>BugTrap, crash to desktop, freeze/lockup? Find your crash log, stalker.Check your Documents or game install directories for the xray_[your name].log file. If you can't find it, look in the location specified at the top of fsgame.ltx. Copy the last few lines from the log and paste them here if you want any help.>Quickstart Guidedocs.google.com/document/d/1cnQeURGCjHTRPOGJH8G5ijP1fw5vbVWSE7opABcBpNk>Mod Guidedocs.google.com/document/d/1JPA0hQZVJ6mSvTsp6Sy3CoAkObJOKeoPHEamDC19Lio>Miscellaneous Guidedocs.google.com/document/d/103nyaAM5PKgBwuZ35jRbv7VM7tEcvi1Scv6boOMe1RM>Start guide, beginner tips, and much much morehttp://pastebin.com/FUPEbLiv (embed)>HUD guide, modding basics, mod reviews, and AMK mod guidedocs.google.com/document/d/10yi79NUFhJrFO4hmGeKqaWSw35BJQv0Ve0OK94ioMEw>Performance Guides, Steam settingshttp://pastebin.com/nzXEevG7 (embed)>Common misconceptions about Shadow of Chernobyl game mechanicshttp://www.metacognix.com/stlkrsoc/WhatYouKnowThatAintSo.html>Running STALKER. on Linuxdocs.google.com/document/d/11HcSFSyb0DX3ymModXZ9tNdpTuktTioCLost to the Zone: >>502510943
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Its gonna be shit. Screencap me
mods will fix itpls don't screencap me, I am shy
How many Ukranians died for this game?
>>5027163522 days until /v/ermin tourists raid this thread
>>502716829They're already here.
LET ME IN GSC
>>502717271come in. we make flop just for you.
>>502717421this is what stalker2 fags look like
How do I mod anomalies and mutants out of GAMMA?
>>502717565i'll be jelking 24 hours straight leading up to the release time
>>502717612By installing Escape from Tarkov.
>>502717612operatordrewski shitter
i say we split the two games into two generals because stalker 2 has nothing in common with the real stalker series
Can someone repost the femboy stalker image with the feminine penis
So why did this new thread fill with shitposters immediately like Indians seeing a white woman for the first time?
What's your opinion on this new track in STALKER 2?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd0Rn1H-D5o
>>502718180This is racist. Indians will assault any woman they want to, not just the white ones
>>502718338not bad, i prefer this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZfhxd5aj6g
>take the food and booze from the tables at bar>stalkers won't take your shit and start punching youit's details like this that makes me like a mod
>>502718719mod name please
>>502718173
>>502718843Radiophobia 3, it's nice
>>502718858What is the evolutionary mutagen advantage of such long limbed forearms
>>502717865We will see about thatAll the red flags, misbehaving devs and the dramaAnd I still feel like it will have the Stalker soul
>>502719071its nice but im being overweight in agropom and its pissing me off
>>502719103Maybe it moves like a monkey so it uses its arms as a sling to gain huge momentum
>>502719103it looks funny so humans will decide to turn you into pets eventually>>502719178I had no issue with it, don't be a hoarder
>>502719071Nice. I was just starting that up actually.
>>502718858
>>502719246im not a hoarder, but i havent made a single trip to a trader since leaving cordon and i want to make some profit.
>>502719343Aaaw he's smiling :)
>>502718041NTA and new to the thread, seconding this request
Is it normal for the GAMMA mod to take like fucking hours to download and install everything
>>5027176126/10
Sid's putting shit in the vodka to make stalkers gay!Buy Ecologist filters today!
I'd love to tame my own pseudodog like Noah did In cop
>>502719343
>>502718041>>502719726https://arch-img.b4k.co/vg/1731958308753.jpgHere. Now go be fags somewhere else
So it begins
>>502719071It looks good. But it skips and lags.Also the alternative ending with the warps doesn't work
>>502720814two FUCKING days
>>502720178That feels weird to me. I always liked the fact that the boars in SoC were unmutated, the only kinda normal animals in the Zone. Like the radiation couldn't do them any harm, they are like fucking tanks already, and nevertheless still dangerous without being abominations
>>502721438Mods that kill boars in one shotgun shot suck
2 more day lads
the artificial hype for stalker 2 is insanenobody who have been playing this game from mid 2000's even asked for thisbe prepared for this general to figuratively 'troon out' after the 20ththings won't be the same.
>>502722194meow :3
>>502722208https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/Matthew%206%3A34
>>502720343WTF i love STALKERs now
>>502722208Literally "fuck off" while I enjoy stalker 2.
>christcuck
Still have doubt about the pc version
>>502722208>>502717837>>502716352this general wont change much at all. it will just move 3-10 times faster and will have niggas spamming screenshots and>wow I found le Wolf/Strelok/Artem/XYZ>wow I found le new artifact/weapon/suit>omfg i keep crashing in XYZ>wow this area is a pain in the ass anyone found a solution>favourite weapons so far stalkans?>favourite character so far stalkans?>enjoying the game so far stalkans?>comfy *insert screen #59329520000052 of stalkurs sitting at campfire/ bar location/ pretty landscape*you know who will turn this general into a normie shitshow? YOU. the same niggers who have been here for months and years, and proclaim to hate normies.YOU ARE THE NORMIES.
>>502722208What do you mean artificial hype? I'm legitimately looking forward to it
>>502723563>antlers for legskino
>>502723563these things are getting into creepy ass zombie virus mutation thing and no long nuclear and genes mutation
>2 days from launch>still no steam key for physical versionNIGGOROVICH, WHERE IS MY GAME?
>>502724360my thought exactly.there's importance of keeping things consistent within the game's universe. "The Thing" type creatures ain't it, not for Stalker.
>almost a day left and review nda not liftedConcerning.
Reviewer's silence is DEAFENING
Stalker mutants were never from nuclear radiation though. They're all either experiments from the secret labs or mutated from the Lovecraftian reality tear stuff.
>>502723178>zero fucks given about OSHA>jerry rigged exposed cables with 100V/180A current>exposed running generator belt>smoking a cig>squattingI don't know what else you'd add to this to make it even more Slavic, checks just about every Iron Curtain homegrown engineer checkbox.
>>502725923In my canon they can stem from all three simultaneously
>he didn't play the Stalker 2 early access 2023 releasecouldn't be me
>>502726216Yes because I'm not a r*ZZian subhuman to download and play stolen builds :^)
>>502726216post leaks or fag
>>502726414>stolenLMAOI will gladly "steal" a copy of Stalker 2 when it releases.
This will be /sg/ in 2 days: >>>/v/694959961
>>502726737I posted enough in the past threads. There are plenty of pics from anons other than me.
>>502727007looking forward to it. The cyberpunk release threads were great. The game being absolute dogshit resulted in so much funposting.
>>502721438>>502721558am I retarded or do boars take more damage when you shoot them in the ass?
>>502727513Ask your sister
>>502727705>anon ends up having anal incest with his sister because of /sg/ greentext
>>502716352E D E E K O M N Y E H
>>502716352>Strelok is Strilok>Sidorovich is Sydoroviich>Ukranian army is retconned and now it was the perimeter security all alonglol
>>502726216What's that weird black outline behind the character?
>>502728428what does that mean u autist
>>502728816you didn't play CoP?
>>502728745dw, that's an old versionGSC has taken care of the issue :)
>>502728816lol, newfag outs himself
>>502728910Thank G*d!
>>5027289073 playthroughsI dont fucking remember this face or phrase
>>502728428kek, based
>ue5>gsci can see the 4090s struggling to get 60fps on medium
>>502728907>>502729309its the monolith brainwash phrase at the sarcophagus in soc
>Magazine system>Pouch system>Inventory volume system>Body health system>Diseases system>Weapon/armor part kit repair system>Craft system>Rusty ammo system>Skinning and cooking meat system>Realistic corpse search system>Urination and defecation systemBASED OR CRINGE?
>>502730093oh right, soc, not cop, it's been awhile. I knew it was constantly said in those hallways as you advanced
>>502730208>Magazine system>Pouch system>Inventory volume system>Body health system>Weapon/armor part kit repair systembased>Craft system>Rusty ammo system>Skinning and cooking meat system>Realistic corpse search systemcould be good but it's probably too much>Diseases system>Urination and defecation systemdefinitely too much
>>502730706>this is based>B-B-BUT THIS IS DEFINITELY TOO MUCHWhat a hypocrisy...
>>502730706>>Magazine system>>Pouch system>>Inventory volume system>>Body health system>>Weapon/armor part kit repair system>basedI have yet to hear a more horrible opinion. The Tarkov general is down the hall and to the left.
>>502731172i will make a tarkov mod and it will be a strict upgrade to the base game
>>502730208unnecessary tarkov bloat, kys nigga
>>502726847Stealing is a mortal sin and is bad for your soul
EEDEEKAMNYEE
>>502730706In my opinion it's simpler. If any of this is forced to all NPC's, with unique animation and behaviuor, then it's fucking based. If only a player forced to this, then it's fake and cringe. Seeing stalkers peeing and shitting, or moreover, a unique reaction to how you look at them during this process, right up to NPC aggression, would be truly immersive and great
needless 'realism' and time consuming bloat who's only outcome is putting a pause to actual gameplay needs to stay away. Keep your tarkov style trash, it has no place in stalker.
>>502730208>Magazines>Inventory volume (assuming it means that the grid inventory has a limited amount of space that you need to manage)>Body health BasedEverything else is gay though.>But muh tarkov Have you niggers played any games that aren't either stalker or tarkov?
>gtx1060 and 1080p720p low, full cinematic 30fps experience
>>502731343Whew, good think I'm not stealing anything. I'm merely making a copy for my own enjoyment.
>>502731675xbox ses expirience
>>502732148it's my fault for only playing Rollercoaster Tycoon, Stalker, and TF2 for the last 8 years
>>502723503I think that was from the Xbox release. I wouldn't be surprised if the devs disabled some graphical effects like this for the Xbox release and it's a graphics settings for the PC release. At least I'm hoping that's the case.
>>502732532if that's good enough for you, I don't see the problem. It's a lot better than buying all the crap they advertise to you every year.
>>502731445>If any of this is forced to all NPCI'll clarify - if this is a complex alife script with full simulation and stats. The script to piss and shit must take into account the consumed drink, food and diseases. It must also work in offline alife - if an NPC poop a shit on the other side of the zone from you, then you can come there and find shit if it hasn't been eaten yet by blind dogs or pseudodogs, who also do this in offline alife mode. The chance is low, since they can smell shit even when they are in a neighboring level and have high priority on moving to new shit, but you can teleport and make sure. And to clearly demonstrate the coolness of this feature - 100% chance of PDA alife notification from each stalker who just poop a shit with a text like "oof, damn, I dumped a fucking big pile near the duty base, check that highest tower on rostok after the blowout for expensive artifact!".
>>502731658Please make your own tetris thread, blocks is objective worse than liter text, because seeing tens of the same items like medkits and bandages is just sucks
>>502730208>Diseases systemhi_flyer won
>>502732532BasedYou don't need to spend thousands of dollars to enjoy games on pc.
They removed any mention of A-Life from the Steam page
stalker 2 really looks like a Metro exodus mod but a well done one. not a bad thing
>>502733742OH NO NO NO
>>502733742Holy fucking shit what are they doing lmfao
can russians buy this game with the war going on?i had someone tell me once they dont play EFT because it's supporting russian
>>502733742Just posting this here in case they try to remove it from their official website too. Getting a little worried tbdesu
>>502733742ill let the preorder cucks find out
>>502733742>You now remember that one journo bitching about how a quest-giver got killed while he was away>yfw journo bitching got them to remove A-Life
>>502734010i dont want a well done metro, i want a well done stalker.
I'm keeping my expectations very low for A-life in stalker 2, but what were some notable things that occurred as a result of A-life being a thing in the earlier games? Was it just npcs that you happened to come across again in different sections or was there something more tangible to it? Genuinely curious. I never paid much attention to how that system interacts with the game world when playing SOC and COP.Anyone have good stories to share of a-life?
>>502733742yep, its console slop now
Two days.Can't really believe it's actually happening.
>>502733742Been having a rock bottom the past couple moths (binge drinking, taking pills, burnt the bridge on a decade old relationship in the past two weeks) and if stalker 2 somehow turns out below my already steeped expectations I think it's going to be the final thing that breaks me bros
>>502734637I think it might be possible but probably convoluted. The hardest part is probably finding a way to pay for the purchase since Russia was kicked off that financial / currency exchange system. Maybe you could somehow get around it with some type of crypto conversion to another currency, but even that might be difficult since you would probably be limited to only exchanging for rubles which limits your options. The next hurdle would be geo restrictions but that is easy to over come with VPNs.
>>502722208I see /v/ermin is invading the thread already.
>>502723585>>wow I found le Wolf/Strelok/Artem/XYZ>>wow I found le new artifact/weapon/suit>>omfg i keep crashing in XYZ>>wow this area is a pain in the ass anyone found a solution>>favourite weapons so far stalkans?>>favourite character so far stalkans?>>enjoying the game so far stalkans?>>comfy *insert screen #59329520000052 of stalkurs sitting at campfire/ bar location/ pretty landscape*Sounds comfy nglcan't wait to talk about stalkurs with my stalkur bros
>>502733742>it only gets betterCyberpunk 2 launch incoming. I suggest you guys tune in to the Stalker subreddit. They are already trying to come up with a few excuses (maybe the ones who pre-ordered).
>>502736239t. normie who cries about normie invasion
>>502735914i think i saw another post like this before
>>502733742>it just gets betterThis is Cyberpunk levels of launch brewing. I suggest you guys take a look at the stalker subreddit. They are already coming up with a few excuses: "it's just marketing for new players to understand"
>>502733742if its good. it doesnt matter if its A-Life
>>502734803>>502733742In discord, they mentioned that A-life would not be downgraded on console so there's that
>>502736036this general wont be back to normal for a long time, it might change forever.
>>502736326>>502736663Fuck. I thought my post didn't go.
>>502733742
>>502737015try this game instead
>>502733742>change phrasingwoooow so disaster many rage Can you faggots stop whining about imaginary issues as if seeing something new fail is the only thing that relieves your virgin sexual frustrations?
>>502736920That's sad. I completely forgot about stalker threads here and only arrived a few weeks. Discussion was miles better and well behaved than the shit throwing contest on /v/. I guess I'll see you stalkanbros in a few months when only the true ones stay
stalker deux equis
>>502736663Or that it's a steam page bug lmfao
>>502737221nice damage control shill
>>502737440What a natural and organic post, /v/ermin.
>>502732532>only playing Rollercoaster Tycoon, Stalker, and TF2 for the last 8 years
>>502737548YOU YOU DOUBLE
>>502737389It's not a bug. Wayback Machine confirms it indeed was changed.The cope:>If they can't use word "A-life" maybe the system it's not fully built by them. Maybe they use some features of UE5 for the AI and by that not being able to brand it in their own way.
>>502737221
>>502737501>reeee stop notyycing!!same to you hohol
On behalf of all newfags I saylol the zone is scary skibidi toilet mod when
>>502737221>advanced ai blah blahIt means exactly nothingWhen you call something A-Life people know what to expectThey took it away so I guess it's not A-Life
>>502736874"pc and console versions are equal" isn't the reassurance most people think it is.Devs have a way of saying things that are technically true, but still omit much of what is actually going on.
>>502737636>game has a huge map made up of gamebryo chunks>retards still hope there'll be a-life simulation in the unloaded chunksLol, lmao
>>502736326Place your bets, how long will it take for them to reach for the ultimate deflection of any criticism of GSC and STALKER 2?
>>502737714yeah.. it's not a-life.
stalker didnt have to be on xbox
>>502737697DAE get liminal backrooms vibes from pripyat and chornobyl??? SCP mod in stalker would be omega bussin
>>502737973The moment the game drops, of course kek
>>502736663https://blackshellmedia.com/2017/08/12/a-life-an-insight-into-ambitious-ai/A-life makes the world dynamic. Stalkers/mutants move from place to place, fight/loot each other, and make decisions in real-time to do things such as resting, hunting, or taking territory (like the parties in the Mount and Blade games a little bit). The reason stalker modding community has had so much success is not because of the milsim ultra hardcore tarkov masochism shit it has added, but because it has pushed the a-life to its limits (as the a-life has been gimped out of the box in every stalker release, s2 might be no exception in this regard). A-life unfortunately does make the game unpredictable. Most infamously, important npcs and quest givers can die and its also very performance intensive. We may get the same gimped a-life, because of that unfortunately.
but what did A-Life do for YOU?Share stories, literally anything. I'd like to know.
>>502732647The footage from developer deep dive was specifically mentioned as a pc version and it didn't have dynamic shadows for flashlight. Since it's ue5 it'll probably be easy to force it through the config or console, but still.
>>502738054>>502737697https://voca.ro/1lDkK8lCuDQZ
>>502737623https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEuG4fpY1JE
if a-life is gone i'm just going to stop playing videogames for a year or two
>>502733742As someone who played and knows this series for ever 10 years nowWhat the fuck is A-life?
>>502737931Yeah, RIP.
>>502733742Shadow of Chernobyl doesn't have any mention of A-Life on the Steam page.
https://youtu.be/_PV4yPhqE6s>made things for which the entire Anomaly and Gamma community would switch to their mod, suck their cock and shower them with donates>shoot themselves in the foot by forcing players to the most idiotic homosexual gameplay loopHAHAHA. Why are they such sadomasochists? Why do they love the barin's boot and bottle in their ass so much? They HAD absolutely every opportunity to completely lure away absolutely the entire audience of the every anomaly packs. Its a fact. It's not too late for them to come to their senses and realize this.
>>502738516It's never been more Chernover.
>>502738346A-Life is just the shitposting we did along the way.
>>502738179they think its cool because the devs invented their own ai systemmost devs dont do thatif stalker 2 has bad ai its going to be borring like farcry.
>>502723503Certified Lumen moment.
>>502738172>2017
>>502738943Lumen is more than capable of rendering dynamic shadows.
>Lumen momenthttps://youtu.be/I_WhqUmtnLI
>>502733742Reminder that NONE of the original games have A-Life either.
>>502738179Only beat these games in October, so I'm still a newfag.Many times I got to see dogs dragging away mercs or bloodsuckers bodies after killing them in SoC. Also many times I would pass a safe area held by duty in wild territory only to return to them all dead and snorks holding the area.In CS it runs the entire faction war system causing constant war with territories changing hands a lot.In CoP I would usually just see mutants fighting because that game lets you easily befriend everyone so the Zone is oddly safe, though occasionally I saw loners and bandits skirmishing.It's not the most revolutionary thing but it adds a lot of variety and character to the Zone. I don't think it's gone though given they mentioned it too much in interviews and Q and A's.
Its...Over?
>>502738179In VoA stalker from beginning of garbage helped me to kill military on medpribor. He was in group with 2 stalkers and fight with bandits and bloodsuckers. He walked from there to the factory with the military and it was very immersive to walk next to him and shoot the passing boars on the medpribor. Unfortunately, everything norther of middle of the garbage was absolutely static. I hope it will be better in OLR 3.0, I haven't played it yet and I'm waiting for the SOP Standalone release to completely fix all bugs and mistakes.
>>502738369No one?
>>502739795Read the link some anon posted a few minutes ago.
>>502738172>>502739905Thanks anon
>>502739329>not revolutionaryThat's what I'm trying to understand, do we really need A-Life specifically to replicate these things?Obviously I don't want any system to be 'worse' than entries from decades prior, but just to play devil's advocate what could a-life do that localized AI couldn't? Mutants dragging bodies, and in-fighting, regenerating new NPcs, can (and have) all seem to have be done in systems other than A-life. >>502739763So this was just complete chance it played out this way? Pretty cool. It seems like it is sheer luck across how players interact with A-Life. With it being a background process for things outside the players proximity and control, it doesn't seem like it'd reveal itself as "wow, there's that A-Life everyone was talking about"
>>502739108But they are much more resource-intensive than those without Lumen, because in place of these shadows you need to draw indirect reflected light from the flashlight.Although nothing prevented GSC from using a raster light without lumen for the flashlight...
>>502735230Stalkers would shoot at one another and at mutants.
>>502735230You would get to a certain section and find literally nothing, then passing by later mercs and dogs fucking going at each other
>>502736874That just means the PC version was downgraded so that consoles could run.Thanks microshit.
>>502740256a-life is about npcs actively going around the zone and doing stuff.it makes the zone feel more alive. good example are the skadovsk or yanov station. random stalkers walk in and out there all the time. you hear them leaving the zone and fighting random mutants. sometimes you join the fights. sometimes they die and you collect their gear.any npc could get into a fight with mutants or enemy factions.it creates "LE EMERGENT" gameplay, too.I used to sort of cheese it to get better weapons when I was a little noob.they now changed the description from THAT to "enemies are le hard".
>a-life is still mentioned everywhere but the steam storefront page, which was rewritten overall anyway>/v/edditors still incapable of comprehending anything existing outside of steam
clear sky pisses me off way more than soc and cop
>>502740990maybe it's more so the fact that it was removed. It had to have been a conscious decision, there's going to be a lot of prospective buyers on Steam.
>>502740843there is not enough local simulation like in Bethesda where NPCs doing routine work on bases and talk with each others. There is a basis for this in xray, you just need to make a lot of voice lines, animations and set up behavior and routes
>it's still there>who cares, it's not that important>it's NOT there and it's a GOOD thing chud!Hmm a familiar shilling pattern...
>>502738179Playing SoC for the first time I saw a bunch of flesh rush the military under the bridge and slaughter them. I thought it was fucking crazy that they just did that on their own, without a quest or anything telling the NPCs to do that.
pretty sure a-life is still there retards
fact check: a-life actually wasn't removed. Sorry chuds
>>502742420Unlikely, guy who was working on a-life has been out of commission for over 2 years due to severe injuries from the conflict
>>502742687oh then maybe not. i swear i heard it was still in recently
we know exactly nothing about a-life except a few lines in a preview.and the game is about to release.this reeks of shit.and the steam page edit doesnt help.
>>502742420Could just be they changed the wording bc most people have no fucking idea what a-life is and google doesnt explain it either
how are you guys going to test the presence of A-life once your in stalker 2?
there is nothing to test numbwit.either the npcs act like they did in the past or they dont.
>>502733742It is quite literally over. Not shitposting this time.
>>502741190I think they got lazyThe freedom mission where you have to kill one pseudodog
>>502733742>look it up>it's realHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA
>>502742863They've mentioned it multiple times in interviews vlad
>>502745448>multiple times>"yes alife its there )))) blyat">"yes alife is real and there is bubbles for AI">not a single demonstrationokay
>tfw playing stalker 2 with B-Life
>>502745269Im roping
artefact lamp looks pretty cool, seems like the people who dropped mad money on a collectors edition actually got some decent plastic tat for once instead of complete shit
>>502744004by completely ignoring the story the instant i hit rookie village and going off exploring instead
>>502746748>artifact lamp>look inside>it's just Jupiter
>>502723242>nothingcuck
>>502747032shut up faggot bible worshippers are worst brainwashed subhuman dogs in existence
>>502747032>i need to believe in sky daddy otherwise my life has no meaning and i may as well act like an animal
GSC, if you're reading this:If this game is anything less than a 6/10 I will be pirating it and I will buy Atomic Heart full price. I won't even play Atomic Heart. But I will buy it. Look forward to hearing from you!
>>502747032braindead monolith chanters are literally a parody of you retards
>>502723242>>502747032>>502747348So this is what /sg/ is gonna be like for the next couple of months, huh?
>>502747571so it seems
>>502747571Get ready for giga shitposting if A-life 2.0 really is out of the game lmao
>>502747428Sergei here. I'll send a borrowed drone from my friend Zelensky with a reply. :^)
False alarm boysSorry for the mindfuck
>>502721438>the boars in SoC were unmutatedNot exactly unmutated, they've got two pairs of ears and the encyclopaedia article describes how radiation has "drastically changed their appearance", like how they mostly went bald with only bits of fur still remaining, their hooves deformed into a claw-like shape and so on.Surely, it wasn't anything like the abomination on the bottom right >>502720178 but they still looked clearly mutated.
>>502746801>there are people IN THIS THREAD that are going to just follow the next point of progress without spending a month in game time beforehandPearls before swine.
>>502747571>>502723585
>>502747834STALKERBROS...WE ARE SO FUCKING BACK
>>502748127i have literally never finished a stalker gamei only play these games for the survivalist faction war vibes
O-Lofe
>>502748173Something something Strelok hunting himself metaphor
GOTY
>>502746748>>502748246>Plastic tat isnt shit>A-life still inDoomposters on suicide watch
>>502747834>>502748246Are their marketers just retarded or something? How did they think they could just remove the mention of a fan-favorite feature without any sort of backlash? I figured there would still be something in the game like A-Life considering they were hyping it up in previews just a few weeks ago, and they would always be able to fall back on "well of course it wasn't going to be like the old games silly :)" if it ended up being shit, so them deciding to remove the mention of it altogether on the store page and get a small controversy in the process is just bizarre to me.
>>502748987It was just meaningless change. I doubt they put any thought into.
>>502747345>>502747348>>502747496you mad as fuck.live in glass house, shouldn't throw bricks :^)cant wait for you tourists to fuck off
>>502749279what glasshouse faggot? huh?
>>502749342retard pls
>>502749438i dont worship anything so there is no glasshouse you absolute fucking retardhush hush go kys
I almost cancelled my preorder brehs
>>502749486retard pls
>have whatever tf AI system implement that has no semblance of previous A-Life>"Yeah, it's A-Life 2.0"Ought to still be skeptical. They could do anything with the AI and call it "A-life 2.0", who's to know the difference? If they aren't doing technical showcases of how this 'upgraded' system works compared to its predecessors or even representations of what could happen or how it differentiates with literally any other open world game, why are we taking their word even at face value?
>>502748987>>502749157Looks to me they are just fucking stupid.If I was "modern audience" I would be intrigued by a tech term like A-Life, maybe I would research it, maybe I would decide it's too complicated and just leave it but I would certainly not have, like they seem to think, a seizure with my brain leaking out of my ears because my third eye had trouble opening trying to process what I'm looking at. They hold normies in lowest possible regard, so they removed it.Only thing it did was freak out the veterans and it was so, so predictable
Alright boys, heres the card.
>>502749990middle box should've been "tee hee, slav jank amirite XD"
>>502749648yeah, no skepticism here! JUST HYPE!OH MA GAWD I CANT WAIT! MY ENTIRE LIFE I WAITED FOR THIS! I HAVE NO PURPOSE BUT TO GIVE GSC 60 DOLLARS!
>>502749815>Looks to me they are just fucking stupid.Anon, you are talking about the dudes who share builds of the game through P2P... I'm sure they are very committed and hardworking but yeah kek
>>502749990>artefactsFound my first bug
>>502749990yes make sure to get both sides so no matter what is winner yes
more importantly, is teethtech(tm) still in?
>>502749990stupid image is stupid.
>>502749990so close
>>502750196sounds like a winner to me
>>502750594circle “you can disable that”, they confirmed you can turn off stuff like yellow markers and hud elementscant wait for the meltdown on 20th
A-live 2.0 just isn't the same.They've already found bugs where stalkers' AI logic gets 'stuck'. One instance where about 20 NPCs are found gathered in a strange ditch, pointing their guns in the air like Counter Strike bots while strafing into each other. Combat voice lines played repeatedly with no shots fired.A ~15GB pre-release patch just dropped for xbox, and that didn't seem to change anything about A-live 2.0.
>>502753107Proofs?
This general is getting progressively more unhinged the closer we get to release.
>>502753107>stalkers' AI logic gets 'stuck'. One instance where about 20 NPCs are found gathered in a strange ditch, pointing their guns in the air >Combat voice lines played repeatedly with no shots fired.>isn't the same??? Sounds like good old AI from the previous games to me.
>>502749990
I fell asleep at 9 PM and woke up at 2:20 AM. Is that enough sleep?
>steam hardware survey>At least 31.67% of users have GPUs equivalent to or better than an RTX 2070 SUPER, including AMD, and Intel GPUs.>68.33% of users will not be able to run the game on Medium at 1080p 60FPS.
>>502753319Weird to witness. Guess the /V/tards are at the gates
>skyrim textures
>>502754530No, but it's better than anything less.
>>502753319Yeah, clearly /v/ is leaking here, unfortunately.
told yall this general would change for goodim still proposing a split
>>502755154What kind of split? Stalker General and Stalker 2 General?
>>502755154its the same as always.t. frequent visitor
>>502753107You made this up but it still sounds like SOUL to me
>>502754961Thanks
https://streamable.com/hh2drd
>Less than 2 days to goHow we feeling?
>>502756795Excited
>>502756795Optimistic, but I'm expecting Shadow of Chernobyl Remastered Lite, though.
>>502756795Excited. I'm probably gonna have my students watch a movie on Wednesday while I browse reviews. Plan on playing as soon as I get off work.
ah yes.
>>502756795Obsessed unfortunately, I equally look forward to the game and to stopping being a terminally online forum-browsing ratStalker is my favourite vidya
>>502754591>5-6 years old mid gpu is enough to play next gen title on the most fucked up engine with 60fps and not the lowest settingsOk nevermind, perhaps the most fucked up engine for open world games is reengine
>>502756795concernedi really hope i get BTFO and the game's great but im not feeling it right now
anyone else watching these random 8000 subscriber youtubers yap about stalker 2 'news'
>>502757206Ah yes we’ve been expecting you
>>502756795weird mix of excited and boredthere isn't enough leaks or prerelease marketing to really have anything to talk about, but russian seething is fairly entertaining to see but, again, without anything to actually talk about it boils down to seething vs laughing at it and that's kind of itgame just needs to come out so we can get to seething with substance
>>502756795Uneasy I think I'm still going to try and play it day one though, probably just going to wait until the journo reviews drop just to make sure it isn't such a massive disaster that even they start handing out low scores, before pre-ordering at the last minute so I can start downloading the second it unlocks
>>502757412It will never live up to some people's expectation, that's for sure. I mean just look at the comments saying the game looks like shit, or the blood effect is awful, or the textures are bad, or whatever else you can conjure, some people just want to shit on things for the sake of saying something is bad.
>>502756795Excited. I see no actual point to shit on this game. It's not like stalker is being released every year, or even every few years. It was fucking 15 years.
>>502757657It's not even expectations. People tend to shit on modern games just because it's cool and what most of the media do these days. I'm sure people who actually like stalker are excited to play it, even if it wouldn't be perfect.
>>502756795the one youtube comment leaker seems to like it despite playing on beginner and adhd zoning out whenever he's in a camp and has to talk to someone so as long as it doesn't turn into some sort of scam game that's 80% incomplete it should be solid. It still wouldn't shock me if 60% of the map is CoP Pripyat style identical empty office buildings though
>>502757414No I block every channel like this that pops up for me.
>>502756795
How hasn't anything been leaked yet ?
i've never played stalker before but i'm looking forward to this a lot. i know old games are good but i'm just too much of a zoomer for any kind of jank so i've been avoiding playing the originals.
>>502758284kino
>>502758528we got a some leaks from people that are playing it on xbox early but it's all just pictures of menus and that intro mission shown off at event demos.
>>502758829I think the start up screen would be better if they were overlooking the CNPP
>>502758579define the jank ?
>>502758579At least tried to play some of the fancy mods. There's a lot to appreciate in them.
>>502758579A lot of modern releases are much worse or unplayable, sometimes even worse than clear sky without patches, lol. Whatever, it's bait anyway.
>>502758829i saw the backpack animation video too
>>502754530Lol wtf fucking the same. I dunno 5 hours seems enough...
>>502758829i hope stalker 2 has blood and goreprobably wont cause its on xbox
Never played mods, never read the book, never watched the movie, never played the first three gamesWill play the shit out of STALKER 2 and there is literally zero you can do about it. SEETHHEEEEEEE
>>502759151playing clear sky abr right now. its not bad.graphics and lighting looks good and texturelots of guns but im not rich yetall the guns you pick up from dead people are in good condition . i dont think there is a weight limit
>>502759329uhhh mortal kombat is on xbox?
>>502759329Well it has blood.
>>502759329in one of the trailers a dog gets ripped in half.
>>502758579Understandable. I needed a gateway to get into them at first too. I would really recommend looking into OGSR Legacy if you want a really overhauled experience. I know a lot of people will say that's too much, but if you just cannot get into those original games and vanilla+ mods like Memories of the Zone aren't cutting it, OGSR is a great way to experience SoC.
>>502759489i wasnt thinking about that
>>502759482Clear sky is kinda boring. There's too much shooting the further player progresses, and while gunplay is not that bad, some of the guns have shit accuracy even with upgrades, and it's just too tiresome in general because of how much enemies there are. Clearly surfing through locations and killing hundreds of enemies isn't something that looks or feels like stalker. And the main gameplay gimmick of the game isn't working since fraction war is boring and very simple. Also yeah it's very cool to have a super atmospheric setting about exclusion zone and just turn it into a fucking warzone between thousands of random people.
>there are people playing physical xbox copies RIGHT NOW>zero leakswhere did it all go so wrong
All 31 guns confirmed for stalker 2
>>502759385You should watch Annihilation then.
>>502760196>no deagleits OVER
>>502760196>no abakan and only three pistolsOh yeah, on the other side it's super great to have two identical aks
>>502760196pretty underwhelming, only three handguns?No mosin? SKS?yeah yeah mods n all that, but come on.
>>502760441>Mod supportWE ARE SO BACK
>>502752094its already been happening, meltdown from all zigger doomposters.Tjey will be the biggest trolls still when it gets released.mfw Roooosia imprisons them for being in posession of the game
>>502760196No way there's not a fucking mosin or sks
>>502760196hk416 but no ak74M or ak12? what's going on
>>502757370>next gen title
>>502760719I havent followed development at all, is their gun modding? You could maybe get the equivalent of an AK74MAs for the AK12, who cares lol
>>502760678I remember mosin was in the leaked build (well it doesn't mean it'll be in the release version). Also there is at least one more confirmed shotgun from the trailers that isn't on the picture.
>>502760730I believe ue5 is the state of the art modern engine and all that? Okay it's fair that initially the game was developed on ue4 I'll give you that.
>>502754591>in the middle of slowly upgrading>gpu is now an rtx 4070 ti super>cpu is still i7 8700 (non k)1080p bros, we rise!
>>502760196>No 9x19 pistolSeems kind of gay to not have a 9mm NATO pistol to go along with the SMGs, but whateverAlso I'm pretty sure this one is wrong, doesn't include the APS which has been shown a few times and it doesn't seem to line up that well with other "confirmed weapons" lists I've seen. And I've seen no indication that there's going be both a usable AK-74 AND an AKS-74, seems more likely that it would just be the latter.>>502760520>>502760678>>502760719>wtf no weapons that were only ever in mods???Where did you people come from
>>502760520>muh mosin>muh low tier ru jank weaponsthey dont care about you.
>>502760196would have liked to see a scar instead of the carmelalso the tavor and the malyuk are too similar
>>502760821>is their gun modding?allegedly yes.
>>502760821>>502761114i dont really care about the ak12 but it just seems odd that you can find malyuks (~2017), vectors (~2009), and tavors (~2001) in (current day?) chernobyl but not at least ak103s or ak12s.
Do you bratans sometimes imagine what kind of joy is awaiting us if the game is actually good?The preparation before each excursion, leaving camp in the morning loaded with ammo and repaired gear, the strolls through the Zone, might hunt for artifacts, the unexpected encounters, an odd mutant ambush, locations to check out, could happen upon some Roadside Picknick weirdness, might do a lab, might fight a burer, walk out and it's evening, the ambient shifts to a darker note, not so much ammo or meds anymore.The exploration, fuck me, for the first time in 17 years we are not in the same old hubs or modded A-Life deserts, but a full big open world and it's home
>>502760196>as valhome
>>502761138there is and its just the exacrt same as old games but slightly extended
>>502760196>dp-12not a pubg gun
why the fuck are there two israeli guns
>>502719343>runs across the zone to save a toddler from the pain of being aliveIts the owner thats the problem!
What can I run it at with i5-11400h and an RTX 3060 laptop gpu with only 16gb of ram?Can I hit 60 fps medium 1080p?Am I going 720p upscale gaming?
>>502760196What guns would you want to see modded in first, stalkers?
>>502727513They take less damage from the front yes
>>502760520
it's a fucking game, they have the groza and only like 3000 of them were ever madethis game doesnt need to be like tarkov in terms of guns
>>502760196the only thing i dont like about this is, way too less AK variants. where is the AN94?
>>502761194good things don't happen, anon
>>502760196>over and undernot side by sidewhat were they thinking
>>502761194Imagine the modding
>>502761678i needed an aek 971
who asked for this
>>502758284Some men really just need a basic sense of belonging and that's enough for some of us to go postal. Can't wait for Chornobylvich 2: Faggot of SPEDyat to convince me that I didn't commit more of my income tax to Ukraine so I'm a bad person and a literal Nazi though. Maybe Stockholm Syndrome is something that we should adopt as a species - just loving eating our own shit.
>>502761194Yeah, I'm happy that this time the game reached actual release. From all of the footage it's at the least feels and sounds like a stalker game. The map looks super big, and I'm sure gameplay can't be worse than in other modern open world games lol.
>>502761678This if there isn't the AN94 i'm rioting
>>502761564LR-300 (and all of the other guns that didn't make it from the trilogy for that matter)Mosin if it's not already in as the slav equivalent to the Remington 700An Uzi (preferably full-sized)
>>502761874I've seen a lot of people shit on the Carmel. Why?
>>502761646people forgetting that the original trilogy was full of rare or unrealistic guns. The orginal trilogy had some guns that would'v been rare in the zone like the LR300, the F2000, the groza and the deagle, while also having literal unicorn guns like the AN94. Even the base AK74 is a crazy rare russian border guard variant.Realistic weapon choices have never been a thing in stalker!
>>502761874lol 5.56should have been a bigger assault rifle
>>502762014a sig 550 is sexy also
>>502761942rare AN94 will be found in hidden wooden box deep in forest )))) just do much digging ))))
>>502762014It's kind of sad that an94 didn't make it. Not that it's a must have weapon or anything but at least it can have an actual gameplay gimmick.
>>502762014I'm more sad the LR-300 is gone.
>>502762014personally i'm just happy i can make it realistic with mods. and it's cool that the groza isnt in a game that isn't a zoomie shooter like cod.
>>502761874carmeldansen
>>502761746The TOZ-34 is a classic STALKER shotgun, man.
>>502760196I really hope there are special named versions of some of the guns like there were in CoP.
>>502760196Not bad. A lot of bullpups, too. I hope there are some ways to change the appearance of the guns. Oh well, nothing mods wont fix.
>>502760196>only three(3) pistols>no 9x19 pistol out of the threethat can't be right
Gimme some good CoP mods please. I just finished SoC with AMK and CS with ABR.
>>502762353Yeah not having a 1911 or a 92FS seems weird.
yeah but the gun explode
>>502762324There are confirmed special named versions as dlcs in different versions of the game. I suppose it means there can be also those that can be obtained in the base game.
>>502761076Yikes that cpu is really bottlnecking the system. Thankfully you can probably jack it up to 4k or some shit to off load your cpu a bit
>>502762446What?
>>502762367xrMPE, it has fully functional coop for 4 players. Also runs on modified engine with removed stutters and have gunslinger guns.
>>502761194I just want a stalker stalker game. Mods will come eventually but i want the base to be a good. A good story, shooting mechanics, etc. The survival stuff is nice but my autism has a very specific niche, so im not asking for much there. Give me immersion, and itll make me happy.
>>502762353>>502762396There's also an APS at the very least, I don't think whoever put this image together was aware of thatAlso I'm pretty sure that there's supposed to be an extra few weapons outside of what's been shown, it's entirely possible that there's a 9x19 pistol that they just haven't bothered showing off in any trailers
>>502762598I don't have friends that play stalker
>>502762561Rhino Revolver “Model Competitor” Viper “Monolith” SMG Fora-221 Assault Rifle, “Lullaby” D12 Smoothbore Shotgun, “Margach D12MT” PTM pistol “Monolith” AR416 “Monolith” Integral-A SMG “Riemann” Lavina SA Assault Rifle "Gabion" M701 Sniper Rifle “Hunter” M860 Shotgun “Monolith” Also a bunch of suits.
>>502762832Oooh nice
>the bunch of modders all rushing to first make the Stalker 2 Complete Edition and self touting as "the definitive way to play"
>>502761076ur retarded
>>502762832>4 different guns simply named "Monolith"That's...creative.
>>502761874>tavor>carmelDespite being 0.2% of the population, they consist of 6% of the total guns... Coincidence...? I think not
>>502761874Totally random to put this gun into the game, BUT it's not a bad looking one, it's kind of sexy, I don't care about irl ballistics or lore, if it sounds and feedbacks right I'm happy with it
>SHoC Update 1.4STALKER 2 SOON
>>502762417so they added buttstock and flashlight thats itthose didnt exist in og right
>>502762712i'll play xrMPE with you
>>502762417is this ingame modding in s2 or what
cheeki breeki
>>502749990>It doesn't have to be tacticalIt doesn't>It doesn't need ammo/attachment varietyIt doesn't>Factions aren't that importantThey're not>It doesn't need gun varietyIt doesn'tThis was almost assuredly made by a gamma faggot
>>502761876what the fuck are you talking about anon
>>502763554looks like there are multiple parts of the guns where you can do multiple modifications within>>502763774this is from a dev blog in 2001 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmz71WI9qtk
>>502760196I find it highly conspicuous that there's multiple Israeli weapons included in this game
I didn't even know jews had guns
>>502762832Well at least theres a gucci monolith hk416. Wish they used the real gun names, I have no idea what any of these are.
>>502764584its true, the jews are taunting you. they smell the weakness of your cucked liberal degeneracy, and exploit it with jewish firearm propaganda.
>>502764576this is all the wsame shit we already had.only buttstocks are new.
>>502764584Wait until you'll learn about who president of Ukraine is.
>>502756795Excited, but worried that I may finally learn how much of a toaster my computer really is.
https://youtu.be/O8uyhbq5Vmg?si=YH3xCKUTaXg-FCIQlooks good but i dont like the buttons when you go to pick things upits that xbox shitalso they could have picked better looking guns
>>502764809galil and uzi are jewish
Ukraine literally makes Tavors and other Jew guns under license, no surprise that they're adding a few here
>>502765172yeah this shit makes it look like i'm playing metro or some random unreal asset flip game on steam it's just so weirdly out of place compared to how the inventory menu looks
>>502761874>Featured only in one other game>Game studio is based in KievWhat exactly is happening here
>>502761874watch this be exclusively used by Ward
>save guy>stands there like a bot>slight rotation to face youyup, this is stalker alright.
They make anything better than LURK 1.1 yet?
>>502766273in SoC and CS hostages had special animations
>>502766454Small indie team, this is their first game, please understand
>>502766052>Warface dev decides to add a Carmel to the game for reasons completely unknown>Ends up leaving soon after that for whatever reason, winds up at GSC>Gets assigned to working on weapons in some capacity>"I've got an idea for a gun we can add"It's genuinely probably as simple as that
>>502761874>>502765361Add this jewish gun next>>502766454Wasn't it just being tied up (but not actually tied) and then standing once you talked with them?Odd they couldn't even do that much again
Are mercs even in the game? Don't recall a single mention of them.
>>502766708They had their hands on their heads kneeling, but basically yeah
>>502766835Who cares about a meme cannon fodder faction
>>502766967But enough about Freedom!
>>502767041You cheeky bugger
>>502766967Bro you can't just bully Ecologists like that
36 HOURS TILL RELEASE!!!
>>502767574i'm so fucking BOREDWHERE ARE THE LEAKS
>>502767707get a life you fucking ugly nerd
>>502768736don't be rude
>>502769024okay sorry
not sure how i feel about huge glowing balls for bullets
>>502769780i love lobbing snowballs, it makes for such satisfying gunplay!
>>502769780Like how it used to be through all the three games in vanilla? You've played too long with mods
>>502769780>oн нe знaeт
Why are they not shooting back
>>502769323it's ok game comes out soon
>>502770391They're zombied controlled by a controller
>>502769780Have you never played the games unmodded?
just finished clear sky. fuck that pos. at least the ending part. it was super buggy even with that srp mod.
>>502772672Finished the game vanilla again last week, so not sure what's wrong with your copy. Mine worked flawlessly.
>>502772841must be nice
>>502772878It was
i’ve never played stalker before. should i buy stalker 2?
>>502773228Play the original trilogy first
>>502773228What kind of FPS do you like? STALKER is kind of on a league of its own in the sense that it's a bit more slower. It's also very atmospheric and moody.
>>502735386I've been trying to get into OLR3 but the jank is just too much. Is there something similar but doesn't have items disappear or random bug crashes?
>>502773905just play SoC Update 1.4
>>502773228yes
>>502761874>cool semi-futuristic gun added to a game where half the guns are cool semi-futuristic gunsAm I supposed to be mad because it's israeli? Shit dude, not like the IWI Desert Eagle has been in from the start.
>>502760196>confirmed list>uses SOC icon for the gauss rifle>>502760678Why would those pieces of shit be in? Daily fucking reminder the moist nugget and sks were only popular on /k/ because they were dirt cheap at the time before obawmuh added more sanctions.
>>502765404>this UI thing that's been common in every single fucking game for the past 20 years reminds me of this modern indie game trendAre you retarded? Also, FEAR, the first one, the PC game, had similar interaction prompts in 2005. >>502769780>he doesn't know similar huge tracers were in the original trilogy
>women in the zoneFUCKING WHY!!!
>>502763038Despite being 0.2% of the population, they consist of 95% of the total media... Coincidence...? I think not
>>502776727>NO GIRLS ALLOWEDbecause you have no life experience, and they make you piss yourself
>>502775114>cool semi-futuristic gunThis shit looks like your dime a dozen ACR clone, fuck are you on abut niggor? SIG 550 could've been in this slot ffs. Tavor is soulless dogshit too, could've been a 7,62 NATO gun.
>>502776873Nope if women came to the zone in a real life scenario they would be raped to death by the hundreds/thousands of violent horny criminals that live in a place with no laws.
>>502776727Okay I'll generate some lore for you.>Some random Natashka living in Kiev was born in a poor family and was very poorly educated throughout her whole life. Being stupid and desperate, she got married to the brave Ukrainian soldier Danylo, who was later brutally killed by Scar in the zone. Unable to cope with the loss, Natashka entered the zone on the quest to take revenge on Scar, but was unable to find him for a few years. Even still, she stayed in the zone, hoping to one day to find Scar, as well as feeling he husband's presence while she is in the zone, as if he's watching over her.Here, you can have a story about why there's a woman in the zone.
>>502777136>b-but it could have been this generic diamond dozen tacticool gun insteadBlow it out your ass.
>>502777686>SIG 550>tacticoolShut the fuck up retarded niggor
>>502777626>Natashka doesn't get raped and murdered (or murdered and raped) by bandits within 30 minutes of being in the zoneYeah that's not going to fly nigger
>>502777502yeah, thats a cool opinion.this isnt real life, its a video game.
>>502777796Oh it will fly, it will! And every stalker arround her will comment how competent she is and how they respect her.
>>502724360exactly why wouldn't these kinds of things happen in the zone
>>502777912thats not what you said.thats not what I said.try again
>>502777796>being under the influence of the zone, all reproductive functions of those located there are permanently damaged and outright not working. For example, male's penis can't even get hard at all. It's all because the zone itself considers you as sperm traveling to her center, as if in a pursuit to fertilize her, essentially disabling all physical reproduction functions to make you only hers, and actually calling you to her center.Here, you can have some deep lore about why rape don't exist in the zone.
all mosin nagants and SKSs despawned when ukraine cede from the soviet union.that’s a fact.
>>502778091The zone, in game, is a lawless land full of violent criminals that are so horny they have literal quests about porn. They remark that their is no way a woman would survive in the zone. The game is set with the same rules of nature that Earth has, because it is Earth, it is a real place. The narrative of the game is that if a woman enters the zone she will either die, be raped, or be trafficked by violent criminals. Hell even most men don't make it passed rookie village. Your character is an anomaly, being a 1 man army that never dies.Stalker 2 betrays the lore, laws of the world, and consistent narrative to bring "inclusion" to the zone. That's shit writing, no amount of "but she's secretly a badass!" or "she has a deep backstory!" will stop it from being shit writing and a shit decision. Even if you say "well she was protected by a group of men!" it still doesn't make sense, because 9/10 groups of people in the zone get their face melted off by an anomaly or get murdered by bandits/monolith/renegades/military.Fuck you, it's a logical inconsistency because the games follow the rules of the world before modern society became widespread. And before modern society was widespread, villages and towns were pillaged. Women were raped and turned into slaves. That's that.
>>502778335>>502777626>it makes sense if you just make up some retarded headcanonFuck off chatgpt. Go write fanfic and make your own game. No women in the zone.
>>502778406Markings on the soviet PSO scopes translated themselves into ukranian overnight!
>>502778335Then why are there porn magazines and why does barkeep watch softcore porn on his tv?
>>502778779Anon…..
>>502778717>The zone was feeling very patriotic in the last few years and decided to rewrite the history of mankind to delete russian language and soviet era entirely.Here, now you know why HoC is devoid of everything soviet. Also that's why all locations are over the place now.
>>502778541>so horny they have literal quests about porn.Huh?
>>502773228I'd say at least play SoC first, but this game seems to be doing its own story from what I hear so you might be fine.
>>502779385Lol, HoC have almost all old major and even subtle characters, continuing their stories. Sure it has it's own story with the new protagonist but there's just too much old faces, to the point of absurdity. Like the first characters you interact with in the first 15 minutes of gameplay are Herman and Zhorik.
where r the leaks
I'm ready for the ubisloppification of stalker
>>502779659Yeah, it almost feels like a remake of some sort. 80% of the map are familiar POIs, most of the bestiary is the same, same goes for the arsenal. Hope there's more new anomalies at least.
>>502780005Calling it now, guns and armor come in colored tiers.>Common Fora-12s and leather jackets>Rare TRs 301s and Sunrise suits>Epic GP37s and SEVA suits>Legendary Gauss rifles and exoskeletons
>>502779659>Zhorikwtf is I SAID COME IN DONT STAND THERE man doing hanging out with Hermann?assuming it's actually the same guy and not just a reused name
*x-files theme starts playing*
is this a gameplay mechanic or just a cutscene?the kicking part.
looks like we get put into first person view cutscenes quite often during missionsit's gonna suck ass walking into a room and just losing all control of you character to a scripted event
Notice how all pre reviews who talked about the poppy field mentioned Wizard of Oz? Extremely inorganic, was it in a script that GSC gave them?
>>502782278>notice how reviews mention this scene that's similar to very fucking famous movie that had similar situations occurringThough I'm sure you zoomers and alphags somehow have never seen wizard of oz and find it weird how every older generation that has might recognize its themes.
>>502782515That's just that you WANT me to think!I know what you really are!You work for the collective consciousnessYou can't trick me!
this true?https://x.com/JamieMoranUK/status/1858662238527029476
>>502785116yes: >>502782959
leaks out
>>502781953My biggest fear. Fucking Metro...
>>502785295?
>>502782959>>502785197why did they do it?
>>502782959Don’t understand
>>502786082>>502785116
>>502761172Evil Russia guns have no place in wholesome Slava Ukraini game.
>>502786791Still confused
>>502782959>>502785116Why doesn't it download anything for me? I click pre-install, but it only downloaded like 1mb of files and it's not actually downloading the 200GB
>>502747032Based
>>502747496Check out this parody of you.
>>502776727Immersion doesn't make as much money.
I am starting to get worried...
>Given that the STALKER trilogy combined totaled roughly 7.5 square kilometers, Heart Of Chornobyl is approximately 8 times larger than the original series, with a drastically improved level of detail and expanded areas to go alongside it.>This is according to a recent report from the Senior Editor at Insider Gaming, Grant Taylor-Hill. In a now-deleted post on his X (Twitter) account, it looks like the reviews for Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl will be published on November 20, 2024, at 9 AM ET—just two hours before the game officially hits shelves.
>>502775339>Why would those pieces of shit be in?You answered your own question anon, because they are dirt cheap.The fact is that the picture has a lack of hobo phase guns, not that the originals really had too many guns to fill that niche, but an early/early-mid game dmr and sniper would've been a nice addition.And not related to your post, but why the hell is there an M14 instead of a FAL or a G3, ree
You Are ABSOLUTELY NOT READY For STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl
>no mine placed in Strelok's hideout on first entrance>mine placed in hideout on second entrance, with Doc exclaiming it was Strelok's idea in the first place>no mine placed in Strelok's hideout when you arrive during Clear Sky, where he and his group probably came up with the idea to mine it in the first placeSo what gives? None of that makes any sense. Why weren't the mines there during the first and third times you go there?
>>502785810>>502786791updates to games tend to rewrite a shitload of files rather than adding on. So even if the update is only in theory a 2gb update to your total overall storage, it has to download a majority if not all the game all over again just to update. It's stupid. Blame outsourcing to Pajeets. I hope Trump bans all outsourcing.
>>502788936Should have installed Radiophobia 3 or OGSR or AMK or Shadows Addon or basically any other version of SoC instead.
>>502789812The last story beats of SoC feels like a rush-job because it is.
>>502789756i just watched the movie the other night and am re-reading roadside picnic, the only way i can get more prepared is if i bum-rushed the games real quick but i don't have enough time or care to do so
>>502790173Tsk. Fake fan.
>>502790307call me what you want, i only play coc/anomaly modmaxxed nowadays, if i start up soc i ignore the main quest and just pull jobs in bar/rostok, if i start up cs or cop i just fuck around until i get bored.
>>502790673Eeeww!!!!!!!
Why was C-Con so hellbent on keeping Strelok's group from the center of the zone in CS? Everything points to this being Strelok's first time, which means he probably was going there to find the wish granter and nothing more. Wouldn't C-Con have just you know, let him find the wish granter and melted his brain or whatever? But instead they decide to emission blast like 50 times all for this 1 guy?
>>502791512Because Clear Sky is pointless
>>502791512>>502791786correct me if i'm wrong but strelok was the first stalker to reach the wish granter, wasn't he? most stalkers barely get close to cnpp before getting their brains melted and reassigned
>>502791512It was Strelok’s second time to the CNPP by the time of CS
>>502792367Then what was the first?
I saved 2k to build a new computer for stalker2. Car breaks down this morning, gonna cost all of that plus more. 2 fucking days before release day. FUCK.no stalker 2 until next year some time for me now. feels bad man.
>>502776743Oy vey shut /sg/down
>>502778335https://arch-img.b4k.co/vg/1731958308753.jpg
>>502776727if there are women in stalker 2 you can bet either we'll be able to kill them on sight or someone will make a mod allowing it and rape options
>>502782959>140 Grigo bytes patchnow that's a lot of fixes!
>>502792528Just walk
>>502791512>>502791881Strelok's group got the reputation of traveling beyond brain scorcher. They got to the npp and figured out there's something more to wish granter and monolith but were overwhelmed which made them want to come back even more. In CS you see them take another go at it but you fuck up their plan near the end but then the emission fucks up everyone else.CCon figures out to brainwash few survivors from the failed raid and then let them out in the zone to find and eliminate Strelok but they fuck up and pick Strelok to do that.
>>502780874we have so much gameplay showing nothing of the like
>>502780965Nope, but he will be on the road of the first main hub. He's the one talking to the Skif on the radio at the begining of the game in one of the latest footages, the one when he asks if mutants get to Skuf.
>>502778541wowthats a lotta words
>>502796201Don't worry we will make the choice for you.
>>502789812Initially, you were supposed to meet Doctor in Dead City, after you both end up as hostages at the mercenary base.As the map was scrapped, they had to hastily shoehorn Doc somewhere, so they decided to put him in the Agroprom hideout and made up the "stunned by the mine" bullshit, so you don't interact with him much and he just shows up, dumps the lore to advance the plot and fucks off.
The suspense is killing me. Tomorrow can't come soon enough.
these scripted cutscenes are going to be a problem
Can't wait to play in a year or 2, when I have a PC that runs it well enough and the biggest bugs have been fixed.
>>502792857thats me, tomorrow.
Im not buyng, if game is above 25 dollars its overpricedHow long to wait for torrents?
>>502798630>start quest>walk to location>enter room>controls locked>stuck in 5 minute long scripted "walk and talk" cutscene with npc>off you go on your mission>reach the sewers>enter room>controls locked>stuck in 5 minute long scripted "ambushed by bloodsucker" cutscene
>>502760196NO TACTICAL TUNA?OUTRAGE
>>502773307i dont have enough time
>>502760196>no FN2000I want my eurogun pried from some patroller's dead cold hands.
>>502798891it has no drm since its on gog so probably within an hour
there's no 7.62x39 ak variant bros
>>502760196all my favs made it in. could use more handguns, but I'm really happy there's a revolver.
>>502796638actually they will make the choice for him, and he'll stil be crying like a bitch.lol
>>502799531anon, you were supposed to post that at 11am EST
>>502760196the g36 is such a sexy gun
https://twitter.com/ARealJillPlush/status/1858646829401076016New armor looks fucking sick
But will it have nice foggy weather?
>160gb download>138gb patch
It'll be as good as Starfield (you know what that means).The Zone will have locked DLC paywalls.It'll take exactly 16 days for the patch to fix anything.11 days after launch, a scandal will take social media by storm, which will be related to two developers.Screenshot this.
STALKER 2 is going to have multiplayer?!its fucking over this game is going to be shit
"You got fatally wounded. To continue playing use 50 S.T.A.L.K.E.R.© coins or wait for 90 minutes.""If you are out of coins you can add 100 S.T.A.L.K.E.R.© coins for the low cost of only $9.99"
The Barge in Zaton is super comfy
>>502801235Idk man, where is all this shit in the promo material? We see everyone either not wearing a mask or we see bandits in adidas tracksuits and flatcaps like those really shitty mods that everyone makes fun of. I don't think I've seen even 1 instance of a fully armored stalker in any of the trailers/gameplay footage we have. And they all look like absolute shit too.
>>50280167495% of that patch is recompressing because UE5 is a piece of shit
>>502802728I'm confused. Are you suggesting these images are fake?
>>502803493I'm not suggesting they are fake, but it feels weird that we've seen so much footage, but not a single NPC with good suits. What are they all crammed into the last 10% of the game? Where are the gas masks? The soulless beady eyed looking gas masks or the bug eyed gp40? Where are the screen helmets? Where are the exos?
>>502801883I unironically want a buggy if the map really is 60km2
How will they match the vibe of Skadovsk, one of the best hubs in the vidya business?
>>502803653Well, SEVA and the Exoskeleton are definitely in, since they have special versions in the deluxe edition. It is weird that we haven't seen any of them tho.I wonder if the Exoskeleton removes sprint again.
>>502803493So how do you turn your head with that armored filter mask? It looks like it's attached to the helmet and not as a gorget.
>>502803653I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. You do make a good point though. GSC has been way to conservative with what they've shown so far.
add horse to game
>>502804142Looks to me like the mask is a solid bit like in the bottom left corner and the one on the full body pic is some sort of cloth aventail that you can attach for extra protection from dust and shit.
>>502801883this shit already looks like starfield.npcs behavior is straight out of a bethesda game.
chances of AI dynamically taking cover with unique animationsvschances of AI strafing half way out of cover like counter strike bots
>>502804142Might be some kind of fabric or latex
>>502804237It puts me off how many people are unmasked in Stalker 2. When it was like a 9:1 ratio previously (the 9 being masked). It feels like they did it just because "MUH UE5 GWAFIX LOOK AT THE FACIAL HAIR AND THE EYES UWU!" like they had to compensate for using the engine or something. I'd rather literally everyone besides rookies in overcoats/cloth masks and important quest givers to be completely covered head to toe.
>>502804448if they don't cheeky breeky around my position and i v damke me from behind I'm gonna fucking lose it
>>502804529they will notA-life was a relic of a different time
>>502804641they confirmed A-life yesterday again you bozo
>>502803665My concern with big maps is that it's going to be boring to explore like in CoP, where a majority of your time spent is walking around an open field with no anomalies or radiation outside of predefined anomaly fields, mutants able to be seen from a kilometer away that pose no threat, and the only time you actually get to play the game being when you stumble into a PoI. I fucking hated traversing through Zaton and Jupiter. So much walking with nothing going on and so much pointless back tracking. At least in SoC you had to be mindful while walking around because anomalies and radiation patches were littered "randomly" (not really random, once you know where they are) all over so even traversal was something you had to be mindful of. In CoP I could basically get to any PoI while holding W in a direction and looking at my second monitor until I got to wherever I wanted to go, only having to look in case I hear a mutant or gunfire going off. It was lame.
>>502804529>be in truck cemetary>see chimera in the distance like 500 yards away>some pseudodogs spot me>kill the dogs>check back on the chimera>vanished.jpg>slowly peek around cars hoping I can see where he went or if he noticed me>all of a sudden hear him behind me>dieI loved the flanking in these games. Even the mutants do it. I'm hoping that journo review that said he got flanked wasn't complete bullshit and lies.
>>502804717well today they deleted it from the steam page
>>502804797I love CoP but everyone universally agrees its a walking sim sometimes. CoP always felt like they arrived at what they wanted Stalker to be but the budget was shorter with that one and so they couldnt fill the maps out as much as they wanted to. Our maybe im on copium, dunno
>>502806010And confirmed on Discord yesterday it was just to not confuse the newbies>>502748246
Honestly, I think that, while at release the game is going to be a huge bugfest and lacking important features (hence the review embargo), which people will (rightfully) hate and will fuel memes against shills, eventually it will get much better than 1, mods aside.At the time, 1 was the very definition of vaporware and still people loved it to death. For Stalker 2 they already know what works and what doesn't, and it looks like atmosphere wise the game will be amazing, like much more better than 1 was. Something grim and gruesome, very unlike what you find in the AAA industry. And I'm sure they have learnt a lot on how to program mod support. Stalker 1 modding is horrible, and only Russians truly understand the dark art.
>>502806214I missed that, thx
>>502806214How would it have been confusing?
>too many scripted encounters>only 30 hours of main mission time>no where near enough side quests for the size of the world>hugely dependent on modding for longevity
>>502807632A-life is not a common term in gaming anon
>>502807951I'm fine with them giving us a blank slate for modders to fix if they actually are true to their word and provide modding tools and support. I'll just play the new GAMMA update in December and wait.
26 HOURS TO GO!!!
>>502804454True. Low tier stalkers only had cloth facial coverings (bandanas and balaclavas) while high tier stalkers had masks and helmetsOnly special characters most of whom were inside didn't wear any sort of coverings
>>50280795130 hours is still a lot no? Or is it 3 hours? Playing ff7 remake and that took 30 hours with a few side quests thrown in there. That was a long long game
>>502809631speedreader detected
>>502807951Main story is 40 hours....
>>502807951>>502809815I like long stories
>>502807951It's the biggest Stalker by far, what's the issue here?
>>502788471>monolith trying to come up with a diss
Klean seemed to hint at him have an early copy of the game. Says he has a surprise at 6am tomorrow. That's when review embargo lifts.
>>502810918fuck klean the arrogant faggot niggergo back to tarkov
>niggers>women>removed features left and right>downgradesWhy does gaming have to be like this?
>>502811201what's wrong with him?
>explosion from behind>falls backwards
IT'S UPhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaMT9u8CbZ0
>>502811909Why does everything just look like CoP but on UE5? Makes it feel pointless to purchase if there's not going to be a lot of new content or presentation.
>160gblet's if my SSD will survive torrenting this
>>502812231Sounds good enough for me.
>>502812231It's entirely a new story with a larger map. What do you want?
>game is literally CoP but with Unreal Engine grass added
The more I see the more it looks like LAST OF US: UKRAINIAN SHITHOLE EXPANSION
The power of RTX... I kneel.
more clear weather shotslooks good at least
UwU
>>502812462https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaMT9u8CbZ0this looks like stalkur to me
>>502782959Wstrzymaj wszystkoOddechPuls
>>502811909its LITERALLY just CoP with a big map wtfgood
>>502812967i guess it would to a ukrainian shilldrone>oy vey shalom
>>502812818L O L
>>502813284that's an absurdly low switch distanceit's over :(
>>502813284its over
>>502813284it's already happening and the game isnt even out yet.
>>502812231>Why does everything just look like CoP but on UE5?
>>502812445>>502813028Where are you guys getting this info from? The trailer? Dubious.
so glad I didn't preorder
>>502812403Something more substantial than what small groups of modders or UE4/UE5 devs come up with on the regular. Also the quality and length of that story remains to be seen. Doubt it'll be all that good especially with Fallout 4 style voiced protag, I'd be surprised if it takes longer than a few sessions to complete.
>>502813284kek
yeah i'm cancelling my preorder.
>>502813752>>502813284UHMMMMM obviously NVIDIA has an early access copy for their tests, all is fixed for tomorrow :)
it's time to apologize
don't panic.138GB patch to fix the spawning cyberpunk npcs.
>>502813982Havent seen those memes in ages LOLi feel old :(
>>502813284LOL WTF HAHHAHA>>502813175what are you talking about you worthless retard faggot
yooo wtf is this trash i was kinda hypedmonsters looks like stalker 1 metro did it far better
>>502811909The game is honestly really ugly and no interior shadows are extremly visible this time around. What a shitty trailer, I am honestly astounded they barely showed any interior shots where RTX truly shines.
>>502812940thats some pick 2001 graphics right there
>>502813284>>502813752>Jank is backSoulPreorderd
LMAO HIS ARM
>>502814796there was WAR okay?1
That's it, I am giving Gamma ago and will pretend Stalker 2 doesn't exist!
>>502811909>60km2 map with over 20 different locations>every single piece of footage just shows the same 4-5 places over and overWhy are they SOOO afraid of showing the game? 25 hours away and we still have not seen Alife, even though they keep telling us "don't worry it's there!"Starting to think the game is going to launch and we'll hear gunshots and mutant sounds that don't really exist and are just part of the ambience so GSC can pretend like it's actually alife we can't see.
>>502814796jank soul
>>502812940The mutants look so stupid in this game. It's like extremely cartoonish and weirdly "clean" looking instead of being grotesque and grimy and scary. This and the bloodsucker look like a monster that would scare a baby, not an adult. Downgrade from the trilogy mutants in every way.
Nigger spotted, I will never play Stalker again!
>>502811909Love how there is stutter even in this video, fucking awesome DOOD
>>502815237honestly i didnt thought it will be much worse graphics than metro exodus
they tried to hide the render distance pop-ins with the overlay...
>Not a single shadow cast hereIt looks so unnatural
i know it will run like absolute dogshit being a gsc and ue5 game but the thing that legit worries me is if the map design is gonna be another carnival style shit like cop
>>502812940
>>502815237they look goofier in the original games wdym?
>>502815309There he is! It's him!
which one of you is this
>>502815401
>>502762324>i want op version of gun the npcs don't have or i can't compete with them ;_;
>>502815371RTX is just shite for shadows in general
>>502813284>>502813752I'm so fucking tired of graphics being the main component that developers seem to put all the time into. Like make the game look last gen, it would be fine. If it means the game runs better and doesn't have these shitty scenarios with pop in and NPC switch distances I'm all fucking for it. >inb4 "poorfag issue" this is run on a 4090
>>502815367>overlay sliding in like "shhhhhhh shut the fuck up you didn't see anything shhhhhhhhh"KEK
>>502815237the /v/-tard doomposters have fully arrived
>>502815707
>>502815707There is no RTX, its unreal engine 5 lumen
>focus on graphics>worse lighting than vanilla SoCHow did they do it?
>Light from one of the mp4 on the website looks excellent with the stalker's gasmask being illuminated >Light in this trailer looks like shitEh?
>>502815920for all the badness of xray engine, the lighting was superb. Unreal lighting is dogshit
>>502815845>Only shadows here are the object surfaces touchingOh fuck....
>>502815763This literally looks last gen. There's a couple of nice shots here and there, but it really looks outdated, especially with the lighting issue.
why do they keep showing the same missions and encounters over and over again? i get that they can't spoil the game but shouldn't there be loads of gameplay to be had in the open world? that's what stalker is all about right?
>>502816173It definitely does not look like a ps4 game bro. You telling me this game and Bloodborne have the same level of graphical fidelity? Fuck out of here, retard.
>>502813752Vanilla SoC could render bandits from the car park if you were standing in the Rookie Village. This can barely render an NPC that stands right outside of Rookie Village distance wise.
>>502816306
>>502816406What I'm saying is that XRAY, especially modified XRAY looks leagues better, my negroidal friend.
>>502815367
Im coping and roping right nowFully expecting a cyberpunk situation where we have to wait 2 more years for the "real" game
>>502816406yeah bloodborne looked better
Man I want to play in slavic language so bad, but I'm worried that the subtitles won't be enough. Like replaying CoP I'm doing it in russian (I think, maybe it's ukranian) and for the bloodsucker lair mission the dude is speaking and there is no subtitles. Now I already knew how to handle the mission, but if I didn't and was a noob I would have no fucking clue that I need to stealth crouch walk through the sleeping bloodsuckers because I dont know a single goddamn thing the guy said. I feel like if I play with ukranian voices in S2 there are going to be a lot of moments like that where there simply just arent any subtitles for the NPC chatter.
>>502815532He killed millions (pre orders)
I suspect an IGN is going to give this a 6, maybe a 7 if they want to pander for Ukraine
>>502815310anomalous effect on space and time chud
>>502813284We need bigger patches
Fuck this im going to go replay HL2
>>502749990kys
Why do only the most useless piece of shit retards wind up getting games early? Every single faggot who got it has said practically nothing about it or only played for like 30 minutes.
What happens if you play at 45 FPS? Will my CPU overload or my GPU melt into goop? Both? Neither?
>slightly critical posts about the game? must be… LE RUSSIAN BOT DOOMPOSTERS
>>502817732>Half life 2 have this in the pastAnd so did Oblivion Lost. AKA Shadow of Chernobyl during development. No fucking excuse, they had that already.
>>502817732:rofl: rofl: :skull: :skull:its over
>>502817732>The flaslight doesn't have dynamic shadowsDoesn't look like anything has dynamic shadows. It looks flat and static.
I hate unreal engine so much.
its so over
>>502814796
>>502815763It literally wouldn't sell. /vg/ is a tiny microcosm of gaming where devs delivering less graphics for more game play and mechanics would do well, but that's it. The manority out there wants that and graphics with graphics on top. Sad state of affairs, but it is what it is.
This barrel fire doesn't even cast any light, there's literally zero illumination where light should realistically be.
>>502817995x-men?
Reminder:
>>502818024Feels weird seeing the bloodsucker all HD like that.
>>502818130no clue, it was translated from some Cyrillic language, maybe its what russians call them?
>>502818136Are we really at the point were we shouldn't expect basic light and shadow technology, a technology that has existed for over 20 years with great effect?
>>502818025I think Elden Ring disproves that though. You don't need 1,000,000 pores on a face level of detail and graphical fidelity for people to enjoy your game. You just need good art style, which can be done with shit tier graphics. Elden Ring looks only slightly above Dark Souls 3 which is like 8 years old and it was massive.
>>502816730CoP did not have any subtitles at all, nor was it intended to, so obviously playing it in russian you would barely understand what's going on. If in S2 they have included ENG subs separately from the voiceover, I would assume the captions would cover all the voice lines in the game. The only problem then would be situations when several NPCs talk over one another.
so far RDR2 is the only game where i can just walk around doing nothing and still have fun because of the graphics. and it doesn't run like shit.
>>502818309Yes, yes we are. That's how shite the current state of the industry is. Expect the absolute worst of the worst, because it'll only ever get worse.
>>502818024Why are they hairless now?
>>502818113yep, no dynamic lights goy! we just couldnt afford it since we use unreal 5 and console niggers need their 30 fps!
>>502818130>>502818241most likely derogatory term for Ukrainians in russian "xoxol" or khokhol
GAMMA won
>>502818395>and it doesn't run like shiti could never get into rdr2 because of how bad it performs for how it looks
>>502815371>>502815707>>502818113Can mods even fix this?
>>502818241Original comment. My guess is that he said "h-men", so calling them "hohols" but avoiding the wrath of the almighty algorithm.Seriously, YT's algo hid my comments so many times I just gave up on commenting there. I can try to be as normie and inoffensive as possible and it'll still autohide my comment, but it sure as hell will boost the video engagement. And you gotta open up the video in incognito to make sure it didn't get shadowbanned since they love to show your comment when you're logged in so you have the illusion of being seen.Don't comment on YouTube, shit's not worth it.
>>502818448Evolving beauty standards
>>502818613The artifact and belt rework comes out December 3rd, if stalker 2.Is that bad I'm just going to play gamma for the first time. People say it's good so
>>502818620what kind of hardware do you have? you can get 1080p 80+fps with something like a 2060 i think. i normally play on my pc which has a 3080 but that game even runs on my steamdeck at ~45fps.
>>502818024It honestly looks very faithful to the original design.
>>502818843maybe turning off 'RTX' and just using standard shadows will make it appear normal?>>502818113i dont get how 'RTX' isn't making that whole area glow bright orange. i swear the whole implementation of it is just broken.
>>502816730same here, i know that playing in ukrainian will add to the immersion, but i hate having to look down at the bottom of the screen to read which takes my eyes away from the actual game which reduces my immersion. i think i'd rather play in english first and understand what is going on without having to look away.
>>502777686>diamond dozenAbsolutely kill yourself, you ESL retard.
>>502818895yeah desu its not worth playing without that. Not being able to use any artifacts until way late game when you can craft those stupid containers and have the smelter is annoying as fuck. I'm going to be happy just picking up artifacts and chuckin them on my belt
>>502819952He's just Canadian.
if gamma ever made it to stalker 2, what would it be called
Don't say it
>>502788936>this totally happened
24 HOURS TO GO!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm51ihfi1p4
>>502820275GAYMA
>>502820465The nvidia trailer did more damage to my hype than any leak or trailer ever did.
despite the doomposters, i just hope its fun and atmospheric. everything else can be fixed
>>502820942I'm just praying I can run it at a stable 60fps without any upscaling bullshit.
>this bandit killed my friend! kill him and I'll give you his gun!>do so>receive beans and vodkaI didn't need to know about your dead friend's fart kink, dude.
>>502761564>members of the AK-10X series>some variations of the AR-15 series>more Russian / eastern origin handguns like the Tokarev- Some other battle rifle like the G3 or FAL instead of the M14- More non-meme shotguns instead of the SPAS-12 and DP-12- CZ Bren rifle- Scar-20- SR-25 / AR-10 pattern rifles- A couple more common western handguns like a Glock-19, Walther PPQ / PDP, Berreta 92, Sig P226, etc.>A couple more bolt action sniper rifles, particularly if they are eastern in origin>Some other non-meme SMGs that aren't the MAC-10 or Kriss Vector, like the UMP>RPK variantsThese are the ones that come to mind off the top of my head. I know the SPAS-12 was in the original trilogy, but it's a bit of a meme gun that mostly included in media because of how iconic it is and I wish they switched it out for something else. The MAC-10 and Kriss Vector are also shit choices. To be far, the weapon selection in the original trilogy was also slightly retarded too with things like the L85, LR-3000 and all the obscure guns like the AN-94 and various 9X39 guns that weren't the AS Val or VSS. I'm not too worried about it because I'm sure better weapon choices will be modded in but it's still a little disappointing to see what they decided on.
>>502821009>everything else can be fixedThe optimism on display here is Unreal™.
that nvidia showcase looks extra shit for some reason.
>>502720343>chastity cageSigh.Utterly beta fetish.>hurrr my woman replacement's smaller penis threatens me!Most of the bottoms I know with chastity kinks really unsubtly want bottom surgery, too.If it were a lead-lined codpiece, though, I'd understand. THAT would make sense.
BROOOOOOOOOOOOS???https://www.youtube.com/live/oKSrBx9KZII
>>502821582All he does is talk
>>502821582kek
>>502821582Aaaand he's gone
>does nothing but run his mouth>gets bannedDamn, g*rmans are truly retarded.
>>502821582>le adventure in le zonethis is what EVERY STREAM AND VIDEO is going to be calledi hope evedry fucking female streamer, normie, balding 40yo roleplayer playing this game on stream tomorrow gets cancer and dies
Stupid fucking kraut streamer just STANDING there talking shut up you faggot cunt and play iti hate streamers so much, enjoy your ban
>>502821881Does that mean GSC lurks here or /v/?
>>502822187They have legions of fat cunt volunteers who scour here and streaming platforms to immediately report to their masters.>t. one of the QA members who is leaking shit. Shouldn't have been so angry, right Andy?
>>502821881Did he have his broadcast license?
lol one of you retards reported him didn't you.
>>502822387he tagged his own stream as stalker 2, i think he had no clue what he was doing
>>502811909A "hype" video actually made me refund my pre order. Fuck this shit, I am waiting for reviews.
Tim Sweeney deserves the rope for creating Unreal Engine. Fuck this shit
Funny how GSC is fucking themselves over harder than the hordes of angry vasyans from Dvach could ever dream of fucking them over with this Mickey Mouse bullshit literal days away from the release. All those years of bullshitting are finally catching up to them and they have no idea how to handle the heat. Expect hilarity ahead.
>>502823169That won't happen because they'll get all their positive affirmations from the cults over at reddit and discord.
>>502801883>>502801883>>502801883>>502801883
>>502823169Exactly how they are fucking themselves over?
>>502823346You can only yap about the war and Russian bots for so long until even the average gamer gets sick of it and instead starts simping for Russia as a result. Not that those cultists would know that.
>>502818113this scene would look 10 times better in gaymma and im not kidding.
Anomaly... won?
>>502823731I believe it despite not liking gamma nor that faggot Grok.
>>502823614Generating bad PR for themselves in an attempt to generate hype right before the release.>removing any mentions of A-Life, a big marketing buzzword they've yapped about for years two days before the release>releasing a hype trailer a day before the release showing obvious bugs and performance issuesOf course, if you already drank the Kool-Aid you won't get why this is a really bad look outside of the microcosm of die-hard GSC/STALKER fans.
I don't give a fuck about shadows. It's the firs thing I lower in settings because it hampers performance so much.
>>502824117t. Max Faggot
>>502824117ur a retard and a cuck. go kys
>>502824074>removing any mentions of A-Life, a big marketing buzzword they've yapped about for years two days before the releaseNobody reads those notes on steam, people buy based on hype and by the look of it game is hyped beyond believe(number one selling game right now in the world)>releasing a hype trailer a day before the release showing obvious bugs and performance issuesCan you show me this hype trailer?
>>502824451Graphic trailers and showcases are meant to wow normies, it's the definition of a hype trailer.
>actually I don't care about getting a good product>actually I don't care about a feature that was a standard 15 years agoSo, are we at anger, or at bargaining? Or maybe still at denial?
I've never played stalker without mods. looks like it will be the same with stalker 2
>>502824285English bitch please.
>>502824626kill yourself please
they have shadows in the trailers. as usual rtx breaks things for no gain.
>>502824560No it's not. It's just some nvidia showcase video where they show how awesome theire graphics cards are. Nobody cares about that video, it has 20k views.
>>502824074>releasing a hype trailer a day before the release showing obvious bugs and performance issuesWhich one? I only saw the Nvidia fake frames one.
>>502824685Ruskie why are you so mad, you can't even play the game?
>>502824770IT'S SELECTIVE SHADOW TECHNOLOGY SAAR
>>502824770I have to say, I am a big fan of how the shadow changes as he falls.
New thread, faggots.>>502824857>>502824857
I wonder is that nvidia video with framegen on, or just using regular dlss.
>>502824960/sg/ succumbing to the level of an average /v/ thread is hurting my brain
>>502824941What's this type of light tech called? Pre baked or something? All light and shadow sources are hand places, so what you get is that milk can being lit up, but your flash light makes no shadows as its too resource intensive.
>>502825080>doubles fpsFramegen ofc
>>502824894That one.>stutters>npc spawn pop-ins>day before release>to hype ppl upAt this rate Dvach will look like the sane bunch.
>>502825110Yeah looks like static non physics objects have prebaked shadows while interactable objects have no shadows at all.
>>502825295Sad....
>>502824770>no blood on the ground
>>502813284>spawn into the world>keel over and writhe in pain from being in this gamepamagici...
>>502825295Could be bc of the planned raytracing elements. I hate Gayvidia so much
>>502821287The SPAS-12 is a much better more functional gun than the Striker Protecta or the fucking DP-12 yet we got both of those
>Want to play comfy stalker mods>All of the ones I haven't played yet are just milsim hyper-realistic garbage with annoying inventory systems, constant radiation, slow-ass sprinting, etcPlease give me some mod recs, lads.
>AP-PRO actually reposted furry STALKER art on VK (it's over)>gives full credit to the original author of the image>artist is Ukrainian>is seething that they're getting attention from Russians>because they didn't ask for muh reposting consentFuck me this is better than whatever STALKER 2 would have to offer lmfao
Currently playing Gunslinger in CoP. I don't know if this is a common opinion, but the gunplay feels extremely sluggish and the movement is not very satisfying. Anyone else feel this?
>>502826235I can't believe we lost the furry vote so close to the finish line. I'm out. This game is lost.
>>502807951But enough about Shadow of Chernobyl already.
>>502827747To me it's funny two-fold.One, AP-PRO, the Russian side of the community, reposted it just because it was STALKER, not giving a shit that it's furry and it's divisive as shit.Two, the original author is Ukrainian, and instead of appreciating the attention, spergs out over "muh Russia" despite the AP-PRO being appreciative of their work and not caring about the artist's nationality. I'll bet you the same artist wouldn't bitch about consent if it got reuploaded to e621.Not only is this absurd now that both GSC and AP-PRO are reposting furry art, the usual post-2022 community divide is the main focus of it, not the fact that people like STALKER so much they're easing into furry fanart now.I'm expecting more retardation like that in the coming days, it's fucking hilarious.
>>502826235This is a really weird response, even from a Ukrainian artist.
>>502828410>Ukrainians hate russians and don't want to be associated with them in any wayWow! Who could have thought.
>>502828791I mean:-an artist: mental illness usually is at play-furry artist: mental illness definitely is at play-Ukrainian: trauma induced irrationality over Russia is in full swingThe weird thing would be if they were appreciative of the attention, no matter where it came from.
Doomposter MALDING WITH SEETHElmfaooooo
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>>502813976No, Nvidia's copy was obviously hacked by the russians again.
>>502818843yeah, with a 50% performance decrease. It's obvious GSC can't optimize for shit
