What is STALKER all about neways?

[Silent_night]

ok , can some1 explain what stalker is about , u go hunt animals and monsters in the jungle , and there r other humnas hunting as well? + Is it just me or do the weapon models seem kinda crappy?

 

[ailevation]

:hmph: Wowsa, check out your presentation.

STALKER is about Chernobyl, an accident happened back in the 80's which a nuclear power plant blew up. STALKER is fictional so they put in another 'accident' in Chernobyl. Mutant beings started to appear, as well as anomalies. You go into what they call the "zone" which is the area where all the mutants and anomalies dwell. Your objectives are to find artifacts and just sell them so you can get equipment to go deeper into the zone, there are other STALKERS to compete...

 

[Pressure]

It sounds interesting.

 

[brink's]

Also the developers live right next to chernobyl and have mapped the area very accurately. 60% last I heard.

 

[Silent_night]

it sounds pretty cool actually

 

[Foxtrot]

Is it single player or multi?

 

[Neo_Kuja]

Single Player.

 

[brink's]

I think I also remember them saying multiplayer will be included. Can anyone confirm this cause I'm to lazy.

 

[Cybernoid]

Stalker is based on a book called Roadside Picnic (strange title, but it's explained in the book) by Arkadi and Boris Strugatski. The basic setting is essentially the same in the book, but the Zone was caused by visiting aliens.

 

[Jack_Karverboy]

Is it Cooperative, that would be sweet if it was!

oh btw does anyone the the system requirements for it?

 

[umop]

ok , can some1 explain what stalker is about , u go hunt animals and monsters in the jungle , and there r other humnas hunting as well? + Is it just me or do the weapon models seem kinda crappy?

Are you sure you don't accidently have FarCry envisioned? Just kidding

 

[Jack_Karverboy]

ok , can some1 explain what stalker is about , u go hunt animals and monsters in the jungle , and there r other humnas hunting as well? + Is it just me or do the weapon models seem kinda crappy?

I actually love the weapons!

 

[Alsi]

*oops* :bonce:

 

[Raxxman]

No Coop

too hard for the developers to pull off.

Its been describe as a morrowind with guns

 

[Majestic XII]

They said in a interview that they might add coop as a expansion later on... i hope so!

 

[lans]

I actually love the weapons!

They are so detailed that they've overkilled them with detail, so they look crappy.

 

[Alig]

ok , can some1 explain what stalker is about , u go hunt animals and monsters in the jungle , and there r other humnas hunting as well? + Is it just me or do the weapon models seem kinda crappy?

Erm, if you want to put it that basic and make it sound crap then yeah thats what its about, its also got the most detailed weapon models ever in any game btw it also is based on the True story of Chernobyl, the nuclear reactor in Russia which makes it one of the most interesting games this year for me because id rather see Chernobyl up close as its unaccessable in real life than a fictional game setting.

 

[cadaver]

jungle in Ukraine?

 

[Diablo2k]

ok , can some1 explain what stalker is about , u go hunt animals and monsters in the jungle , and there r other humnas hunting as well? + Is it just me or do the weapon models seem kinda crappy?

Its a FPS/RPG.

You play a STALKER in Chernobyl who is hunting for relics , so he can sell them for cash. With that money you can buy better armor and weapons to go into area s where the radiation and danger is higher.

But at the same time other NPC stalkers are hunting for them too, so you got to hurry and find them before they do. You can kill those other STALKERS too ofcourse, but you got to be carefull with that cause if you kill too many they will organize a hunt on you to kill you , cause they will consider you as threat.

Also there are other NPCs like scientist and soldiers that can help you out finding the relics.

The world of STALKER is dynamic, it will become dawn , night etc.

You have to hunt down animals and eat them else you will die, but you cant eat too many cause they then the radiation in your body will go too high and you would die. And you also need to sleep sometimes to rest.


Well thats the info I got from some previews.

 

[^Thomas^]

It`s a nice game for "hard-core" gamers. I fine way to test out your graphic cards, and to push your PC out to the limit.

 

[CptStern]

Its a FPS/RPG.

You play a STALKER in Chernobyl who is hunting for relics , so he can sell them for cash. With that money you can buy better armor and weapons to go into area s where the radiation and danger is higher.

But at the same time other NPC stalkers are hunting for them too, so you got to hurry and find them before they do. You can kill those other STALKERS too ofcourse, but you got to be carefull with that cause if you kill too many they will organize a hunt on you to kill you , cause they will consider you as threat.

Also there are other NPCs like scientist and soldiers that can help you out finding the relics.

The world of STALKER is dynamic, it will become dawn , night etc.

You have to hunt down animals and eat them else you will die, but you cant eat too many cause they then the radiation in your body will go too high and you would die. And you also need to sleep sometimes to rest.


Well thats the info I got from some previews.

you can lessen the effects of radiation by drinking Vodka (heh what a cool gameplay addition...I wonder if you drink too much of it, it will cause you to walk erratically)

 

[Some_God]

Wow.. looking from the vids it looked kind of dissappointing... but I guess this concept is better on paper.

 

[EVIL]

It`s a nice game for "hard-core" gamers. I fine way to test out your graphic cards, and to push your PC out to the limit.

quoted from the video's

 

[Captain M4d]

I've watched these videos about Stalker called "Behind the Game", and this game looks awesome. It is definitely competition for Half-Life 2 and Doom 3.

 

[tkato]

There are NPC stalkers that u can join thier clan... it's actull offline clan! you fight with them but then u got other clans after u...

 

[Zeus]

Well in an old faq they said there would be coop. In the new one they said there will be your standard DM and TDM and some more exotic ones. Never once did they say there will be no coop. There is a 64 + page discussion on coop in stalker on the official stalker forums.

I wasn't very intrested in stalker until I saw the new videos. The ai is competition for hl2. The physics are awesome and there is also realtime lighting. The creatures look very frightening and realistic one of them can even turn invisible another can use the physics engine against you because he can pick objects up with his mind and fling them at you. The anomalies will be interesting because you saw what happened to that one stalker who steped into one and got crushed to death. There will be vehicles and a huge "zone" to explore and fight in. The game looks awesome

 

[CptStern]

there is no co op:

"Q: Will there be co-op?
A: No, there will be no cooperative play."

 

[Alig]

Yeah the co-op play will be added maybe in a later update but right now the devs have'nt got enough time to do it because it is so hard to implement i suppose and they are running a tight shedule (sp?)

 

[Seppo]

The developers should see that they're sitting on a gold mine. The future lies in co-op. Halo already showed what co-op can be on XboX, and if id software had included a co-op mode in Doom III, it would've been like the final breakthrough of co-op on PC.

But I don't think it's that big a deal to mod it (although I don't know jack shit about coding), some kid in his basement will surely do that the first week Doom III hits the stores. And id probably knew that too.

 

[Direwolf]

I think the tack that Valve has taken on Co-op may be one of the best ones to take. They're letting a mod do it, but they're helping them have it ready as quickly as possible.

 

[Alig]

The developers should see that they're sitting on a gold mine. The future lies in co-op. Halo already showed what co-op can be on XboX, and if id software had included a co-op mode in Doom III, it would've been like the final breakthrough of co-op on PC.

But I don't think it's that big a deal to mod it (although I don't know jack shit about coding), some kid in his basement will surely do that the first week Doom III hits the stores. And id probably knew that too.

The stalker devs know co-op is much wanted but they cannot implement it in time. They have tried and failed because it is to hard for them to just add to the game...if the game was coming out in 1 years time then they would of spent the time to add it but they want it out on the shelves by this fall and they just cannot get co-op in in that ammount of time due to constant problems.

 

[Mac]

I agree with the original poster on the gun models, not to fond of them. but its not really a big deal, and besides that, it should still kick some major ass, with its innovative gameplay and all. Can't wait for this game.