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Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl

Posted: 25 Apr 2007, 18:11
by blah2
S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadow of Chernobyl
History of the Game:


First Date: September 2003.
The first video was out in 2002. The graphics were blowing for that time.
The concept was a little diffrent. Stalker was planned to be a game like Fallout. Maps and single parts of the game were done, the homebrewn Physics engine was stunning.
Image

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=081PxDTZwW4

Second Date: September 2004
In Mai 2003 GSC finally found a Publisher: THQ. Other publishers like Infogrames(Atari) don't want the game. It is said to be unplayable.
A great confusion goes around in the Community: At the 23rd May 2003 THQ announces the Game for September 2004, GSC says this is a mistake. A few days later, GSC says the Game should be aout in the middle of 2004.
2 contests were organized: 1 for fanfiction, 1 for monsterdesign.


Winner for monsterdesign:

Image

The blowout:
On December 21st 2003 an Alpha of the game finds the way into the internet. It is from 12th May 2002, old. No official statement from GSC and THQ?
Who said Half Life 2, eh?
GSC releases "Firestarter", a shiznit game.

Third Date:March 2005:
On May 8th 2004, GSC claims to be in the Beta stage and THQ sets the Releasedate to March 2005 to "Not collide with Doom 3 and Half Life 2".

When it's done
A few months later THQ says:
The Koop is gone, the Multiplayer-Beta is canceled.
We will be ready when it is ready.

Kicking some asses
In July 2005 a second Alpha is leaked.
GSC fires a lot of their programers and even more graphic artists.
GSC claims the game is Gold, THQ sends his own Top-Manager to Kiew:
Dean "The Knife" Sharpe.
He kicks GSC in the nuts and the vehicles and the foodsystem get cut out of the game.


RELEASE
Everyone was thinking it will come out March 23rd, but hell no! After the realease of the last Trailer, the game is out at March 20st 2007.


Other Ingame Media:

SPOILER!

Bad Ending (media tags don't seem to work here)
Best Ending


Interesting things



S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Reality: (a bit old but still awesome)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZlUb2GbezI

Old Box Design: Image New Design: Image

Stalker, the Movie: (great)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalker_%28film%29
What is Stalking:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalking



Games from GSC:Cossacks: European Wars, Codename Outbreak, Cossacks: The Art of War,American Conquest, Cossacks: Back to War, American Conquest : Fight Back, Firestarter, Cossacks 2, Stalker

Posted: 27 Apr 2007, 13:16
by blah2
Well ?

Re: Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl

Posted: 27 Apr 2007, 13:55
by race_invader
Winner for monsterdesign:

Image

Ah i may of not have a read at the whole thing but What game is that? :P

Posted: 27 Apr 2007, 15:22
by blah2
Stalker :|

Posted: 27 Apr 2007, 22:43
by blah2

Posted: 28 Apr 2007, 01:20
by donaldgladden
i brought the game and in the process of seriously upgrading. when i do play it, i wont venture far from the stalker villages most likely.

Posted: 28 Apr 2007, 12:16
by blah2
A video of me playing trough the game:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdBX8ci4_To

Posted: 28 Apr 2007, 22:02
by maksimovski
wow this game rox

Posted: 28 Apr 2007, 22:03
by blah2
NFSUnlimited members are lazy. (to post)

Posted: 29 Apr 2007, 00:11
by Black Fire
It looks cool.

Posted: 29 Apr 2007, 00:57
by Pabl0z
blah2: stop bumping the thread with pointless posts.
If nobody has anything to say about the game, just let the thread die or post something useful yourself.

Posted: 30 Apr 2007, 22:34
by blah2
Use http://stalker.filefront.com for FAQ, and Mod Downloads.

I suggest you get Faiakes Mod (1.7 currently) after you finish the game and want to play it again but with more fun.

Go to http://www.stalker-game.com for the official website.

There is the developer website, and the publisher's.

Posted: 02 May 2007, 17:47
by blah2
Okay, mods lock this thread , it's pointless. Nobody likes RPG/FPS.

Posted: 02 May 2007, 21:20
by Pabl0z
It doesn't need to be locked.
You should just stop bumping it and it can die in peace.
And somebody might have something to say about the game in the future so it would be stupid to lock the thread.

Posted: 02 May 2007, 23:19
by Sir Ibi
I once got a restraining order for stalking a 40 year old women i never even met.

Posted: 03 May 2007, 02:22
by TheStig
HAHAHA LOL, a comment like that could only come from you Ibi.

Posted: 04 Jun 2007, 12:52
by BASGTA
S.T.A.L.K.E.R is alright. I got bored of it after about a week. A lot of people have performance problems, no matter what their computer's hardware.

Posted: 07 Jun 2007, 21:50
by Ludford
I think it sucks ass, the guns are MASSIVELY inaccurate, you die with a few hits an enemies can take full clips without dying.

so the whole game turns into a stand off most of the time with you behind a pillar, you not hitting them and them not hitting you.

Posted: 08 Jun 2007, 08:52
by BASGTA
The gun ballistics are realistic. If you try shooting someone that is a few meters away from you, you're not going to be that accurate with an AK.

Posted: 08 Jun 2007, 09:45
by Ludford
That would be Ok, if you could quick change weapons, but you have to keep opening your inventory.

Posted: 08 Jun 2007, 10:59
by BASGTA
Yeah, I hate that, especially when you're under heavy fire, and you run out of ammo.

Posted: 08 Jun 2007, 11:22
by The Gravedigger
TheStig wrote:HAHAHA LOL, a comment like that could only come from you Ibi.
Scary thing is that it's probably true....

Regardless, I'll probably be getting this game after I get the pc within the next month, either bundled with the video card or normally.

Posted: 08 Jun 2007, 20:18
by Ludford
I wish there was a mod to fix the horrible broken balistics, I was just doing that mission where you have to steal the military documents. Took HALF AND HOUR to clear the military base and most of the time was the bullets hitting air, or the enemies taking several bullets and not dying. Come on if your hit in real life you GO DOWN!

Posted: 10 Jun 2007, 00:01
by Ludford
Well I've found a trainer that makes it one hit one kill,

But I have a question is it normal to be able to run the game on high some days and it behave like a slideshow and CTD on others, is this stalkers infamous in-stability?

it's been fine all day up till about 4 hours ago when I stopped playing, now when I started again it lags like hell in minimum!

Posted: 10 Jun 2007, 00:11
by BASGTA
It could be STALKER, but it could also be your computer. I know someone with a 8800GTX, but can only run the game with about 30FPS. His CPU is one of the Athlon X2 4000 series, and he has 2GBs of RAM.