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Appoda posted:If you want more in Roadside's vein, Annihilation is basically a modern one of those, tho the narration is a bit drier than our time with Redrick & Friends. And that in turn is based on the Southern Reach trilogy by Jeff Vandermeer. Two of the three books are absolutely outstanding, and I recommend the series very highly.
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# ? Mar 29, 2024 14:35 |
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Everybody napping on the Stalker 2 in-engine """"gameplay"""" teaser that dropped today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu5mCXFHI0E
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# ? Dec 31, 2020 01:48 |
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Man this is gonna force me to upgrade my 10 year old computer.
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# ? Dec 31, 2020 03:55 |
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Killswitch posted:Man this is gonna force me to upgrade my 10 year old computer. hey on the bright side, it'll be a 13 year old computer by the time the game comes out
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# ? Dec 31, 2020 04:36 |
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I will happily upgrade for stalker 2. Hopefully this post will not come back to haunt me.
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# ? Dec 31, 2020 04:50 |
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Is there anyone who worked on the original three that still works at GSC?
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# ? Dec 31, 2020 05:22 |
aniviron posted:And that in turn is based on the Southern Reach trilogy by Jeff Vandermeer. Two of the three books are absolutely outstanding, and I recommend the series very highly. ??? Last I checked, Annihilation is the first book of the series
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# ? Dec 31, 2020 08:11 |
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Appoda posted:??? Last I checked, Annihilation is the first book of the series Ah, my apologies, I thought you meant the film based on the first book. Which is also good.
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# ? Jan 1, 2021 00:16 |
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some nice looking """gameplay""", whatever it ends up actually looking like I hope at least the weather is good
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# ? Jan 1, 2021 02:00 |
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If they can keep the visual quality that high, I feel like there are enough modders to fix the rest of the gameplay.
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# ? Jan 1, 2021 05:00 |
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I love Roadside Picnic, I love Tarkovsky's Stalker, and I love S.T.A.L.K.E.R., for different reasons for each. They all have the theme of the zone, but how they each approach it differs, and they're each great in their own way. It's kinda of amazing how strong of an idea the zone is. And yeah Annihilation is a great modern successor to the idea.
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# ? Jan 1, 2021 07:03 |
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Flaskraven posted:Is there anyone who worked on the original three that still works at GSC? Not that I've heard of. The lead writer for the OG trilogy passed away shortly before Christmas due to Covid complications, the lead composer is a young guy who was about 10 when the first games released (but seems very talented and experienced). According to the Russian-language Stalker community GSC has recently been recruiting very heavily in roles such as C++ devs, narrative designers, UI and UX designers, animators, VFX artists, project management, level designers, artists, business devs, casting managers, community managers, etc, etc, etc. - you can still find job postings on their site. If you were cynical you might conclude that they literally had nothing but a trailer and some financial backing from Microsoft for the console exclusivity, and they're only now staffing up with a brand new team to actually start production (or pre-production). Even the teaser animations the official GSC twitter has been posting have all been using recycled or retextured CoP assets and nothing new. Honestly I've not seen anything that bodes well at all at this point. Hopefully we're not heading for a re-tread of the 2010-2012 Stalker 2 development saga.
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# ? Jan 5, 2021 01:28 |
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Yeah I don't think it's cynical given the history of STALKER successor attempts. It's more so practical to have more realistic expectations about things, and not hype something just because of an IP name.
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# ? Jan 5, 2021 18:02 |
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Hi. Just getting around to playing SoC for the first time since it was new. Is ZRC and the shaders linked in the OP still the best way to play (mostly) vanilla?
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# ? Jan 6, 2021 00:59 |
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Jehde posted:Yeah I don't think it's cynical given the history of STALKER successor attempts. It's more so practical to have more realistic expectations about things, and not hype something just because of an IP name. The bar to beat is "Fallout 76 but with Ak74s and exoskeleton power armors. "
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# ? Jan 6, 2021 01:05 |
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Oldstench posted:Hi. Just getting around to playing SoC for the first time since it was new. Is ZRC and the shaders linked in the OP still the best way to play (mostly) vanilla? You can ask a bunch of stalker fans and get a bunch of different answers. Playing through mostly vanilla with the shaders is probably smart to do for your first run. I'm a big fan of the Complete mod which doesn't change too much, just has a lot of graphical and sound upgrades, but some people aren't a fan. The Call of Chernobyl mod is pretty popular but does make some gameplay changes so maybe not for your first run? Here's a solid video about mods it if you're interested in more info https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzB1MY8tpHw
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# ? Jan 6, 2021 02:16 |
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Thanks. I went with ZRP and the shaders. Seems to be what I was looking for. e: hooly poo poo this game is hard.
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# ? Jan 6, 2021 07:01 |
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Oldstench posted:e: hooly poo poo this game is hard. Quicksave a LOT
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# ? Jan 6, 2021 07:28 |
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Zaphod42 posted:Quicksave a LOT *unless you're being stealthy and haven't been noticed
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# ? Jan 6, 2021 07:38 |
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Zaphod42 posted:Quicksave a LOT I am. Believe me. The problem is that I still only have a lovely handgun, a lovely silenced handgun, and a sawed-off with 4 rounds and I'm having to kill a bunch of bandits in the Garbage. Hope I find a better gun soon.
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Oldstench posted:I am. Believe me. The problem is that I still only have a lovely handgun, a lovely silenced handgun, and a sawed-off with 4 rounds and I'm having to kill a bunch of bandits in the Garbage. Hope I find a better gun soon. flank and relocate lots during battle
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# ? Jan 6, 2021 08:38 |
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Oldstench posted:I am. Believe me. The problem is that I still only have a lovely handgun, a lovely silenced handgun, and a sawed-off with 4 rounds and I'm having to kill a bunch of bandits in the Garbage. Hope I find a better gun soon. Repositioning is king in Stalker firefights. Take a few shots and bolt somewhere new. The AI tends to remember where they last saw you and will push that position, so getting the flank is a huge advantage.
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# ? Jan 6, 2021 10:33 |
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Missing Name posted:*unless you're being stealthy and haven't been noticed this post might not be clear, so let me clarify: if you are trying to be stealthy, and you quick save... when you quick load, the first thing your character is gonna do is noisily rack the slide, alerting everyone in earshot
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# ? Jan 6, 2021 19:25 |
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I love when someone finds the stalker games for the first time. Reading about their journey into -Radioactivity: surviving inside the hellfires and anomalies in the zone of Chernobyl- is as good as any travel diary. Get out of here, Stalker.
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# ? Jan 6, 2021 20:36 |
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Oldstench posted:I am. Believe me. The problem is that I still only have a lovely handgun, a lovely silenced handgun, and a sawed-off with 4 rounds and I'm having to kill a bunch of bandits in the Garbage. Hope I find a better gun soon. Ah - the Hobo Phase TM
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Helianthus Annuus posted:this post might not be clear, so let me clarify: As an addendum to the stealth chatter: bushes don't really hide you from the AI's vision, and make an absolutely poo poo ton of noise when you move through them. Contrary to every other game with stealth mechanics, avoid foliage like the plague.
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# ? Jan 6, 2021 23:28 |
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nexus6 posted:Ah - the Hobo Phase TM aniviron posted:As an addendum to the stealth chatter: bushes don't really hide you from the AI's vision, and make an absolutely poo poo ton of noise when you move through them. Contrary to every other game with stealth mechanics, avoid foliage like the plague. ThisIsJohnWayne posted:
Quick question - is there ever any fast travel or shortcut back to the first zone (without mods)? Having to walk back through 4+ zones to turn in a quest item for Sidorovich.
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# ? Jan 6, 2021 23:49 |
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Oldstench posted:Quick question - is there ever any fast travel or shortcut back to the first zone (without mods)? Having to walk back through 4+ zones to turn in a quest item for Sidorovich. No
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# ? Jan 7, 2021 00:02 |
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STALKER is way too sophisticated and intelligent to have a fast travel option.
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# ? Jan 7, 2021 00:26 |
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Gets even more annoying if you run Call of Chernobyl, are taking the long way through Clear Sky maps to avoid bigger fights at the Garbage exit, and get mutant swarm events at *those* exits. I had a lot occurring at the Freedom base for some reason, it was a good source of loot as a shitload of dudes tended to get killed. And, having finished looting to the max carry limit... DING DONG MONOLITH CALLING Dealing with zombies after an eruption was a lot easier, IMO. Dammit, now I want to replay both CoC and modded FO4. Edit: there was kind of a fast travel, in whatever big mod I played that had drivable cars. Just hoon that thing into a whirlwind anomaly, and you could enjoy the view as you were launched across 75% of the local map. No control, you may end up upside down and on fire and in the middle of a bunch of bandits or Army or something, but you sure didn't have to walk the whole way! Ygolonac fucked around with this message at 00:32 on Jan 7, 2021 |
# ? Jan 7, 2021 00:26 |
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Having a car to explore the many expansive areas in Lost Alpha, with a trunk for whatever goodies I find, felt like a renewal of the STALKER experience for me, it was really cool. The original games are small enough to be walkable though.
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# ? Jan 7, 2021 01:34 |
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Oldstench posted:
I know! Isn't it great?! Seriously though, welcome to the club. Try the Call of Chernobyl mod with Call of Pripyat sometime. It's so good.
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# ? Jan 7, 2021 02:08 |
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Oldstench posted:Quick question - is there ever any fast travel or shortcut back to the first zone (without mods)? Having to walk back through 4+ zones to turn in a quest item for Sidorovich. Eventually you’ll get artefacts that allow near infinite sprint if you arent overloaded, and that helps travel a ton, especially when you are familiar with the anomaly locations
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# ? Jan 7, 2021 17:23 |
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Fellis posted:Eventually youll get artefacts that allow near infinite sprint if you arent overloaded, and that helps travel a ton, especially when you are familiar with the anomaly locations I'm currently running around with 2 Moonlights which helps a lot. I also found a SEVA suit and TRs 301. Survivability has increased a bunch. Do stashes not spawn gear unless you find info about them on a random PDA?
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# ? Jan 7, 2021 18:34 |
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Oldstench posted:I'm currently running around with 2 Moonlights which helps a lot. I also found a SEVA suit and TRs 301. Survivability has increased a bunch. Yes, they only spawn by finding their pda in Shadow of Chernobyl. That's some good gear btw, have you seen a lab yet?
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# ? Jan 7, 2021 18:41 |
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ThisIsJohnWayne posted:Yes, they only spawn by finding their pda in Shadow of Chernobyl. That's some good gear btw, have you seen a lab yet? Don't think so. I assume I'd know if I had. I did save an ecologist who told me to come visit him at his mobile lab. Haven't done that yet. Currently stuck deciding if I want to try and kill all the Duty guys who want me to help them take out a Freedom stronghold. Duty sucks.
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# ? Jan 7, 2021 19:34 |
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Duty does suck, correct. And you will know when you get to a laboratory, also correct.
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# ? Jan 7, 2021 20:46 |
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Not a fan of Yantar. Deffo not a fan of snorks. e: was not expecting to go deaf IRL today, but that Controller in the sewers had different ideas. Oldstench fucked around with this message at 15:28 on Jan 8, 2021 |
# ? Jan 7, 2021 21:26 |
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If I agree to help Freedom kill the Duty squad at the farmstead, will I be unable to use the Bar anymore? Also whoa! I'm Strelok? Who could have seen that coming?
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Oldstench posted:If I agree to help Freedom kill the Duty squad at the farmstead, will I be unable to use the Bar anymore? Kinda! You will have to shoot your way in every time, but I think you won't get shot at in the areas you are forced to put your weapon away, so if you make it into 100 Rads you are ok. You'll have to avoid the duty side of the area also. But also, I don't remember the vanilla/lightly modded experience that well. Make a backup save!
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