You’re a W dude… covering even “alternative” routes… like the bridgeVS electric death tunnel. Plz upload more man idk do you need $$$? Can’t believe it’s been 17 months… and *THAT 3 HOUR NO MORE HEROES VID WAS THE BEST I SEEN IN AGES* Best part abt long vids is can watch 342 times over the years!!! But no dude fr shoot idk if u take game suggestions but based off you’re taste… might have a few great ones- you have a niche taste especially w some u have covered.. I could go over some games for a few hours/nostalgia trip to get some. Seeing you cover fallout 3/NV would be huge… could be a multiple video kind of thing especially if you cover the (major side quests not all of them) like Reilys Ranger or THOSE or etc Could listen to u all day dude and that would be like HOURS of content right there.. lots of people love ya man based off the comments “this channel’s underrated” Just takes 1 big breakthrough and you would have 2-5 million subs from 600K in a few months bro
Also the fatal frame pic taken and hearing dead rising PP system/Frank WAS COMEDY 😂 adding more references unique ones like that Is also huge/amazing shoot I could prob give you hundreds like mixing Gears of war/DR/Borderlands/Deadspace/Halo/DARK SOULS/every souls/Destiny/Left 4 Dead 2/GTA/ the millions of tuff right there could combine and making art in form of comedy😂 🍀🍀🍀🍀do you have a discord!?!?
So on the point of the radioactive piles of trash in The Garbage: That's a very real thing, most famously the firefighter's gear that's still dangerously radioactive in the basement of the hospital they were treated at, or the vehicle graveyards of all of the trucks, ambulances, firetrucks, and military vehicles and helicopters that were just left neatly organized to rust and decay overtime. A LOT of it is still dangerously radioactive and likely will be for the remainder of our lives. It's actually where a lot of the real-life Stalkers end up getting their own "artifacts." No joke, there's several hundred people a year who enter the actual exclusion zone every year who try to make off with small trinkets like keys, lugnuts, all sorts of stuff, as souvenirs of their trip, which is illegal. Mostly tourists who go on a tour of the zone and think it's safe to make off with whatever they find only to find out it's tripping off Geiger counters on their way out. Obviously less of a concern today because of the war which had made... other dangers... but yeah, a real concern the Ukrainian authorities have been dealing with for decades is actual stalkers taking actual artifacts out of the actual zone.
Actual most Real Stalkers Don't take shit from the exclusion zone that's just the tourists who go around touching everything like it's not a radioactive zone, meanwhile the actual stalkers are try to keep things safe
One of the mods in stalker anomaly (or gamma) modifies the controller with a very cool mechanic for dealing with close-range. As you get close to him, he starts controlling your mind and forcing you to redirect your gun at your own head as your character starts screaming in desperation and horror. If you don't get away from him in time, you'll take aim at your own head and pull the trigger. Metal AF
@@rottingarchangeloi2734 can't share links on here, but it's two mods, which you can find by googling "Gunslinger Controller moddb" and "Desman's Gunslinger Controller Audio moddb" The the first one adds the mechanic, the second one improves on the audio (the second one has a preview video on the moddb page). These mods are for stalker anomaly - I don't think they'll work with vanilla stalker. edit: you also need two additional mods to make the first one work. DLTX and WTC. Each of those might have their own pre-requisites.
MAAAN the Stalker was my first big game to play through as a child, I've spent so much time exploring the map and gunning down everything that moved, collecting rare loot and inventing new ways to steal it, this game became a one hell of a memory to me despite all of its flaws. I'm actually buffled to see it being talked about by someone from non-russian speaking country, and not just someone, MY FAVOURITE COMMENTARY TH-camR. Genuinely brings a tear of joy to my eyes
@ryba_byba Stalker has always had a strong western following, there was huge hype for the then upcoming Stalker2,but then the real world affected the game studio, leaving the future of the game unclear. Recently Xbox has added the initial stalker games in the store, building the hype for the upcoming stalker 2 release. On a similar level, Tarkov is big here,and the 1+2 of Metro 2033/ last light represented the tone of the first novel perfectly, when great writing and game design collide.
From Australia and have played it since 2008. One of my favourite game franchises. Hell, I still have my original disc copy of SoC. Was unaware of CS or CoP until I was older and browsed through steam out of curiosity. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. still to this day has a wide reach to western audiences and I'm glad it has done as well as it did despite numerous issues in development.
I could be mistaken, but I believe the reason why people want the bodies of stalkers is to study the mutations they get from spending time in The Zone and around the artifacts. I haven't played the games. I do recall this being the case in "A Roadside Picnic".
did you read "hard to be a god" by the strugatsky brothers? i highly suggest that one too if you havent already read it. "snail on a slope" is also very very good.
@@Tacdelio I can recommend the author Dmitry Glukhovsky. He wrote the Metro books, which are my favourite. But Sumerki or Text (Although this one was very discomforting to read) are pretty good aswell.
I’m lying in bed dying sick with a stomach bug the rain pelting down outside my bedroom window and this man has a fresh upload for me to watch what timing, this channel will forever be underrated to me one of the best channels on TH-cam no doubt one of my best discoveries on TH-cam in the last few years 🙏
Fun fact: The X18 flying objects are not an anomaly but are done by the Poltergeists in the area. If you shoot all of them (electrical flying things), you can stop it from happening. Also the test subjects in the tubes seems to be early versions of poltergeists.
Stalker is one of my all time favourite franchises. I have played it countless times on varied difficulties and I still not only have fun but find new things every playthrough. Paired with mod support, fan projects, and a funny community, the series is one of the BEST franchises I've every been lucky enough to experience. ps. saving doesn't make you a loser, its outright needed. before and after every encounter lest you die or the game crashes on you.
Apparently (according to Totally pointless twitter/X) TH-cam demonetised The Darkness video even though it was carefully edited. That's a damn shame, I hope YT reverse the decision, so much work goes into these videos
Funny thing about the escort missions in SoC is that Kruglov is a legitimate badass. You just have to arm him with a proper rifle via trade, such as one of the many guns carried by the Mercs, and he can solo half the squads headed his way.
@@MrSnake9419 Most of the time it ends up happening by itself as he walks by a dead merc and picks up his gun. Of course you can speed up and insure the process by just opening up his trade window and giving him a rifle.
Same with the duty prisoner in the bandit base. Throw a gun at his feet & he'll pick it up as he walks over it you have to give him a bit of ammo too I think? Cool feature of the game.
Firstly, your style of long-form videos was absolutely perfect for STALKER. This one was extra amazing. Secondly, Darkness would be the best pick out of 3. That series is underrated and yet so wonderful. Have a great day and thank you for making this.
i REALLY hope you are going to cover ALL of the Stalker games. i have played them ALL, and i am SO hyped for Stalker 2 coming sometime near end of this year!!
My dad got this game during his stay in Russia when I was a kid and unfortunately it didn’t have english dub so when we played it it was such a raw experience..game is tons of fun and full of secrets and things like that. Stalker Call of Pripyat is also banger and honestly haunting experience since they made ingame Pripyat VERY authentic to real city with the big Wheel, abandoned buildings full of radiation and the reactor itself. I definitely recommend picking it up if you are into those types of games ✌🏻
Was just watching his silent hill 2 video for the 3rd time and five mins later after i finished the video, he uploads a new video. I've really been blessed today.
Actually, same here. His silent hill videos are some quality stuff. I was actually thinking it’s been a while since his last video and just got done replaying stalker preparing for 2. Pretty neat coincidence.
There is this weird niche of video game commentary channels that make really good, long form content. This is the best version of it and I love this channel. I fall asleep to these or SummoningSalt, JoshStrifeHayes and others like this.
Happy to be back, I just finished 22 weeks at army osut training to become an infantryman, and I was watching your video everyday pretty much beforei shipped for basic, and now I have my phone back Happy to be back.
literally every game you talk about regardless if it was good or not, first you make me want to play it whether if i played it before or not, second, the way you make your videos is just amazing and so smooth and amazing to follow, i love this channel man, everything i want in a youtube channel, i find it here, thank you for your work mr TPTV
43:08 It always makes me tear up hearing them talking, it is just amazing how such a rough game has so good atmosphere down to the last minor details. Stalker 2 just can't come soon enough "Literally"
Thank you for shedding light on this absolute masterpiece. SOC is my all time favorite game and I'd give anything to experience it again for the first time
My instincts instantly kicked in at 18:54 and I thought "Bloodsucker" just from hearing him screaming for a split second, almost in a PTSD way. You can take a stalker out of the Zone, but never the Zone out of a stalker.
Same, my grandpops got me into stalker and he warned that there will be a loud enemy that I HAVE to watch out for. And even before I've seen it, I heard it and I was promptly terrified. It's one thing to encounter something scary on your own and another to hear about it as a warning from someone so much more experienced and have that nagging in the back of your mind until you suddenly see why it is described in such a way.
bratan I just spotted a totallypointless Darkness vid in my feed and when I clicked it it was private! Hope you get whatever youtube nonsense you need to navigate sorted, those are some great niche games can't wait to see it.
I absolutely love your taste in horror and gaming in general so im taking up your Metro Exodus suggestion! You do niche series justice so out of the three you suggested I have to recommend The Darkness. It's criminal how little attention that got!
I gotta say, it's been a joy watching your content evolve and improve over the years that I've been watching. For me, your video essays are some of the most entertaining ones on the platform, and I genuinely believe that you deserve way more exposure. Cheers man, thanks for another one and a half hours worth of main monitor content. Also STALKER is goated, great choice.
It's always a pleasure watching these videos, as your passion and love for a franchise always shines through. You play through the game yourself and use your own footage, from start to finish. You take that little extra time to do your research, because the topic genuinely interests you. And you give honest reviews, pointing out both flaws but ingenuity these classics brought to certain genres and franchises. I bought the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series on sale, receiving a message that proceeds would go towards helping the Ukraine developers (this was some time during the start of the war), and to see the skill, the style and talent attached to each of the games made it a must-have series. So thank you for sharing your passion and love for it with us in yet another awesome video. Cannot wait to see which game or franchise you cover next 😁
Im so glad that you made a second channel. These game analysis videos are great, but its also welcoming to see more relaxed unscripted content between big projects. May the Monetization Gods look favorable upon your channel lol
I tried playing this game, but I kept getting stuck and dying. Whoever is capable of playing this game, y'all are true STALKERS and I hope you keep this game alive, because I can't.
Damn dude. I’ve seen your channel grow over the years from humble (yet badass) beginnings to these multi-hour essays that rival anything online. Many, many kudos to you, my overseas pal, and keep it up!
I can't remember where i read this but i remember reading a news article after the war in Ukraine started when Russia invaded, and the Russian army did took over the area around Chernobyl. But apparently they took absolutely no precautions with the radiation, and basically wasted significant resources on repairing vehicles and broken equipment, as well as medical supplies on sick soldiers. I guess no one in those units played Stalker. Anyway great video! Stalker is one of my favorite games despite the fact i could never beat it! More people need to play it!
This is not accurate information. Im a nuclear engineer who had to help review data from these places, its been fine. Basically all reactor plants are self sufficient and incapable of catastrophically failing like it did on the rbmk1000 reactors could in the 80s. What you heard was pure fear mongering and not not accurate. Willing to answer any questions you have
even more - they dug trenches to hide in the Red Forest, which is the most radioactive shit ever - the soil still retains all the radiation, making the trees glow in the dark. the russians even slept in those holes, tactically hiding from jets and drones, but permanently infected themselves with radiation....
Thanks for a pretty rigorous upload schedule when you make detailed, entertaining long-form content! Watching your new video right when it drops is always a no 1 priority for me. Appreciate you 💯
PLEASE make a video about the metro series (book and game trilogy) its very similiar to stalker, but id say the lore is darker, and it has a unique concept of people surviving the nuclear apocalypse
Dude.... I watched all your videos.. Twice, and I'll probably watch them again soon enough, why does all the good youtubers take multiple month up to a year to make a video (most likely cause they are so good) but please I need something man
Just checked your channel yesterday hoping for something new and was a bit disappointed. Here you are the very next day relieving that disappointment. Always quality content. Always well thought out, well-spoken and put together with style and a touch of cheeky humor. Thanks for delivering once again, you're awesome. Wish I could send more but I'm a bit strapped at the moment. Best wishes!
It will always be funny that S.T.A.L.K.E.R. was an acronym made specifically for the games and it eventually became a real world term for the scavengers in places like pripyat 😂
I was just watching your darkness video when the power went out for a second and blinked back on. Now its not even in my history and i cant find it like ive gone crazy.
First video I've watched by you loved the video, and I just finished playing Shadow of chornobyl for the first time on the xbox and loved it. I can't wait to see more S.T.A.L.K.E.R from you. 😁😁😁
Glad to see this game half of my lifetime later still getting recognition and 1M+ views on videos about it. I played it religiously for eight years, but I haven't touched a STALKER title since 2015. I did very briefly mess with STALKER: GAMMA during covid, but only for a scant few hours. Trying to get the true ending in Shadow of Chernobyl in 08 was hardcore, I assure you.
Not sure if you heard it on your playthrough for the video pointless but the scientist Kruglov tells you his suit lets him withstand the fire due to his suit
Just wanted to shout-out how awesome your videos and the quality of writing the script is, you've taught me things about Silent Hill snd other horror related games I love and assumed I knew almost everything there is. Keep it up pointless, and keep knocking em' outta the park stalker! 😎🤙🏼
The Zone has claimed immense hours of my life and last year I gave it up and promised I'd wait till Stalker 2 comes out. But I'm starting to get that itch again. The Zone is calling.
I will never forget "loot goblin-ing" into the two true endings. My ass literally went "eh... a glowing rock" and then promptly left the sarcophagus to shove my pockets full of vodka and tuna until I got over-incumbered
The funny thing about that building you HAVE to go through to get into the main Duty base, you ARE trespassing according to the game. You stay in there for too long, dude opens fire on you. There's nothing in there, so no real reason why you would be in there for so long...but it is a thing.
Absolutely love your videos, I love these kinds of channels that do videogame essays, and here you are talking about one of my favorite gaming universes
as a STALKER vet, i love to see the uprise of STALKER content . . . sure, because of the upcomming game, but i'm really glad to see so many people new to the series try and talk about it :3
Amazing video mate! Loved the jokes, gameplay, and lore of not just the game but also the development and developers! It’s an overall amazing video mate! And remember to stay cheekie breeki!
undoubtedly one of the best youtubers on this website. whatever you decide to do a video on next, I can't wait to watch it! thank you for all your hard work; you make the absolute best content!
Awesome video! This brought back so many fond great memories when i played this game over and over with different results as you explained in the video. But this was way back in 2007 -2009. My computer almost melted playing it on an laptop haha.
Props to you for mentioning both the Stalker movie and Roadside Picnic, people usually forget about one or the other when talking about the game. Also props to you for mentioning the war even though its not a political channel, I feel like you can't talk about Stalker in 2024 without thinking about what's happening in Ukraine right now. You definitely deserve more views! Keep up the awesome work!
what i love about your video lectures/playtrouths, is your accurate description of the events, the atmosphere and your interpretations. i think i played stalker 3 times. to be honest i never really understood what it was about at the end and what the 6 endings meant exactly, until this point.
Amazing video, coming from a big giant stalker fan and also investing most of my time into the game and into its modding fan base, this is awesome and great! I love stalker and I have been into it for many years and I am so glad you got to come around to it! The new console release for the trio game will definitely bring in some new gamers and enjoyers! Also the new heart of chernobyl coming in September will spark up stalker a ton. Amazing video and as always great stuff!
Bro ngl your channel is one of the greatest ones ive seen in a VERY long time Keep up the FANTASTIC work your doing man❤ And one thing... Manhunt 2 video when?
I just saw your post about your "Darkness" videos. I hadn't gotten a chance to see them yet, but if they're anything like your other work, they're fabulous! I don't have cash to burn, but i wanted to send you at least a little love and encouragement! Thank you for what you do--it's engaging, well-edited, and intro'd me to a lot I'd never have heard of--or explored--otherwise! Hang in there!
Thanks dude, the super is very generous and the kind words much appreciated. The videos is back up now at least, hopefully there won’t be anymore problems!
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would you consider doing a video about red dead redemption?
You’re a W dude… covering even “alternative” routes… like the bridgeVS electric death tunnel.
Plz upload more man idk do you need $$$? Can’t believe it’s been 17 months… and *THAT 3 HOUR NO MORE HEROES VID WAS THE BEST I SEEN IN AGES*
Best part abt long vids is can watch 342 times over the years!!!
But no dude fr shoot idk if u take game suggestions but based off you’re taste… might have a few great ones- you have a niche taste especially w some u have covered..
I could go over some games for a few hours/nostalgia trip to get some.
Seeing you cover fallout 3/NV would be huge… could be a multiple video kind of thing especially if you cover the (major side quests not all of them) like Reilys Ranger or THOSE or etc
Could listen to u all day dude and that would be like HOURS of content right there.. lots of people love ya man based off the comments “this channel’s underrated”
Just takes 1 big breakthrough and you would have 2-5 million subs from 600K in a few months bro
Also the fatal frame pic taken and hearing dead rising PP system/Frank WAS COMEDY 😂 adding more references unique ones like that Is also huge/amazing shoot I could prob give you hundreds like mixing Gears of war/DR/Borderlands/Deadspace/Halo/DARK SOULS/every souls/Destiny/Left 4 Dead 2/GTA/ the millions of tuff right there could combine and making art in form of comedy😂
🍀🍀🍀🍀do you have a discord!?!?
its been 3 months man where is the next video
Could you please release a video on metro 🙏
"that's not player freedom, that's broken"
welcome to stalker, the only game where you can't know if something is a glitch or intentional
😅
there are no glitches in stalker. only anomalies
@@Vampshroom420 I aggree They are 4th wall breaking anomalies, I love the ghost of the agroprom siren haunting your save that is not in agroprom.
Thankfully we can just break the sirens...or endure a full playthrough never touching cordon, agriprom and army warehouses ever again@@Josivis
Me opening the door to yanov station to 3 Burers inside
This game I stg
Ah yes, the game where guns actually work realistically and you can kill major bosses with 2 bullets to the head
Except in lower difficulties where everyone can withstand buckshot to the face
Not sure if sarcasm or not 🤔
After a patch*
@@marcossanmartin2784 that's a myth that was debunked 7 years ago
@@oyasumichansu the myth was about bullets dissapearing, enemies and the player do withstand more damage on lower difficulties.
So on the point of the radioactive piles of trash in The Garbage:
That's a very real thing, most famously the firefighter's gear that's still dangerously radioactive in the basement of the hospital they were treated at, or the vehicle graveyards of all of the trucks, ambulances, firetrucks, and military vehicles and helicopters that were just left neatly organized to rust and decay overtime. A LOT of it is still dangerously radioactive and likely will be for the remainder of our lives.
It's actually where a lot of the real-life Stalkers end up getting their own "artifacts." No joke, there's several hundred people a year who enter the actual exclusion zone every year who try to make off with small trinkets like keys, lugnuts, all sorts of stuff, as souvenirs of their trip, which is illegal. Mostly tourists who go on a tour of the zone and think it's safe to make off with whatever they find only to find out it's tripping off Geiger counters on their way out. Obviously less of a concern today because of the war which had made... other dangers... but yeah, a real concern the Ukrainian authorities have been dealing with for decades is actual stalkers taking actual artifacts out of the actual zone.
The game was so good real life added it in an update
Actual most Real Stalkers Don't take shit from the exclusion zone that's just the tourists who go around touching everything like it's not a radioactive zone, meanwhile the actual stalkers are try to keep things safe
The T in STALKER stands for tourists
@@sahilrahman5066 just like the other guy said, the T in STALKER stands for tourists.
@@blackroberts6290 Yeah i suppose so there are alot of tourist even in the games, like the guiding tourists quests
One of the mods in stalker anomaly (or gamma) modifies the controller with a very cool mechanic for dealing with close-range. As you get close to him, he starts controlling your mind and forcing you to redirect your gun at your own head as your character starts screaming in desperation and horror. If you don't get away from him in time, you'll take aim at your own head and pull the trigger. Metal AF
Would you happen to know how to get this mod? That sounds amazing
@@rottingarchangeloi2734 can't share links on here, but it's two mods, which you can find by googling "Gunslinger Controller moddb" and "Desman's Gunslinger Controller Audio moddb"
The the first one adds the mechanic, the second one improves on the audio (the second one has a preview video on the moddb page).
These mods are for stalker anomaly - I don't think they'll work with vanilla stalker.
edit: you also need two additional mods to make the first one work. DLTX and WTC. Each of those might have their own pre-requisites.
this was first made by gunslinger team for call of pripyat rather than by grok
@@rottingarchangeloi2734I think it is included in anomaly by default now
@@kaushikraikar1105 oh I see! Thank you. I really should start modding my game xD
Its not a bug, its a anomaly
It's not a bug, it's a feature 🔥🗣
An anomaly
@@Yngpillow don't be that guy
@@Pytliczello🦦
My first Stalker game was an unpatched Clear Sky, the AI bugging out just added to the feeling that I was playing a cursed game.
For those who is curious - "Strelok" means "Shooter/Sharpshooter"
I think Gunslinger is more apt
Learned that from resident evil 6
@@abimanyuputra5185 Granted, that sounds cooler, but Strelok literally means "one who shoots," a shooter.
It's also the russian version of the military rank "private" or rather "rifleman"
Makes sense with his Scoped Sig
The dopamine rush when I see you posting content over an hour long, fucking excellent
😅😅😅😅😅😢😊
same
Right?!? He is one of few youtubers I follow that I instantly click and know I won't be disappointed.
@@wickdwabbithe's just that good in a sea of content mills.
Same, I get so mad when he post a short or something only 45 minutes long
Dude no joke I just spent HOURS on shadow of Chernobyl, took a snack break and look who just uploaded. Love the content man keep it up
Ever played Anomaly or GAMMA?
@@The_Man_In_Redyup!
@@The_Man_In_Redinsanely good, ive puth almost 1k hours into gamma
*Chornobyl
@@The_Man_In_Red ever played vanilla games first?
MAAAN the Stalker was my first big game to play through as a child, I've spent so much time exploring the map and gunning down everything that moved, collecting rare loot and inventing new ways to steal it, this game became a one hell of a memory to me despite all of its flaws. I'm actually buffled to see it being talked about by someone from non-russian speaking country, and not just someone, MY FAVOURITE COMMENTARY TH-camR. Genuinely brings a tear of joy to my eyes
Have you read. Roadside picnic, ( Пикник на обочине) by Strugatsky brothers ?
@ryba_byba Stalker has always had a strong western following, there was huge hype for the then upcoming Stalker2,but then the real world affected the game studio, leaving the future of the game unclear. Recently Xbox has added the initial stalker games in the store, building the hype for the upcoming stalker 2 release.
On a similar level, Tarkov is big here,and the 1+2 of Metro 2033/ last light represented the tone of the first novel perfectly, when great writing and game design collide.
@@markkarl2488No l had not, but after wiki it, l have a copy coming, thank you.
From Australia and have played it since 2008. One of my favourite game franchises. Hell, I still have my original disc copy of SoC. Was unaware of CS or CoP until I was older and browsed through steam out of curiosity. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. still to this day has a wide reach to western audiences and I'm glad it has done as well as it did despite numerous issues in development.
@@KevinSmith-oi7jk I'm very happy for you, this book is very good. It's not really action packed, but it's charming.
You know what might have happened to the darkness video.
It might have been the scenes of To Kill a mockingbird that was playing on the tv.
I was wondering what happened, dang it I didn't even finish it.
@@crazedrabbyt221 same, i deadass woke up to finish it and it's gone this is so sad fr
I could be mistaken, but I believe the reason why people want the bodies of stalkers is to study the mutations they get from spending time in The Zone and around the artifacts. I haven't played the games. I do recall this being the case in "A Roadside Picnic".
did you read "hard to be a god" by the strugatsky brothers? i highly suggest that one too if you havent already read it. "snail on a slope" is also very very good.
@@TacdelioI haven't read either of those. Thank you for the recommendations.
@@wintertide8944 np, the strugatsky brothers are probably my favorite authors.
@@Tacdelio I can recommend the author Dmitry Glukhovsky. He wrote the Metro books, which are my favourite. But Sumerki or Text (Although this one was very discomforting to read) are pretty good aswell.
The fact stalkers are told not to have children as they’ll have horrible mutants as children, because of the weird shit of the zone.
I’m lying in bed dying sick with a stomach bug the rain pelting down outside my bedroom window and this man has a fresh upload for me to watch what timing, this channel will forever be underrated to me one of the best channels on TH-cam no doubt one of my best discoveries on TH-cam in the last few years 🙏
That's commitment, just like camping in Stalker.
Get well soon bud! Cheeki Breeki stalker!
Stomach bug? Drink vodka.
you're brave man hope you get better
Aye bro we love you
Fun fact: The X18 flying objects are not an anomaly but are done by the Poltergeists in the area. If you shoot all of them (electrical flying things), you can stop it from happening. Also the test subjects in the tubes seems to be early versions of poltergeists.
The test subjects are burers, controllers, bloodsuckers,karliks, pseudogiants and the poltergeist
Stalker is one of my all time favourite franchises. I have played it countless times on varied difficulties and I still not only have fun but find new things every playthrough.
Paired with mod support, fan projects, and a funny community, the series is one of the BEST franchises I've every been lucky enough to experience.
ps. saving doesn't make you a loser, its outright needed. before and after every encounter lest you die or the game crashes on you.
And game now on console for other big audience
Apparently (according to Totally pointless twitter/X) TH-cam demonetised The Darkness video even though it was carefully edited.
That's a damn shame, I hope YT reverse the decision, so much work goes into these videos
The Darkness series is criminally underrepresented I feel, I truly hope that becomes the topic for your next video!
second this
Goated suggestion
I could be wrong here...but i remember him talking about it for sure. Maybe it was within another video or maybe its deleted?
@@thesaviorofsouls5210yeah me too
I'd love for him to dive into it, I just started playing the games because of something rotten, so hearing more about it would be great
Funny thing about the escort missions in SoC is that Kruglov is a legitimate badass. You just have to arm him with a proper rifle via trade, such as one of the many guns carried by the Mercs, and he can solo half the squads headed his way.
I just finished soc and had no idea you could give him another gun
@@MrSnake9419 Most of the time it ends up happening by itself as he walks by a dead merc and picks up his gun. Of course you can speed up and insure the process by just opening up his trade window and giving him a rifle.
Same with the duty prisoner in the bandit base. Throw a gun at his feet & he'll pick it up as he walks over it you have to give him a bit of ammo too I think? Cool feature of the game.
@@JohnPeacekeeper also NPCs can pickup guns if player drops them from inventory
Firstly, your style of long-form videos was absolutely perfect for STALKER. This one was extra amazing.
Secondly, Darkness would be the best pick out of 3. That series is underrated and yet so wonderful.
Have a great day and thank you for making this.
The first one is great but the controls and level design can be a bit obtuse and clunky (especially some bits of that ww1 section).
i REALLY hope you are going to cover ALL of the Stalker games. i have played them ALL, and i am SO hyped for Stalker 2 coming sometime near end of this year!!
My dad got this game during his stay in Russia when I was a kid and unfortunately it didn’t have english dub so when we played it it was such a raw experience..game is tons of fun and full of secrets and things like that. Stalker Call of Pripyat is also banger and honestly haunting experience since they made ingame Pripyat VERY authentic to real city with the big Wheel, abandoned buildings full of radiation and the reactor itself. I definitely recommend picking it up if you are into those types of games ✌🏻
Welcome back semi popular youtuber that does well written videos on niche games(occasionally)
none of these games are niche
@@axmoylotlby comparison to what the masses tend to gobble up these days, yes they are absolutely niche titles.
U fool @@axmoylotl
Only Western spy calls Stalker niche game.
@@FartsFromApplzThere’s an in-between for niche and mainstream.
Was just watching his silent hill 2 video for the 3rd time and five mins later after i finished the video, he uploads a new video.
I've really been blessed today.
Actually, same here. His silent hill videos are some quality stuff. I was actually thinking it’s been a while since his last video and just got done replaying stalker preparing for 2. Pretty neat coincidence.
Same ❤
I keep going back to the silent hill videos now and again, really makes the office day go by faster 😅
There is this weird niche of video game commentary channels that make really good, long form content. This is the best version of it and I love this channel. I fall asleep to these or SummoningSalt, JoshStrifeHayes and others like this.
Hmmm... The point is not to fall asleep but to gain some new deeper insight into famous games tough???
Relatable, super good channels to fall asleep to!
Salt factory is really good as well
Twin frl
@@diamondhamster4320*though.
The point of the video is to be watched, you’re not Confucius 🙄
Happy to be back, I just finished 22 weeks at army osut training to become an infantryman, and I was watching your video everyday pretty much beforei shipped for basic, and now I have my phone back Happy to be back.
congrats man!
There're no bugs in stalker only anomalies.
literally every game you talk about regardless if it was good or not, first you make me want to play it whether if i played it before or not, second, the way you make your videos is just amazing and so smooth and amazing to follow, i love this channel man, everything i want in a youtube channel, i find it here, thank you for your work mr TPTV
Brilliant video. It's also so funny hearing Pyrocynical memes completely out of the blue haha
As a true British man
What i love about the gunplay is that is pretty realistic, the feeling of fighting for your life is not in any other post apocaliptic game
This was phenomenally timed with the Xbox port ghost drop. Completely made my month.
23:47 Fun fact: it's actually a mistranslation. They're actually saying, "Be on your way stalker"
17:02 That is why I always bind Quick Load to F9
That is the way
I use F6 for quick save and F7 for guick load. Man The few times I didn't save scum was so annoying yet so refreshing lol.
43:08 It always makes me tear up hearing them talking, it is just amazing how such a rough game has so good atmosphere down to the last minor details. Stalker 2 just can't come soon enough "Literally"
1:03:36
Gee, maybe because your armor is at 10% durability and protects you fuck all?
Thank you for shedding light on this absolute masterpiece. SOC is my all time favorite game and I'd give anything to experience it again for the first time
I saw the plot twist coming for some reason without having played the game, yet it still feels coherent and not a force-inserted one
My instincts instantly kicked in at 18:54 and I thought "Bloodsucker" just from hearing him screaming for a split second, almost in a PTSD way. You can take a stalker out of the Zone, but never the Zone out of a stalker.
Same, my grandpops got me into stalker and he warned that there will be a loud enemy that I HAVE to watch out for. And even before I've seen it, I heard it and I was promptly terrified. It's one thing to encounter something scary on your own and another to hear about it as a warning from someone so much more experienced and have that nagging in the back of your mind until you suddenly see why it is described in such a way.
😅👍
bratan I just spotted a totallypointless Darkness vid in my feed and when I clicked it it was private! Hope you get whatever youtube nonsense you need to navigate sorted, those are some great niche games can't wait to see it.
I absolutely love your taste in horror and gaming in general so im taking up your Metro Exodus suggestion! You do niche series justice so out of the three you suggested I have to recommend The Darkness. It's criminal how little attention that got!
I gotta say, it's been a joy watching your content evolve and improve over the years that I've been watching. For me, your video essays are some of the most entertaining ones on the platform, and I genuinely believe that you deserve way more exposure. Cheers man, thanks for another one and a half hours worth of main monitor content.
Also STALKER is goated, great choice.
Damn I was saving that Darkness video and now it's gone 😢
It's always a pleasure watching these videos, as your passion and love for a franchise always shines through. You play through the game yourself and use your own footage, from start to finish. You take that little extra time to do your research, because the topic genuinely interests you. And you give honest reviews, pointing out both flaws but ingenuity these classics brought to certain genres and franchises.
I bought the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series on sale, receiving a message that proceeds would go towards helping the Ukraine developers (this was some time during the start of the war), and to see the skill, the style and talent attached to each of the games made it a must-have series.
So thank you for sharing your passion and love for it with us in yet another awesome video. Cannot wait to see which game or franchise you cover next 😁
Im so glad that you made a second channel. These game analysis videos are great, but its also welcoming to see more relaxed unscripted content between big projects. May the Monetization Gods look favorable upon your channel lol
Your videos are genuinely so incredibly entertaining, i always sit through them without ever getting bored no matter how long they are
I tried playing this game, but I kept getting stuck and dying.
Whoever is capable of playing this game, y'all are true STALKERS and I hope you keep this game alive, because I can't.
I literally stopped my game to watch the darkness video 😭 still a w video to rewatch
Even when I know the games pretty well I'm still exited to watch you talk about them. Very entertaining and thorough coverage, keep emcoming lad!
Damn dude. I’ve seen your channel grow over the years from humble (yet badass) beginnings to these multi-hour essays that rival anything online. Many, many kudos to you, my overseas pal, and keep it up!
Hell yeah now this is what i call a comeback video.
Love your videos man, 10/10 across the board
Was just getting prepared to watch the new video and it's gone!?
Copyright claim?
I can't remember where i read this but i remember reading a news article after the war in Ukraine started when Russia invaded, and the Russian army did took over the area around Chernobyl. But apparently they took absolutely no precautions with the radiation, and basically wasted significant resources on repairing vehicles and broken equipment, as well as medical supplies on sick soldiers. I guess no one in those units played Stalker.
Anyway great video! Stalker is one of my favorite games despite the fact i could never beat it! More people need to play it!
This is not accurate information. Im a nuclear engineer who had to help review data from these places, its been fine. Basically all reactor plants are self sufficient and incapable of catastrophically failing like it did on the rbmk1000 reactors could in the 80s.
What you heard was pure fear mongering and not not accurate. Willing to answer any questions you have
even more - they dug trenches to hide in the Red Forest, which is the most radioactive shit ever - the soil still retains all the radiation, making the trees glow in the dark. the russians even slept in those holes, tactically hiding from jets and drones, but permanently infected themselves with radiation....
О так, вони ще окопи у РАДІОАКТИВНОМУ РУДОМУ ЛІСІ копали😂😂. Так шо всі хто там був усі здохли нахуй😂
Great coment, only issue Chornobyl, not chernobyl
@macyk113 the plant is 100% called "chernobyl nuclear site 1-4" lol. Pick your battles kid
Thanks for a pretty rigorous upload schedule when you make detailed, entertaining long-form content! Watching your new video right when it drops is always a no 1 priority for me. Appreciate you 💯
PLEASE make a video about the metro series (book and game trilogy) its very similiar to stalker, but id say the lore is darker, and it has a unique concept of people surviving the nuclear apocalypse
He does old games only/niche games it seems so i doubt he will do such a mainstream serriesm
Dude.... I watched all your videos.. Twice, and I'll probably watch them again soon enough, why does all the good youtubers take multiple month up to a year to make a video (most likely cause they are so good) but please I need something man
So true man
Great video mate. This was one of the few games to really creep me out and this is the first time I've seen the endings. Thanks for this.
your videos is perfect for me when I am sick and I need something to watch
Oh hey, a new video to watch 30 times over and over again. epik
Just checked your channel yesterday hoping for something new and was a bit disappointed. Here you are the very next day relieving that disappointment.
Always quality content. Always well thought out, well-spoken and put together with style and a touch of cheeky humor. Thanks for delivering once again, you're awesome. Wish I could send more but I'm a bit strapped at the moment. Best wishes!
It’s more than enough, Thank you for the super and the kind word too, hope you enjoyed the video
It will always be funny that S.T.A.L.K.E.R. was an acronym made specifically for the games and it eventually became a real world term for the scavengers in places like pripyat 😂
I was just watching your darkness video when the power went out for a second and blinked back on. Now its not even in my history and i cant find it like ive gone crazy.
one of my favourite game series ever
First video I've watched by you loved the video, and I just finished playing Shadow of chornobyl for the first time on the xbox and loved it. I can't wait to see more S.T.A.L.K.E.R from you. 😁😁😁
JUSTICE FOR TPTV GIVE THIS MAN HIS VIDEO BACK‼
Glad to see this game half of my lifetime later still getting recognition and 1M+ views on videos about it. I played it religiously for eight years, but I haven't touched a STALKER title since 2015. I did very briefly mess with STALKER: GAMMA during covid, but only for a scant few hours. Trying to get the true ending in Shadow of Chernobyl in 08 was hardcore, I assure you.
Not sure if you heard it on your playthrough for the video pointless but the scientist Kruglov tells you his suit lets him withstand the fire due to his suit
Ayyy nice! Literally checked your channel yesterday when you were coming back
Just wanted to shout-out how awesome your videos and the quality of writing the script is, you've taught me things about Silent Hill snd other horror related games I love and assumed I knew almost everything there is. Keep it up pointless, and keep knocking em' outta the park stalker! 😎🤙🏼
The Zone has claimed immense hours of my life and last year I gave it up and promised I'd wait till Stalker 2 comes out. But I'm starting to get that itch again. The Zone is calling.
I will never forget "loot goblin-ing" into the two true endings. My ass literally went "eh... a glowing rock" and then promptly left the sarcophagus to shove my pockets full of vodka and tuna until I got over-incumbered
The funny thing about that building you HAVE to go through to get into the main Duty base, you ARE trespassing according to the game.
You stay in there for too long, dude opens fire on you. There's nothing in there, so no real reason why you would be in there for so long...but it is a thing.
Absolutely love your videos, I love these kinds of channels that do videogame essays, and here you are talking about one of my favorite gaming universes
This is what I needed, thank you for pumping out long videos.
Damn I was literally in the middle of watching the darkness video when i clicked off for a second. Never change youtube.
as a STALKER vet, i love to see the uprise of STALKER content . . . sure, because of the upcomming game, but i'm really glad to see so many people new to the series try and talk about it :3
Amazing video mate! Loved the jokes, gameplay, and lore of not just the game but also the development and developers! It’s an overall amazing video mate! And remember to stay cheekie breeki!
A Stalker video from the Big Man himself? Holy shit, we have never been so back.
undoubtedly one of the best youtubers on this website. whatever you decide to do a video on next, I can't wait to watch it! thank you for all your hard work; you make the absolute best content!
I'm so happy I just finished a marathon of your channel just in time for a new video!
I just bought all 3 s.t.a.l.k.e.r. games on Xbox and man the difficulty is no joke once you start but once you get use to it then it gets better.
Awesome video! This brought back so many fond great memories when i played this game over and over with different results as you explained in the video. But this was way back in 2007 -2009. My computer almost melted playing it on an laptop haha.
Brilliant video essay once again, I really enjoyed the METRO series as well
Yes! STALKER and metro are both some of my all time favorite video game series. What incredible experiences. So hyped for STALKER 2
I have been waiting so long for you to do stalker episode now my life is complete
Props to you for mentioning both the Stalker movie and Roadside Picnic, people usually forget about one or the other when talking about the game. Also props to you for mentioning the war even though its not a political channel, I feel like you can't talk about Stalker in 2024 without thinking about what's happening in Ukraine right now. You definitely deserve more views! Keep up the awesome work!
I came here for stalker lore,
stayed for cheeki breeki lore which i never even thought about.
I'm glad to spend my time on a very enjoyable video from one interesting lad, first time watching anything about this game, and definitely worth it 💯
I'm so here for the longer vids.
Always thrilled to see them ♡
what i love about your video lectures/playtrouths, is your accurate description of the events, the atmosphere and your interpretations.
i think i played stalker 3 times. to be honest i never really understood what it was about at the end and what the 6 endings meant exactly, until this point.
Amazing video, coming from a big giant stalker fan and also investing most of my time into the game and into its modding fan base, this is awesome and great! I love stalker and I have been into it for many years and I am so glad you got to come around to it! The new console release for the trio game will definitely bring in some new gamers and enjoyers! Also the new heart of chernobyl coming in September will spark up stalker a ton. Amazing video and as always great stuff!
I've been watching you for years and this is one of the games I've played you covered and my fav video so. love you keep up the work!
[44:31] American here. Please say "Yo-sem-my-tea" Sam to honor his memory.
Great video btw.
he finally made a video on stalker!
Bro ngl your channel is one of the greatest ones ive seen in a VERY long time
Keep up the FANTASTIC work your doing man❤
And one thing...
Manhunt 2 video when?
HELLOOOOOOO CHEEKI BREEKIIIIIII !!!!
*HARBASS INTENSIFIES*
Best comment I've ever read.
OMG it's been four months since he uploaded this! I can't wait for his next upload
SPOILER
In the GAMMA modpack, if you ask for the zone to disapear, the game crashes with a text message simply saying "wish granted"
I just saw your post about your "Darkness" videos. I hadn't gotten a chance to see them yet, but if they're anything like your other work, they're fabulous!
I don't have cash to burn, but i wanted to send you at least a little love and encouragement!
Thank you for what you do--it's engaging, well-edited, and intro'd me to a lot I'd never have heard of--or explored--otherwise!
Hang in there!
Thanks dude, the super is very generous and the kind words much appreciated.
The videos is back up now at least, hopefully there won’t be anymore problems!
I genuinely thought I was tweaking and imagined u making a whole video
He did make a 3h video about the darkness video games but he had to take the video down
9:33 Why did you have to call me out like that
PLEASE do a video talking about The Darkness! I don't care for the second one, but the first one is a piece of fine art.
dude, you're quite an awesome combination of nostalgia and proper presentation of our old games, u cool keep rocking