Howdy, gamers! Sorry for the little delay for this video. I'm moving locations and I edited this on the floor with no table. I blame any editing mistakes on the fact I had to edit this on a floor.
Same here. In my case, I think it is for the reason that at this point in the game I thought that it could all be "real", because Chernobyl exists in reality, genetic mutations in animals due to radiation are maybe not unlikely, everything looked so much like the atmosphere of the zone in real photos and stuff... I was scared a.f. when playing it for the first time. It was awesome.
horror sections in games that arent strictly horror always scare me way more than horror games. the added tension that you already get from just playing base stalker with the resource scarcity and survival elements only adds to that even more
@@boinqity4621 Bingo! What also got me was some of the designers telling stories about places that they went and having the guides who took them through areas that were clearly abandoned laboratories that had some very strange and unexplained "tests", and then you get to x-18 and see some of the ideas that were done in real life....implied horror is MUCH more terrifying that jump scares, IMO.
People need to expect stalker 2 to NOT play like anomaly or gamma or whatever else is popular. They need to expect it to play like a modern classic stalker game.
@@dominykaszakrys3373 100% I expected great things going in but having every AI hit me with a weapon that doesn't jam at all, unlike mine at the same quality, and then being able to run around corners aiming directly at me going 15mph is not what I'd call Good AI
@@ImNotFine44idk I love the originals but the ai could be pretty dumb sometimes. I’ve seen entire groups of enemies just stand still and not react when shot
For anyone watching this seeking to play the original trilogy, do not skip clear sky, the devs designed for it to be played after SoC to explain the story that the sequel and the original are based on. It's also generally considered a very pretty game, even if it is flawed in other parts of it. You can check out what other people say about it, Drewski simply did not even mention it at the end of the video
I'll give clear sky a second chance. Beat it once and deleted it immediately. It did get pretty fun near the end and it was a beautiful looking game. I'll look for fan patches to hopefully have a better time.
The fact that GSC went bankrupt and said "Hey guys here's the Dev kit, go nuts" and that allowed the Call of Chernobyl team to fix X-Ray so that it was actually stable is honestly what kept Stalker alive and thriving for so many years. With nothing holding back the mod community and the devs openly saying that people can make free standalone mods using the engine with no fear of a cease and desist shows how much they didn't just care about their game, but the community that was created because of it. Can't say that for many developers and/or companies nowadays...
it says a lot about the game and the mods from it and their ability to create an atmosphere when i can't even hear crows in other games now without having a ptsd ridden panic attack screaming "WE NEED SHELTER NOW!!!! BLOW OUT!!!!" knowing full well those crows aren't the same crows.
you've never needed to buy a new tail gate latch so that your 2003 chevy avalanche's 100 pound tail gate doesn't come slamming down by itself going 80 on the highway and jumpscare the shit out of you??? buddy what rock are you living under?? i coulda swore that we've all experienced that at least once or twice
@@Professional.American Not a 2003, but a 1995... About crashed.... My girlfriend at the time was not happy. Seeing as most of her stuff was in the truck bed. lol
Literally your Anomaly videos are what got me addicted to this franchise...so thank you first and foremost. I would likely never have known about it otherwise because, like you, I was also occupied when they were contemporary titles. But I'm glad this franchise was made, I'm glad the community made something that was dual parts a tribute to their favorite series as well as the best piece of advertising said series could possibly ask for. It's been so much fun learning about this universe and I know it's the best feeling ever to see so many new excited people curious about things you're personally passionate about. ❤
I really liked Clear Sky, it had the faction warfare more prevalent in it than the other two. The only issue for me was that any small injury would cause you to bleed and you pretty much have to use a bandage or else you die. Having enough bandages to not die from bleeding out every single time you got shot was a struggle.
I did a playthrough of Clear Sky without any artifacts at all, after which I noticed a distinct tendency for hoarding as many medical supplies as possible in any game I played after.
ya was hopein to see somone saying this i prefer clear sky. paticlaurly moded (and thiers some prity good reworks like LFO clear sky. highly highly recommended. the fraction wars is so dynamic super fun also to spawn in other buddies and take on commander role and fight massive wars haha.
Clear sky was so good, but i sadly never coulf finish it. I always had a zombie stuck INSIDE the swamp lab, and so the alert never ended and the doors never opened. This happened to me over several different PC's and i never could finish it :(.
The thing with the gunplay in the vanilla version of the original trilogy, but also in a lot of mods, is that weapons have a hit chance established in their individual config file. Most of them have 80% hitchance, while it's 70% for the shotguns, 90% for guns in 9x39mm (Groza, VAL, VSS) and a 100% for guns in 7.62mmR (SVD, SVU), the Gauss rifle and also for the knife. For mods, it was a custom of mine of setting the hitchance on all guns to 100%. It was a painstaking process, specially if the mod has a ton of guns, but it was worth it. It changes the game, it can make it either easier or harder depending on the situation because the hit chance works both ways. You can also tweak the ammo, like setting the number of proyectiles per shot, penetration, damage quotient, size of the shot impact decal, tracer or no tracer, things like that. There was mod (I think it was People's Soup) where you can get a PTRD-41, single shot AT rifle in 14.5x114mm caliber. It was my elephant gun of sorts, I used it to hunt pseudogiants. I tweaked its ammo config file and did in-game penetration tests on STALKERS. I made it capable of punching through two brick walls and hit the poor bastard on the other side, killing him. It was still pretty balanced as it was long, heavy, had ton of recoil and ammo was scarce.
i have been playing stalker for maybe 2 years now and it just brings me so much joy when they announced stalker 2 i preordered it back in april and i will be looking forward to it also i will be looking forward to your vid drewski
An important thing to remember is that no game will ever live up to its hype; especially a game like this which so many people have been wanting for years. I don't think that STALKER 2 will be flawless, I am sure that they will get a lot of things "wrong" especially with how the modding community has dedicated so much time to "reinvisioning" the game. A lot of people are going to have vastly different expectations, and I expect the initial backlash to be pretty notable. That being said, I think that there is a good chance the game will be "foundationally" sound and that modders can/will iron out anywhere that is perceived as "lacking". The game is looking beautiful, and it seems like it will capture that atmosphere of the original games. I think that is more important than anything; STALKER is known for breathtaking atmospherics that make your in-game experience feel real and immersive. I think modders can build off of that, even if it turns out the game is fundamentally different from what has become popular over the past few years (Anomaly, GAMMA, Gunslinger, EFP).
CP2077 release taught me very well to never get too hyped for a game again. I stay cautiously optimistic at best. If a game is genuinely great, it's just that much better since I had no wild expectations
Correction: it was not an in-engine trailer, it was an in-game trailer. The 2 could have very drastic differences and this latest trailer being in-game is way more impressive than if it was in-engine.
IMO the earlier trailers/teasers were really impressive, seemed a big jump in graphics quality but so much has caught up and the delayed release date def put a damper on the hype for me
@@SoundTrackJ unfortunately some get too rowdy when a game is delayed too much, case point cyberpunk and the company has to release due to safety concerns (that and shareholders)
@@SoundTrackJ Depends why its delayed. If its delayed to restart development or feature bloat it could still result in a bad product. I dont see that with Stalker 2 its no where near as a landmine as Colonial Marines or DNF's development.
Anomoly is the most terrifying game I've ever played. Not even because of the setting or the enemies but the overall atmosphere and lack of knowledge of whats going on really sends over the edge into being actually scary, and I'm not scared by any form of media or art generally, but Anomoly got me and it's my favorite game ever because of that. It's also the the only STALKER game I've played. I'm definitely gonna try STALKER 2 but I'm looking forward to a STALKER Anomoly 2 if that ever happens.
I remember seeing my dad play COP when I was a kid and was literally addicted to that game. I was around 8-9 years old when I originally played it, and only a few years later they announced this game. I was 11 when they announced it, I am 21 years old almost 22. I have literally been waiting for this game for half my life. I am so hyped for it!
to people watching this video do NOT skip clear sky, it is just as good as the others in the series, it's from people like this that the saying of "oh just skip clear sky" gets spread around so much, the issues with the game tend to be overexaggerated and i believed it, then once i actually played it the game turned out to be my favorite in the series and True Stalker for what it's worth is anything but, with no A-Life and the forced integration of Gunslinger it strays from what makes the classics what they are *not to mention the story falls off near the end
If anyone wants to try out Clear Sky but can't get past the godawful gunplay, try Clear Sky: ABR. It fixes most of the annoying bullshit of the OG while being 95% faithful to vanilla!
I remember watching my Dad replay the stalker games when I was 6, I remember very little, but for some reason, that stuck with me. I've played through them all, it's unbelievable that there's another one coming out. My Dad and I will be replaying this one at least 5 times 😅
I just wanted to hop on and say thank you. This and your other recent videos made me grab the console version of the trilogy. I only had a little time but that first bandit camp with that little pistol (on Stalker difficulty) was truly a learning moment as I got game over a few times (also, learned to save). Even from the start the game has such good atmospheric it's incredible.
Thank you Drew for getting me into stalker last year (or two idk), it's been my favorite ever since and GAMMA is incredible. Looking forward to Stalker 2, and all it brings!
i was kinda young getting into stalker, my computer was setup in an unfinished concrete basement with a freezer with those orange lights that flicker. my parents stored random stuff down there. but playing stalker there was freaky as hell. don't think i made it half way through. didn't help that i played mostly at night. but i'm excited for stalker 2. trying to not get sucked into the hype and just let the game come out and i enjoy it. looking forward for more drewski videos.
I found you from one of your STALKER Anomaly videos a while back and it got me into play Anomaly and GAMMA. Thank you for getting me into such an amazing series and I am happy to see a lot of the stuff I have grown to love in the games.
I love that you bring up Raycevick because not only was that his first video I found and it got me into STALKER. But also because I've always thought y'all sounded similar to the point of if you swapped channels for a video, I would think that y'all are either sick or got a new mic
I recently got into the metro series from watching your stalker videos and I’ve NEVER liked single player games, but my god…metro is glorious. I’m so excited for their new one to drop
Been rewatching all your stalker videos and then got gamma today and have done nothing but play it today and then like clock work this video comes out, perfection 👌
I literally bought all three stalker games on console the day they came out because of you Drewski. Watching you play Stalker was the highlight of my week and when I saw it on Xbox I was freaking out and bought it 😂
these guys made this game while there country was attacked by the "2nd biggest army in the world" and it still looks amazing, cant wait to try it and support those amazing devs
i highly recommend playing through atleast Shadow of chernobyl from the original, it still holds up in 2024 and belongs among the greats like half life 2. the game manages to be incredibly immersive and athmospheric despite being 17 years old, the underground sections namely lab X-18 were genuinely fucking scary and had me slowly creeping up every room expecting some shithead to fly into my face screaming at mach 1
The feeling of being scared combined with the massive arsenal at your disposal gives that perfect feeling of "bravery", yeah youre scared but you know you can handle it, hard feeling to achieve in games as its usually either "scared to death" or "nothing can touch me"
I literally just thought that drewski shoul make a stalker vid. I just got clear sky, and I love it. Makes me wonder what the other ones will be like if it’s the bad one
Playing through Stalker for the first time, thinking I had finished it (wish ender ending) i was kinda left underwhelmed. I didn’t realise I didn’t get the true ending so I went back, Thankyou so much! That last stretch was awesome. Never would have known OW! Take care! :)
Please make a long version of your playthroughs it's always great to chill and see the awesome videos, a new STALKER Gamma playthrough before 2 is out could be amazing.
Excited for Stalker 2!! Just finished SoC last week and going through CS rn. I haven't played any of the games till the first trailer for Stalker 2 and still couldn't until the console release, been having a blast. If anyone has other recommendations for Stalker/Metro/Chernobylite type games please lmk, big fan of the setting in these type of games, highly appreciate it!
STALKER (1979) is my favorite movie. STALKER Call of Pripyat is my favorite Stalker game. Misery was my favorite "mod". Such an incredible IP. Glad to see it getting the attention it deserves
I can't wait for this to come out... I've played thousands of hours of Stalker (yes, I'm a huge nerd, the Zone is my happy place), seeing all the old locations in such glorious detail, it's all so exciting! Actually going to book days off work for this.
I am excited to hop back onto the zone and explore her once more. As much as I love anomaly and the gamma mod pack I really am happy to experience a new story with some great graphics
I played the STALKER games for the first time in early 2023 and they were amazing. The first game still looks decent even now because of its somewhat Borderlands 1 Graphics style. STALKER Anomaly is incredible and combines the good things from all 3 games into one and everything is so smooth and fun. I like to loot in games like STALKER, Dying light 1 and State of Decay and I wish STALKER had a home base you needed to recruit people for and build up and get bonuses to take out into the field with you that would take it to a 12/10.
Jeez, this video could not have came at a more coincidental time. I was just relooking through your old stalker videos earlier and I had also decided to pick up the 3 original titles on steam (I have them on disk) and was playing SoC today lol. Super excited for Stalker 2!
Stalker Anomaly is what got me into the whole Stalker universe and I am thoroughly invested into it thanks to watching videos like these. Even DayZ has me wanting to try it out with Namalsk being a loving nod to Stalker. Hoping to try Anomaly and have some good (freighting) fun!
I played this game since release and ONLY now I realise the AK loading handle is reversed in the game....Brass in the face since 2007. Also what's the music ID @ 12:28 ????
I’m happy to see the actual graphics match up to what I’ve seen in my head for the last 15 tears, but I hope we get new locations to explore. I’ve played these games for so long that I can instantly tell you where a screenshot was taken.
OD's summary is well appreciated. The core of the game is you, progression and the end result in terms of experience and lore. The originals were distinct from one another, and mods exhibit the same game philosophy. It's a recipe that allows for discovery where one doesn't have to rely too much on origin. Players will delve into the history inherently but the way the devs present their art really requires none to do so prior to, but more so after the experience because the presentation in all its forms is intriguing.
as someone who has only ever heard/played anomaly it was a great experience for me and if i wanted lore i would just watch videos about it from creators like yourself. Im definitely sucked into the story of stalker now
STALKER 2 VANILLA WILL BANG HIT YOU LIKE A BOOMERANG STUFF YOU CAN’T UNDERSTAND NO MOD WILL BEAT ITS RANK GAMMA, ANOMALY, MISERY LEAST NOT ANY OF THAT JANK
As a guy who played Anomaly and then GAMMA before anything else and have still yet to play any of the games, I actually loved it. There were lots of little references to Strelok and whatnot that I've been slowly learning tidbits of the story from a "random dude" perspective. It's not a bad thing
I haven't been buying games for the last year or so trying to get through the backlog of games that I have. S2 will definitely be the reason that this changes.
I'm playing Stalker Gamma right now, and i'm amazed with it. Is like playing Skyrim for the first time again, but hardcore. The freedom in it's gameplay is crazy. And de mods makes it look like a modern game. (Skyrim x Tarkov singleplayer game = Amazing)
0:11 so we all thought, stalker 2 should be called delayed 4000 the day this game comes out marks the end of the world with more accuracy than the mayan calendar
I’d rather wait years longer, than get a bad unfinished game. Every game nowadays is unfinished, I’m hoping they don’t give into the pressure and instead only release when it’s perfect.
I'll definitely play 2 for the story, but I do hope it has more refined features and qol like anomaly and gamma than the original games. Even the silly pretty things like all meds and items having usage animations would be awesome to see in base game.
Yeah. Idk Anomaly and gamma are what I got into. That experience of just getting thrown into it was awesome. It’s like getting into the experience in real life you have no idea what to do at first until peace by peace you figure it out.
You know it's just so insanely cool when a game from my country actually becomes somewhat popular! And personally for me the STALKER series were special not only because of that you can do basically anything you want (like if you want you can literally kill everyone you see) but also that i grew up in similar places, like man i lived in the same buildings as in Pripyat and grew up with playgrounds similar to the ones you can see in STALKER!
Ukraine is a very cool country. I’ve always been so infatuated w/ the aesthetic and culture of it all. Just know there’s a lot of people here who think your home is a cool place!
I know what you mean. I felt the same way when I played True Crime Streets of LA. I spent half of my time driving to places that I know of in real life.
I felt the same way playing Fallout 4 in the Greater Boston area. :) I would ride my bike through Concord when I was younger, and it’s uncanny seeing those places reimagined.
its crazy, cuz anomaly does have a story. you can play through the campaign of the first game, just with some edits to make strelok being alive make sense
I bought rtx4070 after I saw new stalker2 trailer in 600mb/sec bitrate. It was a blast. And stalker2 will support dlss3, so you can expect 100+ FPS with RTX
Thank you for this video! I'm a huge S.T.A.L.K.E.R fan, after finding your Anomaly series i was obsessed watching all of your videos about S.T.A.L.K.E.R, can't wait to play it myself! GET OUT OF HERE STALKER!
@@sesad5035 what you want me to watch? 2007 playthrough? i mean i've completed vanila games at least 5x times each one in the past... i have original CDs etc. Get out of here stalker!
They really know what we guys want just look at those animations the sound the atmosphere the misery its all perfect. I hope the game feels like the trailer from start to finish. I was a bit afraid that we would get a totally different feel to the game but i dont see any health bars or anything like that ^^
The best part is in their discord they had been taking suggestions on what to add, how to add it, or even any brand new ideas that might even be from GAMMA or such
@@alkazarjkdghjdit's russian propaganda. Ukrainian language has the same origin as russian, it's not derived from it. Watch Timothy Snyder's lectures on Ukrainian history, educate yourself before saying something.
They both come from a common ancestor (old east Slavic) but are separate and developed at the same time. Ukrainian and Russian are as linguistically related as Polish and Czech. It's not a derivative of Russian. @@alkazarjkdghjd
im so dumb for my first playthoughn in soc cause instead of exploring some more i ended up ending it witht the wish granter ending rather than finding the secrets now im working on another playthough
Can we stop being so fixated on graphics being such high fidelity?! Like who cars if the graphics are ultra crisp and near to photorealism. If the graphics are okay, let it be OKAY. I prefer graphics < gameplay/story. Story and gameplay matter more than graphics. You're NOT a true stalker fan if graphics disappointed anyone in the stalker 2 trailers. They all look fine. Let's all stop trying to get more and more better looking graphics. Focus on optimization, story, NO BUGS, day one launch actually functions. The more graphics, guess what only the big boys can play it. It's not fair for the smaller people that don't own a decent PC to play the damn game. A new game should be enjoyed by ALL GAMERS. NOT FUCKING RUclipsRS ONLY........don't think I'm an angry small PC player. I own a 3080ti. I'm just speaking out for the smaller guys. It's just not fair for them man. MAKE IT RIGHT.
I agree. Anyone seeing this, if you do not to take the time to play the originals, even modded versions, there are plenty of quality videos out there to get you caught up on the events leading up to Stalker 2.
@@michaelthompson5252 can you give examples? I don't got time to play the game + its coming in 2 days, and I watched one of the videos so i know the endings of all of the series but still want more information, could give me a good video to watch?
1:00 One graphical change, away from something that I was being a nerd about at the time… In the original trailer, ADS with a scope created a secondary field of view inside the scope, and the surrounding view outside the scope did not zoom in; two focal lengths, effectively (very few games choose to render the two distances like you’d see in real life when using a scope, eye relief, etc.). This graphics-intensive rendering is not present in this footage. PC only, one would hope, at least.
love the mention of Raycevick, he also got me into STALKER from that video Playing all these years and loving it has made me want another game for years The new one is gonna have me locking myself in my room for a few months
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Just wanted to add something here, for the fringe audience that maybe has played all the stalker games already and dabbled with anamoly. But the Metro games are an excellent series to play as well. Made by ex Stalker Devs, using a similar engine. The two series truly feel one in the same. For the truly nerdy, one could imagine both series taking place in the same universe. Either way, I'm halfway through last light and cannot stress how awesome the Metro games are. More linear than stalker, but that help it deliver really memorable set pieces and story beats. Excellent video btw!
Howdy, gamers! Sorry for the little delay for this video. I'm moving locations and I edited this on the floor with no table. I blame any editing mistakes on the fact I had to edit this on a floor.
New low in editing. Floor level
@@dzikbytom6414 Real
Can you try Arena Breakout : Infınıte? its like simpler tarkov
Transported to Oklahoma????? There's no place like home there's no place like home
@dzikbytom6414 but he has reached the bottom. he can only go up and improve.
also the floor is a great place for creative inspiration imo.
The mission in SoC, where you had to head into x-18 for the first time scared the literal crap out of me. Nothing since then has been able to do that.
the pipes clanging violently as you go down the stairs, bro I got chills
@@pierrenortje9607 Yeah, that whole sound design and atmosphere was scary beyond belief.
Same here.
In my case, I think it is for the reason that at this point in the game I thought that it could all be "real", because Chernobyl exists in reality, genetic mutations in animals due to radiation are maybe not unlikely, everything looked so much like the atmosphere of the zone in real photos and stuff... I was scared a.f. when playing it for the first time. It was awesome.
horror sections in games that arent strictly horror always scare me way more than horror games. the added tension that you already get from just playing base stalker with the resource scarcity and survival elements only adds to that even more
@@boinqity4621 Bingo! What also got me was some of the designers telling stories about places that they went and having the guides who took them through areas that were clearly abandoned laboratories that had some very strange and unexplained "tests", and then you get to x-18 and see some of the ideas that were done in real life....implied horror is MUCH more terrifying that jump scares, IMO.
People need to expect stalker 2 to NOT play like anomaly or gamma or whatever else is popular. They need to expect it to play like a modern classic stalker game.
And im gonna hold them to that standard so i expect the npcs to not be as braindead as they are in the trailer since the originals had really good ai
hope so, the npc, logic and aim of AI in Anomaly/GAMMA is among the worst in existence of video games
@@dominykaszakrys3373 100%
I expected great things going in but having every AI hit me with a weapon that doesn't jam at all, unlike mine at the same quality, and then being able to run around corners aiming directly at me going 15mph is not what I'd call Good AI
@@ImNotFine44idk I love the originals but the ai could be pretty dumb sometimes. I’ve seen entire groups of enemies just stand still and not react when shot
Man I need a better inventory screen 😢😢😢 wtf is this plain and simple one. Damn console players 😅
Can't wait for Stalker 2
Me too... Same as DL2 Dlc 2.
oh hey, i know this guy
I've been waiting for like 10 years! 😭😭
@@unnamed715 Since 2009.
sadly you gonna have to wait a little longer
For anyone watching this seeking to play the original trilogy, do not skip clear sky, the devs designed for it to be played after SoC to explain the story that the sequel and the original are based on. It's also generally considered a very pretty game, even if it is flawed in other parts of it. You can check out what other people say about it, Drewski simply did not even mention it at the end of the video
I didn't skip Clear Sky, but I took more time fixing it to make it playable due to crashes than actually playing the game, the problem is X-Ray Engine
Underrated comment. ClearSky is actually my favourite one. Yes its buggy but the world also feels very alive.
I'll give clear sky a second chance. Beat it once and deleted it immediately. It did get pretty fun near the end and it was a beautiful looking game. I'll look for fan patches to hopefully have a better time.
Clear skys was my least favorite out of the 3 by far
Clear sky was my least favourite, but please play it with mods to fix the bugs. It is an incredibly buggy game.
The fact that GSC went bankrupt and said "Hey guys here's the Dev kit, go nuts" and that allowed the Call of Chernobyl team to fix X-Ray so that it was actually stable is honestly what kept Stalker alive and thriving for so many years. With nothing holding back the mod community and the devs openly saying that people can make free standalone mods using the engine with no fear of a cease and desist shows how much they didn't just care about their game, but the community that was created because of it. Can't say that for many developers and/or companies nowadays...
As a citizen of Oklahoma the new weather anomaly is valid.
Edit: Holy crap Drewski hearted my comment btw Drewski keep it up man almost 2 mil
Well, what's interesting, for Ukraine it's definetely an anomaly, we almost never have tornado's or similar stuff here
I have to second that, honestly just a normal day tbh
@@Loy_Otterton I almost died 3 times in a week like 2 weeks ago
fr dude, we have some of the wildest weather here.
918 blowz
it says a lot about the game and the mods from it and their ability to create an atmosphere when i can't even hear crows in other games now without having a ptsd ridden panic attack screaming "WE NEED SHELTER NOW!!!! BLOW OUT!!!!" knowing full well those crows aren't the same crows.
what's the modpack you're talking about ?
@@spartacus1155 those crows appear on pretty much any anomaly mod pack, gamma, escape from pripyat, etc.
i would also start sweating when "crows far" starts playing irl
That sound when you lose connection with the PDA is a PTSD sound for me. It gives me adrenalin like no other sound
The tailgate thing was weirdly specific
you've never needed to buy a new tail gate latch so that your 2003 chevy avalanche's 100 pound tail gate doesn't come slamming down by itself going 80 on the highway and jumpscare the shit out of you??? buddy what rock are you living under?? i coulda swore that we've all experienced that at least once or twice
@@Professional.American Not a 2003, but a 1995... About crashed.... My girlfriend at the time was not happy. Seeing as most of her stuff was in the truck bed. lol
As a former 2005 Avalanche owner I can say it was valid
@@TeaAndBullets As a current 2005 avalanche owner, I can currently confirm
It’s funny cause I also drive an 03 Avalanche lol. Sturdy ass truck. Technically an SUV but whatever.
0:50 dang that reload animation was clearly a labor of love
They’ve seen enough guns locally it should be 👀
16:54 "You have 85 days".
Now go, let the legend come back to life! 🤣
The way he said it is so cool
Revolver Ocelot is a real one o7
Looks like you get extra time
Literally your Anomaly videos are what got me addicted to this franchise...so thank you first and foremost. I would likely never have known about it otherwise because, like you, I was also occupied when they were contemporary titles.
But I'm glad this franchise was made, I'm glad the community made something that was dual parts a tribute to their favorite series as well as the best piece of advertising said series could possibly ask for.
It's been so much fun learning about this universe and I know it's the best feeling ever to see so many new excited people curious about things you're personally passionate about. ❤
People like you are the worst, you don't even game the actual experience because mod the shit out of a game you haven't even tried. ITS PATHETIC
"you have 85 days" gave me the same vibe as looking at my menu when trying fallout 1 for the first time and seeing that time limit.
I really liked Clear Sky, it had the faction warfare more prevalent in it than the other two. The only issue for me was that any small injury would cause you to bleed and you pretty much have to use a bandage or else you die. Having enough bandages to not die from bleeding out every single time you got shot was a struggle.
dont get shot?
Use the anti bleed artifact
I did a playthrough of Clear Sky without any artifacts at all, after which I noticed a distinct tendency for hoarding as many medical supplies as possible in any game I played after.
ya was hopein to see somone saying this i prefer clear sky. paticlaurly moded (and thiers some prity good reworks like LFO clear sky. highly highly recommended.
the fraction wars is so dynamic super fun also to spawn in other buddies and take on commander role and fight massive wars haha.
Clear sky was so good, but i sadly never coulf finish it. I always had a zombie stuck INSIDE the swamp lab, and so the alert never ended and the doors never opened. This happened to me over several different PC's and i never could finish it :(.
The thing with the gunplay in the vanilla version of the original trilogy, but also in a lot of mods, is that weapons have a hit chance established in their individual config file. Most of them have 80% hitchance, while it's 70% for the shotguns, 90% for guns in 9x39mm (Groza, VAL, VSS) and a 100% for guns in 7.62mmR (SVD, SVU), the Gauss rifle and also for the knife. For mods, it was a custom of mine of setting the hitchance on all guns to 100%. It was a painstaking process, specially if the mod has a ton of guns, but it was worth it. It changes the game, it can make it either easier or harder depending on the situation because the hit chance works both ways. You can also tweak the ammo, like setting the number of proyectiles per shot, penetration, damage quotient, size of the shot impact decal, tracer or no tracer, things like that. There was mod (I think it was People's Soup) where you can get a PTRD-41, single shot AT rifle in 14.5x114mm caliber. It was my elephant gun of sorts, I used it to hunt pseudogiants. I tweaked its ammo config file and did in-game penetration tests on STALKERS. I made it capable of punching through two brick walls and hit the poor bastard on the other side, killing him. It was still pretty balanced as it was long, heavy, had ton of recoil and ammo was scarce.
i have been playing stalker for maybe 2 years now and it just brings me so much joy when they announced stalker 2 i preordered it back in april and i will be looking forward to it also i will be looking forward to your vid drewski
Love throwing a drewski video on and eating a meal. W combo
That combo got me through college lmao
@@Mclovinsit lmao same
lmao I'm doing just that right now
An important thing to remember is that no game will ever live up to its hype; especially a game like this which so many people have been wanting for years. I don't think that STALKER 2 will be flawless, I am sure that they will get a lot of things "wrong" especially with how the modding community has dedicated so much time to "reinvisioning" the game. A lot of people are going to have vastly different expectations, and I expect the initial backlash to be pretty notable.
That being said, I think that there is a good chance the game will be "foundationally" sound and that modders can/will iron out anywhere that is perceived as "lacking". The game is looking beautiful, and it seems like it will capture that atmosphere of the original games. I think that is more important than anything; STALKER is known for breathtaking atmospherics that make your in-game experience feel real and immersive. I think modders can build off of that, even if it turns out the game is fundamentally different from what has become popular over the past few years (Anomaly, GAMMA, Gunslinger, EFP).
Now THIS guy gets it ☝️👍
CP2077 release taught me very well to never get too hyped for a game again. I stay cautiously optimistic at best. If a game is genuinely great, it's just that much better since I had no wild expectations
Correction: it was not an in-engine trailer, it was an in-game trailer. The 2 could have very drastic differences and this latest trailer being in-game is way more impressive than if it was in-engine.
IMO the earlier trailers/teasers were really impressive, seemed a big jump in graphics quality but so much has caught up and the delayed release date def put a damper on the hype for me
@@OMGitsProvidence I prefer having a delayed game, than a shitty game. No offense though.
@@SoundTrackJ unfortunately some get too rowdy when a game is delayed too much, case point cyberpunk and the company has to release due to safety concerns (that and shareholders)
@@yeetneet5334 I get it. I want this game to be released in the best possible condition. Even if it means that the game will be released in 2025.
@@SoundTrackJ Depends why its delayed. If its delayed to restart development or feature bloat it could still result in a bad product. I dont see that with Stalker 2 its no where near as a landmine as Colonial Marines or DNF's development.
Anomoly is the most terrifying game I've ever played. Not even because of the setting or the enemies but the overall atmosphere and lack of knowledge of whats going on really sends over the edge into being actually scary, and I'm not scared by any form of media or art generally, but Anomoly got me and it's my favorite game ever because of that. It's also the the only STALKER game I've played. I'm definitely gonna try STALKER 2 but I'm looking forward to a STALKER Anomoly 2 if that ever happens.
The ex-monolith guy appearing in the Stalker 2 trailer is Strider, he plays a part in Call of Pripyat already :)
that trailer made me happy as it showed stalker 2 will elaborate on loose ends from CoP.
I remember seeing my dad play COP when I was a kid and was literally addicted to that game. I was around 8-9 years old when I originally played it, and only a few years later they announced this game. I was 11 when they announced it, I am 21 years old almost 22. I have literally been waiting for this game for half my life. I am so hyped for it!
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to people watching this video
do NOT skip clear sky, it is just as good as the others in the series, it's from people like this that the saying of "oh just skip clear sky" gets spread around so much, the issues with the game tend to be overexaggerated and i believed it, then once i actually played it the game turned out to be my favorite in the series
and True Stalker for what it's worth is anything but, with no A-Life and the forced integration of Gunslinger it strays from what makes the classics what they are *not to mention the story falls off near the end
I absolutely agree, I played the Stalker games when they came out and clear sky was my favorite one of the 3 game play wise
If anyone wants to try out Clear Sky but can't get past the godawful gunplay, try Clear Sky: ABR. It fixes most of the annoying bullshit of the OG while being 95% faithful to vanilla!
Clear Sky best in the trilogy, even with the bugs.
Scar is my favorite protagonist
I got hit in the head and knocked out so many times I barely remember the story.
thanks for doing my favorite game franchise justice
I can't believe you even read roadside picnic, a true fan
I remember watching my Dad replay the stalker games when I was 6, I remember very little, but for some reason, that stuck with me. I've played through them all, it's unbelievable that there's another one coming out. My Dad and I will be replaying this one at least 5 times 😅
I just wanted to hop on and say thank you. This and your other recent videos made me grab the console version of the trilogy.
I only had a little time but that first bandit camp with that little pistol (on Stalker difficulty) was truly a learning moment as I got game over a few times (also, learned to save).
Even from the start the game has such good atmospheric it's incredible.
Thank you Drew for getting me into stalker last year (or two idk), it's been my favorite ever since and GAMMA is incredible. Looking forward to Stalker 2, and all it brings!
nobody mentioned the insane soundtrack, this game looks and sounds phenomenal. can't wait for the bugs.
Call of Pripyat OST was absolutely brilliant
Drum n bass, reggae, blues rock and alt metal all within the same game.
i was kinda young getting into stalker, my computer was setup in an unfinished concrete basement with a freezer with those orange lights that flicker. my parents stored random stuff down there. but playing stalker there was freaky as hell. don't think i made it half way through. didn't help that i played mostly at night. but i'm excited for stalker 2. trying to not get sucked into the hype and just let the game come out and i enjoy it. looking forward for more drewski videos.
I found you from one of your STALKER Anomaly videos a while back and it got me into play Anomaly and GAMMA. Thank you for getting me into such an amazing series and I am happy to see a lot of the stuff I have grown to love in the games.
Try original games. Western mods lost slav atmosphere
@@gomogay972 I love the original games too, but saying that the mods "lost slav atmosphere" is disingenuous.
I love that you bring up Raycevick because not only was that his first video I found and it got me into STALKER. But also because I've always thought y'all sounded similar to the point of if you swapped channels for a video, I would think that y'all are either sick or got a new mic
I recently got into the metro series from watching your stalker videos and I’ve NEVER liked single player games, but my god…metro is glorious. I’m so excited for their new one to drop
Been rewatching all your stalker videos and then got gamma today and have done nothing but play it today and then like clock work this video comes out, perfection 👌
I literally bought all three stalker games on console the day they came out because of you Drewski. Watching you play Stalker was the highlight of my week and when I saw it on Xbox I was freaking out and bought it 😂
They are not bugs they are anomalies
“surprise game mechanics”😂
Thanks Drewski! I literally bought a PC to play Gamma because of you. Cant wait for Stalker 2 BABY!!!!
Gaymma sucks, play the og trilogy. Stalker 2 will not live up to your expectations.
@@sesad5035 Why the long face?
@@sesad5035 Your opinion is worth what I paid for it
It's good time to be alive!
Bro i love your d.r.u.n.k.e.r series, surprisingly to see you here
Drewski got me to play the old stalkers again, since the last few weeks. And it go so hooked again. Such a great series!
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I HAVEN'T EVEN STARTED WATCHING BUT NEW DREWSKI STALKER VIDEO LET'S GOOOO
these guys made this game while there country was attacked by the "2nd biggest army in the world" and it still looks amazing, cant wait to try it and support those amazing devs
love the chaotic energy Drewski, kept me entertained
This is definitely the video to watch if your wanting to play any of the Stalker games. Great vid, love the Stalker games.
i highly recommend playing through atleast Shadow of chernobyl from the original, it still holds up in 2024 and belongs among the greats like half life 2.
the game manages to be incredibly immersive and athmospheric despite being 17 years old, the underground sections namely lab X-18 were genuinely fucking scary and had me slowly creeping up every room expecting some shithead to fly into my face screaming at mach 1
The feeling of being scared combined with the massive arsenal at your disposal gives that perfect feeling of "bravery", yeah youre scared but you know you can handle it, hard feeling to achieve in games as its usually either "scared to death" or "nothing can touch me"
been here since 100k subs and ur jurny was just awsome to be a part of and u made me start playing STLAKER anoamly and gamma ty ♥
I literally just thought that drewski shoul make a stalker vid. I just got clear sky, and I love it. Makes me wonder what the other ones will be like if it’s the bad one
Playing through Stalker for the first time, thinking I had finished it (wish ender ending) i was kinda left underwhelmed.
I didn’t realise I didn’t get the true ending so I went back, Thankyou so much! That last stretch was awesome.
Never would have known OW! Take care! :)
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Please make a long version of your playthroughs it's always great to chill and see the awesome videos, a new STALKER Gamma playthrough before 2 is out could be amazing.
Nah, EFP for the win
the outro was goated "you have 85 days" was so badass for some reason lmao
Excited for Stalker 2!! Just finished SoC last week and going through CS rn. I haven't played any of the games till the first trailer for Stalker 2 and still couldn't until the console release, been having a blast. If anyone has other recommendations for Stalker/Metro/Chernobylite type games please lmk, big fan of the setting in these type of games, highly appreciate it!
STALKER (1979) is my favorite movie. STALKER Call of Pripyat is my favorite Stalker game. Misery was my favorite "mod". Such an incredible IP. Glad to see it getting the attention it deserves
What if they return, and decide to develop MISERY mod 3.0.0.
@@sesad5035 heck yeah
I can't wait for this to come out... I've played thousands of hours of Stalker (yes, I'm a huge nerd, the Zone is my happy place), seeing all the old locations in such glorious detail, it's all so exciting! Actually going to book days off work for this.
I am excited to hop back onto the zone and explore her once more. As much as I love anomaly and the gamma mod pack I really am happy to experience a new story with some great graphics
Loved your old modded stalker videos! Though I’m still waiting on that complete 1-life run
he finished one of his 1 life runs. i can’t remember though if he started another one
I played the STALKER games for the first time in early 2023 and they were amazing. The first game still looks decent even now because of its somewhat Borderlands 1 Graphics style. STALKER Anomaly is incredible and combines the good things from all 3 games into one and everything is so smooth and fun. I like to loot in games like STALKER, Dying light 1 and State of Decay and I wish STALKER had a home base you needed to recruit people for and build up and get bonuses to take out into the field with you that would take it to a 12/10.
This is the earliest I’ve been to an OperatorDrewski video.
True. I find Anomaly quite sandboxy as you arent forced down any path. Fun though. Gives you the right vibes!
Jeez, this video could not have came at a more coincidental time. I was just relooking through your old stalker videos earlier and I had also decided to pick up the 3 original titles on steam (I have them on disk) and was playing SoC today lol.
Super excited for Stalker 2!
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Stalker Anomaly is what got me into the whole Stalker universe and I am thoroughly invested into it thanks to watching videos like these. Even DayZ has me wanting to try it out with Namalsk being a loving nod to Stalker. Hoping to try Anomaly and have some good (freighting) fun!
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I played this game since release and ONLY now I realise the AK loading handle is reversed in the game....Brass in the face since 2007.
Also what's the music ID @ 12:28 ????
I have been hunting for that book since I first jumped down the stalker rabbit hole you created with the best survival shooter and it's free vid.
I’m happy to see the actual graphics match up to what I’ve seen in my head for the last 15 tears, but I hope we get new locations to explore. I’ve played these games for so long that I can instantly tell you where a screenshot was taken.
Such a reasonable, balanced and well thought out set of opinions. What kind you RUclips video is this?!
I also started playing GAMMA and can't wait for stalker 2, i ordered the Ultimate Edition nearly three years back.
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OD's summary is well appreciated. The core of the game is you, progression and the end result in terms of experience and lore. The originals were distinct from one another, and mods exhibit the same game philosophy. It's a recipe that allows for discovery where one doesn't have to rely too much on origin. Players will delve into the history inherently but the way the devs present their art really requires none to do so prior to, but more so after the experience because the presentation in all its forms is intriguing.
I probably wouldn't have tried the original Stalker games, but I definetly enjoyed the hours I played anomoly after your first video on it.
as someone who has only ever heard/played anomaly it was a great experience for me and if i wanted lore i would just watch videos about it from creators like yourself. Im definitely sucked into the story of stalker now
just don't expect stalker 2 to be like anomaly if you buy it.
You showed me modded stalker originally and I’ve had so much fun with Anomaly. Can’t wait to get into the Zone again.
STALKER 2 VANILLA WILL BANG
HIT YOU LIKE A BOOMERANG
STUFF YOU CAN’T UNDERSTAND
NO MOD WILL BEAT ITS RANK
GAMMA, ANOMALY, MISERY
LEAST NOT ANY OF THAT JANK
@@Zakxaev68GAMMA and EFP are already kicking ass 😅
@@lisandroantoniotejedor136 Your ass?
As a guy who played Anomaly and then GAMMA before anything else and have still yet to play any of the games, I actually loved it. There were lots of little references to Strelok and whatnot that I've been slowly learning tidbits of the story from a "random dude" perspective. It's not a bad thing
Jesus you saying "you have 85 days" just made it feel like you gave me a target package on a park bench and walked away
Right? I stood up for no reason like I had to start going somewhere lmao
I haven't been buying games for the last year or so trying to get through the backlog of games that I have. S2 will definitely be the reason that this changes.
I wish you made more commentary videos.
I'm playing Stalker Gamma right now, and i'm amazed with it. Is like playing Skyrim for the first time again, but hardcore. The freedom in it's gameplay is crazy. And de mods makes it look like a modern game. (Skyrim x Tarkov singleplayer game = Amazing)
0:11 so we all thought, stalker 2 should be called delayed 4000 the day this game comes out marks the end of the world with more accuracy than the mayan calendar
I’d rather wait years longer, than get a bad unfinished game. Every game nowadays is unfinished, I’m hoping they don’t give into the pressure and instead only release when it’s perfect.
@@hobbypyromane2.05 and so it will never be released...
@@hobbypyromane2.05 tell me of one game thats not unfinished and full of minor bugs even after years of support and development...
@@flikitisideways9953 gege get off my dick yu virgin mad games take longer then 8 years to develop with way bigger teams
Don't get smart
There's a clear difference between a game with minor inconveniences but is still overall enjoyable vs. a dumpster fire.
I'll definitely play 2 for the story, but I do hope it has more refined features and qol like anomaly and gamma than the original games. Even the silly pretty things like all meds and items having usage animations would be awesome to see in base game.
SVU my beloved ❤
Even better if auto is an option
Yeah. Idk Anomaly and gamma are what I got into. That experience of just getting thrown into it was awesome. It’s like getting into the experience in real life you have no idea what to do at first until peace by peace you figure it out.
You know it's just so insanely cool when a game from my country actually becomes somewhat popular! And personally for me the STALKER series were special not only because of that you can do basically anything you want (like if you want you can literally kill everyone you see) but also that i grew up in similar places, like man i lived in the same buildings as in Pripyat and grew up with playgrounds similar to the ones you can see in STALKER!
Ukraine is a very cool country. I’ve always been so infatuated w/ the aesthetic and culture of it all. Just know there’s a lot of people here who think your home is a cool place!
I know what you mean. I felt the same way when I played True Crime Streets of LA. I spent half of my time driving to places that I know of in real life.
I felt the same way playing Fallout 4 in the Greater Boston area. :) I would ride my bike through Concord when I was younger, and it’s uncanny seeing those places reimagined.
its crazy, cuz anomaly does have a story. you can play through the campaign of the first game, just with some edits to make strelok being alive make sense
I need a Cheekie Breekie GPU to be able to play this!
I bought rtx4070 after I saw new stalker2 trailer in 600mb/sec bitrate. It was a blast. And stalker2 will support dlss3, so you can expect 100+ FPS with RTX
@thomasov2004 you're cheekie breekie
@@blackburn1489Upscalers and fg are pure dogshit. I want to play games at REAL resolutions, not at upscaled shit with millions of artefacts.
thx for the refresher, I played all official stalker games but honestly it's so long time ago I don't remember any of the lore ;o]]
Thank you for this video! I'm a huge S.T.A.L.K.E.R fan, after finding your Anomaly series i was obsessed watching all of your videos about S.T.A.L.K.E.R, can't wait to play it myself! GET OUT OF HERE STALKER!
"Huge stalker fan."
*Plays anomaly*
@@sesad5035 what you want me to watch? 2007 playthrough? i mean i've completed vanila games at least 5x times each one in the past... i have original CDs etc. Get out of here stalker!
@@RmXs Firstly, you didn't say in your op that you played the og trilogy, but ok.
@@sesad5035 it's fine, i was just grateful for anomaly series 👍
They really know what we guys want just look at those animations the sound the atmosphere the misery its all perfect. I hope the game feels like the trailer from start to finish. I was a bit afraid that we would get a totally different feel to the game but i dont see any health bars or anything like that ^^
The best part is in their discord they had been taking suggestions on what to add, how to add it, or even any brand new ideas that might even be from GAMMA or such
I expect a full playthrough of stalker 2 from you here on youtube when/after it releases!
Also, i would like to see some heavy russian accents in the english dub. Not some hirrd english translations. Just heavy heavy Cyrillic accents.
Ukrainian
@@RogueBeatsARG Ukrainian is a derived language of Russian, the same as Belgian is a derived language of French.
@@alkazarjkdghjdit's russian propaganda. Ukrainian language has the same origin as russian, it's not derived from it. Watch Timothy Snyder's lectures on Ukrainian history, educate yourself before saying something.
They both come from a common ancestor (old east Slavic) but are separate and developed at the same time. Ukrainian and Russian are as linguistically related as Polish and Czech.
It's not a derivative of Russian. @@alkazarjkdghjd
@@alkazarjkdghjd Spanish is derived from Latin, and English from Germanic, that doesn't mean anything
I loved Clear Sky (especially thanks to the Sky Reclamation mod which fixed a ton of bugs and added quality of life features)
we cant really blame them for being late... there at war
That monolith dude I think via the trailer name was striker a former monolith solider you meet in call of prypiat and help
im so dumb for my first playthoughn in soc cause instead of exploring some more i ended up ending it witht the wish granter ending rather than finding the secrets
now im working on another playthough
I'm just about to start my first run in Anomaly. After watching this I'm pumped AF!
🤦🤦 fake fucking fan
Can we stop being so fixated on graphics being such high fidelity?! Like who cars if the graphics are ultra crisp and near to photorealism. If the graphics are okay, let it be OKAY. I prefer graphics < gameplay/story. Story and gameplay matter more than graphics. You're NOT a true stalker fan if graphics disappointed anyone in the stalker 2 trailers. They all look fine. Let's all stop trying to get more and more better looking graphics. Focus on optimization, story, NO BUGS, day one launch actually functions. The more graphics, guess what only the big boys can play it. It's not fair for the smaller people that don't own a decent PC to play the damn game. A new game should be enjoyed by ALL GAMERS. NOT FUCKING RUclipsRS ONLY........don't think I'm an angry small PC player. I own a 3080ti. I'm just speaking out for the smaller guys. It's just not fair for them man. MAKE IT RIGHT.
"you have 85 days" thats it im going to play them just because of that ending, it was too good
I disagree, if you haven't played the original games you will be missing out on a lot ... not a little like Drewski says.
I agree. Anyone seeing this, if you do not to take the time to play the originals, even modded versions, there are plenty of quality videos out there to get you caught up on the events leading up to Stalker 2.
@@michaelthompson5252 can you give examples? I don't got time to play the game + its coming in 2 days, and I watched one of the videos so i know the endings of all of the series but still want more information, could give me a good video to watch?
I'm so stoked for the game, but even more stoked for the mods that come after!
they just delay the game to november 20th :(
1:00 One graphical change, away from something that I was being a nerd about at the time…
In the original trailer, ADS with a scope created a secondary field of view inside the scope, and the surrounding view outside the scope did not zoom in; two focal lengths, effectively (very few games choose to render the two distances like you’d see in real life when using a scope, eye relief, etc.). This graphics-intensive rendering is not present in this footage.
PC only, one would hope, at least.
The big question is will they still have dynamic Ai that made stalker unique, or are they going with a more scripted closed game?
great question and how good is the AI going to be
love the mention of Raycevick, he also got me into STALKER from that video
Playing all these years and loving it has made me want another game for years
The new one is gonna have me locking myself in my room for a few months
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Just wanted to add something here, for the fringe audience that maybe has played all the stalker games already and dabbled with anamoly. But the Metro games are an excellent series to play as well. Made by ex Stalker Devs, using a similar engine. The two series truly feel one in the same. For the truly nerdy, one could imagine both series taking place in the same universe. Either way, I'm halfway through last light and cannot stress how awesome the Metro games are. More linear than stalker, but that help it deliver really memorable set pieces and story beats. Excellent video btw!