Precisely.While this might be exaggeration, STALKER really was everything that was great about old school PC gaming. Near unmatched atmosphere, no handholding, great gunplay, open world...all of this made the abundance of jank kind of charming.
Gonna have to play some CoP tonight
Well, off to play CoP finally as a tribute.
You know, if it's so currupt over there, just take the IP and give it to someone else outside the country.
There's a lot of corruption in some Eastern European countries, so some branch of Ukraine's law enforcement wants to make cash off of their work and has the authority and/or power to take them over and get it.
At least we still have Metro 2034.
Right?
RIGHT?!
It's guns also feel nowhere near as good. God those first couple hours on my release copy of Stalker getting my ass handed to me because I had only a solid pistol and a mediocre shotgun + SMG was magical.Metro is no substitute at all.
It is not open-world.
The downside is during Metro 2033 development THQ wanted Metro to be more "streamlined". So they might get their way in 2034 so its probably fucked as well.Last Light is looking gooood.
I know it doesn't scratch the same open world itch but the one silver lining is the fact we still have Metro, I guess. 2033 wasn't as good as the STALKER games but it was still brilliant.
Wait, I thought the same team was doing Metro 2033?
STALKER 2 cancelled
The downside is during Metro 2033 development THQ wanted Metro to be more "streamlined". So they might get their way in 2034 so its probably fucked as well.
I liked it better than HL2 as far as linear FPS go though. More convincing atmosphere despite the crappy face models and animations and general jank.Metro was pretty damn streamlined as it was. :\ You just follow the path and shoot dudes.
I wouldn't compare it to HL2 but the atmosphere was incredible. They definitely successfully carried that over from the STALKER games.I liked it better than HL2 as far as linear FPS go though. More convincing atmosphere despite the crappy face models and animations etc general jank.
My experience with STALKER 1 was such a fucking buggy nightmare that I'm having a hard time feeling sorry in light of this news.
However, I did give them another chance with Call of Pripyat on a Steam sale, and it seemed like they had learned how to make a PC game run more than 5 minutes without crashing. I probably would've given STALKER 2 a shot. Oh well.
I don't know much about the Stalker series. I got a code with a processor or a video card for Stalker: Call of Pripyat. Spent all of 15 minutes on it before I closed it and uninstalled. That game was just baaad. Are the other Stalker games better?
Mixed feelings about this if it's true. On the one hand STALKER is without a doubt the best FPS released since Half-Life 2, warts and all; one of the few examples of the direction FPS games should be following. In that sense, there should be a good chance someone else will eventually pick up the franchise.
On the other hand the multiplatform focus, the apparent retreading of the storyline and the possible overextension of the concept (with a TV series planned) had me worried. STALKER obviously should stay PC-exclusive to remain true to its core values and from what we heard of STALKER2 it sounded more like a simplified remake of the first game, rather than something new.
Perhaps a (forced) pause really is best for STALKER; I would be more interested in a complete reimagining with better tech in 5 years time (PC-exclusive) than a rushed consolified remake next year. I wonder in what sense Grigorovich was disappointed with the development.
There's a lot of corruption in some Eastern European countries, so some branch of Ukraine's law enforcement wants to make cash off of their work and has the authority and/or power to take them over and get it.
It's not a bad game at all. You're just too used to games holding your hand.
Co-op focused cover-based shooter. Two gun limit. Nolan North and Michael Cera doing Russian accents.
I don't think that's it at all, and it certainly wasn't my experience with Stalker, but I'll stop there because I don't want to turn this into a Stalker vs Anti-Stalker thread.
Call of Pripyat is the best and most accessible of the STALKER games, IMO. These games deserve way more than 15 minutes. Honestly, if you only played 15 minutes, you didn't play any of the game--it requires some time to get fully involved in the dynamic monster/faction combat, the weapons and upgrade system, the loot hunting/finding, learning how to navigate via PDA, and the side missions from NPC's that will take hours upon hours to complete, in addition to the main storyline.
I highly recommend you go back and give it a try. If anything, Google Call of Pripyat Complete, a mod that makes the game look great and overall gives it another level of polish.
The company's director says it's true. Gah, don't think it's fake.
https://twitter.com/#!/Bourkovski/status/145146724279795712
I don't think that's it at all, and it certainly wasn't my experience with Stalker, but I'll stop there because I don't want to turn this into a Stalker vs Anti-Stalker thread.
I highly recommend you go back and give it a try. If anything, Google Call of Pripyat Complete, a mod that makes the game look great and overall gives it another level of polish.