⭐┃nospoilers_general

[crimson tinsel]

Students are basically zombies

Zombified stalkers

[finite dragon]

Office workers fit under that definition more tbh

[shrewd olive]

I’ll literally do anything for someone to show me

ANYTHING

[finite dragon]

Students are somewhat halfway through

[finite dragon]

[coarse reef]

anything? 😏

[shrewd olive]

I’ll give you digital head

[crimson tinsel]

Digital head?

[shrewd olive]

Yeah digititally

[crimson tinsel]

[shrewd olive]

Lol I just saw some people on YouTube and their stalker game literally looked as good as tarkov

If not better

[finite dragon]

I do not need it.
Please give me a system to play Stalker 2

[shrewd olive]

Lol when is that releasing

That’ll be game of the year for sure

[finite dragon]

Anomaly Mod?

[shrewd olive]

It is an “add on” for anomaly which has a graphics and weapon overhaul

[coarse reef]

it's on the mod page

assuming you downloaded from here https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/expedition-graphical-overhaul-addon-for-anomaly-151

[shrewd olive]

I know I just don’t know how to install mods to vanilla anomaly

I’ve tried JSGME

[crimson tinsel]

Emission
Nocturnal emission

[finite dragon]

There are many addons
The name of the addon was not written in the description?

[shrewd olive]

https://www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/expedition-graphical-overhaul-addon-for-anomaly-151

[coarse reef]

If you don't want to re-download Vanilla Anomaly again, there's a hack that you can do that saves up time. Go to your currently installed modded anomaly folder and rename "appdata" as "appdata_old" and "gamedata" as "gamedata_old". Then install this addon overwriting anything asked. All your previously modded data will be in the "_old" folders and safely preserved, the engine will simply ignore it. Please read the attached Readme file for more information.

[shrewd olive]

This is it it and I have it downloaded just won’t actually run

[crimson tinsel]

Wanna hear a funny joke

[shrewd olive]

I wish the description actually helped lol

[finite dragon]

Sure

[finite dragon]

yes

[crimson tinsel]

Nocturnal emission

Google it

[finite dragon]

Don't

Insert it's a trap gif

[dusk oasis]

[earnest urchin]

i don't think its gonna win GOTY sadly since Elden Ring is releasing this year too so FromSoftware shills will give it GOTY 100/10

[dusk oasis]

Strangely enough I've never experienced a nocturnal emission

That is my contribution to this conversation, thank you

[crimson tinsel]

We do a little trolling

[finite dragon]

What is a gif trap?

[dusk oasis]

Little mechanism

Quaint little machine

[crimson tinsel]

He references star wars

[finite dragon]

Yes

[dusk oasis]

I think he knows

But maybe not

[finite dragon]

The competition is tough.

[crimson tinsel]

I bought 2 kilos of candy

[dusk oasis]

You know I think vanguard has a solid shot at winning

[crimson tinsel]

All for myself

[finite dragon]

Diabetes incoming

[crimson tinsel]

No

[finite dragon]

I did not watch Star Wars

[crimson tinsel]

Im immune to type 2 diabetes

[dusk oasis]

What about the other types

[crimson tinsel]

The meme is a reference to star wars tho

[crimson tinsel]

Type 1 is congenital

[finite dragon]

Oh I have to search for that

[dusk oasis]

Right

So what is the difference between this chat and offtop?

[coarse reef]

this chat doesn't give you brain cancer

[finite dragon]

Nothing significant tbh. It's just in this chat Stalker things are being discussed way more than on #💬┃en_offtop

[finite dragon]

Oh I got it.

[dusk oasis]

Makes sense

[finite dragon]

Want a real brain cancer? find people who started playing Stalker from Anomaly instead of original games

[dusk oasis]

"What's Anomaly?"

[crimson tinsel]

Hematogen candies can be used to feed bloodsuckers with

They contain blood components

And they're dirt cheap

[coarse reef]

Idrc tbh, I mean I started playing stalker because i played metro first

[shrewd olive]

Why wouldn’t you play the best version of stalker which is in fact anomaly

[finite dragon]

[crimson tinsel]

300 rubles for a kilo of hematogen

[finite dragon]

Ignored

[dusk oasis]

Yeah tbh anomaly is a bit overhated

[shrewd olive]

Like I get the nostalgia factor of the old games but

[crimson tinsel]

I never played modded stalker

[shrewd olive]

It’s like saying why aren’t you playing halo combat evolved instead of the remastered version of the game

[dusk oasis]

If you for some reason do not care at all about lore, I guess anomaly would be best for you

[dusk oasis]

It is not

[coarse reef]

Anomaly was ok

[crimson tinsel]

Strelok

[coarse reef]

The story was horrible tho

[finite dragon]

My problem is mostly about the fact that most of the Anomaly's fanbase things it's a canonical game (while it's not) and that they didn't even played original games

Thinks*

[dusk oasis]

So many people including myself recommend playing the original games first for the lore and improved immersion upon playing anomaly

[shrewd olive]

Oh if they messed with story then it’s not better

[crimson tinsel]

You can find many translations of Strelok's nickname

[cedar oasis]

My Problem with anomaly is that its bloated with unnecessary items

[finite dragon]

Anomaly's community is a bigger problem than the game itself imo

[shrewd olive]

Okay mr candy

[coarse reef]

wdym soaked underwear is a very necessary item

[dusk oasis]

[finite dragon]

[crimson tinsel]

Shooter
Marksman
Gunslinger
Archer

Gunman

[finite dragon]

Sniper

[shrewd olive]

I heard they have a mod where you can play as a wood elf in anomaly

[crimson tinsel]

No

Sniper is Снайпер

[dusk oasis]

I no longer have the motivation to continue this conversation

[crimson tinsel]

Not Стрелок

[finite dragon]

I dunno why they didn't translated Strelok's name on English tbh

[shrewd olive]

Preevyet

[coarse reef]

It's good that they didn't tbh

[crimson tinsel]

Names arent to be translated

[shrewd olive]

Cheeky Breeky

[coarse reef]

Strelok sounds better than "Shooter"

[finite dragon]

I mean they already translated most of the names

[finite dragon]

iv damke

[crimson tinsel]

Names, nicknames for people are never translated

[finite dragon]

But not a name of one of the main character's

[finite dragon]

i v damke

[crimson tinsel]

Unless it's hard to spell

[shrewd olive]

Officer chester: “Like the message”

[crimson tinsel]

Shustry (Nimble) gives me cringe

[finite dragon]

Why's that?

[crimson tinsel]

It's wrong according to english russian phonetics

[finite dragon]

Oh really I had a question from Russian friends:
What is the meaning of cheeki breeki iv damke?
Can anyone tell?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Shurstry's translation on English "swift"?

[crimson tinsel]

No meaning at all

[crimson tinsel]

Swift and also Nimble

[ashen axle]

MEHDI#3597 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[finite dragon]

[still ridge]

[finite dragon]

It's just some random phrase

Without any significant meaning

rude

[finite dragon]

I realized thank you

[crimson tinsel]

Cheeki Breeki part has no particular meaning but logically assumed to substitute "Raz, dva" (one, two)

[finite dragon]

why?Does it mean bad?

[crimson tinsel]

I v damke is a phrase derived from slang from checkers "damka" (queen)

[finite dragon]

Bad words

[finite dragon]

Thank you my friend

[finite dragon]

Sorry I did not know

Np

[crimson tinsel]

Cheeki breeki i v damke means "our strategy will take us to the high ground in no time"

[finite dragon]

Could translate but don't want to get warned, sry

[crimson tinsel]

But using slang words

The C word means female dog

[finite dragon]

I realize I do not need.
I do not want to know what this bad word means

[crimson tinsel]

It's not a cuss word

But very rude indeed

[finite dragon]

it is interesting

[crimson tinsel]

The B word means the same as french Trainée

Prostitute

[finite dragon]

😧 omg

@crimson tinsel "zaxadi s boku zaxadi"

[visual radish]

flank them from the side

[finite dragon]

Gotta love bandit's phrases, lol

[still ridge]

It translates to “Shoot this bitch in the head” iirc

[ashen axle]

incredibrain#1468 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

[crimson tinsel]

Bruh

[finite dragon]

[crimson tinsel]

Mods can swear

[still ridge]

English word isn’t as insulting as Russian one

you know?

[finite dragon]

But in Iran it should not be said.
This is a very bad insult and there is a penalty here if it is proven

[crimson tinsel]

Eh

[finite dragon]

oh

[crimson tinsel]

I've learned a poem containing that word in 6th grade literature

[still ridge]

Bandits have the vocal patterns of a 12 year old

[crimson tinsel]

Utrom v rzhanom zakute, gdye zlatyatsya rogozhi v ryad.
Severyh oschenila Cy...

Ryzhyh severyh schenyat

[finite dragon]

In Iran, poets who use bad words do not have the right to publish their poems.

[crimson tinsel]

The author literally meant a female dog

[finite dragon]

how childish

[crimson tinsel]

It's a poem about a dog who gave birth to seven ginger cubs

[finite dragon]

So in this case there is no problem

[crimson tinsel]

Bandit lines are funny

Ya maslinu poymal

[finite dragon]

it is interesting.
Can the text be found on the Internet?

[crimson tinsel]

Песнь о Собаке

That's the name of poem

[finite dragon]

thanks

[crimson tinsel]

Written by Yesenin

Есенин

[finite dragon]

Do you know anything about Iran?
@crimson tinsel
I'm curious about what people around the world know about my country.

[finite dragon]

An old poet?

[crimson tinsel]

Sadly all i know that they're a neighbor of Iraq and is actually one of ancient places of human civilizations

And also our poet Griboyedov was assassinated in our embassy

[finite dragon]

it is good.
Unfortunately, many others do not even know this

[finite dragon]

This is one of the events of the war between Russia and Iran.

[crimson tinsel]

Yes

[finite dragon]

But it is good that nations are now friends and have diplomatic relations.

[crimson tinsel]

They compensated the death of our ambassador with a huge piece of brilliant

[crimson tinsel]

Indeed

Sadly we've gone deep off topic

[finite dragon]

Except for Iraq, we have land borders with Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan
And we have a sea border with the Arab countries.

[finite dragon]

Yes a diamond

[crimson tinsel]

Prince of Persia

Hard as balls game ngl

[finite dragon]

In fact,
It was more about the Arabs than the Iranians.
The theme of the game was not related to Iran

[crimson tinsel]

Lol

[finite dragon]

You can search the internet about this and find photos related to the culture and architecture of ancient Iran.

[crimson tinsel]

Wasnt iran conquested by arabs?

[finite dragon]

This has happened.
But a few years later, the government was taken back and other Arabs did not come to power in Iran.

Throughout history, the Iranians have never allowed foreigners to rule over them and have defeated th em or expelled them from Iran immediately after their defeat. @crimson tinsel

Did you go my Russian friend?

[crimson tinsel]

I just googled stuff

Discovered one fact that i never knew about

[finite dragon]

OK? Did you reach a conclusion?

[finite dragon]

What?

[crimson tinsel]

Persians have many offshoots

Tajik people are one of the offshoots

I thought tajiks were turkic

[finite dragon]

Yes, we live well here with Turks, Kurds, Arabs, etc.

I’m not any expert but I think that the Iranian peoples consisted of more than just the Persians

[finite dragon]

Both Turks and Tajiks

Are here

[finite dragon]

Like, didn’t the Scythians come from Iran too?

[crimson tinsel]

Im no expert too

[finite dragon]

Yes. That's right.
But Persian is a race, not a nationality. Persian is different from the rest.
We are all Iranians

Yep, that’s what I was talking about

[quick dune]

im not iranian

[crimson tinsel]

Im not a philologist to tell the difference between middle eastern cultures really

[finite dragon]

They lived in the neighborhood of Iran. In ancient times.

Incidentally, many wars took place between Iranian governments such as the Achaemenids and them

[crimson tinsel]

I go to sleep now. Bye

[finite dragon]

Bye

[crimson tinsel]

The humankind history is fascinating yet tedious to visualize

[finite dragon]

Yes, it should be enough. Our discussion was too long.

I think Stalker, although a Ukrainian game, has been able to connect civilizations.

[crimson tinsel]

Gamer moment

[civic drift]

I downloaded Arsenal Overhaul for Clear Sky

[still ridge]

Worst mod after complete

[summer mauve]

Complete for soc or CS?

[quick dune]

best mod ever is vanilla

[solid dome]

Best modification out there in the wild award goes to Ray of Cope

[still ridge]

All of it

[solid dome]

And because you lack the intellectual capacity... You failed to mention that

[still ridge]

complete mod is the worst mod in existence

[solid dome]

'rong

[still ridge]

anomaly?

[summer mauve]

You smoking crack, complete makes the game 100 times better than vanilla

[solid dome]

Abnormal amounts of "worse", mr. Edi

Abnormaly!

[still ridge]

bro what

complete makes the game better than vanilla? You’ve heard it here first folks

[summer mauve]

Ok big boy explain why complete is bad. Im open to hear bad excuses

[solid dome]

I heard due to an unexpected emission, one of the two "L"'s fell off of the huge cinema sign and now its spelled Abnormaly, with a single L

[still ridge]

are you aware of the controversy

[solid dome]

Stalker mods in jeopardy

[summer mauve]

What controversy?

[still ridge]

It describes itself as an enhancement of vanilla but does way more harm than good

If you’re desperate for bug fixes, use ZRP

[earnest urchin]

literally pog mod but ok i get all mods bad

[still ridge]

Nobody said that

[earnest urchin]

most of the time i peek in here i see people trashing mods so eh

[still ridge]

Gunslinger is a good mod

one of the few id call good

[finite dragon]

gunslinger gud

[summer mauve]

Gunslinger is great, even the animations are 10 times better than food and drink mod from anomaly. I just wished they had more sniper rifles and LMGs but they still working on them... also the borers and controllers still suck even after the new nerf

[main ivy]

fair enough, looking forward to it

[civic drift]

Really is it that bad

[summer mauve]

Where you got that from?

[worthy lagoon]

logic

[still ridge]

No

it’s just not good

[amber stone]

I was playing anomaly and I was passing by rookie village so I went to check up on sidorovich

he literally has an exoskeleton for 111k

[coarse reef]

balanced

[thorn gulch]

the vanilla is just the game itself

so yeah we all get it

[quick dune]

didn't know that thanks

[thorn gulch]

that did not release
Cry about it

in the end its still good

[thorn gulch]

Well lets be fair but most of the gunslinger weapon models come from STCoP as far as i know

[still ridge]

they’re different

Work on gunslinger began before STCoP

[thorn gulch]

ah, i though STCoP Was before Gunslinger

[still ridge]

I think so at least

Could be wrong

[opaque parrot]

Think it's the other way around

[thorn gulch]

well STCoP was released in Jul 29th 2019 and Gunslinger was in feb 7 2020

dont get me wrong but STCoP released before Gunslinger

[still ridge]

Released, sure

Work on Gunslinger began like 8 years before it released though

[thorn gulch]

do you have a clear source about it so i can read it or understand the development if you know what i mean

[still ridge]

https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL42DC6DFFA7CD2183

@thorn gulch

[thorn gulch]

I'll check them out

[still ridge]

Look at the dates

[finite dragon]

Just finished soc in 17 hours, quite fun, but i feel like i lost out on alot of fun in side quests. Anyways what should i play? clear skies, or call of pripyat?

[opaque parrot]

CS then CoP

[tired anvil]

Clear Sky

[quick dune]

you should replay the game and play more sidequests

[sonic rampart]

SoC sidequests are pretty bad IMO

90 percent of them are fetch quests

With a little bit of story

[quick dune]

😐

[stark steppe]

I cant remember which game it is but those losers that take all your money suck

[static compass]

The bandits in clear sky?

[stark steppe]

Think so

i had so much money i was like, why

[quick dune]

bet you're one of the people that say cop sidequests are the best

[quick dune]

bandits aren't losers, they're chads

💪

[stark steppe]

progammed to take all your rubles and never give it back
rip 30k

[sonic rampart]

That's why you spend them on stuff so you have no money left and stash your stuff in the electrical panel that's nearby

[quick dune]

kill them then

[stark steppe]

me on my first run

[finite dragon]

yes

[tired anvil]

What do you need Rubles for 😔

[static compass]

You don't need rubles when you have the big rock

[sudden atlas]

you need rubles if you wanna get tushonks from Petrovich

[earnest urchin]

thats nothing i lost 200k rubbles

[tired jacinth]

Bandits turn you into the loser

[quick dune]

says the bandit that was born a loser

[hallow solstice]

They are tbh

[quick dune]

[tired jacinth]

Stop speaking about yourself, now you're being sore.

[quick dune]

do losers use aks?

or do losers use exoskeletons

[tired jacinth]

Winners use grenade launchers

[quick dune]

not when going against other people

only mutants

[tired jacinth]

I use grenade launchers on everything

And rpgs on helicopters and mutants

[quick dune]

i use kalashnikovs on everything

[tired jacinth]

6 shots, more than enough to kill anything that moves

[quick dune]

only my double barrel shotgun gets use for mutant hunting

[vernal magnet]

Did you get the true ending for SOC?

[vernal magnet]

They low key kind of are

[quick dune]

sidequests are basically all there is to cop

and that's why they're so detailed

[tired anvil]

Yea, it's how they end up being the best as well though

[quick dune]

explaining why cop is the worst one out of all three

not being bad, just not as good as the rest

[tired anvil]

CS* according to the community at least

[vernal magnet]

Also low key true

[amber stone]

I downloaded zrp mod for soc and now I regret it

[vernal magnet]

COP had the weakest plot

[quick dune]

recover info about crashed helikopeter and come back

[amber stone]

I can't find the save file

so I'm fricked

Frick zrp

it sucks

[quick dune]

what save file

[amber stone]

the save file for soc

i can't find it in the files

[quick dune]

how far are you in the game

[amber stone]

I need it because I want to reinstall the game

[vernal magnet]

Strelok chilling in the events of COP feels even more bizarre after SOC true ending

[amber stone]

I have to go to the x16 lab

and I have over 100k roubles

and decen weapons

and now I'm stuck with zrp

[quick dune]

why don't u uninstall zrp den

[vernal magnet]

You just had to have vanilla with sprinkles

[quick dune]

also degtyarev has no drip

[amber stone]

if I delete it I'm gonna delete the whole game

[quick dune]

unlike scar and strelok

[deep lily]

best character in cop: cardan

[vernal magnet]

Bringing up the real issues here

[tired jacinth]

Best stalker game is 2

[quick dune]

cardan being the only relateable person

[deep lily]

💪

[amber stone]

my soc files are unpacked to everything is unorganized and not in place

[vernal magnet]

Clear Sky best sky

[amber stone]

so I'm literally stuck with zrp

[quick dune]

is there an uninstaller for zrp

[amber stone]

bloody hell

[amber stone]

I don't believe so

[quick dune]

if not then just delete gamedata and see if it does anything

the gamedata folder

[amber stone]

I have 2 gamedatas

[quick dune]

delete both then

[amber stone]

alrighty

[tired anvil]

What'd it ruin for you?

[amber stone]

everything

graphics

inventory grids

everything

I just prefer vanilla

[tired anvil]

And then they hate on us for recommending vanilla for a start 😔

[amber stone]

now it's like a whole new vame

[civic drift]

Just beat Clear Sky with the Arsenal Overhaul mod. Forgot how short that game was.

[amber stone]

I needed zrp for a mission that was bugged

[deep lily]

arsenal overhaul was amazing

[quick dune]

instead of vanilla they say "try modded vanilla"

[deep lily]

modded vanilla isnt vanilla

[quick dune]

exactly

just like anomaly isn't a real stalker game

[deep lily]

yes

[civic drift]

Well

It is quite literally fanfiction

[deep lily]

anomaly = just uses misery and CoC assets with different graphics 👍

[civic drift]

I know

[deep lily]

not surprised

[civic drift]

CoC is better

[deep lily]

i have never played CoC but, yes

its the base mod for anomaly i believe

[civic drift]

But Anomaly is popular because it doesn't require the base game of CoP.

It is

[deep lily]

yeah, anomaly is also free

[quick dune]

i don't get people encouraging others to play anomaly before anything

it's like telling people to play the dlcs first before the base game

[deep lily]

correct

anomaly isnt canon

[quick dune]

anomaly gets boring so fast

even with all the mods

the game is gonna weigh 100gb and you'll get bored of it sooner or later

[deep lily]

Indeed, I played anomaly once and didnt know what to do

[quick dune]

it's like going outside with no purpouse

[deep lily]

theres not really a main goal which is weird

[quick dune]

what are you gonna do? talk to the birds?

[vernal magnet]

They keep insisting on having a GTA “definitive edition” experience 😂

[vernal magnet]

With enough shrooms you bet

[finite dragon]

The side quests in anomaly are so repetitive and unoriginal and sometimes they make you travel three fourths of the zone for an average reward that you would otherwise get from selling a random useless artifact with no properties

[quick dune]

yea but then u actually have a purpouse to go outside

[deep lily]

average freedom member

[vernal magnet]

in best Walter white impression Your God Dang Right

[deep lily]

🤣

[quick dune]

your stalker name must be heisenberg

[deep lily]

exactly

[civic drift]

Yeah, its needs alot of tuning by the player before it becomes fun

[vernal magnet]

Dammit Jessie, we need to get the formula inside Lab X16 or these mercenaries are gonna kill us

[quick dune]

that's boring aswell

[deep lily]

what does EFP offer

[civic drift]

For some reason the devs decided that making every enemy a bullet sponge in a game where Ammos base price is 4000ru for 15 shots is a good idea

[quick dune]

you need to download more mods to make it remotely fun

[deep lily]

i tried installing EFP once, but after i saw how many steps it was for downloading it i was done

[civic drift]

Adds things to make the game more like Tarkovs

[finite dragon]

I did intend to install EFP once but apparently it is no longer available. On a second thought, it’s nothing special but another attempt to clone EFT.

[deep lily]

yeah

[quick dune]

i thought gunslinger was enough to make the game more like tarkov

but that one is for cop

[vernal magnet]

If you ever want to give a Stalker fan bloodlust just compare Stalker to Tarkov or say Anomaly is the best

[deep lily]

sometimes animations didnt happen and i couldnt pull out my gun :/ (in gunslinger)

[tired anvil]

I bet you secretly enjoy mods too 🤨

[quick dune]

who doesn't

i enjoy vanilla all the time

[vernal magnet]

gasp why, I’d never…..*Quick HIDE D:/StalkerMods

[civic drift]

I had to disable animations in Anomaly entirly

[deep lily]

me too man

[civic drift]

Its awful, it roots you in place when ever you do the smallest thing with your gear set

[vernal magnet]

I miss making fun of people who said Stalker Complete was best. 2009 was a different time

[finite dragon]

I enjoyed anomaly the most when I was playing the outdated version for some reason (was too bored to install the patches but if you don’t want the game to crash every time you pull out a detector, you gotta install them too)

[deep lily]

vanilla animations best animations

[quick dune]

every mod is bad

u sure about everything u said?

[still ridge]

It’s like recommending people to watch the new Star Wars movies

[quick dune]

yes

[civic drift]

Only one of those new movies is passable

[quick dune]

maybe instead of zrp he installed complete

[civic drift]

God I hope not

[still ridge]

Imagine

[finite dragon]

||I died|| So i dont think i got the good ending

[amber stone]

ok it didn't work

I guess I'm stuck with zrp

help me

[vernal magnet]

Yea you might want to run through shadow of chernobyl again and make sure to finish the side quests so you get the true ending. It extends the games length a bit as well

[tired anvil]

Meh, or just go to CS

[civic drift]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Gameplay when?

[finite dragon]

never

[civic drift]

Seriously I just wanna see 10ish minutes showing off the new mechanics

[tired anvil]

A week before release

[civic drift]

I'm really afraid when the gmae comes out its gonna look like Far Cry

[coarse reef]

*after

[gaunt geyser]

I'm willing to invest 4500 to 5000 USD in a new super pc just to be able to play Stalker 2 at max settings and 60+ fps! Can't wait!

[tired anvil]

You'll probably be able to get a cheaper deal, but nice

[soft ice]

All you have to do to get the true ending is grab the decoder from the hotel in pripyat as far as i know, and follow the quest it gives you

[static compass]

Culkin said when it's ready lol

[tired anvil]

Also need to speak with Doc

[soft ice]

Yeah that first

That’s not a side quest tho

[tired anvil]

Sorta is since you can complete the game without it

It's half I guess

[soft ice]

The game basically guides you towards getting the good ending

Just do all the yellow marked

Marked quests

https://www.moddb.com/mods/net-online

This project looks interesting… it does have a download link but its hidden on a vk page in russian that isn’t linked at all. Why make something like this and not promote it at all?

[tired anvil]

Probably because it's still in the pre-alpha stage

[soft ice]

https://m.vk.com/wall-177604736_3466

If you want people to play it you should promote it even during development

[tired anvil]

Whilst that is fair, maybe they want to avoid too much hype for now. I mean look at RoH and XRMPE

[soft ice]

I think Its based on xrmpe

And yeah I agree

Im sure that when projects like this are 80 percent done a gsc thug comes to their office and tells them to stop if they ever want to see their family again, because they all seem to get a bandoned like this 😂

[tired anvil]

Funny enough, I'm pretty sure Tarkov devs have killed more Stalker mods than GSC

[soft ice]

Really?

I know tarkov doesn’t like people modding tarkov

[tired anvil]

Yeah, BSG shut down a mod that was making Tarkov weapons/animations/whatever for Stalker

[soft ice]

Oh

Good

That trash doesn’t belong in stalker

The person who made that was 100 percent some anomaly player who never touched the base games and uses stalker as singleplayer practice for tarkov

[tired anvil]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[remote bone]

Whats wrong with anomaly

[tired anvil]

The community

[soft ice]

A lot of the people who play it have never played the base games, only anomaly, and that makes them b/tchmade

Anomaly is still good tho, just annoying community

[remote bone]

Honestly the only community i saw about anomaly are the kids who helped installing

[soft ice]

Wdym

[remote bone]

I see

I have never met a person that talked about anomaly besides showing how to install it

[tired anvil]

I see "hey guys, just heard about Stalker from X YouTuber, so I'm starting with Anomaly and sticking with it"

[soft ice]

Exactly

[remote bone]

Oh lmao i get it now

[tired anvil]

"those other ones look outdated anyway"

[soft ice]

If you start with anomaly uou arent a real stalker. You can still redeem yourself by playing the base games

[remote bone]

The graphics scare people away

Pussies

[tired anvil]

That's my "problem" with Anomaly. I have nothing against the mod, only the part of the community tbh

[soft ice]

^me foo

It’s not like the games look that bad, they need to put up with it

I did

[remote bone]

I think the only reason people play anomaly is for the graphics

And thats basically stalker 2

[tired anvil]

CS looks better than some games coming out these days 🥲

[soft ice]

Especially cop doenst look bad at all by modern standards

[tired anvil]

Nah CoP does

[soft ice]

It look fine

[tired anvil]

CoP definitely took a step down after CS though

[soft ice]

Some wierd tone mapping choices

Yeah but cs is preyyy bad

I played it and it had that wierd aim thing

[tired anvil]

I'm talking graphics wise. CS is fine gameplay wise as well though

[remote bone]

It was made in 2012 (csgo)

Cs was made pre 2009

[soft ice]

Yeah

I can understand thinking the gunplay is outdated, but you have to put up with it at least

[remote bone]

Pretty sure its gonna be similar in s2

The gameplay trailer showed couple shots of the mp5 and it didnt look too far off

[static compass]

I mean I'll be real I heard about stalker through metro

[remote bone]

Thats better

[soft ice]

Well hopefully the gunplay isn’t like that that was some game journalist tiger stuff

Tier

[remote bone]

Fr

I want actual recoil and modding my gun will actually help me control the recoil

And not "ayo ez gun spray, give horizontal grip for +2% dmg and -10% recoil"

[tired anvil]

I couldn't care less on how the guns work ngl

[soft ice]

Stalker 2 isn’t gonna be like anomaly and a hunch of anomaly exclusives (degenerates) are gonna be really pissed about that

[tired anvil]

I can deal with dumb recoil, I can deal with no recoil

I'll just deal with it and look at the world

[soft ice]

Because they’re retarded and cant understand that anomaly isn’t a game gsc made

[earnest urchin]

Anomaly 2

[soft ice]

They have no concept of what the base games are like

[tired anvil]

Then there's people like this:
#🟢-reddit message

Dude just bought whatever without even looking into it lmao

[soft ice]

Lmao

Rich

[remote bone]

I just like guns

I dont want modding that will give some % boost

[static compass]

You know it won't be, that was super scripted

[remote bone]

I want a suppressor to work as a suppressor and not +2% dmg

[soft ice]

Yeah fr

[tired anvil]

The AI definitely won't be like that, and that was confirmed

Can't say anything about the guns though

[soft ice]

I hope it’s like soc and all the tarkov players who only play anomaly leave the community. And we can finally live in peace

[static compass]

Yeah because if you look close before skif even turns the corner those two guys are already aiming at him

So the AI was probably programmed to perform in that specific way just for that scene

[tired anvil]

I meant the AI being retarded af

[static compass]

Well, yes but still

[soft ice]

Good ai is something that isnt very common because of the fall of singleplayer games

A real shame imagine the possibilities

[static compass]

If you're referring to Dirge for the planet I believe that's in SoC

[tired anvil]

I have faith in Dima

[soft ice]

Me too

[static compass]

Agreed

[soft ice]

Anyway, you know that mod I sent @tired anvil ? It had a link to a download

[tired anvil]

On VK?

[soft ice]

Yeah

[quick dune]

mods are lame

[soft ice]

https://m.vk.com/wall-177604736_3466

[static compass]

Not sure

[quick dune]

vanilla is good you should try it right now

[soft ice]

Stop patronizing me, jve played all the games multiple times

[quick dune]

play them again

[soft ice]

And yeah I hate people who only played anomaly too

[tired anvil]

Oh really? Have you played the Nokia one? 🤨

Why?

Oh nvm, misread a bit

[soft ice]

🤣

[tired anvil]

It's better to play in release order actually

Since you sorta spoil SoC for yourself if you finish CS first

[quick dune]

if doing nothing without a purpouse is fun i don't know what fun means today

[soft ice]

Yeah cs doesn’t give any context either

[soft ice]

I agree, anomaly is hard for me because its not very plot driven

I like cop with gunslinger more

[quick dune]

u like guns

[soft ice]

Gunslinger has really good ones

Better weapon handling than most aaa games now

And better than anomaly

[quick dune]

i mean base game weapon handling is also good

ur not dropping any less recoil if u aim down sights

realistic as all things should be

[soft ice]

It’s fine, but ive already played that

https://youtu.be/ELF-koTSnUM

WTFFFFF

Insane

[tired anvil]

Yea that was his first time. Trash

[soft ice]

I didn’t know he ever played stalker

[quick dune]

yea pewdiepie should go back to fallout since stalker clearly isn't something for him

[soft ice]

^

I hate faillit

[vernal magnet]

i mean im trying not to tell the guy what to do or give spoilers lol if he does side quests he will end up talking to Doc

[soft ice]

All you need to do to get the good ending, is do all the stuff in yellow

[vernal magnet]

what a pain in the you know what to get it running under an emulator lol. it was neat tho

[soft ice]

https://youtu.be/qgHWqriJon8

It’s crazy how mobile capabilities now are almost as good as pc in 2007

https://youtu.be/rh-St9Krwa4

Ok never mind

[static compass]

I thought stalker mobile was an old thing

[vernal magnet]

yea that was really hard to watch lol

[gaunt geyser]

I hope that Stalker 2 is at least like a "Stalker Anomaly" on steroids. Just better graphics, new and more realistic animations, new monsters, better AI. That for me would make it worth it to invest 4000 usd + in a new super gaming pc!

[tired anvil]

Thing is

[vernal magnet]

"anomaly" on steroids?........ oh no

[tired anvil]

What you described can just be written as "Stalker on steroids"

[vernal magnet]

Gajunas go easy on him

[static compass]

Oh boy, bold comment

[tired anvil]

What does Anomaly do exactly that the trilogy doesn't already manage 🤔

It's just a combined map with extra filler/fetch quests

[wintry bluff]

Anomaly is x64 lol

jsut that alone

[vernal magnet]

COP was x64 vanilla if i recall

they just used it as a "base" for monolith x64

[tired anvil]

Okay, sure, that is a very valid argument, but I mean things that S2 could take from Anomaly that isn't blatantly obvious or that the trilogy hasn't done to some extent

[static compass]

Someone enlighten me as to what x64 means?

[vernal magnet]

64 bit engine

[static compass]

Ah

[gaunt geyser]

Combines all the goodies of Stalker games on one package + It's free! 🤔

[wintry bluff]

you cant compare the 2 visually though

cop vanilla looked like dog turds

[vernal magnet]

which was supposed to alleviate the single threaded bound issues but... hehehe. it didnt

[vernal magnet]

bro it looked so bad especially coming right after CS with DX10.1

[tired anvil]

Yeah but what does Anomaly on Steroids mean then? Just the trilogy combined on steroids or? I'm not bashing your love of the mod, I just don't get the comment personally

[soft ice]

It’s not gonna be like anomaly

[wintry bluff]

the mod is just a great accomplishment, it shows you what that old engine was truly capable of

[soft ice]

Anomaly isn’t a real stalker game

[vernal magnet]

Anomaly does do "survival systems" better than the trilogy did to be fair. you had to pay close attention to those systems like hunger and thirst, which was tedious as hell but also had its place.

im often torn on it because its partially super grindy and partially very immersive

[tired anvil]

Oh definitely, no denying in that. With enough time and work you can make X-Ray do anything

[wintry bluff]

it was meant more for people who have played the trilogy and every other possible mod 100s of times lol

[static compass]

I just hope starving doesn't kill you

[wintry bluff]

i loved anomaly, its fresh

[soft ice]

It does them DIFFERENTLY. Anomaly tries to do a different thing than the base games

That’s like comparing dayz and minecraft…

[static compass]

If you want to penalize me for not eating fine, but i don't like games that end you for it

[tired anvil]

I need to double check, but I think the hunger system and stuff will return

[vernal magnet]

not really, there is not one single vanilla system that kills you if you dont tend to it

or cripple you

[soft ice]

That’s my point

[static compass]

Hunger, sleeping, bleeding and radiation

[vernal magnet]

Vanilla games were much more arcadey

[soft ice]

Anomaly is way more hardcore

I regret saying that

I sound like a game journalist

[tired anvil]

Hunger and weight 😎

[soft ice]

But anomaly is more of a focused survival game while the base games are more plot oriented, so it’s two different things

[vernal magnet]

neither of which kill or cripple you. removing the whole survival aspect of it

[tired anvil]

Hunger kills you in 2/3 games if you don't look at it

[vernal magnet]

Anomaly is in fairness the only hardcore survival experience

[vernal magnet]

i never ever had that happen. which means it was a terrible implementation honestly

[wintry bluff]

dont forget the different game modes in anomaly, and the fact you can play as anyone, its ads something new

[soft ice]

Or you just ate?

[tired anvil]

It just means you ate your stale bread

[vernal magnet]

yea the roleplay was legit

[tired anvil]

I definitely experienced it the first time I played SoC

[soft ice]

I’ve never died of hunger in anomaly… because I ate food

[vernal magnet]

no i just spammed medkits like a butthead

never had to eat

who wasnt loaded on medkits in vanilla?

[static compass]

Where do you guys think the starting location in s2 will be?

[vernal magnet]

ive been AFK for a long time in SOC CS and COP and never saw it. im gonna have to look into it

[tired anvil]

@static compass
http://prntscr.com/261nky6
http://prntscr.com/261nmlu

The rest goes about sleep, if you're also interested in that

[tired anvil]

CS doesn't do it

And the magazine only confirms my words

[vernal magnet]

i mean, i believe you, its just has to be super obscure. it wasnt much of a survival mechanic if i completely missed it in 15 years of play

[soft ice]

Once again the original games were more plot oriented and less of a “hardcore” survival focused experience

[static compass]

Yeah that makes sense

[vernal magnet]

exactly

[soft ice]

And this is fine, it’s two different things. Some people like one and some people like the other, that’s ok

[static compass]

I think you hallucinate as well for not sleeping

[soft ice]

So there’s no “better” implementation when they aren’t trying to do the same thing

[static compass]

Which is the last thing you wanna do in the zone lol

[soft ice]

Tell that to freedom

[vernal magnet]

Stalker 2 is obviously confirmed to be heavier on these mechanics but it was never a staple of the OG trilogy

[tired anvil]

Irl? Sure. In the games? You can only sleep in CoP and there's no consequences for not doing it

[static compass]

You see, when hallucinating, just shoot everything and you'll be fine

[soft ice]

I think stalker 2 is gonna be like modernized soc

[vernal magnet]

alot of folks probably getting the mods and vanilla mixed up

[tired anvil]

Indeed

[static compass]

I meant in S2

[tired anvil]

Then yes

[vernal magnet]

the PC gamer article confirming all this does show they took alot out of the mods including anomaly

[tired anvil]

http://prntscr.com/261o35y
http://prntscr.com/261o3we

[vernal magnet]

im not expecting it to be OG through and through

[tired anvil]

Or just finally being able to do what they wanted to ages ago

[vernal magnet]

precisely

[tired anvil]

Afaik sleep wasn't in SoC because it was broken when implemented at that time

[static compass]

That would just be faulty judgment

[tired anvil]

I wouldn't credit mods for their own ideas personally

[vernal magnet]

lol how? its already confirmed man

[static compass]

I meant it would be faulty judgment to assume that it'll be just like the old ones

[vernal magnet]

they had a trilogy to figure it out. i remember being told with CS "we are doing what we wanted to originally". they had their chance lol

[vernal magnet]

gotcha gotcha

[wintry bluff]

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

[static compass]

Praise be big rock

[vernal magnet]

i could make a game today and pretend it had a million ideas i couldnt implement and have mods do it later but whatever you put out is what you put out. even Stalker 2 is going to have limitations

[wintry bluff]

stalker 2 with the trilogy's moding community...

[vernal magnet]

we could be waiting for stalker 3 and still be told "its going to be what we always wanted to make"

[gaunt geyser]

To sum it up: "More Realism" in general it's all I want for Stalker 2! lol

[soft ice]

Don’t expect an anomaly like experience in stalker 2 if that’s what you mean. It’s not gonna be like that and that’s fine, just saying

[tired anvil]

Didn't know you had the build

[vernal magnet]

i mean, we arent expecting it to be anomaly but its already confirmed that many of those types of features are in the game

[tired anvil]

Well, that's already promised, so I guess you half have what you want

[vernal magnet]

we already know S2 is going to be more survival based for sure

[soft ice]

WHY

[static compass]

I'm cool with that

[soft ice]

GSC DIDNG MAKE ANOMALY

They barely know it exists. Why would they try to emulate it

[wintry bluff]

more survival based doesnt mean less story driven

[vernal magnet]

just the fact you shouldnt go more than a day without sleep and hallucination is a damning tell right there that the game is paced much much differently than the OG games

[soft ice]

Not really

[vernal magnet]

im already betting on much more inventory / supply management. travel planning, etc. NONE of which was necessary in the OG's except for basic weight management

[soft ice]

They’re also 14 years old

[vernal magnet]

they clearly dont want you barelling through the world of Stalker 2. anybody paying attention sees the pacing changes already

[tired anvil]

Travel planning? Dunno sounds wild

[soft ice]

I hope not

[wintry bluff]

who are 14 year olds?

[soft ice]

Game is 14

Lol

[static compass]

How do you think the dialogue will work? OG, or they speak through everything and you're silent, or more like fallout 4 where both you and the other person are fully voiced ?

[wintry bluff]

oh i thought u ment anomaly devs lol

[vernal magnet]

low key i hope they do. that fits stalkers world much better. i love my vanilla ice cream but yea the OG games are not hardcore enough. even if its just an option

[soft ice]

No but they act it

[soft ice]

No I mean, make it not hardcore

I want it to be hardcore

[vernal magnet]

oooooh ok gotcha gotcha

[soft ice]

Yeah I’d expect it to be more hard core than the originals for sure

But not LIKE anomaly

[gaunt geyser]

And an annoying female companion, "girlfriend", "hooker" being added to Stalker 2 would not hurt. lol

[vernal magnet]

eeeexactly ok i see you

[vernal magnet]

.....yes it would. lol

no BoobA. just S U F F E R I N G in ULTRA HD

[static compass]

Booba is temporary stalker, the zone is forever

[vernal magnet]

the concept of romance or copulating in stalker is so cringe and foul lmao

people living in the zone are half suicidal to begin with

[wintry bluff]

and the other half are anarchists bandits and rapists

lol not ideal place

[vernal magnet]

people are probably way harder against the idea of women in the zone when compared to the lore of something like Fallout

[coarse reef]

I mean it wouldn't hurt to have female characters in the game but no romance that doesn't suit the setting well

[vernal magnet]

anything resembling that kind of Satire or social system is a big no no

[tired anvil]

Stfu, leave Orest alone

Dude had his heart broken and that's what you say 😢

[tired anvil]

There is both of those in the series already.

[soft ice]

The entire stalker franchise doesn’t have a single women depicted or mentioned or even alluded to AT ALL

[tired anvil]

Yet it does

[vernal magnet]

even Leska coudnt survive in the zone lol

[coarse reef]

It has one mentioned

[gaunt geyser]

I always found kind of unrealistic and funny that there are ZERO women or female Stalkers in the zone whatsoever. lol

[vernal magnet]

it does mention them actually

[tired anvil]

Someone didn't play CS enough 🤨

[coarse reef]

Mentioned in a dialogue with a minor character

[soft ice]

Not really unrealistic but funny for sure

[tired anvil]

Orest is not minor 😔

[coarse reef]

I've played CS for 100 hours and ran into that character like twice

[static compass]

I had a friend who said you could make the argument that women would never be stupid enough to try and explore the zone

If you're trying to appease the people that are upset about it anyway lol

[soft ice]

I mean, women would probably be treated really badly by the men in the zone

[vernal magnet]

Nice lore reason: for the same reason as in Roadside Picnic and the film: because the Zone is an intensely lethal place that is only even slightly appealing to the most desperate people trying to support a family on the edge of crippling poverty or fuel alcoholism in the same condition, possibly both.

[tired anvil]

I mean, men are too

There's a rapist in SoC

A woman in CS

[soft ice]

He rapes other man?

[tired anvil]

Yet nobody knows any of these things 😔

[tired anvil]

Yeah

[soft ice]

I know old anomaly had a plot where lukash gangraped hip

But that’s anomaly

[tired anvil]

I'm talking complete vanilla

I don't do mods

[soft ice]

Yeah

[coarse reef]

It'd be fun to have like an old grandma that lives in the zone in her rundown cottage because she's too settled in, because there's actually people like that in the real exclusion zone

[soft ice]

Yeah

Like forester kinda

[vernal magnet]

also women in the zone would not be capable of reproducing normal children. First introduced in roadside picnic, then stalker (1979)

[static compass]

I mean the bandits alone would be pretty bad to them I'm sure

[vernal magnet]

these criteria alone mean that it takes a certain kind of women to even consider entering the zone

[tired anvil]

Poker is the rapist btw

[soft ice]

Who’s that?

[vernal magnet]

otherwise we run smack dab into Fallout territory

[soft ice]

Its been a while since I played soc

[tired anvil]

A Bandit with mental problems

[soft ice]

If women are truck drivers and stuff irl I guess some women might go into the zone. But because stalker players don’t speak to women it’s gonna be some tomboy waifs

If there’s a woman in stalker 2 I hope they make her really ugly so people get mad

[tired anvil]

There's a petition by Russian feminists to cancel S2 as we speak

[gaunt geyser]

If Stalker was realistic then, some Stalkers would somehow bring females to the zone and use them as hookers or even sex slaves. lol

[vernal magnet]

a truck drive is a very different occupation. physically and mentally

[vernal magnet]

is there really?

[static compass]

Definitely

[coarse reef]

Feminists can exist in Russia?

[tired anvil]

Yes. In 2021 they cried about no females/LGBT people in S2, now a few days ago they launched a petition to cancel S2

One of their reasons is harming the mentality of children or something I think

[soft ice]

Yeah but you get what I’m saying. It’s a dangerous male centric job that women don’t do mostly

[vernal magnet]

bruh,...wait.....what....ok....damn i shouldnt be surprised lol

[vernal magnet]

precisely. the zone takes that to an even more extreme degree

[tired anvil]

Quote from their VK post:
“Hello, sisters. The year 2022 has already arrived, which means that there are less than four months left before the release of the sexist and homophobic game "STALKER 2". Therefore, we must move from words to action. Now I have created a petition to cancel this game, and I ask all of you to sign it. Maximum repost!”

They have a whopping 45 signatures

[coarse reef]

I will sign this petition so that people in this discord server get mad

[soft ice]

3 of those signatures are my accounts

[vernal magnet]

we were so close to getting Stalker 2 bois

[dusk oasis]

At least to the point where npcs speak while you respond silently with text, if the gameplay trailer resembles it at all, there is hope that even skif has full voice lines, I wouldn't be surprised

[vernal magnet]

good point, the E3 trailer makes me think voice lines like Fallout4. hopefully with more accurate text representation

[dusk oasis]

45 signatures it's over

[vernal magnet]

lets pack it up bois

[tired anvil]

chose a calm approach to get some information out of a character
starts screaming

[vernal magnet]

oh god the accuracy

[static compass]

Man, I was really looking forward to it, better luck next time i guess

[dusk oasis]

If that happens in stalker 2 it will be a disaster

[grand pendant]

there's no way it'll be like F4 dialogue

[coarse reef]

Make it 46

[vernal magnet]

we mean strictly from a press one of A B Y X to select a dialogue choice

the old text windows we love are of a bygone era

[static compass]

I mean it would be kind of cool if every time you got into a conversation it was sort of like a mini cutscene

[grand pendant]

i know, there's no way

[tired anvil]

You think it'll be like the trilogy or?

[grand pendant]

anything except having 4 options that are always the same per dialogue

[static compass]

If anything it'll be like Fallout New Vegas when it comes to picking dialogue

[grand pendant]

i do kind of think it may be like the trilogy though

[dusk oasis]

Would be very cool

[static compass]

I'm just hoping skif actually says something instead of the other character immediately responding

[vernal magnet]

cutscenes actually make me nervous. nothing that rips control from the player. imagine being in a chat with a stalker and then a pack of dogs jump you. i wouldnt want to be farting around with a dialogue box 😆

[dusk oasis]

Yeah while the text windows are awesome, idk how it would work in S2

[static compass]

It's like in Fallout 4 when you're talking to somebody and something just randomly explodes behind them

[tired anvil]

I'd prefer a dialogue box rather than being stuck in a scene where you get attacked and are in an animation and can't do anything about it

[static compass]

Yeah being attacked like that is very uncool

[dusk oasis]

Yeah maybe just cutscenes for story-driven dialogue, but not for random NPCs

[coarse reef]

You know the cutscene could just cancel if you get attacked

[static compass]

That would be preferred

[tired anvil]

Tell that to CoP

[vernal magnet]

true but making the not classic stalker glitch out and be smooth is a tricky dance to do

[dusk oasis]

I could see that being clunky

[coarse reef]

Emphasis on could

[dusk oasis]

With the visual fidelity of the game, the "cutscenes" should be looking just like gameplay, so transitions should be smooth

[vernal magnet]

the game doesnt actually feel as close as it is since we dont know how these systems look or even play really yet lol

[dusk oasis]

Yeah for all we know it could be nothing like the og trilogy

[static compass]

I'd say for major story moments it'll be like it was in the trailer, but normal conversations will be like fallout new Vegas or something similar

[vernal magnet]

its hiding behind this big Opera Curtain with the occasional murmurings from behind it sounding tight as hell 😆

[dusk oasis]

Agreed

[dusk oasis]

Wonderful way to put it

[tired anvil]

Chernobylite

[dusk oasis]

This game could easily be another chernobylite

That's what makes the lack of information so excruciating

You just have to put faith in GSC or lower your expectations

I'm doing the former

[tired anvil]

Dunno, imo there's actually a lot of information

You just need to search for it

[dusk oasis]

How so?

[tired anvil]

It's not really present in gameplay for us yet

[static compass]

It's not really a lack of information, it's a lack of things being shown in a video format

[dusk oasis]

I'm referring to HUD and gameplay elements

[tired anvil]

Through their medias they reveal something all the time. For example, how many of you know that you will have a companion on a mission in S2?

[dusk oasis]

Yes good way of putting it, thanks

[static compass]

I feel like the next video should focus on the hud and survival elements

[dusk oasis]

Didn't know, but that hints on a companion system akin to anomaly, I like it

[static compass]

The last one was mainly combat focused

[soft ice]

My only problem with it is that it was made on console and ported to pc

[dusk oasis]

Really?

[tired anvil]

No

[soft ice]

Pretty sure yeah

Don’t take my word for it please

[tired anvil]

They literally state in #📗┃s2-faq that they are different

[dusk oasis]

Yeah just some lurking around the zone getting nitty-gritty would be nice to see

[tired anvil]

No, I'll check again in a moment, but I'm pretty sure that it's not everywhere that you'll be able to have companions

[dusk oasis]

Oh alright

[soft ice]

They don’t say that

[static compass]

Gimme those stealth scenes

[soft ice]

They said something really vague

That they would do their best to balance them both

[dusk oasis]

Yeah that's what the faq says

[tired anvil]

Okay yea, they say it more vaguely in there, but in the past they said "the PC version is for the PC and the console version is for the console"

So I can bet that it's not exactly just a simple port

[dusk oasis]

If anything, PC is going to be prioritized

Hard to imagine them working harder on the console version than PC, but if they can pull it off, there will be perfect balance

[soft ice]

If anything it should have been ported to Xbox from pc

[dusk oasis]

would love to see it

[soft ice]

Im just worried the oc game is gonna feel like a console game

Pc

[dusk oasis]

Yeah that's a reasonable concern

[tired anvil]

Found it, here's the screenshot
http://prntscr.com/261t5no

The bottom part is the reply from the CM in case you aren't familiar with how Steam replies work

[dusk oasis]

Thanks dude

Link didn't work on my phone so let me check it on my pc

[tired anvil]

I can just copy the reply

[static compass]

This would make sense, going on a mission and having somebody help you specifically for that mission and then you part ways

[tired anvil]

“I don't see how there was ever valid reason to believe that this game would launch with campaign co-op. I imagine synchronizing the gamestate between players, especially when A-life enters the picture, might turn into a coding nightmare. Plus, as I believe a GSC representative has stated, the game will have the player travel alone (without NPC companions of any kind) for the sake of atmosphere. And I fully agree with that.

Now, I wouldn't technically mind if they implemented the option to play in co-op mode, even though I wouldn't use it myself. But given how many extra development resources this would likely require, I'd give the idea a hard pass. In my opinion, those resources can be much better spent in other areas to make the single-player experience the best it can be.” - message by a fan

“I like the way of your thoughts. And yep, I can confirm that some missions and stories may require a part-time companion, but no more. There is always only you VS The Zone.” - CM reply

[tired anvil]

Well, we experienced this in CoP, so yeah

[static compass]

I imagine it'll be a very similar concept

[tired anvil]

Most likely

Or something similar to faction allegiance

[dusk oasis]

Very informative actually, very nice

[static compass]

I think it would be cool to just follow a squad of whatever faction your allied with around until you get bored or they all die lol

[soft ice]

This isn’t gonna happen, but I hope stalker 2 is unplayable if you haven’t played the base games or at least soc

Like it doesn’t give any background

[tired anvil]

Lmao

[soft ice]

So that people don’t jump into s2

[dusk oasis]

Devs said S2 can be enjoyed on it's own

[tired anvil]

Sadly yea, they said that you'll be able to play just fine without touching the trilogy

[dusk oasis]

But they recommend playing past games for maximum immersion

[soft ice]

It would be retarded of the developers tho because it would hurt reviews

[tired anvil]

But I still can't wait for the spam of obvious af questions regarding the games from people who never played them

[static compass]

Not everyone has access to the old games tho

[dusk oasis]

Yeah they kinda have to make it playable on its own if they want to reach a wider audience

[soft ice]

Game journalists who have to hurry up and play it so that their wife’s boyfriend can have the tv aren’t Gonna like that

[soft ice]

Lmao what?

Explain to me how you could access s2 but not the older games

[tired anvil]

How you gonna access S2 but not the trilogy

Aye yea lmao

[static compass]

Not everyone has a pc

[tired anvil]

Oh

[soft ice]

Ohhh

[tired anvil]

Welp, you win with that one

[dusk oasis]

Good point

[soft ice]

I forgot about that

[tired anvil]

Honestly I don't even think about the console market lmao

[soft ice]

But tbf, everyone has at least a macbook if you have a ps5

Stalker runs on anything it’s from 2007

[dusk oasis]

It's not just about the die-hard stalker fans anymore GSC is trying to hit the same audience that AAA games do

[tired anvil]

Thing is, there's Stalker PSP

[worthy lagoon]

Buy it

[tired anvil]

So you can experience the trilogy on console 😎

[worthy lagoon]

[tired anvil]

Or SoC rather

[static compass]

You say that like it's a simple task lmao

[worthy lagoon]

Ew

[tired anvil]

If you have one of the newest consoles I'm sure you can get a decent PC

[worthy lagoon]

^

[soft ice]

But everyone has at least a laptop for work or school

Especially if you have a ps5

[static compass]

A laptop at the very least

[dusk oasis]

Just because you can afford a console doesn't mean you can also afford a pc

[static compass]

This is also true

[soft ice]

You don’t need. Pc to play it

[worthy lagoon]

So you have a laptop?

[soft ice]

2012 macbook works

Or surface pro

Or whatever

[static compass]

A garbage one that has no memory

[worthy lagoon]

Lmfao

[dusk oasis]

face it, not everyone that plays S2 is going to play the previous games

[tired anvil]

Any console sure, but idk, I imagine if you can get a modern one, you could manage to get some funds for a half decent PC

[soft ice]

You don’t even need a graphics card to play it

[tired anvil]

Face it, not everyone that plays the trilogy is going to play S2

[worthy lagoon]

Heresy

[tired anvil]

[soft ice]

At least everyone here recognizes that these people aren’t real stalker

[dusk oasis]

I'm sure a large majority of the people who play it won't even have known what stalker was before

[soft ice]

They will never understand the pain of finding Bes dead

[worthy lagoon]

May a blowout take them

[tired anvil]

They'll hit us with the "oh yea, I heard it's like Fallout but never really cared to check it out"

[dusk oasis]

don't zone-keep man just let people enjoy the game

[static compass]

I mean I knew what the game was before stalker 2 was announced lol

[dusk oasis]

Okay I changed my mind

[worthy lagoon]

AnomalyPlayers.jpg

[dusk oasis]

Let the zone take them

[soft ice]

I was talking to my friend about it the other day and he compared it to fallout

[dusk oasis]

[soft ice]

He said “oh it’s like fallout”

[worthy lagoon]

You killed him?

[soft ice]

Yeah

[worthy lagoon]

Chad

[dusk oasis]

Smartest fallout player

[static compass]

If anything it's like metro, and that's still a very incorrect statement

[grand pendant]

he never played it right? what can you expect

mutants, radiation, guns

[worthy lagoon]

Just because there are radiation

Lmfao

[grand pendant]

it makes sense more or less, from the pov of someone who never played it. Comparing stuff is only natural

[dusk oasis]

Exactly

[worthy lagoon]

It's still an heresy

May the Zone take them

[dusk oasis]

Whenever someone encounters something new, the first thing they will think is "what thing that I already know about is this most similar to"

[soft ice]

Nah metro is super linear

Comparing stalker to fallout or tarkov is terrible

[tired anvil]

I'd go with Chernobylite personally

[static compass]

Exodus was less linear but it wasn't exactly full open world either

[soft ice]

Yeah