Can someone explain to me
>what exactly is Stalker like
>why is it fun
>which of the series should I play if I've never heard of this series before?
I don't need anyone to explain the plot, but just what IS it? Is it Resident Evil? Is it open world? Do I need a microphone for my laptop?
From what I gather its a Russia Fallout. You shoot radiation monsters and its spooky. Do you interact with other plays?
Explain pl0x!
Is game where you drink vodka and cheeki breeki
>>what is stalker
free-roaming slav sim that gets incrementally better with mods depending on which game, i haven't tried the multiplayer because its probably trash compared to how good the single player was which has all of the story and progression.
>>why is it fun
you get to go around in post apocalyptic environment where everything you do is a struggle for survival until you are able to get far enough into the game to become OP
>> what do you start with
i started with call of pripyat but you should probably start with shadow of chernobryl because its the first game in the series
also mod the fuck out of your game so it dosnt look like shit
Semi open world FPS Paranormal tac shooter with survival and exploration elements.
>what exactly is Stalker like
Like a first person shooter ?
>why is it fun
It has great atmosphere,weapons feel nice,decent amount mods and full of memes.
>which of the series should I play if I've never heard of this series before?
Start from the beginning. You can skip Clear Sky if you don't like it as it's considered the lesser one.
>Is it open world?
Yes
>Do I need a microphone for my laptop?
Yes.Nobody wants to hear shitty laptop
>Do you interact with other plays?
No,it's single-player.
> Russia Fallout
Ukraine
What mods should I get for it?
oh boy here we go. Someone get the images.
Can anyone recommend me mods for Shadow of Chernobyl?
I bought SoC the day it came out.
That shit is getting close to 10 years old.
It ran like shit without patches on my 8800GTS but I still played it through to the end.
someone will post the beginner's guide with the links to the good modpacks
or you can search for the fallout begginners guide image
This is a wise user
just image that your boyfriend buttfucks you, and every couple of minutes he gives you a kiss on the cheek.
this is how S.T.A.L.K.E.R feels like
ps. OP is a fag, for not trying it out himself
Gunslinger when?
It's not fun.
The gunplay is absolutely atrocious, which is unforgivable as it's pretty much the biggest part of the game.
The UI is disgusting.
The whole game is walking from bandit camp to bandit camp using the terrible radar which 99% of the time either shows the wrong place or doesn't show it at all, so you're stuck wandering the samy copy pasted buildings occasionally running into yet another bandit or military soldier and have to keep praying that RNG is on your side and your bullets will actually hit.
That was my experience with the game. After being tasked to go into yet another copy pasted factory complex filled with soldiers that I've been in twice already, I uninstalled the game.
The idea is nice, but the execution is laughable. I wouldn't recommend this game.
Also I'm talking about SoC, didn't try the other two.
I have a low end laptop, Intel HD Graphics Family. I think Stalker should run, but can I still mod?
Also, how literally do you mean by survive? Can I build a homebase somewhere? Do I need to feed myself? Or am I just supposed to not get killed by monsters?
What do I need the mike for if its single player? What mods ought I get? Is it more fun if I know some Russian?
NIKAGDA
>The gunplay is absolutely atrocious
name three games with good gunplay then, so we can all laugh at you
Painkiller
MoH: Allied Assault
TF2
you gotta eat and treat radiation/nasty bleeding. no building or crafting or anything though there are set locations you can store things (see the guide posted above)
>secret labs
>military bases
>bandit bases
what else do you want? alien bases?
i cant even finish CoP
not that its hard or anything but i find the maps extremely dull
does any mod fix this?
thats arcade gunplay, guess stalker was too realistic for you :^)
Wow, so close and yet so very far
just play call of chernobyl
>trying to abuse the radar in stalker
>blames the shooting controlls
look at this guy , point and laugh
Also forgot to mention, I enjoy realism mods and mods that makes it harder
>What do I need the mike for if its single player?
You don't.I thought it's a general question.
>I have a low end laptop, Intel HD Graphics Family. I think Stalker should run, but can I still mod?
I have the same graphics card.Vanilla will work fine with some tweaking around the graphic settings.About the mods,it depends.Obviously avoid big graphical enhancements .For COP avoid the ones that include Atmosfear.
i think he means he wants the location to be perfectly pinpointed on his radar/hud so he doesn't actually have to do any looking
I remember being briefly annoyed that the radar was just a general area in some instances and not the exact location, but since i'm not a fucking casual I dealt with it and it stopped bothering me whatsoever almost immediately after
Autumn Aurora mod is pretty good for difficulty and sometimes amazing graphics and texture choices, but i was disapointed in the general lack of mutants every where in the game (even at the end ) compared to Oblivion lost mod for SoC ( not the unfinished stand-game, the mod )
I think it's time I reinstall Call of Pripyat. I have a new rig that can handle those mods. I'm not touching Misery, though. That mod is a little bit too realistic for my tastes.
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stalker is not an arcade shooter, you should stick to them if thats what you like
give misery a shot AFTER you're done with CoP, sometimes it feels better and more enjoyable, other times it ruins the game for you forever
so don't try it first lest it sour your taste for the game utterly
get Call of Chernobyl
its SoC + CS + CoP in a freeplay stand alone game where you can be any factions, there are mods for it too.
should we mention that most mods disable the radar, because stalker isnt fucking halo
what if i enjoy the vanilla story of SoC too much, is there a story mode? or is it freeplay only?
> game glitches in a way that makes it unbeatable
> no saves before the glitch
such is life in the zone
there are many tasks given by other stalkers and traders
and the only reall main mission is to get good enough to turn off a machine and travel to the power plant
>not saving all the fucking time in open world games out of sheer principle
There's open world games I've never died once in that i still have countless saves 'just in case'
lost too many good hours to fallout 1 + 2 and Oblivion to make those mistakes ever again. Of course, I lost most of my oblivion progress thanks to some silly savegame manager i kept fucking up that the local internet cafe had
only freeplay, has all the areas of each game in one "game"
>everything you do is a struggle for survival
What? Have you even played the game? It's easy as fuck, it's actually even easier on higher difficulties because enemies take less damage to kill. There is absolutely no struggle at survive, nigger.
If you want vanilla story + additional stuff ontop try OGSE Standalone.
well I never made that mistake again
Stalker is a shitty shooter where bullets never go where you're aiming and at long enough distance literally have a diceroll chance to completely disappear.
It's not realistic, it's just shit.
>to keep praying that RNG is on your side and your bullets will actually hit.
This has to be the least correct thing I've ever heard. You just don't know how to play the game.
In short, it's open world FPS adventure in Slavland with gear based progression, side quests and shit.
The setting is not post-apocalyptic, it's a specific area in Ukraine, Chernobyl's vicinity called "the Zone" that mysteriously appeared one day with mutants, dangerous laws of physics ignoring anomalies and shit, but also great riches such as artifacts with mysterious properties, appreciated by outside corporations and the scientific community. While the Ukrainian army circled the Zone and tries to keep it closed off from the rest of the normal world, freelance treasure hunters called Stalkers were able to get themselves in through illegal means, hunting and smuggling artifacts to the outside world for profit.
Some Stalkers have also formed their own factions, like bandits preying on loners, Freedom who believe the Zone needs to be opened up and shared for the good of all mankind and their nemesis Duty who believe the expanding Zone is a great threat and something that needs to be destroyed, once they find out how. No one really knows much about the Zone or its center, and the game is about finding these secrets out. The main quest is relatively linear with some branches towards the end.
Get Shadow of Chernobyl, it has the best story of the bunch and is the first game release wise.
Clear Sky is a prequel, but it spoils the first game and assumes you know some major lore stuff from it already. It's also not as good as the other two, you can skip this if you want as it doesn't add much story stuff.
Call of Pripyat is the last game chronologically and release wise, has the best gameplay mechanics, but it also spoils the first game and doesn't have that good main story. Great side quests though.
Remember to play on Master (highest) difficulty as it makes both you and enemies less bullet spongy. Low difficulties make both you and enemies more bullet spongy and less accurate.
The games can be all played and function perfectly fine without mods.
Play the first game. It's the best.
Terrible gunplay tho.
If you enjoy the first one, play Call of Pripyat.
Ignore Clear Sky.
OP, I literally just finished playing the stalker games for the first time a few weeks ago.
All you need is the base games, Zone Reclamation Project for SoC and Sky Reclamation Project for CS. If you want to improve the visuals, the Absolute Nature/Structures mods for each of the 3 games are fine. I didn't bother with anything beyond that, though there are a few other visual improvement mods.
Make sure you enable modding as described in images like this one: PCGamingWiki articles for the 3 games also cover any minor fixes you might want to add, like for changing the FoV or skipping the intro movies.
Technically the story order of the games is Clear Sky > Shadow of Chernobyl > Call of Pripyat, but most people play them in release order (SoC > CS > CoP). I think that playing CS first as a newcomer would be a bad idea, personally.
Be aware that the vanilla accuracy system is stupid, and no matter what you do some of your shots with early guns will miss. Thankfully, this also applies to the AI. Always try to "low crouch" and use ironsights while standing still for maximum accuracy, at least until you get midgame-ish weapons.
Everything else you can usually figure out on your own, or by looking at the stalker wiki if you're unsure of something.
>From what I gather its a Russia Fallout.
Chernobyl is in Ukraine, but otherwise yes. Better gameplay, but much less open than a Fallout game. There is a distinct forward progress unlike fallout which is almost entirely non-linear.
>bullets never go where you're aiming and at long enough distance literally
It sounds like you fucking suck. This isn't a typical git gud, you really just don't know how to play the game. You shouldn't be having these problems. Just play the highest difficulty and aim for the head. What is wrong with you? Have you played more then an hour?
>quicksave in Chernobyl
>die, reload
>game spawns a Monolith soldier directly behind me that immediately lights me the fuck up
I eventually managed to escape with a quick turn and some luck but fuck ME was I not expecting that.
I barely managed to finish it with AO3
>Stalker is a shitty shooter where bullets never go where you're aiming and at long enough distance literally have a diceroll chance to completely disappear.
Play on Master difficulty, scrub.
>the bullets never go where you're aiming
>what is weapon accuracy
keep crying
Not him, I love the game series to death, but there is a specific part in one of the .ltx files that deals exclusively with the difficulty setting and the probability of gunshots simply not registering damage. It is entirely possible for a headshot to land and not deal any damage, but mods fortunately and generally fix this unless they are stupid
He's right though, Stalker does a diceroll with every shot to make it do no damage.
Have you even played it?
Bullshit, this has been going on since 2007. There is no such value, people think actor hit probability refers to the player's bullets registering but it's just the probability of enemies hitting you on different difficulties, HOWEVER
HOWEVER, he is not entirely wrong. Weapons and ammo have separate spread multipliers, especially shitty early weapons like the PM which has a huge cone spread for bullets. 9x18 ammo also has terrible spread, so it is entirely possible for the shitty Makarov to completely whiff the target on the first shot. Various mods reduce the cone spread on all weapons and ammo to something like 0.01x to guarantee your first shot landing on the spot where you aim
Master is literally artificial difficulty that makes enemies into bullet sponges.
Fuck off retard.
Guys, OP here. I'm gonna buy it from Steam because I don't want any complications with modding, modding with Steam is easy so I'll buy it even though none of the original creators get $$$$.
What's interesting though is that the game costs 20$, and I assume Clear Sky and Call of Priyapt will also cost 20$ each, 60$ total. There is a bundle deal for all 3 games for 40$, but I've been told Clear Sky should be skipped. Is it really that worthless? I don't want to bother buying the package deal if Clear Sky is garbage, I'd rather buy Chernobyl and Priyapt individually because then if I don't like Chernobyl, I don't have to go other Priyapt.
tl;dr How shitty is Clear Sky really?
lmao this b8
They still die in 1-2 headshots you ninny
personally i really liked clear sky because of the addition of faction combat and just modded it so it wasn't buggy because bugs are what make it such a bad game, it really isnt that bad and if you can always like watch youtube vids about it to see the problems ya know
Steam version actually brings a whole lot of complications in this case because steam uses some bullshit patch the russian version (1.0004) never got.
Almost every single mod is based on russian version though so have fun downgrading the steam version manually.
>that screenshot
Jesus why the fuck would you get COMPLETE mod.
>struggle for survival
It's not hard at all for resources. Play masters difficulty so it's easier to kill them, and vice versa. Aim for head shots.
Did you even play the game? Or is your screenshot taken from the web. Because I hope to god you didn't use COMPLETE Mod
Faction war is broken beyond fixing, otherwise its got some decent moments, nostalgic areas from the firt game, some stuff that is in the third game like artifact hunting with a detector and weapon upgrades, the ending is underwhelming and pretty shit, personally i enjoyed it but i can see why many people hate it
God damn Op, you sound like a huge faggot and
I want you to die a horrible death.
if you win the lotto and the game decides that the bullet hit AND dealt damage, yeah
What alternative do I have? The closest thing I've ever done with modding was with minecraft for the patches before the downloader thing started, and that was way back in 2010ish. Where else can I buy/pirate it and how'll I sort out with modding?
moddb.com
You can thank me later.
You're making it sound like it's actually difficult or something when it really isn't
Wtf is this meme of bullets not dealing damage, i never had that happen
Pirate the game and use the 1.0004 patch.
If you want to mod, for textures, lighting, and head bobbing (it's very strong so I recommend reducing it) here's a very good tutorial how to mod it with perhaps the best beginner STALKER mod. Don't fucking get COMPLETE or stuff that changes gameplay.
OP here
I've died from eye cancer, I will haunt you tonight. Tell me your favorite color and I'll whisper it into your ear tonight.
Master was the intended way to play.
There were no difficulty settings in the beginning. They added that after THQ complained that they want to have a much broader audience.
>The gunplay is absolutely atrocious
Found the guy that plays on easy.
There's always have to be that one guy who tries to fit in
it's an ancient fucking misconception based off a value in actor.ltx file talking about hit probability that idiots seem to understand as "player's probability of landing a bullet" whereas it actually means "probability of being hit by bullets". The only confirmed spots where bullets legitimately do not deal damage are fingers and toes for people and several body parts for mutants.
Not a lot of people know this, but there's a certain (percentage?) on whether the bullet with hit the target or not. It's lower the higher the difficulty is.
Actually, the steam version isn't the best, especially if you want to mod (which i wouldn't recommend on a first playthrough anyway).
Also, there was a big fuck up in the company and i think most of the people who worked on stalker got fired or something, so only this one dick gets all the cash, so despite loving the games, i'd say pirate them, or at least one of them to get a feel for them. Dropping that much cash on 3 games when you're not sure if you're gonna like them is a bit of a gamble (and you can get a 3 pack for like 10$, i did sometime ago, for steam, legit site too).
Clear Sky isn't garbage, but it is the worst in the series. Most of the hate stems from the game having a horrid launch and the faction war system being broken. Still a fun game IMO.
wrong, read
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ZRP's author talking on the issue
>also mod the fuck out of your game so it dosnt look like shit
Looks like you skipped this step.
You're not painting a true picture of what OGSE is and what it does, bud.
>Bloodsuckers intentionally spawning right next to you as you're having a conversation
>extremely vague questlines that force you to stumble around not really knowing what it is that you need to do or where to go
>quest items that you can't get rid
>fucking invincible dogs
And a fuckton of other terrible design decisions.
OGSE is a meme/soup mod at heart and that's something you need to take into consideration if you're considering playing it.
I still like it though, but I tend to find some enjoyment in even the most mediocre of mods.
Doom 4
Max Payne 3
Painkiller
>we
Just fucking play it you plebian. The second best fps I've ever played.
autumn aurora is pretty and sheeeit.
stalker is ukranian fallout. except with good writing, not like the meme shit Todd spews out >LOLZ ALIUMS CAUSED WW3. no they fucking didn't and aliens only appeared as non-canon special gag encounters and NO THE WANAMINGO WEREN'T ALIENS the whole joke was they were wasteland mutants which were just shameless ripoffs of Alien BUT THEY WERE STILL JUST EARTH LIFE FORMS.
also instead of patrolling this desert almost makes you wish for nuclear winter, you get CHEEKI BREEKI? YOU DANKE.
WELCOME TO GOPNIK SIMULATOR 2007
Is it radiation that changed the zone? Or pure psy energy?
Did the psy alter the DNA or something?
>it's actually even easier on higher difficulties because enemies take less damage to kill
but that's wrong you fucking newfag
Guys, OP here, I fucked up. I had forgotten why I hesitated from buying the Stalker bundle from Steam and ended up buying it. How fucked am I for modding? Should I even bother modding?
It just finished downloading, gonna go dive in pronto. Wish me luck.
Stalker is a free-roaming shooter with horror elements in a not-openworld that was outdated when it came out and had most of the interesting features removed.
It's a game that slavs praise as the second coming of christ because that's all they had at the time.
It can occasionally generate some neat atmosphere but is overall underwhelming.
>buying stalker games
you might have some trouble getting some mods to work but you can stlll use zrp for bug fixes and qol changes. thats all you really need
Get Stalker again on GoG if your morality inclines
A decent number of mods will still work
I think it's mostly ones like the assrape difficulty ++ mods that were built around the prior patch version of SoC and were just never updated because none of the RUs gave a fuck about Steam having a new patch.
If you poked around for your CD-Keys it's always possible that the Steam CD keys you have WILL redeem on GOG because of their deal to honor retail keys. Whether your steam key was one of the lucky ones that GOG takes is entirely up to RNGjesus I think--technically GOG wasn't going to redeem Steam's keys, but they can/do.
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You can still refund it if you bought the games off steam.
And you can downgrade the game to a version that is more mod compatible i think. Still, shouldn't give you too many problems.
don't mod for first playthrough
>Do I need a microphone for my laptop?
>Explain pl0x!
I wan't fucking reddit to leave. I want fucking tumblr to leave. I want fucking nu-males to leave. I want to go back to where it was the norm you lurked for a while before posting like a complete retard.