Mr_Appleby
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oh well this is sad. I loved STALKER. Time to reinstall it I guess.
Metro 2033 was a great game too but didn't have half the scope.
Metro 2033 was a great game too but didn't have half the scope.
Well, we have the GOG closing stunt from last year too... This would be nice (this being a PR stunt) in a fucked up kind of way.
Metro is no substitute at all.
It is not open-world.
The only hope now is that the Metro devs will feel that the way is open for them to make a STALKER-like successor.
I once had a dream that these guys were making a Simpsons game with EA. Basically an open world RPG, like S.T.A.L.K.E.R., except, you know, Simpsons stuff.
Man that would have been good, huh :lol
That is not a PR stunt. Programmers and designers sent out their resumes already.
Galyonkin translated his blog:
got direct link to that translated blog? his site is loading slow as shit for me.
.As this blog post was picked up by some English-speaking outlets, I thought I should add an English translation, because Google Translate does a really poor job here.
So, I wasn’t going to write about this before I could talk to Grigorovich, but he isn’t picking up phone and there is a lot of rumors around, so I’ve decided to clarify some things. I don’t work at GSC, but I know a lot of people there and here is what I got after talking to them. This is purely unofficial of course.
GSC is no more. Almost everyone is let go, only few people left and still employed. STALKER 2 project is closed.
My friends in GSC believe that the reason for that is failed console publishing deal. GSC couldn’t sign any publisher for STALKER 2 on consoles, and GSC wasn’t strong enough to do it all by itself. STALKER 2 was going to become PC exlcusive, which isn’t a great future for story-driven game.
Some say that Grigorovich demanded a lot from publishers and his terms were unacceptable, some say that publishers didn’t like setting – Eastern European postapocalypse is not that popular outside Europe. I don’t know which is true, but guess it is a bit of both.
Also, some people at GSC say that Grigorovich wasn’t happy with quality of STALKER 2, but others say it was going to be a great game and huge improvement over first one. One guy said that Grigorovich was tired of game development and no longer interested in STALKER at all, but I don’t believe it, knowing Sergey for last ten years. He might be tired, yes, but he loved STALKER.
I’ve read on Ukranews about «goverment agencies trying to take over GSC». None of my friends confirms it. It is just not possible: only thing that valuable in GSC is it’s IP and it is registered outside Ukraine. Also, I’ve heard numerous people saying that Grigorovich talked to them about closing GSC for a year now.
I don’t know what will happen to STALKER next. Grigorovich might sell or lease it to other companies: there was at some point browser-based STALKER game in production. But there is only one studio in Ukraine that can handle this – 4A Games, creators of original STALKER. And they’re not exactly friends with Grigorovich. As for other Eastern European developers (from Poland or Bulgaria) – I don’t believe they can do STALKER 2 justice. Some are just too good to work for IP that is not their own and some don’t have enough experience.
yea, got the text, but was hoping for a link to the blog itself so i can tweet this.
oh, right, sorry
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://galyonkin.com/
or just http://galyonkin.com/ but, you know, not english
watSTALKER 2 was going to become PC exlcusive, which isnt a great future for story-driven game.
I'm not going to lie. I'm happy that they're closed down, I loved the games but they butchered the novela they based them on. Now hopefully a developer can pick up the "stalker" series and do it some justice.
I'm not going to lie. I'm happy that they're closed down, I loved the games but they butchered the novela they based them on. Now hopefully a developer can pick up the "stalker" series and do it some justice.
I'm not going to lie. I'm happy that they're closed down, I loved the games but they butchered the novela they based them on. Now hopefully a developer can pick up the "stalker" series and do it some justice.
Damn it. Why didn't they ask for help? Fuck the humble indie bundle, I would have gladly floated a ten spot to these guys if it helped them keep a float.
I'm not going to lie. I'm happy that they're closed down, I loved the games but they butchered the novela they based them on. Now hopefully a developer can pick up the "stalker" series and do it some justice.
This is like, the worst gaming news since Troika Games kicked the bucket.
This is like, the worst gaming news since Troika Games kicked the bucket.
Its like every developer I love turns to shit. I'm just going to start hating everything and save the industry.
You can comfort in knowing that lots of companies I hate after deciding to implement draconian DRM on their games are closing. Like this one. Maybe Ubisoft will be next.
Most people who made SOC are working at 4A now.
A bit of a scummy PR stunt since it jerks around their fanbase. Sounds like either denial or someone just keeping the hope alive.
Young people from Ukraine and Russia tend to think that everything is PR. Such cynicism is rooted in 90s when most people were naive and some people exploited it.
yeah but the only thing that Metro gives me that can just 'almost' compare to STALKER is the atmosphere.
I'm not big on Open World games, kinda bored of them now actually. But STALKER series just got it so right.
So this will now become like the new Shenmue 3...
Stalker 2, what could have been...
We shall remember you Stalker.
The atmosphere in STALKER is unmatched by any other game.
The atmosphere in STALKER is unmatched by any other game.