S.T.A.L.K.E.R. to be demoed at E3!!!

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After a year's break S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, published worldwide by THQ (but for the territory of ex-USSR), is to be demonstrated at E3. The press-only presentation featuring a live singleplayer demo will be held at THQ booth (South Hall booth #1324). S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is a Survival FPS set in the near-future Chernobyl exclusion zone. The player, as a stalker, is to go through 30 sq.-km area of the Zone exploring it, learning about its dangers and inhabitants, surviving deadly anomalies, radiation, collecting valuable artefacts, but ultimately solving the mystery behind the Zone: what caused it to existence, what's controlling it etc. The opponents will include mutated animals, weird creatures, rival stalkers, the military and more. The complete freedom of actions coupled with A-life system implemented in the game will provide for unique experience for every player and the unlimited replay-ability. Building up relations with NPCs, playing different roles in the game, making friends and foes, collecting information will all impact the ending that the player comes to in the game. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. was awarded 'Most Wanted Game of 2006' (Gameland Award) in ex-USSR and has been a highly anticipated title worldwide
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Well well well...maybe this will impress or maybe it will look like ass now. Its interesting that its being shown at all though. I am pretty intrigued as to what this game will look/play like after all this time.
 
Now this is something at E3 I can get psyched about :D
 
Good news.

clarky003 said:
Omg rise of the dead.. DNF aswell?
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Hope so, I can't get enough of DN3D yet it's 10 years old.
 
Very NICE! STALKER for the WIN! Cant wait.
 
omg cant wait... but its about time dont you think haha
 
Sweet. I hope DNF will be shown. I will soil my pants if it is.
 
Man SCREW STALKER!!! I played a demo of stalker and didnt like it very much.Yeah it had its large outdoor map with hardly any loading times but it was just boring after a half hour, Multiplayer was fun though. It's nothing to get excited about IMO so dont get your hopes up PLEASE.
 
VictimOfScience said:
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Well well well...maybe this will impress or maybe it will look like ass now. Its interesting that its being shown at all though. I am pretty intrigued as to what this game will look/play like after all this time.
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The year old DX9 video was pretty much UE3 quality IMO.
 
P43.2/1Gig/X800P.. And where did you play this demo?
I've heard others say the exact opposite of what you said, and they got to play it RECENTLY, i.e. February/March..
If you're talking about the leak, then you're right because that was a p.o.s. old leak from like.. 2003 iirc :p

Anyway, yeah I saw this yesterday, great news for people like me who love "post-apocalyptic" games and have been following this game pretty much since it's birth(It was a different game when it was announced and then they changed it to the one we know now) :)

Can't wait.
 
i'm with gargantou, p43.2, where did you play this demo or are you simply making a stupid comment about the leak ?
 
Too little too late, not looking forward to this game.
 
I'm still excited about it. It doesn't really matter how much time has passed since I first saw it, because no one else has done anything like it in the meantime.

(Still a little ticked off about the leaving out of the fuel consumption, though. That would have been a neat aspect to it.)
 
Potemkin said:
Still a little ticked off about the leaving out of the fuel consumption, though. That would have been a neat aspect to it.
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That's the beauty of a PC game, people will mod it...:naughty:
 
You guys weren't saying that with the whole HL2 fiasco, where it was announced it'd be delayed a year or whatever it was.
 
I'd get the game if it had the graphics shown in the leak, but all the rest would be as promised. I liked the "dirty" look.
 
Crisis King said:
You guys weren't saying that with the whole HL2 fiasco, where it was announced it'd be delayed a year or whatever it was.
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So? I'm not interested in Stalker anymore. And for the record - Stalker has had ahellovolot more delays than HL2 had. But it's still not the point. Stalker - no interest.
 
P43.2/1Gig/X800P said:
Man SCREW STALKER!!! I played a demo of stalker and didnt like it very much.Yeah it had its large outdoor map with hardly any loading times but it was just boring after a half hour, Multiplayer was fun though. It's nothing to get excited about IMO so dont get your hopes up PLEASE.
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By demo, you mean leaked alpha. Hardly something to judge it by.

Crisis King said:
You guys weren't saying that with the whole HL2 fiasco, where it was announced it'd be delayed a year or whatever it was.
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This is a standalone game, made by an unknown developer. The quality of the game could go either way. Half-Life 2, however, is the sequel to arguably one of the greatest games ever made, which is why people gave it much more of a forgiving delay.
 
Unfortunatly for me, the hype started to wind down after the third delay - I can understand the need for delays sometimes, as quite a few games these days have rushed final levels - KOTOR 2 for one, but the amount of time needed to perfect this one game is getting ridiculous ...
 
Neo_Kuja, it's not ridiculous if you think about their VERY ambitious AI for example, it's far more ambitious and freeform than say Oblivions, so I'd bet a ton of their time has gone to balancing, fixing that etc..
But anyway, who cares about delays? THQ has hinted that if the game is not out this year, they'll cancel it(Cut all their funding, perhaps even try to get back the money they've invested).:)

I still have faith in the game, partly because I've gotten to talk to people who got to play the SP in late February, and they stated everything promised was in the game, although they had 3 CTDs in about 4 hours, everything promised was still in.:)

I can understand however people have grown tired of it's constant delays.. However, afaik, they've like only one time ever announced a 100% release date, they've always just hinted at the dates and people have gone berserk like "OMGz it's gunna be ut den!"..

Anyway, I think people should wait and see, I mean, who cares if it lives up to its ambition or if it fails miserably? It'll just be fun to see because this has been in development for such a long time.. I mean seriously, this is GSCs most recognized project.. They've invested over 5 years into it.. And lots of cash.. If it fails, I wouldn't be surprised to see'em go bankcrupt :p

Anyway, I'm looking forward to hear off and see vids off this from E3.:)
 
Stalker has never been more than an interesting concept from an unproven developer and some nice screenshots. It'd be great if it lived to the hype and delivered on everything that was promised, but that seemed pretty unlikely even before all the delays.

I agree with Axyon. If this was being develped by Valve, or another company I have faith in, i'd be eagerly waiting. But years of being a pc games fan has taught me that out of every 10 promising looking (and I stress looking) titles, 9 are usually complete crap.
 
Warbie, as I said, having talked to several people from OUTSIDE GSC who got to visit'em and play the singleplayer for several hours, they came back very pleased.. So this sounds like it could be that one out of ten titles that ISN'T crap :)

But anyway, I can understand your pessimism and I'll try to stop "arguing" now because there's really no point and it's better to wait for E3 and see how the game is there, but I just felt like pointing out that it isn't more than an interesting concept since a bunch of people got to visit GSC RECENTLY and actually PLAY the game, and everything promised was in, that makes it a game, not just a interesting concept.:)
 
That sounds more promising. I do want Stalker to be great.

You're right, let's see what e3 brings.
 
Gorgon said:
Awsome, few days left....
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How many days are actually left? 6? 7?:rolling:
Can't wait.. So many games..:O
I'll get a BSOD when E3 starts, I promise it!;(
 
Gargantou said:
How many days are actually left? 6? 7?:rolling:
Can't wait.. So many games..:eek:
I'll get a BSOD when E3 starts, I promise it!;(
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If the single player demo got leakd, the game is dead forever. :rolleyes:
 
I really doubt that, the SP demo will likely be restricted in terms of size etc, and perhaps only include 2-3 zones I guess, whereas if people like it, they'll hopefully buy the full version to support the game devs :)
 
Gargantou said:
P43.2/1Gig/X800P.. And where did you play this demo?
I've heard others say the exact opposite of what you said, and they got to play it RECENTLY, i.e. February/March..
If you're talking about the leak, then you're right because that was a p.o.s. old leak from like.. 2003 iirc :p

Anyway, yeah I saw this yesterday, great news for people like me who love "post-apocalyptic" games and have been following this game pretty much since it's birth(It was a different game when it was announced and then they changed it to the one we know now) :)

Can't wait.
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Well.. the game is being made by GSC, a company in Ukraine where i visited just recently, and luckely One of my dads friends friend new some guy working on the game and i told him i was Dying to see this game in action so he showed it to me and that's what he did.
 
P43.2/1Gig/X800P said:
Well.. the game is being made by GSC, a company in Ukraine where i visited just recently, and luckely One of my dads friends friend new some guy working on the game and i told him i was Dying to see this game in action so he showed it to me and that's what he did.
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Okay... Well.. Err..*Trying to think off someone I know that competes with that..*Hrm.. I know the Emperor of China!:LOL:
Sorry to be an ass but it's hard to believe that and I'm not sure wether you're serious or not.:)
 
I'll probably get hyped when I see it, untill then, 'meh' fits perfectly.
 
Gargantou said:
Okay... Well.. Err..*Trying to think off someone I know that competes with that..*Hrm.. I know the Emperor of China!:LOL:
Sorry to be an ass but it's hard to believe that and I'm not sure wether you're serious or not.:)
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Its A lie i was just kidding about the hole thing. I'm Bored:rolling:
 
P43.2/1Gig/X800P said:
Its A lie i was just kidding about the hole thing. I'm Bored:rolling:
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You're a troll!:O But then again, I'm a ogre.. So who am I to judge you :p
 
really i don't care anymore about this game
this game have been delayed many times
 
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