⭐┃nospoilers_general

[lean sigil]

Basically, item bloat

[thorny chasm]

in the apocalypse, would you shave or would you go full natty?

[still sapphire]

i know, but i was never too into crafting

[solid cosmos]

Yeah, the misery special

[dusty sage]

Will we be able to buy upgrades to the edition we own after we buy the standard edition

[sonic mirage]

oh interesting, is ammo pretty uncommon or always running out in the older games?

[thorny chasm]

I'm very interested in biological woman's response

[solid cosmos]

dude, I don't even shave now.

[half bone]

Nah, it's the hardcore mods where you have like 46 ammo at best

[zenith sapphire]

Going full george of the jungle 😏

[thorny chasm]

is it unmanageable down there?

[limpid salmon]

depends, if you scavenge, even in Stalker difficulty, you get lote, 5.45 atleast

[still sapphire]

wait... you mean like my... gulp... balls?

[half bone]

And where the ammo prices are 999999999999999

[thorny chasm]

yes, those

[dusty sage]

Will we be able to buy upgrades to the edition we own after we buy the standard edition

[solid cosmos]

Sometimes soup gets stuck there, but it's a flavor saver

[still sapphire]

id have the rads burn those fuckers off

[thorny chasm]

you really are slavic

[sonic mirage]

oh ok gotcha, is ammo not a huge problem to find in the normal games then? I couldnt get stalker gamma/anomoly to stop crashing a few years back so just decided to wait for s2

[half bone]

unheard gsc edition

[solid cosmos]

Close! Italian, but okay!

[limpid salmon]

mamma mia!

[thorny chasm]

italians have a rich history of various soups, I should have known this

[zenith sapphire]

I think they said theyd work on doing something like that post launch

[half bone]

Ammo is a common availability in the OG trilogy

Even in master difficulty

[sonic mirage]

good to know, was hoping ammo availablity wouldnt be a huge issue

[tired zealot]

Oh boy I cant wait for Stalker 2: Gamma mod in 5 years WHOS WITH ME

[thorny chasm]

in trump's america? brother, for the next 4 years, you'll be able to get ammo for peanuts

[sonic mirage]

even if, it probably would be one of the first mods available anyway - more or less hardcore looting that is

[dusty sage]

Like if I buy standard edition am I screwed of never getting a higher edition? Seems like money left on the table for them. I may want to upgrade.

[limpid salmon]

in anomaly I find myself having to buy ammo very often

[olive salmon]

My stalker 2 has on update on xbox

[zenith sapphire]

Different ammos are more common in different parts of the zone tho

[round crypt]

Would it even be called Gamma for Stalker 2? The A stands for Anomaly

[lone rampart]

SOOO TRUE

[limpid salmon]

they making Stalker 2 Anomaly

[civic blade]

You mean to tell me every stalker doesn't enter the zone with val and boxes of 9x39?

[round crypt]

2 stalker 2 anomaly

[thorny chasm]

all I can see in my mind right now is mike tyson grabbing his NUTZ and flashin his VICIOUS cheeks

[limpid salmon]

no, AK74u and knife, maybe a grenade and a medkit

[tired zealot]

Groks Automated Modular Modpack for Stalker 2, GAMMS2

[tired zealot]

BASED

[zenith sapphire]

Well im pretty sure some pre-order content wont be available post launch like the extra* campfire songs/stories, and an extra side story questline but everything else will likely be made available after launch (but couldnt really say when)

[sonic mirage]

i mean id imagine 9x39 is no more uncommon than .300 black is in the western world but who knows

[round frost]

The Marked One: Back to Amnesia

[thorny chasm]

so you're saying I should pay $109 dollars right now and just tighten my family's belt?

[limpid salmon]

9x39 is rare but good

[zenith sapphire]

I never said you should lol, theres not much worth to the extra content unless you really really want it. If you already preordered standard just hold off till post-launch, thats exactly what im doing. Too poor for ultimate

[royal scaffold]

what will multiplayer be like

[limpid salmon]

just main a 5.45 AK and you're good, easy to find ammo and reliable

[severe quail]

9x39 was not a common cartridge very few guns used it 300blackout is more common since supressors are more common now days

[still sapphire]

i wasd really hopign for coop

[thorny chasm]

yeah but $59.99 already is a lot of money so might as well squirt out another 50

[indigo marsh]

Most likely TDM like in the Stalker trilogy.

[round crypt]

You'll definitely be able to upgrade, It's just a matter of when. like you say it's money left on the table and I don't think I've ever heard of a developer not letting you upgrade or at least buy DLC separately

[royal scaffold]

dang ok

[thorny chasm]

everyone's friends died because they took the clot shot

[still sapphire]

imagine if they went tarkov with the multiplayer

[sonic mirage]

didn't they make pdw type smgs for 9x39?? or was that also a really rare thing?

[royal scaffold]

me two bro

[tall furnace]

We almost there!!!!

[indigo marsh]

We have known for a while they wouldn't add co-op

[zenith sapphire]

True, but thatd be up to you, i have standard & really want to get the season pass but lowkey id rather check out the game itself and see what the DLC content will even entail before i order it

[royal scaffold]

only 30 hours

[limpid salmon]

it was usually snipers/DMRs and assault rifles

[sweet sapphire]

2 days left

[round crypt]

The most complex gamemode I expect would be something like Hunt Showdown. Get in and get the artifact before anyone else, then get out.

[sonic mirage]

oh weird, I must be thinking of a 9x19 thing then

[still sapphire]

thatd work for me too

[limpid salmon]

probably, 9x39 is huge

[thorny chasm]

yes, but by the time the dlc comes out and you know you want to play it, it will be $24.99 per dlc and you'll be mad at yourself

[still sapphire]

or yo did any of you guys try that mode from the first division game?

where it was a blizzard and you were sick

[round frost]

What I'm the most curious about is A-Life 2.0 to be honest. It will be nice to see what this brings on the table.

[still sapphire]

it was kinda like a BR

[limpid salmon]

would be sick to have Uzi in S2

[severe quail]

it is not a sniper round maybe dmr at best

[limpid salmon]

yea, they're DMRs but you can use then as snipers

[thorny chasm]

these hands-rubbing-meme publishers know the game and they know how to milk us gamers like we all just naturally squirted gamer girl juice out with each dollar we aheago-face give to these devs like "uWU senpaiii-san, here you go the money I made at my grubhub job this week belongs in your wallet not mine teehee"

[sonic mirage]

no I understand its chonky and based on the old 762x39, but i could have sworn i was reading about 9x39 smgs a while back, maybe it was like a really rare carbine thing? ¯\(ツ)/¯

[zenith sapphire]

Thats pretty likely lol but I just cant warrant buying ultimate, im not exactly swimming in cash like scrooge. If I do have to pay extra when the time comes it is what it is. Right now I just genuinely dont have the cash to dish out on it

[sharp maple]

What do y'all think about the mention of A-Life 2.0 being removed from the Steam page?

[still sapphire]

what??

[thin lantern]

speak for yourself, sicko

[tall swallow]

Typo

[sharp maple]

Doesn't seem like a typo to me.

[severe quail]

9x39 is a worse round for range even compared to 300 blackout

[tall swallow]

🤷‍♂️

[sonic mirage]

maybe it just won't be ready at launch?

[thorny chasm]

you're prostituting your body and you don't even realize you're doing it, back in the cage wagie - give daddy another tithe next time we drop dlc in 3 months

[limpid salmon]

i think there might be, google it, since 9x39 is subsonic apparently

[solid cosmos]

It's mentioned in the FAQ here, so I don't care?

[round frost]

Someone needs to tag the higher in green for clarification.

[thin lantern]

Mods ban this sick loser

[supple snow]

New update on console?

[sonic mirage]

this might have been it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9A-91

[spiral stump]

https://tenor.com/view/pulp-fiction-confused-travolta-where-lost-gif-5308454

[sharp maple]

It's on their website as well, I just think it's really weird. Legality wise, the store page matters the most, so that's what's a bit concerning to me.

[tall swallow]

typo

[limpid salmon]

yea

[verbal canyon]

I'm gonna buy an extra copy just to piss you off

[solid cosmos]

I wouldn't worry about it.

[civic stirrup]

What are the odds of winning 2 giveaways

And then what are the odds of getting a price that you already own for years

[solid cosmos]

idk ask the guy who won 3 times lol

[sharp maple]

you keep saying a typo, but nothing signifies that.

[drowsy estuary]

fr, people read way too much into things sometimes.

[verbal canyon]

Wait there's going to be multiplayer?

[solid cosmos]

people getting whipped into a frenzy and panic

[civic stirrup]

3 LOTZ but different platforms?

[tall swallow]

The FAQ acknowledges A-Life, you seen that their website acknowledges A-Life, why would it not be conceivable that they made a typo on steam?

[zenith sapphire]

Not extensive but yeah, will probably be similar if not the exact same as the OG games' multiplayer

[dense hatch]

because it's easier to be negative than positive

[verbal canyon]

Ah ok thanks

[solid cosmos]

Physical ultimate, steam ultimate and I think one of the Lotz's lol

[limpid salmon]

rigged

[tall swallow]

im starting to think theyre worrying just to worry cause theres nothing else to do during these 2 days

[round frost]

What's going on with these polls.

[dense hatch]

probably

[civic blade]

So what will be the first artifact everyone will find

[little quartz]

Why doesn't the steam page mention A Life anymore?????

[dense hatch]

last night the giveaway bot was broken

[stable jewel]

deez

[idle ether]

Anyone order ultimate physical Amazon UK have theirs ship?

[limpid salmon]

nutz

[solid cosmos]

Whichever one they make us find in a tutorial

[sharp maple]

I'm not trying to be purposefully negative, just as much as I'm not trying to be naïve. I want stalker 2 be fantastic.

[dense hatch]

please check the faq

[jade coral]

Mods banned Gifs but not stupid polls smh that’s fine still got my stickers

[round frost]

Based

[little quartz]

The steam page talked about A life 2 or 3 days ago but it doesnt anymore

[civic stirrup]

Physical

[thorny chasm]

licks asmr mic tantalizingly "Oh my strong little soldier, you're my most favorite. Let me scratch your head and purrr in your ear, it's just another $7.99 for this tarkov-style underslung dusty mg230 launcher mod - I made it just for you because I know how much you like ahem**cough big black and ribbed."

[dense hatch]

you're being purposefully negative by ignoring someone pointing out why it's probably a screw up

[solid cosmos]

My luck is that I enrolled 10 minutes before closing and won a copy on xbox

[round frost]

[sharp maple]

It's been like this for days, it's not hard to edit a Steam page.

But i'll stop talking about it.

[dense hatch]

it's not worth doing this close to release for something that's also included elsewhere

[sharp maple]

I just think it's strange, that's all I'll say and leave it at that.

[solid cosmos]

I think I'm gonna have a jonkler moment cause of all of this

[tall swallow]

🤷‍♂️ probably more worried about how the game will actually turn out than checking their store page for typos when theyve already got planned marketing videos dropping leading up to the release. Im sure itll be fine brother

[sonic mirage]

it may just be removed for some unrelated reason and the functionality will still be there, we just have to wait <t:1732118400:R> and see

[static compass]

Is it Wednesday yet?

[zenith sapphire]

At least we'll all win entry into the zone in less than 48 hours

[pale hemlock]

Reckon a 3090 would handle stalker 2 well?

[solid cosmos]

Yes!

[sharp maple]

For sure.

[solid cosmos]

Depends on your cpu and ram as well.

[thorny chasm]

I have a 3060ti sooooooo I hate you if it doesn't

[lofty fern]

i wish

[sharp maple]

Yes

[verbal canyon]

I hope so It's what I have

[civic blade]

Think a 6090 could run stalker 2

[sharp maple]

no because it doesn't exist

[pale hemlock]

I'm gonna buy a 3090 because I don't think my 3070ti will cut it

[solid cosmos]

Im from the future. the 7070 doesn't run stalker 2, it refuses to

[pale hemlock]

Ram won't be an issue, CPU maybe, got a 5900x

[thorny chasm]

rich boi over here

[zenith sapphire]

Most likely, series x is about the same-ish as a 3060 ti. From someones early gameplay (from a shipping mistake) they ran at abt 60 frames on performance mode

[thorny chasm]

did aoc launch an onlyfans?

[severe quail]

don't rn not worth next gen in less than 2 months away from launch

[verbal canyon]

Get a 4080 if you can so you have frame gen

[sharp maple]

depending on the settings/res you'll probably be relatively fine.

[sharp maple]

[sonic mirage]

or just wait for next gen and grab 4000 series cards for cheap on ebay

[lime linden]

oofa, worried. My physical pre-order saying complete with no other feedback 😭

[thorny chasm]

a man of culture I see

[pale hemlock]

It's only 700 bucks in fake australian money so I'm not too bothered about it

[zenith sapphire]

Cant wait for the 5000 series grafters lol

[sharp maple]

damn where are u getting a 3090 for that price??

[severe quail]

its bad timing since price drop is immient again don't do what i did and buy a 308ti right before the 7900xtx and 4080 launch

[light quiver]

I am pretty sure RTX4070 or better will operate s2 just fine

[zenith sapphire]

Given the performance on series x im not hopeful for my 2060 to hold steady

[verbal canyon]

Bro 5090 is gonna be minimum $2500 usd

[sonic mirage]

personally im hoping 5000 series is over hyped and can snag a 4080 for the cheap cheap

[severe quail]

best guesses rn is 2k-2.5k usd

[solid cosmos]

I upgraded my rig earlier this year to ensure I could run it, so I'm gonna be good

[kindred hatch]

3080 is fine for 60fps 1080p 😎

[fresh umbra]

thats what I'm also waiting for. and then I'll get myself a nice 4070 super and lay my 2070 super to rest.

[thorny chasm]

do you think the apocalypse will make women want to have sex with incels more often than they do now currently?

[verbal canyon]

You'll also need a 1500 watt psu to run it lol

[zenith sapphire]

Hope so too, I just know 5000 series is gonna be sold out by bots and have their prices doubled

[sharp maple]

more than fine

[nimble shoal]

Looks fishy

[kindred hatch]

need it get more ram tho i only have 16

[light quiver]

I just did check out local prices of my kind of GPU in my country... price has increased 350€ ( topping now 2,5k € )

[sonic mirage]

tbh they are kinda incentivized to let it happen, bc when scalpers sell for 150% on ebay all of a sudden the msrp seems like a bargain

[civic blade]

Did they take away a life lol

[sonic mirage]

artificial scarcity i think is the term im looking for

[zenith sapphire]

Yea unless they removed a-life entirely i dont see a reason to worry abt the steam page change

[thorny chasm]

I'm excited for my amd stock

[rapid agate]

the 5000 series seems very underwhelming except for the 5090. hard skip, seems like the big jump will be the 6 series

[sonic mirage]

theyve been killing it in the datacenter space which I can personally attest to

[nimble shoal]

Well if it was on the steam page, they'd have to sell the game with it. But if its not, they don't have to provide it. Why would they take it out ?

[thorny chasm]

yeah?

[severe quail]

they are moving to a chiplet design so its no longer one big chip. its the ryzen moment for nvidia

[verbal canyon]

You mean the stock your wife's boyfriend told you to invest in?

[hoary kiln]

If GSC doesn’t make S2 coop I will. Js

[zenith sapphire]

Theyd need a helluva good reason to remove it completely

[tall swallow]

you guys think S2 will include all of the guns in the past games?

[nimble shoal]

Its broken/more work than they can provide

[hoary kiln]

Yes, you can already see that from trailers

[sonic mirage]

aws had to requisition a lot more amd based ec2 instaces for some az's, they beat out intel ones for general purpose high memory instances for a lot of customers from what i heard and know

[zenith sapphire]

Plus steam has a good return policy, people who notice the abcense of a life can easily refund it and complain, itd piss off the community majorly

[calm bough]

not all tho

some are missing

[nimble cipher]

existentialdread has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[sharp maple]

Removing a whole AI system this late in development would probably be much more of a mess than just leaving it to be fair.

[verbal canyon]

Are they still based in Ukraine or did they move development out of country?

[kindred hatch]

wolf'd

[zenith sapphire]

Yeah neither of us can know for sure, itll just be a matter of waiting @nimble shoal

[hoary kiln]

Wolf is on the hunt I see. Good doggy

[gentle jasper]

Anyone know if this game will be crossplay when the multiplayer drops?

[sharp maple]

Half are still in Ukraine, other half are in (I think) Prague.

[nimble shoal]

Indeed, but i can't hardly understand why they would remove it from the store description so close to release. I've seen enough train wrecks of game launches to be slightly worried

[verbal canyon]

Dang I can't imagine working in that environment.

[empty latch]

Will a 3060 run alright on 1080p?

[hoary kiln]

Yes

[tall swallow]

i hope we can abuse substances in game

[zenith sapphire]

Being worried is totally respectable, I personally think its more of an oversight than anything but Im hoping it turns out alright for both of us, we're all just Stalkers in the zone lol

[verbal canyon]

I think you need to calm down and stop living up to your name.

[hoary kiln]

I hope there is body dismemberment

[nimble shoal]

Negative

[sonic mirage]

wait a minute the vss was just a standard edition pre-order bonus? not like deluxe/ultimate edition thing?

[tall swallow]

i wanna blast rats with a shotty

[unreal grove]

Steam pre download has it been confirmed

[sharp maple]

No preload for PC

[sonic mirage]

its a no

[zenith sapphire]

Its been confirmed to not be happening

[hoary kiln]

I want to shoot something’s legs off, or head, but I can see where rats would be nice to see explode

[zenith sapphire]

Pop like balloons

[unreal grove]

So we have to wait for the exact hour of release to download

[coarse jetty]

Great now because the giveaway instructions weren't clear, and the team didn't answer my question tickets, i couldn't apply for the giveaways in time

[azure tartan]

Yeah, sounds that way

[sonic mirage]

yup, <t:1732118400>

[verbal canyon]

Servers are gonna be f'd on launch day from everyone downloading 160 gb.

[tall swallow]

the trailer showed the player shooting a person with a sniper but it didnt seem like they got dismembered, i hope it's a setting

[hoary kiln]

lol not Xbox players

[unreal grove]

Sucks I’m in aus and release times suck for us

[sharp maple]

Steam servers will probably be iffy, yes.

[sonic mirage]

idk, have you seen the bandwidth steam uses just on regular days? it's in the thousands of GB/ss

[fallow garden]

The release times suck even for Ukraine lmao. Especially if you're on PC with no preload.

[ruby warren]

10am release time in cowboy land

[nimble shoal]

Yeah but they're cursed with the fact that they're Xbox players

[zenith sapphire]

Cowboys unite

[mortal pewter]

Why is there no reviews I can’t find any info

[hoary kiln]

Xbox and PC player so I’m not biased

[fallow garden]

Embargo will be lifted 2 hours before release

[nimble shoal]

Reviews drop 2h before release

[sonic mirage]

maybe the review embargo hasn't lifted yet?

[mortal pewter]

WHAT lmaoooo that ain’t good

[unreal grove]

Honest should of just made pre download 6 hours prior release

[sharp maple]

There's usually issues with steam servers when a big game drops due to everyone trying to download at once.

[fallow garden]

Okay, where are the people who said a day before is normal? IS 2 HOURS NORMAL?

[zenith sapphire]

Why are we talking abt embargos like we're the british navy

[celest goblet]

Same day is not too unusual

[spare cairn]

Wait what is happening???

[kindred hatch]

this game is going to be awful

[mortal pewter]

That is crazy sus lmao wtf

[kindred hatch]

you heard it here first

[untold salmon]

not that sus

[kindred hatch]

stalker 2 doomer hours begin

[sonic mirage]

ig the recent games ive played have all had preload, but surely stats like this wouldnt be impacted

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[verbal canyon]

I got plenty to play I can wait

[sharp maple]

yeah a little bit worrying for me. but games have had embargoes like this before.

[nimble shoal]

I'm doom maxing

[sonic mirage]

then again, im sure that's what Netflix said on friday night 😂

[kindred hatch]

13.9 tablespoons

[mortal pewter]

Yeah like cyberpunk lmaooooo

[fallow garden]

Well, it is kinda unusual with confident developers. The game is supposed to have hit "gold" status a couple weeks ago

[spare cairn]

Did new info on the game release since this morning what's happening

[sharp maple]

rdr2

[fallow garden]

You would expect them to show confidence in their product and let reviewers post about it

[ruby warren]

I already bought it so if it’s awful I’ll be your guinea pig because I’m a damn hero

[gilded atlas]

just ground up fiber cables in a spoon

[mortal pewter]

Proven track record they get a pass

[celest goblet]

🤷 It really varies all over the place, but if you want one counterexample, Elden Ring had same day I believe

[nimble shoal]

Game is confirmed bad, everyone pack it up, its over

[kindred hatch]

me too i bought it the day pre orders were available

[spare cairn]

How, explain

[mortal pewter]

Imma be hitting your DMs lmk 😂

[nimble shoal]

I'm memeing

[zenith sapphire]

Tbf cyberpunk did turn out to be pretty great post launch fixes, it just got taken out the oven wayy too soon

[mortal pewter]

Yeah a year and a half later brother

[verbal canyon]

damn guess I'll head out then

[hoary kiln]

Still got better didn’t it? Shush

[light quiver]

but CyberPunk is still not that kind of level as expected. They left development a bit too short

[kindred hatch]

they should have hired grok to make s2

[zenith sapphire]

Exactly lol, the contract deadlines devs are given are too strict for the dev time needed

[mortal pewter]

The glazing is crazy I hope it’s good but cmon

[sharp maple]

so true

[hoary kiln]

Nah, I like GAMMA but not being able to buy firearms or armor from traders is DUMB

[sharp maple]

skill issue smh my head

[kindred hatch]

real i completely agree

[spare cairn]

Then install another mod

[zenith sapphire]

Grok made a good modpack but leave them to gamma, gsc's got the reins

[kindred hatch]

no mod cups my balls and squeezes them the way gamma does

[zenith sapphire]

Gamma is kinky in the way it tortures players

[hoary kiln]

GAMMA tickles the taint perfectly

[zenith sapphire]

Some people got balls of steel

Some dont

[hoary kiln]

GAMMA nuzzles those balls then slaps them

[zenith sapphire]

Hits them with a badminton racket

[hoary kiln]

Then kisses them to make them feel better

[patent wolf]

i last played stalker COP 2020....350 hours played.

HOC will rack up many more hours

[kindred hatch]

i like latex catsuits and hobomaxxing gamma

[zenith sapphire]

I still need to play CoP, i want to complete the other two first but I havent had the time to

[tacit scarab]

what upscaling to use for 1060 6 gb 😔

[zenith sapphire]

Probably fsr with low-med mixed settings but i dont know if thatll run well, maybe Ok

[kindred hatch]

bro you are running s2 on potato mode real talk

[nimble shoal]

Play something else unironically

[zenith sapphire]

Day 4 of asking for S2 with og trilogy graphics

[tall swallow]

i cant wait to disassociate from society on wednesday

[fresh umbra]

perfectly put. exactly this. disassociate from this entire timeline though. not just society.

[tacit scarab]

nah ive played worse

[untold salmon]

holy shit someone posted images of the art book and holy moly

[zenith sapphire]

Dont leak por favor

[zealous steppe]

Grok be like, welcome to the exclusion zone and before you even ask no you cannot buy a gasmask😆

[sonic mirage]

what are y'alls thoughts of running at 1440p on a 5700xt? i might be lucky to get 30fps 😂

[zenith sapphire]

Gamma's cool but theres some things that are a bit too much even for Stalker

Love gamma as a modpack and the popularity its given to the series but its just too much for me

[ionic hornet]

Don't think I can add a video here, if anyone wants to see a video of the UE lamp working I uploaded one to the Stalker subreddit.

[merry tiger]

what? you don't like the ultimate survival ultra reallistic way of playing stalker that's also FREE!!!!? are you some type of gatekeeper?

[zenith sapphire]

The only thing i gatekeep is the entrance to my pants

[merry tiger]

not needed, no one wants that

[fresh umbra]

wife's leaving for 5 days to meet one of her friends. I work home office but took 5 days off. Shid's going to be wild. 5 days playing this game. when wife comes back I'll believe she's a mutant intruding.

[rapid agate]

i found gamma to be overhyped, gameplay is fine but the quest & stories are 🦮💩
liked the newer mods pack alot more especially the modified a-life aproach

[zenith sapphire]

Thats why its locked up like fort knox

[molten mason]

Anyone here Play

[civic blade]

No nobody here play

[zenith sapphire]

Yeah CoTZ isnt as detailed or good looking but has some solid questlines

[clever iron]

anyone know what I might do if one of my DLC codes doesn't work? probably a Microsoft issue I assume

[lucid vortex]

[rapid agate]

excactly

[sour pine]

probably it wont work until the game officially launches

[merry tiger]

cotz is just better, maybe it don't have the "graphics" or "ultra reallistic guns" but still much better than gamma

[fallow garden]

nah

[zenith sapphire]

Been doing a cotz run actually, encounteted a controller right outside the cordon village right off the bat then got blasted by mercs with exosuits. Its crazy insanely random but its fun as hell

[clever iron]

idk, the other two worked fine, Microsoft keeps saying "check instructions on code, you might need to redeem on a different site or device, you may be ineligible "
so I wasn't sure what the issue was because I just did the first two without issue

[zenith sapphire]

100% graphics & realism should def come after good quests/story and art direction

[deep path]

Why's A-life removed from the store page description??

[merry tiger]

i don't think that stalker needs to have reallism or ultra graphics

[molten mason]

Hello

[frigid anchor]

Is there a reason for this @glossy blade?

[zenith sapphire]

It really doesnt but if people want it theyll mod it in

[merry tiger]

reallism makes the game borring and graphics are just graphics, not that important

[zenith sapphire]

Im just stoked to see what S2 has to offer and to see what the community does with mods

[glossy blade]

We just did new marketing texts with new shiny words, A-life 2.0 is still in the game

[fluid abyss]

Skifbros… an update on Skif’s booty: #💬┃en_offtop message

[deep path]

The text is still the same tho

[untold salmon]

its jover

[zenith sapphire]

At least its back

[sweet belfry]

no pre load for PC is crazy

[fluid abyss]

Can’t believe Skif has zero ass

Need Solid Snake booty

[untold salmon]

actually 1984

[fresh umbra]

the better question would be, who's the mad man that's NOT excited?

[glossy blade]

Chat, if we were trying to silently remove A-life, I would not say it is in the game

I would be silent

[slow ingot]

Hahaha

[zenith sapphire]

Thank you Mol1t

[native ibex]

We close

[fluid abyss]

@glossy blade can you give a statement on Skif’s flatness?

[short lake]

the ones who think it wont be like GAMMA lol are think GAMMA is stalker

[fresh umbra]

mad men indeed

[native ibex]

I don't trust

[frigid monolith]

So. Anyone remember the 2021 e3 Trailer

[glossy blade]

- Dalin's honest reaction

[native ibex]

If the corpo speaks it's a lie, boys

[mystic anchor]

Everyone forgets the A life guy from the trilogy is working on S2

[wraith socket]

Time is running out to get the Pre-Order bonuses!

[merry tiger]

what? gamma is the only true way to enjoy stalker bro, who don't like to spend 30 hours farming monoliths to repair one random ar-15 rifle bro?

[short lake]

I got the ultimate edition! I hope it is well spent and the Devs get a nice dinner

[fluid abyss]

Shit, bros… is Dalin based for wanting Skif butt or cringe for being a flat ass enjoyer

[zenith sapphire]

Gamma is a baller modpack that really shows what the community can do but I really hope the majority of people who play it exclusively understand that S2 will be nearly nothing like it

[short lake]

Hope on Gamma do 100 fent and fist fight Bloodsuckers

[calm bough]

the last day is the worst

[teal osprey]

GAMING

[short lake]

it's like christmas 🙂

[paper scaffold]

I appear to be a winner! Go me!

[calm bough]

Molt pls release game thx

[visual rune]

are patches go on backpack I assume, I wonder if there more patches you can found

[glossy blade]

!release

doesn't work

[fresh umbra]

it just lacks coherent story. everything is just so random. I really disliked it for that.

[short lake]

I bet if they told everyone to donate 10$ to get the game a day early they'd get like 100.000 donations LOL

[merry tiger]

oh man, it's so immersive, i can use fent in game, like i do in real life bro

[short lake]

I fight bloodsuckers in the subway on fent in Philly

so real, so immersive

[tepid rover]

I wanna fent fold with the bloodsuckers

[static compass]

[fresh umbra]

I'd be one of the donaters lol. yeah, it'd be easy money for them haha

[celest blaze]

Ong

[lucid pagoda]

so vividly I recently went back through all of them and that one in particular gave me chills just to think how vividly I remember when that aired and my god how far we've come along 🙏

[azure topaz]

Gamma is for people with mental issues

[celest blaze]

Speaking of trailers remember how long it's been since tes 6 trailer lol

[zenith sapphire]

Yeah its a lot of aimless wandering (besides the okay-ish quests). Tried to but couldnt get into it. Call of the Zone however was a great change of pace and got me back into stalker modding

[amber monolith]

Shit i must be restarted

[short lake]

If they delay the game again in 2 days I am going to end it all and write a 3 page essay about the stalker devs LOL

[celest blaze]

😳

[fresh umbra]

never tried that one out. too late now.

[celest blaze]

I have bad news about stalker 2

[sullen galleon]

Wonder if this will manage to run on an i5 7600K

[somber rose]

its not out yet?

[zenith sapphire]

You should give it a go! Its really good, it should be on moddb, id recommend downloading mahzras package 2.0. It brings better graphics and fixes along w new quests following the design of the old ones

[celest blaze]

It's not gonna be like gamma

[short lake]

OH NO

[wet gust]

sad really sad

[frigid anchor]

I'm playing Silent Hill 2 Remake right now and according to the specs, I think SH2R is more demanding than Stalker 2?

Or am I comparing them wrong?

SH2R asks for 8700K/3600X for CPU and 2080/6800XT for 1080p 60FPS in High Quality with Upscalers.

Stalker 2 asks for about the same (a bit better CPU) for 1440p 60FPS with Upscalers.

If the specs are truthful, anyone that can run SH2R can run Stalker 2 fairly okay. Hopefully.

[celest blaze]

Makes me wanna grok out Ong

[fresh umbra]

maybe one day. but s2 is coming out now so... 😄

[native ibex]

There's just one guy? Damn. Like the web swinging system in SM2. Success really boils down to one employee

[azure topaz]

will there be a 400+ items for repairs if so

[celest blaze]

Only 300

[zenith sapphire]

Good point lol, ive been on a stalker binge all month long prepping for the release

[calm bough]

who got the ultimate edition aswell?

[azure topaz]

not the real modded experience

[fresh umbra]

I REALLY hope you're right because that would mean S2 would rund better on my rig than Silent Hill

[visual rune]

open world bruv

[celest blaze]

It will NOT fake survival

[merry tiger]

nooooooooooo, where's my 400 items that literally do the same thing

[celest blaze]

That's coming in dlc

[frigid anchor]

We're talking about games that will be GPU limited, so doesn't really matter anyway. CPU will be crucial though

[fresh umbra]

nice haha. I actually did the opposite, in order not to burn out day 1. playing skyrim the whole time since 3 weeks. new run. so when s2 comes out its a fresh start in to the zone .

[celest blaze]

Aye me but oblivion

[frigid anchor]

Silent Hill is pretty easy to tweak to run pretty well honestly

[azure topaz]

Complex and realistic reloading and inspecting animations???

[proper rock]

Good evening,
So no information about multiplayer yet ? Like if it's kind of private server, PVP or else ?

[visual rune]

well cpu will work with all npc so true

[zenith sapphire]

Thats actually not a bad idea, might play fallout 2 or something instead cause clear sky has been whooping my ass 💀

[fresh umbra]

aaah a man of culture. oblivion was my first ever open world rpg. fond memories.

[untold salmon]

pvp

presumably like the originals so small arena based tdm

[celest blaze]

Aye haha that's awesome

[merry tiger]

in 2 days you will have all the informations that you need

[celest blaze]

I wish we had a faction war mode tbh

[stable jewel]

the sh2 ones was without upscaling

[celest blaze]

I wanna shoot at freedom fans Ong

[proper rock]

@untold salmonThank you friend !

[tall swallow]

time to play cyberpunk while waiting for s2

[tribal hazel]

the modding potential for stalker 2 is as scary as much as it is hopeful

[zenith sapphire]

I wanna shoot at monolith and ecologists

[finite dragon]

im going to be a masochist and punish myself by playing anomaly from the meantime

[celest blaze]

Play call of the zone instead

[fresh umbra]

anyways. going to be now. good night guys.

[celest blaze]

Goodnight @fresh umbra

[merry tiger]

try i.w.p with cotz quests addon

[finite dragon]

i dont want to leave something good midway because of S2

[zenith sapphire]

I second this, call of the zone is amazing

[cobalt nexus]

Visually they are comparable but Stalker 2 has a vast open world full of assets interacting with or without the player. Hence the extra CPU requirement

[celest blaze]

Based af honestly

[frigid anchor]

Nope, the specs on Steam for SH2R literally mention " Playing on recommended requirements should enable to play on Medium quality settings in 60 FPS or High quality settings in 30 FPS, in FullHD"

[celest blaze]

I'm excited for cotz run after stalker 2

[finite dragon]

i tried and i preffer my custom moded CoC tbh

[nimble cipher]

thomaszhrets has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[stable jewel]

i was playing high 1080p native with 6800xt well above 60

[civic blade]

Iwp is peak semi vanillaish stalker

[lean tulip]

How long were anomaly/gamma in development for before they came out?

[zenith sapphire]

If we could ever port cotz quests to anomaly it would be a wrap

[frigid anchor]

What I meant with that comment is that SH2R on certain settings might be the closest benchmark to how Stalker 2 may run on our rigs

[tribal hazel]

@terse umbra wdym coop is cancelled?

[cobalt nexus]

Its not out yet

[wooden reef]

does it come out the 19th or 20th game pass says 19th just confused

[merry tiger]

just wait 2 days bro

[untold salmon]

gamma at least is 15 years worth of mods together

[rapid agate]

mistake

[cobalt nexus]

Gamma is years away from being finished

[terse umbra]

Its not coming:( only some weird mp mode will come later

[dense hatch]

gamma hasn't come out because grok isn't done balancing it

[frigid anchor]

Like I had a chance to not wait bro

[tribal hazel]

ah thats unfortunate

[lean tulip]

Oh, duh lol. I havent played either I forgor

[naive quest]

stalker 2 is top 2 in steam sellers less go!

[untold salmon]

cancelled? it was never planned

[zenith sapphire]

Coop could easily be a mod afterward

[cobalt nexus]

There may be some chicken coops

[tribal hazel]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[terse umbra]

Yeah ive waited for years now to play with the bois, now I dno wtf to do 😦

[civic blade]

There is indeed coop....chicken coops

[tribal hazel]

oh yeah if they could do it for games like subnautica, definitely could happen for stalker 2

[zenith sapphire]

Esp considering they did it for the og games too

[tribal hazel]

I mean solo is still as good

[lean tulip]

curious what type of mods will be on Xbox. Hopefully we get some cool ones instead of just new weapons or something like that, which would also be pretty cool

[terse umbra]

Not really tho

[naive quest]

xbox is getting official mod support?

[stable jewel]

maybe only basic shit

[next nimbus]

no preloading?

[zenith sapphire]

Agreed, im a little worried abt xbox mods being limited

[lean tulip]

I wanna play a pve tarkov in stalker world

[cobalt nexus]

Maybe. I mentioned earlier. Black Myth, EZ bench and Grey Zone Warfare are good tests.

[calm bough]

not for pc

[lean tulip]

Yeah according to devs

[kindred hatch]

mods will make xbox poo its own brain out lmao

[cobalt nexus]

So GZW then?

[kindred hatch]

HAHAHA SOMEONE SUGGESTED RADIANT QUESTS IN SUGGESTIONS

[zenith sapphire]

Itd be the stalker experience through & through

[next nimbus]

my internet is actual shiet im going to be so impatient when its installing cuz its going to take like 4 - 5 hours

[lean tulip]

No idea what that is lol

[zenith sapphire]

Nice, radiant quests are the best if done like CoTZ

[tribal hazel]

im a newcomer, whats a radiant quest

[kindred hatch]

preston garvey in cordon when ?

[terse umbra]

I have waited for a long time to play with the homies i met overseas, but now I guess im Just stuck to sit there with my whisky alone 👎😓

[stable jewel]

it will take me 2 days with my connection, luckly i managed a workarround

[next nimbus]

wdym?

[kindred hatch]

"ive marked another settlement that needs help on your map"

[naive quest]

for me i go to work in the morning so i have to just start the install one my phone if possible

[wanton kettle]

You'll be able to watch reviews while you wait, lol

[stable jewel]

im gnna bring my ssd over to a friend house, he has starlink and download it

[tribal hazel]

that kinda explains it i guess

[next nimbus]

damn

[lean tulip]

Hahaha nice

[zenith sapphire]

Pretty much a filler quest that selects a random objective and location, bad ones are pretty much fetch quests but if done right they can be really really good. CoTZ is a great example of radiant quests done well

[frigid anchor]

Gray Zone is pretty badly optimized from what I've heard. Wukong sounds alright aswell. I think the biggest offenders to FPS will be Lumen RT default enabled (like SH2R and Wukong basically.) and A-LIFE and all the stuff happeing around you in a certain radius (if A-LIFE works like it did back in the day).

Lumen will be able to be fine tuned and lowering Global Illumination and Shadows will bring massive FPS gains, but CPU limitation will be a hard stop for everyone that has a weak one

[cobalt nexus]

Gray Zone Warfare or Incursion red river might suit

[tribal hazel]

oh awesome that would definitely be fire for a game like stalker 2

[next nimbus]

nah, ive been trying to avoid most videos and i've already seen early reviewers cover the game at this piont the 20th is going to be avoiding spoilers for like 5 hours before playing the game

[celest blaze]

Man DoctorX did such a good job I HATE that he died man imagine if he got to finish cotz

Rip to a king

[zenith sapphire]

Rip o7

[tribal hazel]

yeah unfortunately I can't even buy the game till the 29th so I got 9 days of straight avoidance of spoilers 😭 🙏

[lean tulip]

My PC is being funky so I been playing more intensive stuff on Xbox. I'm looking forward to the delta force extraction shooter, tho. But I like pve more

[untold salmon]

what platform you on?

[lean tulip]

I been playing zero sievert a little. Been fun

[wanton kettle]

PC?

[next nimbus]

good luck

[tribal hazel]

PC

[cobalt nexus]

Its on PC gamepass

[untold salmon]

want a gamepass pc invite code? ive got one left

[tribal hazel]

no way 😱

[frigid anchor]

Can I has

[tribal hazel]

YOO I would seriously appreciate that man

[naive quest]

i would crashout

[untold salmon]

yeah sure i'll send it to you gimme a sec

[dusk marsh]

gamma or efp is probably the best way to have tarkov in a stalker world, unfortunate depending on your pov @lean tulip

[proper rock]

Waiting for pay day ? 🫡

[next nimbus]

Gamma 2 when?

[zenith sapphire]

One of the few times id understand a crashout fr

[naive quest]

fr

[dusk marsh]

gzw is an alright open world extraction shooter but they are very very slow on updates and the atmosphere and enemies just do not match stalker

[wanton kettle]

@frigid anchor message me

[naive quest]

is the pc version identical to the console version? i'm guessing no due to the difference in components

[dusk marsh]

incursion red river is just well another EFT pve competitor

[tribal hazel]

yeah haha

[lean tulip]

I feel like gamma would fry my PC 😂 idk what's wrong with it. It makes strange noises when I'm playing more intensive games & I get super self conscious of messing it up

[swift drift]

[proper rock]

Soon brother ! Ahaha

[last torrent]

can i not upgrade from the base game to the best edition if ive already purchased

[kindred hatch]

graphics card whir ?

[zenith sapphire]

From whats been said it seems to be pretty much identical but itll probably differ a bit in controls & adjustable settings

[dusk marsh]

was going to ask that. gpu coil whine might be causing the issue

[lean tulip]

i5 10600kf and a rtx 3060

[static compass]

[naive quest]

alr, sounds good in that case. i just watched a video saying performance was solid 60 fps constantly on xbox so that's sweet

[lean tulip]

But it makes a weird buzzing when playing stuff

[dusk marsh]

are you sure its coming from the gpu or have you not found the src of the sound?

[kindred hatch]

sounds like graphics card whir

[untold salmon]

I CAN'T WAIT FOR STALKER 2 YIPPEEEE

[naive quest]

I will not check social media or anything on the 20th in order to avoid spoilers

[zenith sapphire]

Yeah xbox series x is just abt comparable to a 3060ti so id compare your setup to that

[swift drift]

YIPEEEEEE

[dusk marsh]

Thanks @nimble cipher for scaring me with your DM ping

[kindred hatch]

i turned off vsync and changed my 144hz monitor settings to 85hz and it sorted it out

[naive quest]

i have a 3070 mobile so i'll have to play on medium settings to get 60 fps prob all fine by me

[lean tulip]

That's what I thought too, but I looked up 3060 coil whine & it sounds different. The performance isn't effected, temps are fine, just a freaky noise that makes me paranoid lol.

[zenith sapphire]

I got a 2060 so im gonna have to resort to scaling i feel like

[lean tulip]

Yeah I turn pretty much every game to low settings and lower frame rate to help a bit

[dusk marsh]

hot take, but I had gpu coil whine on an older system I had. DGAF about it lol as it didn't heat up terribly or affect my performance

[naive quest]

dlss? i was gonna use it regardless since my pc needs it to run most rtx games (metro, cyberpunk) just to name a few

[zenith sapphire]

Either that or fsr. Fsr's worked better for me mainly cause of frame gen

[dusk marsh]

I literally thought someone named wolf DM'd me about something but it was just telling me that i lvled up

[naive quest]

stalker 2 has no crafting? welp that's too bad imo

[lean tulip]

I've sent a vid of the noise to a bunch of people & noone recognizes the sound. It's just a high ish pitched electric buzzing sound

[kindred hatch]

wolf'd

[coarse sparrow]

original trilogy had no crafting too?

[dusk marsh]

where do you think the sound is coming from?

[naive quest]

ah alr, for me dlss workrs better. I tried fsr 3.0 or 3.1 and it didn't work as well

[kindred hatch]

some times i get something like that when im editing in adobe premiere

[dusk marsh]

basic crafting would have worked. and I could see it making sense in the stsalker world

[naive quest]

ik but making new things isn't always a bad idea, as i said its in my opinion

[grave wraith]

theres a mod that lets u use dlss frame gen on 2000-3000 series cards. works great on wukong and cyberpunk

[static compass]

DAYS

[lean tulip]

It's coming from just above the gpu. It's a prebuilt & they built it in a wonky manner so that everything is hard to get to

[dusk marsh]

devil's advocate just because it wasn't part of the original doesn't mean it can't be added in

[rough condor]

Woo, it was quite the ride, you scared a lot of people by removing it from the description. I don't get why would you, the modern audience would have a flashy tech term to hype about and the old guard would not freak out

[naive quest]

does it work well on those cards? I might use it in that case if possible

[dusk marsh]

bad cpu fan???

[zenith sapphire]

Wait for real?? Thats some insane news for me

[stable jewel]

coil whine is just electromagnetism

[lean tulip]

I can dm you the sound of it. Don't think I can post vids here

[coarse sparrow]

devil's advocate x2, if its new, doesn't mean it's better

[grave wraith]

yep this is the mod https://www.nexusmods.com/site/mods/738 universal version download

[grave wraith]

works amazing on my\ 2080 super

[dusk marsh]

Don't mean its bad either devils advocate x3 😛

[dire dagger]

Me when cars fr

[naive quest]

that's actually insane, idk how it works but whoever did it put in the work thank u for the link btw !

[zenith sapphire]

Crafting in stalker doesnt make all that much sense, maybe for simple things like molotovs or boobytraps but crafting ammo or guns would just make things like shops practically useless

[grave wraith]

fr dude its a god send. installation is as simple as putting 1 or 2 files in root directory or directx folder depending how the games infrastructure is

[celest blaze]

Honestly I agree 100%

[dusk marsh]

I think crafting should be basic and not cover ammo or guns like meds and bandages or like you said traps

[signal bronze]

STAAAALLKKKKKEEEERRRRRRRRRR

[coarse sparrow]

irrc looting ammo from corpses was always pretty generous

[steel cove]

Alife 2.0 confirmed by devs

[kindred hatch]

subtle gamma diss

[steel cove]

Yussssssssss

[dusk marsh]

however it not being in the game doesn't bother me too much.

[celest blaze]

[dusk marsh]

at leastI can focus more on the gunfights rather than crafting

[steel cove]

Crafting is complete garabage

[static compass]

This

[naive quest]

so this is essentially using fsr 3 instead of dlss right? do you have find that fsr is better than dlss?

[steel cove]

Hate it in every game

Way rather find the stuff out in world

[celest blaze]

I like it in games where it makes sense

[dusk marsh]

I had fun crafting and doing gunfights in gamma but I always leaned towards the gunfights. That's why I like to switch to efp from time to time

[celest blaze]

Stalker ammo and gun crafting doesn't fit at all

[coarse sparrow]

Exodus had 13 guns and it felt like a lot, S2 will have like what? 30 plus? with all mods, that's insane!

[celest blaze]

35 I think

[merry tiger]

true

[steel cove]

Gun crafting doesnt make any sense cause in real world the zone would be flooded with unlimited weapons

[cobalt nexus]

My 2060s used to whine like a banshee but my 3060ti is quiet as a mouse. Coil whine means you are using all of your hardware.

[severe quail]

no 35 is what that list says but there are some that are missing like the revolver so it should be more

[celest blaze]

Ah my bad

[dusk marsh]

also no akm in s2, 🙂‍↔️

[celest blaze]

Or AN94

[severe quail]

yeah there was also no akm on the list which i feel is wrong

[grave wraith]

from what i understand it somehow disabled fsr and simply lets you enable dlss FR. i have noticed that dlssfr gives much more performance and has less artifacts than FSR at least with my 2080 super

[lean tulip]

i just wish i knew if it was coil whine or not. i took my pc to 2 repair places, both said they didnt know & took $50 off me

[dusk marsh]

was the gun list complete or could there be more?

[naive quest]

ok i'll test it out on cyberpunk sometime ltr sounds like it's good tho

[severe quail]

no not complete since the revolver pistol was missing

[steel cove]

Yeah i had coil whine on old card, my new 4080 super is quiet as a mouse. My cooler is so loud though got new one coming in tomorrow

[dusk marsh]

I suspect we might have more than 35 guns than what the community expected

[celest blaze]

My 4070tis coil whine is so OBNOXIOUS it's loud af when it does it or when the fans kick up to 3000+ rpm sounds like a jet engine

[grave wraith]

yea man have fun doubling ur frames!

[odd temple]

#💬┃en_offtop message

[earnest bear]

i did some more testing in satisfactory
and while tsr is amazing in anti artifacting and overall quality
there are situations were it was significantly worse than even TAA

[steel cove]

I have a 4070 ti too and quiet

[severe quail]

yeah which i will enjoy because that means more to horde

[dusk marsh]

sucks that the game doesn't have a death penalty option 😦

[naive quest]

btw since stalker 2 will have multiplayer and this mod can lead to potential bans how would that work? (ik u most likely don't know but curious on it)

[celest blaze]

Mines quiet 99% of the time it seems open morrowind at 4k and other random 4k settings cause it get loud

[steel cove]

Seems like certain manufacturers of cards have more coil whine then others.

[grave wraith]

well that is my one concern. def can interfere with anticheats so i guess we'll cross that bridge when it comes to it

[grim palm]

[celest blaze]

What brand it's yours ?

[dusk marsh]

tho i can literally just RP dropping my equipment and/or inventory every time I die 4 times lol, POST-fight ofc

[earnest bear]

i am afraid of kernel level anti-cheat which would make linux gaming IMPOSSIBLE

[celest blaze]

Mines MSI

[naive quest]

alr for now i won't use that at the moment (but on the bright side maybe it won'tn be a ban because they are pro mod unlike some other games

[wispy cradle]

wonder if reshade will be permitted

[steel cove]

My 4080 super is pny

4070ti forgot would have to look

[severe quail]

they got some nice designs

[lean tulip]

man were about to get stalker 2 and poe 2 back to back months

[grave wraith]

yep, the game wont have an anticheat on release tho since no MP on launch

[untold salmon]

i dont seewhy not

[steel cove]

It's real nice quiet and runs so cool at like 35c under load

[celest blaze]

Reshade should be fine

[grave wraith]

thats gonna be the main thing on nexusmods day one for sure

[naive quest]

yh, most likely i'm assuming multiplayer will take at least 6months to a year to create so i'll just install it depneding on my performance

[misty umbra]

God DAMN twitter and Reddit and so bad to look at right now, just a lot of people really wanting the game to fail

[severe quail]

i just like the cooler design. still like my msi suprim design

[shy dragon]

i saw the image for release times, stalker2 would drop at 11 am in est, but when i look at steam, it counts down to 5pm on the 20th? can someone explain?

[celest blaze]

So many haters it's kinda funny actually

[zenith sapphire]

Hopefully multiplayer will be a seperate app on pc so anticheat wont flag sp mods

[grave wraith]

same here brother, gonna use it b4 the new pc comes in then i finally dont have to worry about tweaking so much haha

[steel cove]

I gotta control rgb on it cause it flashes I rather have slow so gotta figure that out

[earnest bear]

reminds about the battlefield 1 and 5 which were even steam deck certified i think until they pulled kernel level anti-cheat the last 2 years ago

[celest blaze]

Good idea actually

[untold salmon]

steamis probably still placeholder

[cosmic isle]

I can't wait for the mod that turns the 416 into the rightful m4a1

[shy dragon]

alr

[celest blaze]

I can't wait for AN-94 mod

[naive quest]

W bro

[rocky ore]

what will the multiplayer look like for this game? cause there won't be coop right? so the multiplayer wont be for normal story mode?

[celest blaze]

Same as trilogy

[grave wraith]

would be hellla intuitive

[cosmic isle]

It's crazy it's not in already I used it for like half of soc my first playthrough

[celest blaze]

Right? I used it for the entire trilogy it's a solid gun imo

[coarse sparrow]

what's the most immediate place for possible stalker 2 mods? nexus?

[grave wraith]

oh damn wasnt aware they did that

[untold salmon]

probably

[celest blaze]

I hope nexus as moddb is ancient

[grave wraith]

yuppp thats the most mainstream site

[lean tulip]

what was that like? i never played any

well i played a bit of call of pripyat on xbox, but the aim is wonky cause old

[celest blaze]

Fantastic games one of my favorite franchises

[untold salmon]

small maps tdm

[lean tulip]

oh interesting

[still ridge]

Yooooooo

[rocky ore]

so its arena shooting, theres no multiplayer in the normal map?

[earnest bear]

oh yea no single player either because you cant even launch the game without anti cheat

[celest blaze]

Yes

[still ridge]

X-18 extension lfg

[dense hatch]

why

[celest blaze]

Squad up

[untold salmon]

where is this from?

[severe quail]

is there gambling i want to put my life savings on red

[still ridge]

It’s TDM and similar game modes to like, CoD.

[civic blade]

Should be gambling in stalker lol

[still ridge]

https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/news/much-bigger-this-time-stalker-2-s-exclusion-zone-still-feels-like-home-for-longtime-fans

[rocky ore]

[untold salmon]

thank

[grave wraith]

what an EA move LOL

[lean tulip]

ahh like rust with the wheel 😂

or just sit down and play poker with the boys

[severe quail]

i will keep gambling till i win

[civic blade]

gambling! voice of Frank Reynolds

[earnest bear]

i hope stalker 2 is different at-lest let me play single player

[zenith sapphire]

Thats the spirit

[lean tulip]

you can win 20,000% but you can only lose 100%

[untold salmon]

no drm so yes you can play with no wifi

[zenith sapphire]

90% of gamblers quit before they win it big, dont be one of the quitters

[civic blade]

No drm is huge positive for the game

[dusk marsh]

everytime I think stalker multiplayer I think of the BS nonsense in this vid https://youtu.be/-RJWMRWHEUU?si=jtl3aUZNUQVv1NjG

[celest blaze]

Fr

[dusk marsh]

god bless nikolai too and yes my pfp is based on his lol

[earnest bear]

steam auto installs updates (didnt get gog version)

[grave wraith]

im confident u can play S2 with no connection, GSC knows we'd want that

[signal bronze]

DRM + UE5 = ☠️

[untold salmon]

5 seconds in and theres a freedom furry lol

[civic blade]

Lol

[signal bronze]

we're lucky it doesn't have it

[celest blaze]

Wait can you not play steam games offline ?

[stable jewel]

“Fun fact,” Nor chimed in, “but one of the first scanned concrete plates [in the ‘sarcophagus’ surrounding Chornobyl’s destroyed reactor] got more polygons than Pripyat in STALKER: Call of Prypiat.” 16x the detail!

[dusk marsh]

nikolai confirmed furry????

[untold salmon]

you can

[celest blaze]

Oh phew I was like wait lol

[finite dragon]

you can, unless there is an update or never launched them

[zenith sapphire]

Some you can but you gotta launch them from desktop since steam will not launch w/o wifi

[still ridge]

Yeah ue5 is already going to have people complaining lol

[untold salmon]

some games with drm wont let you tho

[still ridge]

I already know I probably won’t be able to run it

[untold salmon]

yes it will lol?

[still ridge]

can’t complain though

[zenith sapphire]

It hasnt for me lmao, maybe i just got a skill issue

[celest blaze]

I never had internet go out for longer then a day so never actually thought about it

[untold salmon]

when you try to open without wifi it should have a popup with the option "open in offline mode" which gives you full access to installed games

[finite dragon]

it works fine widouth internet most of the time

[zenith sapphire]

So it was a skill issue on my end. Damn. Thanks lol

[untold salmon]

Lol, it be like that sometimes

[high kernel]

Game's crashing on Xbox when I try to load in again

[stable jewel]

thats part of the experience

[still ridge]

What happened to that A-life comment I just saw

[severe quail]

nuked

[celest blaze]

Same it got deleted

[nimble cipher]

malkator has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[earnest bear]

ideally i would like the valve solution with anti cheat(vac) and no anti-cheat servers which can be entered on own risk
but i guess most company's dont want separate server infrastructure/private servers

[celest blaze]

Advanced artificial intelligence systems that will keep engaged even the most hard-boiled players ;

[coarse sparrow]

that's A-life

[zenith sapphire]

Mandela effect, yall just insane

[still ridge]

A-life is just a buzzword, this is what it means

[celest blaze]

Someone was baiting

[dusk marsh]

why not just call it a-life tf

[still ridge]

I wouldn’t be worried

[signal bronze]

a$$hole-Life

[green hearth]

f*ck me dude, I knew with my bad luck I'd get this. I don't even have a switch 😭
#free-stalkers message

[dusk marsh]

less confusing imo

[still ridge]

Everyone asks what A-life is and it’s just simple to say what it is

[civic blade]

It's called....having a life lol

[still ridge]

advanced enemy AI system, that’s all there is to it

[celest blaze]

I am based on A-Life

[dusk marsh]

well as long as alife ain't taking out I'm good

[zenith sapphire]

They shouldve renamed it to B-life instead of A-life 2.0

[still ridge]

I highly doubt they would remove such a feature

[celest blaze]

G-Life ( gamma)

[little quartz]

A Life being removed from the store page is extremely concerning

[hollow mulch]

It always does

[still ridge]

True

[celest blaze]

It's not

I swear this some like Z disinformation campaign lol

[little quartz]

This reminds me of when "Role playing game" was removed from Cyperpunk 2077's twitter bio

[still ridge]

It was removed and replaced with an easier explanation?

[little quartz]

Legitimately why should i not raise an eyebrow at this

[hollow mulch]

Everyone wants their 1660ti to get 4K 300 fps at max settings on UE5

[fossil cairn]

People rather just doom post than do some research.

[still ridge]

We’ll find out in 2 days

[celest blaze]

Are you stupid?

[untold salmon]

i think its just a literacy issue

[little quartz]

So true

[still ridge]

LMAO

[dusk marsh]

ok this might get political. but is there any actual proof that russians are going to get 360 no scoped if they buy this game?

[celest blaze]

@little quartz read this buddy

[civic blade]

Dawg...if my SNES can't run this game 100 fps 0/10

[tall furnace]

Sooooooo closeeeeeeee

[untold salmon]

yes and no, theres no proof that they WILL but its a possibility in russian law

[stable jewel]

they just pirate it dude

[still ridge]

@little quartz I agree, I had concern too until I read the store page and saw what I just sent

[stable jewel]

if they cant buy

[still ridge]

In any case, we’ll find out in 2 days

[still ridge]

Less than that

[fossil cairn]

They rewrote the store page.
The feature is still there.
Christ guys.

[untold salmon]

can't even do that because all the most popular russian pirate sites are refusing to put it up because they're worried they'll get disappeared

[celest blaze]

Report russians who pirate stalker 2 to the kremlin

[hazy helm]

anyone else asking for A-Life, check pins

also

[stable jewel]

u know we have thing thing called the internet with more websites than that one

[still ridge]

@hazy helm w pin

[zenith sapphire]

Got my Ps2 fine tuned to run S2 at a smooth and steady 7 fps. Lets go

[dusk marsh]

is molt1 the game dev?

[still ridge]

@little quartz official confirmation A-life is still in the game in pins

[hazy helm]

@finite dragon your suggestion was removed due to not being congruent with the formate
go read the rules in #📜┃s2_suggestions in the pins + if your suggestion was already suggested, we will remove it

[untold salmon]

now consider server locations and the amount of time it takes to install from a piracy site anyway

[dusk marsh]

if he isn't then at least he is very very close to them

[coarse sparrow]

is it possible to pin release times there too?

[still ridge]

If you still have doubt

[earnest bear]

now i am confused i thought A-life just meant how the npcs engage with the environment and sometimes move from point a to b
but that picture makes it seam like its the npc vs player fighting expertise
getting anomaly flashbacks

[stable jewel]

torrents

[hazy helm]

Mol1t is one of the Community Managers, he works for GSC

[visual rune]

Great question

[hazy helm]

they arleadty are in #📰┃announcement

[still ridge]

Community manager

[hazy helm]

https://tenor.com/view/sleeping-sleep-dog-dawg-eeper-gif-5083970977419902566

good night

[celest blaze]

Goodnight

[untold salmon]

bye byeee

[tall furnace]

Gsc 🌹🌹🌹🌹

[zenith sapphire]

Give him a cookie, he's done a stellar job so far

[still ridge]

So damn true

We love mol1t

[worn oar]

The best

[finite dragon]

Are the rules in the first page?

[dusk marsh]

stoc woke up for this and then goes back to sleep, chad behavior in my book

[hazy helm]

I literally said in the pins

[celest blaze]

Lol

[untold salmon]

man i cant wait to see all the ingame drip

[hazy helm]

sorry that its too hard for, a floridian
#📜┃s2_suggestions message

[tall furnace]

I love when I get error codes on all my Microsoft apps on my pc 💀💀

[hazy helm]

anyway

sleep

[finite dragon]

Ok, where are the pins

[celest blaze]

💀

[dusk marsh]

I wonder if we will be able to see what our character wears in 3d the inventory menu similar to tarkov?

[tall furnace]

Doubt honestly

[untold salmon]

from what we've seen so far no

[stable jewel]

no we cant thats too gamma

[hazy helm]

you already saw our inventory
you wont be doing that no

[severe quail]

hit it with a shovel

[dusk marsh]

such sad

[hazy helm]

thats a dumb feature

[finite dragon]

Atleast Im not slow enough to think that the trilogy have nothing to do with the Stalker 2 universe lmao

[feral nest]

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

Why Unreal Engine 5.5 is a BIG Deal

[zenith sapphire]

Probably mirrors or something you can find in the world?

[hazy helm]

https://tenor.com/view/joe-biden-presidential-debate-huh-confused-gif-9508832355999336631

[untold salmon]

who knows maybe there'll be a ladder

[dusk marsh]

no drip

[hazy helm]

wtf are you talking about

[wraith socket]

You have shovel in game?

[untold salmon]

why did i say ladder, i meant mirror

[green hearth]

Do we get physical copies or just codes? I won the switch lotz but I don't have a switch and doubt I'll manage to sell it, but having the case would be nice at least #free-stalkers message

[severe quail]

no but wack it

[finite dragon]

Yes, I get that you have the memory capacity of Joe Biden

[hazy helm]

https://tenor.com/view/troll-gif-26178840

[worn oar]

Codes

[hollow mulch]

You touched it?

[zenith sapphire]

Thats why i own 10 guns, in case some maniac tries to sneak in a ladder

[pearl jacinth]

back at it again at stoccord

[untold salmon]

i'm killing you

[tall furnace]

Tomorrow about to be the longest day

[earnest bear]

damn now the devs can start over lol

[civic blade]

So like...wonder if we got new artifacts in S2

[still ridge]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1061041766654038126/1202771342370279484/attachment.gif

[finite dragon]

Lmao, butthurt jannie starts making passive aggressive jabs then gets mad that I’m quiping back.

[still ridge]

Guys he’s right

Holy crap

Damn, Rick roll got deleted

Sad!

[hollow mulch]

Bro is definitely from Flo Rida

[hazy helm]

https://tenor.com/view/kid-crying-meme-gif-25417859

[feral nest]

i was born in flo rida

[eager vector]

I love flo rida!

[zenith sapphire]

Florida can burn

[feral nest]

flo rida wants to bbc attack u kamo

[hollow mulch]

Ayo

[eager vector]

[steel ore]

you got any idea why for some people on the xbox gamepass app, it says release date for stalker 2 is 19th? lol

[pearl jacinth]

what

[finite dragon]

@fossil cairn is that all you got? Wow, mustve used up all your braincells to scrape up that response

[hazy helm]

time travelers

[blissful dome]

Big black crocks

[steel ore]

fair enough

[hollow mulch]

[reef wadi]

Australian method?

[finite dragon]

Go ahead give me another sad and trite reply

[dusk marsh]

Hopefully sid appears in the game to rip my ass off with his overpriced shit. strelok too maybe but I think based on COP he is likely not going to be directly deep into the zone

[coarse sparrow]

visual glitch, please refer them to the dev post about release timing

[steel ore]

my brother in christ australia may be back in time but not THAT far back.

[reef wadi]

50 % 😭

[pearl jacinth]

wtf that dude gotta do with any of this? 💀

[fossil cairn]

Enough to make you so mad that you went out of your way to ping me 😂

[zenith sapphire]

I think this guy is a bot

[untold salmon]

gwyn what did you even do 😭

[dusk marsh]

I wonder if trader rep will be in the game too but I doubt it.

[finite dragon]

Scroll up

[reef wadi]

Time warped look at their scorpions and spiders almost like dinosaurs

[hollow mulch]

Maybe (NDA)

[ionic hornet]

Yeah I posted pics of it on reddit. Its great.

[reef wadi]

I hope so

[hollow mulch]

Link pls?

[fossil cairn]

I reacted with an emoji and he did not take kindly to it lol

[pearl jacinth]

not reading through all of that yapping.... you two should start making out on the spot

[reef wadi]

I read it wrong currently a bit blind

[blissful dome]

Gonna wake up on Wednesday, walk the dog, eat some breakfast, and shred stalker all day

[earnest bear]

stalker 2 releases in 1 days 14 hours and 54 minutes if they release at 16:00 utc
or in 38 hours or 2334 minutes or 140041 seconds

[finite dragon]

Im enjoying this lmao, go crawl back into mommys basement. Maybe you can cash in your good boy points for some tendies

[hazy helm]

not in the OGs, meaning, dont expect it

[hollow mulch]

Sitting in a tree, K I S S I N G

[reef wadi]

Lucky American

[fossil cairn]

Oh my god he is so mad 😂

[dusk marsh]

still possible tho but yeah not a dealbreaker tho if not in it.

[blissful dome]

I know i can't believe you gotta wait 😦

[pearl jacinth]

now kiss

[finite dragon]

Yeah I understand, you cant perform basic human functionality

[worn oar]

Knock it off buddy! Just keep things chill and have fun

[tall furnace]

I’m bout to pop pills so I sleep so I can kinda time travel to the release

[ionic hornet]

https://www.reddit.com/r/stalker/comments/1guemaq/ultimate_edition_contents_better_pics/

[pearl jacinth]

can't*

[reef wadi]

Yes 😔

[vast oxide]

ts real asf

[crimson halo]

Why is the game 160GB

[ionic hornet]

I have a couple posts with pics and 1 video of the lamp.

[zenith sapphire]

Florida man please live up to your name and rob a burgerking for all its deepfryer grease

[finite dragon]

One of your mod buddies literally started this whole thing and people who had nothing to do with it just proceeded to dogpile on me and kiss his ass.

[pearl jacinth]

XDDDD

[reef wadi]

Don't make fun of us my government prohibited time warping and ~warm~ worm holes

[worn oar]

You too let's all chill

[pearl jacinth]

we shall all kiss

as a sign of friendly friendship!

[fossil cairn]

Having a blood meridian quote in your bio would usually indicate you're an adult but bro probably just watched Wendigoons video and thinks hes sophisticated now.

[dusk marsh]

Has anyone asked about how much armor and equipment we getting in the game too?

[finite dragon]

Even better, maybe I’ll shove pogo sticks up your ass

[pearl jacinth]

where the hell did that one come from

[dusk marsh]

I imagine its huge too

[odd temple]

Won the ultimate in event, so happy now

[zenith sapphire]

Sounds like a deal, ill see you at 7 cutie

[pearl jacinth]

[hollow mulch]

Bro, these are awesome, thank you

[finite dragon]

Hope you bring plenty of baby oil habibi

[reef wadi]

When you get in to the zone you get striking plates like in warzone

[blissful dome]

There should be a drama page for this stuff

[worn oar]

Whatever happened, let's get it over. Change the subject and simply have fun

[ionic hornet]

Most welcome! Didnt see anyone else showing the stuff so figured I needed to.

[zenith sapphire]

Diddys bought it all, theres a shortage of oil rn

[dusk marsh]

striking plates? like armor plates?

[finite dragon]

Hmm…true

[dusk marsh]

oh wait was that a /s?

[reef wadi]

Yep and you can extract at any given time

[reef wadi]

Am I funny aren't I

[dusk marsh]

i fell for it lmao...

[eager vector]

no. there shouldnt.

[pearl jacinth]

there should be a LOVE PAGE where we all LOVE ONE ANOTHER

[dusk marsh]

sneaky sneaky boi/girl (I don't misgender)

[pearl jacinth]

[glacial crag]

I've been tryingh to keep busy and I can't get this damn game off my mind

[pearl ore]

What Sidorovich said to me but I wasn’t finished

[reef wadi]

No but actually I guess every "suit" like the old games have their own % of bullet resistance

[zenith sapphire]

Places like that have to be nutured not forced. I def love all yall mainly for the antics that happen here lol

[hollow mulch]

Yeah I haven’t seen anyone show it yet, again thanks so much, glad I purchased it too, look forward to getting mine

[dusk marsh]

I wonder if there are going to be armor hitboxes or something like that i doubt it tho

[worn oar]

Channel is flooded with offtopic.. again

[finite dragon]

common Nikolai fan W

[winter jay]

There's some sort of a bug. The giveaway shows someone else as a winner instead of me. Must be an anomaly of sorts.

[reef wadi]

Never know but I just guess reinforced parts of the body except the head and that's pretty much it no actual military gear

[worn oar]

Oy guys, move to the other Channel at least ffs #💬┃en_offtop

[pearl jacinth]

i love the violence that happens between faction roleplayers whenever there's a faction based event