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wary cove
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Can you drink yourself to death
I think you can in SoC

hazy raven
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Never happened to me...

sinful sky
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I really enjoyed anomaly but its filled eith trash

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So many useless items

native ibex
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Repair junk?

sinful sky
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Yep

native ibex
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I would like the repair system if it was actually cheaper to do it yourself

hazy raven
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Also one thing - OGSE restores first quest, where you are sent without weapons to find an artifact before sidorovich gives you your equipment and Rookies welcome you to their village, making the start harder. Also you don´t get Geiger counter and Anomaly detector until later, so you need to be really careful, as start-game is more harder than in vanilla SOC.

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Also OGSE has dynamic anomalies and psi anomalies (normal ones´ positions change during emissions and psi ones during psi-emissions).

sinful sky
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Well they are easy to spot

hazy raven
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They can catch you with suprise though, if you run somewhere.

sinful sky
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Pda running lel

wary cove
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I think you can in SoC

nvm, the wiki says otherwise
Although no alcohol poisoning effect can be found in the Stalker series, in Call of Pripyat, since vodka reduces nourishment, one can effectively drink themselves to death. A real risk if one is hungry, and talking to Zulu to join their team to explore Jupiter Underground.

native ibex
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I hope we see more extreme anomalous fields in S2.
More rewarding, but you can't save inside it to scum your way through, so you might have to be real careful or waste 3 minutes or so.

hazy raven
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Yep, drinking with Zulu... Remember that quest... smile_degtyarev

wary cove
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so you don't die from alcohol poisoning but from hunger (?) sort of

hazy raven
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I personally hope that instead of reloading on death devs will make us respawning somewhere with death penalty instead, so A-Life would be somehow influenced by our death. As this is only one expection, where A-Life isn´t important. (We die, so we reload a save, literally travel back in time.)

native ibex
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Like death alternative Skyrim mods?

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Or for that matter, Outward?

hazy raven
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Maybe. Or just like Darkwood does it - you respawn in safe area, but you loose your inventory. And you need to pick it up. But Skyrim variant would be better if used right with A-Life. 🤔

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Don´t know how Outward does it.

native ibex
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You get text telling you that someone saved you, or that you were left injured and were robbed of your things.

hazy raven
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So similar like in Death alternative Skyrim mods.

native ibex
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Right

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More immersive, if you can convince yourself that a stranger can save you from a 100m fall with a warm fire and chicken soup

hazy raven
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You can be lucky. I think in real life there were sometimes people who survived certain death, like even head shots. 🤔

native ibex
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There is a non-zero probability of surviving skydiving parachute failures

wary cove
sinful sky
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Guys check out the stalker game team on instagram they post cool stuff

arctic rover
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im hungry

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i need some blood

wary cove
arctic rover
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too fresh, newborn

tired anvil
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Bruh

glacial quartz
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Finally home
Snacks:check
Energy drink: check
Midnight stalker dinner:check
Anomaly: ohhh baby

little oar
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Got you a winning combo there, Hei

wary cove
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nice

finite dragon
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What would tourist delight be in reality? 🤔

pseudo rivet
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Canned

tired anvil
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Tushonka

finite dragon
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canned rat!

wary cove
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mystery meat

finite dragon
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people meat!

wary cove
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||controller|| meat

little oar
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Probably canned mix of flesh (mutated sheep), dog and rat meat.

tired anvil
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Mutated pig btw

wary cove
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imagine being a stalker farmer
cultivating your own mutant vegetables and owning mutant cattle

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no faction wars nosense, just living like a hermit in the Zone

lyric forge
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Probs just get robbed and murdered by bandits lmfao

wary cove
hazy raven
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Game crashed during quick saving...

lyric forge
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Welcome to The Zone, you know what you signed up for the minute you step foot in there ¯_(ツ)_/¯

finite dragon
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me when the

zealous anchor
dim parrot
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Hi

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How are you doing?

cursive bobcat
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Yes

zealous anchor
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i am doing yes, yes

wary cove
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not bad, not good, just okay

glacial quartz
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Sorry I missed the conversation regarding which type of food, was too deep in a lab 🥵

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And I have roasted chicken, veggies and rice for a midnight stalker dinner 😉

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Is it only me that never eats mutant meats in stalker? I always save up a nice sum for healthy canned foods and bread

zealous anchor
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i only eat bread

toxic vector
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you can pick mushroom and eat them in Stalker A.R.E.A holodilnik edition

ivory sandal
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I beat stalker clear sky

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Is there only one ending ?

glacial quartz
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Does it break the game if you start warfare during story for anomaly?

toxic vector
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how can you play both story and warfare modes in one playthrough?

glacial quartz
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Dunno, I activated it atleast

toxic vector
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did you active it by using console?

glacial quartz
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I just used settings i think

toxic vector
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so latest version allows player to active warfare mode in mid game. i didnt try that

glacial quartz
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Try it out, I am not entirely sure if it works but worth a try 😊

toxic vector
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warfare mode is fun early game but it becomes a laggy mess after 2 weeks ingame time

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that is my first merc playthrough with only warfare activated

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and it's early build of 1.5 version

native ibex
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Late night mercs, at it again

celest token
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True

lyric forge
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It’s mercs or nothing

dim parrot
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The trailer was awesome

halcyon talon
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Yes

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YES!

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By the way... how does one gain a faction role?

dim parrot
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I seen in faction choice

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U can choose a role

halcyon talon
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Ooohhh, I should actuallly investigate the channels

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Duty moment

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Thanks! I love the emotes too

toxic vapor
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yeas

toxic vector
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what is the advantage of bandit faction in stalker game?

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@toxic vapor i'm asking you bandit boy

finite dragon
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Wdym advantage

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Which stalker game

toxic vector
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i never choose to join them in Clear Sky

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they are completely low tier when comparing to other factions

finite dragon
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Ok but

Wdym advantage

lilac adder
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privyet stalkers

finite dragon
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you say it privet

open lintel
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Hi feels_good_stalk

finite dragon
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hi

delicate citrus
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Will STALKER 2 have any form of multiplayer? Co-op or whatnot. All g if not, keen af for this to come out

toxic vector
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if they use Stalker 2 open world map for some battle royale mode, this will be awesome

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instead of using circle, mutants go find and kill any players who dont go to safe zone

finite dragon
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more like, players behind the zone slowly get braindead like the effect the brain scorcher gives

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then they turn into monolith, but they can't control their character

toxic vector
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what if AI can shoot like pro? it will make late game a cake walk for any player who just choose a best place to avoid AI

shrewd fulcrum
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Will STALKER 2 have any form of multiplayer? Co-op or whatnot. All g if not, keen af for this to come out
@delicate citrus That's what I want. An MMORPG. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. online....

gusty trench
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oh no

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not again

pseudo rivet
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what is the advantage of bandit faction in stalker game?
@toxic vector

Plenty of grenades, easy access towards upgrading the SEVA Suit, exotic weapons like the GP37 and the Bulldog-6

gusty trench
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Isn't bulldog freedom's gun? 🤔

brave mantle
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Players randomly phasing through other players' worlds like ghosts in dark souls, except they can do stuff in those worlds

pseudo rivet
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No

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I mean, kinda

brave mantle
pseudo rivet
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It's that grenade launcher

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Freedom has a couple in SoC

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Voronin big jealous

toxic vector
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Dark soul style of multiplayer is also a good idea

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it will makes singleplay always fun

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someone invade other players 's worlds by accepting a assassin contract from faction leader

shrewd fulcrum
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The main reason why I want an MMO is because in a single-player game, in 100% of cases, you evolve your character, get the best weapons and armors ALWAYS at the end of the game. That is, you spend the whole game as a noob, and FINALLY when you get a decent character the game is over. Isn't that frustrating?

brave mantle
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Imagine chilling in rookie village, when suddenly you get fully geared out guy phase into your cordon and he turns out not to be a nice person too

shrewd fulcrum
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Not to mention the "end game"; what a sad thing... 😢

brave mantle
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Dark souls kind of multiplayer would ruin quicksaves GWvertiPeepoSadMan

shrewd fulcrum
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MMORPG now!

toxic vector
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check point is good enough for me

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i hate to do savescum as a bad habit

brave mantle
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Piles of empty vodka bottles as bonfires?

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Or different bonfires for different factions, big roccs for monolith, flesh corpses for freedom

finite dragon
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new anomalies?

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i think monolith might have dead stalkers tho

brave mantle
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Throw spatial anomalies everywhere

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Dead stalkers is more of military thing i'd say

finite dragon
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military?

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i mean..they're soldiers and they wouldn't use corpses to make a fire right?

pseudo rivet
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This sounds wack

brave mantle
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In dark souls 3 there was a cut system of making bonfires out of corpses of hollows GWaobloChildPepeShrug

finite dragon
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i wonder if in stalker 2 there might be a coop story mode or something

brave mantle
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Idk why military wouldn't make use of dead stalkers

finite dragon
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just take the armor off the dead ones 🤷‍♂️

brave mantle
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Relive story of strelok and his friends reaching the center of the zone in coop mode where you step into shoes of strelok, fang, doctor and others!

finite dragon
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o-o

pseudo rivet
brave mantle
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It's not a suggestion

finite dragon
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i wonder if the zone expanded a bit more in the eastern europe

celest token
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It is quite possible that it takes place in the future or anytime for all we know

finite dragon
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I heard Stalker 2 is a Stand alone game

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So it’s not going off the story of the previous ones

celest token
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So most likely in the future then

finite dragon
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Yeah or the same time frame

celest token
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Just a different perspective

finite dragon
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Yea

celest token
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Well we can only wait till it comes out then steam will be sucking on my wallet

finite dragon
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Heard the story is going to be like non linear

celest token
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Well I trust the words of a fellow merc

finite dragon
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Merc gang

celest token
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Perhaps I’ll see you in the zone stalker

pseudo rivet
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It will be in the same universe as the previous games, so don't worry about that

finite dragon
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Yeah

celest token
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Wait you telling me there is more than one universe

finite dragon
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Honestly I played a lot of fallout games and it used to be my favorite apocalyptic universe but stalker has taken me away

celest token
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It makes sense tho can’t wait till it comes out

finite dragon
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Love the Eastern European aesthetics

pseudo rivet
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Wait you telling me there is more than one universe

Some games just love to take the name of a franchise, but then let it take place in a universe where the stuff from the previous games never happened

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That's not the case here

celest token
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Thank god

finite dragon
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Yay

toxic vector
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we never know the name of savior. the guy who saved Strelok in SHoc

finite dragon
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Is going off a ending in the previous game or is it going to be like a reboot

celest token
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Or just a entire different story

pseudo rivet
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Reboot would pretty much be that what I just mentioned

finite dragon
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Ah

pseudo rivet
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So no, I doubt it'll be a reboot

toxic vector
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or just make it a prequel of clear sky timeline

pseudo rivet
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It does fall under NDA though, so I can't really say anything about it

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Not that I know anything, either

finite dragon
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I hope you will be able to choose a faction to play for

celest token
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Ahh all g man

finite dragon
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I wanna be a good old merc

pseudo rivet
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Scar Gang

celest token
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Same I love in anomaly just going out and hunting people down

finite dragon
celest token
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Even tho it’s a mod

finite dragon
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Yea

celest token
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Gotta liven things up after a bit

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But it’s always a treat playing coc and cop

finite dragon
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Telling my console friends about stalker

celest token
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Ahah facts

finite dragon
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People on console have been waiting for a game like this

celest token
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That they have

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I’m glad it is able to run on current consoles

finite dragon
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Glad Microsoft actually got a good taste in games lol

celest token
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Lmao ahaha

finite dragon
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When I watched the Xbox games conference

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Stalker was such a surprise

celest token
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Yeah same I heard a trailer came out but I never realised from where

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Honestly stalker seems like it has more hype then halo

finite dragon
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Honestly I believe it should be

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It’s a unique universe

celest token
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Yeah finally the prays have been answered

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Just the atmosphere alone is beautiful

finite dragon
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Just gonna listen to KINO and travel around The Zone

hazy raven
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OK, tried to apply 4GB patch to Winds of time, so I´ll see if it makes the game crash less with A-Life filled levels. Because the mod allways crashes after changing level and when entering to level filled with A-Life and also in console it´s saying that the game makes too much parralax queries. So it´s maybe the mentioned memory leak. 🤔

shrewd fulcrum
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I hope they put Ecologists as a separated faction...

tired anvil
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Been hoping for this for over a year now

hazy raven
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Technically they already are separated faction.

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Unless you mean playlable one.

tired anvil
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I think he means in the server as a role

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At least that's what I assumed with my reply

hazy raven
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Ah, I support this then.

tired anvil
hazy raven
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I have watched the launching info at console and I see that Stalker also works with system folder (Win32). 🤔

finite dragon
tired anvil
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Fun fact, that guy works at GSC now

finite dragon
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😏

tall pollen
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Exploration is must

tired anvil
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Exploring Cordon yeah_stalk

tall pollen
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ponimaniye stash

tired anvil
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No swearing chief

toxic vapor
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😦

tall pollen
shrewd fulcrum
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Yes a playable one. My favorite faction is Ecos. I'd love to play Ecologist in S2

robust forge
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nice

shrewd fulcrum
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f_eco 👍

tall pollen
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Joining the military option with there own MIL EXO, they are very interesting.

mild owl
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This week the only thing I've been thinking about constantly is stalker 2

sinful sky
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The only thing military deserves is death

pseudo rivet
hazy raven
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I see warning in console "Player not logged in.". 🤔

native ibex
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Hey hey

glacial quartz
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Hellu lovely stalkers

native ibex
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Worst thing about Anonaly modnis that there is no reason not to play as Mercs

deep kettle
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@tall pollen true

native ibex
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Every other faction has lesser gear

hazy raven
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Isn´t Stalker anyway about starting with bad gear and eventually finding good one from the other faction members, either dead or alive? 🤔

glacial quartz
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Stalker is about finding a goddamn shelter and recruit 10 groups to actually survive the zone

tall pollen
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Yup, finding a new a suit was and still is the main goal for me

hazy raven
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Biggest challenge in late-game (at least for me) in any Stalker game - to be able to move. Due having inventory filled with tons of ammo and other useful items. smile_degtyarev

past shuttle
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@hazy raven kek

tall pollen
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They should definitely remove the cap of 50kg

glacial quartz
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I'll give you a protip

hazy raven
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In OGSE I think you can increase it up to 80 or 100 kg and it still wasn´t enough for me. smile_strelok

tall pollen
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Same here bro

lyric forge
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Then just create stashes

glacial quartz
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Carry some kits, food and water and don't pick up too much ammo.
Just set your "throw weapon" to X key and keep switching weapon everywhere you go

past shuttle
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I was thinking about having more weight limitation, like 30 kg

hazy raven
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And come back when I am in middle of X18...

tall pollen
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Haha

hazy raven
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Or from any other zone, to give enemies time to respawn.

glacial quartz
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I survive by taking dead enemy guns and weapons

past shuttle
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broken guns may cause issues tho

tall pollen
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Especially Military wearhouse

past shuttle
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I try to buy weapons from traders

hazy raven
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Jamming. And idk if it´s just OGSE or also in vanilla games, but one time in OGSE broken gun exploded in my hands.

past shuttle
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exploded???

hazy raven
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Yep. It had 0% durability. (Was completely broken.) Thompson I think (OGSE weapon). I shot with it one time and it exploded in my hands.

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I had to use it because I was at early-game and had no other guns, nor RUB to buy better ones.

past shuttle
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did anybody else have the same experience?

glacial quartz
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I always have an extra clean gun in my inventory

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If I run out of firepower, or ammo, I'll use it for necessary occasions

hazy raven
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If you have enough space... And aren´t at new game (in OGSE I think you start without weapons, then get only knife, forgot if you get also a pistol, like in vanilla game).

past shuttle
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I always have an extra clean gun in my inventory
@glacial quartz either pistol shotgun or the worst, but still useful

tall pollen
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Due to the above mentioned reasons by the stalkers weight cap should be increased

hazy raven
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Problem was... I had no other guns found already.

glacial quartz
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Usually 2x glocks or a sniper or even a shotgun

hazy raven
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At Winds of Time pistol was useful at early-game weapon against some mutants.

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Also probably more powerful than shotgun.

past shuttle
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but still shotgun is so useful against mutants

glacial quartz
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But if you meet mutants with rusty guns or a pistol
Say mother maria and run for your life

hazy raven
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Not true, at least in case of COP, knife is very useful. Shotgun is useless, does small damage.

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At least against snork - 5 and more shots and it still lives. VS 1-2 hits with knife and it´s dead.

tall pollen
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S thunder14 isRad_Sign_Heart

past shuttle
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5???

hazy raven
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Yep. The pump one.

past shuttle
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bro dont exaggerate that much

hazy raven
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Play vanilla COP or Winds of time for yourself... smile_degtyarev

past shuttle
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Im sure max 3 shots is required for a snork

hazy raven
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Or COC.

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Not true... Only in OGSE it works that way and even better. Forgot about vanilla SOC.

past shuttle
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I play coc and one shotted many snorks with a shotgun

hazy raven
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Then maybe Winds of time messed it up? 🤔

past shuttle
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its not hard

hazy raven
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Or COC did fix it? 🤔

past shuttle
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I even remember one shotting snorks accidentally with a pistol kek

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I use StCop tho

hazy raven
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Though knife combat with Snorks are interesting. You need to avoid their jumps and hits when possible, then strike them with knife.

past shuttle
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I use StCop tho
@past shuttle take this into account

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a weapon addon, adds lots of guns and they are all polished

tall pollen
past shuttle
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much much better than AO 3,1

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Though knife combat with Snorks are interesting. You need to avoid their jumps and hits when possible, then strike them with knife.
@hazy raven sometimes i rush to dogs with a knife and try to kill them behind while running

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its crazy and fun

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mutants dont chase me, I chase mutants

tall pollen
sturdy jolt
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So no more channel for vanilla games, right?

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There was a stricter moderation on solely vanilla discussion before.

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That was way better.

solid dome
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mutants dont chase me, I chase mutants
@past shuttle

Chasing the chasers

past shuttle
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@past shuttle

Chasing the chasers
@solid dome thats right

finite dragon
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Damn, made a big mistake when I decided to peek into r/stalker

They are constantly crying about the console port and how it will lead to the game being "unrealistic" and "simplified for casuals"

Like, fren, stalker has always been casual idk what you smoking

hazy raven
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Like Zone itself is realistic enough... (Aside of realistic locations of course.) smile_strelok

finite dragon
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I think the console port is good for the franchise overall

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But I don’t think they should downgrade any of the mechanics for the casual gamer

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Who pinged me?

Who the frick pinged me a_smash

sturdy jolt
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@finite dragon hello.

finite dragon
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Mr Cockmeme

sturdy jolt
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screw mods amirite

finite dragon
toxic vector
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FO New vegas flashback

finite dragon
toxic vector
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the assault carbine

finite dragon
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Yess

sturdy jolt
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unmirrored guns look pretty bad

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uncanny even

glacial quartz
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Watchu talking about stalker 2 would be a perfect home for Xbox players

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I think we will see a revolutionary change amongst Xbox players when they learn of how f good stalker series is

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And then we can easily dominate the world ez plan

tired anvil
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Or they will complain about the game being drastically too hard for them

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50/50 honestly

sturdy jolt
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is not dark souls on consoles?

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actually I haven't played any shooters on consoles

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idk how that stuff is usually done

past shuttle
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are you guys feel ready...

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to play stalker 2?

tired anvil
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Not sure, idk the price nor the specs nor the release date nor the platforms it's being sold on

glacial quartz
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Protip from a friendly merc

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Buy anything related to stalker 2

Bye

sturdy jolt
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Not sure, idk the price nor the specs nor the release date nor the platforms it's being sold on
@tired anvil nor the fact that devs actually follow the original storyline and not rewrite half of the game instead

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it's like crucial for me

finite dragon
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then journalists will come out and whine how there aren't enough <insert minority> or for not addressing <social issue>

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or how the game is too hard or how there is too much water

wary cove
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It is stated that there's people from several countries working in the zone (mostly mercs and scientists) so they can ••••• off with their ~not enough diversity~ discourse smile_scar

solid dome
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are you guys feel ready...
@past shuttle

I feel I missed the season to shake off the peer tree and make myself Kompot

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Waste of good kompot this year

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Man, what a brilliant waste

timber flame
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whats the best way to travel across SoC

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im running around with a crap ton of stuff to sell to sidrovitch but its takes a while to go back and forth

solid dome
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Best way, keep your inventory light

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Under 40 kg I think

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If not do what I did. Fill it right at 49.9 and take a long walk

wary cove
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25~30 kg is good enough

solid dome
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Should I feel dumb for having it 49.9?

wary cove
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How much are you carrying?

solid dome
wary cove
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If you're planning on sell things it's OK

solid dome
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I always fill the backwack with pack, say backpack with lots of useless stuff in case I have to go crazy

wary cove
timber flame
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it always reaching the limit

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i carry 4 guns at a time

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shotgun, akm, viper 5, fort 15, and noisless pistol

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wait thats 5

wary cove
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I.E I'm going to an important mission that doesn't involve looting bodies (mutant hunt and such) then yeah I carry a little more than the usual
When it comes to missions where I can loot bodies then I carry just some more medical items just in case

timber flame
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oohh

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i always have a bunch of artifacts on me but i dont use them because they always give me raditation and i dont know what to do :(((

fossil urchin
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There is an artifact thay reduces radiation per time very rare thi

wary cove
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You must take a look at each artifact spec

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This ^

past shuttle
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@timber flame BRUH

lyric forge
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Bubble is one of them

wary cove
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combine them to balance the radiation amount they emit smile_degtyarev

unkempt sphinx
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wake up, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. We've got a Zone to burn.

sturdy jolt
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whats the best way to travel across SoC
@timber flame four moonlights ofc

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You can run even overencumbered.

still ridge
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Bubble and wrenched

timber flame
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i got thorn but i still just carry it 2

sturdy jolt
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You know he's talking about SoC right?

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Bubble is CS/CoP exclusive artifact.

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And Wrenched GIVES rad in SoC instead of removing it.

timber flame
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Oh noooo

still ridge
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Oh nvm

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What does jellyfish do in soc

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I don’t remember

fossil urchin
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Just equip all the radiation and chug antirads evrry 5mins like a proper mutant

timber flame
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I can't walk 5 minutes without a squad of bandits pulling up on me

sturdy jolt
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What does jellyfish do in soc
@still ridge give rad.

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He can try fire ball.

finite dragon
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can anyone help me

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What are the default settings for brightness contrast saturation that stuff in anomaly 1.5?

sturdy jolt
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That's a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. channel.

finite dragon
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k

past shuttle
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SoC has unusual artefacts

wary cove
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im running around with a crap ton of stuff to sell to sidrovitch but its takes a while to go back and forth
It would be nice to have a mutant-drawn wagon, Oregon Trail style

past shuttle
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compared to other 2 games

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@wary cove nice name

wary cove
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thank you!

simple crown
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No one:
Absolutely none:
GSC GAME WORLD: Stalker 2 Official Trailer
Fans: WHAT ?, HOW, WHY ?, WHAT IS HAPPENING ?!
Meanwhile, somewhere in the north:
Strelok: "You have no idea where I was and what I saw there" hands Grigorovich ready-made discs with stalkers 2, 3, 4, 5.
Grigorovich: what are you doing, beast, how and where from ?!

tired anvil
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Tfw fans knew about Stalker 2 back in 2018 smile_scar

still ridge
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Mfw people think a AAA game is going to get canceled because of development hell

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GSC publishing

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There will be no development hell, in fact I believe development is almost finished

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@shrewd dagger looking at you

lucid elm
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I feel like Stalker 2 will be like the Anomaly, and call of Chernobyl mods in terms of sandbox gameplay, but with a lot of story.

still ridge
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not even close in my opinion

lucid elm
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What is your opinion?

still ridge
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It won’t be comparable at all to CoC or anomaly

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It will far exceed the limits of those mods

lucid elm
still ridge
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in terms of sandbox

lucid elm
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That sounds even better

still ridge
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Well think about it, it’s a triple A game with a huge open world

lucid elm
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Yeah I know. Just saying the gameplay will be similar

still ridge
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Not a collection of maps put together by someone with a bit of experience

lucid elm
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Yeah they will all be one map

sturdy jolt
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It will far exceed the limits of those mods
@still ridge anything can exceed the limits of mods that suck though.

lucid elm
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Maybe some new areas. Highly likely

sturdy jolt
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No mod has topped vanilla games for me and none ever will.

lucid elm
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I wonder what the gun physics and ballistics will be like.

sturdy jolt
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Really hope they don't get into the whole realism thing and use mirrored models instead.

still ridge
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It’s not gonna be related to the modded maps

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Not gonna look like them at all

sturdy jolt
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It wouls suck if they actually waste their money on licenses and we get some LR300 instead of iconic TRs-301.

still ridge
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Do they really need to get a license to use the names of most weapons

sturdy jolt
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They need to alter it somehow. Either the visuals or names. THQ decided to play it safe and went with both.

past shuttle
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does it even matter ?

sturdy jolt
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Yeah it does.

past shuttle
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original names or not it doesnt for me that much

still ridge
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yeah doesn’t bother me

lucid elm
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Immersion purposes it would matter but other than that its fine

sturdy jolt
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I mean, the gun is called one name in one game and another name in another. This kind of inconsistency suck.

past shuttle
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thats your concern

sturdy jolt
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It's basically rewriting the universe.

past shuttle
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bruh

still ridge
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no it isn’t lmao

sturdy jolt
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Oh, I have a lot of concerns. There are so many details that are so easily skipped in vanilla games. Like Monolith being neutral until 2011.

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If nu-GSC writers don't actually read dialogues, then there will be a whole lot of inconsistencies with vanilla games.

lucid elm
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They were just busy worshiping

past shuttle
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asdsdaasd

tired anvil
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Monolith was neutral until 2011 for a reason

past shuttle
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kek

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Really hope they don't get into the whole realism thing and use mirrored models instead.
@sturdy jolt mirrored models ???

tired anvil
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Before they were a regular faction that didn't mess with your if you didn't mess with them

sturdy jolt
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@sturdy jolt mirrored models ???
@past shuttle yeah just like in STALKER 1.

past shuttle
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what do you mean by mirrored models ?

sturdy jolt
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Have you played the game?

past shuttle
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copied models you mean ?

lucid elm
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I think there will be mirrored models. There's those sunrise suits in the trailer

past shuttle
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Im not sure what you are talking about

sturdy jolt
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I mean they are mirrored. What should be on the left side is on the right.

past shuttle
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oh i get it now

sturdy jolt
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That was THQ's way to avoid licensing issues.

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Before they were a regular faction that didn't mess with your if you didn't mess with them
@tired anvil yep. Then the whole zombifying thing, trip to the center and then shooting neutral stalkers.

What I mean is it's so easy that someone accidentally mentions that the faction was hostile from the beginning (bc gamedesigners did not read the lore), and here is another inconsistency in the game.

lucid elm
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I thought by mirrored you meant like there are other stalkers who look the same

sturdy jolt
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And that's just one thing. There are hundreds of these!

tired anvil
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Oh yeah

past shuttle
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well

tired anvil
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To end up being 100% consistent and to not ret-con anything is a bit of a challenge

past shuttle
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a long time period has passed @sturdy jolt

sturdy jolt
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I wish GSC hired a bunch of purists to check their desdocs for inconsistencies.

past shuttle
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maybe we wont see most of them again ?

sturdy jolt
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Why do you think the game will be set in a long time period from CoP?

past shuttle
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I meant for real life bruh

lucid elm
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Because the anomalies look thiccer

past shuttle
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cop was made in 2009, it has been 11 years

sturdy jolt
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Won't see most of WHOM again then?

tired anvil
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Yeah so? Game still in the same universe

past shuttle
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cant they fix some bugs and errors ?

sturdy jolt
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What errors?

tired anvil
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These aren't bugs

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These are messages in the lore lol

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Orest is saying that GSC needs to be careful with the lore

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To not mess up the games universe

sturdy jolt
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Hey gajunas wanna see my boar map.

past shuttle
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then we should suggest them

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now im out

tired anvil
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It's not a suggestion lmao, it's literally telling the company to either be careful and follow the lore of the original games or screw everything up

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It's already obvious enough

past shuttle
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have fun bois

tired anvil
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Cya

tired anvil
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This map disappointed me Orest

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Well

sturdy jolt
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Literally every boar on Swamps. There is also one point where a sound is played but no boar spawns.

tired anvil
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It's good

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But I expected the whole Zone

sturdy jolt
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Nah nah nah. These are random encounters boars.

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Like, I did not include the respawn points or stuff like that.

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Because, first of all, the mutant type is random, second of all, these boars are in squads.

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These are the boars that roar and jumpscare you from the reeds.

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Not the ones that just run around the smart terrains.

tired anvil
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Do you have several maps like this that are based around anything or just this one

sturdy jolt
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I am making smart terrain maps that show squad movement.

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But they're not finished.

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And names are in Russian because I made them for Russian wiki.

tired anvil
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A map of semi-major characters sounds neat

sturdy jolt
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I love doing maps of things you can only get from analyzing game files.

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Semi-major characters are nice but it can be done by anyone.

tired anvil
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Yeah fair enough

sturdy jolt
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Smart terrain links maps require you to understand what you're doing and know your way in game files.

tired anvil
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I like maps as a whole

sturdy jolt
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I've also started artifact respawn maps for CS but I accidentally deleted them during a clean up.

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Rip.

Ok, back to smart terrains. I have to find them.

tired anvil
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Hf with that

still ridge
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I wonder who will be in S2

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Or which major/minor characters will return

tired anvil
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Hopefully Degtyarev's gang

still ridge
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Ah yes Major D

sturdy jolt
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Color represent smart terrain type. Blue links are one way travel, red links are both way travel.

still ridge
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or colonel D

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Yeah I feel like Colonel D will be running the show @tired anvil

sturdy jolt
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@tired anvil do you play vanilla like a lot? It's rare that I can keep up a vanilla discussion bc most people just rush through vanilla games and go play mods.

still ridge
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what I mean is acting like a supervisor to our main character

tired anvil
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I prefer vanilla over mods

still ridge
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kind of like sid in SoC

tired anvil
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So does Comrade Crimson

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what I mean is acting like a supervisor to our main character
Idc how he appears, even as a mention he would be cool

sturdy jolt
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You two are very cool to talk to, keep it up.

tired anvil
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Still hoping the most for Strider though

still ridge
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yes

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Strider protagonist would be lit

tired anvil
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Idk about protag, but sorta like a major character

still ridge
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considering he already has an established goal and motivations for that goal

tired anvil
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Like if he discovered something whilst exploring the Zone with his boys

sturdy jolt
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Wolf protagonist. The ending is burning in a campfire.

tired anvil
sturdy jolt
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Fan fact: Strider's face was in the leaked S2 (2011) models.

still ridge
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Was it

sturdy jolt
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Yeah. Let me link.

still ridge
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I don’t recall

tired anvil
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I've heard plenty of things about the old s2 but I've never heard of that

still ridge
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Wasn’t the main character of that supposed to be new

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Pavel or something

tired anvil
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Yeah

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Dude coming back from the zone, suffering day-dreams or smth

sturdy jolt
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Pavel Streletskiy is Strelok's real name.

tired anvil
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Visions is a better word

still ridge
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I remember because of DKUDs fan trailer which was based off the original script

sturdy jolt
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It's 2011 concept. 2010 concept is another (unnamed character) and Strelok is side character.

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You mix up the two.

tired anvil
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Yeah I recall 2 concepts

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More famous one is where Strelok dies

still ridge
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Yeah that’s the one with pavel isn’t it

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That script was cool tbh

tired anvil
#

Meh

still ridge
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Lukash is a snake

tired anvil
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You get blamed for the death of Strelok and run for a good amount of the game

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Also map was different

still ridge
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Proof duty is better Sure_I_am

tired anvil
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Proof that Duty is garbage is the fact that you left it

sturdy jolt
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Yeah that’s the one with pavel isn’t it
@still ridge nope.

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Pavel IS Strelok in 2010 concept where he's a side character.

still ridge
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So I guess DKUD’s fan trailer was a mix of the two

sturdy jolt
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Then koan came, rewrote everything. Not much is known about 2011 concept apart from the fact that you play as Strelok.

tired anvil
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Idk much about the 2nd concept tbh, it's a lot shorter isn't it

sturdy jolt
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It was never leaked.

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Every doc you find about old S2 is of 2010 concept.

tired anvil
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Not sure if I would want to play as Strelok again tbh

finite dragon
sturdy jolt
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Yeah. He's too much of a main character even in games where he's an NPC.

tired anvil
#

He's neat and all, but a new character would also be cool

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Yeah

finite dragon
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True that

tired anvil
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Imo he can be shown/return just to be in all 4 games but other than that meh

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Strelok as Ecologist leader smile_strelok

finite dragon
#

Why

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Just why

tired anvil
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Wasn't he half scientist in the old s2

still ridge
#

he was working for the institute I think

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@sturdy jolt I believe you’re mistaken

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in the script, the main character is NOT strelok

tired anvil
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Now find the other script

still ridge
#

since you said the only script that was leaked was the first one

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When in fact, strelok dies in the first one

tired anvil
#

He mentioned the concept art not being leaked

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2 scripts exist, only 1 is properly leaked though, which is the one where Strelok dies

still ridge
#

An anomaly materializes in his office and he gets poop scooped

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Wasn’t that one a clone anyway?

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Or was that idea scrapped in the script

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Idk if it was ever a legitimate plot point that strelok was a clone and the original strelok was a member of ccon

tired anvil
#

Idk honestly

still ridge
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I hope not

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I think it was that strelok is CoP is a clone

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but since that script got scrapped and the new one is entirely different, he won’t be

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thankfully

tired anvil
#

Don't forget about the twin mutant

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Watch that make a comeback

still ridge
#

twin mutant?

tired anvil
#

Yes

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A mutant which would be a twin of you

still ridge
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Like one that steals your identity

tired anvil
#

Basically

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This is why you can see Valerian like 3 times

still ridge
#

Would be interesting

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would be cool if it lost its appearance once killed

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And it would look like some poltergeist controller burer mashup

tired anvil
#

Maybe cool, but imo that would just mess with me too much if the mutant could legit talk

still ridge
#

Well

grand pendant
#

myes doppelganger, it automatically gets access to your brain Sure_I_am

still ridge
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It’s not too far fetched

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Controllers can talk to an extent

tired anvil
#

Yeah but like imagine full on helping an NPC, then in some battle he starts spraying at you because he's the mutant

still ridge
#

man that would suck, being self aware that you’re a hideous abomination

tired anvil
#

Burer's are probably self aware as well tbh

still ridge
#

The one in CoP is the only “neutral” controller

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I wonder if it was aware of what it was doing and couldn’t stop itself

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considering it warned colonel D

tired anvil
#

He had a friend in his little cave

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So most likely

still ridge
#

Maybe that’s what it is

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Recognized that he just killed his homie from a while ago, and was grieving

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And regained humanity somewhat

tired anvil
#

That's nice and all, but pet pseudo-dogs smile_scar

still ridge
#

Noah and Doc have a connection

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They both have pet pseudodogs

tired anvil
#

Idk why but I feel like we won't see Noah at all

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Not wrong

still ridge
#

Oops

tired anvil
#

Kek

hazy raven
#

About that controller at Zaton warning protagonist, I wonder if they can control their psy-aura or not. 🤔

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But yep, only case of a controller who doesn´t want to kill player instantly (warns him to stay away). But he has corpse of stalker in his lair.

still ridge
#

yeah I think he regained his humanity after realizing what he did

hazy raven
#

I remember reading rumours that in COP in Pripyat there is friendly blood sucker, but that it´s a bug.

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Controllers also eat people by the way, I think in COC one time controller killed me and I didn´t press space instantly, he started eating my corpse.

tired anvil
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In SoC a Bloodsucker can have the status of friend

still ridge
#

Lol

hazy raven
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All mutants can if you loot their corpses.

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But that´s a bug and it´s caused if you interacted before with neutral/friendly NPC.

still ridge
#

maybe it’s because they were your friends

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They got Keymanov’d

hazy raven
#

It´s tempting to instead of playing start new game in COC/Anomaly, go into demo mode and just watch what A-Life does, both stalkers and mutants. 🤔

tired anvil
#

Speaking of Keymanov'd, it was interesting to see them mf's alive in the jar

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Gives me the feeling that they will be the annoying screeching type of mutant

still ridge
#

They’re definitely not inanimate like in SoC

#

but idk if they’re hostile and will attack

tired anvil
#

Pretty sure they are inanimate

still ridge
#

Although maybe a scripted thing where one shatters and attacks you

tired anvil
#

That is basically what I expect just with loads of them

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Someone does an oopsie in the lab and they break off

grand pendant
#

man that would be weak

still ridge
#

I hope not

#

if it was just one, it would increase the sense of fear of what’s to come with the rest of the lab

tired anvil
#

Probably more than one, though if it was one, that would give more space to lore on that specific one

still ridge
#

Perhaps on a specific mutant

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Since we see multiple mutants in the jars

tired anvil
#

Perhaps a specific girl that didn't listen to her parents, fell in love with a Moscow lad and somehow turned into a mutant GWchadLENNYTHINK

still ridge
#

OMG RACIST!!!!

tired anvil
#

Hopefully the 2nd trailer/nearest s2 related thing shows more about the mutants

still ridge
#

I actually forgot

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sorry it won’t happen again

tired anvil
#

Kek

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Forgot and remembered

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Though, in case the poem was put there for PR reasons, that was smart

still ridge
#

Well, it’s more so that I’m intoxicated

tired anvil
#

Since it got on the news

still ridge
#

Ukrainian news?

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@tired anvil

tired anvil
#

Think so yeah

still ridge
#

that would make sense, if it got on russian news people would not be happy

tired anvil
#

Either Ukrainian or Russian, but I believe someone stated it was Ukrainian

#

S2 is already making news before it's out, that's how good it is smile_scar

still ridge
#

On the topic of mutants, I wouldn’t be surprised if there are plenty of new mutants to come

tired anvil
#

At the same time I won't be surprised if it's only like 3 new ones

still ridge
#

Yeah

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Maybe it’s just that in X-ray the mutant models are kinda wack

#

And on ue4 they’re gonna look so much better

tired anvil
#

4K Flesh

still ridge
grand pendant
#

Slow mutated bird that spits acid

tired anvil
#

Seriously though, genuinely curious what they will come up for the mutants and if it's going to be any fun or just annoying

#

Crows smile_degtyarev

grand pendant
#

man i hope they don't go for the annoying ones

#

i'd honestly prefer some 1hit stuff rather than the usual annoying mutants

pseudo rivet
#

Imagine your eyes getting picked out by mutated Zone crows

#

Chat killer

#

Neat

grand pendant
tired anvil
#

Mf when I tab out, go do smth, miss 1 sentence and Crimson declares chat dead as I'm writing smth to his idea

still ridge
#

I’m kinda iffy on the idea of a flying mutant

tired anvil
#

Same tbh

still ridge
#

Man I been here

pseudo rivet
#

No flying mutants

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Okay

#

Very neat

still ridge
#

Thinking of what to say

tired anvil
#

Acid spitter from l4d2

grand pendant
#

Hostile flying mutants are the issue. They spit acid or smth

pseudo rivet
#

Yikes

still ridge
#

nah I’ll pass

tired anvil
#

Tark probably gonna return smile_degtyarev

grand pendant
pseudo rivet
#

Yikes

still ridge
#

Water mutants?

tired anvil
#

Honestly what other mutants were made for the competition

grand pendant
#

Tark is alright, honestly. It would be the same as a boar but bigger, still better than some izlom or w/e

still ridge
#

like a catfish

pseudo rivet
#

Oh yes

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Great idea

tired anvil
#

Catfish is a no for me

pseudo rivet
#

How are we going to do anything underwater, though?

still ridge
#

Catfish hunt close to the shore

grand pendant
#

re4 Del Lago in Pripyat river

still ridge
#

They could leap out at you if you were at the coast

pseudo rivet
#

Catfish hunt close to the shore

Spore Moment

verbal hemlock
#

we already had a catfish in Metro

still ridge
#

maybe amphibious mutants are better

pseudo rivet
#

Or just no water-based mutants

still ridge
#

mutant frog anyone?

pseudo rivet
#

Fallout

still ridge
#

Fallout moment

tired anvil
#

Rad Scorpion smile_degtyarev

still ridge
#

uhhh

#

maybe the return of the izlom

#

that would be neat

grand pendant
#

if its manipulation stuff are actually implemented, it would be quite interesting

still ridge
#

it was supposed to have telekinesis?

pseudo rivet
#

Izlom

#

More like

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Worse Snork

grand pendant
#

Nah, if it's well done it will be way better than snork

sullen dragon
#

mm snorks

pseudo rivet
#

Yikes

still ridge
#

Not if it’s a psychic mutant

pseudo rivet
#

Controller

tired anvil
#

Burer

sullen dragon
#

burers

#

burrers

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burritos

tired anvil
#

Sounds good

pseudo rivet
#

Let's add a 360 No Scope mutant

grand pendant
#

snorks are honestly wack. Some guys got insane ammounts of radiation underground and now they can jump like cats

still ridge
#

^

tired anvil
#

And all of them look the same somehow

still ridge
#

they got gamma’d by the thing that made hulk

pseudo rivet
#

Okay

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So, here's a suggestion

tired anvil
#

Karlito

still ridge
grand pendant
pseudo rivet
#

Remove Snorks from S.T.2

tired anvil
still ridge
#

no just implement them differently

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so they don’t look identical 100 percent of the time

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And move differently

tired anvil
#

I doubt they won't be reworked

grand pendant
#

sadly, we can't erase history, snorks are here to stay feels_bad_stalk

still ridge
#

Also not to mention not sounding like a lion

tired anvil
#

Tell that to Clear Sky

pseudo rivet
#

Sounds like you're sad that they exist

tired anvil
#

Got erased quite fast

sullen dragon
#

chimeras

tired anvil
#

Cats

still ridge
#

maybe a new mutant with super strength similar to the pseudogiant and chimera

tired anvil
#

Sounds like you still want Izlom

grand pendant
#

non-hostile mutants would be nice as well. Not every dog, boar, flesh, has to attack 100% of the times

tired anvil
#

Definitely

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Though I think that is just bias from us not wanting to fight all the time

still ridge
#

What about the misery flesh

grand pendant
#

Chernobyl puppies sometimes are neutral, or jerboas, wouldn't be too crazy

still ridge
#

The one that actually looks like a pig

grand pendant
#

Misery flesh kinda wack

still ridge
#

Chernobyl cats straight chillin

tired anvil
#

Chernobyl puppies were pretty nice before they got shot

still ridge
grand pendant
tired anvil
#

Mfw Duty made a cat museum

#

Chernobyl cats straight chillin in Agroprom

grand pendant
#

In s2 Inquisitor made a zoo in the Zone, absolute madman

sturdy jolt
#

in the script, the main character is NOT strelok
@still ridge you're reading 2010 script.

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There has been NO LEAKS of 2011 script (authored by koan).

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Imo he can be shown/return just to be in all 4 games but other than that meh
@tired anvil nah but Nimble should return. He's like essential for the game.

grand pendant
#

I'll say it again, i feel like Nimble is gonna get killed

sturdy jolt
#

This is why you can see Valerian like 3 times
@tired anvil first, you see him twice. Second, it's an easter egg by Red Forest level designer, Pyotr Dushinsky. He told that in an interview. Not a canonical plot thing, just a neat little detail.

sullen dragon
#

im betting my money that strelok is in s2

#

but in cop, he retired

sturdy jolt
#

There are also two Boltin corpses in CS Cordon but it's more of an oversight. They were supposed to be used for early upgrade quests.

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None of these are twins or anything like that. It's scrapped idea.

tired anvil
#

Interesting

sturdy jolt
#

In SoC a Bloodsucker can have the status of friend
@tired anvil any mutant can have a status of a friend. It's a UI bug. It shows the relationship of the last corpse you checked out.

visual cove
#

bloodsuckers are more annoying than that one mosquito buzzing right next to your ear while trying to sleep imo

tired anvil
#

I disagree personally

vapid compass
#

any new stalker 2 news since trailer?

tired anvil
#

Not really no

vapid compass
#

damn, i hope they release some news pretty soon.

sturdy jolt
#

Why is there even ask-gsc.

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Like. They don't answer any questions. Even the ones not related to S2.

grand pendant
#

They did answer a lot, honestly

#

Most questions are just wack or NDA

sturdy jolt
#

Ok show me a question they did answer that actually provided new info.

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And not someone asking about something that's been stated for a year now.

#

Is that the channel for questions like 'heya is it true that trailer has been released'

solid prism
#

After the trailer they answer more questions than before

grand pendant
#

Ok show me a question they did answer that actually provided new info.
Scroll around the channel, they answered stuff related to lore from the previous games. Not much from s2, obviously

tired anvil
#

They also legally can't answer much new things

#

Slowly though the NDA is dying

vapid compass
#

Has anyone asked them how much of the game they've finished?

grand pendant
#

Yeah, like 50 times or so

tired anvil
#

See no offense but this is what Slyth means by wack questions

#

First of all, a lot of have, and second this is just obvious NDA

#

This was even asked in an interview back in 2019, they mentioned that they don't measure by percentage I believe

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^2019 answer

hazy raven
#

Non-hostile mutants (as mentioned above) would make sense in case that they aren´t hungry and player doesn´t enter their territory or they don´t see player as a threat. Unless of course Zone also uses them as self-defense mechanism, where the mutants just must attack stalkers because Zone commands them to do so.

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Also idk if it was just luck and if it´s also in vanilla A-Life, but I remember when I was starting in OGSE, there were some mutated dogs running around, not attacking me. Though as it was first part of the mod where I didn´t have any weapons, it could also be scripted. 🤔

tired anvil
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Tapik has, Orcher has, Benjamin has

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They are occupied on other social medias

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I'd say Rock_4 and Fenec are your best bets for here

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Though once in a while others speak here even without any questions, just a casual short convo

drowsy pumice
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I'm confused by the NDA thing. I take it the mods here aren't official GSC employees working at the office getting paid etc? Because if you were a community manager/PR team working at the office you could simply be briefed on what you can and cannot reveal about the game, or would just know anyway being an employee. In that case I take it you guys are simply volunteers?

elder valley
sturdy jolt
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Scroll around the channel, they answered stuff related to lore from the previous games. Not much from s2, obviously
@grand pendant man just give me one example.

grand pendant
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Confirmation on how the Screen Helmet works

tired anvil
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Crimson asking about beanies was one I believe

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Animations from the game

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Minor/basic things

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No swearing

sturdy jolt
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Sure.

tired anvil
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Also Rock stated why he said the sandman crap

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But yeah that was funny

sturdy jolt
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So idk if it's your reliable lore source. 👍

grand pendant
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Who cares

sturdy jolt
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Also he said that GSC no longer has bildos lol.

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Which is a lie as well. Easy to prove.

tired anvil
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He said what's out is out, and that they don't have more

sturdy jolt
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Yeah, and that's lies.

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GSC recently released pre1.0007 patch on Steam. It's based on patch 1.0006.

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The thing is, patch 1.0006 sources have never been leaked. The only stuff you can find for SoC is 1.0007RC1.

tired anvil
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Speaking of, what did that patch even do

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Last one I recall was Polish being added

sturdy jolt
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Nah that was before.

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You can read on Zone Chronicles about it. It's Build 7461.

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The main difference is crash fix from eating food from corpses. Launch pre1.0007 and you'll see that the bug is still there.

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Which means that GSC still got unleaked engine versions. And it's very unlikely that they just have that one 1.0006 version, they likely have the whole commit history.

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So yeah, there sure is some unleaked stuff. The amount of it might depend though.

tired anvil
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Also gotta take into consideration that Rock ain't a dev

grand pendant
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Probably, who knows

tired anvil
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So he might not know 100% everything about the dev process

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Especially old stuff

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Someone can just give him a basic answer and he could go with it

sturdy jolt
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Rock ain't a dev but he answers most questions, and he answered them wrong at least twice, so what I mean is that he's not your best reliable source in terms of lore - in-game dialogues are.

grand pendant
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It's the only one we have, it be what it be

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or had

tired anvil
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Him and Fenec, though Rock answers the most here

sturdy jolt
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What did he say about Screen Helmet?

tired anvil
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You're going to have to take this one Slyth

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Or try your chances with ctrl+f in the channel

grand pendant
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He said "Zaslon is a part of closed-cycle system, but this system works only with full set of special equipment."

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Meaning it could be used with the Guardian of Freedom, if you upgrade it with the Expanse Anomalous Protection Bodysuit

sturdy jolt
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That sounds pretty logical and I am relatively sure it's just stating the most logical assumptation.

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I'll see what's in dialogues.

grand pendant
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Indeed, but it is a confirmation

sturdy jolt
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Confirmation by a PR?

grand pendant
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Basically

sturdy jolt
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IDK. It weighs too little to come with a whole set of tubes and that system that SEVA has.

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4kg? Makes little sense.

grand pendant
sturdy jolt
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So yeah, I'd say it's just stating an opinion and trying to mend plotholes.

grand pendant
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Most likely

tired anvil
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Only s2 will tell us more I guess

dim parrot
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So they are asking to community?

tired anvil
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It was more so a way for the community to show what they would possibly want

open lintel
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Been there since the start tho

tired anvil
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He joined the server today so he wouldn't know

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

grand pendant
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I honestly doubt they were out of ideas, lot of ground to cover

dim parrot
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But in community we have kids and old skulls

tired anvil
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Something being suggested doesn't mean GSC will add it

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It was more so a way for the community to show what they would possibly want

dim parrot
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I see

lucid elm
sturdy jolt
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@tired anvil found another example of Rock_4 making up things.

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CS-2 suit. No official name in-game. It's just sorta fan made.

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It could as well be CS-3b, you know.

tired anvil
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Mind sending a screenshot? I remember this topic but I don't remember his exact answer

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I think it still ended controversially

sturdy jolt
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I can't send screenshots yet.

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Search for 'this is CS-2'. A pic is a render from STALKER Wiki.

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In early versions of soc viper used hk-53 icon
Idk he probably mixes up early versions (i.e. unpatched game) with builds but still.

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Viper 5 had the same icon from 1.0000 to 1.0006. Its upgraded variation (9x18) always used HK-53 icon.

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Ok, crap answer #5:

non stop was only at soc

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He clearly did not play SoC with any other localization. Non-Stop texture applies with localization db-file, by default it STALKER in all games.

tired anvil
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You can't really post screenshots here, message links should work though

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But yeah I'll try

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Also yeah, he hasn't played English SoC

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I remember asking about C-Con and he thought it was Comic Con

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Though I can't blame him

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Why would he play it in English

sturdy jolt
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I am Russian. I played it in French and Spanish. I don't even damn know French and Spanish.

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So yeah, just out of pure love for the trilogy.

grand pendant
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Congrats

zealous anchor
finite dragon
calm nymph
native ibex
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It's not STALKER if you understand the idle conversations NPC's are having

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@sturdy jolt
Say, you don't have any advice for a foreigner to understand the Russian Grammar cases, do you?

finite dragon
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Hey. i'm really new to STALKER, and have only played a little of shadow of chernobyl. i have a loose yet i'd say good grasp of the story. is there anything i should know before entering the masterpiece of STALKER 2 whenever it's released?

native ibex
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We don't know yet

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Might be tailored to explain old info to newcomers, might even act as a soft reboot

gusty trench
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Hey. i'm really new to STALKER, and have only played a little of shadow of chernobyl. i have a loose yet i'd say good grasp of the story. is there anything i should know before entering the masterpiece of STALKER 2 whenever it's released?
We don't know anything 'bout that. Is that a sequel or whatever.

odd remnant
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You should download the thousands of mods in moddb, and play the rest of the two games

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If you want

finite dragon
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ok, thanks

tall pollen
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Clear sky is a must before stalker 2 especially competing in faction wars for good suit and weapons

sturdy jolt
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@sturdy jolt
Say, you don't have any advice for a foreigner to understand the Russian Grammar cases, do you?
@native ibex not really. I had to learn English for years to understand articles since they're missing in my language, and I still do mess that up sometimes.

native ibex
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Guess I just gotta read some books

carmine pivot
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Does anyone have the strelok smiling emoji as an image

sullen dragon
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can always get it from the endings @carmine pivot

carmine pivot
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Got it thanks! @sullen dragon

raw oracle
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Will we able to go into the elephants foot smile_strelok

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And die like 2 seconds after xd

jade mural
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I'm not completely up to date with everything about this game, but will this follow the story from the previous games, or will it follow it's own timeline?

shrewd fulcrum
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I'm not completely up to date with everything about this game, but will this follow the story from the previous games, or will it follow it's own timeline?
@jade mural GSC comment:
"S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 IS A STANDALONE PROJECT THAT CAN BE ENJOYED ON ITS OWN. AT THE SAME TIME, WE RECOMMEND TO COMPLETE THE PREVIOUS GAMES FOR THE MAXIMUM LEVEL OF IMMERSION."

past shuttle
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the suggestions presented to devs are amazing ideas

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I really expect cool stuff to come out

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Im sure we will all like Stalker 2

shrewd fulcrum
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I really want it to be multiplayer

past shuttle
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first singleplayer

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then multi

shrewd fulcrum
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Yes

jade mural
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@shrewd fulcrum thank you, I just read in the suggestions section that people don't wanna play Degtyarev, Strelok and Scar.. And considering it takes place in Pripyat still, I was just curious about how they'd proceed with everything.. Adding new content and all that, and if it would keep up with the lore from the prior games

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Sorry if that was terribly structured

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What I really want in Stalker 2 is coop, so me and my buddy can walk around, and get our blood sucked

shrewd fulcrum
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What I really want in Stalker 2 is coop, so me and my buddy can walk around, and get our blood sucked
@jade mural Yes, that'd what I want too..

toxic vector
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coop mode for open world game?

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that could be hard

shrewd fulcrum
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Yes... And it'd be awesome...

mild owl
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Will stalker 2 have ray tracing? I'm wondering if I should upgrade my graphics card in order to experience it the best way possible.

Man, stalker 2 has been on my mind and there isn't even gameplay yet.

finite dragon
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it does

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it was confirmd by xbox on their stalker 2 site

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ANUUU CHEEKI BREEKI

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ok

solid dome
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@jade mural Yes, that'd what I want too..
@shrewd fulcrum

I'd drain my blood first, leave enough to live to see bloodsuckers drinking it then pass out

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Sounds like the perfect Ironman coop session

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Your buddy goes to shop medkits, comes back and sees bloodsuckers cheering with bottles in hand, all over in blood - your corpse not far away

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Will stalker 2 have ray tracing? I'm wondering if I should upgrade my graphics card in order to experience it the best way possible.

Man, stalker 2 has been on my mind and there isn't even gameplay yet.
@mild owl

Ray tracing doesnt make a game.

shrewd fulcrum
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Scary meme

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I hope they have new mutants too... Even more scary than the old ones.

lucid elm
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Ya maslinu poimal

solid dome
finite dragon
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Oh boy

celest token
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Well it wouldn’t make sense to have different mutants

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It’s still in the same universe as the previous games just a different time stamp

hazy raven
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New mutants and maybe factions would be nice though. Also the zone could change when not controlled by C-Con for longer time.

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One boar managed to kill three loners...

golden galleon
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I'd be screwed if stalker 2 came out and I still have my old laptop from 2010...

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I need to git gud at something and then get some moolah feels_bad_stalk

celest token
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Facts

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Well I’d imagine if it can run on an x box one x like they claim you wouldn’t need an over the top rig

finite dragon
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Oh you like Stalker? Name every faction

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And organisation

celest token
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One can like a game and not know every little detail about it

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And as you can see I’m a merc I don’t care about much besides the money I get

rocky night
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it doesnt look like it'll have ray tracing

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from the trailer i thought the graphics would be a little something like the telltale graphics but a little better

celest token
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Yeah well it can run on current consoles so it’s gonna be optimised hopefully

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But I feel if it looks to good it makes it feel like it’s not a game anymore

swift ravine
hazy raven
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Upgrading of my equipment bled my RUB dry.

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Also at least Ecologic suit one upgrade grants + 10 kg more weight space.

finite dragon
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Lmao

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Be in misery, and spend 30 minutes walking to get isntantkilled by a random snork

hazy raven
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Reminds me SOC experience, but instead being one-shotted by some enemy stalker suddenly.

finite dragon
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Merc gang

sturdy jolt
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Im sure we will all like Stalker 2
@past shuttle you know that it's impossible.

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There are pure vanilla lovers and anomaly fanboys with absolutely radically different opinion on how the game should look.

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I won't like it if they decide to change gun looks and names from the original trilogy.

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And some gun nerds won't like if they don't.

tired anvil
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There are pure vanilla lovers and anomaly fanboys with absolutely radically different opinion on how the game should look.
We can easily see which one you are from this sentence GWchadLENNYTHINK

sturdy jolt
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wanna see my boar map again

tired anvil
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I'd love to

finite dragon
sturdy jolt
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Also at least Ecologic suit one upgrade grants + 10 kg more weight space.
@hazy raven there is no upgrade system in SoC and no ecologic suit in CS/CoP unless you talk about SEVA.

hazy raven
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I am talking about COP and yes, there is.

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You even need to get it in order to get to Pripyat underground, even when you already have exosuit.

midnight dome
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that's seva

hazy raven
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Yep.

sturdy jolt
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They are not worn by ecologists.

hazy raven
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They are sold by them though.

sturdy jolt
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Ecologists wear SSP-99 and SSP-99M.

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You can see them in CoP but inly on NPCs. Sokolov, Serbin and Barchuk.

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Also they're seen in Yantar bunker in CS. But anyway, they're not obtainable and thus not upgradeable.

gusty trench
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Also the last two guys aren't ecologists. They are mercs

sturdy jolt
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As if Sokolov is an ecologist, yeah.

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There is a bandit who wears Sunrise suit. Does that make Sunrise not a stalker suit anymore or what?

past shuttle
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a bandit?

sturdy jolt
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Yes.