I also picked it up for $30 last week at Circuit City, and I'm running it on a weaker laptop than yours. Besides the fact that I can't crank the graphics up to max, its been a smooth ride. I'm running XP home w/ SP2, and I've not had any glitches or crashes of any sort. Definitely a worthy purchase.
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl |OT|
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I just finished it, unpatched. I'm pretty sure I got the "best" ending.
Real spoilers here folks, highlight at your own risk.
Awesome game. Definitely going on my list of true greats. I'll definitely be playing through again, probably after the next patch comes out.
Real spoilers here folks, highlight at your own risk.
I killed the Wishgranter. Found the C-Conciousness project, rejected them. Went through the big teleport gauntlet (that was awesome!) and killed the scientists hooked up to the C-Conciousness. Ending was me either getting clear of the zone or reverting it to normal, something to that effect. It was all happy and green and whatnot so whatever it was, it was good. :lol
Awesome game. Definitely going on my list of true greats. I'll definitely be playing through again, probably after the next patch comes out.
TemplaerDude
Member
the weight limit is quite fair and realistic if you ask me. what is it, 60kg or something? that's like over half your average body weight. you try hauling around 2 big guns, 100+ ammo for each along with some medkits and shit. i'm not touching the weight limit. think of it as another challenge. : )
you really thought that was awesome? I thought it was a total cop-out. they couldn't think of a decent boss battle so they just tossed loads of soldiers at you. it was so reptitive. and the portals were just there to show off the Chernobyl map they hadn't been able to work into the game.
Fallout-NL
Member
Does anyone know of a widescreen fix for the patched game?
/edit: And there's supposed to be some better armor in the starting area as well right? Can't find the post that mentioned it though. Anyone remember?
/edit: And there's supposed to be some better armor in the starting area as well right? Can't find the post that mentioned it though. Anyone remember?
Prime crotch
Banned
Anyway to enter the Yantar lab without getting affected by the psi-contamination?
MrPing1000
Member
Prime crotch said:
you must have first done the first lab mission, then u do the quests for the ecologists. You'll get an item that protects you
Fallout-NL
Member
Solo said:
LazyLoki said:climb the ladder behind wolf and get up on the roof. run across the roof and jump onto the next building. through a hole at the far side you can see a crate. shoot it and you can pick up a "stalker suit"
hope that was detailed enough, i'm at work right now
Ah great, thanks guys.
Chiggs
Gold Member
I finally completed the Kill the Bloodsuckers mission in that creepy abandoned village...at night during a thunderstorm. Spoookkkyyyyyyy....
Anyway, when I was talking to the Murk guy about the whereabouts of my reward, these fatass mutant boars game out of nowhere and killed him just like that.
Anyway, when I was talking to the Murk guy about the whereabouts of my reward, these fatass mutant boars game out of nowhere and killed him just like that.
VibratingDonkey
Member
Decided to start over. Hadn't gotten very far anyway. Sure, I had played for like 5 hours but I hadn't actually gotten anywhere, was basically still in the first zone. Now that I'm more accustomed to the game I got to Garbage in like 30 minutes.
And I don't know if it's the patch but things were different this time. Stalkers and bandits would always clash at the car park, producing heaps of bodies. Now there was nothing. And the targets for assassination missions were always like 5 steps away. The miltary blockade at the bridge ultimately played out the same though. I decided to bribe my way through, but before doing so I had to go dump some stuff at the trader. When I came back the military were in a firefight with a couple of bandits. And for some reason the military dudes wanted to kill me as well. Just like before.
Firefights in this game are really cool though. I climbed into the...whatever building is next to the blockade and took potshots at a dude from an elevated position. The AI bugged out a bit though cause he just stood there while I shot him to death. Later I saw two bandits strolling about near the bridge. I thought of trying to go around them, but then a "Flesh" mauled one of them. While the remaining bandit was busy with the mutant I ran up behind him and blasted his face a bit with my shotgun. It's cool how you can take advantage of your surroundings like this.
And I don't know if it's the patch but things were different this time. Stalkers and bandits would always clash at the car park, producing heaps of bodies. Now there was nothing. And the targets for assassination missions were always like 5 steps away. The miltary blockade at the bridge ultimately played out the same though. I decided to bribe my way through, but before doing so I had to go dump some stuff at the trader. When I came back the military were in a firefight with a couple of bandits. And for some reason the military dudes wanted to kill me as well. Just like before.
Firefights in this game are really cool though. I climbed into the...whatever building is next to the blockade and took potshots at a dude from an elevated position. The AI bugged out a bit though cause he just stood there while I shot him to death. Later I saw two bandits strolling about near the bridge. I thought of trying to go around them, but then a "Flesh" mauled one of them. While the remaining bandit was busy with the mutant I ran up behind him and blasted his face a bit with my shotgun. It's cool how you can take advantage of your surroundings like this.
Chiggs
Gold Member
VibratingDonkey said:
Interesting. I'll agree that the patch really does change the game (and only 3 megs!); however, my experiences have been different than yours. Mercs, bandits and Stalkers are always murdering each other at the car park. Nonstop. And then you have the dickhead military sticking their dicks in everyone's business. In fact, I kind of roll my eyes whenever I hear screaming and shooting in that general direction. What the hell is there that is worth fighting for?!!!
I think I'll avoid Cordon from now on.
Fallout-NL
Member
Is that armor degrading post patch really annoying, or just slightly annoying?
Fallout-NL
Member
Chiggs said:
Ah ok, well in that case I can handle it.
VibratingDonkey
Member
I cheated and installed the Anti Armor Degrading mod, oddly named the Armor Decay Mod.
Prime crotch
Banned
I can't avoid the Psi-contamination on Yantar. I've got a SEVA suit and the suit the ecologists use but still I get contaminated.
Prime crotch
Banned
Which one? The artifact? Or the collecting Snork's hand? Also why is my Artifact coun still null? I got plenty of Artifacts on my belt.Chiggs said:
Chiggs
Gold Member
Prime crotch said:
Just to make sure we're on the same page: You have to talk to the guy behind the counter with the hamster in the wheel. Still with me? Okay. He'll ask you to assist his partner with a task which involves taking radiation samples. If you successfully complete this task, or if you fail it, you will receive a device that blocks the psi-transmissions. This will allow you to access that area, which also includes the X-16 lab.
Prime crotch
Banned
eh? He never told me anything like that. I asked him for a job and he gave me a few choices, artifact hunt, get a suit or get a piece of a monster.Chiggs said:
Prime crotch
Banned
I saved that guy on the suit, freaking pansy I tell ya, then he told me to talk to the professor behind the counter, but I never got any mission to go out with pany-pants again.Chiggs said:
Prime crotch
Banned
That's the first mission the barkeeper gives ya? No then, I was getting some side-quests done, maybe that's the problem.PeteJ said:
Prime crotch
Banned
Gametrailers review is an example of how to miss the point with STALKER although they're right that the map system is a bitch.
Prime crotch
Banned
btw what is wrong with Army's Wharehouse area? It seems the game craps itself on that level.
Danne-Danger
Member
EviLore said:
I tried that back when the bloom trick was announced, chipped off about 25FPS in the very first room.
Word of warning for Freedom Mission do-ers!!
If you already turned in the Military Healing armor you got from the slaughtered stalker area before entering X16 in Yantar (its on the only mercs body whos near an APC) DO NOT do the healing armor mission for Freedom.
I forget who else wanted this armor, but you can only turn it in to one person. Someone else asks for it as well (its not the Ghost armor).
If you already turned in the Military Healing armor you got from the slaughtered stalker area before entering X16 in Yantar (its on the only mercs body whos near an APC) DO NOT do the healing armor mission for Freedom.
I forget who else wanted this armor, but you can only turn it in to one person. Someone else asks for it as well (its not the Ghost armor).
Pimpbaa
Member
EviLore said:
Never messed with the vsync myself. But anisotropic filtering was neither broken on my 7600GT or my new 8800GTS. Must have been something wrong with his drivers or his twiddling with the config file may have borked the setting. The textures look awful with it completely off.
Prime crotch said:
I just watched this.
Is the gunplay still like they described in the review? Enemies take a ton of bullets to bring down, etc? Other than that, the review was really off, and also proof positive that people truly don't want better AI. "The AI flanked me and pulled out every trick in the book! I had to quicksave every two minutes so I didn't die!"
STFU.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
Pretty much.Amzin said:
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
I disagree. I cleaned an entire area of artifacts, and when I came back some days later I found a couple of new ones wich incidentally were pretty rare (and totally rad)Schafer said:
Bah. I can totally see one, I think, but it's completely blocked off by a vortex. I've already died once trying to ninja past it. Guess I'll come back to it later, only played the game for like 15 minutes so far after all. >.>
Also:
I did this and it worked fantastically. My own settings were on low with static lighting, I copied that in and the fps is about the same but WAY the hell prettier. FPS isn't 60, but it's playable in the beginning area so far.
Also:
Chiggs said:
I did this and it worked fantastically. My own settings were on low with static lighting, I copied that in and the fps is about the same but WAY the hell prettier. FPS isn't 60, but it's playable in the beginning area so far.
Hmm. Played about an hour and a half so far, framerate held up fine, but it just took a nosedive to about half a frame per second. I saved and closed it, hopefully it'll be cool again when I play it later.
I just finished talking to Fox, hunting down the "sales associate" and grabbing the mail jacket.
If I read the rest of this thread right, an artifact that says +# to Radiation in red makes you take radiation damage, right?
I just finished talking to Fox, hunting down the "sales associate" and grabbing the mail jacket.
If I read the rest of this thread right, an artifact that says +# to Radiation in red makes you take radiation damage, right?