S.T.A.L.K.E.R release date!!!!!

[CptStern]

December 1st is sooooo far away


the russian STALKER website now has a counter that ends on Dec 1st 2005 ...this has to be the release date. I'm glad we finally have some confirmation (which I correctly guessed a few months back) but it's just so far away ..this was my must have game of 2004

 

[SAJ]

Well thats good and bad news really.
Good to have a final(one hopes) release date , but dec?!

I would guess they are going over all the old(dx8) art assets , remaking them for dx9.
Seeing as the whole game was conceived with dx8 in mind and the sheer number of models and textures in the game world, that task alone could whole man(person)-years, and without that kind of graphic overhaul the game would sink like a stone.

 

[Pressure]

I can't wait! STALKER is on the top of my two game want list for 2005.

 

[CptStern]

just too put this into prespective: I annonced last month that I'm going to be a father again ...the baby will be a month old when stalker finally comes out ....not that I'm co-relating a game with the birth of my child ...no ..no one sane would do that :naughty:

 

[Pressure]

No one sane would do that .

 

[CptStern]

what are you implying!!! I'll have you know that my sanity left me because of undue pressures brought about by a certain deadline impaired company out of seatle thank you very much!!! oh and what time's lunch? I get to eat the pink pill today

 

[Shakermaker]

just too put this into prespective: I annonced last month that I'm going to be a father again ...the baby will be a month old when stalker finally comes out ....not that I'm co-relating a game with the birth of my child ...no ..no one sane would do that :naughty:

lol, you always make me laugh, Stern. I bet you're quite happy that the release date isn't november 1st ......

 

[SAJ]

*puts on soup-nazi guise* "No stalker for you , baby father!!"

Seriously though, it sounds like you will have other things on your mind that month(or should have anyway) congratulations and comiserations(sp) stern.

 

[CptStern]

yes ...my wife would wonder why I'm not at the delivery room


"hold on a sec honey let me just finish off this last snork, try to breathe deeply till you can see baby's head, I'll be there in a minute"

 

[Pressure]

what are you implying!!! I'll have you know that my sanity left me because of undue pressures brought about by a certain deadline impaired company out of seatle thank you very much!!! oh and what time's lunch? I get to eat the pink pill today

I don't like the pink pill, I much rather perfer the multicolor one.

 

[CptStern]

does that give you hallucinations? I like hallucinations! I'm usually a viking, although sometimes I'm a snobbish french waiter "imbecile that is merlot you philistine not champagne!"

 

[Icarusintel]

they better do a rehaul on the textures and models and such before release, because as it stands now, from the screens, it will not stand up to UE3 games which will be out around then, except for the sky, which looks, and always has looked, amazing

 

[Garfield_]

in a galaxy far far away...
S.T.A.L.K.E.R is soon here :>

 

[DeusExMachina]

Yay, this gives me a few months to upgrade my computer ^__^....err buy a new computer...

 

[Pressure]

does that give you hallucinations? I like hallucinations! I'm usually a viking, although sometimes I'm a snobbish french waiter "imbecile that is merlot you philistine not champagne!"

I usually think I'm a Norwegian Viking sailing the seas like my ancestors from that land did.

 

[CptStern]

maybe we've met? ..I'm Olaf Børge Nyrup Johan Olafsson .....jr

 

[Pressure]

Are you of Norwegian blood also? I one of the few who are where I live.

 

[Datrix]

By then the 360 should have already came out and "my funds will be drained" . Oh well, compared to Next-gen games this one is going to look pretty awful.

BTW, congratulations to you CaptainS. (yeah, that's my nickname for you )

 

[CptStern]

Are you of Norwegian blood also? I one of the few who are where I live.

well I've spilled a lot of my own blood in norway (stupid paper cuts) ...does that count?

 

[guchi]

actually i reckon it looks great both esthetically and technicaly, i dont see anything wrong with it... sure, maybe it wont compete with the other games out by then but very few games have such a good style as stalkers, we will see...

 

[Pressure]

Haha, I guess so. Back on topic!

Stalker is going to be amazing if they deliver everything they promise.

 

[Gargantou]

Mate, sorry to break your happiness, this ain't the OFFICIAL STALKER website.
http://www.stalker-game.com/russian/index_rus.html
That is.
The site you listed to is a fanmade site by a magazine iirc.
That timer is in no way official.
The date given by THQ a few weeks ago was October, that's why some of the major retailers has changed their estimates to October, for example EBGames.

 

[Pressure]

Ah! If it's October that's even better!

 

[CptStern]

hmmmm now I dont know what to believe ...since I dont speak russian I'll have to take your word for it

 

[Gargantou]

Also, just to be safe, I'm contacting Oleg to see if that timer IS in fact official, which I've heard from numerous people it isn't.

 

[CptStern]

please do, and post here ...do you know him personally? or is it like a email gabe sorta thing?

 

[Gargantou]

I had some contacts with him after I first contacted Anton via the official website, some guy with the nick Sniper-X was running around saying he knew more than anyone about the game, then Oleg contacted me requesting links, so I gave it to him, sadly he said he couldn't confirm it at that current time so still hasn't heard anything about THAT.
I believe that guy was lying tho, he has stated that he has access to the UE3 while in fact IIRC he's 17/18 and still studying.
And for the second, if he knew so much about STALKER he'd most likely be breaking an NDA with GSC and THQ by revealing info about it that "no-one else" had access too.

Anyway, sent the email now, if he's as quick as he's been before I might recieve an reply in a few hours, I'll post it here as soon as I get it.

 

[Pressure]

EDIT: Haha! I was right!

 

[SAJ]

"they better do a rehaul on the textures and models and such before release, because as it stands now, from the screens, it will not stand up to UE3 games which will be out around then, except for the sky, which looks, and always has looked, amazing"

There are some videos around from a games expo last year, they show a dx9 version of the engine, and they are stunning.
Completely different to the previous images and videos of the game(and better than the shots released this week).
In fact they have almost the same level of detail and dynamic light/shadow as doom3, with heat haze shaders amongst other effects.
So far, all that has been seen are vids and screens of inside/underground locations in dx9 mode, the company are promising a dx9 overhaul of all the games locations ,inside and out.
That will take some work but if they manage it, it should blow all previous impressions of the game out of the water.

 

[Asknoone]

*Goes into hibernation.

 

[jimbo118]

i hoped for late summer but we'll see, i hope my x800xt lasts till then, dont wanna upgrade.

 

[Pressure]

You're kidding about it lasting until then I hope. You don't need the graphics pumped up to the maximum to enjoy a game .

 

[Warbie]

A penny says it's delayed, and crappy

 

[jimbo118]

You're kidding about it lasting until then I hope. You don't need the graphics pumped up to the maximum to enjoy a game .

i do , ah no im kidding, i just like to tell myself my rig can handle anything maxed and im clueless about upgrading but sooner or later i know i'll haveto drop to medium texture eek!! :burp: . :O jokn.

 

[Gargantou]

A dollar says it ain't crappy, all the previews of the game has said it's good, and has praised BOTH the SP and MP.
This'll probably be one of the best FPSes this year, gameplay wise especially.

 

[jimbo118]

A dollar says it ain't crappy, all the previews of the game has said it's good, and has praised BOTH the SP and MP.
This'll probably be one of the best FPSes this year, gameplay wise especially.

i hope so, its my main 'to watch' game at e3 tbh, nothing else particurly grabs me at the mo even though theres alot i'll be looking forward to see.

 

[Pressure]

i do , ah no im kidding, i just like to tell myself my rig can handle anything maxed and im clueless about upgrading but sooner or later i know i'll haveto drop to medium texture eek!! :burp: . :O jokn.

I've had a 9800 Pro for like 2/2.5 years and I haven't dropped to medium yet. You definitely got a few years left on your card. I'm gonna squeeze 1-2 more years out of mine.

 

[jimbo118]

I've had a 9800 Pro for like 2/2.5 years and I haven't dropped to medium yet. You definitely got a few years left on your card. I'm gonna squeeze 1-2 more years out of mine.

my precious. *rubs graph card and get burnt*

 

[Gargantou]

I also have a 9800Pro, has done great for me, I can run FEAR(The MP Beta) with everything maxed(including AA etc) except the res which I drop down to 640x480, but then it still looks great and run at a decent FPS...

 

[Gorgon]

great news,

by that time 2XATI technology is out