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[finite dragon]

because from the leaked 2011 builds of stalker 2, it actually looks quite detailed in some parts

[grim palm]

Sorry do our stores even say anything about stalker

[wispy pier]

s2 was planned in 211!??

[opaque parrot]

Not really. Haven't heard a word from any of the stores in ex-YU

Hopefully there will be something soon

Otherwise we're gonna have to go for digital versions

[modern crag]

and now?

[wispy pier]

well watch a tutorial lol i never played any mods

i aint a veteran of the zone

[modern crag]

oh okay

[worn nacelle]

I ain't either but I sure as heck ain't planning on installing mods

Mainly cuz I'm not the type to replay a single player game

[wispy pier]

eh maybe i can install mods for shoc alone

ay i cleared a monolith outpost in red forest

[worn nacelle]

Monolith people

Still haven't met them, can't wait

[grim palm]

But mah collectors edition :( , if you maybe find something out about collecters if you dont forget plese dm me 😊

[wispy pier]

woo you new to the zone?

[wispy pier]

prepare to die xD

[worn nacelle]

Yup, first game I've played is soc so hell yeee

[wispy pier]

same

which place are you at rn?

[opaque parrot]

Np, will do

[grim palm]

Ty

[limpid cargo]

To any Hungarians here in the channel I'll message here the moment I see a retailer like konzolvilág, platinumshop ect. have it on pre order

[worn nacelle]

I just unlocked the last area and I need to go do stuff there, go in a bunker and disable an antenna or something along those lines

[wispy pier]

ayy brain scrocher

im at the same area

im at red forest proceeding to the bunker

[worn nacelle]

I actually finished that

YES THERE

[wispy pier]

wait how ya get the experienced role

[wispy pier]

spooky

[worn nacelle]

Can't qait

Havent gotten there yet, I'm looking for underbarrel grenades for 5.56

[finite dragon]

talk

[wispy pier]

[worn nacelle]

I can't find them anywhere, I'm borderline about to cheat them in the game

Nobody sells them and nobody drops them

[wispy pier]

well im here in red forest with sgi 5k a svdum rifle from freedom base that i got from killing a freedom guy in tower and gs gun near border

[wispy pier]

dont cheat even if you need some thing

handle with what you have

[worn nacelle]

Why have 3 guns on you

Just have an sgi with like 300 ish rounds and u gucci

At least that's how I'm rolling 👀

[wispy pier]

i got 500 rounds

[worn nacelle]

That's a lot of weight tho

[wispy pier]

well lmao im spooked for red forest so im locked and loaded

[worn nacelle]

Lmao

[wispy pier]

eh about 56 kg

[worn nacelle]

6 over

I got like just under 10 cheese packs and over 50 bandages

[wispy pier]

i got 2 endurance artifacts that let me run for unlimited if im below weight

[worn nacelle]

10 ish energy drinks just incase

[wispy pier]

cheese packs? you mean sci- med kits?

[worn nacelle]

Yos

[wispy pier]

bruh just get endurance artifacts dont buy those off

[worn nacelle]

cheese packs

[wispy pier]

well i still have my trusty ol big ben over 100 rads bar

[worn nacelle]

I got two that allow me to run for like, half a minute even when overencumbered

And they replenish my stamina faster than I loose it when I don't have too much on me

[wispy pier]

well endurance artifacts let you run for ever and re-gens your stamina faster

i think the size of the game is mostly because of lang audio files

like fallout new vegas's size if you cut the audio files and use english the size drops dramatically

[signal dove]

Imagine there were soccer tournaments in the zone where every faction came together to compete

[wheat gulch]

CHIKI BRIKI

[pseudo rivet]

-warn @wheat gulch Rule 3 again

[iron heath]

Auttaja

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[pseudo rivet]

[wheat gulch]

Ouch

Microsoft must be really breathing down the necks. Literally no other game discord I use has this totalitarian control.

[pseudo rivet]

Nah, just GSC's decision

[wheat gulch]

So why?

I mean the franchise is 18+ after all

[grim blaze]

guys why is the game releasing april 28th and not 26th? cus thats the day the accident happened

[pseudo rivet]

Basically to keep this place "clean" and to prevent journos from complaining even more

[wheat gulch]

What do the journos complain about?

Seriously, I want to know

[pseudo rivet]

Toxicity

[wheat gulch]

So basically.... nothing?

[pseudo rivet]

Had some articles about the server

Oh yeah, Journos always complain about nothing

So yes

But not in the first case

[wheat gulch]

Sometimes I think the journos are just bots

[pseudo rivet]

Back then, the server simply didn't have moderation

[wheat gulch]

Well, who's fault was that then lol

[pseudo rivet]

Both, tbh

[wheat gulch]

Still the phish and subsequent takeover was hilarious tbh

[finite dragon]

STALKER-Phish war

[pseudo rivet]

Oh yeah, definitely

[finite dragon]

Casualities: everything

[pseudo rivet]

I honestly want to doubt that he fell for something like that

Not sure how he got hacked

[finite dragon]

they changed the server logo to a unicorn idk

[wheat gulch]

Well there is not much to talk about since there is no gameplay, the ru-Tubers are boring too now that the leaked stuff was gone through at nauseum... it's just --------- memes

[wheat gulch]

and the banner to some beat up soviet car lol

[pseudo rivet]

Ah, lmao

You know, even censoring isn't allowed

But I don't care atm, so I'll let it slide

[wheat gulch]

heckin sadderino

[pseudo rivet]

Lmao yeah

But it B wat it B

I guess we all have to adapt to server rules

I mean, if you want to

[wheat gulch]

Just make up firetucking words as you go

[pseudo rivet]

Basically

[finite dragon]

the VAZ

[wheat gulch]

anyone oldfirecracker here? https://youtu.be/tGpLHj-MVtk

[finite dragon]

Me whenwhen
Me when the
The duty

join bandit if you hate your wife

[wheat gulch]

I killed my wife

[quick dune]

wife? what's that

[finite dragon]

Punchinf bag

[finite dragon]

Bruh imagine how painful death from whirligig must be

It just twist you and your organs are like mashed potatos at this point and u can feel that it tears you apart

And at the end you end up as bloody pulp

[golden moon]

stalker server 10/10

never disappoints

[finite dragon]

Or when u go on artifact hunting or sum stuff

With ur best friend

And suddenly u see him flying and screaming for help in fear

U try to help him but its already too late

And u just see his body deforming, twisting, stretching

And parts of hos intestines and blood fells on you and all over the place

[vernal magnet]

Just another roadside picnic

[finite dragon]

Yes

Damn poor archie

I can imagine his body just deforming

Poor man wasnt suspecting anything

Anyways, i love my almost 60 hours in SoC

[vernal magnet]

Yea the part with Archie tore me up inside (no pun intended)

Oh giant golden sphere, we do not hear you. Why have you forgotten us?

[fathom depot]

hey everyone 👋

[finite dragon]

yo

[fathom depot]

wanted to ask a question, again about pre-ordering

[finite dragon]

hm?

[fathom depot]

i see retail version of Stalker 2 is available to get, in my case - 🇵🇱
is it known how much time i have to buy pre-order? 🤔

April 28?

or less time, like until January?

[minor seal]

[finite dragon]

idk, there's not much info about that. Usually you can pre-order games till premiere day ( or one day before premiere)

[heady forge]

egh preorders up for uk but no ultimate

[minor seal]

o o f

[fathom depot]

i see. Basically, i don't need to worry for now, it's September, few months before game release 🤔

[jolly basalt]

UK preorders
god i'm terrified of the US orders releasing while i'm busy

[heady badger]

🇬🇧 pre order

#🖤┃s2-pre-order message

[dire dagger]

the ultimate edition isn't even available yet though

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/829882919815479306/832275157203812352/image0-3-1-1.gif

[jolly basalt]

GSC will drop crates of UE over the zone

truly only the most devoted will own UE

[finite dragon]

What can i do in sdalger??

Because im getting seriously bored

[finite dragon]

Geez 🇬🇧 sold out fast, specially xbox

And it wasn't even the limited editions, it was the normal preorder

[jolly basalt]

i'm really hoping GSC has multiple waves of pre-orders or something. especially for the ultimate

otherwise US is gonna be dry within the minute

[finite dragon]

Yeah..

I keep checking and checking

[vernal magnet]

Woah how does that even happen

[vernal magnet]

This is heresy

[zenith spruce]

I hope scalpers won't mess around with the higher editons

[delicate sparrow]

xD

[vernal magnet]

You know they will

[delicate sparrow]

They will

[jolly basalt]

it's likely they will. they could buy those UEs and sell them for like 300% the cost

[zenith spruce]

Can I imagine they won't?

[delicate sparrow]

I would like them to not and they wouldn’t if nobody bought them

I think I recall GSC saying they’ll try to fight scalpers by making sure there’s enough copies but they could’ve been talking about the normal copies

Not sure

[finite dragon]

I really hope they do waves about it

[jolly basalt]

ideally GSC would do both waves & notify the people subscribed to their emailing service first.

[zenith spruce]

I'm not so worried about the normal editon, just the deluxe and ultimate

[vernal magnet]

It seems that’s how they’ve been approaching it

[finite dragon]

Of course but I hope it's like that for uh... collector's edition

[delicate sparrow]

Are they limiting how many you can buy?

[vernal magnet]

If your not monitoring the stalker 2 discord daily then are you really worthy of an ultimate edition?

[jolly basalt]

GODS i hope so. i haven't heard anything about the actual process yet

[finite dragon]

Oh I've been checking it daily

[delicate sparrow]

Job says: 😈

[vernal magnet]

No. It depends on the retailer.

[jolly basalt]

ah hell.

[vernal magnet]

Meanwhile, me at my job right now in this discord

[finite dragon]

But it took less than an hour for the UK version to sell out on amazon

[delicate sparrow]

Kekekek

[finite dragon]

That's how fast they are

[jolly basalt]

i've been checking the stalker page, subreddit & filtering a google search with "stalker" and the time restricted to last 24 hours

[delicate sparrow]

The amazon version didn’t even say it included the special addons just the CD

[vernal magnet]

I already got one on German Amazon. Waiting for English links to get an actual region correct copy

[jolly basalt]

that is how much i'm tryna keep an eye out

[delicate sparrow]

Maybe just an overlook

[vernal magnet]

If your eyes are peeled you all should be just fine

[finite dragon]

That's my point, thing went out fast.

[jolly basalt]

part of me wishes UE would be made-to-order, with one limited to person or something.

but it'd be way too much stuff to manufacture that way, sadly.

[vernal magnet]

It looks like they are measuring demand / cost / availability of materials by region

[finite dragon]

Probably

[vernal magnet]

Remember GSC is not a huge company compared to bigger budget mega companies

[jolly basalt]

of course.

[delicate sparrow]

and that’s why they’re the best :D

[finite dragon]

Would it really be the scalpers doing?

[vernal magnet]

Doubt it honesty

[finite dragon]

Not really trying to offend Stalker but it's not that big as fall out per say

[vernal magnet]

Demand is stupid high and the cost of ultimates at 350 a pop makes it an expensive investment for scalping

[jolly basalt]

wasn't GSC backed by microsoft for S2?

[delicate sparrow]

People scalp $2500 graphics cards I wouldn’t put it past them

[vernal magnet]

eBay takes 15% plus shipping for a large game. You get the picture

[jolly basalt]

that's the main reason why i'm worried about scalpers.

[zenith spruce]

me too, I just hope it won't be big

[vernal magnet]

You would be surprised

[finite dragon]

[delicate sparrow]

Grab your copies quick boys, good hunting stalkers. 😎

[jolly basalt]

at this point getting into the zone would be easier than getting the game

[vernal magnet]

Yea but there’s way more need and demand for GPU than stalker 2

Literally a global shortage contributing to those GPU costs

[finite dragon]

Yeah, it's kind of an odd comparison in my opinion.

[vernal magnet]

Lemme put it to y’all this way. Shadow of chernobyl polish collectors edition is numbered and limited to 1000 pieces. A rare artifact. I have one. Cost me 250. That was pretty damn cheap as they go for 600 usually

The market dictates everything

Until stalker 2 launches and the popularity booms like wildfire, everything will be more obtainable

[jolly basalt]

one of these days i'll need to make a big display case for all the different collector's things i've gotten over the years.

[vernal magnet]

You have a ton of newcomers. A ton of young fans. It’s really only the vets that have a couple hundred dollars to throw away for a piece of stalker

[woeful cape]

i just hope that there are still copies left by the time it goes live in NA

[signal coyote]

wow,i'm searching that version for years and it'almost impossible to find lower than 500 euros

[vernal magnet]

You will more than likely have between 1 hour and 1 day to get your order

Anything past that is guaranteed sold out

[finite dragon]

Yeah

[woeful cape]

i've already made up my mind on getting the ultimate edition at least, i'm only worried about missing the release

[finite dragon]

Trying to get me the collector's edition

[jolly basalt]

i am already mentally prepared to get the UE, take it out once to look at & install, and immediately store it so it can't risk getting damaged lol

[woeful cape]

yeah pretty much lmao

[zenith spruce]

I hope my computer doesn't melt from the game

[finite dragon]

Yeah same

[jolly basalt]

computer melts from chernobyl radiation! it's immersive!

[woeful cape]

it's a lot of money just for some loot but imo stalker is one of the best game franchises out there, it means as much now to me as halo did growing up

[jolly basalt]

honestly Stalker & Dishonored are the only two franchises i can really think of that mean anything to me

Dishonored got me into first-person-action games as a whole, & Stalker got me into games with actual atmosphere

[woeful cape]

stalker got me to buy an actual russian sks lmao

[finite dragon]

For me I'd have to say Metro and Stalker are the ones that I'd go the extra mile and get their premium editions.

[jolly basalt]

i'd love to get a Slagga Viska. i think it's an american recreation of the Vintorez? memory is hazy

but getting a Vintorez seems impossible. 'specially in the States

[zenith spruce]

Vintorez is the gun that carried me in all the stalker games

[jolly basalt]

hunting rifle ftw

[vernal magnet]

Basically. I’m not even sure you could get the alphabet bois to give you a stamp. There may be older pre ban models available for stupid money though

[woeful cape]

even moreso now with the import ban on russki ammo, i doubt anyone else makes 9×39mm ammo

[jolly basalt]

go far enough south/east into hillbilly country and you'll probably find MG42s for sale.

i'd be surprised if 9x39mm wasn't available somewhere

[vernal magnet]

9x39 is closest to 5.56 right? Maybe modded receivers could work?

[woeful cape]

wikipedia says it's a 7.62×39mm case with the neck stretched to fit a 9mm projectile, often weighing around double that of typical 7.62 bullets

[vernal magnet]

I’ve seen a recoil-less AK with 5.56 that was pretty slick

[woeful cape]

i don't want to get too into specifics due to the rule if political discussion, but depending on how our (canadian) current election goes we might be able to start importing semi auto aks

[jolly basalt]

y'all ever see the video of that one dude dual-wielding two AR12s?

imagine seeing some Freedomer in S2 just do that & getting torn to shreds by actual marksmen lol

[woeful cape]

me in anomaly lmao

shotgun + dmr style rifle > any other weapon combination

[jolly basalt]

i need to play Anomaly. only mod i played is COC i think.

[woeful cape]

the anomaly story is kinda weak but the sandbox gameplay is tons of fun, and the difficulty is very customizeable, which i love

[jolly basalt]

unrelated from Anomaly but S2 is gonna have the Hunting Shotgun & Leather Jacket right? i can't remember seeing those two items in any videos.

[woeful cape]

i would imagine so, they're iconic early game kit in other titles

[jolly basalt]

i outright refuse to use any other clothing except for whatever high-grade armor i can find during the end of SoC's true ending.

leather jacket is just too much of an "underdog" to not use imo

[vernal magnet]

Ah yes. FPS Russia. Absolute madlad

[jolly basalt]

oh it was FPS? i miss that guy, wasn't he arrested or something?

[woeful cape]

is there a ping for mods?

[jolly basalt]

you could ping one directly, probably not the whole role

unless they've disabled pings or something.

mods're cool.

[magic perch]

[woeful cape]

cheers homie

[delicate sparrow]

mods pog

[vernal magnet]

Yea long story but he’s out now

[woeful cape]

there was a bunch of rumours about his "compound" getting raided or one of his cameramen getting shot or something, but yeah he hasn't done anything in ages

[vernal magnet]

Mods round these parts keep it pretty chill

[woeful cape]

demo ranch is fpsrussias spiritual successor imo

[vernal magnet]

I think everyone knows we are in a tightly regulated discord so they try to be cool if your trying to be cool

[jolly basalt]

i think i've seen Demo Ranch before. he's some sort of Texan guy right?

[vernal magnet]

As long as your not Duty you’ll be fine

[woeful cape]

yap, he has a shitload of guns, but most importantly has a ton of fun shooting them, just seems like a generally good natured guy

[delicate sparrow]

They started around the same time I think. I found demo ranch before I found fps russia

But I got into that genre a little later than everyone else

[jolly basalt]

all i remember is Demo shooting some sorta break-action .50cal, looked strange as hell.

[woeful cape]

probably the RN-50 from serbu arms? it's a breech loaded single shot .50bmg rifle

[jolly basalt]

i'm sitting here playing toontown while talking about guns on a stalker discord server. what an amazing world

[woeful cape]

the duality of man

[wide olive]

Hello my fellow stalkers

[jolly basalt]

'sup

[wide olive]

YOu guys excited for Stalker 2?

Im hyped

[finite dragon]

Hello Hyped, I'm dad

[wide olive]

ok?

[finite dragon]

It's It's dad joke

Anyways, I'm definitely hyped for the game

[wide olive]

https://tenor.com/view/gas-mask-stalker-dance-gif-22374889

[jolly basalt]

it's stalker server, i think everyone is hyped lol

[wide olive]

oops

i thought it was gonna show the gif

not a link

[wide olive]

haha

figured

[delicate sparrow]

I am not actually

[vernal magnet]

The hype is going to reach critical mass come April

[delicate sparrow]

I dread it’s release

[vernal magnet]

I dread the next gameplay reveal. Excitement and nervousness to the max

[jolly basalt]

the only thing i dread is the community possibly becoming worse from the newcomers

but i hope the newcomers will be nice.

[vernal magnet]

This guy gets it 👍

The end of the old guard

[delicate sparrow]

Newcomers are always nice

[vernal magnet]

And young usually…major culture shift incoming

[jolly basalt]

i don't wanna bring him up & derail the conversation, but it's like when Chris-Chan became mainstream. the community got super ruined from it.

not that it was good anyways.

[delicate sparrow]

If the existing community doesn’t see themselves as stuck up.. people.

[vernal magnet]

Stalker for years has been a niche hardcore community

This expansion is good and bad depending what you focus on

[delicate sparrow]

I don’t like the gate keeping aspect. If the game sticks to its roots not much will change, unless the community tries to keep as many people out for not being “OG”

[jolly basalt]

gatekeeping is another possible issue that could arise with S2's release

[vernal magnet]

Normally not a fan of gatekeeping but it has its purpose especially here

[jolly basalt]

to an extent. too much gatekeeping will ruin the OG fanbase as well.

[vernal magnet]

Otherwise prepare for the mass normies / furry crossovers / massive young audience

[delicate sparrow]

the gate keeping has to be done on GSCs part. NOT the community

[woeful cape]

for gscs sake, i hope the game is successful and attracts a lot of new fans, but i hope those new fans understand and appreciate the spirit of the community as it is currently

[vernal magnet]

That doesn’t even make sense

[jolly basalt]

what's wrong with furries? they keep to themselves mostly.

[vernal magnet]

The OG community is tight knit. Like a club house. A swarm of newcomers in the clubhouse obviously threatens its culture.

It’s a risk, not a damnation

A lot of it comes from the age gap

[delicate sparrow]

I mean the way they design the game, if they make it to appeal to a massive audience and turn it into cod/fallout than it’s done. If they keep it how it used to be, a hardcore game. Then that’s ok, that’s what I meant by gatekeep. Not appealing to the mass audience.

[vernal magnet]

They do not. Join 100 rads bar on Facebook.

[vernal magnet]

Ok I see you. I agree with that. Regardless, massive Xbox exclusive is going to draw basic boys in. Dark souls is hardcore and got a huge mainstream following

[jolly basalt]

Dark Souls also has a crazy notoriety, even before the newer stuff

always had a semi-mainstream audience

[vernal magnet]

Yes my point refers to hardcore gameplay not restricting audience garnering

[delicate sparrow]

Also, I think that genre is a reason why. FPS games nowadays are mainly seen as fast pace action shooters.

[woeful cape]

i'm really curious to see the reception of s2, considering how most multiplayer shooters are very flashy, and singleplayer shooters are either very cinematic or casual

[jolly basalt]

ah, misunderstood, sorry.

[vernal magnet]

The genre is too large for that anymore. It’s not the 90’s / 2k trying to shake the image of quake and doom

[woeful cape]

look at popular multiplayer shooters though; you have cod, overwatch, fortnite, etc.

[delicate sparrow]

Also the first trailer how they marketed the game

[woeful cape]

stalker is very much NOT that

[delicate sparrow]

Put a bit of a bad taste in my mouth

[woeful cape]

it's as much an rpg as it is a shooter, and if people don't know that going in i feel like they'll be disappointed

[jolly basalt]

speaking of disappointment, i really hope S2 keeps the lean mechanics. it's gonna be on console so i don't understand how they could lean?

not many buttons lol.

[delicate sparrow]

How does siege do it?

That’s on console right?

[jolly basalt]

never played siege, no idea.

[vernal magnet]

Yeah, what about them? They don’t represent anything other than surface level “gamers”

Normies

[vernal magnet]

Same. It needs lean in a major way

[delicate sparrow]

They’re the main group who will be playing the game

[woeful cape]

battlefield used the kinect camera to track your movements and you can use it to lean, might be the same w xbox

[vernal magnet]

All they need to do is adapt the Wolfensteim new order leaning with the shoulder button + thumb stick for height

[vernal magnet]

Kinect has been abandoned for support if I’m not mistake

And it would suck quite frankly

[woeful cape]

entirely possible, i haven't used anything other than pc for a few years now

[vernal magnet]

And restrict a major gameplay function to an optional accessory

[finite dragon]

I doubt they will use kinect

[vernal magnet]

We got perfect leaning in wolfenstein it’s fine

[vernal magnet]

Who? Normies? No no no comrade. They won’t be

[finite dragon]

If I'm correct call of duty uses leaning in modern warfare

[woeful cape]

i just mean i want the game to be successful but it's unique compared to what's big on the market rn

[jolly basalt]

Stalker: VR. now featuring immersive radiation poisoning!

[delicate sparrow]

Into the Radius! Poggers

[woeful cape]

no, but you can "mount" on pieces of cover, you're fixed at certain spots when using it

[delicate sparrow]

That games cool

[twilit swift]

you guys ever play starfox 64

[woeful cape]

basically using a piece of cover as a bipod in lieu of an actual bipod

[jolly basalt]

aight y'all it's been fun but i've gotta bounce. hope you lot have a good one

[vernal magnet]

Good hunting comrade. Be safe

[delicate sparrow]

u too bruddah

[vernal magnet]

I just took notice I’m chatting with a bunch of freedom bois. sparks joint I knew these were my kind of peoples

Freedom > Duty. Change my mind

[delicate sparrow]

.. I am so unbelievably sad rn

But I am grateful for what you have messaged here today.

[vernal magnet]

Zone brothers are here for you

[delicate sparrow]

I got too excited and forgot about rule 3 kekek

[vernal magnet]

It’s such an easy rule to break by accident. That’s been my only strike here so far

[delicate sparrow]

I am honored to have you on our side

[vernal magnet]

You are a wonderful representative of our Fandom too Comrade

[finite dragon]

Imagine sdolger in vr

[hushed aurora]

@pseudo rivet

[vernal magnet]

Stalker 3?

[grim torrent]

[timber kite]

more ultimate pre orders when!! 😦

[finite dragon]

i dunno why people wanna pre order so bad

as much as i love stalker and cant wait for stalker 2

3 story expansions being locked away BEFORE the game is even out is crazy to me

[timber kite]

because I want to get the ultimate collectors edition

because i want to support the devs

I've paid $30 usd total for all 3 stalker games, but ive gotten so so much enjoyment out of them, probably in the thousands of hrs now.

[minor seal]

saaaaame. The merch is super necessary. I'm not for preordering most games, but GSC gets a free pass.

[finite dragon]

yeah i need to get my wallet ready

I just picked up SoC as well so im kind of hyped

[opaque meadow]

Wrong channel actually mb

[finite dragon]

I wonder though, I wonder if they can manage to match the old feeling of 1980s russia like the previous games did so well

well

ukraine i guess

[still ridge]

well it’s gonna have the same exact architecture

so there’s that

[vernal magnet]

It’s just expansion packs dude. Like clear sky or call of Pripyat. Think about it that way and there’s no issue

The expansions aren’t even going to begin development until after launch. Just like we now have confirmed multiplayer after launch. They are in a serious crunch for the single player to begin with

[quiet fossil]

Just need US preorder drop, must have

[finite dragon]

Bro I just read "US preorder drop" and I immediately jumped into the website...

Should've read your full sentence instead of just a part

[graceful drum]

I just read preorder drop in your comment and immediately checked the UK listings to see if the special editions had been posted

[vernal magnet]

That’s a waste. Check the #preorder channel.

They have said many many many times that any retailer updates will be posted there

[finite dragon]

Yeah i know, i usually check it but i though someone was letting everyone know

[uncut pond]

UK this week US NEXT WEEEEK!? 😆

[tired jacinth]

Kinda want to see more pics on that Stalker Backpack..

[ivory juniper]

English Ultimate edition available soon I'm hoping 🤞

[tired jacinth]

I hope they have a lot of Stock. Too many scalpers nowadays

[finite dragon]

more like idiots trying to be businessmen

I mean it worked for some off them..

[timber kite]

I'd give my left nut for that

[flint arrow]

hello!

anyone knows if the retail versions will be available in the USA

[finite dragon]

later

UK retail versions are available rn, so expect US retail preorders later

[flint arrow]

thanks

[quiet fossil]

Sorry for the false hope fellas

[finite dragon]

Good

[woeful cape]

i signed up for emails on the s2 website, will i get a notification when the usa preorders open? i haven't gotten any for the other preorders so i wonder if it's regional or if notifications are only being released via the discord

[vernal magnet]

they would likely come in too late by the time stock sells out

i could be wrong though

[woeful cape]

[stark widget]

This is killing me

[narrow jackal]

I can only pre-order the digital version, not the retail version with all the items?

[haughty cove]

Anyone know when the limited edition releases in the UK?

[stark widget]

“In a few days…”

[potent bluff]

Few days more like few years

[finite dragon]

Few years more like few decades

Gsc is working very hard on ressurecting OG voice actors

They dont have time for preorders

[wispy pier]

season pass in stalker!?

stalker 5v5 confirm1//1?!11

[finite dragon]

Floppacopter

[vernal magnet]

if your in the US, then yes

[narrow jackal]

I'm in Australia so maybe that's it

[wispy pier]

i swear to god if i cant finish SHOC before S2 releases

[finite dragon]

you cant

[wispy pier]

whaaaa

[finite dragon]

stop trying

[wispy pier]

just like my life alright

right click delete

[finite dragon]

just like you stop trying to play anomaly

SoC takes only 3 days to finish

[woeful cape]

i like anomaly because it lets me do side missions til i hsve loads of money so i can mod the hell outta my saiga before doing labratory and underground levels

[wispy pier]

3?

bruh im playing the game for a month now

[finite dragon]

Yeah

Fricking rush the game and that's it

Don't waste time to find some crap

[wispy pier]

well i dont like to rush games

[finite dragon]

you do you then, you're missing out on the other ones

[haughty cove]

A month?? What have you been doing? First-time playthrough I was done in a week or two

Whereabouts are u in the game rn?

[finite dragon]

wasting time around in X19 I guess

[wispy pier]

im in red forest

i literally took a 15 day break because of x16 probably thats why

[finite dragon]

PROGRESS THEN

YOU'RE LITERALLY NEAR TO THE END

[wispy pier]

YES I AM

Man fa*ing brain scrocher im

[haughty cove]

I don’t blame you, the underground missions are the hardest to get through, mentally that is

[karmic glen]

хочу, чтобы я пришел на 51.27491595715222, 30.228866574988523
what this mean ?
the guys who i replied to him in memes send me this

[wispy pier]

brain scrocher

[finite dragon]

Brain scorcher didn't scorch my brain

Not because I am mono

[karmic glen]

Anyone who knows russian can translate this ?

[haughty cove]

“Do you want me to come to [coords]” I think?

[karmic glen]

AHAHAHHAHA

[haughty cove]

Idk my Russian is rusty

[karmic glen]

thank you

[finite dragon]

seems my brain negates the eerieness of the lab

and the brain skorcher itself

probably only me

[haughty cove]

The eerieness of the lab would be fine if it wasn’t for the mf bloodsucker that gave me the gift of PTSD back in agroprom underground

[finite dragon]

yeah the first also spooked me a lil bit, but eh, it kinda died out

[woeful cape]

the whine from controllers gives me ptsd flashbacks

[haughty cove]

Looking back at it standing there like, “mom I threw up”

And then permanently blowing your headphones out

[finite dragon]

controllers didn't kill me because I l2p'd

[woeful cape]

i hated the first time you saw them in clear sky, going down the long hallway in agropom underground and it's on the other side of the iron door

that messed me up lmao, it took me forever to chill out enough to actually look for it

[finite dragon]

The sounds probably triggered some tinnitus in my ears

[wispy pier]

i got my soul stolen for the first time in x16 underground

[woeful cape]

hate controllers, simple as

[wispy pier]

but i was behind a wall!

[finite dragon]

get pooked

[wispy pier]

wasnt as much scary as i thought it was

[haughty cove]

Balls of steel, I literally avoid them at all costs

[wispy pier]

well they dont run at you they just stand there menacingly

its only scary for the first time in agro underground

[haughty cove]

But the earache and the vision blinding and stuff. Put me in Anomaly and I’ll happily decimate a chimera with a sawed off and a leather jacket, but I won’t even go near a controller unless I have to

Screw those guys man

[finite dragon]

I will

[wispy pier]

i think in anomaly the controller runs at you

[haughty cove]

Haven’t experienced it yet, haven’t seen one

[finite dragon]

it can't run

[wispy pier]

wait you playing anomaly?

[finite dragon]

it walks like an old man

[haughty cove]

Hell yeah man, full decked-out exoskeleton too

[wispy pier]

mfw emotes dont load for me

[wispy pier]

you did finish the original triology right?

[haughty cove]

Ofc. Somehow I remember the beginning and end of CS and literally nothing in the middle tho

But yeah I’ve played CoP twice and SoC like 5 times, but CS only once

[woeful cape]

controllers don't really move, i just hate how hard they are to locate unless you have some sort of nods and a scope

in anomaly, one spawned in the swamps of jupiter and it was IMPOSSIBLE to find in the foliage

[finite dragon]

same lol

[wispy pier]

most people dont like CS

[woeful cape]

aside from the crazy ending, i loved clear sky

[finite dragon]

i like it. People just don't know how to play it

[wispy pier]

im hyped to play it

but im yet to go to chernobyl to finish SHOC

[vernal magnet]

i love CS. theres a following for it

[wispy pier]

im currently otw to expose niktek for stealing a video xD

[haughty cove]

Eh, it was okay. Not for me, but each to their own!

[wispy pier]

i dont like talking trash for game i never played so im hyped for playing it and joining the clear sky faction!

[haughty cove]

Lil tip, search around as much as you can in the CNPP. There’s a few useful hidden stashes

[haughty cove]

Join bandits!

[wispy pier]

oo okay

[wispy pier]

bandits bad!

[haughty cove]

Bandits good! Best radio station in the zone!

[wispy pier]

xD

[finite dragon]

i skipped cs ngl

im thinking of playing through call of chernobyl

anomaly just sometimes annoys me

[woeful cape]

bandits bad, freedom good

best snipers in the zone

[finite dragon]

duty bad, freedom bad

[haughty cove]

I wouldn’t skip it, it’s definitely not a bad game, as long as you can figure out that the objective is to turn back, rather than run from tree to tree until you get past the turret

[finite dragon]

imo, anomaly is ok i just dont like the "realism" in this game like cooking, repair

lmfao

[woeful cape]

bith of those can be solved with money

[finite dragon]

bro rrpair sucks

[haughty cove]

Noooo repairing is the best part, and cooking is useless. Just get mad cash and buy MREs

[finite dragon]

i have to find tools

then buy gun parts

then go get a technicians vice

then upgrade my gun

[woeful cape]

the repair is a cool concept and i like how specific the part system is, but needing the kits + tools is crazy

[finite dragon]

YES THE KITS TOO

shotgun kit handgun kit rifle kit

it hurts my brain

[finite dragon]

ain't the repair concept introduced in CoP without the retard items?

i just wanna walk around and shoot things while constantly fearing for my life

i dont have time to go find condom to repair my guns

[finite dragon]

gunjob 😳

[woeful cape]

at least when you mouse over a gun it tells you what it takes to repair it, and right click - details tells you what parts you get from it

[haughty cove]

Yup, just not so extensively. You just pay technicians

[finite dragon]

clean my barrel

[finite dragon]

Better imo

if you have drug money ofc

drugz

[woeful cape]

clear sky also had weapon and armor durability, but no way to use spare parts from similar guns to repair them

[finite dragon]

ngl i think il just install a few mods and go into anomaly as monolith

[haughty cove]

Nah, there’s just something so personal about repairing your own equipment

[finite dragon]

going through the entire map

[finite dragon]

ah yes

no money

no money? use your knife

no knife? rub

run

its hard to find actual functioning artifact in anomali

step 1 get svarog

[woeful cape]

start the game in cordon, save up like 10k rubles, then go to garbage and do jobs for butcher for MAD bank early game til you decide which faction to go with

[finite dragon]

step 2 anomaly art8fact thing

[haughty cove]

Not gonna lie, I stopped using all artefacts after SoC bc they just weren’t as broken

[finite dragon]

i actually liked garbage in soc

i never used artefacts in soc

guys im talking about anomaly mod

we knowww

maslina

[haughty cove]

No I know, but artefacts just done have much appeal after SOC

I don’t use any artefacts in anomaly, full stop

[woeful cape]

in cs i'd just use one that stops bleed, and another that stops radiation to make the bleed stopper not give me rads

artefact hunting in anomaly is fun but they sell for so much it's hard to justify keeping them

[haughty cove]

Agreed. I’d rather have the 10-30k to buy medkits and bullets than some kind of buff that slowly rads me

[woeful cape]

in my current game i went freedom and spammed jobs til i could mod all my gear, so i have a scar h and saiga and exosuit, and it's unstoppable

but also kinda too easy, so i think i might do my next playthrough as a loner or free stalker and have the difficulties maxed

[haughty cove]

That’s dead-on exactly what I did. If you’ve got a spare hour or two, just walk into the duty base and go on a rampage. You’ll never have to kill another dooty member to complete the patch quest

[woeful cape]

i already have like 80 duty and 50 monolith patches lmao

accidentally accepted a bandit patch quest for sidorovich after joining freedom, but they don't fight each other so i'm slowly collecting patches off of military until i can complete it

[finite dragon]

lmao everyone in memes got triggered

[finite dragon]

ok furfag

[finite dragon]

you mad

Laugh at this mad person

ok and?

[finite dragon]

Looks like you have nothing to add

[finite dragon]

Yeah because I got nothing to kill time

[finite dragon]

Play Stalker then!

[finite dragon]

Eh deleted it

[finite dragon]

Disappointment

Yeah I am because I still have a copy of it

for me
Im just playing s&box

Actually I have it installed

you got its key?

Yh

i have the leaked version

[tight vortex]

leaked version of what?

[finite dragon]

S&box

[tight vortex]

i have the mouse cursor pack from stalker 2 preorder page btw

[worn nacelle]

What's that

Nvrm I'm a dum dum

[tight vortex]

custom widows mouse cursor pack
"stolen" from here but actually free use copyright
https://www.stalker2.com/preorder

[worn nacelle]

Smh, make it yourself like a real man! *sarcasm*

[wispy pier]

mfw no photoshop skills

[fallen dust]

deadly anomalies

[finite dragon]

Dangerous Mutants

[worn nacelle]

And cheese packs

I'd like to get ya alls opinions on the suggestion I just made if possible, I'm curious 👀

[wispy pier]

ok

[wispy pier]

2 seconds would be enough for a bloodsucker or other mutants to get the jump on you

[tired jacinth]

I know it's out of place, but what if someone made a good Stalker Visual Novel game?

[worn nacelle]

Yup, that's the challenging part for the higher or highest difficulty and you could/should be able to turn it off whenever from settings/cancel the animation after you've used it on lower difficulties

(On lower difficulties where u can disable it, the effects will take place exactly when you use the item and on higher difficulties it would take place right as you finish the animation)

[worn nacelle]

Bloodsucker dating aim when?

[magic reef]

Holy

[tired jacinth]

When I get enough funding

[worn nacelle]

Amen

[stark widget]

reading the new website, it makes it sound like the Retail Version is Available April 28th 2022..? Is that right?

[wispy pier]

what do you call a dead monolith body

a mody.

[worn nacelle]

Lmao

[wispy pier]

i think it should have its own option in settings not forced onto them

[worn nacelle]

I did mention you could turn it on and off 👀

And only said that it would be used for sure on the highest difficulty as a skillgap

[wispy pier]

"after you use it in lower difficulties" do you mean first you should finish the game in lower difficulties and then the option will appear? to turn off the healing anims

[worn nacelle]

No, I meant that on every difficulty but the highest one, it's an option, the effect will take place the moment you click on it and the animation can he canceled by pulling your gun out or do anything else

Only in the highest difficulty will it be mandatory, ideally, where the effect might take effect gradually as you're using the item or just in the end

[wispy pier]

then how do you "fully" cancel the healing process

[worn nacelle]

Just pull out a gun or run?

Switch to anything else

[wispy pier]

csmh

confucion

i mean thats okay for bandages

[worn nacelle]

I'll be in vc later today if you want me to explaib

[wispy pier]

but medkits its gonna take longer than bandages lets just say your in middle of a fight and need a medkit and then a lengthy animation where your character opens the pack and starts injecting the meds into him

you will still be vulnerable

[wispy pier]

alright

[worn nacelle]

Yes, and on lower difficulties you can just click on your gun and the animation will cancel while on the item will he used

[wispy pier]

but in the original games you could press a button and heal easily while still being able to shoot enemies

[worn nacelle]

Yeah ik, I do that too

[wispy pier]

i kinda get the point and not get it also

[worn nacelle]

If you key bind it, the animation wouldn't play, only if u go in your inventory and click it, would the animation play

[wispy pier]

include that in the suggestion

[worn nacelle]

Something to look at while hiding or while coming back from a raid or something like that

Yeah I need to remake the whole suggestion, I didn't think stuff like this wasn't a given

[wispy pier]

i would like injecting anti rad's syringe anim tho that would look "kinda cool"

im in the bridge in red forest right now in stalker shoc

[worn nacelle]

Every animation would be cool, and there could be a disclaimer as well just incase

Stalker 🧦

[wispy pier]

i wiped out mono liths now its just going to brain scrocher and killing about 3 bloodsuckers

[wispy pier]

okay im veeeeeeeeeeeeeeery close to brain scrocher facility

[finite dragon]

dont get too excited

[wispy pier]

what should i expect in BS?

[wispy pier]

ayo im in the facility

320 ammo 5.56 remaining

[edgy narwhal]

Hello there

[delicate sparrow]

sup sup

[wispy pier]

okay im inside brain scrocher

im not excited

[finite dragon]

[wispy pier]

english

[vocal ridge]

Hallo stalkers

[wispy pier]

yes hello

[vernal magnet]

Good morning Comrades

[finite dragon]

new video when

good morning btw

[solid dome]

Good morning UK, you can now pre-abort-er-er-order

[haughty cove]

Sadly no retail 😔

[vernal magnet]

Soon….you know too much now

[glad temple]

There’s a reason they call it BS

[finite dragon]

Hmm

[solid dome]

BS....?

Benevolent Scotland?

BullShipland?

[wispy pier]

xD

[wispy pier]

brain scrocher

[lucid elm]

Uwu

What if we shared bread and vodka? Jk...unless?

[finite dragon]

[wispy pier]

i think the one you talking about is the cut mutant?

[finite dragon]

the ghost that tries to attack you

[bitter dew]

sasi moi yaytsa

[solid dome]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

No, just... single big NO

Bread Scorchin' can't be it

[wispy pier]

yez

[woeful cape]

the one that looks like a cloud of gas and uses psy powers to throw stuff around? i don't think it was cut but i forget the name

[finite dragon]

phantom if i remember

it also appears near the bread scorcher

[woeful cape]

ah yes, the inside out toaster oven

but yes, phantom sounds correct

[solid prism]

You mean the poltergeist

[woeful cape]

both ghosty types that start with "p", close enough

[delicate sparrow]

what is the Habar guys role

[sonic rampart]

People that boost the server

[minor seal]

I must have missed this, is there only one retail version now, or is the website just half-updated?

[tired anvil]

There's more than one version on the website

[wheat gulch]

yo

[haughty cove]

Theres still 4, the site just changes based on what’s available in your location

[minor seal]

faaaaaancy :3 surprised there's even a retail button then XD

[wheat gulch]

@neat roost there is a PROBLEMA with the Finnish store Verkkokauppa. They listed the game as being made by "Bethesda Softworks".

[haughty cove]

Sadly whenever I click it, it just says “available soon” :c

[wheat gulch]

Should I contact them myself or..?

[haughty cove]

I’m sure it’s just a small error

[wheat gulch]

Ummm

[opaque parrot]

No, I mean the ones that are summoned by psy emissions, the ones that disappear when they come near you

[cold flame]

Is the retail pre-order already sold out, cause the official site doesn't even say "Available Soon" anymore

this whole marketing/versions thing has been confusing from the start

[safe delta]

Ive been trying to get the Retail Ultimate from the start. But cant find anywhere where I can buy it.
All we got in Sweden was just basic, but for the Xbox???... Like do I have to wait for a UK version? I preferably want the content to be in a language I understand..

[teal patio]

[quiet fossil]

Wait why is the ultimate listed on the website for $1799 lol

[drowsy jewel]

[safe delta]

woah

[void vortex]

Yo what is the event thing about

[vernal magnet]

still worth it

[quiet fossil]

I mean.. I'll still buy it, but I'm not gonna be happy about it

[still ridge]

you mean $179?

[tired jacinth]

Where?

[quiet fossil]

They fixed it now

[tired jacinth]

where?!

[quiet fossil]

It was on the site for the digital ultimate

[tired jacinth]

Oh...

[wet turtle]

How can i download the Body health system

I can't make it work

[delicate sparrow]

do you use Mod Organizer?

[finite dragon]

heresy

[wet turtle]

yes i do

JSGME

[hexed zealot]

is the US not getting the physical editions or somthing?

[wispy pier]

thats poltergrist

[wispy pier]

the psi emissiosn that appear near brain scrocher?

they dont in x16

[gaunt kettle]

no, i checked the discord pre order channel every day and night, nope

[finite dragon]

Soon brothers, I have a feeling

[wispy pier]

coooool my bday tooooooday

[tame helm]

happy bday stalker

[woeful cape]

i hope you treat yourself to some fresh sausage today, instead of the same old canned tuna

[opaque parrot]

Yeah

[wispy pier]

thanks!

[wispy pier]

sausage + vodka

[haughty cove]

Blin it is good

Also happy bday my guy

[wispy pier]

thamks

[lucid elm]

Hey shawty

[edgy narwhal]

[modern crag]

yo wassup guys

I've taken ovet Duty base

and also defended it from new duty guys spawning

but there seems to be 1 last enemy

everybody is aiming somewhere but theres noone cause I've cleared the building

[primal wraith]

Do u think that they'll add more stores which u can buy the collectors from?

[modern crag]

what should i do now guys

i need help asap

[wispy pier]

uh do nothing

kill barkeep easy

[tired anvil]

They definitely will, other countries will be added

[primal wraith]

thats good to hear, cuz atm i can only buy it from poland from what i could see, n dont see any options for denmark

[modern crag]

wdym

[tired anvil]

Both Sweden and Germany, which are pretty close to Denmark have shops, so I'm sure the Danish won't be left out

[primal wraith]

yea but germany's ultimate edition is currently out of stock

[modern crag]

everytime i go to garbage they spawn

[primal wraith]

n sweden only has the standard edition

[tired anvil]

Everything with time

[primal wraith]

do they ping people once new stores are in or?

[tired anvil]

They update #🖤┃s2-pre-order pretty often, once in a while a ping if many stores pop up, but a lot of the time without one

[primal wraith]

ah okay cheers!

[modern crag]

guys how do i get Futy guys to not spawn ar their base, I've destroyed their base already

[tired anvil]

You can't

They'll always spawn

[wispy pier]

scripted

just run outta the base

cant stop em

[stark widget]

these announcements are killing me

[neat roost]

wow, thx for the ping

[tardy garden]

Toujours pas de précommande pour la France de l'Ultimate 😭

[finite dragon]

Fra*cr

[minor seal]

fastest I've ever gotten out of bed, fastest I've ever lost a hardon

[safe delta]

@neat roost Yo, just wanna get it straight. Lots of places EU have preorders now for the retail version, but most just get Standard.
Will we be able to get the Ultimate retail preorder or is that gonna be like Ukraine/Russian exclusive?
My country hasnt even gotten a PC preorder yet.

[untold temple]

he's playing call of pripyat

dont disturb his gaming

[finite dragon]

WAKE UP STALKER

[untold temple]

ok freedomer

[finite dragon]

Yo wtf

When i had freedom role

[waxen quarry]

any idea when retail version goes live in ireland?

[untold temple]

never

until the irish establish potato trade with ukraine they cannot get anything

[waxen quarry]

i shall sell potatoes for retail version in ireland

!!

[finite dragon]

Can someone give link to goldsphere mod?

Because all i find is goldsphere completion

And i cant download it, but i heard that theres downloable version

[stark widget]

After all this time from “a few days” at this point I’m certain this is the most elaborate, drawn out mega Trolling ever conceived…

[neat roost]

Hey! Where are you from?

Our partners are working to ensure that the editions are presented in as many stores as possible all over the world

[safe delta]

Sweden. Only Xbox so far here on Webhallen.
Like UK could work too ofcourse

[neat roost]

Keep waiting. Now the list of stores is quickly expanding

Thanks for your question and interest

[lucid elm]

I hope Stalker 2 has the same level of atmosphere

[delicate sparrow]

Not JSGME It's called Mod Organizer 2, very very useful tool. Much better than JSGME imo. Made modding a lot easier for me.

[alpine grotto]

So still can't pre order in Australia?

[wheat gulch]

GSC, is Stalker 2 good?

[finite dragon]

It's bad

[opaque parrot]

MO2 made some mods like Anomaly enjoyable for me

Modded Anomaly with EFP and some other addons, finally worth the play

[wispy pier]

wait a minute

today is a beard day!? damn thats why my beard is growing

[finite dragon]

wait is stalker 2 gonna have a map like

from all the 3 previous games connected

or is it just gonna be cnpp, pripyat and surrounding places

[peak minnow]

Probably maps from old games + new locations.

" · What locations will we be able to visit through the game?
As before, the events of the game will take place on the territory of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Cordon, Duga, Pripyat, and hundreds of other familiar and new locations will be open up for exploration." from FAQ

[dire galleon]

Is there any people who preordered standard? I kinda feel like white crow with it

[celest solstice]

Wait what happened the the Ultimate CE retail physical edition? Its not on the website anymore?????

Don't tell me I missed out on it?

[finite dragon]

I dont think youve missed out on it.

I would find it out if NA doesn't recieve the CE. They would missing on a big side of the market.

[celest solstice]

Yeah I am in Canada

[finite dragon]

I'm sure it will be later this week or today

[celest solstice]

Where is the best place to check if it gets released?

[limpid cargo]

There is a pre order section on discord

and there is the offical stalker website

[wispy pier]

swear to god if there isnt cordon

im deleting stalker games if there isnt cordon in S2

[finite dragon]

Yo wait a second

Did we just miss out on NA?

[wispy pier]

im hyped to play CoP

BUT GODAMN BRAIN SCROCHERCh TOO sCARY

[finite dragon]

I typed up stalker 2 on Amazon and it appeared but says currently unavailable

[celest solstice]

Why what happened?

[finite dragon]

Wish I could attach the image

It's just odd.

[quick dune]

all locations from the games plus new ones probably

kinda like the map from soc but with all new locations from cs, cop and completely new ones from gsc

[finite dragon]

ok

[finite dragon]

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[vernal magnet]

Cordon was shown in earlier trailer already

[wispy pier]

bday was noice today

[tame helm]

cake?

[wispy pier]

like half remaining

[tame helm]

i meant like was it good

[wispy pier]

ye it was "mediocre" honey cakes arent my jam

[tame helm]

ok

[still ridge]

Did you watch the first trailer?

[wispy pier]

nvm looked closely enough

[worthy fable]

Bro i'd invade ukraine if that were the case

[tame helm]

warzone but with anomalies and realism

[vernal magnet]

We already played Fear The Wolves

[tame helm]

you don't wanna knoe

[worthy fable]

A game that lets you get the feeling of having cancer without all the sadness and depression

[vernal magnet]

What old hungry stalkers played. It was a stalker inspired battle royal game

[worthy fable]

Eh, its very modular so i don't see it going anywhere anytime soon

But i do agree it is way past its due

[still ridge]

S2 on UE5 is gonna look a hell of a lot better than fear the wolves

[vernal magnet]

Idk about all that. It depends strictly on the assets used. There’s a whole generation of muddy games on 360 and PS3 from strictly bad color grading

Stalker 2 is developing its own visual identity quite nicely

[tired anvil]

Better hope the placebo effect doesn't take over

[vernal magnet]

There will be people who won’t be happy if it isn’t stencil shadows and X-ray engine. Can’t please everyone

[tired anvil]

I wouldn't mind X-Ray 2.0 😔

[vernal magnet]

We already have it. It’s nice. But it doesn’t hold a candle to what GSC is showing us now

[tired anvil]

Looks decent from the few pictures/videos of it online

[worthy fable]

It would have to be the X-Ray 6.9

[tired anvil]

Oh yea definitely, still nice though

Wonder how the mod with it will turn out

[vernal magnet]

Same. Dezowave makes quality stuff

[tired anvil]

Anything specific?

[dire galleon]

Is there any people who preordered standard? I kinda feel like white crow with it

[worthy fable]

I never get tied up in pre-order bs, no matter how in love with a game/series I am

Probably just get standard tbh

Cam im getting ready for this essay you're writing lol

[dire galleon]

Well, i didn't pre-ordered. I was lurking few days ago after struggling with Detroit become human, and i was lurking on steam discussion of DBH. Saw a guy who had same problem like i did, and wrote him the fix of it, even tho i still wasn't able to play game without any issues and deleted it after. Then yesterday this guy added me in steam, told me that my solution helped him, and first gifted me BF:V, we talked a bit, and then he gifts me stalker 2 standard. Gifts are not things you can complain about, especially such gifts as stalker. So I'll just leave my money that i was saving up to get ultimate mid-april, to upgrade my edition later after release

[tired anvil]

Are you the same guy who I read about getting S2 gifted when I accidentally opened Reddit today

[worthy fable]

Wordd I feel that, definitely a good move. The good thing is I still got till late april to pull the trigger and choose one

[dire galleon]

Maybe :v i was quite active there today

Because a lot of questions appeared in my mind after i got the game

Starting from buying season pass separately, finishing with ability to upgrade editions

[worthy fable]

I just wanna play a stalker game in co-op. Can't stop thinking about how that would play

[tired anvil]

to upgrade my edition later after release
Also, won't you have to pay full price for that tiny upgrade from Standard to Deluxe/Ultimate?

Fair enough

[worthy fable]

Probably gonna be settings where you can lower clutter/vegetation

[dire galleon]

Yeah that's the question, devs said there will be such opportunity, but my question is will there be some % of discount? Like 10% or something

[tired anvil]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[dire galleon]

Maybe they'll make something like so you can log in through steam on their website, there will be a profile where it's gonna show you that you own the game, and maybe based on that there's gonna be a discount@tired anvil

[tired anvil]

I've seen moss on walls

[worthy fable]

You made him fix that lol

[tired anvil]

Sounds like a separate launcher. I think it'd be easiest to either wait and see or ask them in #🔍┃ask_gscarchive

[worthy fable]

Idk tbh luda, we shall see in a few months when it comes out

[tired anvil]

Assuming delays don't happen, it's coming pretty soon when you think about it

[worthy fable]

half a year yeah not too bad

I remember almost eating drywall when GSC collapsed and stalker 2 was cancelled

[dire galleon]

Yeah, already have a question waiting there. They said that "We're not planning to sell Season Pass separately from Ultimate" but in my opinion, that's very bad move, because, i mean, every company has income on #1 and other stuff on 2nd, and selling Season Pass separately will get them more income, + people like me won't feel "special" because of not having SP

[tired anvil]

Thing is, they mentioned that they will sell the stuff from the season pass separately, so it's not that bad I guess

So they'll get that income one way or another

[dire galleon]

So from my POV, there's no reason not to sell SP separately, only devs own beliefs

[tired anvil]

Maybe there'll be something more than the 2 story DLC, who knows ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Will find out eventually

[worthy fable]

Time to take a dab i guess

[dire galleon]

The only thing i consider pure bs, is "extra quests" as a benefit of ultimate

Even money addicted Ubisoft don't do that in their games

[tired anvil]

I think that'll be closer to an Easter Egg than anything tbh

[worthy fable]

I think it might just be 1 because it says "Extra Quest" not "quests" but either way I do agree locking any base story content behind a paywall is pretty trash

[tired anvil]

Personally I don't mind it if their so called “100h+” game that will take more than one playthrough to properly explore statement will be true

[worthy fable]

Trying not to overhype myself but it's hard not to after how many year's i've waited to step into the exlusion zone with even more atmosphere

Honestly there are very few games of recent that give me the same feeling that SOC does

[dire galleon]

Yeah, like I don't care about the skins, all i care about stalker is Season Pass and those quests, because that's like very bad decision, to lock any non-dlc content behind a paywall

Even CDPR didn't do that in cyberpunk

And i respect cdpr a lot, because they didn't made that "Editions" stuff in damn single player game

Like skins is whatever, as well as digital stuff, artbooks etc, they're getting leaked few hours after game comes out

[delicate sparrow]

Just like anything else in singleplayer games

All exclusive stuff will be open to everyone, eventually.

Which I do not condone :)

[dire galleon]

and well, i wanted ultimate because i was born in the motherland of this game - ukraine, and i was fan from since i was kid

But yeah, you don't complain about gifts

[worthy fable]

Bro playing Cyberpunk the only thing i could keep asking myself is "did anyone bother playtesting this more than once"

idk how they allowed that game to ship out, nvm i do, $$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[delicate sparrow]

Dude the community was brutal on that game. Everytime they said they had to delay it they got slammed with backlash

I don't know what people expected

[worthy fable]

Idk how they didn't see they'd piss off more people by releasing a broken game that's not even a 1/5th of what they showed off in demos

[delicate sparrow]

They told people to wait and the people said no

[dire galleon]

Remember my friend, not devs decide when to release the game, but community managers and PR team do

Devs are just doing their stuff, but if PR said - we release tomorrow, they'll release tomorrow

Because devs are not the ones in charge there, sadly

[delicate sparrow]

^^ yeah shitty thing about AAA studios

[worthy fable]

Yeah ik thats why i didn't say devs i said "CDPR"

I ment like how did uppermanagment not see the massive PR death of their company

Thinking about all the amazing experinces I've got from the witcher series alone pisses me off now looking at what they've become

[vernal magnet]

Nailed it. They just can’t see far enough even for their own interests

[worthy fable]

Was about to put "YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE ANAKIN" but i forgot I can't attatch in this channel

[vernal magnet]

The story expansions are expansions. Like expansion packs. Aka Clear sky and call of Pripyat. Same engine and mostly same assets. But a significant campaign

These aren’t DLC quests cut like Cyberpunk

This is totally standard practice. Just look at Biosbock Infinite and other single player games that utilized season passes for single player content

[vernal magnet]

Respecting CDPR in 2021 is a mistake

[dire galleon]

I'm not complaining about DLC story expansions, I complain about locking few quests behind a paywall

[tired anvil]

CDPR will sell Cyberpunk MP as a separate product btw

[vernal magnet]

To be clear here, you mean the 1 quest? The “special quest” as it’s been marked?

[dire galleon]

Yes, exactly

[vernal magnet]

I hear you, but it’s rather insignificant

Honesty though

[dire galleon]

They said that you'll be able to buy this content separately later, and if they gonna sell that quest for something like 5$ after game release, that's gon be real bs

[tired anvil]

They wrote that you will be able to buy season pass content separately, aka 2 big story expansion DLCs

[vernal magnet]

That’s how they pad the value of the higher editions. I give GSC the pass because this is partial in due to the Microsoft partnership which is how this game got funding which is why we are able to be here and talk about a stalker 2. GSC isn’t Ubisoft money bags. This is how they play the market to be able to make a AAA contender after disappearing for half a decade or longer

[tired anvil]

The 1 special secret quest won't be up for sale by the looks of it

Which comes with the deluxe and ultimate edition, also mentioned to be with a unique lil storyline and not part of the main story

[vernal magnet]

Like if it was a choice between not getting the game or not getting one quest lol than F that quest it can RIp

[tired anvil]

So 1 quest that isn't a part of the main story doesn't seem too bad imo

I'm betting on it being an Easter Egg type of deal, but anyway

[vernal magnet]

Exactly. A dumb minor 2 minute thing to call back to the older games

[tired anvil]

1. They mentioned to being self funded, so the Microsoft claim is a bit iffy until officially stated
2. They disappeared, reappeared and released a game all in the span of less than half a decade ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[dire galleon]

Yeah, if this quest gonna be interesting, would be a big disappointment to miss out on that

[vernal magnet]

People are quick to forget that GSC has nothing for modern titles except Cossacks 3

[tired anvil]

Well, people also screeched about the game being "confirmed" to come out in 2021

[vernal magnet]

And they sure don’t make enough off their historical library to fund stalker 2

[tired anvil]

So I can only really blame people for that

[vernal magnet]

That was because people didn’t pay attention to the cypher

And the news outlets kept pumping that junk out

[tired anvil]

I remember a guy maybe 3 weeks ago posting about some models he imported to the X-Ray 2.0 engine, or S2 models in the CoP engine (don't remember which way around), and there was a guy acting all ballsy saying that there was never an S2 in the past. Then he got corrected

[vernal magnet]

The audacity lol

[tired anvil]

It is what it is I guess

[worthy scroll]

Will the physical version of the Ultimate edition be sold in the US?

[vernal magnet]

There’s already a wave of stalker “hardcore fans” that play modern mods and have zero history of the games

[worthy scroll]

I only see it active in Germany and Russia basically

[vernal magnet]

Yes, still waiting

[tired anvil]

@worthy scroll it's all on the retailers right now, we sorta just need to wait for them to open up and tell us

[worthy fable]

I've played all 3 on vanilla and the only game in my opnion that NEEDS mods is clear sky. It's faction war system, being one of the focal points of every map area being fundamentally broken kinda kills the game for me

[worthy scroll]

Hmmm

[tired anvil]

GSC did their bit, now we wait on the stores to be ready

[worthy scroll]

I see

[vernal magnet]

Ironically my favorite of the 3 to play without mods

It does have the best vanilla visuals

[worthy fable]

Not saying i didn't like the game either, I just think it becomes more of a complete game with some fixes

[worthy scroll]

If I pre-order the German Stalker 2, I don't see anything that would really be different from the US version...Is my understanding right?

The manual should still be in English too..right?

I ask because I tried to pre-order once...a long time ago and the US sites were sold out

Blowzzzz

[worthy fable]

it might have some region lock to different verisons idk

[worthy scroll]

Oh nooo

[worthy fable]

ik a lot of games these days have that

[tired anvil]

Uhhh

[worthy scroll]

Oh noooo

[tired anvil]

The USA shops never had the game

[vernal magnet]

when they announced stalker 2 it was to find a publisher. i dont believe self funded for a single second.

[tired anvil]

They might have a page, sure, but any shops with the game somewhat ready are in #🖤┃s2-pre-order

[trim hound]

anyone know if Poland can have this