STALKER: Clear Sky - review thread
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tHoMNZ said:
except the reviewers have said how much they loved Stalker and how bad this game is in comparison to Stalker. try reading, it helps.
another review, PCgamer (so no "console garbage" here) 6.8/10. exactly the same complaints. faction warfare is broken, grenades & enemy spam, quicksave all the time, boring dungeons, getting money is just a grind, no atmosphere.
this is the second review to remark that not having THQ's influence was probably a bad idea:
Some of the design choices just seem bizarre, PDA shows you everything on the map, and I mean everything. Even where all the enemies are, how is a game supposed to scare you when you know where the enemy is.
From reading the reviews, it does sound like a lot of things should be easy for someone to mod, or maybe GSC will listen to everyone and fix them in a patch. I'll probably get it on launch anyway, not exactly that expensive and I have faith in the mod community.
From reading the reviews, it does sound like a lot of things should be easy for someone to mod, or maybe GSC will listen to everyone and fix them in a patch. I'll probably get it on launch anyway, not exactly that expensive and I have faith in the mod community.
dreadfulwater
aka morbidesque
Indeed said:
HAHA. I remember first getting to the bar area and stumbling around the area lost as all hell. I must have heard that guy a million times.
get out of heer stalkair
I just almost finished Stalker, but decided to load up the witcher again. I am past the part that I stopped at the first time I loaded it :lol and I fucking love this game. Alchemy is kinda bullshit though.
Sounds like they dropped the ball. STALKER had potential, but I found the original too irritating due to the overly sensitive AI (among other problems). Rather than fixing any of those issues, however, they've created a whole slew of new ones to go along with them.
For the record, the overly sensitive AI wasn't a problem in so much that it made the game difficult, rather, it completely ruined the atmosphere of so many areas. The game simply used too many enemies at once and constantly flooded the player with them. Furthermore, stealth was nearly impossible. I simply couldn't enjoy exploring anything as you'd quickly be hit with hoards of enemies. Just wasn't any fun for me despite the fact that I loved everything else about its concept.
For the record, the overly sensitive AI wasn't a problem in so much that it made the game difficult, rather, it completely ruined the atmosphere of so many areas. The game simply used too many enemies at once and constantly flooded the player with them. Furthermore, stealth was nearly impossible. I simply couldn't enjoy exploring anything as you'd quickly be hit with hoards of enemies. Just wasn't any fun for me despite the fact that I loved everything else about its concept.
Prime crotch
Banned
I can't, WILL NOT believe these so called reviews.
Agent Ironside
Member
bathala said:
What where? US?
Haunted said:
Yeah, the only difference I can see is about twice the amount of ground foliage in that shot, everything else looks identical, including the shadows and lighting. Of course that is a very far zoomed out shot and it's outdoors, so maybe different shots and indoor shots would show more difference?
MaritalWheat
Member
They're probably of the bad CD key batch, mistankely not shipped back. Beware...bathala said:
Broseybrose
Member
i love the original so much. i just started it again for a second playthrough (on veteran) on saturday and ive already made it to the power plant.
im getting clear sky no matter what the reviews say. i dont nearly expect it to live up to the original, so maybe ill be pleasantly surprised that way.
im getting clear sky no matter what the reviews say. i dont nearly expect it to live up to the original, so maybe ill be pleasantly surprised that way.
Agent Ironside
Member
:lol
Good attempt.
They say "get out of here, stalker" ?
Good attempt.
They say "get out of here, stalker" ?
Agent Ironside
Member
Almost makes me want to give it a try at my local one....hmmmm should I take one for the team?
MaritalWheat
Member
:lol :lol :lolAgent Ironside said:
If anyone works at a place that has Clear Sky, put it out and do this when someone brings it up please, preferably with video evidence.
MrPing1000
Member
That is some epic anti-theft measurements.
:lol Not that we didn't expect this to happen, but patch 1.01 has just been released. It's still pretty funny nonetheless. Hopefully this patch is already integrated into the Steam release whenever that comes out.
http://files.filefront.com/STALKER+Clear+Sky+v101+Patch+Retail/;11689383;/fileinfo.html
I bolded a few items that I specifically remembered seeing as complaints in reviews....good to know I guess. Many of these fixes seem quite major.
http://files.filefront.com/STALKER+Clear+Sky+v101+Patch+Retail/;11689383;/fileinfo.html
I bolded a few items that I specifically remembered seeing as complaints in reviews....good to know I guess. Many of these fixes seem quite major.
Steam version just delayed to the 15th, 10% preorder bonus though:
http://www.steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=app&AppId=20510&cc=US
http://www.steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=app&AppId=20510&cc=US
Visualante
Member
I respect Valve. Steam is a delivery system- and they choose to be flexible to what publishers want to do. But this is getting stupid. It seems that everyone is doing it now- how long before indies start putting a couple of extra bucks on their games for certain territories?
I give it 3-6 months before they patch the loophole that lets NA gamers gift EU people games at the lower rate. (Nintendo did on the virtual console, by buying from the Australian store at a lower price)
I give it 3-6 months before they patch the loophole that lets NA gamers gift EU people games at the lower rate. (Nintendo did on the virtual console, by buying from the Australian store at a lower price)
itsinmyveins
Gets to pilot the crappy patrol labors
I've got a question about Shadow of Chernobyl, and I thought I'd ask in this thread instead of bumping some old one. I just installed the original game and I'm thinking that I should patch it. But where do I start? Which patch? The first one, or is is included in the latest? Help a PC noob out here! :O
Agent Ironside
Member
Im on 1.005 I think it is.
Anyways, you needs mods, thats what you need.
Float32
Oblivion lost
sharper textures
and your set.
EDIT: This seems to be one of the better float32's, dont get the latest one.
http://www.thefloatingpoint.org/main/download.php?view.19
Anyways, you needs mods, thats what you need.
Float32
Oblivion lost
sharper textures
and your set.
EDIT: This seems to be one of the better float32's, dont get the latest one.
http://www.thefloatingpoint.org/main/download.php?view.19
Agent Ironside said:
I heard Float32 makes the game harder as well as better-looking, is that correct?
I haven't played STALKER yet (I plan to use ordinary patches and maybe float32...thanks for the specific link), but I'd suggest waiting on Oblivion lost. I heard it's cool, but it's also a good bit different from the normal game, right?
Agent Ironside
Member
Here is Oblivion Lost and what it does. As for float 32, its purely visual, no gameplay changes from what I know.
INTERACTIVE FACTION WARS
- Well, it was a very rare event in the previous version, now you have events probably every day, maybe twice a day, it's random, but it won't mess up the storyline, it's based on that and fits into it. It means there are some restrictions which block some events at the earlier stages of the game.
The AMK Offline Alife inspirated me to make this feature, but it's very different, it's main purpose is the battles between factions and mutants. For example you are in Cordon, you have an onscreen message about an event from the Bar.
You go to the Bar, and fight with Duty against their enemies, or maybe you will loot their corpses if you go to there too late. So events will happen in the another levels, where you aren't there.
Helicopters and BTR's are also added to the random events.
A lot of faction wars stalkers wear new weapons, so if you are lucky, there is a chance to obtain new weapons, instead of buying them from traders. There is a chance to meet a rare stalker in certain levels. Of course, the whole game is rebalanced and fit into these features.
DAY-NIGHT CYCLE ANOMALY BEHAVIOUR
- The dynamic anomalies feature was already included, but only after blowouts. Now the anomalies are moving during day, they are aggressive, and don't accept artifacts for transmutations, but at night they become calmed down, don't move out from their positions, and the artifact transmutation works until the next morning, they accept them.
Of course, you can disable this feature manually in olp_mod.script, set the anoms variable to false, and it will stop their movement at day and the transmutation will work during the whole day, not only at nights.
There are anomalous zones where they can appear, not everywhere, so it won't kill important npc's and won't block important pathways.
RANDOM WEATHER
- Now there are 3 weather presets, not only one, and it's random. Also after blowout you'll have massive fog and storms, but this will switch back to normal weather after a while. Of course, you'll never see suddenly sky switches, and also added more fog and rain, but those are also random.
NEW WEAPONS
- ZM LR300 ML, Benelli M3 Short, Bizon, P90, FN2000 prototype, Kriss Super V, Ingram MAC10, MG3, MP7, OTS-33, PKM, PPSH-41, Saiga12c, Steyr TMP, TEC-9.
Most of them not available at traders, you need to find them somewhere in the Zone.
Credits: The LR300, the MG3 and the PPSH made by Dester and Zereset for Arsenal Mod.
The Saiga12c made by tambovsky and his team. The PKM made by Gosuke.
The other weapons originally made by the Counter Strike Source Community from the FPSBanana site, and ZEN animated them and made compatible with S.T.A.L.K.E.R. for his ZENOBIAN Mod.
The models and textures created by: Twinke Masta, Thanez, cryomerk, readersdigest, Millenia, Pete, Schmung, the_tub, SureShot, DarkElfa®, RedRogueXIII, SilentAssassin12, Logger, Dav0r, Downloadable Skillz, Kimono, GigantoR, Kurgan, Rionname.
INTERACTIVE FACTION WARS
- Well, it was a very rare event in the previous version, now you have events probably every day, maybe twice a day, it's random, but it won't mess up the storyline, it's based on that and fits into it. It means there are some restrictions which block some events at the earlier stages of the game.
The AMK Offline Alife inspirated me to make this feature, but it's very different, it's main purpose is the battles between factions and mutants. For example you are in Cordon, you have an onscreen message about an event from the Bar.
You go to the Bar, and fight with Duty against their enemies, or maybe you will loot their corpses if you go to there too late. So events will happen in the another levels, where you aren't there.
Helicopters and BTR's are also added to the random events.
A lot of faction wars stalkers wear new weapons, so if you are lucky, there is a chance to obtain new weapons, instead of buying them from traders. There is a chance to meet a rare stalker in certain levels. Of course, the whole game is rebalanced and fit into these features.
DAY-NIGHT CYCLE ANOMALY BEHAVIOUR
- The dynamic anomalies feature was already included, but only after blowouts. Now the anomalies are moving during day, they are aggressive, and don't accept artifacts for transmutations, but at night they become calmed down, don't move out from their positions, and the artifact transmutation works until the next morning, they accept them.
Of course, you can disable this feature manually in olp_mod.script, set the anoms variable to false, and it will stop their movement at day and the transmutation will work during the whole day, not only at nights.
There are anomalous zones where they can appear, not everywhere, so it won't kill important npc's and won't block important pathways.
RANDOM WEATHER
- Now there are 3 weather presets, not only one, and it's random. Also after blowout you'll have massive fog and storms, but this will switch back to normal weather after a while. Of course, you'll never see suddenly sky switches, and also added more fog and rain, but those are also random.
NEW WEAPONS
- ZM LR300 ML, Benelli M3 Short, Bizon, P90, FN2000 prototype, Kriss Super V, Ingram MAC10, MG3, MP7, OTS-33, PKM, PPSH-41, Saiga12c, Steyr TMP, TEC-9.
Most of them not available at traders, you need to find them somewhere in the Zone.
Credits: The LR300, the MG3 and the PPSH made by Dester and Zereset for Arsenal Mod.
The Saiga12c made by tambovsky and his team. The PKM made by Gosuke.
The other weapons originally made by the Counter Strike Source Community from the FPSBanana site, and ZEN animated them and made compatible with S.T.A.L.K.E.R. for his ZENOBIAN Mod.
The models and textures created by: Twinke Masta, Thanez, cryomerk, readersdigest, Millenia, Pete, Schmung, the_tub, SureShot, DarkElfa®, RedRogueXIII, SilentAssassin12, Logger, Dav0r, Downloadable Skillz, Kimono, GigantoR, Kurgan, Rionname.
eXistor
Member
I'm still buying it as the original is one of the best games in recent years, but the reviews don't make the game sound too hot and the most important aspect of the game seems to have taken a hit as well (atmosphere). Honestly, while some of the bugs in the original were annoying, they didn't really dampen my enjoyment of the game.
itsinmyveins
Gets to pilot the crappy patrol labors
Agent Ironside said:
Well, yeah, but my question is what patch should I start with? 1.005 or a lesser one? I don't know anything about stuff like that. Does the 1.005-patch include the patches that came earlier?
Visualante said:
It's weird that you've had the price go up, but I just checked the Australian page and it's still on $35.99
This is odd for two reasons. One, normally Australia is linked to EU pricing for whatever reason. Two, THQ fucking region blocked STALKER (and the rest of their games) from Australian Steam.
It makes me think that they're going to region block this, too. But I'm betting some Australians have already prepurchased the game. What happens if they do region block the game to the people who've purchased it?
I hate gamer inequality.
EDIT: Had to change image URL because Bungiefans.org just switched hosts and pretty much every image I've ever linked is now 404ing. Heh.
I will buy this game today if I can find it, I don't mind the reviews, sure there are glitches and things than could be better, but in the first STALKER a lot of the reviews criticized things that I ended liked in the game.
Btw, I finished STALKER with three diferent endings, one bad and the two good, anyone can answer me this question? :
Btw, I finished STALKER with three diferent endings, one bad and the two good, anyone can answer me this question? :
Are you Strelok or not? I mean, they said that they sent stalkers to kill Strelok, but with you they made and error and you ended with a suicide mission or something like that, cannot remember the exact words now.
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