Stalker Anomaly Invictus+++ Part 66

Invictus is an achievement that requires you to do the impossible:
Play on Story Mode, complete all three ''Lost to the Zone'' storylines
Ironman mode must be active since day 1 in the Zone, until you complete the storylines
Play on the hardest gameplay and progression difficulties, without changing their settings
Never die twice on your journey
Never use debug mode
Have fun
Additional challenges: (Invictus+)
No fast travel
No save scumming, such as loading back if you walk into a firefight you can't win or lost most of your HP in an anomaly. I am only allowed to load back if I'm soft or hard locked from progressing the storyline
No companions allowed through ''Hey, let's explore the zone together!'' dialogue option nor accepting guide missions. Companions acquired through main storyline missions such as Psoglav or through trader missions such as Tourist Safari are still allowed. Hip is also allowed 💙
No escort squads
No excessive sleeping
No duping
No using third person view for an unfair advantage in combat or traversing dangerous areas
Enhanced Recoil is mandatory
Item animations are mandatory
(Invictus++)
No guides
Cannot store items in companions
No minimap
No looting unmarked stashes
Must use backpack stashes to store items
No killing same faction members
No extra start gear (using the 400 points in the loadout menu when making a new save)
Accessible Zone option must be off
No crosshair
No enemy health bar
Only 1 life
(Invictus+++)
Hardcore AI aim
Repair costs coefficient set to 2 (previously 1.7)
Upgrade costs coefficient set to 2.5 (previously 2)
Trade prices (Sell) factor set to 1 (previously 0.75)
Trade prices (Buy) factor set to 2 (previously 1.25)
Player protection set to Poor (previously Average)
Enemy dispersion base set to 1.1 (previously 1.3)
Mutants population factor set to 1 (previously 0.75)
Stalkers population factor set to 0.75 (previously 0.5)
Max carry weight set to 10 (previously 15)
Challenge heavily inspired by Axcell D.
Only started uploading at Invictus+ Attempt 83 since I realized there were some memorable moments I would like to rewatch, as well as looking back at the Ved that will actually win. Could be this one, or it could not. Enjoy the journey, but don't get too attached to any Ved.
I play almost pure vanilla Anomaly, 1.5.1 version. I have a Monolith taunt mod installed and a disconnected CRCR for writing. You may see me use them occasionally, but they don't affect gameplay.

[@tomkeofficial]

Who needs Stalker 2 when we have a great modding community in previous Stalker games and stunning visuals already, etc... not to begin with how amazing the story mode of Anomaly is and all the other stuff. Original Stalker games will forever be in my heart, as I grew up playing them. Stalker 2 is pure garbage in a nutshell, except for visuals that is, and engine it runs on is even bigger garbage, how sad when you realize that it's what we've been waiting for over a decade, what a shame.

[@vedishcheva]

@@tomkeofficial Damn right it's a huge shame, it could have been something amazing. I regret pre-ordering it for unplayable and uninspired unreal engine slop...
But it's also true that we don't need them. Hire modders not game devs :)

[@tomkeofficial]

​@@vedishchevaI am truly glad someone agrees with me and sees it the way I do. They're not the same as they were back in early 2000's when I was a kid. Game development will never be the same again, not like I say that there won't be some amazing new, successful games coming up in future, like Cyberpunk, Assassin's Creed and many other, but not from this team anymore unfortunately, as they don't fully know how to make a game anymore. And I agree with you, modders should definitely exchange places with game devs and voila! There would be something to see then. I am saying this with broken heart, but I'd rather invest these 120 bucks on Call of Duty skins and World of Tanks premium stuff rather than buying Stalker 2 on Steam. That just ain't happening, not for me brother. It is almost completely unoptimized, too hard to run on just about anything, even RTX 4090 breaks a sweat on Ultra settings. Forget it. Too bad, such a shame. And yet they produced amazing goods back in 2000's.

[@vedishcheva]

@tomkeofficial Hey I used to play World of Tanks too XD
Probably spent about 300 bucks total over the years. It was loads of fun but it looks like every game goes to shit these days. It's been a bad experience for a long time now, for me at least. I still like watching it, just not playing. My favorite tanks were the IS-3A, Super Pershing and the Maus.

[@tomkeofficial]

@@vedishcheva I currently play with Tiger 1, E-75, T-25 Premium, Pz. V/IV and Leopard. It is very hard to actually achieve and earn anything with german E-75 since it's tier 9 heavy tank, it's bulky and big, it's slow, speed is at like, say, 25 km/h, and reload time is horribly long, since it has a tier 10 cannon mounted. So I always aim at Tiger 1 and Pz. V/IV premium tank in order to earn credits and be "rich".

[@vedishcheva]

@@tomkeofficial E-75 is an awesome tank but you don't know heavy and slow until you've played the Maus :))
You should take a supercharger on your big, slow heavies, I was already driving about at 24 forward and 17 backwards which is pretty good for a 200 ton beast