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[Tickle My Tendies]

Per IGN:

Get your first in-engine look at the first-person sequel S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 and its Zone through the eyes of its main protagonist, Skif. As developer GSC Game World puts it, this teaser represents "how the game actually feels: fast-paced change of scenery, ominous landscapes and the ever-present feeling of an inevitable danger accompanied by a barely-distinguishable guitar soundtrack." S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is due for release at some point in 2021 on Xbox Series X|S (day one on Xbox Game Pass) and PC.

Radiate me if old. I searched and checked the first couple pages.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Never got sucked into the original trilogy, although I wouldn't mind to give them another chance.

This one looks great. Hope to see some real gameplay soon.

 

[Tickle My Tendies]

Never got sucked into the original trilogy, although I wouldn't mind to give them another chance.

This one looks great. Hope to see some real gameplay soon.

Shadow of Chernobyl is one of my favorite games of all time. Really re-invigorated my love for PC gaming at the time.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Shadow of Chernobyl is one of my favorite games of all time. Really re-invigorated my love for PC gaming at the time.

They are extremely cheap on Steam...

Thing is, if I were to play just one of the three, which would be the best?

 

[Cherrypepsi]

anyone else have this weird fascination about chernobyl and the zone?

I can't have enough of these games!

Teaser is kinda boring

 

[GrayChild]

GOTY 2021 confirmed.

All previous S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games were 10/10 titles, even with the bugs and all.

 

[Evangelion Unit-01]

Never played any of these games but heard a lot of good things. Will check it out on Game Pass for sure.

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

The beauty of the original Stalkers was the world and the characters. So all those teasers do nothing for me.

 

[abacab driver]

Yep, this will be the goods.

 

[Phase]

 

[HE1NZ]

Nice Blender animation. In-Engine my ass!

 

[nkarafo]

I only wish to be able to explore Pripyat and the Chernobyl power plant (before the new sarcophagus).

 

[Fart Knight]

Artyom!

 

[Phase]

Artyom!

Get your knockoff-Stalker character out of here.

 

[Nemesisuuu]

Spoiler

Can't wait for the game, first three games are flawed masterpieces.

 

[Romulus]

GOTY 2021 confirmed.

All previous S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games were 10/10 titles, even with the bugs and all.

I just wish I could forget the long history of great games with sequels that fell far short. Especially considering the hiatus.

 

[TintoConCasera]

anyone else have this weird fascination about chernobyl and the zone?

I can't have enough of these games!

Teaser is kinda boring

Yup. You've probably already, but if not, watch the Chernobyl series in HBO.

 

[Nemesisuuu]

Yup. You've probably already, but if not, watch the Chernobyl series in HBO.

Also this https://m.imdb.com/title/tt4082596/

It's weird at times, but I liked it.

 

[Lister]

Looking good!

 

[Jtibh]

Still waiting for atomic heart.

This one will be a while as well.

 

[Jtibh]

They should release all previous titles on consoles asap

 

[Dolomite]

Not on my immediate radar, but I'll keep an eye out for it. Slim pickings thus far so the hope is there

 

[IntentionalPun]

Is anyone who worked on the original games on this project?

Feel like I've seen a half-dozen games since 2009 claiming to be spiritual successors from STALKER devs lol

 

[CatLady]

I've never played any of the previous games, but I love the vibe of everything I've seen for this one and really can't wait to play it and Day 1 on Game Pass, thank you Xbox.

 

[Soulblighter31]

They should release all previous titles on consoles asap

Those wont work with gamepads. Thank god. Some of the most pc ass games ever made.

 

[GrayChild]

I just wish I could forget the long history of great games with sequels that fell far short. Especially considering the hiatus.

If they manage to nail even only the half of the atmosphere and worldbuilding of the original, I'd still be singing praises to this game.

Even though I love games like Metro and Chernobylite, they can't replace what the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R. trilogy did.

 

[Riky]

Glad it's finally coming to console, they should have done a trilogy release first but maybe that will come later.

 

[Potato Chip PRO]

I can already hear Clear Skies playing in the distance..... Menacingly.

 

[Jtibh]

Those wont work with gamepads. Thank god. Some of the most pc ass games ever made.

Why not.

I played stalker back in 2007 i dont remember it being only playable with m&k

 

[CatLady]

Glad it's finally coming to console, they should have done a trilogy release first but maybe that will come later.

I take it the original games were only on PC. Sux because I'd like to play them, but maybe like you said they'll do a console trilogy release down the road.

 

[Riky]

I take it the original games were only on PC. Sux because I'd like to play them, but maybe like you said they'll do a console trilogy release down the road.

Yeah PC only, I have them on Steam. They are really good though with a great atmosphere, I think the second one was the weakest, Clear Skies from what I remember.

 

[Tesseract]

looks great, enough of a baseline to expand in all directions

check out into the radius if you can

 

[Inviusx]

That was basically nothing but its nice to know the game hasn't been cancelled.

 

[Soulblighter31]

Why not.

I played stalker back in 2007 i dont remember it being only playable with m&k

Its a pc game from 2007. You couldnt actually play the game with a controller. You cant actually do the stuff the game requires you to do. The reason games today play with controllers is because they're made that way and have more assists that i can count for every action.

I wouldnt expect a console re-release. Its not a game thats playable with pads

 

[Mister Wolf]

Nice next-gen game for xbox.

 

[Rex_DX]

I feel like if this is going to be a true sequel then mod support is essential.

I don't think I've ever played a STALKER game without mods, actually.

Psyched for this one!

 

[Jtibh]

Its a pc game from 2007. You couldnt actually play the game with a controller. You cant actually do the stuff the game requires you to do. The reason games today play with controllers is because they're made that way and have more assists that i can count for every action.

I wouldnt expect a console re-release. Its not a game thats playable with pads

Get outta here with that bullshit.

Buddy we had doom3 and half life 2 on xbox before stalker.

What the fuck does this game do any different than any other game from that era aka bioshock or fear that was also on console the same time???

Such bullshit i never heard before.

Fucking unreal tournament and quake arena on ps2 played just fine and those were fast games unlike this.

My god the amount of bullshit i read today on gaf

 

[Redneckerz]

Why not.

I played stalker back in 2007 i dont remember it being only playable with m&k

The X-Ray Engine that is used in the trilogy is not made for consoles, at all, for starters.

Stalker was kind of unique in that it actually had a real time global illumination system in a semi-working state hidden behind a CVAR. It would completely tank your rig, but if it worked, it looked years ahead of anything else. RT GI was barely a thing back in 2007, but Stalker had it in some form.

 

[triplestation]

GIVE ME THIS GAME OMFG

 

[Hugare]

They werent able to release gameplay yet and there are people expecting it to be released in 2021?

The last time I heard, development was kind of a mess. Even Atomic Heart was able to release some gameplay snippets already.

Teaser looks good, but "in engine teasers" end up looking nothing like the final product, so meh

 

[Jtibh]

The X-Ray Engine that is used in the trilogy is not made for consoles, at all, for starters.

Stalker was kind of unique in that it actually had a real time global illumination system in a semi-working state hidden behind a CVAR. It would completely tank your rig, but if it worked, it looked years ahead of anything else. RT GI was barely a thing back in 2007, but Stalker had it in some form.

Nah if you would only know at whet setting i was playing it on pc the 360 amd ps3 was more capable than my rig.

And now you want to tell me you cant port this 13 year old game to ps4 or ps5?????????


What the fuck is going on today on gaf??

 

[blastprocessor]

Teasers suck.

 

[Soulblighter31]

Get outta here with that bullshit.

Buddy we had doom3 and half life 2 on xbox before stalker.

What the fuck does this game do any different than any other game from that era aka bioshock or fear that was also on console the same time???

Such bullshit i never heard before.

Fucking unreal tournament and quake arena on ps2 played just fine and those were fast games unlike this.

My god the amount of bullshit i read today on gaf

are you alright buddy ? The fuck doom or half life have to do with anything ? FEAR had its weapons changed, recoil removed, AI nerfed, enemies were programed to miss more, they did less damage. You didnt get the original pc game on consoles.

Why do you feel personally offended by the fact that controllers are utter shit and need games specifically adjusted for them ? Its just how it is, no need to take a personal afront to it. Jesus.

Like i said. Stalker was never on consoles, never had controller support, you couldnt play it with controllers and its pretty much guaranteed to never come on a console.

 

[Craig of War]

The Day 1 on Gamepass for console and PC is the banger right there will save me 60-70 bucks right there nice.

 

[Jtibh]

The X-Ray Engine that is used in the trilogy is not made for consoles, at all, for starters.

Stalker was kind of unique in that it actually had a real time global illumination system in a semi-working state hidden behind a CVAR. It would completely tank your rig, but if it worked, it looked years ahead of anything else. RT GI was barely a thing back in 2007, but Stalker had it in some form.

Also this.

Am i the only person who knows and remembers there was a planned console port for stalker

No console S.T.A.L.K.E.R. before Pripyat

GSC Game World has said there will be no console adaptation of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. before the PC sequel Call of Pripyat has …

www.eurogamer.net

 

[Jtibh]

are you alright buddy ? The fuck doom or half life have to do with anything ? FEAR had its weapons changed, recoil removed, AI nerfed, enemies were programed to miss more, they did less damage. You didnt get the original pc game on consoles.

Why do you feel personally offended by the fact that controllers are utter shit and need games specifically adjusted for them ? Its just how it is, no need to take a personal afront to it. Jesus.

Like i said. Stalker was never on consoles, never had controller support, you couldnt play it with controllers and its pretty much guaranteed to never come on a console.

I am tired of bullshit and fud of yours.

Back your shit up.

No console port? Was always in the plans and was always talked about but the market changed.

Plus the team fall apart and split .

No console S.T.A.L.K.E.R. before Pripyat

GSC Game World has said there will be no console adaptation of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. before the PC sequel Call of Pripyat has …

www.eurogamer.net

 

[Cobaiye]

Get outta here with that bullshit.

Buddy we had doom3 and half life 2 on xbox before stalker.

What the fuck does this game do any different than any other game from that era aka bioshock or fear that was also on console the same time???

Such bullshit i never heard before.

Fucking unreal tournament and quake arena on ps2 played just fine and those were fast games unlike this.

My god the amount of bullshit i read today on gaf

Get out of here, stalker.

 

[Redneckerz]

Nah if you would only know at whet setting i was playing it on pc the 360 amd ps3 was more capable than my rig.

That's... quite literally not what i am saying.

I am not saying the Stalker trilogy can't run on PS4/XBO or current-gen consoles. I am saying that the engine behind the original trilogy is not made for consoles, first and formost, and would run at terrible framerates.

From the Tech Interview on Metro 2033, Oleg Shishkovstov:

Digital Foundry: So, to be clear, there's no shared code whatsoever between the 4A and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. X-Ray engines?

Oles Shishkovstov: When the philosophies of the engines are so radically different it is nearly impossible to share the code. For example, we don't use basic things such as C++ standard template library and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. has every second line of code calling some type of STL method. Even the gameplay code in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. was mostly using an update/poll model, while we use a more signal-based model.

So, the final answer is "no", we do not have shared code with X-Ray, nor would it be possible to do so.


Digital Foundry: But if you had just done a straight port of the X-Ray engine, how would it have worked out on PS3 and 360?

Oles Shishkovstov That would be extremely difficult. A straight port will not fit into memory even without all the textures, all the sounds and all the geometry. And then it will work at around one to three frames per second. But that doesn't matter because without textures and geometry, you cannot see those frames! That's my personal opinion, but it would probably be wise for GSC to wait for another generation of consoles.

So, not really realistic either way.

They (GSC) have iterated elsewhere that it straight up wouldn't be possible. Can't be bothered to find that, however.

What the fuck is going on today on gaf??

People with reading comprehension issues thinking they have a moment to throw an egg at someone else.

 

[Jtibh]

That's... quite literally not what i am saying.

I am not saying the Stalker trilogy can't run on PS4/XBO or current-gen consoles. I am saying that the engine behind the original trilogy is not made for consoles, first and formost, and would run at terrible framerates.

From the Tech Interview on Metro 2033, Oleg Shishkovstov:

So, not really realistic either way.

They (GSC) have iterated elsewhere that it straight up wouldn't be possible. Can't be bothered to find that, however.

People with reading comprehension issues thinking they have a moment to throw an egg at someone else.

No console S.T.A.L.K.E.R. before Pripyat

GSC Game World has said there will be no console adaptation of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. before the PC sequel Call of Pripyat has …

www.eurogamer.net

Any thoughts on this mister??

 

[Soulblighter31]

I am tired of bullshit and fud of yours.

Back your shit up.

No console port? Was always in the plans and was always talked about but the market changed.

No console S.T.A.L.K.E.R. before Pripyat

GSC Game World has said there will be no console adaptation of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. before the PC sequel Call of Pripyat has …

www.eurogamer.net

They were just stringing along the retarded journos who couldnt understand this was a PC only game. They said the same with Clear Sky

Eurogamer: Is Clear Sky going to remain a PC exclusive now that you have a licence to develop on consoles?


Oleg Yavorsky: We think with our next releases we'll make them multiplatform, but for this release, it's going to be PC only.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky

With S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, developer GSC GameWorld proved that you can make an innovative, specs-testing…

www.eurogamer.net

Can you even imagine an interview for a console game going like this ? Yeah, but is this sony game gonna come on PC ? Right, right, but is the console market "robust" enough to sustain this game only on playstation ?

That was the gaming press then, as it is now. You make a PC game, the first thing the console tards from the press are gonna ask is when does it come to consoles. Never, motherfucker. You cant fucking play the game unless its on playstation ?


Do you not understand the words that are coming out of my mouth ? Stalker had a gameplay designed in such a way that it requires a mouse and a keyboard to be played. The firefights are extreme, you need pinpoint precision. Its inventory heavy, you need to quickly be able to work in it. It has many quick keys for accessing 3 different types of health, besides bandaged. You would not be able to properly play the game with a pad. The pad does not permit the actions that this game requires. Why is it so difficult for you to understand ? I though this is a simple thing yet i am repeating the same shit 5 times and you still dont get it ? Did you maybe miss bedtime ?