Here’s the a link to a helpful Mod Organizer tutorial Video, as well as a list of all the mods I use =) ruclips.net/video/oMrUZ8ezIso/видео.html&ab_channel=CheekiBreeki Mods www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/provak-s-weapon-overhaul-v26-anomaly-1512 www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/hip-for-every-faction www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/hip-aurora-model-fixed www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/hip-qdsfydb www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/medkit-drop-rate-increase www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/companions-x10-health-regeneration-151 www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/loot-rebalance-151 www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/sorting-plus www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/player-stash-icon www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/blindsides-reanimation-pack-and-alternative-sights-compatibility-patch www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/glowsticks
If you guys haven't played any Stalker games yet, but still want a free and updated experience to get you know the world and actual lore of Stalker I would suggest you to first try OGSR(Old good Stalker Evolution/Revolution) it a standalone mod of the first game shadow of chernobyl with some restored cut content completely remade in 64bit version of the xray engine. And if you have played Shoc and not for a while you might wanna try it too, in a new refreshed way with new content and stories to discover. Also you could see it as a introduction in a slightly less overwhelming experience then anomaly. Since anomaly is filled to the brim with new items and strongly expanded mechanics build upon the original mechanics.
funfact: there are actually female stalkers in the game, every single one of them (except one) wear hazmat suits or similarly ambiguous outfits but you can hear their voices when they sit and chat at the campfire, and they are very rare. in my 40 hour playthrough (ongoing) ive only met 2 of them, the 1st is hip from the rookie village in cordon, and the 2nd is a ecologist scientist in the old church of great swamps, but only hip has a feminine appearance, from what i heard its because her model is part of an unfinished and wip mod to allow female character creation in the game.
The "C-Consciousness" name is actually very creative.. just not in it's English form. In Russian it's "Общее Сознание" (Collective Consciousness), but when you shrink it down to "О-Сознание" it morphs into a new word - "осознание", that can be interpreted both as "awareness" or "realization".
@@Jester4460hey are something similar, but in Fallout you first pass the story missions, along the way you earn money, buy equipment, pumped up, and in STALKER you first pass a ton of side quests to earn, and then go do story tasks, because before you died there from the bloodsucker or a squad of fanatics "Monolith. Oh, I almost forgot. In STALKER you start with 1000 rubles, which in the world of the game means nothing. With them you can not even buy a first aid kit! After all, it costs 1240 rubles from Sidorovich, and to other merchants you have not yet get (I could be wrong about the price, but I know for sure that it is more than 1000 rubles).
The reason why your game crashes with the glowsticks mod, is because you had the "enhanced shaders patch" option enabled, that was a compatibility patch with another mod which deals with the game's shaders
all i understood was that the thermonuclear powersource of the shitty glowsticks is spiritually incompatible with the game arcane eastern european engine and offsets the russian juju required to stabily run the game
@@DefinitelyNotaHedgehog EFP 4.0 has been my introduction to STALKER and boy oh boy has it been a ride! Great video, would love to see some EFP content from you!
Oddly enough, there's a Fallout 4 modlist called "Lost World" that attempts to bring the Zone to Fallout. It's interesting, but something doesn't feel as good to me. Fallout feels like the draw range is much smaller than Anomaly's and consequently it's relying on close range jump scare spawns as opposed to STALKER where I can use binoculars/scopes to steer clear of danger. (I'm lazy and just using the Gamma list for Anomaly addons).
GSC Game Worlds has actually moved their headquarters to Budapest in Hungary and are still working away on the game, they have it planned to release December 2023 iirc so fingers crossed they can deliver. Awesome review man, I had to drop a like when you contemplated the idea of a fresh stalker with a PM, bottle of Vodka and a dream to rush the CNPP. Gave me a good laugh.
In Stalker: Call of Prypiat, the Military isn't the "Neutral Evil" faction. You actually help them, because your character is actually working for the government. As well as Strelok in the end of the game.
Very entertaining video on one of my favorite games to play. Stalker Anomaly in my opinion is Stalker at its best, when you can just explore the full world and create your own story. Though that is just my opinion.
@@ianfan1420 eh may be so, but its a fetch quest sim with killer atmosphere and awesome (and buggy) dynamic AI that keeps me coming back to unwind and shut my brain off after all I put up with. So to each their own.
@@DefinitelyNotaHedgehog Yes, but i really don't believe that they going to release the game, with the conflict in their backyard, and judging by the latest news, the war is going to last and probably escalate level... unfortunately
So here's the difference between Stalker and Fallout. Fallout's a Cold war era-type post apocalypse scenario; The latest tech that series have ever gotten is up to the 80s/90s, and that's with weapons. STALKER, however, takes place in the modern times, so all of the weapons, tech, etc is up to par as to modern tech. Fallout spans the entirety of the US, Stalker is just the CNPP and the surrounding regions.
there's a good modpack for stalker anomaly called G.A.M.M.A it changes the way the game is played, for example traders don't sell you guns or armor, so if you want new guns or armor, you have to scavenge and repair them
I mean, a true grown up would like Fallout (1, 2 and New Vegas), Metro and Stalker all together, since all 3 are awesome I am looking forward to Stalker 2
8:39 - COP was originally released in 2009, at least in CIS countries and Europe. 2010 was for US. Back in 2009 i was going to buy it, but due to echonomical crisis both in the world and my family, i couldn't afford it, and i still don't have a physical copy to complete my collection (i could try buy used, but i'm not sure if it's gonna be in good condition), only digital one... and i still haven't played it (it's a long and sad story, and i don't think anybody's interested in it).
In Stalker there's no fake Romans, player's avatar is a cannon fodder like any other NPC, when it die in game there is only corpse on the ground and simple, cold information "Lost in the Zone" on screen. No phatetic speech will comfort you, after you mess up, because you are not "the chosen one". And last but not least, Stalker is NOT the post-apocalyptic world to begin with. Weird s*it is happening ONLY in the Chernobyl's exclusion zone. Behind the barbed wire fences of the Cordon there is just regular, unaffected world, where people are living their day to day lives. They maybe sometimes read or hear something about the s*itshow, that have place in The Zone... like about any other small insignificant war in the third world country.
Yeah... I would STRONGLY suggest playing the original trilogy before diving into Anomaly. The story is wonderful, and having the background of experiencing them first will definitely enrich your experience of Anomaly. Also, you'd be supporting the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. developers, and they could really use it right now as they continue trying to work on S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 during the war. Also, become friends with the "F6 - Quick Save"/"F7 - Quick Start from last Quick Save" buttons. In intense battles, if the heat is simply too much, you can save after ever good run of taking out a few enemies, and you won't have to start the entire battle over if the enemy gets a good shot on you. Also, quick save as you traverse the many kilometers while exploring; I've many a time lulled into a trance of experiencing the atmosphere of the Zone, forgetting to hit F6, only to get taken out by a sudden pack of mutated dogs, with the result that I lost 40 minutes or more of game play!
Another reason to save occasionally is a Shadow of Chernobyl bug where a save will be corrupted in a way where the game will crash every 10 seconds. I tried to follow the advice of savescumming until I could get out of the area by playing 10 seconds at a time, quickly realized this was a deranged solution so I just picked an older save. Lost 30 min of progress.
but yes i did in fact have to run from one spot to another again and again because i forgot to save and when i did it was when i was having a face off against a bandit right in FRONT of me with his shotgun of all things while i had the silenced gun that you can find in the trailer near the rookie village
Just started playing into the radius and fell in love. Learned that the game is very similar to stalker so I started learning what the game is about. Watched a few videos and by far yours has been one of the best. Drewski has a high production value, but you format the video so much better for a game like this. You introduced the background and lore of the game and universe. Explain basic gameplay experience. And show a quick installation overview. This was perfect for a community type game like this. Great job 👍
Great video. I had no idea you only jad a little bit of subs unstill you mentioned it. From one small youtuber to another you deserve more! As a long time stalker fan I loved the video. It was informative, funny at times, and well paced. I'm gonna share it to my friend.
I came to this video out of sheer luck, I been playing stalker since it came out 2007, but sir this video was fun indeed! Already subscribed for more fun, see you in the zone!
Made me laugh out loud several times, which is pretty rare for youtube. Super underrated content, keep it up. Just got into the Stalker games recently after seeing that new drewski video that blew up. Man I'm glad I tried it, it's definitely one of the best games I've ever played, and I had never even heard of stalker until I tried anomaly. Free fallout based in Chernobyl? Sign me the fuck up.
Was looking for a new game to play. Always heard this game was good. Think I'll try this without any mods for a bit. Thanks for the info. Surprised this doesn't have more views. Hopefully when stalker 2 comes out people check out this video. Might get that game too when it's released.
They highly recommend checking out stalker anomaly, one of the most polished ways of enjoying the series and being free is just awesome. The original Three stalker games have their appeal for sure though, so if you find yourself enjoying anomaly you may end up getting those three as well lol
Lol no, classic fallout is for adults. I play stalker when i'm young, because it's like COD. Trying classic fallout back then, too bored in isometric RPG, so i introduced to fallout 3. But now I'm adult and 31, boys... I was wrong to skip those gems. The dialogue, story, and choice is the best for adults. Fallout classic and New Vegas has better writing for Adults than Stalker. Honestly i love both
We need you to pick up Stalker again and talk about Gamma! Would be awesome, hearing you talk about the Gamma Mod's! Also who says definitely not a Hedgehog, is definitely a Hedgehog!
Cool video, just got into stalker in recent months and I can’t stop😂 My only nitpick with the video isn’t as a stalker fan, but as a Halo fan; Master Chief is 7’ tall not 8’
Impressive, Provak modpack is great but for the kids, you probably heard about 'Escape from Pripyat' modpack, that's where the Fallout fans are crying and grown up are screaming in pain, it's easy to install too, and it's the best experience for Anomaly in my opinion (I'm masochist) , you should try it.
Should review Stalker Gamma ;) - Its harder than anomaly, its basically 300+ mods grouped together, to create a more challenging play, if you( anyone has not tried it) you should. Oh and there is also a discord for the Gamma mod package where the people is very helpful. On stalker 2, they relocated to Czechia. But a couple of the devs are in the Ukrainian army fighting, least what i heard from someone.
if im not mistaken, back in the day there were all kinds of conspiracy theories about the Duga rader being used for mind controlling one of the cities out there in experiments or something - plus the "noosphere" was an actual theory from back in the day, which makes all of it kind of grounded in theories, conspiracy, rumor, and hearsay - and I love it
Stalker was a fantastic 1979 film by Andrei Tarkovsky, of which was the source material for the franchise. If you haven't watched it, I would definitely recommend it. It's a cinematic masterpiece.
Both the GAMMA and EFP modpacks for Anomaly bring over 300 curated mods into the game, and because they are completely managed via Discord, you essentially DO have a place to go to ask for help with a problem. I've been playing both, and though I prefer EFP for a number of reasons, both are really well put-together modpacks and either one will give you 100's of hours of "Fallout for Adults" 😂
Fun fact: C-Consciousness in Russian translates to О-сознание. Сознание is consciousness, but if you add o at the beginning of the word, Осознание, now it means Realization. Pretty cool
I know this was a month ago and no one will see or care about this comment. But JUSTin case; i really apreciate your delivery on this video. Had me cracking up hard
I think it's fair to compare the Bethesda fallouts to stalker, but the originals and new vegas are way too different to be compared. One is a survival style fps, the other is about classic role playing. If you don't understand this difference, then that speaks to how bad of a critic you are.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R is genuinely one of if not my favorite game series EVER. Generally can't wait for S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2. Hopefully the devs can make the game soon and maybe get to a safer location to make the game itself anyway.
I played a game of anomaly for probably around 40 hours last summer, and i loved it but it kicked my ass. Shit was so hard to get used to but it was fun as shit. I'm now at college and only have an Xbox so i'm downloaded New Vegas to get my fix. I have to say, its fun but not nearly as atmospheric as Stalker. And its way too easy.
BTW, i got a digital version of poster for Shadow Of Chernobyl, in a very good quality, not scanned (it's from a digital version of one gaming magazine, they were giving away their catalog when they stopped making physical versions). Not that yellow and ugly with a creepy face (for US), but the original one, in a style of CS and COP covers (a guy standing in front of a collage of various pictures in a radiation symbol). If anybody wants it, i could try to post a links here.
In an era where mutually assured destruction is once again in the headlines, can we please at least have the sense of severity to pronounce the word correctly? It's nuclear, not nuke-u-lar. Those of us who had to live through 8 years of George Bush Jr. really appreciate it
The difference between explorer and adventurers is that you can take an adventure to pretty much anywhere, but you have to explore something new. Google: Exploerer: A person who explores an unfamiliar area; an adventurer. Adventurer: Engage in hazardous and exciting activity, especially the exploration of unknown territory. The key words here being "especially" and "unknown" as that is not always what and adventure is. EXAMPLE: "I went on an adventure to the store and explored their new isle."
I finished this in all its forms COC ,COC misery mod , Misery standalone (probably the hardest of them all) Dead air , Last day , Anomaly and now Gamma . If you never played any go straight for gamma as its nicely balanced
The question proposed implies that Fallout is made for children. I disagree. I have a great love for both games, but simply adding complexity doesn't make the game more "grown up" in my opinion. The themes and stories within both have a lot of crossover.
I will say though, if you play the modpack, G.A.M.M.A. for Anomaly they have a whole discord with a troubleshooting and help section if you ever experience crashes or any nutty completely game breaking bugs and usually have ways to fix it. They definitely helped me out.
Modpacks are *the* way of modding the game, Gamma, Escape from Prypiat, and the Dark signal, Dark signal is the best for new players because it doesnt "overhaul" the game, offers pretty much vanilla exp it just improves Graphics/Sound(and the sounds are fucking DECENT cuz exported from AAA games, emissions and even basic mutants can make one shit themself) and adds some QoL and more weapons. Modpacks are pretty stable and it's hard to screw up something yourself.
Dude. Great video. Like, if Seth Rogan and Chris Pratt both stepped into a teleporter, and only one person came out, and that person decided to make an awesome Stalker Anomanly video... this is that... stuff. This would be that.
I've been playing anomaly with mods for a couple weeks and my god it is absolute hell. I use at least 26-30 mods and if one thing fucks the game up I have to delete everything and re download all the mods and with shitty internet that gets old really fast
@@Bojoints all the mods I use normally work perfectly together it's just if I add a completely new mod on it could just cause my game to literally not open so I'm forced to delete the gamedata folder and re download everything
@@Xenobane i recom looking for the ModPacks instead modding the game yourself, Gamma, Escape from Prypiat, and the Dark signal, Dark signal is the best for new players because it doesnt "overhaul" the game, just improves Graphics/Sound and QoL and adds more weapons.
I belive you've forgotten to mention the atmosphere and immersion of the game. In Fallout games all NPCs just roam around aimlessly in circles or simply stand in one place throughout the whole game, waiting for the player to do something. In STALKER however, apart from the few important characters, NPCs have their "own" lifes - they hunt mutants, search for artifacts, fight against other factions, gain and lose territory, explore the zone and when it's dark they sit in a bar or around campfires playing guitar, talking, telling jokes and drinking vodka. The world does not revolve around you and wait for your action, you're just a little part of it.
![[Mr Caption] No Todds, No Masters critique Fallout 4 (reupload)](/img/1.gif)
Here’s the a link to a helpful Mod Organizer tutorial Video, as well as a list of all the mods I use =)
ruclips.net/video/oMrUZ8ezIso/видео.html&ab_channel=CheekiBreeki
Mods
www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/provak-s-weapon-overhaul-v26-anomaly-1512
www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/hip-for-every-faction
www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/hip-aurora-model-fixed
www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/hip-qdsfydb
www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/medkit-drop-rate-increase
www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/companions-x10-health-regeneration-151
www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/loot-rebalance-151
www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/sorting-plus
www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/player-stash-icon
www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/blindsides-reanimation-pack-and-alternative-sights-compatibility-patch
www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly/addons/glowsticks
Hey just install gamma, it is the best thing to play
Average Hip fan lol
If you guys haven't played any Stalker games yet, but still want a free and updated experience to get you know the world and actual lore of Stalker I would suggest you to first try OGSR(Old good Stalker Evolution/Revolution) it a standalone mod of the first game shadow of chernobyl with some restored cut content completely remade in 64bit version of the xray engine.
And if you have played Shoc and not for a while you might wanna try it too, in a new refreshed way with new content and stories to discover.
Also you could see it as a introduction in a slightly less overwhelming experience then anomaly. Since anomaly is filled to the brim with new items and strongly expanded mechanics build upon the original mechanics.
funfact: there are actually female stalkers in the game, every single one of them (except one) wear hazmat suits or similarly ambiguous outfits but you can hear their voices when they sit and chat at the campfire, and they are very rare. in my 40 hour playthrough (ongoing) ive only met 2 of them, the 1st is hip from the rookie village in cordon, and the 2nd is a ecologist scientist in the old church of great swamps, but only hip has a feminine appearance, from what i heard its because her model is part of an unfinished and wip mod to allow female character creation in the game.
Can You do A Little Video About Provaks Weapons? Everytime I Start a New Game it Crashes (Tried to Disable Other Mods but still crashes)
The "C-Consciousness" name is actually very creative.. just not in it's English form. In Russian it's "Общее Сознание" (Collective Consciousness), but when you shrink it down to "О-Сознание" it morphs into a new word - "осознание", that can be interpreted both as "awareness" or "realization".
thx for this cool piece of info!
the devs definitely dibble dabbled with lsd or shrooms
Very cool, I knew there was more to that name but I never understood what since I don't speak Russian. Thanks for explanation.
@@mykolaellis3480 No, they Just read "Roadside picnic"
"осознание" is closer to "understanding" in russian
The different between Fallout and STALKER:
Fallout: You are the center of the world.
STALKER: You are an ukrainian drunk.
Stalker is just Ukraine simulation
@@Jester4460hey are something similar, but in Fallout you first pass the story missions, along the way you earn money, buy equipment, pumped up, and in STALKER you first pass a ton of side quests to earn, and then go do story tasks, because before you died there from the bloodsucker or a squad of fanatics "Monolith. Oh, I almost forgot. In STALKER you start with 1000 rubles, which in the world of the game means nothing. With them you can not even buy a first aid kit! After all, it costs 1240 rubles from Sidorovich, and to other merchants you have not yet get (I could be wrong about the price, but I know for sure that it is more than 1000 rubles).
@@lightbucket6385 I guessing you don't play on scavanger or survivalist
that vodka is the only thing keeping us stalkers from turning into a radioactive smoked brisket 😂
@@lightbucket6385 hey if you wanna play stalker but for kids (fallout) then knock yourself out.
I've been immersed in this franchise for a decade and still come to RUclips just to listen to people talk about it.
I hope I hold up to any of the other videos you've watched 🤠
Same love these games
I'm in the exact same boat as you haha.
Here here!
Wish I was an og chad like you. I only discovered the game 3 years ago.
"you won't know which area is friendly to your faction."
Me: laughs in monolith.
Adds in zombies
Also Laughs In Renegade.
The virgin Fallout vs the giga chad Stalker
A true Gigachad likes both
Including Metro
@@OperatorMax1993 also into the radius (vr)
@@nishikiyamareaction oh yeah I like Into The Radius :)
Strongest Fallout player vs weakest Stalker enjoyer
Both games are good
1 year later Edit: Stalker is fucking immersive
The reason why your game crashes with the glowsticks mod, is because you had the "enhanced shaders patch" option enabled, that was a compatibility patch with another mod which deals with the game's shaders
all i understood was that the thermonuclear powersource of the shitty glowsticks is spiritually incompatible with the game arcane eastern european engine and offsets the russian juju required to stabily run the game
In Fallout: You are the Danger.
In S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Anomaly: *You're in Danger.*
Definitely
Monolith playthrough: You are in danger AS the danger!
I highly recommend playing already premade modpacks that are being curated by multiple mod creators. Escape from Pripyat or GAMMA
I got into escape from Pripyat immediately after uploading this video. 😎
@@DefinitelyNotaHedgehog It's a pretty great modpack
@@DefinitelyNotaHedgehog EFP 4.0 has been my introduction to STALKER and boy oh boy has it been a ride! Great video, would love to see some EFP content from you!
Oddly enough, there's a Fallout 4 modlist called "Lost World" that attempts to bring the Zone to Fallout. It's interesting, but something doesn't feel as good to me. Fallout feels like the draw range is much smaller than Anomaly's and consequently it's relying on close range jump scare spawns as opposed to STALKER where I can use binoculars/scopes to steer clear of danger. (I'm lazy and just using the Gamma list for Anomaly addons).
GSC Game Worlds has actually moved their headquarters to Budapest in Hungary and are still working away on the game, they have it planned to release December 2023 iirc so fingers crossed they can deliver. Awesome review man, I had to drop a like when you contemplated the idea of a fresh stalker with a PM, bottle of Vodka and a dream to rush the CNPP. Gave me a good laugh.
Happy you enjoyed! 🤠 I'm super hyped for stalker 2
In Stalker: Call of Prypiat, the Military isn't the "Neutral Evil" faction. You actually help them, because your character is actually working for the government. As well as Strelok in the end of the game.
Fallout used to be as much if not more mature than STALKER, Bethesda ran the atmosphere and lore into the ground and I hate it.
5:58 Every explorer is an adventurer, but not every adventurer is an explorer.
Very entertaining video on one of my favorite games to play. Stalker Anomaly in my opinion is Stalker at its best, when you can just explore the full world and create your own story. Though that is just my opinion.
I agree, and I'm super hyped that stalker 2 is back on the table 😊
It's a fetch quest simulator
@@ianfan1420 eh may be so, but its a fetch quest sim with killer atmosphere and awesome (and buggy) dynamic AI that keeps me coming back to unwind and shut my brain off after all I put up with. So to each their own.
@@DefinitelyNotaHedgehog Yes, but i really don't believe that they going to release the game, with the conflict in their backyard, and judging by the latest news, the war is going to last and probably escalate level... unfortunately
@@Molix1981 they are. they already moved out of the country before you made this comment
So here's the difference between Stalker and Fallout. Fallout's a Cold war era-type post apocalypse scenario; The latest tech that series have ever gotten is up to the 80s/90s, and that's with weapons. STALKER, however, takes place in the modern times, so all of the weapons, tech, etc is up to par as to modern tech. Fallout spans the entirety of the US, Stalker is just the CNPP and the surrounding regions.
there's a good modpack for stalker anomaly called G.A.M.M.A it changes the way the game is played, for example traders don't sell you guns or armor, so if you want new guns or armor, you have to scavenge and repair them
I love your video! I really enjoyed it!
I mean, a true grown up would like Fallout (1, 2 and New Vegas), Metro and Stalker all together, since all 3 are awesome
I am looking forward to Stalker 2
8:39 - COP was originally released in 2009, at least in CIS countries and Europe. 2010 was for US. Back in 2009 i was going to buy it, but due to echonomical crisis both in the world and my family, i couldn't afford it, and i still don't have a physical copy to complete my collection (i could try buy used, but i'm not sure if it's gonna be in good condition), only digital one... and i still haven't played it (it's a long and sad story, and i don't think anybody's interested in it).
Fallout Game for Grown-ups is called Fallout 1, 2 , New Vegas!
In Stalker there's no fake Romans, player's avatar is a cannon fodder like any other NPC, when it die in game there is only corpse on the ground and simple, cold information "Lost in the Zone" on screen. No phatetic speech will comfort you, after you mess up, because you are not "the chosen one". And last but not least, Stalker is NOT the post-apocalyptic world to begin with. Weird s*it is happening ONLY in the Chernobyl's exclusion zone. Behind the barbed wire fences of the Cordon there is just regular, unaffected world, where people are living their day to day lives. They maybe sometimes read or hear something about the s*itshow, that have place in The Zone... like about any other small insignificant war in the third world country.
Yeah... I would STRONGLY suggest playing the original trilogy before diving into Anomaly. The story is wonderful, and having the background of experiencing them first will definitely enrich your experience of Anomaly. Also, you'd be supporting the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. developers, and they could really use it right now as they continue trying to work on S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 during the war.
Also, become friends with the "F6 - Quick Save"/"F7 - Quick Start from last Quick Save" buttons. In intense battles, if the heat is simply too much, you can save after ever good run of taking out a few enemies, and you won't have to start the entire battle over if the enemy gets a good shot on you. Also, quick save as you traverse the many kilometers while exploring; I've many a time lulled into a trance of experiencing the atmosphere of the Zone, forgetting to hit F6, only to get taken out by a sudden pack of mutated dogs, with the result that I lost 40 minutes or more of game play!
Another reason to save occasionally is a Shadow of Chernobyl bug where a save will be corrupted in a way where the game will crash every 10 seconds. I tried to follow the advice of savescumming until I could get out of the area by playing 10 seconds at a time, quickly realized this was a deranged solution so I just picked an older save. Lost 30 min of progress.
@@ChucksSEADnDEAD Oof thanks for the advice i am not going to do that anytime
but yes i did in fact have to run from one spot to another again and again because i forgot to save and when i did it was when i was having a face off against a bandit right in FRONT of me with his shotgun of all things while i had the silenced gun that you can find in the trailer near the rookie village
Shadow of Chernobyl turned me into a serial quick saver.
Savescumming is for noobs
"I found him in the death truck"
Just started playing into the radius and fell in love. Learned that the game is very similar to stalker so I started learning what the game is about.
Watched a few videos and by far yours has been one of the best. Drewski has a high production value, but you format the video so much better for a game like this. You introduced the background and lore of the game and universe. Explain basic gameplay experience. And show a quick installation overview. This was perfect for a community type game like this. Great job 👍
Great video. I had no idea you only jad a little bit of subs unstill you mentioned it. From one small youtuber to another you deserve more!
As a long time stalker fan I loved the video. It was informative, funny at times, and well paced. I'm gonna share it to my friend.
Happy to hear you enjoyed it 🤠 I'll be sure to check out your channel when I get a chance.
instant sub your perfect background music while im gaming
I came to this video out of sheer luck, I been playing stalker since it came out 2007, but sir this video was fun indeed! Already subscribed for more fun, see you in the zone!
Thank you I'm happy you liked it! I'm so looking forward to stalker 2 😁
@12:58 we can all see how full that bottle is Hog, you aren't fooling anyone :P
Im'ma chug the rest right now just for you 😜
I like your narrating, not to mention you featured my favourite game mate! you earned yourself a sub
Damn dude watched the vid and when you mentioned a bigger audience was surprised you didn't have more. Here's a sub my guy you truly deserve it.
DefinitelyNotaHedgehog: "Collective consciousness"
Me: THE UNELINGHTENED MASSES THEY CANNOT MAKE THE JUDGEMENT CALL
Made me laugh out loud several times, which is pretty rare for youtube. Super underrated content, keep it up. Just got into the Stalker games recently after seeing that new drewski video that blew up. Man I'm glad I tried it, it's definitely one of the best games I've ever played, and I had never even heard of stalker until I tried anomaly. Free fallout based in Chernobyl? Sign me the fuck up.
Was looking for a new game to play. Always heard this game was good. Think I'll try this without any mods for a bit. Thanks for the info. Surprised this doesn't have more views. Hopefully when stalker 2 comes out people check out this video. Might get that game too when it's released.
They highly recommend checking out stalker anomaly, one of the most polished ways of enjoying the series and being free is just awesome. The original Three stalker games have their appeal for sure though, so if you find yourself enjoying anomaly you may end up getting those three as well lol
Just got into stalker today and stumbled across your channel, Great vid resulted in a quick ass sub. keep it up my guy.
Stalker 2 is still coming out a few youtubers got to play the demo but its been understandably delayed to april ish next year
3:05 Actually they moved their base of operations into Prague! So the game is being made in the Czech Republic atm.
That is fantastic news! 🤠
@@DefinitelyNotaHedgehog indeed so there is hope left that they'll get to finish it by the end of the year. Fingers crossed!
I can't wait to make a video on stalker 2 😎
STALKER 2's development team actually up and moved out of Ukraine to finish the game.
This guy looks like Jack black and starlord together
Lol no, classic fallout is for adults. I play stalker when i'm young, because it's like COD. Trying classic fallout back then, too bored in isometric RPG, so i introduced to fallout 3. But now I'm adult and 31, boys... I was wrong to skip those gems. The dialogue, story, and choice is the best for adults. Fallout classic and New Vegas has better writing for Adults than Stalker. Honestly i love both
Great video keep it up. Great personality and amazing game taste! Subbed
okay but i thought you would have like hundreds of thousands of subs ngl, the quality of the content is fuckin awesome, keep it up dude :)
We need you to pick up Stalker again and talk about Gamma! Would be awesome, hearing you talk about the Gamma Mod's! Also who says definitely not a Hedgehog, is definitely a Hedgehog!
The Metro music is much appreciated 👍
Cool video, just got into stalker in recent months and I can’t stop😂
My only nitpick with the video isn’t as a stalker fan, but as a Halo fan; Master Chief is 7’ tall not 8’
Just subscribed. The vodka at the end was perfect ending to video.
Impressive, Provak modpack is great but for the kids, you probably heard about 'Escape from Pripyat' modpack, that's where the Fallout fans are crying and grown up are screaming in pain, it's easy to install too, and it's the best experience for Anomaly in my opinion (I'm masochist) , you should try it.
I've seen some things about that escape from pripyat, it looks pretty wild lol I'll definitely need to check it out.
Should review Stalker Gamma ;) - Its harder than anomaly, its basically 300+ mods grouped together, to create a more challenging play, if you( anyone has not tried it) you should.
Oh and there is also a discord for the Gamma mod package where the people is very helpful.
On stalker 2, they relocated to Czechia. But a couple of the devs are in the Ukrainian army fighting, least what i heard from someone.
"Fallout for adults" is the best description of stalker I've ever heard lol
Nice review and edititing but, NuCLEAR my guy nucular is something else.
In 2007 my life changed forever......Thank You, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.!!!!!
thats a good video man, glad to see small youtubers putting that much effort into them
for more experience play at the hard and survivalist mode as a bandit
if im not mistaken, back in the day there were all kinds of conspiracy theories about the Duga rader being used for mind controlling one of the cities out there in experiments or something - plus the "noosphere" was an actual theory from back in the day, which makes all of it kind of grounded in theories, conspiracy, rumor, and hearsay - and I love it
it's crazy the amount of effort that people put on this mod, just for pure appreciation of the original franchise. Nice vid m8
Modder community and still active players keep the franchise alive basically.
Correction: fallout 1 and 2 is fallout for adults
Stalker was a fantastic 1979 film by Andrei Tarkovsky, of which was the source material for the franchise. If you haven't watched it, I would definitely recommend it. It's a cinematic masterpiece.
Before that there's a book which is arguably drawn influence
@@thelemon5069 Roadside Picnic, it's very good.
I don't think I've been so enamored with a universe than I have been with the S.T.A.L.K.E.R games.
Best thing about anomaly and Gamma, the modpacks are there compleatly free and standalone, you dont need the orginal games
One way to tell how popular a game/franchise is; is by how much extra content the community has made for it.
I hope you get to make more of these reviews rather than just shorts
fuck big companies , stalker modders are ALWAYS working and improving ... just keep a BACKUP before installing a new mod and you'll be FINE!
great video, hope you get more subs soon man
Both the GAMMA and EFP modpacks for Anomaly bring over 300 curated mods into the game, and because they are completely managed via Discord, you essentially DO have a place to go to ask for help with a problem. I've been playing both, and though I prefer EFP for a number of reasons, both are really well put-together modpacks and either one will give you 100's of hours of "Fallout for Adults" 😂
Happy I came across this channel man great content
Fun fact: C-Consciousness in Russian translates to О-сознание. Сознание is consciousness, but if you add o at the beginning of the word, Осознание, now it means Realization. Pretty cool
nice job with the cutscenes from the old games while telling the story.
Subed beffore 1k. Dont worry, keep this up and youl do much better that expected mr :) tshiki briki!
I know this was a month ago and no one will see or care about this comment. But JUSTin case; i really apreciate your delivery on this video. Had me cracking up hard
I think it's fair to compare the Bethesda fallouts to stalker, but the originals and new vegas are way too different to be compared. One is a survival style fps, the other is about classic role playing. If you don't understand this difference, then that speaks to how bad of a critic you are.
Watching people play STALKER in 3rd person POV is so funny
My nephews love this game !
An adventurer is someone who visits and "explores" places already discovered. An explorer is someone who wants to visit or see something new.
Fallout for grown-ups? Eh dun no man, I played and finished STALKER games when I was a child. Nywehhehee.
Good video btw.
After I play the initial three stalker games my first thought was "damn why didn't I do this 10 years ago?" lol
S.T.A.L.K.E.R is genuinely one of if not my favorite game series EVER. Generally can't wait for S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2. Hopefully the devs can make the game soon and maybe get to a safer location to make the game itself anyway.
They have been in Prague since war started so they are safe
I played a game of anomaly for probably around 40 hours last summer, and i loved it but it kicked my ass. Shit was so hard to get used to but it was fun as shit. I'm now at college and only have an Xbox so i'm downloaded New Vegas to get my fix. I have to say, its fun but not nearly as atmospheric as Stalker. And its way too easy.
BTW, i got a digital version of poster for Shadow Of Chernobyl, in a very good quality, not scanned (it's from a digital version of one gaming magazine, they were giving away their catalog when they stopped making physical versions). Not that yellow and ugly with a creepy face (for US), but the original one, in a style of CS and COP covers (a guy standing in front of a collage of various pictures in a radiation symbol). If anybody wants it, i could try to post a links here.
In an era where mutually assured destruction is once again in the headlines, can we please at least have the sense of severity to pronounce the word correctly? It's nuclear, not nuke-u-lar. Those of us who had to live through 8 years of George Bush Jr. really appreciate it
The difference between explorer and adventurers is that you can take an adventure to pretty much anywhere, but you have to explore something new.
Google:
Exploerer: A person who explores an unfamiliar area; an adventurer.
Adventurer: Engage in hazardous and exciting activity, especially the exploration of unknown territory.
The key words here being "especially" and "unknown" as that is not always what and adventure is. EXAMPLE: "I went on an adventure to the store and explored their new isle."
I finished this in all its forms COC ,COC misery mod , Misery standalone (probably the hardest of them all) Dead air , Last day , Anomaly and now Gamma . If you never played any go straight for gamma as its nicely balanced
The question proposed implies that Fallout is made for children. I disagree. I have a great love for both games, but simply adding complexity doesn't make the game more "grown up" in my opinion. The themes and stories within both have a lot of crossover.
I will say though, if you play the modpack, G.A.M.M.A. for Anomaly they have a whole discord with a troubleshooting and help section if you ever experience crashes or any nutty completely game breaking bugs and usually have ways to fix it. They definitely helped me out.
Modpacks are *the* way of modding the game, Gamma, Escape from Prypiat, and the Dark signal, Dark signal is the best for new players because it doesnt "overhaul" the game, offers pretty much vanilla exp it just improves Graphics/Sound(and the sounds are fucking DECENT cuz exported from AAA games, emissions and even basic mutants can make one shit themself) and adds some QoL and more weapons. Modpacks are pretty stable and it's hard to screw up something yourself.
Fallout 1 and 2 are Fallout games for grown-ups
I see a future RUclips star. Subbed.
Dude. Great video. Like, if Seth Rogan and Chris Pratt both stepped into a teleporter, and only one person came out, and that person decided to make an awesome Stalker Anomanly video... this is that... stuff. This would be that.
A fellow engineer. Enjoyed the video neither the less. Keep it up bro
I've been playing anomaly with mods for a couple weeks and my god it is absolute hell. I use at least 26-30 mods and if one thing fucks the game up I have to delete everything and re download all the mods and with shitty internet that gets old really fast
Using that many mods is just asking for trouble
@@Bojoints all the mods I use normally work perfectly together it's just if I add a completely new mod on it could just cause my game to literally not open so I'm forced to delete the gamedata folder and re download everything
@@Xenobane i recom looking for the ModPacks instead modding the game yourself, Gamma, Escape from Prypiat, and the Dark signal, Dark signal is the best for new players because it doesnt "overhaul" the game, just improves Graphics/Sound and QoL and adds more weapons.
I am a simple man. I see Stalker in the title, I press like. Ty for a great video.
Really enjoyed it. Any chance of future stalker content from you? Maybe a let's play livestream on RUclips?
4:31 Never before have I seen such a bad take. Refering to the DND style morality paper.
ah i just started about a week ago a tip i can give to new players avoid chimera
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Stalker is more reality game than Fallout
Only things missing from this is pvp mode where it has 9 players on a server one on each faction and its basically warfare with PVP
Anomaly doesn't have a Network game but Call of Pripyat has a sort of Multiplayer team Death match and Anomaly uses the Call of Pripyat as a Base
Really awesome video :)
The thing is... Stalker ain't post-apocalyptic. And definitely NOT rpg.
Unpopular opinion. These two games are less comparable than people think.
"Bumrush" is the most adequate description for this game I get after ~50h in.
I belive you've forgotten to mention the atmosphere and immersion of the game. In Fallout games all NPCs just roam around aimlessly in circles or simply stand in one place throughout the whole game, waiting for the player to do something. In STALKER however, apart from the few important characters, NPCs have their "own" lifes - they hunt mutants, search for artifacts, fight against other factions, gain and lose territory, explore the zone and when it's dark they sit in a bar or around campfires playing guitar, talking, telling jokes and drinking vodka. The world does not revolve around you and wait for your action, you're just a little part of it.
cheeki breeki review. liked it!
Happy to hear it!
this game is just more realistic than "stalker copy" for usa