Anyone got Stalker yet? Going to order it Thursday as it looks like the new FPS of the gods :)
http://www.play.com/Games/PC/4-/3324704/S_T_A_L_K_E_R_Shadow_of_Chernobyl/Product.html
£17.99
Looks interesting a good price too.
Think Ill have to have a go at this.
http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/2007/03/19/stalker_review/1.html
Just had the email from play.com that it has been posted and to expect it in 2 - 3 days :)
Well official release is Friday I think :) Just going to go buy it from Gamestation on Friday :)
been playing the beta on my mates computer. its stunning imo.
watch out for the singularities. and you NEED high end graphics to really let it come out.
posted also :mrgreen:
Anyone got their order from Play? Post has been and gone, no doubt this will be the same all over again when prey came out and it landed a week later :/
Installing now ^_^
does take 3 - 5 working days, dont mind that for the luxury of cheaper and lazier :D
Damned good :)
Ordered a copy.
What the free roaming like as thats a real plus in games for me?
Its pritty big free choice for alliances or you can stay alone. Depends how you want to play it, there are limits e.g. border lines, but they are within the story, so like border controls :)
Get it from play.com for £18 it really is a good game, takes some getting into, just remember Quick Save is your best friend :)
f6 btw, not the usual f5, f7 is quick load iirc as well.
not really got into this yet
Patch is out guys, been out for a few days now. Voids your saves tho... have to start again :)
Waiting for delivery :(
Quote from: DoomsPatch is out guys, been out for a few days now. Voids your saves tho... have to start again :)
really? god that sucks. Havent had that happen to me since Sin years back!!
Delivered yesterday but Im still trying to balance the graphics. Was very slow in open spaces before I turned off the 60frames option.
Screw patching it, im to far through to go back and make more stupid mistakes :D
Some issues like having to go into your inventory before selecting a new weapon when you run out of ammo are a pain. As are things where you loose out because there are time issues.
Hopefully some basic UI Mods will be out some time soon as, like Serious said the having to jump into Inventory a lot is doing my head in!
Ive got addicted to it. Ive got to be up early and ive just stopped playing at 0344, ive being playing since 2200 :(
Finished it. Ive got one of the ending sequences. Pah worse ending than Half Life!
I was getting closer and then an item vanished, got no idea where it went to :( so I had to go back through the saves a long way. In X18 theres a door that closes when you go through, except it didnt, cause I shoved some containers in the gap :mrgreen:
Still have no idea how you are supposed to do it but it really doesnt matter :/
Something holding the door shut? Nothing there :D
X18 there is another way out im pritty sure :)
There are meant to be 5 false endings and 2 true endings and because I was a rich many at the end it gave me a false one :(
Been playing it for a few days, Im not into it like I thought I would be.
Ill go back to it in a day or two and give it another go.
Maybe Im just to old :roll:
You can actually go anywhere at all on the map, even if you haven;t completed the missions. One of the dudes i know finished it in an afternoon, but he didnt do anything but the main quest.
Yeah the secondary quests pritty much make the game and give a good way for you to work out the Zone better.
There are places where you can run completely off the map and theres at least one where you can climb out of the normal zone you are supposed to be restricted too and go walkabout.
Go to the area where the helicopter crashes, instead of going straight ahead go right and climb up onto the pipes at the end of the building, walk back and you can go over the roof of the building you just came in through :mrgreen:
I spent a few hours today just shooting stuff, doing absolutely nothing contructive. Just found various high places and sniped things, then once an area was clear i farmed it.
Oh, and i also killed the duty leader because the Duty guys kept getting under my feet.
Ive been looking for this on the 360, all websites seem to say it came out in 2005. I cant find it though.
PC Only ;) Dont think there is a 360 release.
Considering how long it took to get to pc.
A mate has bought this game, looks like good fun. Though when I left he was stuck in a small area with an anomaly holding the door to and another/the same anomaly flying around shooting fire at you.
Quote from: CypherConsidering how long it took to get to pc.
A mate has bought this game, looks like good fun. Though when I left he was stuck in a small area with an anomaly holding the door to and another/the same anomaly flying around shooting fire at you.
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heh, its one anomaly, and ita Poltergeist. Shoot the sparkly cloud lots, need to use something with lots of kick and doesnt jam easily. I used an AK74 and blew the git away, but got nearly dead in the process.
couple of us having a quick play around earlier. Ive discovered the Phenomenon I shall christen "Sniper Whine", with its subset of conditions known as "DIfficult Headshot Whine", and "Wiggly Riflescope Whine". I swear the love some folks have for sniper rifles makes me laugh. I was being bitched at because i was dropping folks at 300m with a scoped Armalite (TSWhatever) and they couldnt get the hang of the sniper rifles. Then they got upset that i was acting a decoy and they got owned by the 2 other guys on my team creeping up behind them and PABing them to death.
Quote from: Beakercouple of us having a quick play around earlier. Ive discovered the Phenomenon I shall christen "Sniper Whine", with its subset of conditions known as "DIfficult Headshot Whine", and "Wiggly Riflescope Whine". I swear the love some folks have for sniper rifles makes me laugh. I was being bitched at because i was dropping folks at 300m with a scoped Armalite (TSWhatever) and they couldnt get the hang of the sniper rifles. Then they got upset that i was acting a decoy and they got owned by the 2 other guys on my team creeping up behind them and PABing them to death.
:mutley: :mutley:
Its being uninstalled now :s I really thought it was very very good :) Ive got not intrest in the multiplayer tho :s
In the part where you initially have to take out a sniper and then a camp Im having real problems, not taking out the nasties but my 2500+ is wading about like a drunk sow trying to keep any usable frame rate going whatsoever :cry:
Have already shoved in as much of an OC as it will take too :(
Quote from: BeakerQuote from: CypherConsidering how long it took to get to pc.
A mate has bought this game, looks like good fun. Though when I left he was stuck in a small area with an anomaly holding the door to and another/the same anomaly flying around shooting fire at you.
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heh, its one anomaly, and ita Poltergeist. Shoot the sparkly cloud lots, need to use something with lots of kick and doesnt jam easily. I used an AK74 and blew the git away, but got nearly dead in the process.
He worked it out in the end.
He ended up knifing it. :lol:
Quote from: SeriousIn the part where you initially have to take out a sniper and then a camp Im having real problems, not taking out the nasties but my 2500+ is wading about like a drunk sow trying to keep any usable frame rate going whatsoever :cry:
Have already shoved in as much of an OC as it will take too :(
I can play the game at full settings using 1280x1024, right up to the point my PC Bluescreens from Lack of power. As its only dropping under load, and the temps are plenty low enough Ive run things down to a weak PSU. My own fault, I didnt work out the power requirements before buying the kit. Might take a drive down to Scan tomorrow morning.
Quote from: Poison_UKFinished it. Ive got one of the ending sequences. Pah worse ending than Half Life!
TBH the endings I have run into arent too good, but there are more than one.
Quote from: Poison_UKX18 there is another way out im pritty sure :)
There are meant to be 5 false endings and 2 true endings and because I was a rich many at the end it gave me a false one :(
There is, if you go into the sarcophagus and use the wishmaker then you have missed something, you need to go back a bit to before you entered the power plant area and check whats in your PDA to do list.
Unfortunately once you enter the area around the reactor then you cant go back.
Another bug is if you avoid the incoming troops, or kill them, and go back up the road you can avoid getting killed by the blowout but you then seem to be stuck.
The endings I have reached are either getting to the wishmaker and finding out that you wish to be made rich, with a terminal ending. Or if you avoid that you can end up with a choice of join or leave, leaving isnt a good option.
Seems there are quite a few bugs residing in this - as well as some things that are not made entirely clear.
Another place you can jump the fence. As you are entering the area of the 100 rads bar, go up to the ditch and bank where the dogs are, kill the dogs and run along the top of the bank, jump the wire fence at the end and you are outside the normal gaming area. Will give you a nice run and you can visit some uncompleted buildings :lol:
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39233
Apparently there is a graphical update (3rd party) that makes a difference