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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Official In-Engine Gameplay Teaser
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Its kind of clunky when you first jump in but gets a little better over time. The atmosphere and mood, especially in the later game is fantastic. The expansion/sequels were decent-to-okay from what I remember.
RTX 4000-series releases before this game, so shouldn't be too hard.
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best fps's of the 2000 but extremely clunky and hard in the first hours. Its very much an hardcore experience, from difficulty and jankiness but by god these game are amazing once you get into it.
Try looking for mods or jumping directly to the third game, that is more beginer friendly
The first games couldn't really grab me, so I'm curious about this one. Gonna get it on Game Pass for PC.
That looked awesome, just dripping with atmosphere. Not gonna lie, if this game can keep that up, this could turn out a lot more special than I expected.
Definitely getting Metro vibes, but Metro was inspired by the original Stalker anyways? I should dive into one of the old games.
Definitely getting Metro vibes, but Metro was inspired by the original Stalker anyways? I should dive into one of the old games.
Metro was only sorta-kinda inspired by STALKER, but it was made largely by ex-GSC devs. After they had a falling out with GSC management, they went and created 4A Games. Metro's similarities to STALKER stem largely from them being a Ukrainian developer, sharing a similar background and frame of reference with the rest of the GSC devs.
I'd like to see some actual gameplay soon, but nevertheless, this is promising. Definitely a big get for the XSX.
Pripyat and SoC. Pripyat is the most well put together STALKER game, but it lacks a bit of the atmosphere and a certain sense of place that the original SoC had. As a standalone game, especially for those potentially put off by the rough edges of the original, Pripyat is a pretty decent way to enter the series.
STALKER was basically what ignited my love for the survival genre and my deep dive into russian literature and media, weird cross section I know, by god I hope it's able to capture just a fraction of what made the original trilogy of games unique, but I have my doubts.
Is it fair to say that what's going on outside the building is an Emission Event? I freaking loved those in Call of Pripyat.
By the time its out they'll probably have streaming to TV and/or PC. That's always an option.
Ah, thanks for the heads-up. I love the Mtro games and always wanted to play Stalker, so I'll probably check one of them out.
Definitely more hyped for Stalker 2 now.
most of the original team is at 4A (or was, it's been a long time)
The split happened before the release of SoC, so it's possible some devs that stayed on and later created the sequels are still there. That said, it HAS been a while, and GSC's Management has long been rumored to not be the most dev-friendly. The dirty deets are probably out there on some Russian forum somewhere 🤷‍♂️
there's basically no one at GSC gameworld that made the original STALKER aside from the CEO in all likelihood, unless some devs came back. The studio was shut down in 2011 by the CEO for personal reasons then opened back up in 2014.
In any case I am very excited for this, it looks great!
In any case I am very excited for this, it looks great!
This is what I'm most concerned about, especially the AI. I'd be totally satisfied if the graphics are average but the AI and gameplay systems live up to an expand upon the original games.
Budget wise, didn't the Metro games (well the original at least) have relatively small budgets? Maybe GSC will be able to impress, but I wouldn't go in exepcting uber polished AAA. I also think there's zero chance this launches in 2021 if they are really trying to capture the essence of the originals.
Modded STALKER is one of my favourite games of all time. I'm not letting myself get too hyped for this until we get extended gameplay.
Same. The folks who made STALKER between 2007 and 2009 are no longer at the company for the most part as well so it's even more worrying that we will get something extremely cut down.
as fucked as X-Ray was as an engine, the mod community did some AMAZING things with it. Even if the base game sucks, I really really hope they embrace the mod community again.
At least in interviews etc the new team seems to understand what made the originals so appealing. Pretty sure they hired some folks who were involved in some of the STALKER mods and everyone seems passionate. Of course this could just be PR talk, but it all sounds good so far!
Let's see, to make a faithful sequel to STALKER, you'd need to make....
...a Shooter with RPG mechanics like dialog, quests, loot, dungeons, advanced world AI, a faction system, semi-realistic gun ballistics, good creature design, an engaging story, level-altering world events and traps.
I don't see how they could possibly fail.
I'm glad they're using a mainstream engine, but they've still got their work cut out for them.
Well, I don't have a PC. Got a PS 5 in case it ever comes to that though.Xbox All Access: Xbox Console & Over 100 Games | Xbox
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Streaming to TV would be great. Tried playing ORI on my Chromebook but it was too tiny.
yeah this lol
them replicating A-Life is easily the most work they'd have to deal with
Ah, ok. Budget concerns make sense. Don't they get money from Microsoft though?
Stalker is my GOAT, and as much as I want this to be all it can be I'm massively skeptical current era GSC has the resources to do it justice.