That's an escort quest not a companion system

[warm linden]

You only have companions for quests and even then they're usually heavily scripted so you follow them more than anything

[tidal matrix]

Oh I see

[proper rock]

It's serious ?

[fluid abyss]

omg, I FINALLY got a shipping confirmation for my preorder after more than 2 years of silence, thank the Marked One’s hairline!

[vivid sphinx]

It’s a joke, if you can’t tell.

[rain marten]

There we go... Man it is always so concerning when you mess with your own PC, even for a simple upgrade like new RAM...

[celest blaze]

No lol that would make the cost even more expensive

[warm linden]

he has hair?

[proper rock]

I know ! I just feed the joke

[fluid abyss]

Yeah

[celest blaze]

Strelok has the hairline of a chad

[proper rock]

But hey.. If you want to send me a SSD with the game.. Go ahead

[celest blaze]

[boreal epoch]

Do not worry. Electricity power company already putted fiber cables on polls but the estimated time for a launch of Their service is "Summer 2026".

[tidal matrix]

Mine installed some cables and units yesterday

So I'm guessing it's a month or two before they get stuff going

I can't wait for all the videos from Anomalous Dugout

And a new stalker ice berg

[untold salmon]

billions must watch anomalous dugout

[tidal matrix]

+1

[hardy bear]

All the lore channels are going to get so many views when it comes out

[dense hatch]

CoP has like 6 escort quests, 2 of which are part of the main quest

[jaunty pebble]

Anyways, I just want to say that in November 20th while downloading the game please avoid any Stalker 2 content on YouTube, Twitter and Twitch

[granite mortar]

No

[rain marten]

Tell me, does that happen to anyone else? That you do something rather simple on your PC like trading RAM and yet you still sweat bullets?

[hardy bear]

‘Look, nice and peaceful!’

[jaunty pebble]

People will put spoilers, they will put story related stuff

[tidal matrix]

It only took 1 awkward step for Strider, same might happen to you

[granite mortar]

Talking to people does that to me

[marsh pond]

https://tenor.com/view/meryl-mgs4metal-gear-solid-reload-desert-eagle-tactical-gif-25854570

[nimble cipher]

_moldy_cabbage_ has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[granite mortar]

lol
Get Wolf'd

[chilly edge]

Where I live we have fiber but the download speed still down, like 10MB/s, which can take more than 4h to download a 150gb game, like BG3 i.e, so I thought we can preload S2 before release

[finite dragon]

No steam pre-load? dies

[rain marten]

That sounds like my case as well.

[tidal matrix]

Bro lives in Antartica

[celest blaze]

Ngl once stalker 2 drops I'm probably ghosting server until I beat the game

[dire dagger]

I’ve taken soldering irons to cpu sockets so no

[nimble cipher]

pogodemonthe3rd has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[rain marten]

Still plenty of time... Some pre-loads trigger within just a few days.

[dire dagger]

It’s confirmed

[chrome ridge]

No preload for pc im going to shoot myself

[dire dagger]

There will be no preload

[dire nimbus]

same haha

[finite dragon]

My gamer, it’ll likely take me around 8 or so hours.

[dire nimbus]

6days i will skip school on the day stalker 2 drops

[full bronze]

when i was young i used to download

[granite mortar]

lol
Get Wolf'd

[full bronze]

30gb games with 250kbps

[dire dagger]

Stalker 2 will not have preloading on pc

[boreal epoch]

I have 3MB/s at best with Radio internet...
Most of the times it's 1.5-2MB/s. Depends on a day and weather etc.

[finite dragon]

They confirmed no pre-loading for steam

[celest blaze]

Tbh no preload is fine as not all games offer it

[tidal matrix]

I have 10mbps, how long is it taking?

[finite dragon]

Yeah it is what it is

[boreal epoch]

[celest blaze]

@finite dragon your zazu pfp goes hard

[untold salmon]

it sucks for sure but yeah, just the way the cookie crumbles

[dire dagger]

If you want it early that bad buy a Xbox

[boreal epoch]

Not for me. Will play at best one day after release, most likely two days.

[dire dagger]

It has preload on Xbox

[rain marten]

That is a shame, but for me that is no big loss. Even with my less than ideal download speed, it is bearable.

[dire dagger]

On my old internet

It would have taken 15 days over dsl to install stalker 2

[alpine ibex]

150 gb aren't that big anyway 4k porn are usually 50gb

[full bronze]

35hs

[finite dragon]

I’d love to have it because my dogstank wifi, but it’s not required. I’ll just go to my bro’s house because he has wicked fast internet

[tidal matrix]

God damn

[celest blaze]

👀

[dire nimbus]

.

[tidal matrix]

See you guys on day 2 lmao

[dire dagger]

I begged my parents for years to finally upgrade from dsl internet

[finite dragon]

Do we know approx what TIME it releases?

[boreal epoch]

Yeah, well. We will have to dodge every spoiler. I won't come to this server for two days and let's not open Reddit.

[tidal matrix]

I won't come online at all bro

[dire nimbus]

11.99pm au gust 2025

[tidal matrix]

I will be locked in on Telegram to work and avoid spoilers

[boreal epoch]

There is no way to upgrade here. Only Radio internet for me.
And ISP for half a year talks "Maybe fiber internet soon". No the time They said They might start is "Spring".

[jaunty pebble]

That’s still gotta be communicated

[full bronze]

There are games that weigh more than 30gbs but the download is about 5gbs, how is that compression possible

[dire dagger]

We have gigabit over copper

[finite dragon]

[boreal epoch]

Yeah, good idea

[tidal matrix]

You can hide in my basement

[dire dagger]

Friendly reminder you can install the game remotely using the steam app

[north herald]

Maybe 1,30h- 2h when i download it with my speed. But still, it would have been cool to play it instant. But F to all which have pretty bad internet

[tidal matrix]

It's safe, only be careful of an orange cat named peanut. He can't be trusted

[alpine ibex]

Along with the kids you kidnapped?

[celest blaze]

Do we have a time it's being released

[dire nimbus]

diddy

[tidal matrix]

Ayo?

[frigid monolith]

No preload... What a joke

[celest blaze]

Buddy not every game does it

[tidal matrix]

This one is kind but has an attitude

[alpine ibex]

It take more time than downloading it on steam 😆 🤣

[frigid monolith]

With the game being this huge. Yes.

[dire nimbus]

maxwell cat:

[dire dagger]

So who cares

If you want to preload go buy an Xbox

[celest blaze]

^

[tidal matrix]

Guys the wait is finally over, no need to complain

[celest blaze]

People like to complain

[tidal matrix]

No preload is better than denuvo

[dire dagger]

Truly gonna cry me a river cus you gotta wait to play

[alpine ibex]

It the law

[dire dagger]

Truly this is the end of the world

[north herald]

Like you when you hear clear sky is bad

[dire dagger]

I HAVE TO wait

[jaunty pebble]

Honestsly agreed

[dire dagger]

WAHHH WAHHH

[celest blaze]

Clear sky haters are my OPPS

[jaunty pebble]

No Preload with No Denuvo is better than Preload and Denuvo being in game

[boreal epoch]

So rude

[frigid monolith]

No offense. But. Why would I buy a shitbox. Just to preload the Game. And also play the inferior version of it.

[tidal matrix]

I will personally touch anyone who hates this game

[celest blaze]

Then wait? Stalker players are some of the most entitled gamers I've seen lol

[dire dagger]

I don’t expect you to

That’s my point

[hazy helm]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-stuck-in-door-cat-gif-914805063408606222

this is hwat you guys look like

[dire nimbus]

what i will do if i get a cat

[frigid monolith]

Alright.

[boreal epoch]

Ah yes "entitled". Because You want to play the game that You paid for like all the others. And not wait more than them. Truly a great argument.

[untold salmon]

shit happens

[dire dagger]

Like when I got metro exodus I had to wait 2 days for it to download over dsl

[celest blaze]

Buddy not alot of games offer preload who cares?

[dire dagger]

You guys got it pretty good by comparison

[celest blaze]

Be thankful we even have stalker 2

[north herald]

holy

[tidal matrix]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-stewert-rage-pissed-off-angry-gif-189652034235049225

[gleaming ruin]

Don’t check out silent hill community then lol

[pallid dust]

Hey folks I am getting tired of hardcore stalker mods like anomaly and gamma. Do you have any suggestions for sandbox more like old CoP mods? In CoCh world feels so empty....

[untold salmon]

surely it cant be that bad

[boreal epoch]

Almost all games that I bought offered it lol. Only I can think of that didn't is Silent Hill 2 but it was not 160GBs but 50

[reef mirage]

Buddy which of these games offers preload on consoles and not on pc in the same time?

[celest blaze]

Cotz (call of the zone)

[north herald]

Tbh i dont care anymore. Im so thankfull this game dont have drm and we can keep it forever on gog

[tidal matrix]

Try, True Stalker

[boreal epoch]

Hey I'm on Silent Hill, what is happening there that is entitled?

[celest blaze]

Idk I pay for good internet so no preload doesn't bother me

[hazy helm]

I rmemeber needing to bring my desktop PC to and from a place with free wifi to be able to download 20-30gb
spent 3 days on a download usually

[marsh pond]

uh oh lmao but I love SH ❤️

[pallid dust]

@slate halo @celest blaze Thank you i will try that.

[reef mirage]

Great, so stfu and be quiet

[untold salmon]

black ops 6, dragons dogma 2 (pretty sure space marine 2 did as well)

[pallid dust]

I tried that mod already! But thank you for your suggestion!

[celest blaze]

Cry about it

[boreal epoch]

Not an option for everyone. I do not have fiber internet at my house and no way of getting it.

[celest blaze]

Gtr got poor internet lol

[tidal matrix]

Just be happy that they did not mess up the game, it looks good so far

[boreal epoch]

Black Ops 6 had pre-load. I literally downloaded it on Steam and played after release.

[untold salmon]

i thought that was just if you bought the vault edition

[dire dagger]

I feel…

Dsl was so bad

[tidal matrix]

I was honestly worried from that trailer where the guns had weird smoke. But I feel better now

[dire dagger]

Not to mention ping

Even in very close by servers

I’d have like 500 ping

[alpine ibex]

It cod it the same game last year.. all they did was add an extra code to it 😆 🤣 😂

[hazy helm]

I neve rplayed online when I was a kid, didnt have the internet for that

[boreal epoch]

Nope, You just had to go into "DLC" and check boxes with Black Ops 6 content because of that dumb "Call Of Duty" platform for multiple games.

[gleaming ruin]

They’re constantly arguing with OG silent hill devs about how their interpretation of the stories are correct and the developers don’t know as much about the story as them, driving most of them off twitter

[hazy helm]

remember when my friends peer pressured me into getting overwatch and my wifi wasnt good enuff for the game

[boreal epoch]

It is not. Black Ops 6 is way different than MWIII

[tidal matrix]

Remember, not all stalkers are rich, it's okay to play on day 2

[north herald]

When do you guys think will the shipment of the preorders start? Tomorrow/ Monday?

[celest blaze]

Didn't ask

[dire dagger]

I did but by around 2017 dsl had degraded a lot

[tidal matrix]

Didn't they say April 2025?

[dire dagger]

To a point where it was borderline unusable

[reef mirage]

So do I about your internet speed

[untold salmon]

oh i see my bad

[north herald]

Not for the ones who preorder before the new wave of preoorders

[dire dagger]

And still for 2 years after that my parents refused to replace it

[boreal epoch]

Okay I saw that. But most people do not. Only those fanboys of those YouTube videos with theories. Having Your theory for Silent Hill is fine but people just say it like it's "canon" which it's not.

[untold salmon]

average psychological horror game fan

[tidal matrix]

By April 2025 I'll be in the army so I'm not pre-ordering

[velvet igloo]

https://tenor.com/view/perfect-popcorn-michael-jackson-gif-26271837

[dire dagger]

They would sit down on the couch and watch a 1 and a half hour movie buffer for more than the entire movies run time and just be like

https://tenor.com/view/this-is-fine-gif-24177057

[gleaming tangle]

Who here watch chernobyl

[tidal matrix]

Me

[alpine ibex]

Pretty sure half of silent hill 2 lore are just make up by fan and then developers are just agreed with them claiming, yupp that what it meant 😆 🤣 😂

[proper rock]

I would sell my wife for playing that game.

In fact i will have to sell her anyway for playing during weeks without moving from my chair..

[tidal matrix]

It was amazing

[velvet igloo]

Who here lived in chernobyl

[celest blaze]

No one

[untold salmon]

I would recommend against this but im not a cop

[tidal matrix]

What's your price range?

[gleaming tangle]

Good question

[dire dagger]

I’d sell my wife for 20k

[gleaming tangle]

In my opinion one of the best series I've watch

[proper rock]

Just time for playing.. I just want a life.. maybe two only for playing that game

[boreal epoch]

Many stuff in Silent Hill is open to interpretation. So there is nothing wrong with people making theories. But arguing with devs? Lmao

[velvet igloo]

Id sell my wife for todays lunch

[tidal matrix]

+1, I watched it twice

[velvet igloo]

I have

[untold salmon]

you guys dont seem to have good relationships with your wives

[tidal matrix]

I give you a vodka bottle and bread, deal?

[velvet igloo]

No wife

[dire dagger]

What is wife where does one find one

[gleaming ruin]

They were constantly criticizing the new developers for silent hill 2 remake too. There was even a (albeit small) chunk of players who refused to play the new one because they replaced the comic sans font on a sign lol thankfully most of the community has changed their opinions now that the game is out but it is a pretty exhausting community to interact with

[tidal matrix]

The zone is your wife, stay focused

[gleaming tangle]

I'm soon gonna watch it with my girlfriend I hope she like it

[proper rock]

I don't have one.. Not anymore since my preorder on GOG.

[dire dagger]

Are they found in this place they call outside?

[untold salmon]

oh no

[dire dagger]

What is this outside place where do I find it

[untold salmon]

nah you can find one online nowadays

[proper rock]

[tidal matrix]

It depends on her taste, if she likes dark stuff then she's sold