s.t.a.l.k.e.r. game release!

The Freeman

hey guys
just decided to check up on the stalker game there, i gave up about a year ago cos it was delayed so much, it looked great at the time mind ya, and just saw that it is released in march 20th

so did any of ye guys hear if they pulled it off and made an exceptional game or did they screw it up BIG TIME!????????


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

madrab

havent seen any reviews of it yet, never a good sign

The Freeman

indeed! i hope they didn't screw it up its a fantastic premise for a game, up thee with bioshock, half life etc...............

kaizersoze123

http://pc.ign.com/articles/759/759444p1.html

looking good

The Freeman

damn restrictions in work! can't get in to it:mad: , wanna give us a sypnopsis:D ?

hasen't been any talk of a 360 or ps3 release as of yet but i'm sure sucess/sales figures will tell...........

The Freeman

just read this on wikipedia there too, shame................

Removed abilities
Certain elements of the game that people were looking forward to were removed for unknown reasons such as the driving aspect of the game. People were looking forward this because it brought in a new skill that was required to watch petrol and vehicle damage as well as food and drink, they also removed sleep and the ability to manage radiation by drinking Vodka. Moreover, many of these elements were still described as being including in the game from up until February 2007.

mr_angry

Well, it still looks damn nice (cue pic), I like the RPG aspects, and IGN say that its best feature is the atmosphere which I was really looking forward to personally. The remark on Wikipedia about the driving aspect is interesting... it seems a bit ambiguous. Have they removed driving completely, or just features like petrol guages?

kaimera

From the vids I've seen, it doesn't look anything hugely impressive graphically but I'm still very interested in this game.

Stephen

Eurogamer had a pretty positive preview of it a few weeks ago.

The Freeman

just found a hands-on preview/early review http://chillopy.com/games/?p=8

quarryman

The Freeman wrote:

just found a hands-on preview/early review http://chillopy.com/games/?p=8

that's exactly the same as the ign preview posted above.

Wertz

Like loads on here I've been lookin' forward to this since I first read about it way back when. I hope it's managed to stay ahead of the pack and that it can compete with what's come since it's inception. The IGN review bodes well, the SGs look good and I like the thought of an FPS/RPG (deus ex is still unrivalled in that genre IMO)
Defo gonna have to grab a copy of this...

heggie

no widescreen support? what the hell

Ciaran500

According to the wiki article it has widescreen support.

Darwin

Gets a score of 85% in the April edition of PC Zone according to metacritic.com

Silverfish

God, 13 days left after waiting so long :F

Nick_oliveri

Silverfish wrote:

God, 13 days left after waiting so long :F

Yeah it would break your heart. I just hope it runs on shítty vista!

The Freeman

i hope to god that it runs o.k. on my 9800 pro, 3gig, gig of ram machine........it should in theory considering they haven't changed the engine req in the last couple of years(fingers crossed)............85 in p.c. zone hmmmmmmm not to bad i suppose, was hoping for 90's though.........they haven't been too precise in the past thank god!.....p.c. gamer are normally more accurate in in my opinion.

feylya

Only 9 days left... Pre ordered the collectors edition from Play. Hopefully they'll ship it on time.

Hercule

I have the beta and from what ive seen it plays quite badly :S (MP anyway)
so far from what i have done its like a cross between BF2/CSS in game mechanics which sounds good on paper but when playing it it "feels" weird

PROS:

• Weather effects are best in any game yet - actually effect your aim and the ambience often makes a nice addition to mp games
• Weapon buy menu is in-depth diablo style which i like (but will have its fans and haters id imagine)
• HUGE selection of weapons 11 different pistols 15 assault 2 shotguns 2 heavy and i think 5 sniper rifles all with additional scopes/lasers/diff types of ammo
• Decent presentation/quick loading times

CONS:

• The graphics engine is good but the gun/character models are truly terrible like something from soldier of fortune (2000-2001 era)
• Players have the ability to instantly swap between crouch, prone and stand, over and over again while firing with no delay this must either get patched out or it will be abused in mp games
• Maps are cluttered and awkward to get around

TBH, if they want this game to become a big hitter in terms of mp it will need a lot of work before it will draw players away from the BF/COD/CS community.

single player on the other hand looks amazing. Its billed as far cry/fear gameplay which looks like a decent amount of thought has gone into. i would like a demo b4 i buy it however :S

The Freeman

further to the above post i have downloaded the beta also, if you have an old enough gaming p.c. like me it will play very smooth on 1040x867 resolution, i have a 9800 pro/512 ram/3 gig pentium processor

quarryman

that's a modest requirement. might pick this one up so.

DarthWraak

Nice one, been looking forward to this. Thanks for the article links *reads*.

koneko

Eurogamer review:

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=74255

feylya

http://www.gamekult.com/video/1426809/

New video

The Freeman

read on other forums that they have it on torents already and its not out til friday.....crazy!

feylya

Yeah, there were torrents up yesterday.

http://emuse.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/16715 Slightly disturbing trailer for the game.

tman

The Freeman wrote:

read on other forums that they have it on torents already and its not out til friday.....crazy!

It's the way stuff works... as soon as the game goes to press, chances are a lightfingered employee will grab a copy and it'll find its way onto the interweb...

humanji

My mate works in a game shop and dropped over a copy for me (I'll be buying him drink for the rest of teh year, no doubt).

This game is f*cking amazing!!! I'm only really at the start, but it looks great, runs smoothly. Seeing the animal AI is brilliant (things like firing warning shots overhead to make wild dogs run off). What impressed me most was when I was talking to a guy right at the start and suddenly this guitar music started playing. I thought it was just the soundtrack, but turned around to see that one of the guys sitting araound a campfire had picked up a guitar and was playing (it's the little things that make me smile ).

I haven't been this impressed with a game since Half Life.

kaimera

Excellent news hunanji.

Now I can't wait to play it.

Sierra Oscar

humanji wrote:

My mate works in a game shop and dropped over a copy for me (I'll be buying him drink for the rest of teh year, no doubt).

This game is f*cking amazing!!! I'm only really at the start, but it looks great, runs smoothly. Seeing the animal AI is brilliant (things like firing warning shots overhead to make wild dogs run off). What impressed me most was when I was talking to a guy right at the start and suddenly this guitar music started playing. I thought it was just the soundtrack, but turned around to see that one of the guys sitting araound a campfire had picked up a guitar and was playing (it's the little things that make me smile ).

I haven't been this impressed with a game since Half Life.

You have the full game?:eek:

What game shop does your mate work in?....

projectmayhem

looking forward to this, a lot. this could easily make up for me not getting a ps3...

we're all going to let each other know when stores start selling? (hopefully before friday!)

garthv

Great game.
Great graphics and the AI is brilliant
Only 10 minutes into the game and Im really liking it.

feylya

I'm still waiting for Play to ship the limited edition one to me. This is going to be a long week

humanji

Sierra Oscar wrote:

You have the full game?:eek:

What game shop does your mate work in?....

I'm not that keen on getting him fired just yet

Sierra Oscar

humanji wrote:

I'm not that keen on getting him fired just yet

I see:D

kaimera

By & by humanji, what specs are you running STALKER on?

Silverfish

I've waited two years, I can wait a bit longer.

Tusky

I have been waiting for this game for YEARS.

feylya

Damnit, I'm getting twitchy!

Sierra Oscar

It got a 87% in Pc Gamer

Its...

• Enormous
• Buggy
• Atmospheric

Its not...

• The Hype
• Nearly as buggy as you would expect
• Monster - Stuffed

The Freeman

feylya wrote:

Damnit, I'm getting twitchy!

twitchy?

you have no idea, i've been waiting nearly 3 years for this baby:D


intersted to see what specs you guys are playing it at too by the way,..........just remembered actualy, was on www.ign.com the last day checking for a review and there was a streamed video of the gameplay that was released last month and the game play fun factor looked just as much like half life 2it was a scene indoors and could be compared to a combine hl2 fight), if this is the case i can't wait................just as well i picked up a 360 with gears of war to tie me over til friday

feylya

I've been waiting since it was announced by in 2004 or whatever it was :eek:

Supposedly it runs well on lower spec machines. Shame about the lack of proper widescreen support though

kaimera

8/10 from CVG

It may not be all that was originally promised and it has its faults, but S.T.A.L.K.E.R. has still turned out to be a good game.

Uppers
Brilliant and unique game world
Very satisfying combat with equally satisfying weapons
A-Life more than just a gimmick
Cool and sometimes weird horror moments

Downers
Story struggles to make itself heard, poor characterisation
Interface issues

humanji

I'm on a GeForce 7800 GS, 2gig of Ram and a AMD Athlon(tm) 64. It runs fairly perfectly for me.

tuxy

I will have this game in a few hours so I will let you guys know what I think.

Silvester8

I've already own it, but haven't installed yet. I was waiting for this game last 5 years

Sierra Oscar

kaimera wrote:

8/10 from CVG

Story struggles to make itself heard, poor characterisation

A lot of reviews have said something like that...I wonder what it will be like.

Me wants!

koneko

Provided nothing comes up, I'm going to get stuck into this tonight, looking forward to it

slave1

first impressions are good, open spaces, just to goddam bright today to see it at its best, sun beating in the window

Darwin

It's getting a lot of mixed comments over on the PC Games forum at overclockers.co.uk. There's an interesting post about different aspects of the game by user 'Ulfhedjinn' about half-way down the page here