STALKER pushed to 2007

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if it's true it's a really sad day for Stalker as any of it's promised innovations will be all but forgotten as gamers will focus intead on how it's overtaken DNF as the industry joke. Out of spite I'll probably get the game when it hits the bargin bins ..ya it's stupid but what you gonna do?


"During THQ's financial conference call to discuss their latest results, company execs revealed that two of their main PC titles, the Gas Powered Games RTS title Supreme Commander and the long-in-development GSC Gameworld first person shooter STALKER, will now be released during THQ's 2007 fiscal fourth quarter which means they are now targeted for release between January and March of 2007."


http://www.gamecloud.com/article.php?article_id=3323
 
Oh noes, I'm surprised.

I guess this contradicts the article somebody else posted saying that THQ is going to force a 2006 release.
 
shite, I was looking forward to seeing it soon :(. It seems like it could be financial. The question now is .. will it be at E3 this year?
 
Well, its a good thing that everything else that has released and will be releasing in the next year will keep us very happy and busy in the meantime and when (and if) STALKER ever drops, we can be happy about that too (hopefully).
 
Not even looking forward to this anymore. STALKER goes off my "games-to-look-forward-to-list" :(
 
just more evidence that DNF will in fact come out first....


wtf has the STALKER team been doing? sitting around on their asses watching TV? I thought this game was in beta.... they either really suck as developers or this whole thing was a nice, big, elaborate joke, and they're justr laughing it up

either way, f*ck this game, i'm tired of the bullshit
 
If this is true S.T.A.L.K.E.R. must be no where near beta testing, a year from the beginning of beta testing to the end is a huge testing cycle for a game, the only type of games that get anywhere near that length are MMOG's. GSC is either lying about being in the beta testing stage or THQ is holding back the release date.
 
jesus christ 2007!!!!?how long has this game been in dev now? since 2002 or something? this was one of the games that got me interested in pc gaming again when i saw the 1st screens before there was a buzz with the game at all, ugh lame..
 
Even if it comes out in 2009 it'll still probably have more innovative features than the majority of games.
 
Still looking forward to it. Whenever its out, ill be buying it.
 
How many times was Half-Life 2 delayed :|.

I don't care how long it takes, as long as it comes out.
 
Edit:
Okay, it seems to be true, http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/stalker/news.html?sid=6143644.

I do NOT believe this to be the fault of GSC, but rather a stupid decision by THQ, according to several people the latest code is apparently highly playable.

If this is true, I can see the entire STALKER community boycotting the game, and STALKER going largely unnoticed, even if it does have good gameplay...

Hopefully someone at GSC will get the guts to somehow get their hands on the latest beta+source and leak it out so some other people can continue work on it in secrecy..*Dreams*
 
Wheyy another delay!
Meh, not really bothered. Don't have time to play much right now anyway. I'll buy it whenever its released if it has good gameplay, or maybe just for the graphics.
 
I would just like to say for all Ukrainians, that these people do not in anyway represent the character, work ethic, or model, of Ukraine. They are more likely from the eastern half, if you must argue.
 
Speak for yourself.
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Thank god, gives me time to save up.
 
Dalamari said:
lololol
Stalker is the new DNF
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Problem is, it's 2006 and DNF still hasn't been released, and is surely unlikely to show up before Stalker, which it had a 3-4 year head-start on. And then there's Team Fortress 2.

A year of delays for STALKER. That's great. At E32005, it looked like it had a year and a half worth of crapness left to iron out. It may just have a chance. Course, it's less likely to be particuarly groundbreaking, but a good game is good enough...
 
A: Nobody will boycott the game, dont be dumb. People will say they will, people will lose interest in it, people will be angry... but in 1+ yrs from now, when release is close... there will be a lot of hype for stalker.

B: The game probably wont suck. More time means more work will be done on it. Dont be dumb
 
Krynn, I know for a fact tho that the biggest STALKER community site might shut down if this is true, and that will undoubtedly cause atleast some damage to their fanbase.:)
 
it depends what it looks like. Unless they do a complete overhaul of the X-Ray engine, STALKER's graphics (as they were last time we saw anything from the game) just won't cut it. It'll be competing with UE3 powered games. Now I'm not really one for graphics, I'm a gameplay kind of guy, but I'm in the minority and graphics sell games.
 
Gargantou said:
Krynn, I know for a fact tho that the biggest STALKER community site might shut down if this is true, and that will undoubtedly cause atleast some damage to their fanbase.:)
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Even if thats true (did hl2.net shut down when we found out it was delayed another year?) then the next biggest will step up... and believe me, in 2007, people will come back to the game.
 
Well, I just hope its actually good. I they pull a Daikatana and delay all that time just for a shitty game, then so much for GSC's reputation.
 
Krynn72 said:
Even if thats true (did hl2.net shut down when we found out it was delayed another year?) then the next biggest will step up... and believe me, in 2007, people will come back to the game.
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cant compare valve to some unproven company that may or may not have the resources to complete stalker ..6 years development cycle is pretty long especially a game that's hype is centered mostly on graphics capabilities ...Valve came off the tail end of creating arguably the most successful pc game ever ..it was a guarenteed hit, it could have suffered delay after dealy and it still would of been a hit .......GSC missed their brass ring, they'll be lucky if they get mediocre sales instead of being the next HL or FEAR like they planned
 
Krynn, the reason I know this is because I've seen the host who've been hosting this site who's probably THE oldest STALKER fansite say it himself.
Also I'll rather not believe you, you see generally people are jerks, and that means that generally people'll go meh just because it's DX9(I doubt they'll rewrite the entire engine..)

I'm hoping tho that it will NOT become an underdog that only a few people notice now and it is forgotten by the larger community, because it has so much potential.

Believe me, I do not want anything more than for it to succeed, I've been following it for 5 bloody ****ing years.:)
 
Stalker had become too well known for it to just fall off the face of the earth. I would still expect them to have good sales. And just because they arnt well known doesnt mean its going to suck. 6 yrs is enough time to build experience and pull off a spectacular game. Just because hype will die down for now doesnt mean it wont ressurect itself later.

Also I doubt people will blow it off because it uses dx9 instead of 10. There arnt THAT many games being developed for dx10 yet.

And dont think that just because it may not have the "omg #1game evaarrR!!" kind of hype at release, that it wont sell well. If it is a good game people will buy it. World of Warcraft doesnt have crazy graphics, but because everyone says its an awesome game, even graphic whores play it. And before you say it... I know they are two different genres. Its the same idea, a good game gets good word of mouth. People are still playing deus ex for the first time because others say its an awesome game... and that came out in 2000 with shit technology in comparison with today.
 
StardogChampion said:
Why are THQ still paying the teams wages?
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Another reason why I would suspect it will turn out good. THQ has to see something in continuing the development. If their people believe it will be shit and not sell... then they wont spend any more money on it.
 
Krynn72 said:
Another reason why I would suspect it will turn out good. THQ has to see something in continuing the development. If their people believe it will be shit and not sell... then they wont spend any more money on it.
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Or they've already made too bigger investment.

A) They close down development and lose everything they've pumped into it.
B) They allow GSC to continue the game in hopes that they can salvage some of their investment.
C) They pass over the development to another development house, the main problem with this option would mean that it'd cost a lot more money and a lot more time since the new development team would need to get to grips with what's already been done.
 
CptStern said:
does X-ray even support dx10?
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yeah I read on the stalker 1fan site, they are planning a patch soon after stalker releases...upgrade the engine to dx10
 
Hmm, then I'm assuming they're already working on this patch, I mean, DX10 works in such a different way from DX9 that it ain't something you can pump out after release in just a few weeks it seems..
 
What the hell is with this game..by the time it's come out, it will be obselite.
 
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