RIP GSC, STALKER 2

[Barnz]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-12-09-gsc-denies-stalker-2-cancelled-rumour

"GSC director Dmitri Bourkovski has confirmed the closure of GSC and the cancellation of Stalker 2."

 

[Tagaziel]

WHAAAAAAAAAT

http://www.nma-fallout.com/forum/album_cat.php?cat_id=139

 

[tomemozok]

Yh the rumors are true,GSC is closed...RIP Stalker 2...
Damn i wanted to play that game... /sob

 

[<RJMC>]

this are supposed to be leaked concept art and screens
http://blog.ascian.me/2011/12/leaked-screenshots-concept-art-and.html

aparently the reasong of the closure isnt clarified,some say it was for personal reasons of the boss,others say that some goverment agency got interest in the company or something and there is corruption involved
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/12/09/wuh-oh-gsc-stalker-2-dead/

 

[Barnz]

Here's a conversation with my game developer friend from Ukrainia:


Barney: STALKER 2 is cancelled
hoaxer: well, I am not surprised
hoaxer: the guy (GSC) is totally out of games
hoaxer: he's just plain businessman
hoaxer: and company itself is a mes
hoaxer: *mess
hoaxer: besides guys who did STALKER have quit company long ago
hoaxer: and already released own game
hoaxer: they are "A4 games" if I remember
hoaxer: the game is METRO 2033 or something like that
hoaxer: I talk about ALL the guys who did Stalker
hoaxer: including lead artist and engine programmer

...

Barney: so what you say is
hoaxer: I even don't know if I am in credits
hoaxer: supposedly I should be
Barney: 4A guys created all the content, and left GSC to form 4A
hoaxer: yes
Barney: and GSC used it to make 3 games
hoaxer: yes
Barney: and then they ran out of ideas, is that right
hoaxer: right in apple )
hoaxer: *in the
hoaxer: u know GSC stands for nickname of the founder
hoaxer: he just buys new cars, makes some investments

 

[<RJMC>]

I hope someone can pick up the ip and not let it to waste

 

[Maestro]

I hope someone can pick up the ip and not let it to waste

Perhaps A4 games?

 

[Unfocused]

Y U get out of here Stalker? :|

 

[Tagaziel]

Here's a conversation with my game developer friend from Ukrainia:


Barney: STALKER 2 is cancelled
hoaxer: well, I am not surprised
hoaxer: the guy (GSC) is totally out of games
hoaxer: he's just plain businessman
hoaxer: and company itself is a mes
hoaxer: *mess
hoaxer: besides guys who did STALKER have quit company long ago
hoaxer: and already released own game
hoaxer: they are "A4 games" if I remember
hoaxer: the game is METRO 2033 or something like that
hoaxer: I talk about ALL the guys who did Stalker
hoaxer: including lead artist and engine programmer

...

Barney: so what you say is
hoaxer: I even don't know if I am in credits
hoaxer: supposedly I should be
Barney: 4A guys created all the content, and left GSC to form 4A
hoaxer: yes
Barney: and GSC used it to make 3 games
hoaxer: yes
Barney: and then they ran out of ideas, is that right
hoaxer: right in apple )
hoaxer: *in the
hoaxer: u know GSC stands for nickname of the founder
hoaxer: he just buys new cars, makes some investments

I'd take any claims made with a grain of salt.

http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/stalker-shadow-of-chernobyl/credits

http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/stalker-call-of-pripyat/credits

A lot of names in common, including lead designer and project lead.

 

[Gargantou]

Here's a conversation with my game developer friend from Ukrainia:

http://predprinimatel.co.ua/en/news/predprinimatel-goda-sergejj-grigorovich-ernst-young

Seems your friend is (at least partially) telling the truth, at least about the cars!

 

[tomemozok]

I do hope someone will pick up Stalker and finish it...

 

[CptStern]

from your link:

Best Woman Entrepreneur – Phil Zhebrovskaya

lol

this sucks however I have faith someone will pick up the rights

 

[Acepilotf14]

Noooooo
staaaalllkeerr

Oh well, A4 is better now anyway.

 

[Gargantou]

Noooooo
staaaalllkeerr

Oh well, A4 is better now anyway.

You mean 4A Games, Bob.

 

[ríomhaire]

I still haven't even played Clear Sky or Call of Pripyat.

 

[Gargantou]

I still haven't even played Clear Sky or Call of Pripyat.

Me neither, though I own them both.

 

[DEATHMASTER]

Well then you're just a couple of ******s.

 

[Lucid]

F*ck the world
God is dead.

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

Implying he was ever 'alive' are we, Nietzsche?

as for Eastern European aspie games: lol, owned

 

[Bad^Hat]

Man I've tried playing STALKER so many times but, just... you know? Ehhhh.

Still, sad news.

 

[Gargantou]

Well then you're just a couple of ******s.

Well I installed STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl yesterday as well as the Complete 2009 mod so I can get an as close to vanilla experience only with the major bugs that remained in 1.0.0.5 fixed.

I hope that makes me less of a ****.

 

[Dog--]

I don't know about Call of Pripyat, but Clear Sky is TERRIBLE. Buggy as all hell, just completely unplayable. It's not like the first one where is was managable even with the bugs, this one is just insane. It sucks. Which really sucks because if the bugs were taken care of I can see it being a very good game.

 

[Tagaziel]

Apparently, I eat bugs, as I found CS playable on release day.

Much of the problems with STALKER stem from its sensitivity. Y'know, it loads everything up, notices a single sound effect for a stalker's sneeze missing and goes OMGWTFNO and instantly dies of a digital heart attack. At least the post-mortem report (bug log) has the courtesy of singling out the cause of death, which is more than I can say for 95% of games on the market.

 

[Acepilotf14]

I didn't really enjoy CS not because of the bugs, but because of the faction bullshit; SoC and CoP both made you feel sufficiently alone, which is what I want from this kind of game.

 

[Wanted Bob]

Honestly, I really enjoyed Shadow of Chernobyl, disliked Clear Sky, and LOVED Call of Pripyat. In my opinion the last one is the definitive STALKER game in every aspect except for the story (first ones story, while nothing groundbreaking, was enough motivation to keep me going whereas the only reason I got to the end of CoPs story was to access the newer areas). Those of you who liked SoC should really pick up CoP.

Anyways, this seriously sucks.

 

[DEATHMASTER]

Well I installed STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl yesterday as well as the Complete 2009 mod so I can get an as close to vanilla experience only with the major bugs that remained in 1.0.0.5 fixed.

I hope that makes me less of a ****.

That word isn't what you think it is.
The singular would actually be "******."

 

[<RJMC>]

I still think soc is superior to cop cuz in cop the levels are a bit restricted,in soc you can enter inside abandoned places and explore them better than in cop,but interface and things like that are aeons better in cop

 

[Barnz]

Shadow of Chernobly because of its story and atmosphere.

 

[Wanted Bob]

I definitely think that SoC had the upper hand in both of those departments, but CoP had quite a few new gameplay features that made it more fun to play in my opinion.

 

[Mogi67]

STALKER's in my top 5 for single player FPS games. haven't played another that has given me quite the same feeling of gloom and desolation

 

[Barnz]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-12-12-stalker-2-dev-we-will-do-our-best-to-continue

"GSC just posted an additional Tweet stating that its "website will continue, with the forum and tech support. The shop will continue until the nearest planned items sell out."

 

[DEATHMASTER]

The Stalker team continues work on the project and hopefully everything will turn out well. Good Hunting Stalkers!

http://twitter.com/#!/gscstalker/status/150324514121719808

Good news.

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

7:18 PM - Corgi "Santa" Paws :3: >In 2011, Al Qaeda detonates nuclear warheads in Kabul. In what was once the Afghan wilderness, apparently a New Zone is created.
7:18 PM - Corgi "Santa" Paws :3: >RAGHEAD STALKER
7:18 PM - Corgi "Santa" Paws :3: HHHHHE

Apparently this shit is actually in one of the STALKER novels along with a timeline. Holy shit I would like to see this in 2 maybe possibly, even though I love the Chernobyl Zone.

http://www.amazon.com/S-T-L-K-R-Sou...0724/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1324689202&sr=8-1

The first English book based on the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. universe.

If in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. – Shadow of Chernobyl Gothic met Far Cry,
in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. – Southern Comfort Apocalypse Now meets 9th Company.

In 2006, a secret experiment is conducted in the the ill-fated nuclear power plant of Chernobyl. It fails, and the Zone is created: a large area where physical laws are outright broken and mysterious phenomena manifest.

In 2011, Al Qaeda detonates nuclear warheads in Kabul. In what was once the Afghan wilderness, apparently a New Zone is created.

Three years later a scientific expedition tries to find out if the creation of the New Zone could be connected to the Chernobyl experiment. When the researchers disappear, a search and rescue operation is launched.

For Major Mikhailo Tarasov, a veteran of the Exclusion Zone, this mission into post-apocalyptic Afghanistan is more than just another dangerous task: in the land where his father died, he must also confront the ghosts of the Soviet past.

Major Tarasov and his Spetsnaz commandos soon find themselves at the mercy of a hostile environment worse than anything they had encountered before. But beyond all the perils of the New Zone, the most lethal danger awaits: betrayal.

"Whatever power had created the Zone, it has outsmarted us and it has happened again. You will look at the New Zone with fresh eyes... like Strelok did here when everything began."
Major Alexander Degtyarev, 2014