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that's a completely different type of a videogame though
Ok you're not making much sense here
Its a FPS
At a fundamental level, they handle the same
halo is much more forgiving
you damn shields regenerate - you can take shots and not care much since it'll come back
Ok, again
vykhlop is trying to show how a console or pc game can be modified for a different and better experience specific to platform
you wont be as good as a mouse user but you dont NEED to be
Thats not what we're talking about
not how the game plays
im positive GSC is more than capable of having the PC version be the "True" version
As IIRC, consoles are not very popular in Eastern Europe
The xbox release is just a way to make more money off new customers. My only concern is that itll attract a "Wider community"
if i play halo on a console - i will miss a lot
but i can AFFORD missing a lot cuz my shields come back anyway
this is the type of stuff im afraid of
bruh
Dude you're clearly not understanding the point Im making
neither are you
You're going on tangents that aren't at all related to what we're discussing
I just want to be nice game
^
That isn't repetitive
also ^
The fact that its coming to xbox shouldnt be a concern for the quality of the game
Skyrim on PC is a thousand times better than the console version
All the TES games are
Almost every game that is ported to PC, outside of some very egregious examples, plays perfectly fine, and better than the console version
And S2 is being built from the ground up as a PC game
if it's PC first, and xbox second with no design decisions affecting the pc release - THEN my worries are of no concern
but i cant know that
and that's why i AM worries
worried*
Again, what design decisions can be made that'll affect the game negatively?
Almost every game is multiplatform these days and almost unanimously runs better on PC
Controls better too
i dont worry about performace lol
i just hope that things like
basic movement, proper aiming, encounter design itself (you cant have much precise sniper shooting with a gamepad, right?), even the damn inventory management can be drastically weirded out to be controller-centred, GOD FORBID regenerating health (yes, im aware of regenerating hp in stalker, but it's always hard to get (or comes with penalties) and doesnt really give you a big advantage in a fight), enemy AI being dumbed down to match a controller aim and so on and so forth
i understand that, if the game really is PC-first and nothing else, and IF it is really like, 2 versions of the game for each platform or whatever - then im fine
but i CANT know that it's what they're doing cuz i havent seen a second of the gameplay
I dont even wanna think about Chernobylite
Same, don't know why I even mentioned it
My biggest fear (besides the BR and microtransactions ofc) are dumb AI and bad gunplay
Concerning S2
My only fear is that I am waiting another 10 years for it
Eh, I'm fine with that if it means getting a finished game instead of something like Cyberpunk
LOL Cyberpunk what a fiasco that was. Notice how devs aren't hyping or talking about their games anymore, it's because of Cyberpunk!
I learned that lesson 15 years ago when I was hyped for Oblivion and it turned out to be polished garbage, looks like other people are finally catching on!
Pretty sure it's cos of No Man's Sky, but yeah it seems to be an ongoing trend. 
And Oblivion rules, what're you talking about. 😆
I had fun with Cyberpunk
Coincidentally
I didnt pay for it
and I didnt really care about it
Haven't played it yet, waiting a few months until they fix the Hell out of it
Idk
I had 3 bugs in my 50h play through
One where Delamains face was stuck in the phone
One where Jackie walked through the level like a stalker npc
and one where my controls were locked
@pseudo yoke I know right??? I've had more bugs in my last few days of playing Morrowind than I have in ~300 hours of Cyberpunk. 😬
Good, it'll be that much better when I do finally get around to playing it
I learned that lesson 15 years ago when I was hyped for Oblivion and it turned out to be polished garbage, looks like other people are finally catching on!
@boreal sky
Same happened to me with Aliens : Colonial Marines
As soon as I see Randy Pitchford involved in a game, I skip it
oblivion was OK in its own right but was a HUGE stepdown from morrowind
Exactly, I had in my head that they would take Morrowind, and build on it, not gut it down and make it look nice and shiny
yeah
i dont consider myself pessimistic about games these days but i always go in expecting the classics to prevail once more
i guess
I hope they release the source code for all of that
Sergei is still there, the guy who created A-life is still there
A few other higher ups are still at GSC
You realize SoC had 6 different writers, right?
It most likely won't be as the og games, but people from the original team (not everyone ofc) are still in GSC
And GSC had a very high turnover rate from 2002 - 2007
thats what im saying
it probbably wont capture the feeling of the og games
yeah
Since stuff has to "evolve" or adapt to more modern times,
I just hope it doesn't change too much
And if it doesn't adapt and change then it'll stagnate and the series will die. Again.
Im more excited for the opportunity to CONSOOM PRODUCT when S2 releases
it didnt really die,
cop was a ending for the franchise
Well let's face it, the series is 11-14 years old, and I'm sure a ton of company rearrangements have taken place in that time period. Personally I'm expecting more of the same but a more modernized, as long as they don't kill the atmosphere I should be satisfied. So far I like the soundtracks
Just gotta have faith in it mate, they've got their heads on straight do them GSC peeps.
It wasn't really, it just ended up being it. Original S2 was planned for 2012, then pushed to 2013, then dropped as the company folded...
Ehh not really
There was no final "closure"
More like a "to be continued"
I just want a return of monolith
Technically
I think it was the amk menu
it already is
i know the cypher theme
with the SVD against the wall
and the cnpp in the background
or was that vanilla?
Very comfy
I hope this is the menu of s2
Is it normal in Soc that I aim literally at guys head from my perspective but there's no headshot.
like my bullets go somewhere else
@cold veldt yes
shooting was easier on ak than on pistol
Welcome to 2007
lol
any mods to fix it or nah or its "realistic"
I have never used gun irl
so i dont know
Theres plenty of mods to fix it
But you get the best sense of what the game is supposed to be in terms of progression/story
by just installing ZRP
Its only SoC
there's SRP for Clear Sky
Clear Sky needs needs AO + SRP tho
Vanilla is horrible
i have no clue whats ao
clear sky is bad or what lmao
i'm going to end every part of this game
i started with soc
< 3
last time I was in xrp 16
oh ok
X16
am i far or not
Decently
clear sky is super short
you're about halfway
christ dont remind me...
i hate the fucking construction zone
so first clear sky then call of pripyat and clear sky at the end right?
worst stalker experience of my life
you don't just quit the zone
Yeah. Being a complete loser.
the zone doesnt let people out

Free play mods > russian soup mods
anomaly does
But I think I'm already addicted to this game
my friend recommended me this after i played metro
I finished ShoC in 2 days, with only taking breaks to eat lol
but i changed my mind
Vanilla games (CS > CoP > ShoC) > Mods (Story Mods > Trashy mods > CoCk packs)
CoCk
cock
I dont understand the dislike for freeplay mods

You have no goal. Nothing
Maybe for you
But there's a reason they're the most popular mods
and im positive GSC sees that they're the most popular
Not just for me. 
I have seen at least 50 people that don't like freeplay mods.
there's 34,000 people on this server
Free play mods can get quite boring
And they all play mods 😏
freeplay is bad because it has no goal and the goals you're given are often times hollow cyclic quests
There's probably over a million people who play or are fans of stalker
CoC after some time gets too damn repetitive and pointless
It has no interesting quests or stuff to do, mostly just random fetch quests that are all pretty much the same but asking for another item
The "main storyline" isn't really good either
I dont know why you'd want to play a stalker game for the story
None of them were very good
Uhh because i like it
probably because the world and environment is interesting?
Haven't you though of that
Its okay to like bad things

sounds like you're just a retard
So you're saying that Stalker's worlds and vanilla lore etc, are bad?
Sounds like you want people to dictate your own goals and are incapable of immersing yourself in a sandbox
@hushed aurora No, I'm saying the story of SoC, Clear Sky and Call of Pripyat are not very good
The story, the lore, the world building
There's the Stalker "Setting" that most people really like
Then there's the story of the games
which are universally panned as decent
I'd rather have very interesting quests and actually fun stuff to do than just rather hold W for hours until i get to some point, carry an item back to the owner, and repeat for other several hours
Aka "Fetch Quests"
Then dont do quests lol
Then what's the point
there's very little content without quests outside of shooting things, walking, and artifact hunting
So just mindless killing anything, looting them, and repeat forever?
Sounds like you should get a ritalin prescription for that adhd
Yeah nah i'd rather play one of the original games, vanilla or modded, or a story mod
Id rather not play some slavic teenagers fanfic story
Well I'd say anyone who takes the time to actually create a mod deserves some kind of recognition, I sure as Hell don't do any modding so
I hope Monolith is expanded on in S2
Maybe Skif could be a Strider-like character :^)
Hey guys, about to hop into Yantar/X-16 lab, I now have at least 300+ of 9x39mm ammo, and some nice suit as well. Now I'm curious, which is the best rifle for the job? Groza or AS Val?
Personally, I recommend Groza because of the GP-25
Unfortunately I only have one round for the GP-25.
you've already got groza? noice
Though, I do have a Vintorez, but I'm not confident of its 10 round mag. And also, I can't access Petrenko yet.
Yeah, the moment the Barkeep gave me the X-16 mission, I decided to let my curiosity get me and went to Army Warehouses first.
Best choice ever.
There are cock mods for stalker? 
Got some Groza from hostile Duty, loots from Monolith in barrier, and access to NATO weapons.
Why didn't anybody tell me, i love chickens
Didnt wanna get you too excited
Is the Double Damage mod a good idea?
@rotund fox Define cock
Nvm just saw you said chicken

I bet there will be a realism mod for S2 at the very start letting enemies kill you in 1 hit
Radioactive rain and stuff like that
If not already included in the game
Probably offers lots of difficulty modes, and in those difficulties, 'journalist mode' is not included. Because lets face it, a super easy mode will never give you the true STALKER experience.
Amen to that
Hell, if those 'Journalists' wants to play, Novice is the easiest, even then, its still difficult to certain extent especially to beginners.
My main concern is that they'll make the player the center of the universe, which I hope won't happen. Major part of stalkers appeal is that it's not a power fantasy
It never was, you either have the right equipment and luck to be powerful, and even then both of those requires skills and hardwork.
Exactly
I feel like that might be a tiny bit the case, but idk
Eh, its not over the top like in other games.
I never enjoyed fallout for this same reason.
Other than that I'm very excited
Can't wait to spend all day in rookie village playing guitar and drinking vodka with the lads
i mean
in SoC you quite literally are the most important Stalker
Who delved the deepest
Yes but you didn't do it alone
Somehow got past the Brain Scorcher
You had entire group helping you get there
You had 2 stalkers and a doctor
You also technically didn't know that
Wasn't there a psi device that blocked the brain scorcher from affecting you
Or am I getting things confused with clear sky
There was
But Strelok got into the CNPP
Before the events of SoC
I mean even before Clear Sky
Strelok was such an autismlord that he literally walked in and out
can y'all check #🔩┃trilogy_modifications and help me out? thanks
Again I don't think strelok is that special, with the exception of being immune to the brain scorcher, many other stalkers have gotten to the center, however all of them are now part of monolith
He have pretty good aim
Survived a bolt of lightning
He destroyed ||zone or c something||
I wish that there will be cutscenes like soc
Well, we have Guide, a stalker who knows the safest paths on the zone and probably the first Stalker as well. Then again, time and experience made the guy strong.
Pretty sure Forester is the first stalker
He lived there prior though
first “stalker” in the literal sense was guide if I’m not mistaken
Forester doesn’t count
Is here any Czech stalker ?
You speak czech ?
¯_(ツ)_/¯
Ok, thx for a important meme 😄

Shoot
Stalker 2 go Xbox Game Pass Ultimate on the start ?
?
Hello
👋
Should probably go to #💬┃en_offtop if you wanna continue talking
Sure
What stalkers dream of upon reaching the zone? it is to sneeki breeki the cheeky breekis
anybody checked out the zone dreams ost on the spectogram
previous songs had stuff appear in it
like what @finite dragon
isolating the pitch led to sounds of what i think was reloading on Mass i think
and some kind of image generated with the spectrogram on that pitch
Do we have any poles here?
@finite dragon I posted a screenshot of it
yesterday
when you asked
i didnt notice
hi fellow stalkers
Howdy
how's it going?
ah ok
i'm recently playing Clear Sky
what game is that?
It’s a standalone game/mod
ah ok
Real good
Hello I'm new to this, should I wait to choose a faction till after playing a bit ? Or is there a info tab on the factions ?
there's info in factions in your pda as you progressw
and in general you'll see what they're all about
where can i find the password for the server 😅 i reread the rules incase i missed it and i verified my account still nothing 😅
this is the discord for the dayZ server right 😭 🤦♂️ 😂
wow you got lost hard lmao
XDXD
Turn this stinky thing off, my head is going to explode!
uh-oh, stinky, explosion
Any news surrounding the puzzle
I hope s2 has bigger and spookier labs
what year you think it'll play in
who created the models for the mutants in SoC?
test
2022 or 2023
Won't Stalker 2 be less moddable than the rest if it's made in UE?
Usually UE games don't have very great mods, only skins and stuff like that
Yeah
That's what I meant
I always confuse them
For some reason
I look like an idiot now lmao
Developers confirmed that they'll try to make it moddable and they will add Workshop support
Not really. Think about the people that started their stalker experience with Anomaly.
Oh
I mean, there's always the vanilla version
And there will be mods to reduce the difficulty too
Anomaly has
Also I didn't know that devs could interfere on the moddablilty of a game, interesting
Unreal is one of the most moddable engines out there lol
Plus with unreal
we'll have people making actual maps
that can be ported easily
What maps have people made?
or "made"?
Generators and Darkscape?
Meadow & Truck Cemetary. 
You'd think if it was possible then after 10 years we'd get some
Im interested in what total conversion mods we'll see
100% someone is going to make a metro mod
Oh yeah defiantly
Its weird
If you look online
a lot of people wanted a kind of open world metro game
set in the metro
but what we got was exodus
It technically was an open world game.
People enjoy it
I enjoyed Exodus quite a bit, weapon customization and open world were great. The only gripe I have about Exodus was enemy AI was kinda bad, but a minor flaw in comparison to its virtues
It was nice to go above
It was
but when I first head Metro Exodus was open world
I was immediately thinking of exploring the Metro
Maybe the next iteration will have something like that. ---> Forwarded to 4A Games.
Anyway Stalker 2...I sure do hope they release a tidbit on weapons and combat soon, curious as to how they're gonna handle the combat system.
"mirrored guns"? The Hell does that mean?
Left-handed guns instead of real-life right-handed.
Like, the bolt is right-sided for a reason.
oh yea maps
also i hope that there are more things in buildings, i didn't see much reason to explore them in the rest of games
since even though they had floors and furnitures they didn't have any items or enemies
I'm about to enter the X-16 labs, I have a pump action shotgun, a VSS with both weapons having plenty of ammo, and medkits. Any advice before I enter another spooky lab?
Aw
Yeah don't spoil it for yourself, just save a lot
Though, modding the game with double damage for guns really made this game more fun.
me too man
No more drawn out gunfights
its a shame that they went with the approach they did
dont kill me but the way metro exodus turned out doesn't seem to be metro exodus,its like I am playing smth else,then I start playing levels that really resemble and build upon the good stuff of the first and then they chuck that outta the window and put smth else,the last set of levels are the best tbh
Again, maybe the next Metro iteration will be Open Metro not world. Fans are split on the issue, I liked Exodus a lot but I certainly wouldn't mind an open Metro "dungeon crawler" with freedom of travel
I mean,metro exodus was a good game,just not what I expected and I left it felling disappointed bc of that
Metro Exodus rwmibded me of Stalker
Just less atmospheric
Yamantau was my favourite level
LOL yeah, it was like one big shooting gallery. Target practice. Who better than psycho cannibals?
pretty much my fellings exactly,tho I really like the forest level,reminded me of the first games a lot with whole new enviroments to explore
i hope the next metro game will be the sequel for Sam 's journey
Artom already become a colonel
that means he wont fight alone most of times like trio metro games
I didn’t like sams story much idk why
so the next metro 's protagonist must be someone else
What about turning Dyakov's trilogy into games
The last book in it is Exodus, but way superior
Two colonels dlc was good too
Yessss that’d be awesome
Yeah it was great
The Zone posses mortal danger! We are here to protect you from the Zone, not the Zone from you! Do not jeopardize your life, do not try to penetrate into the secured area!
I hope we get a physical version of S2
@pseudo yoke physical copies were confirmed
Oh nice
Ok
I hope they have a limited edition one
that I need to buy right at 12:01 am Ukrainian Time
I don't see what's sad about that tbh
I wish it wasnt coming to consoles at all
Looks like Grigorovich isn't a fan of PS.
Why would he be?)
Why wouldn't he?
Playstation users have a very tribalistic mindset
There was a guy on twitter who destroyed his playstation and all his games because of Horizon Zero Dawn coming to PC
Both sides have dumb people. Can't judge a console over it imo
There shouldn't be consoles anyways, everyone should have a PC
Don’t hate someone for using another system
Correct. PCers are blaming console users on CDPR's hurt reputation, nevermind they brought it on themselves with overhype and releasing fake gameplay footage well in advance.
hello

Not Anomaly?
Welcome
Za monolit
Monolith > All
I just hope it stays the same and still has that stalker feel

Everything we've seen indicates that it will
Any really
and*
if at the end of the day
Stalker 2 is a flop
Well, we still have the original trilogy
It's quite a challenge to reboot an old series and keep it same-y and meet old fans expectations but as long as they keep the atmosphere intact and keep the mechanics tight I shall not make a peep. Keep expectations reasonable and you shan't ever be let down.
Expectations are a big mess at this point
Some have never even played the trilogy and just went to Anomaly
I think Stalker 2 Will be great
Trailer looks great with that Stalker dark atmosphere
thats sad
i hope they add snorks
It will be crazy if they don't
Snorks dont really make sense to me
How i remove radiation from item? i picked up item from enemy and it has radiation
wdym
shadow of chernobyl
Vanilla?
yea
What item, an artifact?
Artifacts that cause radiation Will always cause it when equipped
Some reduce radiation
Bubble, Slime, Shell, Meat Chunk, Mommas Beads - those don't have rads on them but have other disadvantages
Battery, Flash, Moonlight as well
cant translate it, its on russian
How does it look like
Which one?
looks like scrap


@finite dragon Your profile pic confused me there for a bit
also when i dropped it, radiation effect didnt removed
i agree
Did You equipped it?
yes but when i dropped it, radiation effect still didnt removed
Can You heal it?
idk
With vodka and Anti rad
I mean, look at your inventory
Theres three bars
The red one is your health, the blue one is your armour status and the yellow one is your radiation
If the yellow one doesnt keep increasing when You drop the item then You only have to heal the radiation
Drinkinh vodka or using an antirad
it says secures me from scratches of wormhole anomaly

nvm it called wormhole
Does anyone remember "West-Games"? :)
it causes bleed
It causes bleed?
yea
also it around zone, spawns commonly
but how i remove radiation
Unequip it
Drink vodka
i mean from item
Unequip, drink vodka or an antirad
Imposible, to be able to use it without radiation You need another artifact that cures radiation
ah ok
ty
Np
Guys, how i destroy anomaly? i want to pick up artifact but anomaly kills me
with pistol?
Does anyone know if mods have been confirmed to be coming to xbox when stalker 2 launches
wormhole blocking the way to artifact ;-;
@rancid flame thank you. I have a pc so I could get it for that but I was really wanting it for console so I could play on my big screen without the hassle of hooking my computer up to it since they are in separate rooms.
Yeah
Idk about the mods on console if they do that
Also no problem
It’ll be on Xbox only for console
Enjoy paying for mods lol
Yeah hopefully they can find a way to bring all the mods to console.
Nice
@eager grail you realize modders make the mods, not gsc right
i picked up his ak-47 and ran
@pseudo yoke yeah I know that. I am just hoping for a system like Bethesda has for skyrim and fallout but possibly improved to be better. Not sure how it all works but maybe if a modder says they don't want their mod on console that there is some communication between the devs and modders. I don't make mods so idk how that all work. I have used the nexus as well as steam mods for other games. And have used the in game mod section for fallout 4 on the Xbox
I hope they don't release another mod platform because if they do I WILL KILL MYSELF YOU HEAR
Maybe a FoMod but for Stalker
How
blew myself up with my own gp25
No
Bandit was wounded on the ground
and I forgot to switch back to the AK before I shot him
at my feet
I love AK
So will there be other alcoholic beverages in STALKER 2? As in, will it have whiskey such as Kentucky bourbon or Irish whiskey?
Rum?
Can anyone point me to a method to reset/fix my reputation with duty? I saw several threads about it but they end in dead links/dont explain how
@finite dragon If AK was a woman, how would you describe her?
instant nut at the mention of her
lol
If i hear just one sound from you, i'll gun you down, you hear me? All-in-all, just think how many commanders have popped up so far eh?! 3? 6? Or was it 10 already? Is anybody even counting?
Why does many newbies trying Anomaly first rather than the base games?
I mean sure, the three games looks a little outdated, but they're missing out on the classic/vintage feeling of the original STALKER.
YTbers being idiots, Anomaly being a free standalone mode, recently you could get it "for free"
Oh... well that's quite disappointing. Thank god my friend suggested I should play SoC first. Sure, had some saving issues, but I fixed it, and at least downloaded ZRP, and double damage to make things more convenient.
Не учатся ничему и учиться не хотят... Кина американского насмотрелись или крышу срывает от жадности? Ты ему про аномалии, он тебе про хабар. Ни о чем думать не хотят, кроме бабок. Пока кишки по веткам не разбросает...

лучшая фраза в сталкере
hello everyone
who is russia
норм
у меня тоже

кстати тут больше русских или английских ?
русских наверное
а ты?
я тоже
да
Может вы в #504592667716354048 пойдёте, а?
окей
окей
Actually, I have seen a lot of those people. But they had to play it instead of vanilla games. Piracy in Russia sucked sometimes.
you imply as if piracy isn't a way of life for russians
I imply that sometimes you could buy disks with mods-only without being able to play the original games.
what is this weird thing happening, like gluhovsky saying that 4a games is the only company making games or whatever
Piracy in russia is very popular
HL2 piracy is a hilarious thing
Attention! You are approaching the secured perimeter of a ecological disaster's Zone! Illicit crossing of the perimeter is a criminal act!
how large is the english speaking community compared to the russian one?
small
For STALKER? Eh they seem about the same, at least going off active members around here. I'd assume that, overall, the Russian & Ukrainian community is larger though.
e
In total?
There's probably a few hundred k english speakers
With probably over 1m Russian /Ukrainian
I wonder if we'll see gameplay today
I dunno about that
Highly highly doubt that, it's just Epic trying to hype up their storefront.
If we were to judge by sales in 2008. Over 1mil of both is accurate
why would we see gameplay today
Because some think that the game will be an EGS exclusive, and they are doing a show today
its not gonna be
I don't recall perfectly either, but that's the general reason why people think it
🤷♂️ we'll find out in 6 hours and 20 minutes
I mean sales =/= community
How many people played SoC then never touched the series again?
I'm aware, but when they announced the sale amount in the CIS community and the sale amount in the rest. You could judge at least a decent bit on how many were English speakers
Or have some grasp of the language
But anyway yea, Eastern European community is bigger
Found an RPS article on the thing: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/watch-the-epic-games-store-showcase-here-today
"Join us as we take a look at some of the games launching on the Epic Games Store this year," Epic said when announcing the stream. "We've curated a collection of new announcements, gameplay and extended looks presented by the developers creating the games we all love."
If I didn't know any better, I'd say it looks possible. However, I do; they're leaving this as intentionally vague as possible so people will tune in. Not helped by the stream apparently only lasting 30 minutes, so much for 'extended' then. 
Well
We'll find out in 6 ish hours
Something I noticed though
Xbox showed off all the games coming to the new console
and S2 was not mentioned
So I dont think its coming this year
ah yes
I don't think its gonna be EGS exclusive
i have returned
I wish shipping things internationally wasnt so expensive
it skyrocketed due to the pandemic
Sup homies
That's not exactly why
I don't really have an example of another product, but I'm pretty sure they were missing out some other games as well. It's sort of part of their agreement to not say anything early unless the devs/publisher lets them know
Microsoft also said that S2 is coming “next year” back in 2020. So that gave it a lot more odds of happening, but it could've also been an oopsie
Well
We have 10 months left
I just hope they dont release it in August or September\
I hope it will come this year
But i have many games to play Like Sekiro for example
Sekiro is pure masochistic game
it's a good game but to fight the whole game with only a small katana is boring
i really like to try hard but not a fan of katana sword
Hey guys, currently in the Bloodsucker Village in a quest to exterminate said mutants. Any advice on effectively taking them out?
Got a Mossberg shotty with plenty of rounds. How many Bloodsucker do I have to kill though?
Already blasted two of them
jump on some object when bloodsuckers are trying to attack you
i hope these suckers in stalker 2 wont be as dumb as they were in previous games
I just hope that most Mutants aren't a bunch of bullet sponge. I mean, compared to humans wearing actual armor, I find it so strange that a Mutant mostly just flesh can tank lots of bullets. Sure, they can ignore pain (I think) but that doesn't mean you have to spend half a mag to kill them.
An exception to mutants that are actual bullet sponge like the Pseudogiant.
me too, bloodsuckers are way too hyped up in the stalker universe for how hard they actually are to fight
are you playing on master?
Novice, but with 'Double Damage' mod, you can say its already difficult due to gunfights being rather more difficult.
I'm a newbie though
Would go increase difficulty if I ever go back to this game.
ah, don't wanna sound like an elitist or anything but master difficulty is really the way to go
the game was made with master difficulty in mind, the other were made to dumb down the game
they feel bullet spongy because you're doing less damage because of the diffciulty
Oh no, I installed Double Damage for guns due to how annoying the gunfights can get. Though, the enemies weapons also increases its damage as well so its already difficult to the point that zombies can kill you. And I'm playing on Novice to get a better touch and idea on the game.
I'm still a newbie and all.
i'm just suggesting because difficulty literally has influence only on damage
it won't make your medkits less usefull
it won't make more enemies spawn
the only thing it does is you kill enemies in 1 shot but you have to be careful cuz you're a human too
Yeah... I think its now pointless to change difficulty with the minor mod I installed. Though, I do enjoy gunfights with my Vintorez, I'm still spooked by Mutants.
Specifically Bloodsuckers
Hard to kill things that knows how to hide.
well, you can change the difficulty at anytime
so you can try uninstalling the mod and trying out master difficulty if you want
Heh, yeah.
Soc
oh
As a newbie, I start with the first game
yeah a good thing you started with soc
Is fun despite being spooky.
spooky is the fun part
i really like when going to labs, the open world shootouts annoyed me
Opposite for me.
I enjoyed the survival aspects and the shootouts, but not the spooky parts. Still fun though
oh
seems i've been wrong then
it's pretty hard to learn about stalker, especially when the main sources are steam discussions,,,
disregard what i said then
rip
what is that in the announcement pic?
"while SHE is preparing for the next round." Women Confirmed!
A deck of cards Ihink
women?
hahaha
So, they're adding collectibles to S2, hmm?
Well, stalker has jumped the shark
A new artefact!
SHE
I don't know what that word means.
At least there will likely be a woman removal mod
So the stalker cypher was confirmed
no you don't, the difficulty does nothing for the damage except in soc where lower the difficulty the more damage you do
she refers to the ZONE most likely (has been referred to as such in several media and lore), or that we have SHE, REALLY and CAEZ in capslock, meaning a new round of arg/code is about to begin
nooo
GSC has gone feminist hehe
What is CAEZ?
Don't rile up autism, "she" meant the zone
good
phew
hihihi
Always fun to cause a ruckus
Iunno, the tism fits would be kinda hilarious if they added femstalkers
It won't be fun if the game ends up in a feminist site saying "why stalker so sexit omg" and literally harassing devs
nah us woman haters could go on a zone-wide genocide
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: 2 Coming soon guys! 
Because they won't be satisfied with just having female characters
imagine caring about feminist sites 
fr fr
I don't, but devs tend to be betas and always end up bending over
i mean as long as stalker 2 is even kind of like anomaly 2 electric boogaloo i'm gucci
not if theyre ukrainians hehe
Have there been any more details put out about gameplay/controls? I remember there were some people worried we'd somehow lose the ability to lean out from corners, lol. Like leaning is somehow not Zone basics.
2.0.2.1.
Isnt that the old cypher
maybe 50/50 
Wait but 2021, thats NOW!!!
as far as i know they haven't even released a real release year even
i hope the game releases 26th april
eh, with pandemic in effect, likely won't see it this year, bois
ign threw 2021 on their published trailer from their ass or sumn
They wouldve shown some gameplay if it was in april

Also we all know how the vagober and fake vagober front work, they'll just get daddy bergstein to pressure gsc via talmudic magic
They said pandemic didnt affect them much
rip stalker 2 releasing on the same dates as the originals LUL
That's good. I should probably keep up to date with their news better
april 26 is still open, thats when the real reactor blew
Yes. In some situations, it actually helped them more
Maybe april 26 '22
lets hope they dont pull a cyberpunk on us
^^
A pack of cigarettes
oh yeah
i rather have the game next year then this year but cyberpunklike
i mean the originals were glitchy games but had something to show for too LUL
Yep, rather a late game than a $60 alpha
It was the song
the image makes me go say
valve time works bro
imagine stalker in VR 
I won't
8 Years Later
The long awaited S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 has finally been released!
i want chernobyl poop pants simulator in VR
As long as it's good, I'll wait as long as Stalker SoC or TF2 took
"The earth is shaking while the soldiers of Duty and Freedom are sitting around the same campfire. And the bandits are dealing cards to the loner’s squad, who are passing the time in the same shelter. " Hmm....
after 9 million years in development, we hope it could've been worth the wait
I raised my brows at that, too
that's pripyat bruv
Never seen that in Anomaly
cards, a woman in the zone, duga radar...
i can already tell we got a schizo on the writing team
yep
i love it
the she meant the zone tho soo
I think it means "both squads are having a secret discussion between eachother"
New cipher?
oof, said a bad word and got a strike. gonna have to be careful in here.
bandits are not heartless
I think you’re mistaken
that is canon
This emission surely is no normal thing
Damn that latest update has me feeling like stalker 2 will suck
Yeah
so screw all ya'll callin us chaotic evil
“NOOOOO WE CAN’T HAVE WOMEN IN THE ZOOOONE”
What habar means?
we're lawful evil
enemies getting along, possibly women
I don't want gender politics in my slav simulator
Oh.
"We thank you, oh Monolith, for revealing the cunning plans of your enemies to us.
May your light shine down on the souls of the brave soldiers who gave their lives in service to your will.
Onward warriors of the Monolith, avenge your fallen brothers, blessed as they are in their eternal union with the Monolith.
Bring death to those who spurned the holy power of the Monolith" 
Do you guys think we will be able to play as any faction we want in STALKER 2 ?
how do yall carry out the message of possible wamen from the new announcement LUL
@finite dragon chill with the mutt talk
I want to play as a merc so badly
probably
I don't think so, at least not with the start of it. Dude looks like a Loner at the start
unlikely
kinda unlikely since it has a named character but oh boy if it does
It dosent make any sense to have wamen in a warzone..
Doubt it, what I do think is that they will make a framework that will be easier to mod into a warfare mod
Ecologists
ONE
Soldiers and Ecologists make perfect sense.
As the first women enters the zone, bandits get ready to hunt her down
LITERALLY ONE WHO LEAVES
That would be so cool to be like a russian merc or an american merc jumping into the zone
Not in the zone, especially after everyone knows the conditions
if it isnt a metafor, i would hope the zone is big enough that enemies arent all in one place to take shelter from an emission. like how it was in yantar that was an imersion killer
Searching for treasures and artifacts
maybe as a sandbox mode?
straight up tarkov style LUL
I hope Stalker2 is as moddable as the other ones are, if not even more friendly to it.
I hope they have woman characters, the could pull a Mount and blade and make it a struggle for them
Why not?
Yeah ikr :)
yep
I just want more sandbox-type gameplay from Stalker. I love how CoC and Anomaly give us that
Wamen soldier?
Female scientists and soldiers make sense, I dunno what you guys are on about
moddable stalker on unreal engine AAAA GIMME GIMME 
I want a good base framework with stuff not so hardcoded so modders can do stuff
Inferior in every form of physical combat, everyone would try to rape them
I could see female snipers/spies/bandits wrecking dudes in the zone.
Bandit makes sense tbh. Seduce and mess up Loners bigtime
Most of people want a new COD or a new Battlefield but true men of culture want a new stalker game :D
Who cares about physical combat when everyone is carrying a gun?
The Soviets would like a word with you
implying men don't get raped
Wise words Yoda, wise words!
Chances are a female soldier would clap a bandit in hand to hand combat
everyone
saying that as if every single dude in the zone was a lunatic LUL
Ooh the feminists have gotten on the chat
not even bandits lol
aight im out
I wouldn't mind women, but you know what? It's 2021 and having women will always end up in the worsening of quality,so better not add them and keep everything good
lol
I don't see why bandit Stalker are such a hot topic here lol
Lets keep it chill, we don't want no chat lockdown.
“NOOOOO, NO WOMEN IN MY ZOOOONE”
Feminists 
lmao this boi counts everything for feminism 
Typical bandit
exactly
@final epoch this is getting close to the line of sexism
REE WAMEN
I am sexist man
🤔
Ok lets say gsc adds wahnam who will be killed and done god knows what
Ok
Did you cry when you saw the femstalker in anomaly?
nah i shot her in the basement
I hope the bloodsuckers will be scary as hell
When that happens wahman will screech and say how wahman stalkers shouldn't die nor fight
Alright fellas, that’s enough of this topic.
haha weee lets port jill valentine in as a stoolker and uh oh hello it's moe lester
indeed edillon.
And suddenly all wahmans are made faction leaders
Agreed
i hunger for more stalker 2 reveals AA
I wanna know more about the cards
card minigame in stalker 2
no confirmed date OR a year
Ohh okk
Up for a game of gwent ?
2021 was the cypher code right?
inb4 soc 2 electric boogaloo
TRIPLE TRIAD BB
yeah but they haven't confirmed any dates tho
GSC confirmed cigarettes in stalker 2
groovy.
As it should be
id rather get it soon, bugs are a part of the stalker experience
I will wait another decade if the game is better
nvm in 2018 they said it would release in 2021 but that remains to be seen
we already have like 10 stalker 2s through mods and addons
They should get the guy that made gunslinger mod on the dev team imo
Is Grigorivich (or whatever his name is) still the head of GSC?
a UE4 stalker is just gravy. they can take their time, i have something in thr mean time
have they confirmed how intact a-life is?
Bringing mod developers onto the Dev team would be a power move
bruh
Agree
Ah man, stalker has the best NPCs
Weapon gunsmith would be fire imo
After seeing frontier I would rather keep mods and devs split
Just like in tarjov
same. been going through the backlog.
no idea but they gotta have it in it's what makes stoolker stoolker 
Tarkov *
Who knows, maybe modders are already secretly working with the devs?
im going to be really sad if A-life is worse then before.
Just no tarkov armor bullshit pls
Sidorovich,
Plz release stalker2 this year
Love,
Everyone
That will be a mod probably
Its a must have in a stalker game
Like buying gun parts from traders and stuff would be so cool in a stalker fame
Game *
i mean the stuff they made back then was impressive for the time and now they've had 12 years to upgrade it
I think it’s a guarantee
Yeah, replacing and adding modeled parts is so much fun
Kek
I wouldn't doubt some modders may know about the development. Since modders know what the stalker community would like to have
Even the shitposting youtubers should get on a testing team.. Cuz they are the best to find funny bugs
I would be surprised if the devs didn't take a bunch of the mod ideas and build them into 2.
starting out with a ghetto ak missing it's top cover and everything would be gucci for stalker
Yeah right ? I would spend hours if not days to get the perfect weapon
Ohhh hell yeah !
Again, keep milsim tism at bay, if theres gonna be gun modding it will be the same as before but with better models and maybe appearance change
