The Rise and Fall of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. | Documentary
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Imagine the following scenario: you, the player, are tasked with stealing top-secret documents from a former research institute-turned-military complex swarming with enemies. You manage to slip into the main building undetected, narrowly avoiding the eyesight of your adversaries - but just as you reach the target, you are spotted, and the alarm goes off. Undeterred, you reload your previous save with the intention of making the alert go away - only to be confronted with the same relentless wailing. You load the next save in your list - and once again, the haunting sound is still there. It’s as if the ghost of your previous, inept incarnation has polluted your world with its spectral presence - and there’s nothing you can do about it.
This scene epitomizes the often baffling, yet thoroughly fascinating series of first person shooter survival horror games developed by GSC Game World, Stalker. Stalker is not a series of finished products, but rather, a work-in-progress, a palimpsest whose texture inscribes the history of its troubled development. All the hardships, discarded ideas, and unrealistic ambitions that dogged the games’ development haunt them in the form of innumerable bugs and frustrating design flaws. And yet, despite - or perhaps even because of these faults, the series managed to attract a sizeable cult following, spawning an abundance of mods, fanfiction, novels, as well as films, and even inspire courageous fans to enact their fantasies in the game’s real life setting: the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. The story of the Stalker series illustrates that sometimes, success is only possible if it straddles the border of disaster.
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The thing I appreciate most about this video is how it forgoes its very title in the conclusion: even though, in technicality, the franchise "fell" (GSC is a shell of its former self, cancelled sequel, no new game since '09, the license is in limbo etc.), it is still very much alive through sheer fan appreciation. Mods, books, fan-made movies... Hell, even entirely new games are born out of the phenomenon that is STALKER. It really goes to show that, no matter how imperfect the games may be, fans will never stop loving them. You did a very good job of emphasizing that, GVMERS, and for that you have my gratitude.
I still have a feeling that S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 will be released, but with a different name/company.
Hiya it is not in limbo stalker escape fro mtarkov is in beta and will be released 2018 im pretty sure go check it out
GSC is back together. They released Cossacks 3 this year
GSC reopened in 2014 and still are hold the license to the stalker series
@ Alessia I remember Fallout New Vegas was so buggy at launch it would crash every hour 1 or 2 times. Ijust saved alot and kept playing. Your comment made me think about those good times. Ialso think we will get another Stalker or a spiritual successor. Maybe someone with vision will buy the franchise.
"fall"? nono comrade, it never fall
Comrade Boris, I urge you to watch till end of video. It making that point very clear that STALKER never fall.
Попробуй STALKER Золотой Шар Завершение...
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. will never fall
Life of Boris Hey there ! Will you make a stalker series after the new year?
Issssss boris
The fact that they continued development after their payment got cut just shows how much of a passion project it really is.
Yes, very much so. You can totally feel that in every STALKER game. One of the main reasons it is so incredible.
stalker 2 is in development
Roid Nerd trailer is released
@@Ghost88890REAL yeah thanks dude seen it from a friends post on facebook
@@roidnerd2501 Dont worry Stalker 2 wont be that good as it were the old ones.
There are no bugs in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. There are anomalies.
@General arollite JOIN DUTY
"Campfire Spawn Anomaly"
@@iamboringvideos6832 no, we must praise the monolith brother
@@cheeseycheese3162 no
@@iamboringvideos6832 then non believers shall be put down
18:26
>carrying 11 bottles of vodka, 94 bandages, 18 energy drinks, 40 antirad, 60 big game slugs
>drops artifacts
Off to the gulag it is
real stalkers carry 5 bandages medkits kobalsas radiation med and vodka. and 1-2 guns and tons of ammo :p
gotta love how a stone blood is equipped instead of the meat chunk
@@hentosama You gatekeeping a video game?
I agree, he don't have enough vodka
No one will drop vodka willingly. That's for sure stalker
Walking through hell when suddenly you hear a guitar in the distance. Friends.
Then a Chimera jumps onto you and kills everyone except you
or foes.
Tristram? Diablo I?
👍🏼
You start running towards the music almost ready to burst in tiers, when you finally make it they're all dead. You fall down on your knees, bite your teeth together with eyes full of anger. You see the bottle of vodka now on the ground pouring itself out, "This is for you comrades" as you take sip of it and violently throw that shit on the campfire. The hatred in your heart is so pure and true that the flames in your eyes forms the word of revenge.
You squeeze your palm into a fist and spit on the ground, "your death was not in vein brothers." Quickly you grab the AK and pull from the charging handle. You throw away your cigarette and say this one out loud, "well... It looks like I'm off to hunt myself another Bloodsucker."
But you know, the Bloodsucker ends up ambushing you and you will join your friends because such is the life in the zone, so back to the loading screen with you.
I think i sank 500 hours into "misery" mod, without beating the game. Stalker series were not even about the journey/destination for me, it was about being in the zone.
So true!
Screw the story I said, I just enjoy traveling the zone drunk and radiated
@@blob643 yeah i played through the story in the vanilla games, now i just play call of chernobyl and anomaly and do random tasks around the zone
Exactly I simply just enjoy walking around playing the game it’s not about beating it’s about having a experience.
Yes.
Funny how these guys had to tune down the AI's intelligence, meanwhile even modern AI opponents can barely travel around a barrel.
Lallepop Lord of Ahegao clearly the game was ahead of it's time.
Lallepop Lord of Ahegao In the ex-Soviet country, the game plays you.
underrated comment
MegaProudAlbanian This is actually a pretty big reason as to why later Crysis games are such a mixed bag. Their scenery are gorgeous, but the AI will get stuck on their pre-determined paths.
I increased AI gun accuracy in Call of Chernobyl from the standard 80 (%) on all difficulties to 90-something on master. Getting oneshot has never been so fun. Enemies in stalker are terrifying to me once again and I love it!
“Success is only possible if it straddles the border of disaster”
This is a brilliant and very astute statement, and there’s been more than a few examples of this: Star Wars, Apocalypse Now, and STALKER among others. For some odd reason, when something seems to teeter on the edge of chaos, brilliance oftentimes ensues. When everything is controlled, the results are much less.
Other notable examples would be Demon's Souls, Final Fantasy and ICO.
some ghibli movies had this phenomena, berserk, akira.
I mean, yeah. Such is the balance of human life.
You'll never feel more alive than just after you've almost died.
First time on GVMERS. They weren’t lying about the “documentary” themed video. His voice and edit style felt like an actual tv program airing.
Upon Christian
IV only just happened across this channel as well, cannot believe the quality of presentation and narration. Top notch.
The actual video picture quality is absolutely terrible though. How hard is it to record new game footage? Reusing highly compressed MPEG video doesn't strike me as super professional. It's basically impossible to see what the games actually look like, all I see are compression artifacts.
@@gavinmillar Get some glasses
The ending of this video says everything. STALKER is like The Zone, it atracts people, somehow it does. And something in it, maybe the promisse of the AI, maybe the atmosphere, maybe the plot, who knows it atracts people. Cause, like The Zone, STALKER is pure. It's pure pontential of what a game can be.
That's so true my dude, recently started playing and can't put it down
well said
it's like pure uncut cocaine.
Title shall soon be: The Rise and Fall and Rise of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
More like the Rise and Fall, and the Rebirth of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
STALKERS: The Revenge of the Rise and the Return of Stalker 2: Electric Anomaloo
@@Jalide Now its personal
@@Jalide Okay, LOL
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I've been playing FPSs since Wolf 3d. This is the most engrossing game I've ever played. Play it in the dark with headphones or speakers with no other sounds. If you suspend disbelief, you will start to feel like you are there.
There's not a game in existence with better atmosphere than this game. What's your favorite game in the trilogy?
@@Largentina. darkwood comes damn close to STALKER levels of atmosphere
@@landlockedcroat1554 Nah. It was an alright game though.
Yea i think i will upload my short clips with exact these impressions
Suspension of Disbelief is not a conscious choice, it is completely out of our control. Either our brain accepts a movie or game and in doing so goes into "suspension of disbelief", or it wont happen at all.
It really is a shame that it had to end this way. As much as these games were clunky and filled with bugs, you genuinely can feel the passion of the developpers behind those games. Great video !
These games were a labor of love for sure. I still have not yet played a more immersive FPS. Sure they can change the cities up for new Fallouts and add in a voiced MC with a linear story arch that feels like treading water the entire time but they're never going to beat the full immersion you get from STALKER's simple yet depth filled world.
To be honest the games weren't even that buggy. No buggier than Fallout 3 and New Vegas, or any other open world game. It's really stupid that people constantly point that out about this game.
@DavidMN No it isn't. Fallout 3 may have been buggy for you, but I played through the entire game without incident...New Vegas as well. Also, when did we become so apathetic that we even accept this as the norm for any game, when in the past, it wasn't. In fact just a decade ago (yes 10 years is a while) we got fully realized/complete games. Polished, and released with as few bugs as possible. Now they release buggy/broken games regularly, and they are still given a free pass, by those same apathetic/complacent people.
These games were buggy as fuck, and the devs even admit that fact.
No one should accept that a game is buggy, but we should acknowledge that more than one game is buggy. Anyone who 100% completed Fallout 3 or NV experienced bugs.
You might have been fine, but I encountered several game-breaking bugs in Fallout 3 (one of which required starting a new game), and New Vegas crashed at least three times every time I played it. One of the patches actually broke all of my saves for several months. Both of these were on Xbox 360. New Vegas was the buggiest train wreck I've ever played, closely followed by Skyrim. _To this day_ there are unfixed bugs in New Vegas. _Bad_ ones. I added two of them to the wiki myself. The wiki where *half of the pages on it* have a "Bugs" section.
The only times I remember the STALKER games crashing on me were when I tried eating food from a corpse's inventory in Shadow of Chernobyl with the Super Mod Pack, and an infamous bug in the MISERY mod for Call of Pripyat that happens when the game tries to spawn an enemy with a very specific weapon that doesn't exist in the game's code. Notice both of those are modded. Granted, those are just what I remember, but consider the fact that I played the Bethesda games _years_ before I played the STALKER series.
Who else is here after seeing the STALKER 2 trailer?
kingcars so what fall?
man, stalker just hits you differently than any other "post-apocalypse" game. Despite it's flaws, it's one fun and good game. The mods are just the cherry on top.
@Naufal Hafizh They are very different games. Metro is a linear (except Exodus) shooter filled with scripted sequences. STALKER is a very unique game that i can't really compare anything to. It's somewhat like Fallout New Vegas' hardcore mode but it's primarily a shooter, not an RPG. And it's a lot more complex than Metro with leaning, different crouch heights; bleeding, hunger, psy and radiation meters you need to watch out for and an inventory system with a limited amount of weight.
There is still hope! THe trailer looked promising so far, them anomalies were spooky
Yup!
31 minutes of talking about S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and not one mention of Cheeki Breeki? Impressive.
Grey Chaos As you see, it can be done.
A NUUUUUUU CHEEKI BREEKI IV DAMKE
Grey Chaos
Actually it's disappointing.
Cheeki breeki slav or gtfo
Such is life in the zone
because it's a shit meme
Man, the days of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. were great. Can't wait to digest this video in one sitting!
Gotakibono you usually need more "sittings" for a 30min video😂?
Unfortunately, I often need multiple sittings for long(er) videos with work and life in general taking up a lot of my time. But it's not so bad, managed to squeeze all of this particular video in one go! :D
Gotakibono ever tried call of Chernobyl? I recommend it, a nice mod to make (kinda)of you own story in the stalker universe
I did try it! It was awesome!
the Days of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. are still great. I still return to the Zone on a regular basis with Call of Chernobyl and...Hell, even though I were there so many Times, it still doesn't disappoints me. This Game Series has a special Place in my Heart forever. I am still a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. after all these Years :)
Coming back to view this documentary after watching the new stalker2 teaser. Who is with me?
Stalker can get out of the Zone, but the Zone will never get out of stalker.
I love living in the Zone...
that's gay
STALKER 2 ANNOUNCED
InterruptRequest Is it?
Yeah, it is!
Was gonna say that. STALKER twooooooooooo!
yes, yes, yes, yes, yes
2021, but i am just happy they want to do it, even if it will probably not go out in 2021 but more 2022-3.
After HBO: Chernobyl - STALKER community will obtain a lot of new gamers and fans
@Kaluguin but its better than nothing) and maybe some rich people would like invest to GSC some money for development
3.6 thousand people used to live here and now it's a ghost town
@@Digidi4 Too little, according to Wiki, Pripyat had 50k inhabitants.
@@szariq7338 I know, it's a joke
have a nice day 🙂
@@Digidi4 i don't get the joke, explain pls
Such is life in the Zone...
Fallout is just a game. S.T.A.L.K.E.R is a complete experience.
I have to say that only Fallout and Fallout 2 are good, the rest is kinda garbage, NV is ok'ish... Basically, ever since bethesda put her dirty hands on fallout, it has became a pile of stinking shit.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R, as far as FPS games with this kind of setting goes, is still better. Wish it had less bugs, wish they could do all they planned, wish to see the original AI and see their complete the game before me, it would be fun AF!
@@matheusbee3441
As one wise man said, in stalker there are no bugs, there are anomalies
You can't even hit anyone 20 feet away in STALKER. Experience my ass. I feel like this game spawned a bunch of pseudo intelectuals who force themselves into liking this weird ass game just to piss everybody else off.
NV was the best you disgrace
@@soullessSiIence I played it when it came out. Never finished it but it definitely stood out from the crowd back then. It's definitely flawed and not for everybody but the ideas behind it are pretty solid.
For those still interested in the series, S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Anomaly is the closest thing we have to a "mythical S.T.A.L.K.E.R. experience".
And the fact that Stalker 2 comes out in April
Yes is kinda related to it hell they bring back 3 playable that can unlock in Achievement
And 2 main protagonist of Soc And Cop
@@morscovium8881 don’t worry, Anomaly is for “hardcore” players. If you want a more stalker-ish experience try call of Chernobyl
@@morscovium8881 lol I meant hardcore as in ridiculously difficult
Anomaly has amazinh graphics ngl
18:26 *dropping all ammo and not the vodka* Like a true STALKER !
hahaha lol
very useful if you walk into a pile of fallout in the red forest
carrying shotgun ammo with no shotgun
11 bottles of vodka
94 fucking bandages
chooses to drop artefacts first
holy shit those few seconds triggered me
a nuuuu, cheeki breeki i v damki!
cuz Vodka is the rarest artifact of all
The best thing about S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series of games is how unique and moddable they are. People are still building excellent mods for stalker games. Many of them have own storyline that can rival the original or even is better (like fotograph one for example).
Fall? No. We're just getting started! Get out of here, stalker!
One of the things I love about Stalker, which is a minor thing really, is the ammunition system. I haven't found another game that does this.
The game remembers the order in which you load shotgun shells, so you can load buck, slug, buck, slug, slug, slug and it will recall that order, and the correct ammunition will fire when you pull the trigger, thus making shotguns much more versatile.
I would regularly Stalk along with my pump 12 gauge, the first two shells buckshot and the rest slug just so if I got jumped by a critter a couple of shots of buck would sort it out. Alternatively, if I came under fire from a distance, after the first two shots the magazine would then be firing slugs that were more accurate at range and had a better chance of penetrating body armour.
Loved that feature, and I just don't see that anywhere else.
thats awesome.
I think Escape From Tarkov is the only other
Escape from tarkov has it too, check it out
Still, EfT is a new Triple A game, and Stalker SoC is already pretty old.
@@dope_exe634 it has such a long time difference (release and development) but somehow, it seems like its only these two games are what has these mechanics
With all of it's flaws stalker still puts most games to shame. It's eerie atmosphere is in a class of it's own.
SOC is a masterpiece and one of the greatest gaming experiences i have ever had.
If only it had weapon upgrade/repair system and an option to join fractions...
Check out mods for stalker like narodnaya solyanka,op2 and others they are very well developed with huge new sotory lines and way bigger world...
When compared to Fallout, S.T.A.L.K.E.R destroys it when it comes to atmosphere. Period.
Ondřej Jeřábek i Never managed to join a faction
CMDR mARZ try Call of pripyat
The reason why the siren keeps going on reload is because of a "bug" where everyone reloads their weapons when the game starts. This makes a sound which results in you getting spotted.
WE DONT HAVE TO BE SAD ANYMORE - S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 IS IN DEVELOPMENT!!!
EDIT: 2024 anyone?^^
Announced for 2021 which means we may have a chance to see it by 2025 lol... Also I'd not put too much faith in it. That team that built original stalker games is long gone.
2021!!! Well better that unfinished shit!!.
let's hope the will not fuk this up like duke nukem forever or something else
Took them over 10 years to finish the first one. I wouldn't hold my breath.
After playing Survarium I just hope they don't have any of the team that left to form Vostok Games, that game made Hellgate: London feel polished and feature rich...
The timing dude... To those who didn't know, STALKER 2 is alive and on E3 of this year, GSC said they want to finish the game and were openly looking for investors or a company to adopt them
Rip E3
In our slavic hearts stalker never fell
Right
I hope this channel reaches 1 millions subscribers very soon, this is some of the best content I've ever seen, on youtube or television. You guys are incredible.
CR1MS its just like gamerspawn, before they stopped making videos... same voice
Fall? What fall? When? Did I missed it?
Maybe because I was busy-playing STALKER!
Well said fellow stalker
which came first, the stalker or the fallout?
@@StayFractalesque Chernobyl
which is the best stalker game in your opinion
"Get outt of here stalker!"
S.T.A.L.K.E.R is an immortal masterpiece. It can never fall; it will never die.
Immortal masterpiece is the best description of STALKER. STALKER is in a world and a class of it's own. There's never been anything like it.
Been PC gaming since 1998 and really Love the hobby, I have also Spent many an hour battling through the many weird bugs and challenging gameplay in these games, especially with Clear Sky. But they are some of my Favorites Ever, having played each of them no less than 3 or 4 times apiece. I can always pull one out and again immerse myself in "The Zone" and thoroughly enjoy the experience! Very good video of the development process of these Excellent Classics guys, Thanks!
Complete soup, then get Call of Chernobyl
Clear Sky, for all it's bugs and glitches, was my first Stalker experience. And though the glitches and sometimes gamebreaking bugs was frustrating, it provided also a extra level of mindfuckery that added to the strange atmosphere that one finds in Stalker.
We are all stalkers, venturing into the zone looking for that perfect stalker game.
The production quality that this channel commands is absolutely insane. I'm sad we didn't have anything like this previously, but I'm happy we have it now.
RIP Vladimir Yezhov, you will forever live on in our hearts through your games!
In my heart S.T.A.L.K.E.R never fell
Same, and not in vain =)
and neither in the real world
I just want another Fallout New Vegas
Same it's up there when it comes to amazing game expirences.
Fallout is for boys
Metro is for teens
S.t.a.l.k.e.r is for man
And real life is for gods
I wonder if they have a god
the weight system is very important and only a gamebreaker for people that never experienced running with a heavy 30kg + rucksack.
for me its a deal breaker when you can carry 250kg like in many adventure games, the weapon damage as well by the way, you have to keep in mind that most weapons in the zone are blackmarket used weapons and bad mantined i love dealing with those issues its very imersive when you have to keep your gear in shape.
I used to hate games with a weight-limit but now I adore them because you develop a survivor mindset, or at least you force yourself to develop one, where you prioritise a primary weapon and a handgun, decide on a set amount of supplies to carry (2 of any light things like drugs, 1 or 2 medium things, and nothing heavy unless the benefits outweigh the extra weight by a huge margin) and you stick to it.
When you first start to do this there are a lot of "Nnnnnng, I might need that!!" moments that detract from the gameplay but those are a lot less distracting than micro-managing your inventory every time you find a corpse or a stash to the point that you are paying more attention to your inventory than you are to the game. I used to never finish games, I would lose interest after a while and never knew why until I realised it was because I wasn't playing the game as it was intended and was just trying to find and do everything in the first play through...
exactly, its actually stupid in most games you can carry 100 guns with 10,0000 ammo and a million cans of food or whatever
Late to the reply but I'm kind of in the middle of those two sides, i like the weight mechanics sometimes but i also like having ways around them. In Stalker i just tweaked the config files and bumped the weight up to around 200kg (ik its a ridiculous amount) so i can carry more but i often sell off what i find to passing stalkers or lug it back to a base to sell to a trader for cash to upgrade my good gear. In games like Fallout 4 there's a campsite mod that gives you a pack you can place down as the "work bench" for the camp system, but it also functions as storage so id dump all my uneeded gear and crap in that and only carry the basics i needed then unload the pack once back at a settlement via cheesing the settlement system a bit.
Kind of defeats the purpose of weight mechanics to have an infinite weight storage bag floating around ik but i find my myself personally its a good balance. I have to decide whats worth immediately accessing ala my inventory and what can wait a couple minutes to get to by setting up a quick campsite. At least for Fallout 4, in Stalker the config tweaks give me enough weight to loot all i want and manage to lug it to the nearest guy with money.
@@BCADws Dayum. That's an idea. Never thought about it.
The main drawback of the weight system is the thresholds of it, where at one point you can move then at another you suddenly cant. So the character is incentivized to try to find some abstract weight number that he wouldn't have access to in the real world1 , to avoid a encumbrance drawback that is abstracted into a gamey IF WEIGHT = X THEN MOVESPEED 0 system.
So it tries to be realistic, but is just just streamlined into another "gamey" system that makes the game more tedious. Like how games want to emulate hunger to make the game more immersive, but then you end up min/maxing bar management, which is a net detractor for immersion.
1:(you don't know off-hand what everything weighs or what you are carrying, you feel it)
Who else got the "greed" ending in S.T.A.L.K.E.R Shadow of Chernobyl?
Where the whole structure collapses on Strelok?
@@rockstarcrni Yehboiii that's where it's at.
basically everyone on their first try
@@pongotv22 Diehards only have one try.
my first try i got the i want the zone to disappear
STALKER was ahead of its time
A shame that the series had to end.
Just like with HL2 and Deus Ex it still is
alexman319 stalker 2 is coming out
Stalker world and atmosphere was and is the best I have ever seen in a game. I even started the game many times because of bugs:))
6:15 I swear that was the best pronunciation of a Slavic name by a non-Slavic person. Awesome vid btw
The fall of stalker? Nah, shit still going hard af
Fr especially with Gamma popping off in the last year
@@databend6609 fr
@@databend6609That's bad
The best thing about Stalker game is their guitar music :D
The A.B.D.R Fuck off with your self-advertising
what do you mean it was the best part the whole franchise is amazing not only the music
Agree!
Who is excited for STALKER 2?
*I can't wait!*
this guy
MOI... MOI!
I was excited for stalker 1. More than 10 years before it was released. Never again!
me
When the NPC in Stalker give you a life that you never will get it in real life...
*Feels sad man*
"Brutal" weight limit and equipement degradation make players VALUE their tools instead of hoarding legendaries like in many other games. Likewise Metro limits you to amount of slots or items. Exosuit and all unique guns are cool and all, but most people had finished their games in "self sustaining" equipement or haven't needed much more then their trusty double barrel at all. Or revolver if it's Metro.
As for "hardcore survival horror" part, no of the fans call it that. You get used to difficulty in short order and just accept it as good FAIR FPS. It poisons the genre to you and leads to a lot of "casuals, casuals everywhere" whining, but... well, it's kind of true.
Games like Stalker, Metro, M&B kind of replace the achievemnt plank of better loot or higher levels with forcing the player themselves to become better and maybe feeling a bit proud about that...
/cough/ instead of taking biggest shield while avoiding fat roll and switching to easy mod immediatly. I guess I'm just tired of _"accidentaly"_ ending up with *the same* build all the time as if it was one of the only few viable and 99% of stats and equipement were just trash otherwise /cough/
Onryo
excuse my paranoia for a bit, was that sarcasm?
Right, but I think what the creators meant is that the weight limit could have been handled with more grace and realism. Instead of going from mobile to immobile as soon as the player is one digit over the weight limit, GSC could have implemented a system where basic mobility is significantly slowed down or sprint is disabled instead, as being completely unable to move is a bit preposterous. I really do have to agree that the inventory system is a good mechanic but in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. far from perfect.
>" i completed stoker with sawed-off!! xDDDD " meme
wow this video should be called " Beta stalker cucks uprising "
Your stamina starts to drop at increased rate once you hit the stated ''limit''. You can still hoard extra 10kg before your MC is immobilized. That's more than enough warning to the players to slow down the looting and stash shit up - thus potentially creating non-obligatory, self-imposed extra adventures to the area.
All in all, if you got well over 30kg worth of gear in your pockets when taking off to new areas or missions, you're not Stalkin' correctly.
Somehow this comment has over 200 likes despite being barely eligible beyond the first sentence.
If I could make a religion out of playing this game serie and all of its modded variations, I would.
Back in the late 00's, I came across Clear sky in a 2 sided shelf in gamestop and bought it out of curiosity when I looked over the back of the case. I got it purely out of curiosity despite my dad saying he heard it was a buggy mess and I fell in love with it despite it being buggier than a dune buggy. Never before did a game grab ahold of me with immersion and that feeling only got stronger as I got the other 2 games and started replaying them again.
I highly recommend new comers try it out so they can see what the fuss is about. One tip though: Play on the harder difficulties (maybe not the hardest but still) as difficulty effects both you and your enemy the same way.
Nice to see that i'm not the only one who thought clear sky was good ( not as good as ShoC or CoP but one should definitely try it ).
Religion... so make the Monolith cult.
Star Moko You where a good s.t.a.l.k.e.r
I'd rather make a religion of the older halo games, and a gentleman's drinking club for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
Oh, and *ALWAYS* play on Master difficulty, bullets actually disappear in-flight on all other difficulties, meaning it takes even more shots to kill anyone, not really worth the tradeoff, just make your headshots count!
Recruit = One to several mags to kill someone
Master = One bullet you dead ( or two-three if you wear decent armor ).
Coming here after watching S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 gameplay let’s fucking goooooooo
Excited for stalker 2 more than Eldan ring even tho I played all fromsoft games
Excited but nervous, pre order bonuses such as " weapon & outfit skins " are concerning. Also if you pre-order and pay more it says right on the Stalker 2 website " Stalkers will play more songs on guitar and tell more campfire stories " but ONLY if you have the pre-order edition. I hope they stick to their word on allowing modifications, I wonder if they will stick by that if the mod conflicts directly with their microtransaction system for weapon and outfit skins.
It’s a world I love. So immersive. I love visiting it about every couple of years
i cried when i heard the guitar tune in the end.. such indeeed it died too soon.. stalker can save the world.. #bringbackstalker2
I Bara done
2.0.2.1
Playing Anomaly at the moment. Stalker is alive more than ever!
STALKER is one of the best horror fps games. Hands down.
STALKER isn't a horror game in my opinion
Yeah kind of, although it doesn't go out of its way to be scary
ThePuppyPrince it's more of an action rpg, but the true merit of stalker imo is that it's game world and atmosphere are unsurpassed and will probably stay unsurpassed, the world feels more alive than any other game I've played and probably will play because in a world of AAA copypastes and safe business micro transaction models of games no one innovates with their AI like gsc did with stalker and monolith with fear
Well there's many types of fear and horror out there comrade. Holywood after the 80-s tries to convince you that the only two forms of horror that should exist are gore and jumpscares. But that's bullshit. There's horror in isolation, abandonment, the unknown. Stalker is excellent for creating you own horror. I completed Call of prypyat like 12 times but still i go out there from time to time scavanging with almost no resources (basic armor, basic rifle, very few ammunition, no meds, no heal kits, and a bottle of vodka) just to search for god :)
Ehm..I don't know such a period like The End of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
The legend never ended and will never end.
nope, STALKER 2 is announced :D
Ended STALKER call of pripyat again a few hours ago and i loved it - again! I dropped a tear for a beautiful game with great ambientation and stunningly realistic. One of the best among thousands I've played
14:33 Is this the original "It makes sense that in Dark Souls 2 the optimal strategy to defeat bosses is making circles around them because its a metaphor of the Darksign/Circle of Life and its hardships" ?
For many years I searched for a game that allowed me to roam around an apocalyptic setting and truly explore it. I found some games, namely the fallout series but none of them game me the pure joy that STALKER gave me. It sucks that the series is dead but one can hope that some developer will make a game that closely resembles STALKER.
Konishi Yukinaga It isnt dead yet, STALKER 2 has just been announced
play lost alpha and call of chernobyl (this one has a LOT of modding potential)
There are many mods for Stalker with a new stories. Alas, most of them are in Russian, but some are in English as well. You should look for. They are usually free to play as long as you have base game.
could you link a few? i havent been able to find any in english
www.moddb.com/mods/stalker-anomaly www.moddb.com/mods/dead-air etc - just search there for Stalker
the sense of relief in this game when you find friendly NPCs after going through dark tunnels when you are travelling without anyone in this game even if you are not under a roof you will still not feel safe you'll always feel like a controller is going to attack even if you are in cordon lol when you find a base you just instantly feel safe and when you are in the dark tunnels beneath the zone it never feels safe even if you are playing in the day (i always play horror games in the day don't judge me) you still feel scared this is what you call a horror game. This is perfection.
Ahoy fellow cheeki breekis
get out of here stalker
CHEEEKKI BREEKI IV DAMKE
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Salokin Good hunting, stalker!
Get out
Guys, you have to play the mod *"Call of Chernobyl"* if you haven`t yet! It offers easily the best Stalker experience so far, especially when combined with other mods to make it more realistic, better looking or integrating a full faction war system. It brings together all "levels" of all three Stalker games, creating a huge world to explore. You also can start as a member of any faction you like and start in many different parts of the zone thus creating your own story. It is the closest to a real open world Stalker game you can get by now.
Excited for S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2!
Wakifo same
Let's all be honest with this. None of us can see S.T.A.L.K.E.R. reaching such mainstream appeal. It wouldn't be the same series if it was eventually run into the ground like Silent Hill or carved out by some financial fiends ala Dead Space. It was the best ending it could have had, thrown between that line of life and death. It remains in an anomaly that will forever replicate and refine itself, like someone that is constantly evolving and changing. The cocoon may never break, and we may never see the supposed final stage, but we don't need to.
Definitely this.. If anyone thinks a Stalker 2 game made in today's fucking corrupted world with no regards about compassion and creativity and believe it would be as pure and beautiful as the past ones, that person is simply delusional, or a youngster who don't know shit about 90's and early 00's quality.. the game would simply be just another linear garbage with moronic leveling and crafting systems and even maybe Quick Time Events.. not to mention half of the game being consisted of fucking cinematic cutscenes..
It is a sad truth, but in today's world, I absolutely wouldn't want any continuation to any of the games (and movies also) that I love.. considering the stage we degenerate people devolved into...
i dont want stalker 2 to be cancel. im curious about what they can make. if it sucks ill just return to the good old ones
Yeah or just let them modders make it shine. Let us not forget that all 3 games were made really great by modders.
Silent hill, dead space etc are nowhere near STALKER. Stalker is haunting but has a human touch in it.
@@user-the-good-fella well considering it will be released, GSC would be hard-pressed to have STALKER2 sell well so going any other way than the original successful formula would mean financial suicide for them. i believe theyre going to play it safe and a stalker game in this day might be good. just my 2 cents
Blyatiful.
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I havent found any game to this day that makes me feel the same way stalker series made me feel
I noticed that this game is getting more and more attention, Im glad because I remember playing this when I was a kid.
Get out of here stalker
Toxifito I said come in! Don’t stand there!
You can’t go there!
Don't let the door hit you
cheeki breeki
+Yousif Ali What are you, a statue? If you got something, spill the beans if not take a hike
Toxifito Good hunting, stalker.
You can escape from the Zone, but Zone won't escape from you.
i see a 30 min video about STALKER, i like.
Can someone PLEASE tell why this masterpiece of a channel only has 120K subs??!!
Obi-Wan Kenobi this is outrageous! It's unfair! How can you produce such great content... and NOT have a higher sub count?!
The good news is this was recommended to me, which led to me instantly subscribing once I saw this 30-minute Documentary tier video. Hopefully other people will do the same.
I see what you did there.
Because his voice and delivery are fucking awful?.. makes my teeth itch.
General Kenobi! You are a bold one.
Oh yeah, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is back baby, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 was presented recently in the Xbox Showcase, finally :)
I had spent a number of months salivating over the impressive tech demo videos for the game, before I started hearing it labelled as "vaporware" and eventually I put the game out of my mind as it seemed it would never see the light of day. Then one day I received an email telling me my copy had shipped, completely unaware the game had even been completed. Damn happy it did, because to this day it is still one of my favourite games ever. Leaving the bunker and walking through the little village outside, I knew this game was something special. The atmosphere was unlike anything I had played before and it drew me in. Still pretty effective these days, despite its dated graphics. Also, carrying a sniper rifle with a few hundred bullets is something you don't get often in video games :D
I can't imagine how much I would pay for a new P.C.-exclusive S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game, provided it was done well and kept what made the original so great. (Needs to be P.C.-exclusive, because consoles tend to hold back shooters, e.g. decent inventory management.) Even an HD remake of the original would be nice, with perhaps some improvements to the story and spoken dialogue for all the text.
Wow. I messed around in that first X-ray engine demo YEARS ago after downloading it from the BetaArchive FTP and never realized it was what Stalker started out as.
This series is like, one of the greatest FPS series out there, even one of the greatest underrated out there.
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The STALKER games are still simply among the best video games ever created.
You have to play them all from start to end to truly appreciate their quality.
I sank countless hours into all 3 titles with CoP being the most played for me. All 3 have their charm and I remember them fondly, thankfully the modding community have taken the reigns and made the most amazing content and for free. I started with Misery, which while fun and very challenging was plagued with performance issues due to the aged engine. Lost Alpha was next but didn't see much in the way of progress after being let loose. But now... for years Anomaly has been the pinnacle of all 3 games combined into 1 with metric tons of content, and for free! Can't recommend enough to anyone who watches this to try it out. Just started playing Gamma which is a further modded Anomaly and in my eyes, it's absolute perfection.
Tarkovski's Stalker is one of my favourite movies, props for the intro.
New STALKER next year, I'm so hyped!
So, GSC is Ukrainian VALVe.
But they are actually finally making a game
@@hamoodhabibi1579 I want to believe... 😢
Right,I think we'll get Stalker 2 about as soon as we see Half Life 3...which makes me think heretical thoughts.
TGCid20 were getting stalker 2 in 2021 so just about 2 years
At least well get half life 2.5
Why don't these devs turn to crowdfunding? STALKER isn't exactly niche anymore. It'd probably be a huge hit.
because the ceo is a bit of a twat really, "i have a game series that is loved my millions and they want more of it. Here's an idea! mess about the game devs, fire them and close the company!"
Crowdfunding never really works nowadays either. All those kickstarter and indiegogo projects usually go to shit, really.
Bálint Imre
A few golden eggs amongst a sea of mediocrity
Gotta disagree with you there. Crowdfunded games like Rimworld, Darkest Dungeon, and FTL have been fantastic. It's just a matter of choice and risk. With traditional game funding, you pretty much know you're gonna get it, but the executive suits and parent companies tend to peddle low-quality DLC and slap micro-transactions on everything, in order to churn out a profit. Whereas with crowdfunded games, it's a risk of the devs bailing out entirely, but often times it turns out well and without profit schemes.
Unwarranted Self Importance I'd rather keep the old memories of thus master piece to myself, not ruined by a shitty new one
The last quote was so... heartbreaking. So sad. So beautiful.
"Black raven, black raven, circles above the grave." ~GSC staff
Come here stalker, I have information that could be of use to you
What?! I disagree, got no problem with the spoken English with Russian accent.
It sounds cheesy as hell. Even if I wasn't a native Russian speaker, I would unhesitatingly prefer to hear original VA just because it was authentic and simply good.
You do you, no one's preventing you from playing the game with Russian VO.
i wouldn't mind either ukrainian voice and subtitles in other language , and it will also translate the camp fire talks who have some very funny jokes
Howdy ho!
I love the sparmy english voices, it gives the game a warm charm when outside of combat. Listening to Owl bumble through his english or Nimble mumble along is always entertaining to me.
@@mkba9291 ukrain is a dead country
I played STALKER more than Fallout 3. I think it was because STALKER at times felt more atmospheric and creepy. I had framerate troubles with both so I never got the full experience till years later when I had a good PC & by then they were both a bit dated. Those first couple ingame nights and sewers scared the shit out of a 12 year old me lolol
It's just something from Stalker that attracts you more than any other game, even I don't know what.
Played all of them, loved all of them, miss all of them, and haven't found anything as good or unique as this.
Can't remember any particular issues etc. Was damn good, and nothing has come close to what it offered. Maybe 1 day.
Well Stalker 2 is finally being made for a 2021 release.
i love this Game i hope see a new one in future!!
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Well too bad because the sequel got cancelled and the license of Stalker IP was abandoned.
The only game that has a similarities between the Stalker is the Metro Exodus.
Unfortunately, you're right.. as of right now GSC will probably never make another STALKER game but there's still hope someone can buy the rights (but please leave the engine). Just as an example; with how Escape From Tarkov looks on Unity engine, I can see a Unity version of STALKER being really good.
Survarium is sucks
try "Call of Chernobyl" as a substitute for a follow up ;)
There is a new S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Lost Alpha. Developed by a Hungarian guy with some Russian/Czeh/French/German/Polish/English people. The company of the developer is Dezowave. Look for that, the next update will come in one week ^^. And they also have a page and a Facebook page.
www.dezowave.com/
facebook.com/dezowave/
And I'm also a Hungarian :D
I love STALKER one of my favorite games all time, my heart dropped when i heard after i heard STALKER 2 was canceled. I seen it at gamestop and it just looked so mysterious never heard of it before or anything, and all the guy said at the desk was, ''interesting choice, that ones been sitting here for a while'' me being a regular at the place (and 12yrs old at the time) I guess it was a lil weird. But its been a long time since ive gotten sucked into a game THAT hard, i mean i put more into that game then any game i got to date, Anyone remember Agroprom Underground or Lab X-16 or whatever the first lab was, Thats when i faced my fear of the monsters under my bed, I felt like a stone cold killer when i got out of those areas with rare artifacts and armor n shit, then when i finally made it through red forest to get to pripyat i felt so achieved, You cant get through red forest without that brain emmiter thing, so no brain emmiter no pripyat, you'd die from radiation if you tried running through it, trust me i tried 100 times, I can make a whole other story about call of pripyat, and clear sky sucked imo, AND then all the mods included, kept me playing up until i was 17, The MISERY mod is what kept me playing heavy i recommend browsing through mods after first playthough , but anyway ive had alot of good memories with this game, i dont care if im 60 if they release another STALKER game count me in!
Feel ya man, I picked it up at a car boot sale, was mesmerized by the CD cover. Paid ONE euro for it. Best investment of my life it was. :D
Stalker 2 announced for 2021!
What really scared the shit out of me was the spectral apparitions the brainscorcher created when you were getting to close to it, like psy-dogs running in slow motion that would appear to rise out of the ground or come through walls. I think I might just hate monsters that can travel through things because the closest I've come to being scared as shitless as that was in F.E.A.R. when you shut Alma's life support off and she starts attacking you in the form of a swarm of ghosts.
after beating soc 4 times, one of them being with zrp, beating clear sky once beating call of pripyat 3 times, and beating call of chernobyl story once, clear sky is probably my favourite out of the bunch. soc is too easy if you know all of the secrets thrown all around the map and call of pripyat is too linear and scripted to be enjoyable on the third or fourth playthrough.
@The Nova renaissance are you talking about x16 or x18? x16 is in yantar and has no fire spewing anomaly boss. x18, however, does have a fire poltergeist at the end
This video hits way different after playing Stalker: Anomaly. Maybe we're in the good timeline, afterall.
Cheeki breeki Everyone!
Don't let the door hit you.
Get out of her stalker!
I said come in, don't stand there!
STALKER is awesome.
STALKER 2 is happening.
STALKER 2 gives me hope that Obsidian may one day, make another Fallout game like New Vegas
I hope we get either another game like New Vegas, or one similar to Fallout 2, those have always been my personal favorites in the series.
The Outer Worlds is what you're looking for .
Welp, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 announced and now Obsidian and Bethesda are owned by the same company. One can only hope
@@Legion849 outer worlds is just garbage, most of the people worked on new Vegas didn't even Made the game
STALKER hasn't fallen yet my friend
stalker never falled, it's a legendary game, legendary games never die.
HEY, Shadow of Chernobyl was THE perfect game, you don't know what you are saying...
Seriously though, great video, I was going to bed but I had to watch this on PC and I don't regret staying up a little longer. Here's hoping some company sees this comment section and gives us a new STALKER, the series should've been The Witcher of shooters. Small studio, great effort and lots of profit, it only missed that last part.
28:38 Damn, that song brings back memories.
Kaledrone /\ yeah man. i listen to it alot and brings me nostalgia alot
WarfareRaven do you know the name of that song?
Extaun yes, it’s called “He was a good stalker” but also the original song name is “где же ты моя любовь - алексей чевычалов”
WarfareRaven thanks man!
Extaun no problem man, i just like the song alot and it brings me nostalgic memories about stalker.
Your next video should be the Evolution of Arma.
"Stalkers an emission is approaching take cover if you want to survive"
It’s funny. “Roadside Picnic” inspired the movie “Stalker” and the game “S.T.A.L.K.E.R”, in which some the developers branched off to create “4A Games” which is known for the “Metro” series. Which is based on a book of a similar name. Which coming full circle, is inspired by the original book “Roadside Picnic”.
It's 1:11 in the morning, I have to be up for work later, and I'm exhausted.... but, ya know, this is too hard to pass up.
Why do you guys always gotta pop up in my suggested feed at the most unhealthy times for me?