It seems like so many people who complain just don't understand that entertainment is subjective and when they dislike or hate something its their opinion as many others might still enjoy it. I agree 1000% you cant please everyone as we all have differing levels of taste and interest in mechanics, art and design.
Aside from the massive leap in lighting quality and character fidelity, the thing that impresses me most about the visuals of STALKER 2 is just how much set dressing is going on in literally every shot, especially in areas from the OG games like the Train Depot, Skadovsk, or even just generic building interiors, in comparison to the OG games that were almost entirely devoid of incidental clutter. Everything just looks so lived in. It's really damn good. Less than 3 months to go, Stalkers!
"Oh no stalker 2 isn't tarkov wannabe, outrageous!", you are right people are cruel and hard to please these days. In my opinion good movement, collector stashes, lore, good weapon animations and consumables animations maybe some decent dynamic music is enough. Some old zoomers like me grew up with basic games like doom and serious sam and that was enough. Basic doesn't mean bad, play some of the soup mods and you will get the feeling of these words.
@@bluetherobot Agree 100%, compex mechanics done right are cool (rpg games, tactical shooters with mags done right). Just finished op 2.2 and efp, the fumbled animations, the weird movement and bad sound design are so much evident now that im re-playing misery + taz (so much that misery feels advanced). Btw i love mods and modding i even made huge ballistics mod based on real life velocity, weight and energy for misery mod. I don't keep high hopes for stalker 2 and don't expect tarkov/john wick simulator, however i hope it isn't riddled with bad maps and lazy map design (CoP unclimbable slopes) and invisible walls, lazy ai, lazy weapon design, animations being eyesore, bad optimization etc.
when the original stalker first came out, it was a horrific buggy mess. would crash ALL the time. perhaps this will be the same! ahhh will bring the nostalgia back...
dont forget their studio also caught fire lmao. im going into stalker 2 FULLY expecting the game to have a rough launch and honestly if there is one game studio i feel like disserves a bit a lee way its GSC they have had to go through a lot. so if the game launches rough thats fine so long as they continue to work and fix the game after launch. i know a lot of people wont see it the way that i see it but thats just my take on everything
1:04 while I like co op I can see why they said this But lonely is part of a stalker There are times when you are in a group of stalkers But that doesn't count Considering some of these factions like to travel on their own, remember duty in the dead valley? Strelok was mostly on his own in Soc Also AIs don't count as real players
I hope the A-life world simulation is more improved. I dont care for multiplayer in any form. And they do conflict...would take more development resources to allow for coop. Everybody's world would have to be synced with the a-life stuff on the server. .if they did implement a-life at all its already going to be cpu heavy ..
Great analysis of the series. I'm playing through the first three games in honor of the sequel coming out this September. In my experience, what I would like to see most is a survival level difficulty where damage is much more effective but I'm excited for it to come out.
Personally all I hope for is a solid single player experience. I couldn't give less of a crap about any multiplayer stuff because that's not what STALKER is about. The multiplayer should very much be treated like how MGSV seperates MGO and the Campaign as 2 distinctly seperate entities from eachother. You'll get what I mean if you've ever played MGSV and MGO.
All it needs, is to feel familiar. Needs to feel like the Zone. You can mod other games to match the vibe, but it never quite captures it. The Zone is its own beast... And we've been running around those old Zone maps for a long time...
I'm a STALKER player, have the original STAEM releases, absolutely love playing the mods, have checked ModDB at least twice a week for the latest mods/files (currently enjoying Vector of Alian- Oblivion Lost), have played dozens, both XR and OGSR engines. I must say I never enjoyed the mods with all the spiders/critters running amok. Can't wait for (but I will) STALKER 2.
I think what the devs were thinking about co-op is how they originally made the first 3 games You did team up with groups from other factions but it was only temporary, and even then they had the chance of dying and leaving you to fend for yourself in the mission. I had that in Clear Sky, trying to clear out the Military presence in the Army Warehouses for Freedom to use. I was forced to fight Spetsnaz alone because my npc squad died even if I tried to reload saves. And in the end it did give me a sense of victory when I finally wiped the place of them. It feels more rewarding when you do it all by yourself, you have that sense of pride in completion. Sometimes it just feels more rewarding when the challenge is more hard on you and that is more likely when you are alone instead of with friends that won't die so easily, giving you an advantage for the challenge to be easier. It doesn't have the same kick. Because if STALKER 2 or the previous games was gonna be that easy and feel so simple, I don't think I would still be playing it today.
The thing is, moding shoud not be the main atraction you know? The game shoud not be afected by the moding on the aspect of what they are whanting to do, like story and atmosfere shoud not be aspects of the moding if you what to have a great experience.
@@bluetherobot yea, im kinda new to the stalker games, but i perfer the original thing, that is why i got the trilogy on my xbox. I knew the franchise and lore, but never played.
literally the best thing to ever happen to the devs is the popularization of stalker gamma. those guys who made anomaly and then the others who made gamma are LITERALLY CARRYING this franchise and i know sooo many people who picked up stalker for the first time because of these mods, people who otherwise would've never heard about this game. these guys deserve to get the deluxe copy of the game for free and it still wouldnt be a full thank you.
Don't forget we played first because of the story but fell in love with how those mods could present the main character, The Zone. I think that's the parts they should lean on, it would give it a darks souls esque focus on setting that I think is already there. But they're also probably well past the concepts and planning stage so whatever they have is already baked in.
GSC claims they will allow mod support. But they also are selling skins for outfits. What happens when someone on Moddb makes a outfit skin that's similar to what GSC is selling via pre-orders?. I bet GSC wont support modding once the mods conflict with their monetization.
The opening your backpack things was in metro exodus which is a smillar game series to Stalker, I think some of the metro developers worked on stalker before
Stalker 2 will be a game with linear story, some A-life and sidequests will be here and there. Co-op games are either linear story games that are designed for co-op or survival-crafting games. People get sad when they learn co-op will not be in the game, what about people who wants to play alone? Should developers design their game storywise and challangewise for sp or co-op? However co-op would be amazing for a freeplay mode like of Anomaly, would be good if developers worked a bit on compatibility for it as A-Life, Tasks and multiple level world system of Stalker games are not easy to implement for a modder working on multiplayer
Remind me a single UE5 game where moding has became a staple of it. Yeah, there are a lot of reasons why this may be a cope. I am being very skeptical on the prospect of moding stage in S2HOC. I don't believe that UE5 can support it. I have never seen UE5 supporting anything like it.
Me personally I think if they do it right stalker 2 it could be the best one in the series I have hope it’s going to be good that why I’m going to preorder it soon so I can get that day 1 experience even if it’s buggy I also think co-op would be a nice touch but I suppose we will have to wait and see how the game is on September fifth
Honestly, when i saw your last video about STALKER 2, i was like finally somebody that is excited for the game and not shit on the game completely like everyone else. we all know the circumstances in which the game is being developped we dont expect a flawless product, but the story is what makes STALKER, and a continuation of that is exciting, all the original games had flaws and bugs but we still enjoyed them because of the story. And in my experiance with the STALKER modding community, there is nothing imposible, mods ranging from bugfixes, intirely new stories or just crazy shit that has nothing to do with stalker, there is something for everyone, and if STALKER 2 is as easy to mod as like lets say Anomaly, the game will not die for 20 more years.
0:50 What's with the mag-ditching reloads?! That's so irritating, especially when the mag still has cartridges in it. It's even more severe when it's a rifle chambered for 9x39mm like the Val. That's a specialist caliber highly prized in the Zone, and those mags don't grow on trees. 1:03 / 4:09 Good to see left-handed characters in the Zone. 1:29 I hope they bring back the ability to "dodge" pseudostomps with perfectly timed jumps. 1:49 Oink Oink Fleshy Piggy! 🙃 1:56 Wanna try yer hand at some Zone Sportsmanship Challenges? 2:06 I started with OG ShoC in 2007. First mod was Oblivion Lost 2.2 in 2008. Then Oblivion Lost 2010 in 2011. Then an older version of Lost Alpha some years later. In between OL2.2 and OL2010, I tried some L.U.R.K. but didn't care for it. Two shots from a Mosin-Nagant to kill a tushkano?! No thanks! That's not a challenge. That's just making things futile for no reason. Been playing standard-issue Anomaly for a few years now and still enjoying it. 4:08 Ukraine is a rehearsal for Armageddon. The major players are a Germany-led EU (the Beast) and Putinist Russia and its allies (Gog and Magog). Anyone who sings praises to Putin is proselytizing in the name of Meshech (Moscow). Ezekiel 38,2: "Behold! I am against you, Gog of the land of Magog, chief prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal." 4:09 That's not how you do a McMillan Tilt.
I'm from Ukraine, I really hope this game will be great. Yes, it was really difficult with development; the game designer of the old parts died during this war. I want to say thank you for telling so many people about our game, I hope you all enjoy our new masterpiece (or not a masterpiece xd), anyways thank you so much. Love your videos, keep it up!
Huh? People playing a game together is bad? I have no idea how you came to that conclusion, Co-op with friends is fun and makes even the worst made games fun, Now big corps rationing the multiplayer part, spliting the game with dlc, locking features behind paywalls, allowing people to pay for items, boosts etc, that's the kind of garbage that's ruining gaming, but expect nothing less from corporations today, Activision are normally the main boundry pushers, even just recently they add a skin that gives party boosts, but everyone in your party needs to have the 20$ skin for it to work, I don't think most people realise how bad, scummy, predatory that is.
@@patricks9401 Multiplayer certainly has worsened gaming for the people who like singleplayer games more. Most of the games back in the days were released with sp campaign, now days this isn't the case anymore. Moreover, coop games are usually live service games, and i certainly don't want that included in STALKER.
Coop would suck a lot of it's charm out tbh. Even if you can play SP the game would still have to be build around the coop version and suck out resources A modded in custom coop sounds more sound of mind.
@@bluetherobot the problem is that it's extremely difficult to make that if they don't offer any systems within their mod support to allow it. Sort of why we don't have coop on stalker anomaly/gamma.
Dont rely on rumors since everyone can make one, if these rumors are based on leaked aka hacked files than its fake info, i had myself downloaded those files and there is nothing to see there, Chunks of testing material like guns, ballistic, unfinished buildings etc..there was no full alpha version of game or something
Even having a friend to talk to alongside me as I play Stalker is enough to absolutely destroy all tension or feeling of immersion, so if the majority of game designers for Stalker 2 are like me then it makes sense why they would not want to have coop features. If there were enough people who want coop anyways then sure, I wouldn't mind it existing at all, but since there obviously aren't then the devs definitely shouldn't need to bother with implementing coop, especially when there is enough work on the plate already for them. Just look at games like Metro and different kinds of immersive sims, they categorically avoid coop for a reason, and not enough people complain about the lack of it for that to be even a known problem with those games, so since Stalker 2 aims at that same audience it again makes sense not to have any coop IMO. And again I don't personally have any problem with the option potentially existing, if we lived in a world were game companies have infinite budget and time to develop.
yea its a big red flag for me when anything other than cosmetics is locked behind a paywall, lets hope its just a blunder on their part and not an indicator of what is to come.
I think it would be better than 90% Triple A Titles nowadays .We all know that there are going to be bugs. But people are looking for a game like Stalker with a new concept. But This ERA is different that 2007-2010 Specifically these past years games like Stalker are popping out they are in large demand! This will be the Game to Bring STALKER FRANCHISE the ATTENTION AND LOVE IT DESERVES without any big title releasing this year.I am sure People will give it a Try! This Studio is not ubisoft!! It is 100% better For such a little studio this is such a big step forward and i hope it will go as planned (A STALKER FAN)
the multiplayer has to be an extraction mode, the zone is similar to Hunt Showdown and it will be epic long term way to play the game after doing the campaign 1 or 2 times.
They should make the coop so we can kill each other if we’d likes and be part of different factions in a separate o line mode from what the size of the map might be I’d say 4 people in coop and possible trading
The MP mode should be an extraction event each player is a player from each faction and spawns at faction base then you move out into the centre with the loot pickups getting better as you move in at first your fighting npcs then in the centre the best loot and the pvp aspect then you get back out to base to extract - if it’s not that then it better had be one day
Modding would ruin STALKER 2? Who in their right mind would actually say that. When it's actually MODS that kept STALKER alive all these years. If anything is going to keep STALKER 2 alive and making it better is going to be mod support.
@@bluetherobot that's barely an argument considering that anomaly and GAMMA get millions of views and hundreds of thousands of players "plenty of people" can hate the modding scene, sure, but what about millions of people who love it?
@@DISPL4Y not to forget that Anomaly & GAMMA don't solely represent the modding scene. There are hundreds of awesome mods out there that aren't for the standalone products -- also not to forget that MODS have historically led to QOL fixes, innovation, and sometimes new games all together.
the new STALKER 2 is made on Unreal Engine soon the modders goin to put co-op on then, and i wainting to play stalker 2 but i must expect how mod community will put this game like a more realistic sistems t play and sandbox modes (sorry for my bad english haha)
I don't know who's upset about mods. But I think the reason the zone is so polarizing is because everyone has a different idea of what it is. Thats where mods come into play. You can can mod it to whatever you think the zone is. And everyone has a completely unique opinion of the zone because of that. Which I think is awesome. I hope to God mod support comes to console for a STALKER 2.
about the performance i am worried but with the track record of gsc and the original trillogy it is highly likely that the game will be buggy and be hardware intensive (though not unplayable i hope lol) . Stalker shadow of chernobyl needed a beast of a pc and clear sky was just crysis 1 levels of stupidly hard to run . From what ive heard from people who played the demo they nailed the stalker atmosphere and the gameplay is fun and fluid so i am very hopeful that the game is good but only time will tell.
I think that it's a multiplatform release gives some assurance that'll it'll run well on decent PCs since the consoles are pretty much equivalent to mid-range PC hardware now. But you never know. More likely, it'll run well on the fixed platforms and have lots of issues on PC. I preordered the game over a year ago to support the devs,but if you're worried about it, just pick it up a month or so after launch when hopefully any serious performance issues are ironed out.
UE5 is intensive don't expect a 1060, 1650 or even a 2070 to run it at max settings 60 fps on 1080p unless if they put upscaling methods like dlss, FSR and frame gen and etc
3:47 Cyberpunk 2? I thought that's not happening until witcher 4 comes out and even that one is ways away, what year are you from? are we not getting stalker 2 until 2040? (I know it's a slip of the tongue but holy crap that was a scary thought) but seriously though I think it's important to remember that games as big as stalker 2 and with as much detail really do take time to make (not even polish) so especially with what is happening in Ukraine, GSC should take teir time to make something they want not what mods are or what the older games were
I only played stalker for mods, especially the War mod, just loved the concept of multiple factions at war in middle of scary mutants. I hope there will be a war mod for Stalker 2
@@bluetherobot After Stalker 2 got actually announced there was an internal leak confirming Microsoft had a 3 month timed exclusivity window on it, now supposedly "insiders" claim that timed exclusivity window has increased due to Microsoft investing more support towards it
I'm really excited for Stalker 2 to release and even if it launches in a bad state that as long as it's enjoyable I'll consider it money well spent. I'm just concerned that a lot of Anomaly players will look at it and be all mad that it's nothing like anomaly/gamma/efp etc, when none of the original trilogy were anything like them either. I don't want stalker 2 to be some tarkov-esque tac sim shooter thing like Gamma or Efp, because that's not what stalker is to me. I'm not saying that gamma and efp and the like aren't good games or anything, I do actually quite enjoy them, but especially after playing the original trilogy they just don't feel like stalker in the same way the originals do.
@@bluetherobot I think so too, just that there's likely going to be a loud minority of players who shit on the game purely because it's not like anomaly or gamma.
Well open world Stalker multiplayer, not a fan of. Perhaps a co-op mode after completing the game solo, maybe. Also, the new Stalcraft trailer was kinda cool!
My favorite mods from my favorite mod creator Jekan.(standalone mods too) OGSR Legacy(pretty much a ShoC remake with cut content and extra player made stuff), Return to the zone(3 main story's and a story extraction mode), Goldensphere OGSR(A story mod heavily based on the book) And those made by team vivent(2nd favorite) incubator and it's sequel dreamcatcher
I don't understand devs or gamers for that matter always have to put multiplayer in a traditionally single player game. It always takes away from the experience, an emotion of a single player game.
I would also prefer it singleplayer as the main experience, but possibly a mod later on. Also, there couldve been a mode, where it was unlocked, after completing the game solo first.
Maaaaan, have you played original trilogy with a companion? It's not the same experience when you have an ally behind your back! Stalker IS NOT Fallout. Here you're alone, hungry and scared 🤩
im pretty sure stalker anomaly saved stalker if im not wrong they closed their doors and released tools to the community to mod ity and thats how anomaly was made (again i could be wrong) so if thats the case of course they are gonna take some ideas from anomaly but it wont be anomaly
anomaly and all the other free plays mods are based off the X-RAY engine source code leaked without GSC's consent also one of GSC community managers side this when asked about stalker mods quote : in everyway we support and enjoy mods that require the original game for installation. stand alone mods - not so much.
anomaly is the closest thing to what stalker game should be imo, the only thing that always bothers me about anomaly is basically 0 story or interesting unique quests (the pseudo-story isnt satisfying enough) but as a sandbox its possibly the peak of how far can mods go
PiP scopes are cool and all but I've never seen one, even on my beast PC, not suck down a huge chunk of fps when used. Once they can minimize the performance penalty, I hope that's all that's ever used. Until then, I'll pass on PiP scopes.
Pip scopes are trash, what you get is 3d scope with peroformance issue, there is a workaround games use like pubg, pubg has decent scopes and they aren't pip so angy much?
the claim that co-op will ruin the experience just sounds like a cop-out. They don't know better than us, and doing co-op is a choice each individual player would be able to make. Just be honest and say that you don't have the resources or time to do it.
@@bluetherobot All I know is that when companies tell players that they don't really want what they want, especially for an optional feature, it never ends well.
I love STALKER, i grew up on that shit man! But the mods have made the original game soo much better and more popular aswell. it gave it the recongnition it needed! I think the mods for STALKER 2 are gonna be fucking liiiiiiit! Imagine a GAMMA type mod pack for STALKER 2?! I hope the story will be good, and i hope it does not relases in a totaly broken state. But i think GSC will deliver! Even though the delays because of the damn war in Ukraine! I am gonna have a blast either way!
This is what I mean. You immediately discredit and attack people who haven't played the original games. How about you stop that. Also, just to clarify, watch the video again. I mention I've played the originals, on and off stream, currently reading Roadside Picnic, and watched Stalker 1979 both on VHS, and currently online. Have a good day.
Why are so many players obsessed with co-op? Is it mostly in America? Does it need to be played with friends in The Long Dark, Fallout, STALKER, Dying Light, Metro, and Death Stranding? These aren't typically the kind of games that require co-op play. Multiplayer, yes, maybe. In some cases, you just need to accept the fact that not every game should be co-op. It's important to have your own time for solitude to experience those unique feelings. Remember, in the end, you will likely die alone, unless you're ruzzian.
@@bluetherobot I understand that. I think it's more harder to make such as game with co-op with a right game balance. In 2010-2013 we were played Stalker multiplayer and it was great. Some people already made co-op mod for The Long Dark (the most lonely played game ever) and if it good for them, so let it moding community have fun too with a STALKER.
@@bbcofmemes6982Dying light isn’t the same type of game as Stalker or the Long dark, Dying light compared to those games offers a completly different experience, atleast thats how i see it
The fate of Stalker 2 depends primarily on its plot. With such mod wonders currently available as Anomaly-Gamma, I'm sure that in 2 we won't find a fraction of the mechanics available in mods, which will make many people avoid Stalker 2 because they consider it too simplistic. The "Cyberpunk Syndrome" may also occur - the inability to treat promotional materials with a pinch of salt and not building who knows what expectations towards this game. We'll see. I'll wait until the game comes out to buy it.
" Pre order and you get to hear more NPC stories around the campfire and they will play more songs on guitar " LMAO, combine that with paid outfit skins and I'm not buying this. I will pirate it however.
From rudimentary point of view, I did not see anything new in the gameplay that could not be done in the modifications for SoC 15 years ago. People who are waiting for S2 are not waiting for it as a game, they are waiting for S2 as a interactive film. Of course, this is not something bad, the beautiful graphics, soundtrack, story and the characters are also satisfying, but this is not at all the type of satisfaction that the gameplay itself brings, beating a smart AI. And with AI in S2 there will be a big problem, and there will be no alife of what was in CoP and especially CoC/Anomaly.
this is factually incorect though lmao , A life is getting an overhaul . The reason the AI looked bad in the trailers is because it was set to the lowest possible level (the devs themselves said it on reddit) . What i want is more stalker and thats what we are getting , some newcomers want tarkov but single player edition and thats NOT what we are getting , we are getting old school stalker with better graphics and a whole new story and im all for it.
Even if the gameplay hasn't evolved over what can currently be played in the Stalker modding scene, I'll be more than happy to play a Stalker game that looks this incredible. I'm not even in it for the story. I'm in it for the VIBE. And these amazing visuals go a long way to getting there. I mean, that's all that's missing from the current crop of Stalker mods. They all look and play great for what they are but none of them compare visually with Stalker 2. Not even close.
@@phrozac ive been playing stalker for a LONG time and im used to it running badly lol , hell even the originals still run badly at times so eh dont really care . I managed to play starfield and cyberpunk at launch so im not worried lol. Ill just vibe with the bugs.
I hope you will experience the same as them. Not to mention that GSC was forced to move their main studio from Kyiv to Prague and build a new studio for motion capture.
The company has gone bankrupt several times, closed their doors on an occasion or two, lost every original employee for the most part and had to do a full rehire, the game stalker 2 has been scrapped and reworked several times since 2011 and has switched engines several times. Someone mentioned their original studio burned down. And then theres the war and having to do a full relocation, as well as some employees ended up serving in the war and dying as a result. At this point any excuse they use is applicable, and any chance that this game will see the light of day is rather a miracle more than anything.
People are very hard to please nowadays. What I hope for is a good story, good atmosphere and not too many bugs.
bugs? more like anomalies
That's what I feel most people want, but are just silently being patient.
It seems like so many people who complain just don't understand that entertainment is subjective and when they dislike or hate something its their opinion as many others might still enjoy it. I agree 1000% you cant please everyone as we all have differing levels of taste and interest in mechanics, art and design.
On the contrary If they can like shit like Starfield and "Fallout" 4 no they are not hard to please!
Hey, I enjoyed Fallout 4... but I loved Fallout 3 and New Vegas.
Aside from the massive leap in lighting quality and character fidelity, the thing that impresses me most about the visuals of STALKER 2 is just how much set dressing is going on in literally every shot, especially in areas from the OG games like the Train Depot, Skadovsk, or even just generic building interiors, in comparison to the OG games that were almost entirely devoid of incidental clutter. Everything just looks so lived in. It's really damn good.
Less than 3 months to go, Stalkers!
The detail is amazing. I can't wait to see what old locations look like.
"Oh no stalker 2 isn't tarkov wannabe, outrageous!", you are right people are cruel and hard to please these days.
In my opinion good movement, collector stashes, lore, good weapon animations and consumables animations maybe some decent dynamic music is enough.
Some old zoomers like me grew up with basic games like doom and serious sam and that was enough.
Basic doesn't mean bad, play some of the soup mods and you will get the feeling of these words.
I'm all for simple games, but complex mechanics done right can be fun too, but it all depends on the player. I just want a immersive story.
@@bluetherobot Agree 100%, compex mechanics done right are cool (rpg games, tactical shooters with mags done right).
Just finished op 2.2 and efp, the fumbled animations, the weird movement and bad sound design are so much evident now that im re-playing misery + taz (so much that misery feels advanced).
Btw i love mods and modding i even made huge ballistics mod based on real life velocity, weight and energy for misery mod.
I don't keep high hopes for stalker 2 and don't expect tarkov/john wick simulator, however i hope it isn't riddled with bad maps and lazy map design (CoP unclimbable slopes) and invisible walls, lazy ai, lazy weapon design, animations being eyesore, bad optimization etc.
this +interesting side quests and exploration (it'll be open world afterall) and i personally will be fully satisfied
when the original stalker first came out, it was a horrific buggy mess. would crash ALL the time. perhaps this will be the same! ahhh will bring the nostalgia back...
Haha. Nostalgic for some. Lol
When first STalker game comes out my PC have only 512 Mb RAM , but i still manage somehow play it to end . True love .
There's no bugs in stalker they are anomalies!
To be honest, It might seem weird but I wouldnt be that annoyed at some bugs at release. That was what made stalker so funny.
dont forget their studio also caught fire lmao. im going into stalker 2 FULLY expecting the game to have a rough launch and honestly if there is one game studio i feel like disserves a bit a lee way its GSC they have had to go through a lot. so if the game launches rough thats fine so long as they continue to work and fix the game after launch. i know a lot of people wont see it the way that i see it but thats just my take on everything
Oh damn. I feel like I remember reading about when it happened too.
@@bluetherobot yeah, it’s one of the added reasons the game got delayed
Congrats for the 8k subs i hope u reach 10k by September
Thank you! I will try my hardest.
1:04 while I like co op
I can see why they said this
But lonely is part of a stalker
There are times when you are in a group of stalkers
But that doesn't count
Considering some of these factions like to travel on their own, remember duty in the dead valley? Strelok was mostly on his own in Soc
Also AIs don't count as real players
Yeah. I feel that. I would've liked to see maybe it added as an unlock, after completing a run solo.
@@bluetherobot now that's great idea
I am honest... Coop would suck the feeling of the game out of me.
My friends are just too fucking funny and incompetent xD
I hope the A-life world simulation is more improved. I dont care for multiplayer in any form. And they do conflict...would take more development resources to allow for coop. Everybody's world would have to be synced with the a-life stuff on the server. .if they did implement a-life at all its already going to be cpu heavy ..
I heard the A-Life system was improved on. That already makes the game so immersive if that's the case.
Congratz!
Thank you! I really appreciate it.
Great analysis of the series. I'm playing through the first three games in honor of the sequel coming out this September. In my experience, what I would like to see most is a survival level difficulty where damage is much more effective but I'm excited for it to come out.
A survival difficulty would be interesting.
Personally all I hope for is a solid single player experience. I couldn't give less of a crap about any multiplayer stuff because that's not what STALKER is about. The multiplayer should very much be treated like how MGSV seperates MGO and the Campaign as 2 distinctly seperate entities from eachother. You'll get what I mean if you've ever played MGSV and MGO.
Someone brought it up, like if there was a co-op, it would only be unlocked after a full playthrough.
All it needs, is to feel familiar. Needs to feel like the Zone.
You can mod other games to match the vibe, but it never quite captures it. The Zone is its own beast... And we've been running around those old Zone maps for a long time...
It'll hopefully be like seeing an old friend.
@@bluetherobot exactly that 🤞👌
congrats on 8k subs!!
Thank you so much!
I'm a STALKER player, have the original STAEM releases, absolutely love playing the mods, have checked ModDB at least twice a week for the latest mods/files (currently enjoying Vector of Alian- Oblivion Lost), have played dozens, both XR and OGSR engines. I must say I never enjoyed the mods with all the spiders/critters running amok. Can't wait for (but I will) STALKER 2.
Very cool, looking forward to the modding scene.
I think what the devs were thinking about co-op is how they originally made the first 3 games
You did team up with groups from other factions but it was only temporary, and even then they had the chance of dying and leaving you to fend for yourself in the mission. I had that in Clear Sky, trying to clear out the Military presence in the Army Warehouses for Freedom to use. I was forced to fight Spetsnaz alone because my npc squad died even if I tried to reload saves. And in the end it did give me a sense of victory when I finally wiped the place of them. It feels more rewarding when you do it all by yourself, you have that sense of pride in completion. Sometimes it just feels more rewarding when the challenge is more hard on you and that is more likely when you are alone instead of with friends that won't die so easily, giving you an advantage for the challenge to be easier. It doesn't have the same kick.
Because if STALKER 2 or the previous games was gonna be that easy and feel so simple, I don't think I would still be playing it today.
I would like to have seen a co-op mode after completing a solo run. Like an unlock.
@@bluetherobot a co-op mode after solo would be the better option
The gameplay looks absolutely fantastic
It really does.
I just hope it wont have any propganda in-game.. since the last years its alrdy annyoing enough on social media what ua and media pulls out.
I don't think so.
The thing is, moding shoud not be the main atraction you know? The game shoud not be afected by the moding on the aspect of what they are whanting to do, like story and atmosfere shoud not be aspects of the moding if you what to have a great experience.
For sure. I'm just looking forward to the story.
@@bluetherobot yea, im kinda new to the stalker games, but i perfer the original thing, that is why i got the trilogy on my xbox.
I knew the franchise and lore, but never played.
I was the same way. Knew all the lore, just never played the actual games.
I really hope the level design and map layout will be good. The rest can pretty much be tweaked by the modding community eventually.
I just want a grim, yet beautiful atmosphere.
literally the best thing to ever happen to the devs is the popularization of stalker gamma. those guys who made anomaly and then the others who made gamma are LITERALLY CARRYING this franchise and i know sooo many people who picked up stalker for the first time because of these mods, people who otherwise would've never heard about this game.
these guys deserve to get the deluxe copy of the game for free and it still wouldnt be a full thank you.
Same way I was introduced.
8k?? From the production value I just assumed it was 80k if not 800k. Keep posting
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Don't forget we played first because of the story but fell in love with how those mods could present the main character, The Zone. I think that's the parts they should lean on, it would give it a darks souls esque focus on setting that I think is already there. But they're also probably well past the concepts and planning stage so whatever they have is already baked in.
A great summarization.
GSC claims they will allow mod support. But they also are selling skins for outfits. What happens when someone on Moddb makes a outfit skin that's similar to what GSC is selling via pre-orders?. I bet GSC wont support modding once the mods conflict with their monetization.
I guess we will wait and see how it plays out.
Will it ever be on ps5?
Currently a Microsoft Exclusive Release. Maybe a few months after, but no official word.
The opening your backpack things was in metro exodus which is a smillar game series to Stalker, I think some of the metro developers worked on stalker before
That is true. Some GSC devs went on to help make Metro
Stalker 2 will be a game with linear story, some A-life and sidequests will be here and there. Co-op games are either linear story games that are designed for co-op or survival-crafting games.
People get sad when they learn co-op will not be in the game, what about people who wants to play alone? Should developers design their game storywise and challangewise for sp or co-op?
However co-op would be amazing for a freeplay mode like of Anomaly, would be good if developers worked a bit on compatibility for it as A-Life, Tasks and multiple level world system of Stalker games are not easy to implement for a modder working on multiplayer
I'm just curious more about the story.
if youve played any of the first 3 stalkers games youd know Modding... is gonna be fucking fire.
I really hope so.
Remind me a single UE5 game where moding has became a staple of it. Yeah, there are a lot of reasons why this may be a cope. I am being very skeptical on the prospect of moding stage in S2HOC. I don't believe that UE5 can support it. I have never seen UE5 supporting anything like it.
Honestly I won't be surprised if the game is buggy. If anything, it's part of the charm.
As the saying goes, Anomalies, not bugs... lol
Me personally I think if they do it right stalker 2 it could be the best one in the series I have hope it’s going to be good that why I’m going to preorder it soon so I can get that day 1 experience even if it’s buggy I also think co-op would be a nice touch but I suppose we will have to wait and see how the game is on September fifth
Yeah, people have waited for a long time. Still looking forward to it.
Honestly, when i saw your last video about STALKER 2, i was like finally somebody that is excited for the game and not shit on the game completely like everyone else. we all know the circumstances in which the game is being developped we dont expect a flawless product, but the story is what makes STALKER, and a continuation of that is exciting, all the original games had flaws and bugs but we still enjoyed them because of the story. And in my experiance with the STALKER modding community, there is nothing imposible, mods ranging from bugfixes, intirely new stories or just crazy shit that has nothing to do with stalker, there is something for everyone, and if STALKER 2 is as easy to mod as like lets say Anomaly, the game will not die for 20 more years.
Im glad you enjoyed my last video. I'm just a regular dude who enjoys walking around in the zone.
0:50 What's with the mag-ditching reloads?! That's so irritating, especially when the mag still has cartridges in it. It's even more severe when it's a rifle chambered for 9x39mm like the Val. That's a specialist caliber highly prized in the Zone, and those mags don't grow on trees.
1:03 / 4:09 Good to see left-handed characters in the Zone.
1:29 I hope they bring back the ability to "dodge" pseudostomps with perfectly timed jumps.
1:49 Oink Oink Fleshy Piggy! 🙃
1:56 Wanna try yer hand at some Zone Sportsmanship Challenges?
2:06 I started with OG ShoC in 2007. First mod was Oblivion Lost 2.2 in 2008. Then Oblivion Lost 2010 in 2011. Then an older version of Lost Alpha some years later. In between OL2.2 and OL2010, I tried some L.U.R.K. but didn't care for it. Two shots from a Mosin-Nagant to kill a tushkano?! No thanks! That's not a challenge. That's just making things futile for no reason. Been playing standard-issue Anomaly for a few years now and still enjoying it.
4:08 Ukraine is a rehearsal for Armageddon. The major players are a Germany-led EU (the Beast) and Putinist Russia and its allies (Gog and Magog). Anyone who sings praises to Putin is proselytizing in the name of Meshech (Moscow).
Ezekiel 38,2: "Behold! I am against you, Gog of the land of Magog, chief prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal."
4:09 That's not how you do a McMillan Tilt.
Haha. I said the same thing. So much ammo being wasted. Lol.
Yeah, I never understood why they go with those animations. Its like your character was thinking about saving those mags but then said "nahhhh".
I'm from Ukraine,
I really hope this game will be great. Yes, it was really difficult with development; the game designer of the old parts died during this war. I want to say thank you for telling so many people about our game, I hope you all enjoy our new masterpiece (or not a masterpiece xd), anyways thank you so much. Love your videos, keep it up!
Thank you for enjoying my videos!
STALKER 2 rejecting co-op is the best thing it could do.
Online multiplayer has ruined gaming.
Greedy corporations/shareholders have ruined gaming. Definitely not online.
Huh? People playing a game together is bad? I have no idea how you came to that conclusion, Co-op with friends is fun and makes even the worst made games fun, Now big corps rationing the multiplayer part, spliting the game with dlc, locking features behind paywalls, allowing people to pay for items, boosts etc, that's the kind of garbage that's ruining gaming, but expect nothing less from corporations today, Activision are normally the main boundry pushers, even just recently they add a skin that gives party boosts, but everyone in your party needs to have the 20$ skin for it to work, I don't think most people realise how bad, scummy, predatory that is.
@@patricks9401 Multiplayer certainly has worsened gaming for the people who like singleplayer games more. Most of the games back in the days were released with sp campaign, now days this isn't the case anymore. Moreover, coop games are usually live service games, and i certainly don't want that included in STALKER.
Mods will be there for this. Dont need it though; i prefer to have my own mods
I never knew that a Community coming together to enjoy an online mode for their favourite franchise is a bad thing, strange
So there isn't coop bc it could break the flow of the game but there is modding which allows us to break the flow of the game?
Coop would suck a lot of it's charm out tbh. Even if you can play SP the game would still have to be build around the coop version and suck out resources
A modded in custom coop sounds more sound of mind.
A co-op mod would be fine.
@@bluetherobot the problem is that it's extremely difficult to make that if they don't offer any systems within their mod support to allow it. Sort of why we don't have coop on stalker anomaly/gamma.
Them adding co op is the best thing they can do
So funny, someone just said them not adding co-op is the best thing they can do. Lol
Really people should asking will stalker 2 be as moddable the previous games? Unreal 5 is a whole different beast.
It really is. I hope it will be very moddable.
@@bluetherobot How easy will it be then?
I meant it is a whole different beast. In good and bad ways.
It does seem like a missed opportunity not to have at least some form of PvE multiplayer gameplay.
I can see why, but having a mode unlocked after completing it on a solo run would be awesome.
IM LOOKING FOR THAT GAMMA EXPERIENCEEEE BOOGAAAA BOOOOGAAAAA BOOOGGAAAAA NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE GAMMA GAMMA ! 😂😂😂
Looking for some nightmare fuel!
rumors on reddit said the main game was 48 hours long, given the 150 gb size.
Dont rely on rumors since everyone can make one, if these rumors are based on leaked aka hacked files than its fake info, i had myself downloaded those files and there is nothing to see there, Chunks of testing material like guns, ballistic, unfinished buildings etc..there was no full alpha version of game or something
I try not to believe rumors too much.
Doesnt mean much. Elden ring base game is 50 gigs.
Even having a friend to talk to alongside me as I play Stalker is enough to absolutely destroy all tension or feeling of immersion, so if the majority of game designers for Stalker 2 are like me then it makes sense why they would not want to have coop features.
If there were enough people who want coop anyways then sure, I wouldn't mind it existing at all, but since there obviously aren't then the devs definitely shouldn't need to bother with implementing coop, especially when there is enough work on the plate already for them.
Just look at games like Metro and different kinds of immersive sims, they categorically avoid coop for a reason, and not enough people complain about the lack of it for that to be even a known problem with those games, so since Stalker 2 aims at that same audience it again makes sense not to have any coop IMO.
And again I don't personally have any problem with the option potentially existing, if we lived in a world were game companies have infinite budget and time to develop.
Exactly my thoughts
The big thing making me a bit weary of this game is that they are locking a mission behind a paywall at launch.
Which mission? I haven't heard of this.
@@bluetherobot on their site, they said that the ultimate edition comes with an exclusive mission.
Oh I didn't even see that! Damn...
yea its a big red flag for me when anything other than cosmetics is locked behind a paywall, lets hope its just a blunder on their part and not an indicator of what is to come.
I think it would be better than 90% Triple A Titles nowadays .We all know that there are going to be bugs. But people are looking for a game like Stalker with a new concept. But This ERA is different that 2007-2010 Specifically these past years games like Stalker are popping out they are in large demand! This will be the Game to Bring STALKER FRANCHISE the ATTENTION AND LOVE IT DESERVES without any big title releasing this year.I am sure People will give it a Try! This Studio is not ubisoft!! It is 100% better For such a little studio this is such a big step forward and i hope it will go as planned (A STALKER FAN)
I'm so excited...
Id love to eventually play a co-op mod tbh do i prefer it No i love the solo experience but i want to experience this game with a friend
I can deal with both, and have fun with both
@@bluetherobot 4 sure ngl i thought co-op was gonna be the multiplayer update til bout a month ago. I REALLY hope consoles get mod support.
UE5 mod tools and mods is what I want with this amazing looking game.
Curious to see what kind of mods come out of this.
@@bluetherobot I have a war of the worlds tripod I modeled and animated that I'll be putting in
the multiplayer has to be an extraction mode, the zone is similar to Hunt Showdown and it will be epic long term way to play the game after doing the campaign 1 or 2 times.
Would be interesting to see.
They should make the coop so we can kill each other if we’d likes and be part of different factions in a separate o line mode from what the size of the map might be I’d say 4 people in coop and possible trading
That would be a lot to add into the game. But a simple co-op mode, but a unlock after completing the main game solo could be interesting.
Yes sir, expect the worst hope for the best 4:40
1000%
The MP mode should be an extraction event each player is a player from each faction and spawns at faction base then you move out into the centre with the loot pickups getting better as you move in at first your fighting npcs then in the centre the best loot and the pvp aspect then you get back out to base to extract - if it’s not that then it better had be one day
An extraction mode would be pretty interesting. Not sure how that would work out though.
@@bluetherobot artefact extraction - stalker is perfect for extraction mode Escape from Stalker 😂
But tbh I’d be happy if there is no coop as long as it feels like stalker at least
I'm sure that's all we want.
Is it like Metro Exodus?
No, it’s kinda different
I believe some GSC devs left and worked on Metro. If I remember correctly.
Modding would ruin STALKER 2? Who in their right mind would actually say that. When it's actually MODS that kept STALKER alive all these years. If anything is going to keep STALKER 2 alive and making it better is going to be mod support.
There's plenty of people who absolutely hate Stalker Anomaly
@@bluetherobot that's barely an argument considering that anomaly and GAMMA get millions of views and hundreds of thousands of players
"plenty of people" can hate the modding scene, sure, but what about millions of people who love it?
@@DISPL4Y not to forget that Anomaly & GAMMA don't solely represent the modding scene. There are hundreds of awesome mods out there that aren't for the standalone products -- also not to forget that MODS have historically led to QOL fixes, innovation, and sometimes new games all together.
the new STALKER 2 is made on Unreal Engine soon the modders goin to put co-op on then, and i wainting to play stalker 2 but i must expect how mod community will put this game like a more realistic sistems t play and sandbox modes (sorry for my bad english haha)
I hope Unreal Engine 5 is easier to mod.
I don't know who's upset about mods. But I think the reason the zone is so polarizing is because everyone has a different idea of what it is. Thats where mods come into play. You can can mod it to whatever you think the zone is. And everyone has a completely unique opinion of the zone because of that. Which I think is awesome. I hope to God mod support comes to console for a STALKER 2.
That's the best part about mods. It's so customizable for everyone.
about the performance i am worried but with the track record of gsc and the original trillogy it is highly likely that the game will be buggy and be hardware intensive (though not unplayable i hope lol) . Stalker shadow of chernobyl needed a beast of a pc and clear sky was just crysis 1 levels of stupidly hard to run . From what ive heard from people who played the demo they nailed the stalker atmosphere and the gameplay is fun and fluid so i am very hopeful that the game is good but only time will tell.
That's all we can be right now. Hopeful.
I think that it's a multiplatform release gives some assurance that'll it'll run well on decent PCs since the consoles are pretty much equivalent to mid-range PC hardware now. But you never know. More likely, it'll run well on the fixed platforms and have lots of issues on PC. I preordered the game over a year ago to support the devs,but if you're worried about it, just pick it up a month or so after launch when hopefully any serious performance issues are ironed out.
@@phrozac nah im playing it day one 1 , if it runs under 60 fps at 1440p ultra ill just downgrade the settings but i highly doubt that .
UE5 is intensive don't expect a 1060, 1650 or even a 2070 to run it at max settings 60 fps on 1080p unless if they put upscaling methods like dlss, FSR and frame gen and etc
@@hamzakhalil-gs7oc ive got a 6800 xt for 75 fps at ultra 1440p should be doable . I mean it is doable in cyberpunk so idk
i dont like the crosshair
I'm sure it'll be an option to turn off.
3:47 Cyberpunk 2? I thought that's not happening until witcher 4 comes out and even that one is ways away, what year are you from? are we not getting stalker 2 until 2040? (I know it's a slip of the tongue but holy crap that was a scary thought)
but seriously though I think it's important to remember that games as big as stalker 2 and with as much detail really do take time to make (not even polish) so especially with what is happening in Ukraine, GSC should take teir time to make something they want not what mods are or what the older games were
Definitely a slip of the tongue. Lol. Or maybe, I am from the future. And the future is bleak. Lol
I only played stalker for mods, especially the War mod, just loved the concept of multiple factions at war in middle of scary mutants. I hope there will be a war mod for Stalker 2
Warfare is actually kind of fun
More interested in the whole 3 months timed exclusivity leak
What is that?
@@bluetherobot After Stalker 2 got actually announced there was an internal leak confirming Microsoft had a 3 month timed exclusivity window on it, now supposedly "insiders" claim that timed exclusivity window has increased due to Microsoft investing more support towards it
a coop warfare mode would work for sure. I think the game will be broken as f*** (at lunch). I know how the release of the other 3 games went.
Oooh, Co-op Warfare mode would be sick!
quest lines locked behind deluxe editions is already a skip for me.
Yeah, that feels kinda eh.
Good video
Thanks!
I'm really excited for Stalker 2 to release and even if it launches in a bad state that as long as it's enjoyable I'll consider it money well spent. I'm just concerned that a lot of Anomaly players will look at it and be all mad that it's nothing like anomaly/gamma/efp etc, when none of the original trilogy were anything like them either. I don't want stalker 2 to be some tarkov-esque tac sim shooter thing like Gamma or Efp, because that's not what stalker is to me. I'm not saying that gamma and efp and the like aren't good games or anything, I do actually quite enjoy them, but especially after playing the original trilogy they just don't feel like stalker in the same way the originals do.
That's the thing, I think most Anomaly players understand that Stalker 2 won't be tarkov-esque or gammafied.
@@bluetherobot I think so too, just that there's likely going to be a loud minority of players who shit on the game purely because it's not like anomaly or gamma.
if you play stalcraft, then you know multiplayer in stalker is NOT a good idea
Stalker 2 not going to have multiplayer as stalcraft but is going to be more like original multiplayer mode, deatmach shooter
Well open world Stalker multiplayer, not a fan of. Perhaps a co-op mode after completing the game solo, maybe. Also, the new Stalcraft trailer was kinda cool!
bro no lean ? 😢
Maybe later???
@@bluetherobot let’s hope so but if not we know how the modding community gets down and dirty
@CryptoKage7 forreal!
My favorite mods from my favorite mod creator Jekan.(standalone mods too)
OGSR Legacy(pretty much a ShoC remake with cut content and extra player made stuff), Return to the zone(3 main story's and a story extraction mode), Goldensphere OGSR(A story mod heavily based on the book)
And those made by team vivent(2nd favorite)
incubator and it's sequel dreamcatcher
I will have to check those out.
@@bluetherobot goldensphere is the one with the hardest start of them all
I don't understand devs or gamers for that matter always have to put multiplayer in a traditionally single player game. It always takes away from the experience, an emotion of a single player game.
And immersion*
I would also prefer it singleplayer as the main experience, but possibly a mod later on. Also, there couldve been a mode, where it was unlocked, after completing the game solo first.
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Ah, cheeki breeki iv damke...
Maaaaan, have you played original trilogy with a companion?
It's not the same experience when you have an ally behind your back!
Stalker IS NOT Fallout. Here you're alone, hungry and scared 🤩
I like both Stalker and Fallout. I can see how both games could have a co-op mode, only after a solo run is completed. Kind of like an unlock.
@@bluetherobot yeah. I would also like it this way
I'm really looking forward to not playing tarkov anymore
I just downloaded SPTarkov myself.
@@bluetherobot just downloaded raid review for it.
im pretty sure stalker anomaly saved stalker if im not wrong they closed their doors and released tools to the community to mod ity and thats how anomaly was made (again i could be wrong) so if thats the case of course they are gonna take some ideas from anomaly but it wont be anomaly
That was so cool of them to just release it like that.
anomaly and all the other free plays mods are based off the X-RAY engine source code leaked without GSC's consent
also one of GSC community managers side this when asked about stalker mods
quote : in everyway we support and enjoy mods that require the original game for installation. stand alone mods - not so much.
It didn't save stalker
anomaly is the closest thing to what stalker game should be imo, the only thing that always bothers me about anomaly is basically 0 story or interesting unique quests (the pseudo-story isnt satisfying enough) but as a sandbox its possibly the peak of how far can mods go
@@dvls2945 and what about the original games
No pip scopes, or anything similar to it = a big disappointment in immersion
I have yet to see a game do pip scopes, without sacrificing performance. Especially on console.
pip scopes are highly overrated, I can do just fine without them.
PiP scopes are cool and all but I've never seen one, even on my beast PC, not suck down a huge chunk of fps when used. Once they can minimize the performance penalty, I hope that's all that's ever used. Until then, I'll pass on PiP scopes.
Pip scopes are trash, what you get is 3d scope with peroformance issue, there is a workaround games use like pubg, pubg has decent scopes and they aren't pip so angy much?
What’s pip scope?
I'm more worried about S2 having a lot of "other shit" and less of the Zone.
I feel like we don't need to worry about that.
@@bluetherobot I sure hope so XD
well must be bad since 44,000 rocked up to football game other day in Germany. kind think hole situation is bit of a tin foil.
What?
Its going to be on console so im sure it will be dumbed down a lot.
I hope not, but I'm curious how the original trilogy plays on console.
@@bluetherobot original isn't on console
@@JPROP-vb7sv It is nowadays
the claim that co-op will ruin the experience just sounds like a cop-out. They don't know better than us, and doing co-op is a choice each individual player would be able to make. Just be honest and say that you don't have the resources or time to do it.
That could be the case, but who really knows at this point.
@@bluetherobot All I know is that when companies tell players that they don't really want what they want, especially for an optional feature, it never ends well.
I love STALKER, i grew up on that shit man! But the mods have made the original game soo much better and more popular aswell. it gave it the recongnition it needed! I think the mods for STALKER 2 are gonna be fucking liiiiiiit! Imagine a GAMMA type mod pack for STALKER 2?! I hope the story will be good, and i hope it does not relases in a totaly broken state. But i think GSC will deliver! Even though the delays because of the damn war in Ukraine! I am gonna have a blast either way!
Same here! I think the mods will hopefully be incredible. Just wonder how hard it would be to mod.
Well with the mod support from the day one release on PC it hopefully won't be to hard! I know i gotta upgrade my damn PC that for sure! 😝
I feel like even my PC isn't ready.
3:46 Cyberpunk 2? What kinda CDPR insider alpha tester are you? lmao
Maybe. Maybe not. It's classified.
@@bluetherobot I'll give you 3 dollars to tell me 🤣
Have not even played the originals but tells us what stalker 2 will be
This is what I mean. You immediately discredit and attack people who haven't played the original games. How about you stop that.
Also, just to clarify, watch the video again. I mention I've played the originals, on and off stream, currently reading Roadside Picnic, and watched Stalker 1979 both on VHS, and currently online.
Have a good day.
@@bluetherobot im sorry bro. i have not heard that. i give u thumbs up now on your video
no co-op is a bad choice....I do not want pvp....I want co-op :(
Maybe in the future.
Why are so many players obsessed with co-op? Is it mostly in America? Does it need to be played with friends in The Long Dark, Fallout, STALKER, Dying Light, Metro, and Death Stranding? These aren't typically the kind of games that require co-op play. Multiplayer, yes, maybe. In some cases, you just need to accept the fact that not every game should be co-op. It's important to have your own time for solitude to experience those unique feelings. Remember, in the end, you will likely die alone, unless you're ruzzian.
Not just an American thing. It's just people would like a game like Stalker, to play with friends.
@@bluetherobot I understand that. I think it's more harder to make such as game with co-op with a right game balance. In 2010-2013 we were played Stalker multiplayer and it was great. Some people already made co-op mod for The Long Dark (the most lonely played game ever) and if it good for them, so let it moding community have fun too with a STALKER.
Dying Light is a co-op game
@@bbcofmemes6982Dying light isn’t the same type of game as Stalker or the Long dark, Dying light compared to those games offers a completly different experience, atleast thats how i see it
No harm in adding coop it's your choice if U wanna play with friends or not
The fate of Stalker 2 depends primarily on its plot. With such mod wonders currently available as Anomaly-Gamma, I'm sure that in 2 we won't find a fraction of the mechanics available in mods, which will make many people avoid Stalker 2 because they consider it too simplistic. The "Cyberpunk Syndrome" may also occur - the inability to treat promotional materials with a pinch of salt and not building who knows what expectations towards this game. We'll see. I'll wait until the game comes out to buy it.
That's pretty much all we can do. Just sit and wait patiently. But I'm also still excited.
" Pre order and you get to hear more NPC stories around the campfire and they will play more songs on guitar " LMAO, combine that with paid outfit skins and I'm not buying this. I will pirate it however.
Sailing the seven seas
Who cares if you mod?
Thats what I'm saying...
Stalker isn’t a multiplayer game don’t shift the devs focus, if you wanna play co op Stalker isn’t the game for you
Never said I wanted the devs to shift focus, just had my opinion on the matter.
From rudimentary point of view, I did not see anything new in the gameplay that could not be done in the modifications for SoC 15 years ago. People who are waiting for S2 are not waiting for it as a game, they are waiting for S2 as a interactive film. Of course, this is not something bad, the beautiful graphics, soundtrack, story and the characters are also satisfying, but this is not at all the type of satisfaction that the gameplay itself brings, beating a smart AI. And with AI in S2 there will be a big problem, and there will be no alife of what was in CoP and especially CoC/Anomaly.
this is factually incorect though lmao , A life is getting an overhaul . The reason the AI looked bad in the trailers is because it was set to the lowest possible level (the devs themselves said it on reddit) . What i want is more stalker and thats what we are getting , some newcomers want tarkov but single player edition and thats NOT what we are getting , we are getting old school stalker with better graphics and a whole new story and im all for it.
I'm sure there will be surprises for everyone.
Even if the gameplay hasn't evolved over what can currently be played in the Stalker modding scene, I'll be more than happy to play a Stalker game that looks this incredible. I'm not even in it for the story. I'm in it for the VIBE. And these amazing visuals go a long way to getting there. I mean, that's all that's missing from the current crop of Stalker mods. They all look and play great for what they are but none of them compare visually with Stalker 2. Not even close.
@@phrozac ive been playing stalker for a LONG time and im used to it running badly lol , hell even the originals still run badly at times so eh dont really care . I managed to play starfield and cyberpunk at launch so im not worried lol. Ill just vibe with the bugs.
If they dare to use the ukrainian war as an excuse for the game running bad at launch im not buying or playing this.
I mean, it can be one of many reasons. As stated in my video.
I hope you will experience the same as them.
Not to mention that GSC was forced to move their main studio from Kyiv to Prague and build a new studio for motion capture.
dude.. take some time of RUclips you are not thinking straight...
It's not like they lost their lead developer because of said war or anything. Congrats on being heartless. Would you like a f cking cookie?
The company has gone bankrupt several times, closed their doors on an occasion or two, lost every original employee for the most part and had to do a full rehire, the game stalker 2 has been scrapped and reworked several times since 2011 and has switched engines several times. Someone mentioned their original studio burned down. And then theres the war and having to do a full relocation, as well as some employees ended up serving in the war and dying as a result. At this point any excuse they use is applicable, and any chance that this game will see the light of day is rather a miracle more than anything.
no coop is a massive let down
I understand why though, but it would be cool if there was a mode you can unlock after completing it one time.