#╓☢stalker2™-chat-not-gamma-keep-waiting
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Hello, does anyone knows why as a merc who's number 1 in rank and has max relation with the Mercs + having "Folk Hero" won't allow me to have more than 2 Companions?
Gamma users and reading
Did i type anything wrong?
Do you see where you're typing it
You're in Stalker 2 chat, it's got nothing to do with gamma. Try here: https://discord.com/channels/912320241713958912/922555488665743391
prototype is
better if you want
actually no it's your opinion now
idk prototype spike the difficulty and i like it
sure it does make certain features from the vanilla "easier"
but gameplay in general is a lot harder due to not having abundance of meds or whatever food
Prototype is a major overhaul and as such conflicts with a lot of other mods.
Standard only adds OXA attachments, night vision, and the faction id system. It works with more mods as it is not changing anywhere near as many gameplay systems.
I’d suggest reading the OXA nexus page to get a better idea of what prototype does.

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“During routine observations and measurements of anomalous activity in sector D-14, a strange radio signal was accidentally detected. Its source remains unknown. Initial analysis indicates that the signal does not correspond to any known technogenic or natural phenomena within the Anomalous Zone.”
For months now, the Zone’s radio has beco...

fixes
That guy really did get himself banned for 0 reason
And nothing of value was lost

I mean he joined here only to start shittalking that lady because she said something about Oculus users in another server 
damn did i miss another drama in stalker 2 chat ? 
It was supposed to be on the 18th, wasn't it?
Wrong one

Bingo
I fucking bet he's out there somewhere doing a brand new crashout because the update doesn't have a lot of stuff
"no new guns wtf gsc are scammers"
GSC jebaiting us with "wait a few more days" drops it the next day

I'd crash out if the game becomes an unplayable mess after the engine upgrade
Is this game not complete dogshit yet
render distance shrinks to 75m
Did they fix the Annoying poltergeist attacks phasing thro everything?
i thought wool came up with a temp fix for burers and polts
I doubt its peak shit was ass on release
Who cares about the past, look to the present
Kind of, They can still throw through walls if the attack is started with line of sight. He just stopped poltergeists from being able to target through most things.
i just noticed i've been have less problems with em now 
The amout of energy you waste (like the dude who had a crash out because this git delayed) on thinking about the game and its past as well as other flaws is just... boring to see repeated talked about
It has improved a lot but there's still room for improvement
u playing with mods?
yeah
needs updated localizations

i reinstalled it and honestly its peak. the performance upgrades is a night and day difference from release. constant flow of new content, bugfixes and overall optimization
gsc redeemed the game
too sad this is standard procedure in this day and age because games are rushed to be released asap
not quite yet
it's better than 1.0? Yes, absolutely
but "redeemed" is a strong word
the worst off are the coders who had to crunch sleepless nights through this shit
they didn't even fulfill all their promises yet
do animals still run and hide behind cover when you get on top of something
and yet they are constantly updating the game since the 1 year anniversary

they're not doing this as a favor, you know 
yeah, what else should they do in your opinion
not run away like spastics
never said they did but intentions aside they are keeping up with their promises, albeit slow for some
it could be a lot worse
they gotta make the game good before trying to convince people to buy whatever DLCs they plan to release further down
non-argument
arent they doing this right as we speak?
I dunno. Are they? I've been hearing about an engine upgrade for at least 6 months
and since then... we get... a PS5 release. 
a mosin nagant
does that mean it wont happen?
and now today's update
as we say over here, you're counting on the egg still inside the chicken's ass
I'll believe it when I see it. If I see it. 
i think this is a no mans sky type of game
GSC: We are delaying the update till 18th
Also GSC: SIKE
It has the potential to be like NMS
but isn't quite there yet
and yeah it was dumb to set such high expectations
i am by no means a gsc fanboy but i see their work despite all the shit theyve been through
I don't think STALKER 2 will ever be a second NMS
me neither, it'll probably be closer to cyberpunk 2077
sell all the promised fixes and improvements in the expansion pack
massive troll on their part but i dont keep up with the news anyways
they were probably scared of the guy from yesterday and decided to release now instead of tomorrow
I don't see any mention of them fixing the "Poltergeists and Burers toss shit through walls"
I think they wanted to get the story content out asap
NMS launched in 2016
NEXT Update dropped in 2018, and with the ARG and the new content that update bought back a lot of good will
yeah so i dont see a reason YET why stalker shouldnt be the same
especially with all the work thats been put in already
as long as each new update fixes more than it breaks
lmao just as I was typing my previous message
dude
nevermind what I said
these fucker has no sight.
whoopsie
expect a healthy 2 to 1 ratio
you see ivan
when you of no sight
you shoot the inaccurate
wait what is the "new" gun anyways
unique modified G37
it's a G36 irl yeah, but as you know the game uses fake names because they don't want to pay royalties to gun manufacturers 
oh yeah right
also it sounds like the main draw of this patch is the new hub area you get to "develop"
at least... I don't see a "unique variant of an existing gun" as a big thing
if it were a completely new gun, then sure
especially since its in the burnt forest region
theres base building?
i mean we do have sweden
large place but no hub
we finally have red forest tho
it's a 0.x patch type so i don't consider it need to be huge in a sense
but it's huge
delayed anniversary drop i guess
sad rectangular patch of red forest
Do the ai do shit now
canr wait to waste thousands of rounds on the wildlife there
And do they still just aimbot you
cannot comment
god they need to redo the area around South east
mostly swamp and zaton itself
yes they fight for areas, which was implemented in the last patch i believe
that should be like prime weak mutants and bandit roaming around with covers and small bases
Is map still empty and boring as
yeah
Run rostok > not see anyone run to duga > not see anyone run back to rostok > not see anyone
Dropped it there
swamp is locked off and mostly uninhabitable from what i got in my first Playthrough
no
i mean there should be base lock via story tbh
if this is what you think then no NPC will travel
i thought you were talking about open field with nothing to discover
sounds like something wrong with your game honestly lmao
That was on release
yeah....
i never experienced that on release
you hear gunfire around every corner now too
theres action
its not a walking sim lile on release
im pretty sure you suppose to see some thing with 1.0 bubble spawn system
I really wanted to like stalker 2 and maybe will reinstall after more patchs
But it was so dogshit on release
it's better now
you can do it now after the update and judge for yourself
Idk. games pretty fun. A-life is back. mods make it 11/10. Can't speak for vanilla.
and again you play stalkers main series are for story so don't expect much to do like free play
like you would play vanilla for story
I know ive played the trilogy a dozen of time
considering how stingy modern day publishers (bethesda cough) are with the modding community
and we get full support
then hop on because few feature added make the story run pretty cool
nvgs are cool too
ye
Isnt it a 500gb mod toolkit 
better than nothing tbh
700

are you gonna mod?
i wouldnt be too harsh on the game tbh especially because gamers like to dwell on negativity for some reason
well people are holding GSC to a higher standard than a normal AAA company which is just silly
they need to eat sleep and see their family too
Not the point
so you're not gonna mod
i still remember the defend zalissya memes and now its finally playable
play the game or don't we don't fucking care

people are so fucking stupid, i stg
let them be miserable if thats how people get their joy
700gb and a recommended threadripper cpu to do it is an insane ask and not many if anyone at all will create overhaul mods using the mod toolkit, furthermore kill yourself retard

erm @stuck zenith
yeah and it's only "part one" out of ... whatever many parts they decide to make
nexus mods, mod.io, and steam workshop says otherwise
I mean... they decided to make an ambitious AAA game for 70 USD so... yeah.
maybe just get a better computer loll
Me looking at prototype and unlimited
let this guy cool off in the dungeon oflin
It's just unrealistic expectations.
so what is it this time?
because it looks like the same thing from yesterday
scroll a few messages
and people are surprised that GSC all of a sudden are evil and a bad company
or something idk
Tbf the 700gb is a shit ton of unpackaged assets, there's so much stuff in the sdk it's nuts.
The tool isn't exactly what we want yet but like someone else said, it's still part 1 and phase 2 is underway
this specifically @stuck zenith
That's what i was gonna explain. but im wasn't gonna bother.
reporting this guy for that? this is just an average interaction with ivan

He gets his panties in a wad over weird shit lmao
average gamma discord member
glad to help fulfill your power hunger
anyway
cool it off, keep it down, don't argue with idiots 
block people if you have to

The launch was rough, but I still played 90 hours on my first playthough. GSC has earned quite a bit of goodwill imo. Eventually the game will probably glow up just like cyberpunk did.
straight from the agarthan archives
i got some other really good ones i found the other day
wigartha > agartha
havent kept up with the stalker meme game unfortunately 🥀
but now gamma and s2 will keep me busy for months
🫃
I'm new here; wait. I'm only going off of the name of this channel when asking this#╓☢stalker2™-chat-not-gamma-keep-waiting
Does that imply they are trying to make GAMMA in Stalker 2?
keep waiting till 2077
Just like my middle school crush you're telling me there is a chance
i'll tell you this. it'll come out sometime after GTA VI
!gamma2
imma need to remember this
It's a new command lol
new patch, time for everthing to break
Its named like this because
PEOPLE CANNOT READ WHAT CHANNEL THEY ARE ON
Only issue I have with 1.8 so far is SLZ possibly spawing endless waves of blood suckers in the Lesser Zone so far. Actually ran out of ammo holed up the windmill. Killed more than 20 and they judt kept coming.
Idk what you mean, must be a new Anomaly
Found a reddit thread. Looks like an issue since 1.7. Near the mill, bloodsuckers spawn in hordes.
You all using some sort of mod in the background?
That hasn't happened to me one bit, and I play on Master Difficulty
yeah its mod exclusive
Vanilla issue.
Started with 1.7.1
not had any issues with excessive monsters with 'a-life finds a way'
nah u assault monolith base in cooling towers

I started a whole new save in Master,no mods whatsoever.
Right after Meeting the Doctor is my progress.
Not a single time did I encounter a horde of Burer or Bloodsucker.
However the only bug thats annoying me a crap load is the Poltergeist attacks hitting you thro walls
And then the visual tear of the NVD but those are nowhere near as annoying as getting hit thro multiple concrete walls
update dropped today
on master difficulty is getting knocked down by a bloodsucker just a death sentence? dude always loops back around to me before I even get the chance to get back up
yep master difficulty
this does put a master difficulty in my master difficulty
i didn't know if i was just being stupid and there was a quicker way to get up or something
haven't played in a while
lol I finally got that fucker in the cave squint sent me into, kept hopping around like a bunny with the sawwed off
lmao

Warlock casting Blur on himself
shooting first 
huh. warlocks I know usually cast eldritch blast
hmm lets see

And use my valuable Skeeftol ammo? No, Non, Nein
fucking died walking into an anomaly on my way back to zalissya
now i gotta kill that bloodsucker all over again

master difficulty runs will rack up 50 deaths minimum
Mmm Blur of Chernobyl
Well it pretty much is, that is if you dint expect it, usually a sidestep will work
But with a higher grade armour set you can in fact survive a second hit
yes I've since just been jumping when they get near me and it doesn't knock me down
they just give me a swipe
Has the loot rebalancing made the game more hardcore? Still undecided about going for OXA prototype again or just going in mod-free.
It gets seriously worse in CQC where the blood sucker literally spams M1 at you 
I like how OXA replaces the meds with expired ones, but if Master makes loot extremely scarce, I might go in mod-free.
BLOODSUCKER DEAD BUT THE ANOMALY SET SPEED TO 0.1%
Its a lot more scarce then the beginner difficulty
thank god for master because I was breezing through this game on veteran at release
i have not been this enraged in a while lmao
Don't drink the green soup
I always played on Veteran, just wondering now if the economy is in a good place to go in without mods.
SKEEFA
stuff has been more scarce so far, I'm literally just starting out doing the squint questline right now so not that far in
but like I don't have 40 medkits and infinite money yet so it seems better
seriously how the hell am I supposed to grab the artifact from this anomaly? it's almost dead center
throwing the bolt on doesn't seem to give a safe period like others
no idea how I got this the first time
My fps dropped and it came back instead of getting worse, this patch truly is the HoC of our Tuahs
There a mod in development that is like CoC 2 tho
that's just the radiation. he's always washing a glass to cope
Believe it or not there's gotta be a lotta good mods first before we get huge modpacks. Idk how people don't realize this.
ope. you got the radiation now
He also levitates them
making your own mod packs 
that's just his physical connection that he has with the noosphere.
warlock was the guy of cossacks 3 10 years ago
they call him warlock for a reason.

fix everyone's menu and new dialogue/quest shiz if modded
Forgot to heal and died to a single gunshot
I was messing around with the rendering graphics bs and was like "Yeah I'll heal after I figure this out"
Of course they release the patch one day earlier
To shreds you say
I don't think, but I won't ask why you need otpics on a RPG
For sure there will be an asnwer how irl the US have used optics on m issile launchers in Iraq or some shit
I just remember you can melee with guns 
So 1.8 in short is "we released the burnt forest region"

How to deal with the hamsters
Such a waste of ammo if you don't have a peestol
Wonder if they fixed the rat swarm spawn rate
Post-sircaa they were EVERYWHERE for some reason
Was hilarious seeing whole squads of veterans getting destroyed by the horde

Dawg the soviets made optics for the RPG 7
the irl RPG has one
and its nice
SEE?

Incredible
Bro expects a company that hardcoded X to sprint to bend over and have personalized keybinds
I still shiver at the fact that I have to use Z and C to fucking lean

Are you using Shay's mod or just in vanilla
Vanilla
Gonna be a lil while before I get there I started a new game
I might start a new game for the spark playhthrough since I went Ward for my first game
See how much is different content wise

Yeah I noticed that, bravo GSC for doing 1 thing right
The lore was the only thing keeping me playing on release
Cause is sure as fuck wasn't the graphics, the memory leaks, the broken questlines, the quest items not spawning in 
inventory spam with essential marked pdas you can never get rid of

Speaking of which, back in the day you couldn't get rid of the monolith regenerator either
And it used to way like 10kg or 20kg I don't remember
It was heavy as fuck
Yeah it weights half a kg now thankfully lol

Expedition mode just sounds like CBT
Sooo to find the new stuff you need to find it? awesome
i hope those unique items ARE unique and not quest items
anyone know the code for the safe from "Rat Catcher ?"
Is that a new quest?
yeah the new update
Haven't had the chance to play it yet 
Is it fun
Yeah some of the puzzles in S2 are a pain
Like the Yantar safe 
Just go in with the assumption the dev personally hates you
Dude
I hate when there is a Conflict between 2 factions, and a Random ass Stalker strolls around, NAH WE TARGET ALL HIM
that stalker being Skif
I am bit annoyed that they switch Focus instantly to you
Me when the infinite dog spawn on release near The Ninth's house
Just as the Monolit intended
Ayo

Your copy of the game is possessed by the spirit of Misery

Sill held off playing S2 until now. Is it worth trying yet or still wait..? I still read it has numerous bugs and AI isn’t quite finished yet? How is it in general pls?
idk, play it and make up your own mind if you own it


If you have to buy it full price, I'd wait. If you own it/find it on discount, get it. It's in a good state right now, miles ahead of what it was at launch tbh.
It's serviceable if you like the series
Take this as a grain of salt though, as you're getting your opinions from some random bloke on discord named after a famous japanese race horse
A bit more than serviceable I think, but not yet at full potential for sure.
If you expect a stalker game like the original trilogy, you'll get it, if you expect gamma 2, lol lmao xd even
Yeah it's a fully fledged modern Stalker game.
Yeah- I’ve read such mixed things about it still. People who start then shelve it etc. i may give it a go soon but have Gamma in the meantime. I just thought not worth playing if it’s still a bugfest because of impatience really.
Nah, it really isn't that buggy. Less buggy than GAMMA honestly.
Yeah- played all the OGs at the time and since. Love them.
Got all the limited editions but also love Gamma.
from what I've read, the most egregious bugs have all been fixed.
no idea if the most recent patch introduced any new issues though 
||Well the chimera in the swamps didn't spawn for me, but I was rather happy about it||
How’s the gunfights in general? In Gamma they’re amazing for all sorts of reasons. Is S2 comparable in that regard?

They're fun
Gunfights are ok, closer to the original than GAMMA for sure, recently damage/precision was changed and I am pretty sure enemies hit less often but deal more damage per hit.
Ah ok- interesting. Would you guys recommend any essential mods or vanilla?
give it a go vanilla first
Hmmm I am puzzeld between the Saiga and Ram 2
What one is better when it comes to Durability??
I hope to Monolit that the engine upgrade fixes that shit
it probably won't
Yeah
this eye adaptation bullshit is a cancer

but for some reason devs love slapping this shit in their games
Muh cinematic
Is it as bad in Arc raiders
I can't tell
I'd say pretty much the same
being a 3rd person game it has a little bit of difference that the camera is a bit farther away from the point where the eye adaptation thing does the "transition" effect in the lighting
Part of the annoyance is the NPCs are totally unaffected by it
So trying to shoot into a building just sucks
yeah 
Welp I reached the SIRCAA part, time to go do anything else first
My personal Meet Hanako at Embers
Tad bit of a Blood Bath here
Saiga came in clutch again
You have to do the new missions they added.
The damage still is so low 
i want that it looks so swag
its random
you just get the radio transmission
im actually happy they dropped a free content update
shi aigh
im excited to play
it does ngl
but the drip is high
bro the second patch 2.0 drops im gonna blow
True, real way to play stalker is solely by drip
first time playing without mods
exactly
the G36V2 is
nice
but
my setup is drippier
holy cag
amen
Just wish the stock was a sopmod B5
What's the gun on the left
SA-U7 Gabion
journalist's stash at the Duga
ooop forget the 7
its pretty good :3
isnt that the right
oh
LOL
i want that sa u tho im too broke to get the deluxe edition
Ooo, I don't have the journo stash dlc
😔
Right one's on the base game tho
😿
Yeah I got that one
I don't remember it having that color barrel shroud
wait it is??
Oh lel
should i get that rifle mod to sacrifice the other sights mod
it conflicts for some reason
yeah
you can find it here
where tf
it does ?
it doesnt for you??
I'm literally using the modded Elcan Specter
and the OKP-7
im geeked rn
x3
bro this is like
the gabion is also using OKP
I have the AK model
I have a few
Ooo yeah, that one looks cool!
i played with it last run
shit just makes it feel like a mmorpg
the ones you like more
the ones that i like be conflicting
yuh
Sure is "Closed off" to stalkers Yaniv station
It sure is
w
even oxa proto?
If the 2.0 isn't a "stable version for mods", Point of No Return would remain as a fantasy for a long time
i finished 2 endings already
so im just finished the remaining 2 endings and last few achievements
why is this game lowkey beautiful on high saturation
Well my Stalker 2 Crashed
Quite Rare it happened
Guess GSC really dont want me to go to Pripyat before meeting with Strelok
shame,the fighting with Monolith was getting exciting
It happens
Usually pretty rare though
Yea this is a first one for me
And I was just about to enter Pripyat
With the Train Skip
Are you rushing Pripyat for an exo?
People still glitching through the Yanov walls? lol
Apparently lmao
Nope
Just want to see the Journalists last message
Glitching? I straight up Parkour Bit*h
I did that >_>
Rushed Pripyat for the Monolit LARP
cuz its free
:3
and cuz the prypiat trader sells ammo for it
Nah, I straight up nailing Monolith Exo with my Mosin
:3
I was trying to get the unique Mosin from Honta but he never showed up back at the cabin after the end of his questline
man
still waiting sprinting while reloading or healing or eating
like in gamma
coz if i sprint while those animation are going, it cancels them
goated if i can sprint reload but i need to heal so it cancels the reload and then after healing i reload and continues to where i left off on the reload
you mean forced animation ?
like.
you can just chug down 50 can of soda yet it only play one animation
im not or prob few other are not going to like that
he means something like Battlefield 4 had with staged reload, so if you had to swap to a different item, the reload would be partly done if you swapped back to the gun you were reloading
gamma does not have staged reload
or it does not make sense when he mention about Eating
and using med
he really mean forced animation
he was referring to sprinting while reloading "like gamma" and the other part sounded like a different thing 
i still hate when people want a feature for S2 yet keep pulling out
Like Gamma
i swear
god

wrong gif
I think sprint reloading makes it too silly/arcadey
leave that shit in battlefield imo 
and pretty sure we have Stage Reload
already
it just overal animation are god dam quick
because it's arcade game
and if some one talking about health system in gamma please pull out tedious healing and not healing like in gamma
which i pretty sure it's Tarkov who bring health system for body parts
or some obscure games that has before tarkov
idk
Am I the only one who doesnt have any servo sounds when running or walking with exoskeletons ?
Could be a bug?
No clue
I re-installed the game several times
Every time i get no sounds
Even unmodded
When did it start happening
;(
On another note, when will they make NVG's actually usable ?
I had a loner exo and then diamond, pretty sure both had sound
I’ll check when I update it and let you know tho
Its bs to have a Gen 3B
But still have to turn the flashlight on
Cuz the damn nvg's dont help
Indoors they’re wonky yeah
This has to be the worst nvg implementation I ever seen
Even anomaly had that shit sorted
I find them pretty usable in most situations.
The only time they are rough is when there is no ambient light around.
But that’s how NVGs work.
If you’re having that many issues with them I would check your contrast, brightness, and gamma settings.
Is there somewhere specific I need to go to trigger the new questline?
Been walking around the burnt forest but nothing
The patch thing says it's random
But it has a higher chance of happening in the burnt forest
That'd
Make them useless
If I up my gamma, i'll be able to see just fine
Without them
Idk, gamma's nvg didn't havr that issue
"bro why my NVG not bright?"
the place he's currently standing-
The problem is how this myth of how NVGs function and work has been perpetuated in movies and games for so long.
They are low-light devices.
Not darkness eliminators.
literally "image intensifiers"
if there's no fucking image then they can't intensify shit now can they
Nothing quite like visting Rostok
Dude it's real life.
You need IR flashlight to work in closed place that does not get moon light
What you misunderstanding is thermal sight and night vision sight
Yk what it's related to physic and if you think you can see shit with just NVDs in an enclosed place without any photon bouncing to your night vision
Good luck
Like
Take your eyes out
Chimeras are insane on veteran mode
One pounce and you're turned to shreds in an exosuit
Tanking 90 rounds of 7.62r even with HP round
Or they do have armor
Tho im pretty sure they are easy to dodge
Btw if you asking why gen 3 can see better because white phosphor screen turn electron back to photon mores
Wow im a nerd
Monke explain
the official stalker server wants me to confirm my phone number so i'll ask here instead, is the new dlc already broken????? the quest from Banzai just deletes itself when i finish talking to him 😭 wtf do i do now i've tried reloading and doing it all over but nada works, this new dlc is already off to a TERRIBLE start man, dunno if anybody has had ssimilarissues as i but i hope you found a solution if you did
also what the hell are they spawning down here for 🥲
Question 1, are you playing with any mods installed?
Question 2, are you on a new or existing save file
removed them all for dlc
this is a existing safe file, the one i made when the game came out

man what does that mean 😭 help meeeeeee
It means you're witnessing Slav Jank at its finest
please don't tell me that's bad 🥲
The game changed
Substantially
since 1.0
It's not bad per se, just sub-optimal haha 
You're carrying a lot of technical baggage around with your save
i have 200 hours on this save, i don't wanna just lose all that to do one dlc, ESPECIALLY if they don't have new game plus
Not to mention
You said you removed mods
Which will break things further depending on what mods you used
also, i still have these after like a year lol, they still haven't fixed these staying quest items
only visual mods, nothing else (:
AND mods that were on steam
basically vanilla at that point
A long time ago on one of the big updates they even said to start a new save or the fixes wouldn't work

Unreal Engine 5 is more fickle than X-Ray 
i never heard that..
Well now you did
I ain't
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
We aint
I think that was for 1.3 right?
minus like 20 for other saves, on this safe file
And they were all for nought????
what a cruel stalker world
Such is the zone

i've literally found every stash, gotten every blueprint thingy
It's not the end of the world, just the end of the zone
just to have to do all that again
the zone is my world
Then be joyful for the zone has granted you her wonders once more
You get to enjoy it all again
And you could even try some cool mods
i'm not that type of guy though!!!
i hate I HATE being forced to restart everything
if i wanna redo the game it should be out my own will
not because the game is poopy butt
that just ruins the whole mood, especially with STALKER 2 it's so buggy i was lucky it worked fine'ish all this time
is this what i get for my country not sending enough aid to ukraine 🥹


To be fair, you did play on a heavily outdated save so no wonder you'd be living a buggy mess, especially when GSC themselves recommended a new save at some point with their changes
It's not some divine punishment for you specifically, just how it be
😔
this game just isn't fun to replay for me
how am i gonna reach this dlc again before i say "enough" and just let the dlc die
man
that sucks
¯_(ツ)_/¯
well.. thank you for letting me know ): all of you, as much as i hate hearing this i'm happy to atleast know if i ever do get the "hype" back
love you guys
There is a reason why I managed to finish the game on 1.1 and haven't really played it in a serious way since
Been waiting for updates to finish
You're welcome, sorry to burst your bubble
Almost out of early access, only a year away
I've been enjoying the occasional replay, to check out the different paths / endings
Since you do actually have some cool differences and lore you can miss out on depending on your decisions
I wonder if one of the dlcs will have pseudo squirrels
maybe that's why they introduced them to HoC Tuah
He's scared of the dark
What's with people unable to comprehend that sometimes you need to restart a game if you previous save was from a modded 1.1 version of the game? Not to mention the early game is the best part of Stalker 2 
That's a good night of sleep right there, gas mask and green light directly into my eyes into the dirtiest bed this side of the berlin wall
I don't think people should play stalker main series like
Idk it's like a story games
Not a game where erm.
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The 4 hour Faust kissing scene doesn't exist in 1.0 saves
Unfortunately it's part of the experience when playing games that are still in alpha 
Well it's a bit unreasonable to expect nothing to break from a year old modded save into several new versions, sometimes you gotta be charitable 
I get your point, just feels a bit entitled to expect nothing to break on such conditions, ESPECIALLY if you know who we're talking about
We have also known there would be many updates pretty much since launch, so anyone wanting to preserve a modded save shouldve disabled updates.
I would say you should expect your game to be break down consistently
If you ever try mods on any game
Like anomoly it self will never get update and people can cope if their new mods just brick your save
Consider what fallout fans dealt with random mods
Especially within the first couple years it's basically a surprise if the mods work at all and don't break anything.
Or skyrim idk
FNV had many mods that were considered must use for years before people figured out they were the cause of many stability issues (project Nevada)

I love modding scene
The game brick it self so much i have to reinstall s2 for 12 times
I don't know what you're on about. That's exactly what I said. Starting a new game because shit breaks when a game is in alpha
Nah I just meant that it feels unreasonable to not expect stuff to break like that guy for that reason 
Fallout fans are livid at the moment since Fallout 4 keeps getting broken by Bethesda 
NEVER. EVER. REMOVE. MODS. MIDPLAYTHROUGH.
If you have updates enabled for Fo4 you're just a goober ngl. This is like the 3rd time beth did this.
I just own it on GoG 
The hilarious bit about Fallout 4 is that GoG staff said
"You know what, we'll allow you to update your game when you fix your shit"
Ever since then the game was left on pre-Next Gen update
It gets even funnier because Arthmoor got pestered by the community to bring back the compatible version of UFO4P
He begrugingly did it since GoG players weren't able to use the patch 
Still up to this day
the Next Gen update did ruin my heavily modded FO4 survival playthough and I haven't played since.
so I understand, but in that case we're talking about a what, 10 years old game? 
that didn't have any significant update in years, Stalker 2 is actively being updated
Honestly I can't be arsed to downgrade steam version of Fallout 4
So I just bought it again on GoG 
That was around the time Fallout London came out
Beth is the king of fucking over modders 
There's a reason why a lot of people use version 1.5.97 of skyrim for modding and you'll find mods specifically made for it
"Here have a Fallout 4 update"
"It adds nothing substantial other than more paid mods"
"You guys like the Enclave right? Here is an Enclave armor"
I find it absolutely hysterical that the core feature of the update
Paid mods
didn't work on release and also made it impossible to use DLC even if you owned it.
Bethesda is a joke that keeps on writing itself
Thing is, they aren't even like evil or some shit, they're just incompetent. It's amazing.
Like, Fallout 76, I can tell they GENUINELY believet everything they did for the game was a good idea at the time, like they really thought it would work like it was, conceptually.
They just haven't made a good, era defining game since Skyrim, and that's it.
Hellooooo I just wanted to come here and say I love STALKER 2 now.
Grrr can GSC slap random gun into the game or we have to wait people to add random gun instead
You will have to wait :)
Not sure if it was a shift in perspective, or the updates, but the game feels a lot better than it did.
Updates did improve the game
Even you have the same concern it would not eradicate all feature you can have in it
I already loved it at release. I had a similar experience with Stalker 2 than with Cyberpunk on release. Loved them, everything was here. Mood, feeling, etc… thoses 2 games just released too early but you could already feel the enormous potential
Like, combat actually feels good now. That's the main thing for me.
Yeah
IMO Stalker 2 just take the same path than Cyberpunk. It keeps getting better and better
Absolutely love it
I know its a popularity contest but I was baffled when people nominated it for steam awards goty 2024 with the state it launched at
Lmao really?
People in the industry seemed to like Stalker 2 enough, it had same reception as Cyberpunk and the first Kingdom Come Deliverance
Usually, the mindset is that if the core elements are well done, the rest can be fixed
I too nominated it
You all just dont seem to understand
the fact that his has been normalized
as you can see in the message above
i think that's totally fine, if it can be fixed later on? hell yeah
Im looking forward to find that Mosin.
Also now I remember
Wanted to visit the small harbour at Pripyat because it has a Saiga module I haven't seen
much better than being bad forever
this is insane 
how lmao?
imagine you paying for a product that doesnt work exactly as advertised and then saying its ok cuz they said they will fix it later
My dudes
The game didnt launch nearly as bad as Cyberpunk 2077
they are obligated to
then there you go
I played Stalker 2 since release
Heck I pre ordered and had 3 days ahead of everyone else to play
I finished the story and enjoyed.
Everyone as soon as Stalker 2 came out started comparing it to the old ones in all aspects.
Pretty much ruining they own experience
youre blowing hot air, ive been ignoring your messages since you seem to be the biggest apologist of anything gsc does 
How else would you see Stalker 2 as "unfinished"
You see a Video with "This is how there is no A-life in Stalker 2" video and then knew its terrible
i wonder what would happen if everyone did that
unironically, i think more should do it
Because you dont seem to understand what a actual Stalker game is like.
Let alone what the meaning of it is.
Keep ignoring me, all i know is you blow hot air at something that is pointless to fight with negativity
Idk why they are updating and fixing the game then if it was fine for you at release
gee
"works for me" ass argument
I think whilst the mindset currently shown with game releases is bad, it absolutely did not come first but rather has been the result of years long dissappointment after dissappointment with big games so that the general audience has become disilussioned and is satisfied if the damn game even barely works on launch.
It's more of a reactive mindset than a proactive one
And honestly for the people with that mindset, good for them.
Because god knows at least they don't get the soul-crushing dissappointment every time and just enjoy whatever they're getting
People take video games too seriously I think
Also, I don't ignore the fact that people was mad at Silksong and Elden Ring because they didn't play exactly like HK and Dark Souls 3 then they came out.
well those are 2 different things
It's more on the fact that being mad at videogames is the mindset, the quality of the game is secondary
yeah there is more of an outrage than anything
people is mad at Expedition 33 because it won too much and now it's french and woke
I don't exactly agree
i think some of it is justified
its ridiculous to be mad that a game won too many categories
but still
Gamers have been glazing that game all year, why are they now mad that the game they coudln't shut the fuck about whole year has been winning all the awards?
Video games as an art form as well as a consumer product require seriousness.
But I can agree that some people take it way too far
i think its because of the fact that its been glazed
I havent played so I dont have an opinion on this
but it feels like it has been overhyped for what it is
People should take gaming serious if us consumers ever want to have the developers be able to be held up to a standard.
I have played it a bit, it's very interesting. Has also the same ghosting issues as Stalker 2 because Unreal Engine do be like that
id probably say personally Kingdom Come 2 shouldve won best rpg
Still think it's funny that BF6 won best audio design
Don't look at me, my vote would've been for Silksong
that too
as GOTY
the indie tag or category is interesting
Expedition 33 is technically an indie game 
that technicality is the issue
Usually, it's indie when it's time to dunk on Ubisoft
Witcher 3 was also technically an indie game, despite being like one of the most expensive games ever made when it came out, or something like that
i think E33 is a AA game not an indie one
The whole game classification is dubious at best anyway
idk its weird to put a cap on it but the fact that a game that had 10 million or something put into it was in the same category as something like silksong or megabonk before it was taken out
is just weird
megabonk was prolly made by a guy in his basement in his free time
im not trying to discredit E33 im sure its a great game but it feels like an industry plant 
It's just french
and I mean it like it very much feels like a french cominc kinda story, in that sense
from what I've played, it's kinda Metaphor if Atlus wasn't cowards kinda game
it's just the kinda game that checks all the marks that general critics like, but it doesn't really feel soulless - the contrary. But it's very artsy, can't say I like that direction myself but it works in the context.
Then again, I've only played like 3 areas
On god, some consoomers just need to be quiet, sometimes
Nah the game was fun at release, but it didn't reach "acceptable" state until 1.5 at least
Both things can be true 
Game was a slog to get through when it released because of how horribly broken and unoptimized it was
Still, the game was not worth the price. If I had more self control I would've waited until a sale 
Good thing i refunded, later tried finishing the game on Family share
"worked on my machine" momento for me, only had like 3 crashes. And Zalissya never fucking worked until several patches later 
I think right now it's fine to grab on a sale, game is in a good place. DLC in Lymansk is going to be the moment the game is gonna be worth the full price tag. I can understand that people feels negative about it, because it's the right emotion, but at some point we also gotta get past the first impression and judge a thing for what it is, not what it was, despite everything.
That's also why Cyberpunk received a surge of positive reviews after the anime, completely different people played it and the game, by that point, was a different creature, so it was received differently. People who disliked it at the beginning kept hating it and so on
Ohh cant wait to play Lymansk
Hope it comes with new Enemies
From what I gather it's gonna be heavily involving Freedom vs Duty
and the new 1.8 story is tied to the DLC
kind of an introduction
Oh right
I just realised we dont have Lymansk <w>
Well seen how we got new weapons
We sure will get more awesome stuff to see
Yet
Hopefully we get the Fort-12/15 next
Having only the PM on 9x18 is sad
Nah im hoping for the PPSh 42
Or the TT-33
We need more old Soviet guns in Stalker
Mmmm papasha
I'd be fine with the AN-94
Hyperburst would be really cool
Would love to see a DShK somewhere as an emplacement to use
Maybe the Vepr-12 or MP-155
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Amen
That sound of it
Both you firing and getting fired at would be a experience on its own
I just wish we could visit the old X-17 and X-19 labs
Well hope is still there to see the CNPP
Even if the Wish Granter isnt there anymore
Something more would be awesome to be seen
Numpad
It just gets more hilarious each month
How should i believe that those guys are able to make a good ai and all when they cant fix 4 keybinds
that should not be a part of lysmask
Maybe they're fucking with you specifically on purpose
Dude was ready to jump at my throat
I don't give a F if it is or isnt coming with Lymansk
The PPSh 42 will eventually come, if the Three line rifle (Mosin) is already there
Imagen a fictional gun that never existed vs a WW2 gun still in use by army to this day.
Including Ukrainian army
no no no no
My man, you're not getting a ppsh
hold up there is a chance for AN94 to be in stalker 2 in next patch
or not and i could be isane
insane
fictional gun you mean gun based off blueprint or trial error guns
the
like bazillion shit
the reason why some WW2 guns going to appear in the zone is
some timmy in lesser zone picked up his grand parent shit
and hes from russia
Ahh yes fictional guns like the Gauss rifle and the Rhino revolver that totally arent made up and have been debunked
Vs 2 infamous guns that have been so mass produced that you literally could find them in ever post Soviet country
yeah i love my clock mechanic G11s series is considered so fictional that the german budget went kaput
TKB series of Fictional shit
yup
that fictional
okay man
Are we still calling AN94 a cold war era weapon
Can accept the sci fi anomalies and shit but draws the line at a gauss gun which has been a staple of the series

and a concept that exists since decades



