╓☢stalker2™-chat-not-gamma-keep-waiting

[dawn bluff]

that sadly is the most probable outcame

[silver orchid]

GSC was too ambitious and bad organized.

[dawn bluff]

they made the big mistake

to change engine

with unity

i honstly think cryengine would have fit the job better

and easier

x-ray gave and keep giving more satisfactions nowdays

[silver orchid]

I read on a document that GSC already had a plan for A-Life but Dimitry Iassenev changed the concepts since he is the "leader of A-Life" on the new GSC, but the source of that was deleted.
Whatever, the biggest mistake of GSC on HoC was the bad communication between devs.

[dawn bluff]

sadly

without a proper working alife

hoc isn't a stalker anymre

[silver orchid]

Nah, UE4 or UE5 is ok, the MISTAKE is not that (not atleast UE4)

[dawn bluff]

it is missing what G.A.M.M.A. and other mods achieved

[silver orchid]

https://tenor.com/view/aneurysm-hhhhomeboyyyy-kings-dark-tidings-saga-by-kel-kade-reaperleviathan-head-explode-gif-3022634959257200428

[dawn bluff]

well i mean that missing the alife

cut a lot of content is some ways

the game itself is enjoyable but still something feels off to me

they could have use the good reliable ue4

but i still think cryengine would have been the best choice

[silver orchid]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R can be S.T.A.L.K.E.R without A-Life, many mods are the prove of that, the problem is don't add smth for compesate that lack of A-Life, like a good story, good gameplay or other type of simulation.

[dawn bluff]

agree

they could have tried that way

the story ain't that bad, but neither engaging

as the og trilogy can be

[silver orchid]

they could have tried don't make a map of +- 100 KM and make smth of 20 KM with a lot of content

the size of the map was a mistake too, just see that fatass Zaton.

[dawn bluff]

it could have been a +

if they as you said

would have managed to engage on smth else

the game feels like a rush

a bit like cp2077

good concept

but it is like a pre alpha

just my opinion

[silver orchid]

HoC is a BETA since the release, was a pre-alpha on 2020-2021.

[dawn bluff]

well i can concede that

i'm just disappointed af

with GSC

they made the great jump for fps game industry back in the days

even the enanched editions are mutilated

[silver orchid]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/950186457451085845/1407032780818354247/image0.gif

[dawn bluff]

well even SoC was something never experienced before back at release

[silver orchid]

There smth with GSC, be glazer of retail titles is weird🤧

[dawn bluff]

i have og trilogy keys and og pc disks

still playing them at least twice per year

[silver orchid]

I like SoC and i love CS but still the games have several problems beyond the bugs and blablabla, this is much more noticeable when u read design documents of the cancelled titles or see the cut-content of SoC and CS.

[dawn bluff]

you know how we use to say

there are no bugs in The Zone

only Anomalies

: D

ofc they are terrariums for bugs

but you should look into the bravery

to develope an engine and an entire AI system

and then releasing three great games in three years

who did that?

also the games were innovative both for survival and tactical fps genre

[silver orchid]

ehem

ehem

is not like CS was rushed and CoP is a title with none ambition apart of the level design

[dawn bluff]

you shall look at it as the whole project

not by every title

i'm not saying they were flawless, just they did something none did

[silver orchid]

I don't think that GSC was the first on release three titles on less of 4 years with many differences between em but compared to the thingis initially planned... well.🤧

[dawn bluff]

well there is an abyss between releasing 3 titles in less than 4 years, and releasing 3 titles in less than 4 years as a whole project, with progressive enanchements through every game

i admit CS felt like a spin off or a filler

a bridge between SoC and CoP

but the gameplay was wow

[silver orchid]

In level design and gameplay is a "CoP prototype"

[dawn bluff]

yes

but after SoC and before CoP

felt great

also remember i am comparing old GSC way to develope and work on projects

with what they did in over 13 years

to release HoC

they are a Software House before a Game Dev Studio

and i expected much more

[silver orchid]

HoC is a different project from S2 and S2 was developed since 2009 until december of 2011, HoC it's in development since 2018 and the why of "this sucks" is because Evgeniy and Maria Grigorovich sucks and they don't care much about HoC beyond make money.

[dawn bluff]

aaaaand you got to the point

they released something to make money

no soul

no passion

no project

[silver orchid]

that don't has nothing bad, the problem is don't care much about the project where u are the director, "the boss"

[dawn bluff]

how can he thought

we could not be disappointed

knowing that the game could have been 100 times better

i am not saying it sucks

it sucks thinking the potential it has

and none cared to bring it to us

i bought it in pre-sale

i thought that the delay would have meant an even better experience

and got this

[mellow galleon]

How much is exposed through the moddings tools for S2? I assume they released that by now

[silver orchid]

2.0.2.1 was one of the biggest baits made by GSC

[dawn bluff]

they made an entire website for s2 modding

still it is a lil awfull they rely on the fanbase

to implement what they didnt'

[gritty turtle]

is stalker 2 adding onto the stalker story and enriching the world?

[dawn bluff]

not really

honestly

that's why i am disappointed

gamma and anomaly bought to the experience something s2 don't

[mellow galleon]

Agreed. But you cont really expect much from modern game studios.

[dawn bluff]

they are not that modern

[silver orchid]

yes, has really good concepts and more cool story-thingis, other thingi are the retcons and certain fool-thingis.🤧

[dawn bluff]

you told it

concepts

[gritty turtle]

I stopped following stalker 2 after i saw the bullet sponge combat. Not that i have anything againts the stalker franchise or the devs
i just really enjoy the world of Stalker Anomaly that is more open world and puts you in the shoes of the average stalker in the zone
But i do understand a single player title will probably require you to have a story and have the player be the center of that story

[dawn bluff]

not really that was the point with Legends of The Zone

[gritty turtle]

aw well i might look into it, the stalker series is a very interesting world and isn't inspiring enough coolness

Im confused why there aren't more games like stalker

[dawn bluff]

you were just in the clothes of someone with something to accomplish

but were never the center of the world

[dawn bluff]

because they are damn difficult and complicated to develope

[mellow galleon]

I stopped caring when I watched 5 bandits stand perfectly still while they shot at me, then a sixth game around the corner in idle animation and got gunned down.

[dawn bluff]

and usually engages a niche of gamers

[silver orchid]

because is unique and because in his day Sergay Grigorovich was very STRICT with make games similar to S.T.A.L.K.E.R until 2012-2014.

[dawn bluff]

the only one who tried to do a real stalker like but pvpve

were nikita

with escape from tarkov

but using unity for a game that complex

[silver orchid]

S.T.A.L.K.E.R
Niche

[gritty turtle]

https://tenor.com/view/ew-you-must-be-from-reddit-i-can-smell-you-from-here-reddit-reddit-moment-redditors-gif-14901720945129438233

[dawn bluff]

is like shooting in your nuts and pretending to make a woman pregnant

[dawn bluff]

it is the truth it is obvious he tried to reply the magnificence of The Zone

[mellow galleon]

Average terminally online forgetting the average Joe doesn't even play videogames

[gritty turtle]

Escape From Tarkov is a massive failure they moved from the survivalist zone concept to a movement shooter looter mmo rpg

i have very negative opinions about that game

They have massively failed but its clear they were inspired by stalker

[dawn bluff]

sadly it is, i am 32, so it is normal for me i was a particular boi even back in the days

and everyone heard of the trilogy back in the days

but few pushed through the harsh gameplay

[silver orchid]

Still, stalker is not niche.

[dawn bluff]

stalker was on top of the hardcore game list

back in the days

[gritty turtle]

stalker is like not even a concept for most people

preety sure the game is extremely niche

[dawn bluff]

if you consider how many people are fans, completed it 100%, or just finished the Trilogy

it is

[gritty turtle]

its definitely going to be more known in ukraine and Russia

[dawn bluff]

ofc it is known to anyone born 80/90

[gritty turtle]

but like jf you take a person in korea, japan, usa they dont fucking know shit

[dawn bluff]

but few really played it to the end

and over

[dawn bluff]

it got good root in EU too, italians and slovenians loves it

[silver orchid]

Is niche in america and that, but still not-niche, that big community exists, partial-niche perhaps?.

[dawn bluff]

still compared to a 3A game

it is niche

[gritty turtle]

i never played the original games, i can't quite imagine how the experience of stalker anomaly would feel in a story driven half-life esque experience

[dawn bluff]

as MEtro

everyone knows about Metro Trilogy

but few loved it and played it to the end

[mellow galleon]

It is. It may not be niche to the people here, but it is to those outside it.

[gritty turtle]

metro is probably way more mainstream than stalker, Again its probably mostly because of the date the games were released at
Stalker is preety old

[dawn bluff]

anomaly and gamma are the most complete experiences you can do in terms of gameplay, but ofc the OG saga storyline and narratives are unbeatable

[warped monolith]

and the fact it was a more linear, story-driven experience, had barely any survival elements and the gunplay wasn't absolutely atrocious

[dawn bluff]

2007/2008/2009

if i remember correctly

[silver orchid]

Is not a niche if has a big community on certain part of the world, more like no-total-niche.

[silver orchid]

Unbeatable

[dawn bluff]

infact for stalkers like us the only right way to play metro was and is at ranger/ranger hardcore difficulties

[warped monolith]

that's quite literally what "niche" means

[dawn bluff]

compared to anomaly and gamma i mean xD

[silver orchid]

🤧

[dawn bluff]

even dark souls is known by anyone nowdays but a niche game

a game or a saga is considered niche

[gritty turtle]

The original stalker games are going to be extremely niche then stalker anomaly is like niche
and then i could argue stalker gamma isn't that that niche but its still niche. It had videos on it from large creators so anyone who would be interested in such a game probably knows it exsists BUT most people probably prefer to play fifa or call of duty

[dawn bluff]

considering the number of rerunning, finishing, and completing players

[dawn bluff]

gamma took over because of the deep survival mechanichs and stunning graphic mods

anomaly is more pew pew

[mellow galleon]

People tend to forget that even YouTube is technically a small community of people. Especially when you compare it to content filters like TikTok or short form content.

[dawn bluff]

as Escape From Pripyat

[gritty turtle]

dunno how easy is it to configure gamma?, i might give it a spin but im having fun with like 5 mods and Anomaly

[mellow galleon]

A few million views on YouTube or a few million subscribers is frankly, very small in terms of the over all online ecosystem

[dawn bluff]

100gb pack for hundreds of mods

but trust me it is worth

efp it's easier to get on the go

[gritty turtle]

can i like have a reduced download or at least select what i want? xd

[dawn bluff]

but more shooting oriented

[dawn bluff]

you can ofc but still need the full pack then load it into MO2

[mellow galleon]

Most of the mods are disabled. They function as assets and libraries

[silver orchid]

I would make a comparation like "trash vs garbage" but i don't know a proper word for the regular the writting of the trilogy.

[gritty turtle]

Does gamma really improve and iterate on the anomaly experience that much?

[dawn bluff]

they have barely no narrative so i agree with you

[silver orchid]

The trilogy?

[warped monolith]

GAMMA is essentially Anomaly with 500 add-ons.
As for improving and iterating, that's up to opinion really.

[dawn bluff]

it is a different experience, anomaly is more focused on action, gamma on survivalism and crafting

[dawn bluff]

gamma and anomaly

[mellow galleon]

Not by as much as people would claim.

[warped monolith]

It is Anomaly with more stuff piled on top of it. As for how the extra stuff improves on base Anomaly, is a matter of opinion

[mellow galleon]

I think I prefer anomaly.

[dawn bluff]

LoTZ has one of the most deep and engaging narrative and storyline ever made

[silver orchid]

CoP has bad writting in general too, just a small part of the story isn't meh or is good.

[gritty turtle]

I could see how gamma might be convenient instead of trying to download all the mods you want without bricking your game and spending hours on it

[dawn bluff]

i would suggest you to play anomaly

with escape from pripyat

[warped monolith]

it is very convenient. Grok makes sure all add-ons are compatible with one another and that the entire package works.

[dawn bluff]

it is fairer in terms of size and implementing

[gritty turtle]

You can craft in anomaly if you want idk how much the system changes in gamma

[silver orchid]

CS plot is a forced downgrade of other plot and the lore of CS is epic.
Same with SoC.

[warped monolith]

it's much better than downloading everything yourself and having to figure out what's breaking what.

[mellow galleon]

That I can agree.

[gritty turtle]

might give it a spin i can't get any graphical mods to work without bricking my game

[dawn bluff]

i wont agree with that

[warped monolith]

good luck, stalker

[dawn bluff]

it was meant to give us the perspective of a military

+but ofc compared to SoC

it sucks

[silver orchid]

I can accept the narrative of "are desesperate militaries" but out of that no.

[dawn bluff]

CoP was more focussed on immersive gameplay

[gritty turtle]

come to think of it
#╓☢stalker2™-chat-not-gamma-keep-waiting
clearly we are not even close to stalker 2 by now

[dawn bluff]

and simulation

[silver orchid]

literally has the worst A-Life of the trilogy

[dawn bluff]

that was all, to give us the perspective of a faction we used to see only as enemy

[silver orchid]

Very lame from GSC.

[dawn bluff]

considering humans and mutants

considering anomalies spawns

[silver orchid]

yes

[dawn bluff]

and weather/emissions/anomalies cycles

[silver orchid]

yes

[dawn bluff]

it was improved a lot

[silver orchid]

A-Life was not improved a lot, even was cut (not-combat_sim).

[dawn bluff]

it was focussed only on some aspects

yes

[dawn bluff]

CS and SoC were way better in terms of gunfighting

[silver orchid]

I wonder how will be the world without france.

[dawn bluff]

i wont be racist

but i think it would be better

at least down in the zone of paris

[slim moth]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-stalker-shadow-of-chernobyl-gif-13259672441119550833

[warped monolith]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-stalker2-explaining-gif-25555840

[silver orchid]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1279805292472832101/1309127036958277642/stalker_modders_vs_s2.gif

[onyx osprey]

So i finally got to play stalker 2 with normal performance cuz I gave up and used frame gen

What a fucking wonderful story GSC managed to create thus far but

Fucking hell the performance and UE5 do not help

Also fuck the swamps , they turned that shithole to an absolute fucking hellscape

[mossy jasper]

https://tenor.com/view/i-guess-some-things-never-change-same-old-stay-the-same-not-surprised-mani-gif-17168953

[fluid lake]

isnt it absolutely delightful, pure dread

I would say performance is pretty good, after it kicked my ass out of am4 finally

I say "pretty good" relatively speaking

[main nebula]

I can't Get past the first Pripyat mission
for some reason the Pripyat base keeps crashing my game
I just keep getting "EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION reading address 0x0000000000000000"

Very optimized and good game

[fluid lake]

dw this should be the easiest part of pripyat to clear

[stark nest]

how to fix fatal error line 121?

[icy basin]

In STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl?

[stark nest]

stalker gamma

ops wrong chat

[marble holly]

Is everyone still using nexus for mod distribution or is it all on steam now?

[summer vapor]

I'm using both

[kindred violet]

You running any mods?

[stuck seal]

the 50 dog swarms would like to disagree

[onyx osprey]

I had , 2 chimeras, over 90 dogs , 50 flushes, 30 boars and 2 giants throughout my venture in the swamps

[stuck seal]

aint even over exegerated either...

[onyx osprey]

And while fighting the chimeras an emission also happened , died 18 times because I was in the fucking open trying to find a place to hide and survive their attacks

[stuck seal]

its really that bad

[onyx osprey]

I love it dont get me wrong

But holy fuck

[stuck seal]

swamps are hell on earth

[onyx osprey]

Went from 900 rounds of AK and 400 AP for the ak to like 170 something

Forgot , also the controller in the station

[onyx osprey]

Without FSR , im getting 80 to 90 unstable fps , I use fsr, jumps up to 170 and with low latency on ultra it feels alright

Im also even using nearly maxed out graphical settings and its better for me for performance

[kindred violet]

That's scripted

It's intended that you run

Also brother wtf is up with your swamps? You running any mods?

[onyx osprey]

Noope, afaik all my spawns are normal except the 2 chimeras , its supposed to only be 1

[kindred violet]

Y'all's swamps are built diff ngl

[onyx osprey]

Im really not feeling the mutant damage

Im probably gonna end up installing a x2 damage mod

Or a mod that removed the whatever armor stats mutants have cuz thats just stupid

And i really hope they add proper damage to all NPCs , be it struggle to walk if their legs get fucked and so on

[cinder sleet]

Today's the day. idc

I'm redownloading

Hope all has been well with the furlough and what not

[stiff mist]

Better Ballistic+ BB mutant mode

That's the solution of a lot of problems

[tacit glacier]

bruh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS0kYiQYnjI

Turns out this video was talking about 1.7 features that Shaytech's mod helped analyze and track

Even better A-Life in 1.7 confirmed, lol

[warped monolith]

[odd fjord]

https://tenor.com/view/looking-at-photo-doctor-talking-doctor-swamps-stalker-gif-4007460491483581262

[nova lake]

if only you were testers

[warped monolith]

if only

[pure pasture]

I need help

Absolutely scary situation, I got the anomaly zip for a fresh install of gamma

[warped monolith]

hold up

ask in #╟🔰☢newbies-chat, this channel is for stalker 2

[pure pasture]

oh mb

[warped monolith]

[slim moth]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-cringe-dies-of-cringe-stalker-cringe-stalker-dies-of-cringe-gif-12567984544418047021

[cinder sleet]

z & c always there? lol

[cinder sleet]

Emission kinda scary wth

At the very least this shit is running like butter

[main nebula]

yeah quite a few

Thinking about reinstalling the whole game and moving my mods to a mod manager cause right now i manually added everything so checking what's doing it is gonna be hell

[stark peak]

Hi! Is there any good a-life mods that worth downloading (or smth else that makes the game closer to Gamma)? And btw, how's the game feels like after the 1.6 patch? Haven't played Stalker 2 at all because of the reviews...

[kindred violet]

Honestly you're better of doing things manually

The vortex implementation for example is dogshit

[pseudo falcon]

man, why it feels like a chore to use loot and craftable world
so much shit items

anyone using oxa prototype and craftable+lootable world here?

[cinder sleet]

AI still kind of stupid but idk

I'm enjoying myself

5080 is carrying right now

[rustic quail]

Running a 1660 gtx super on medium and it’s running damn alright

I’m pretty happy with the game tbh

Shit is fire

[unreal ridge]

I do
It seems to be like that first time, but since other items and lack of some shots at the traders it good tho

[wanton arch]

i did say about the lootable zone and craftable zone balancing ain't that great good due to you barely can make use of the items / item being abundance due to lootable spawn rate

[iron prawn]

STALKER 2 looks pretty good and has a good story so you guys keep saying, will it be stable in the near future?

or does that never happen with GSC games

[iron prawn]

you're running stalker 2 on a 1660gtx ?

what are the minimum specs for this game?

[icy basin]

I ran it on RX580

[iron prawn]

what the hell is that

[icy basin]

An AMD card, Asus RX580 8GB

Ran pretty okay at about 20fps

[iron prawn]

I'm taking a wild guess you never ran it on that

[icy basin]

Save for Faust's fight at 5-6fps

[icy basin]

But I have

[iron prawn]

why would you do thta

[icy basin]

Good game

[iron prawn]

is it ever going to be stable

[icy basin]

It took me an embarrassing amount of time to beat Faust, about an hour maybe
But I did it

[iron prawn]

no you didn't

stop trolling

[icy basin]

You don't have to believe me whatsoever, but I know my truth
Heck, I can go install that card again but it doesn't record clips very well, tends to disable itself

[iron prawn]

I never want to see that

so it'll run on a 3070 rtx?

[icy basin]

Probably

[iron prawn]

what do you mean probably

what do you actually run it on

[icy basin]

RX580's equivalent in Nvidia is GTX1060
So you can run it on 3070 ez

[iron prawn]

I don't know graphics cards except the 3070 and some of the modern ones

because I stopped gaming for a long ass time and I'm considering starting it up again

but only for stalker 2

and cyberpunk probably

[icy basin]

1060 IS one of the modern ones, used to make up a large percentage of what Steam users had before that crown was taken by RTX3060

[iron prawn]

stop trolling

[icy basin]

[golden hazel]

[north umbra]

Hey guys, is there a weapon inspection key or a mod for it ?

[remote eagle]

bring rpg next time
(and pray that your card dont explode too )

[icy basin]

Oh no, the problem was

I was completely out of all ammo.

So I had to scavenge mid-fight, with jams (they don't jam as often as you'd think below 10%)

[remote eagle]

yeah i too were out off ammo because i forgot to take 1200 ammo in stash

[icy basin]

Since I made sure to avoid all spoilers, I prepped like it was the finale

oof

[misty niche]

first time i did it i took so long cuz i didnt know i had to shoot those psi emitters

[icy basin]

They're so obvious though

The game even preps you for it by placing em before the boss fight, doesn't it?

[misty niche]

talking about ammo, late game in stalker 2 i had a metric shitton of 7.62x54 ammo cuz there was so many pkm's

[misty niche]

yea

you gotta shoot the psi emitters then shoot the one on faust before killing him

[icy basin]

Truly

[misty niche]

lol

[remote eagle]

i got enough ammo in endgame to built my own zone

[warped monolith]

[onyx osprey]

honestly , Story and Plot for me are an easy 8/10 , theyve done a phenomenal job tying up the trilogy into 1 and progressing the story with interesting plot twists aswell , though the Future of the zone is a bit questionable but thats as far as ill say

i caved and used frame gen and its solid

i even had to increase my graphical settings aswell and somehow helped me play

but the core gameplay could seriously do with additions

[feral wharf]

I need a new gpu me thinks

[onyx osprey]

do have to say

the artefacts in Stalker 2 are just idiotic and non sensical

[trim totem]

ngl this is prolly a crack theory but from what ive seen of the og trilogy n playing 2 it kinda feels like the zone is in a state of dying and fixing itself

it feels alot less packed with people but alot of mutants seem to be more free

n i think the presence of scira is messing with the zone too

bc the zone is very much alive

[onyx osprey]

it has to do with the Map to Map travel system of the OG games in combination with Alife

also the horrible spawn system Stalker 2 is using right now it makes the zone feel over populated when it shouldnt in many places

[trim totem]

i do appreciate stalker 2 being seamless but i feel like the size of it is kinda missed with seamlessness

[onyx osprey]

your primary enemies should be mutants first with humans behind them and then special mutants at the top

i would appreciate if the Stalker 2 map was split in 2 or even 3 parts

[trim totem]

kinda sucks so many buildings that have interiors are just not accessible

[onyx osprey]

also i switched to English voice dubs to see how it sounds

[trim totem]

like just let me in there

[onyx osprey]

and oh my god it sounds absolute dogshit

why is it so hard to have english voice dubs from ukranians with their accents

that worked perfect for the trilogy lmao

i also really dislike that its so rare to see Loners in their classical clothing like this

seeing so many randoms with street clothing in an eradiated hellscape is just weird

[warped monolith]

tourists

[late kernel]

Finding good voice actors is expensive and time consuming

The reason why there's less dialogue options is because of that

[warped monolith]

they may have been hard to find, considering the uh... things happening there...

[onyx osprey]

i mean did the trilogy use any big name actors or something ? cuz from russian voice actors to ukranian they all sounded great for those 3 games

[onyx osprey]

good point

[silver orchid]

HoC English dub is much better than trilogy English dub, lol

[warped monolith]

I SAID COME IN, DON'T STAND THERE

[onyx osprey]

GET OUT OF HERE STALKER

like simple things like that , english but with eastern european accents was great

[warped monolith]

poor robin atkin downes

[late kernel]

They didn't voice dialogues just random combat voice lines and important story related dialogues

[warped monolith]

always gets shit on

[silver orchid]

I think that aren't ukranians speaking on English, are britainbros trying to replicate accents

[onyx osprey]

well ye ive spotted scotish , british and american voice actors on the english dub

it sounds awfull for the game

like props to them but it does not fit the game at all

[warped monolith]

they tried to make it like the chernobyl tv show

[silver orchid]

I would prefer have the polish dub enabled for inmersion purposes instead of hear that poopy english dub

[onyx osprey]

and for all good things theyve done with the map

the eastern part of the map feels REALLY boring

except the swamps i guess

but fuck the swamps

and i just shit my pants walked into a psifield further right on the map

[silver orchid]

Zaton fatass

[onyx osprey]

holy fuck they never fail at that

[silver orchid]

Zaton is even bigger than in the trilogy, the level designer was a genius for gameplay thingis

100%

[onyx osprey]

honestly i shouldnt say the map is boring tbf

its just the AI spawner making it feel like Fallout/Skyrim and not like stalker

[late kernel]

Shaydorovich, if you hear us, Shaydorovich, please save us, save us from the lackluster persistent AI system!

https://tenor.com/view/picklejuicelover69-gif-1483426411005875907

[warped monolith]

he's too busy buying a new lambo

[onyx osprey]

when i found out that ALife even in the trilogy was a broken mess i was amazed

cuz to this day i LOVE the AI from the trilogy

well Alife ofcourse

i dropped off this ladder , most obvious Boss fight tease that a ladder could tease

i am cooked

[silver orchid]

Only SoC A-Life wasn't bugged🙏
But the Combat AI is buggy (not bad tho), +- at the level of HoC for that buggy tho.

[onyx osprey]

nvm that was a dissapointing encounter

[onyx osprey]

i remember CoP being great aswell

but havnt played that in many yeasr

[onyx osprey]

Sirca is such a wild fucking place it looks like a fever dream

[rotund mantle]

it feels like bad fanfiction ngl

[golden hazel]

Woah, look at the loadout on that guy
Audience Laughter
I bet he definitely doesn't shop at Sidorovich's
Audience Laughter

[golden hazel]

I saw chernobyl tv show and immediately thought of a sitcom

[warped monolith]

nobody told you life was gonna be this wayyyyyyyyyyyyy

your job's a joke, you're broke, your love life's DOAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[grim crane]

is there some kind of way to reduce/disable head bobbing when sprinting? im literally getting sick from it. The ony solution i found was in reddit, but it did not work for me

[warped monolith]

only thing I found was probably the same thing you got on Reddit...

bCameraViewBob=False

in GameUserSettings.ini
(located in AppData\Local\Stalker2\Saved\Config\Windows)

this, right?

[grim crane]

yeah, tried that, and sadly either im doing something wrong or it does not work

[warped monolith]

other people claim it didn't work so it's probably not on your end

[onyx osprey]

Ngl I would gladly watch a Stalker sitcom

[golden hazel]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1306683555488862319/1351304623406714971/SKEEFA.gif

[hallow plume]

Guys! please help
The quest "Happiness for Everyone", I need to get to the Duga through the sewers, BUT their is the glitch of the textures. If I go there I just fell under the map

I have googled the whole internet...

Pray the reddit! Maybe it will help somebody: just save near this bugged place inside the tunnel and then reload the save.

[slim moth]

It's a vanilla problem

[slim moth]

Youll have to get through that underground section in one go, or else you'll fall through the world.

[onyx osprey]

I REALLY dont understand why it takes up untill Act 2 to begin for stalkers to actualy look like stalkers

[peak eagle]

it becomes worst when suddenly towards endgame everyone has the budget for an exoskeleton

[onyx osprey]

i can already kinda see that

and holy fuck everything related to the battle for zalissya is a mess

this game focuses a bit too much in massive gigantic firefights which is only a problem because of the performance of UE5

[golden hazel]

When the Zone Stamps kick in

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-creepy-gif-26581765

[onyx osprey]

another thing that makes Stalker 2 weird is that factions basicaly dont exist

[golden hazel]

Yeah their existence got watered down by THE FILTHY WARDENS SKEEFA THEYRE PLANNING SOMETHING

https://tenor.com/view/stalker2-scar-laugh-gif-12786287499780353633

[onyx osprey]

seeing Duty makes me sad ngl

[golden hazel]

Mfs were being solod by bandits

[onyx osprey]

Yea ngl Syalker 2 makes me feel like im fucking Ramizer from MW2 and im supposed to single handedly save the galaxy and the 3rd dimension from existing

[silver orchid]

Milukha is lame, Chekhov and Lukash was real freedomers.

[onyx osprey]

Really hope either the dlc or the sequel to this does justice to the factions

Then again this game kinda makes a sequel neigh impossible from how I see it

[silver orchid]

i feel that if GSC don't make a sequel of other sagas or other IP after HoC, GSC will die again, S.T.A.L.K.E.R 3 is smth impossible (atleast smth at the scale of HoC).

[onyx osprey]

Regardless of scale

Stalkers 2 story alone makes a sequel really hard

Even if we won't find for a long time what the cannon ending is

The tied so many things from the trilogy but all endings are an absolute shitshow

[silver orchid]

idk, i just can expect METRO but with S.T.A.L.K.E.R in the name for a S3.
GSC for now has plans to make two-three expansions sooo would be logic if HoC don't need a sequel.

[onyx osprey]

I just want a new modern stalker thats not in UE5 bro ....

This shit is just ass

Feels horid to play and forces you through byllshit framegen and dlss idiocy to be able to run in a near acceptable state

[silver orchid]

someone it's making a fangame on UE4 that is about remake CoP

[onyx osprey]

Well im also speaking of a sequel in the future

Actual progresion for the zone

[silver orchid]

canon thingis

[onyx osprey]

I dont understand why they felt UE5 would fit this game

[silver orchid]

i understand the feeling, is not the same thingi see x thingi on a mod to see the same thingi on a official sequel

[onyx osprey]

And based on all development leaks for future updates , they make it abundantly clear this game should've released in 2029

[silver orchid]

2026 as much, and 2024 would've been nice for a good organisation by GSC, much of the development seems be a "nothingburger" for the retail title, like Garbage having like 5 versions.

[onyx osprey]

The map itself also feels rushed

[silver orchid]

This version of Garbage is the fucking peak, why GSC discarded that

[onyx osprey]

I understand they wanted to make it as close as to the real zone

[silver orchid]

still some areas are a nonsense, like Truck Cemetery just below of Yantar or "moving non-real areas"

[onyx osprey]

Haven't been in truck cemetery yet tbf

I sadly was so fed up with the performance of the game i just spoiled it for myself

And watched every possible Anomalous Dugout video on the game

And just recently decided to use frame gen byllshit ti play in a sami competent fps

UE5 has as of now ruined every single game i was excited to try out

[mossy jasper]

Not really

The endings are earth shattering

Even the "best ending" still leaves potential for the future

[trim iron]

https://tenor.com/view/columbo-detective-confused-thinking-peter-falk-gif-9201241461890937253

Yeah, why didn't they create their own gaming engine instead of using one that is worth billions?
I wonder...

[wanton arch]

and if you still wondering

a lot of new game dev learned UE engine

and the cost to make a new engine can be marginal to largely cost than MAKING their own Engine

but the funny thing is can they still use Xray engine to Develop their game

idk

[digital flicker]

I have spent the last year and a bit now learning unreal 5s patterns with hardware etc feels like stalker 2 is the best testing ground with how messed up the engine is....

[remote eagle]

bro i saw monolith in exos dying to blind dogs

[golden hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/its-peak-its-umazing-uma-musume-umamusume-umazing-gif-8772266154972725339

[remote eagle]

[wanton arch]

Consider UE5 is still in optimization phase

I mean it's a new engine and it will have issues

Like no engine is definitively best

Except source ?

💔

[digital flicker]

Unreal 5s proof of concept is amazing but usage case so far good fucking good

[wanton arch]

i mean rn Arc Raider look great perform great

[empty grove]

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ERROR: At line:12764 char:3
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ERROR: + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ERROR: + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [Start-Process], InvalidOperationException
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[wanton arch]

did you open the game through mod organizer or

[umbral nimbus]

does anybody know why stalker 2 mods are not longer been updated?

[peak eagle]

probably waiting for the next patch version

supposed to be soon-ish

[umbral nimbus]

but most of them been updated like 11 months ago, since then there was a ton of game versions

even grok ones

[viscid oxide]

Does anybody know the ID for honta quest flesh eyes ?

[slim moth]

there are plenty of up to date mods that do what the old mods do. but most people know the game isn't finished and are waiting for full SDK

[craggy narwhal]

do you guys think it would make more sense if instead of ward and spark the conflict of the story would be done through freedom and duty

duty acting on the government's interest and freedom going hardline on its "the zone must thrive" thing

[split crown]

https://tenor.com/view/r-tachyon-ume-musume-uma-musume-horse-gif-6355441694660360746

[split crown]

it'd be more interesting probably, yeah, and would actually flesh out both factions more-so than the shitty shells they currently are of their former selves.

Ward and Spark could actually just partner up with either side to achieve whatever goals they have in mind.

Ward going with Duty, and Spark going with Freedom, of course.

[craggy narwhal]

i think they shouldve jusdt used them instead of inventing ward and spark lol

though obviously that means one must find another way to add scar and korshunov to the story

[onyx osprey]

they are playing battlefield (yes its confirmed they all are) and aparent leaks they are waiting for a massive update for Stalker 2 in the near future

[wanton arch]

Korshunov could be just a Duty member at this point

and about Scar i still believe he want STrelok die

i mean tbr the current game just make Duty partially vanish ( Rebranded ) as Ward

which it does make more sense than the Duty back then

[golden hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/i-see-the-pixels-agnes-tachyon-umamusume-uma-musume-beginning-of-a-new-era-gif-4990860091225107192

[onyx osprey]

well no they are distinctively different

the only ties they have to eachother is that classical duty while at war with the military , still had some connections back and forth in the very low low so nobody was allowed to know

[craggy narwhal]

so can i discuss lore here

like

is scar an agent who is re-brainwashed to become the leader of spark

and was clear sky actually just a puppet of the ccon the whole time

[onyx osprey]

leadership and some members were tied

minor members hadnt really had much of an idea

[craggy narwhal]

i see

[onyx osprey]

when it comes to scar im still kinda lost with what the fuck happened to him after the events of Clear Sky

[craggy narwhal]

so it was still valid enough for them to fight another ccon puppet faction

[craggy narwhal]

so he got his brain fried and then got put in the brainwashing basement in stasis

and then when the og leader of spark got like severely injured or whatever mdst got him and transferred his memories to scar?

and then released scar via death truck???

[onyx osprey]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s0zNK9JnNQ&pp=ygUQYW5vbWFsb3VzIGR1Z291dA%3D%3D

oh wait

wrong vid

anyways this is a cool lore vid anyways

i sent the wrong video tho

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e4yTHOu9UI&pp=ygUVYW5vbWFsb3VzIGR1Z291dCBzY2Fy

this is a solid video explaining scar

[silver orchid]

that was a great nonsense by the fool that writted that😔

[onyx osprey]

i mean

makes the faction infinently more interesting than whatever they were before

[silver orchid]

with that u fuck the entire plot of a game too

[onyx osprey]

do u tho ? didnt play most of Clear Sky tbf

i barely remember bits of it

[silver orchid]

Was much better the concept of 2006, CS leaders being ex-members of the project that created the zone

[craggy narwhal]

It fails to explain why cs leadership is willing to kill a bajillion monolith to get to strelok

[onyx osprey]

the issue is all games have gotten butchered with Stalker 2

with the map changes alone

[silver orchid]

CoP don't matters much

[onyx osprey]

makes no sense where and how does the brain scorcher effect people

[craggy narwhal]

the only good explanation is they faked it all to put pressure on him to hurry and make him slip up more easily

[craggy narwhal]

It can be imagined as a border line

[onyx osprey]

the youtuber i sent you does have some nice headcannon on it

with multiple emiters causing the effects of the brain scorcher

[silver orchid]

Brain scorchers aren't linear but u should see to the point of the barrier

instead of the "muh, psi rads"

[craggy narwhal]

We love anomalous dugout

also who dafuq is the journalist

[silver orchid]

Journalist is a concept of Oblivion Lost and his role in S2 is explained on the ARG of 2020-2022, he wants know more about a group of students that are lost in the zone

[onyx osprey]

also

i still dont understand

is Sirca inside the zone

or are they in belarus

im fucking lost when it comes to them cuz that fucking building is so out of place

[craggy narwhal]

what was the concept and how was it put into s2?

[onyx osprey]

technicaly when you see the map , Sircaa makes sense they are inside the zone but they just feel weird

[silver orchid]

The concept was similar but still is a reinvention with several changes (aren't better than the og concept), basically GSC want connect journalist with the next DLC.

[craggy narwhal]

Who was journalist in oblivion lost?

[silver orchid]

A journalist that search thingis about a group of students that are lost in the zone, both characters share "origins" but everything after of that is different.

[onyx osprey]

what the fuck is this random dutyer doing in zalisya

[craggy narwhal]

I see

[onyx osprey]

also why tf does the Duty suit look like a gimp suit

[craggy narwhal]

because s2 models look kinda yucky

[onyx osprey]

also

wait

this makes no sense

why is the entire lesser zone now filled with Dutyers

like some of the design philosophies of this g ame make 0 sense

[mossy jasper]

Monolith soldiers are not directly controlled by C-Consciousness

they are controlled by the Monolith

whose orders are to defend every single region of the zone related to the C-Group

[silver orchid]

Monolith is a illusion made by C-Con🤧

[onyx osprey]

the monolith is CCon

[mossy jasper]

The monolith is a program

[silver orchid]

in HoC i understand that the thingi is a bit different tho

[craggy narwhal]

yes but the ccon controls the monolith’s orders so long as the ccon is alive

strelok can command the monolith as seen in his ending

[mossy jasper]

but in Stalker 2, shadow of chernobyl, Clear Sky and Pripyat they act out against the C Group interests

likely because monolith soldiers are automatic

[silver orchid]

not always, in HoC C-Con is not much-alive

[mossy jasper]

they are supposedly

here's the reason why i believe this

[craggy narwhal]

true so the monolith act on their default orders

but it is shown that strelok or whoever is in the octa pod can control the monolith’s orders

[silver orchid]

the group, yes, a thingi that is different.

[mossy jasper]

because no matter the path

you get attacked by the monolith

Work with Faust indirectly?

They attack you

work with spark?

they attack you?

Same as Stellok and the doctor

[craggy narwhal]

well yes because the monolith’s default orders are to kill anyone who isnt monolith or zombified

[mossy jasper]

the Monolith attacking you after you literally restore the C-Group to control makes no sense

[glass sand]

Does anyone know the console command for task find the sample and the Bushwacker anomaly I keep going and loading and then go in at night and I'm not getting any progress I think it's bugged

[mossy jasper]

As we saw from the Strellok ending

the C-Group should be able to control it

but they can't?

Faust could

why can't the restored C-Group

[craggy narwhal]

The c group isnt actually alive, arent they only a projection of their memories

[silver orchid]

I wonder which are the group

[silver orchid]

that is C-Con, The Group is different

somehow, above of C-Con

[mossy jasper]

They are alive in the Psyzone

the Subtle Matter

[silver orchid]

silly thingi if u ask me, the group is a concept from CoP

[mossy jasper]

to actually manipulate the zone they needed multiple people to combine into 1 being

[craggy narwhal]

Yes but subtle matter is a sham theory as proven by the spark ending

[mossy jasper]

The Spark ending is too open to interpretation

[onyx osprey]

Noosphere*

subtle matter is a different thing

[mossy jasper]

Strider, the Representative

add to that the fact that anomalies and artifacts actually do magic

[silver orchid]

for now don't there clears answers to if the subtle matter is smth real or smth, sooo

[mossy jasper]

I forgot faust

[onyx osprey]

man i dont understand why the fuck are Freedomers now on the lesser zone , what the fuck are the changes to the world after the alpha artefact event

[mossy jasper]

Faust who actually kills you in your mind

[onyx osprey]

the zone makes no more sense now after what happened in SIrcaa

[mossy jasper]

and can control almost all monolithians by himself

[onyx osprey]

well Faust was in the Controller experements

[mossy jasper]

yes but controllers have not been shown doing things Faust does

this is basically confirmed by the fact controllers can't do shit because they lost their mental capacity

but my main point is that the Monolith seems to be under the Monolith program

the C-Group can't directly control even their own agents

[onyx osprey]

sadly Stalker 2 ties so many things from the trilogies

but has created an infinite amount of plot points

that have to be solved one way or another

[mossy jasper]

I'm proud of them for having actual endings that can diverge in completely different directions

Whatever any sequel if gonna be it will be a completely changed world

[silver orchid]

GSC has time, two-three expansions.

[onyx osprey]

oh ye absolutely

theres supposed to be a massive update commign soon aswell

i just wish this game wasnt on UE5 so i could properly enjoy it but oh well

i guess the story alone does its job

[silver orchid]

i guess that u can wait 10000 years to see X-Ray Engine 2.0 in S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2: Old Concept

[onyx osprey]

also , im playinmg the game with ukranian voice dubs for obvious reasons

but the subtitles arent poppin up in time

whenever someone speaks via the megaphone and its a plot point , i have no idea what they are saying

right now i made my return to wild island after the events at Sircaa , i know for a fact Strider just spoke but i have no idea what he said

[mossy jasper]

probably due to the fact that the subs are just subs for english

they do not work with slavic languages

[onyx osprey]

oh no subs work perfectly fine

the problem arrives when you use ukranian voice dubs

subtitles arent as common as when u have english voice dubs

nice to play this game in max settings , till you notice the droplets having the dogshit artefacting effect of UE5

[onyx osprey]

Dang , seeing the sign of the femboys in Rostok is quite sad

[raven patio]

To anyone with experience with both, which platform offers better mods, steam or nexus?

[nimble crater]

super off topic but what gpu you got

stalker 2 runs funny on my pc

[onyx osprey]

3080

3080ti*

[wanton arch]

Nexus

[wanton arch]

Still a duty rebrand due to the purpose of the ward.
I actually doubt that the general purpose of ward is not to destroy the zone but it's korshunov

Like on god playing through korshunov ( ward ) story is like

Being duty member

Killing every single legacy of the zone and ending the zone expansion

I mean GSC gave the Ward the same ass purpose as Duty

To contain the zone

[kindred violet]

Not really

The motivations for "containing" the zone are very different

Especially considering the ward aren't destroying the zone rather harnessing it

[wanton arch]

I would say the ward in general is to contain the zone

Idk korshunov is just too much vibe on destroying the zone

Despite the ward ending it is just us helping ward / sirca / scientist

[onyx osprey]

i just hope the factions become more important in the future

its so weird that for the entire 1st Act of the game , all factions are meaningless

and you cant even tell who is who tbf

then 1st Act is over and you start properly noticing factions moving around

[golden hazel]

Factions are pretty much only like sports teams while the zone is under the warden's grip

[kindred violet]

Yeah

[onyx osprey]

i also dont really get the copy paste design of all NPCs but thats a different discussion

also throughout my gameplay , ive had hostile interactions with IPSF

and now we chill and budy budies

i trully have no idea waht the fuck is going on with half factions

all i know is monolith / ward / mercs and bandits are hostile

[kindred violet]

Because the job of the ipsf near malachite is different than the ones protecting the sphere and perimeter

Also the ward is only hostile to you if you are hostile to it obviously

[onyx osprey]

well yea i sided with spark so

[kindred violet]

Spark skif does after all help facilitate war crimes

[onyx osprey]

W DayZ reference

[golden hazel]

Crime for crack money

[onyx osprey]

canon skif ofcourse

[golden hazel]

Those sprite suits aren't going to fund themselves, SKEEFA

https://tenor.com/view/stalker2-scar-laugh-gif-12786287499780353633

[onyx osprey]

as i said yesterday

playing Stalker 2 is nearly identical to playing CoD Mw2 as Ramizers

[kindred violet]

Still need to finish the spark ending but ong can i not take these fuckers seriously

[onyx osprey]

single handely fighting the russian invasion of DC

[onyx osprey]

well they are clear sky afterall

[golden hazel]

SKEEFA DO EVERYTHING

[onyx osprey]

and nobody takes Clear Sky seriously

[golden hazel]

They aren't

[kindred violet]

You don't need to compare it to cod if you can just compare it to SoC

[onyx osprey]

oh i know but to me they just apear near identical to CS

[kindred violet]

How did you end up with that conclusion lmao

"they look the same"

[golden hazel]

I can't believe Monolith has actually been the Loners this entire time

[kindred violet]

[onyx osprey]

honestly i still hae 0 fucking understanding what spark is supposed to be

[golden hazel]

Ah so you didn't play CoP of Pripyat

[onyx osprey]

did play CoP

thats

nearly a decade ago

[golden hazel]

Fair enough

They were Ozersky's personal guards essentially

[onyx osprey]

never finished it tho obviously to be fair

ooh

well i dont really recall seeing them in CoP

then again i barely remember how far i even got in that game

[golden hazel]

Cause these sparkas aren't the same ones

[onyx osprey]

[kindred violet]

It's scars delusions

[onyx osprey]

what a shitshow scar has become

then again considering bro survived Emissions

[golden hazel]

The original Spark team was Snake, Mace, Spirit and Topol

[kindred violet]

Well yes and no

Now here comes the fun part about that

CS were lying to scar the whole time leading him along for their own purposes :3

[onyx osprey]

here comes the AI BLOCKING DOORS AGAIN

LIKE ITS FUCKING SOC

AND IM IN YANTAR

[icy basin]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1015573221942251642.gif?size=48&quality=lossless&name=Chad

[kindred violet]

There's other doors out of there

[icy basin]

STALKER 2 is STALKER

Because AI still fucks you over

[golden hazel]

Nice to see they didn't fix it after saying they fixed it and didn't fix it until a shit ton of patches later and now it's broken again

[kindred violet]

Software development moment

[onyx osprey]

fun fact

while i see other possible doors

they are all non interactable

https://tenor.com/view/rage-gif-24341837

[golden hazel]

[kindred violet]

Upstairs next to the bed

[onyx osprey]

just found it

im free

A FREE SPIRIT

SUCK IT NERDS

ngl these fucks been terrorising me for over a decade now by blocking my path

[onyx osprey]

guess i need to replay Clear SKy then

or actualy nah

fuck CS

[golden hazel]

Banished to the swamp for that comment

[kindred violet]

Have you checked the upstairs of the CS base in s2?

[golden hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-clear-sky-game-soldier-gif-22616292

[onyx osprey]

Stalker Trilogy swamp or Stalker 2 swamp

[onyx osprey]

yes if youre talking about where the RPG is

[kindred violet]

Brother, why do you keep posting AI slop

[golden hazel]

anolaniy

[kindred violet]

Yeah, there's juicy lore about CS and scar there

[icy basin]

BannedfrombeingabletopostAIslopsayswhat

[onyx osprey]

oh ye i went through the recordings

but im only really remembering Kolonchas recorder

[golden hazel]

Prioyst

[wanton arch]

I will never choose the spark route

🥀

Bat shit insane

[icy basin]

The last 4 media images you've posted was shitty AI slop
Let it go, it's not worth the shame

[onyx osprey]

oh shit just noticed Malachite is literaly hugging Radar

[wanton arch]

Ye

[onyx osprey]

or well brain scorcher

[golden hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/correct-plankton-gif-14118231

[onyx osprey]

so something i keep missudnerstanding , wasnt the brain scorcher supposed to be Duga just moved to a different spot ? or are they 2 different places on perpose

[golden hazel]

Don't worry about the retcons

[kindred violet]

^this

[onyx osprey]

oh so it was okay

i remember properly then

its okay with the retcon of the original brain scorcher thats fine

[golden hazel]

Also I don't know if you've been there yet but there's also no barrier

rip the barrier

[onyx osprey]

im just after the attack on Duga tbf

havnt explored that much funny enough

[wanton arch]

Duga has nothing

🥀

[onyx osprey]

the Swamps made me wanna seriouslyt progress the story cuz fucking hell fuck the swamps

i havnt gone to the Cordon sadly in this save

[wanton arch]

The swamp is the swamp anyways

Bazillion of mutants

[golden hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/shrek-somebody-toilet-hi-gif-17332899

[onyx osprey]

thats basicaly what ive went on so far with only STC malachite alone

[wanton arch]

(Mostly scripted spawns)

[onyx osprey]

considering i had a bugged spawn of 2 chimeras

🙂

[wanton arch]

Fucking horde of dog vanish then 3 chimera coming after that

God hate the swamp

[onyx osprey]

i counted over 240 some mutants killed in a span of 1 hour and 30 minutes in the swamps

well

i guess they did make them exactly as they were supposed to be

desolate hellscape that nobody ever traveled to

[golden hazel]

Believe it or not it used to be worse

[wanton arch]

Nah CS and the renegade was there

[golden hazel]

No I mean in the earlier patches lol

[wanton arch]

Oh i mean the Stalker Clearsky and seems like they just throw off the triology out the window in a way

[onyx osprey]

also naother thing , im finding out all randomised stashes are outright fucking useless unless its a scripted stash fro ma quest or something

[wanton arch]

Like there should be a bandit camp nearby the swamp

[onyx osprey]

so i just outright ignore them

[wanton arch]

It's shitty weight spawn determine

[onyx osprey]

they did butcher the swamps to be fair u are correct

[icy basin]

Probably because the whole "the monolith are trying to break through to Army Warehouses" thing was over

[onyx osprey]

what a fucking shotshow after the monolith come back

the map becomes a weird warzone out of nowhere for no good reason

and ngl facing a bloodsucker 15 minutes into the start of a game alongside a poltergeist does not help at all

[golden hazel]

Yes to protect from the onslaught of monolith from the nearby Radar

[onyx osprey]

fucking Fallout 4 level of stupid game design

[golden hazel]

But now the Radar is half a country away in HoC tuah so the barrier makes no sense in the og trilogy

[onyx osprey]

im just taking Anomalous Dugouts fucking headcannon when it comes to the brain scorcher and its effects

it makes enough of a sense for me to accept it

[kindred violet]

The curse of the tutorial often being the E3 showcase

Look at fallout 4

[onyx osprey]

literaly mentioned it hehe

[kindred violet]

At least S2 has the courtesy of taking your stuff away after the prologue

[onyx osprey]

well

yes and no

[kindred violet]

Well, if you don't drop it yeah

[golden hazel]

Ah yes, the guy who inspired me to become a HoC tuah lorekeeper

[onyx osprey]

i adore AD tbf

he is the reason i got back into Stalker

then went down into getting Gamma getting more excited about stalker again then end up preordering the game

and everntually crying over the dogshit performance and downgrade from all trailers to gameplay

but allas , theyve crafted a fantastic story after over a decade missing so

[icy basin]

The boon of never seeing any trailers: lol lmao this is the only thing I know

[golden hazel]

One thing I don't like that they didn't really include in HoC tuah is that the usage of artifact weapons never really increased

[onyx osprey]

i hate how theyve butchered artefacts tbf

[kindred violet]

Butchered how?

[golden hazel]

Ye wym by butchered

[onyx osprey]

imo i find artefacts or least the ones i have as of now more or less useless

exceptions the legendary artefacts i wont comment on those

[golden hazel]

[kindred violet]

[onyx osprey]

i mean

this is the shit im running just to have more carry weight

[golden hazel]

Hella sussy

[onyx osprey]

hollon

how

[golden hazel]

White amongus

[onyx osprey]

oh

also love how that for the past 20 hours all stalkers have been wearing casual fucking every day clothes

and after the monolith come back

every fuckiner is running a SEVA suit

[golden hazel]

The zone stamps kicked in immediately

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-creepy-gif-26581765

[onyx osprey]

Praise be ukranian goverment ig corruption laws did not pass

cant wait to pregress further and everyone running fucking exos

progress*

[summer vapor]

Initially, Stalker was a sci-fi arcade shooter; back then, all these factions didn't seem so ridiculous, but GSC wanted realism in their games. Now, Duty and Freedom have become rudimentary in S2

[golden hazel]

Realism?

[onyx osprey]

i never saw a single Dutyer in my game till the monolith come back

out of a sudden ive got 6 of them in Zalisya

then a random 3x5 group of Freedom walking around the BULBA

all in all the factions are just a mess and the graphic design of S2 does not help

[golden hazel]

Yeah lmao

For the longest time when the game had come out I had a hard time telling sparkers from freedomers because of the lighting

Hate Lumen

https://tenor.com/view/biff-tannen-biff-trash-know-your-place-gif-5411029464619556384

[onyx osprey]

do i even dare talk about the voice acting of this game

[golden hazel]

Not a fan of the eng dub except for scar, the ukr dub is good enough

[onyx osprey]

Plays S2 with Ukranian dubs :
Plays S2 with english dubs :

Ukranian is perfect for me

i still dont get why they had english dubs from englishmen

shouldve been ukranians with their accents speaking english

[golden hazel]

OI BRUV YEUW GOT YER ZONE LOISENS

[onyx osprey]

the first time i heard a Scot near the Slag Heap i lost it

i tried the english dub for like an hour

and that Scot accent took me straight out

[kindred violet]

Well they are hiding in their base until monolith comes back

[onyx osprey]

i still have no fucking idea where their base is tbf

[golden hazel]

Deadly Anomalies, Dangerous Mutants, Anarachists AND BAndits, All Of Dem Will Stop DEUUTY On Its Triumphant March Towards Capturing The Cement Factory

[onyx osprey]

all i know is Femboys took Rostok

[icy basin]

Try the cooling towers

[golden hazel]

There you will find the Gachi Gym

[onyx osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/hmm-suspect-gif-22611582

[kindred violet]

Yeah, they're just near the entrance to that area

[onyx osprey]

oh its that shithole ?

walked nearby didnt bother coming close cuz i didnt want to bother with that yet

[golden hazel]

Duty probably died then

lol

[onyx osprey]

do they still ahve that dumbass Leader that Gamma uses ? keep forgetting his name

[golden hazel]

Voronin?

[onyx osprey]

yea

[golden hazel]

I think so yeah

[onyx osprey]

downfall of Duty that guy

then again Duty was doing deals with the military on the low low

[golden hazel]

Duty is just rogue military dudes

[icy basin]

Duty is military but it's just Voronin's harem

The gachi joke was on point

[golden hazel]

Deadly Anomalies, Dangerous Mutants, Cheat Days and Carbohydrates, None of them will stop Duty on its triumphant march towards getting shredded

[summer vapor]

Yes, the game was originally supposed to have much more fantastical elements like cloning, revival, teleportation, destiny, etc. Like the island from the TV series Lost

[onyx osprey]

Stalker 3 when

[golden hazel]

I still don't see how S2 is realistic

[wanton arch]

it's Sci-fi game consider we as human trying to harness the power of anomoly

i mean GSC is not done with S2

we can see more stuff soon or later

( consider they are missing a lot of prototype guns )

[onyx osprey]

wait wait wait wait wait

i literaly killed this dude on wild island , hjow the fuck is he here

[wanton arch]

imagine Speznat Expansion / Duty Expansion where they show location hub for Duty and Allowing random High Value Target from ISPF conducting operation in pripyat

[golden hazel]

I guess you could say, he skipped away

[wanton arch]

average No-Life S2 experiences

wait have anyone helped sweden

can you trade in Sweden spot or not

[onyx osprey]

funny enough with how Stalker works as a game

this could be just another anomaly

and i fucking hate it lmao

[golden hazel]

Now you're thinking like a Sparka

[onyx osprey]

damn am i too far gone

[golden hazel]

Ooooo you want to get the sprite suit in Yantar

Oooooooo you want it

[onyx osprey]

so now the became zombies

but ive already killed all these poeolpe in the mirror

in other palced

im fucking lost

i guess the zone knows better

[golden hazel]

[onyx osprey]

i see a Chimera just mogging me out in the open 😐

[golden hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/jetstream-sam-my-beloved-gif-22029076

You should go pet it

[kindred violet]

Good little chimera

[onyx osprey]

i hate scripted fights ngl

[kindred violet]

Me when I hate games

[golden hazel]

Hey at least you aren't in the swamp this time

[onyx osprey]

you know what

that was a fantastic point

i shouldnt complain

[icy basin]

You must have hated half of OG Stalker

[onyx osprey]

i was too young neive and stupid to remember

plus i only finished SoC and play like some of CoP

i dont recognise CS as a game

[icy basin]

Shame

[icy basin]

GSC took criticism from SoC and implemented the stuff people wanted into CS

[golden hazel]

Faction wars was great when it worked (it worked like 10% of the time)

[onyx osprey]

Ladies and gentlemen ,i got mogged

[icy basin]

[onyx osprey]

i dont know what i dislike most , the fact Mutants have pseudo armor rating on them or the gun handling

[icy basin]

Thankfully Sky Reclamation Project (for the og release not EE) helps

[golden hazel]

The mutants used to have a comically high armor rating on release

[kindred violet]

I'm still baffled I never ran into issues with warfare when I first played it a couple of years ago, but when I tried replaying with EE it was just constant warfare BS happening lol

[kindred violet]

Blessed be 1.0 mutants

[onyx osprey]

yea i remember

[golden hazel]

blessed be armor repair pricing in 1.0

[onyx osprey]

good thing nothing beats stupid AI pathing and just utilising a massive concrete fucking brick helps

[golden hazel]

[onyx osprey]

thats the reason i quit playing day 1 lmao

preordered the game all excited and the amount of negativity was just too much

said fuck it lets play it later , i support the devs with a nice preorder and i beg to god almighty they do their job

[golden hazel]

It felt like a constant scavenging system

[onyx osprey]

the bad kind tho

[mossy jasper]

Played it on the hardest difficulty

Biggest fight in the game was for my pc to survive loading in the area

[kindred violet]

I'm still glad that outside of a few trailers for the game I entirely disregarded any pre release hype

Helps not having expectations nowadays lmao

[mossy jasper]

I 💔 unoptimised game code

[golden hazel]

My expectations were that the game would launch

It met my expectations

[kindred violet]

[mossy jasper]

100gb updates were peak post release shit

[icy basin]

I'd blame Lumen moreso