You can change the artifact spawning in an anomaly by reloading a save some distance away from the anomaly. Repeat until you get an uncommon or legendary artifact (or play the game normally if you feel it takes away from the game). Anomalies take a few days before another artifact can be collected. But in my opinion, after "farming" for more than an hour using that method, some artifacts are so rare that you might never see them playing normally. They are also kind of game breaking once you get the really good ones.
Bonus tip: There is no weight limit for carrying corpses, load them up with loot you wanna sell and you will move the same speed regardless of how much is in it. Edit: this has been patched out
I definitely didn't play the first 10 hours with 2 artifacts constantly equipped... I definitely didn't think the entire zone was irradiated... I also definitely didn't drink 250 beer/250 vodkas in that first 10 hours... So many drunken firefights for no reason lol
My first time playing stalker SoC I didn’t really understand how to find artifacts. So I played the whole game without any. The ending was a huge a pain, constantly getting radiation.
I mean come one the moment you put it in the slot you get rads, and you didn't think to immediately take it out but continued to walk around with it! Haha. Like damn I ain't no og stalker but I figured that out in milliseconds.🤣 also stash is infinite just keep adding to it, as that seemed as obvious as the artifacts but ya never know, keep stalking stalkers
Tip - The pistol you start with can be repaired for free and is pretty effective against people if you aim for heads, even on veteran difficulty. Edit: Once you upgrade the pistol then the repairs are not free, but still super cheap - It takes only a few hundred coupons to repair vs rifles that take thousands
What, the poltergeists? Pro-tip, that little ball flying around throwing shit at you? That's not the poltergeist, that's just its psychokinetic limb, the real one is way larger, way more obvious, and is hiding in a corner probably away from you.
@@BottomOfTheDumpsterFireprobably burers, there's a bunch in main quest line (search labyrynth or other place of interest which is mentioned earlier cave)
What i like though is how brutal bloodsuckers are. Lore wise they are supposed to be so tanky their skin can stop ordinary ak bullets but get damaged from AP ak bullets and stronger. If you meet 1, ok allright, you can deal with it. If you meet 2 you have like 10% survival rate. Meet 3 and meet your maker.
I want to add: don't hesitate to explore. Yes, there are some main/secondary quests that will lead you to a location with a nice loot, but there are also some tiny locations with, unexpectedly, good habar. I am talking low level armors in pristine condition (bandits jackets are still sell for thousands, they are my main point of income so far), guns and rare ammo.
Iv died 93 times so far since it released 😂😂😂 first time player... im addicted to it. The freedom. Few bug here n there but damn its nice to have a great game to play again.
Yeah the gameplay cycle is really fun, I'm at 80k coupons just from selling ammo, combat is great. Tip for bloodsuckers, use the remington pump action shotgun, they go down in like 6 shots
@@somebodyelse2192 i got the m860 cracker with slugs... it send him flying after a few shot... if there more then two i run 🤣 seeing them is the problem haha
@@somebodyelse2192 by any chance when your looking for artifacts, does your detector get to 5 and then go no lower? Itl beep like crazy but its hit and miss on an artifact showing up.
You can unload ammo from weapons by right clicking them in the inventory. You can get lots more ammo over time, idk if you mentioned. Means you get some value from red (broken) weapons. Can also unload them from the floor by holding interact button
Flashlight on middle mouse button, Quick save and load on F5 and F8, V-Sync on then off again to get rid of mouse lag. All weapons and items are on 1-9 keys, never open the stupid wheel again. With no gun equipped, hold RMB to zoom. Shotguns most useful for mutants - best for ammo conservation / cost. He pretty much hits all the other points. Edit - remember to smash medical, ammo, and food boxes for loot. Before you pick up a weapon, hover over it to see a tiny condition indicator (so you don't need to put it in your inventory to check). Remember to unload all the weapons you find.
The AKS-74N that you find in a bag on the water tower is very good, especially the AK has a sight on it which is more of a sniper scope, but the weapon is very easy to shoot. The AKS-74U, which is actually an AKMSU with the 5.45x39mm caliber and an AK-74U muzzle brake, is very effective as mentioned in the video and the recoil is very low! I have played with both weapons for 4 hours so far and they have become my favorite weapons along with the USP-45 and the USP-45 Compact! The performance is debatable, but the gunfights, especially in indoor rooms, sound and feel just great!
There’s an extended mag for the AKS-74N in the loot bag in the tunnel with acid by the Sphere and the merchant in the Slag Heap sells suppressors for it after a mission or two in that area. I’ve been running it with those and had it fully upgraded since I got it. Easily my favourite semi auto, it makes headshots so easy.
Since i started using stashes it made my weight problem go away. When i move out i leaving a room for looted stuff i can sell after i back from mission
@@jkob8955 There's nothing difficult about managing weight. It's literally just an annoyance and if people want to use the tools that the devs allow them to use to play the game the way they want to play it then who gives a fuck?
Also a Stalker vet who bought Stalker 1 on day one of relase ... me not so very happy. It looks better than Stalker 1. But that's about it as far as improvements goes.
@@lexmaximaguy8788 Each to his own. Different people have different expectations and experiences. Glad you like it. What has improved in your oppinion?
@@CrniWuk I sure hope he is trolling because AI is really bad.A-life was the only thing I wanted to be right,all other things mods can fix but the fundamental part of the game?Maybe,I hope so
Tip - if you have done some quests for characters in a hub, later the icons of the repair technician and the trader will turn green. This means that the prices for their respective services will become cheaper for you. In some cases it can make 1.5-2x difference in price vs non-green settlements
Thanks for that tip I wondered why they had changed colour presumed it was a reputation gain shame there is no stat screen to check reputations with all the factions :(
I love this game but I feel like the enemies take wayy too long to kill. two buckshot at point blank should be enough to kill just about anything that walks on two legs!
Download Grok's (the modder that put a ton of work into STALKER GAMMA) "Grok's Modular Mutants Health" mod so the damn mutants don't eat ALL YOUR DAMN AMMO.
I like how GAMMA was balanced in that regard. I agree with you on unarmored targets. But i didnt play long enough to know if there are different ammo types. Buckshot should be useless against heavy armor. But i feel like the spread is way too much.
Lol yup. I kept wanting to see what might had been hidden in the area but it NEVER occurred to me to use objects as an anchor. Instead I died 4 times to the breathing ball of doom. The last 2 times were hilarious though. I kept trying to sprint away just to get an inch or 2 from it then get sucked been in till I died.
Game is peak despite the bugs. It’s literally resident evil meets metal gear solid meets half life. Only the open world aspect is like fallout and the mutants.
In what aspect do you think it has mgs elements? Stealth or story? I am not familiar with the Stalker game, but it piqued my interest when you mentioned MGS.
What are you talking about? The stealth mechanics are broken AF. Enemies instantly spot you if you're in their line of sight, crouching does nothing, and have 100% X-ray vision through all world objects.
@ yesterday I was tasked to infiltrate a place called the sphere. I crouched and was able to get head shots with a silenced pistol. And I was also able to use my knife to stealth kill enemies. Another element is using rooftops and higher positions to snipe and sneaking into certain places undetected. It was a known base that held a military force that would shoot on site and of course you could go guns blazing but as I explored I found there was definitely more stealth ways of approaching it. Especially inside the compound I went total stealth mode only crouching, using the knife and silences pistol. It was so amazing that I recalled I haven’t experienced anything like that since metal gear solid and metal gear solid is my favorite series of all time. Mgs3 in particular is my favorite.
@@Mementomoriani It doesn't it have that many, atm games' stealth doesn't work 90% of time, and the story is meh, only thing remotely looks like MGS is the military theme meets sci-fi superpowers/anomalies. Edit: but if you are really a MGS fans or miliary shooters fans in general, you gonna like the game imo, but not now, the bugs are just far too many, wait another month or two
0:25 you don't really need to store it in the safe you can just drop the items on the ground remember where you drop it and after you respawn the items will still be there.
Ive lost gear this way, it works until it doesnt, I was really sore to see my extra armor despawned off the floor. I didnt realize at the time your personal stash is infinite, i thought it was rediculously small for the first 10 hours or more of play (why else would the stash window be so tiny with all that extra room on screen?) It's little things like that, not having a faction tab on the PDA as well as a log tab, and more that bug me. But all in all im loving this game despite its imperfections.
02:26 This is one of the best advice out there for beginners of the franchise, always keep an eye on ammo avail, repair cost, weight, wear and tear if you want an easy time, dps is not exactly the most important metric in this game
Love a good levelcapgaming video I used to watch your themed battlefield load out videos all the time back in the day. Great video just got stalker 2 and your video was the first to come up in the search.
Upgrade weapons. Don't upgrade armor. You get better and better. Do it end game. OR! Get the armor upgrade that you don't get radiation of a artefact slot. That way you can be a tank early on
Use F5 alot Every anamoly will have a trick/downtime for you to cross it safely. U just gotta figure it out Many armors can have 1 or 2, maybe more upgradable artifact containers to nullify radiation from said item. A well placed shotgun hit will stop a charging stealthed bloodsucker from charging. Shotguns are also goto killer wep for most mutants i would say. Sell everything u wanna sell to the local weapon trader. NOT a medic or barkeep. Wep trader has the best prices for every type pf item. Activate fsr frame generation in settings Recommend finding a online tread about turning Off ray tracing as it seems to be on by default with no options for it ingame.
I tested with every frame generation and upscaling method and the one u mentioned gave me the lowest frametimes which felt best even tho the nvidia frame generation gave me like 40-50 frames more
To quote an in-game NPC "Don't fight mutants, you'll just waste ammo and they don't have any loot". But if you do, a tip from me - take te high ground, even if the high ground in question is 2 feet high, it still confuses the frick out of malee mutants
Tip- Dont play until spawns are fixed... multiple instances on veteran difficulty where bandits will spawn and are immediately followed up by a bloodsucker that will 2 tap you early game. Devs have already confirmed they will be adjusting things.
Yeah but in not gonna let that stop me from having some fun roaming around seeing the zone in a new fashion. If I die from a bug it's real just an anomaly
Had an instance where i was stuck reloading a save for 30 minutes straight. A group of enemy gunmen,and TWO bloodsuckers all loaded in at the same time. Kept trying to get one group to take out the other,but they all kept targeting me specifically for some reason,as the bloodsuckers would just run away any time i got to my perch,completely ignoring the enemy humans. Finally decided to just lure them all into the same lil area and nade spam them will all the grenades i had at the time😭. I later learned...just run away,it aint worth it💀.
-You should place the broken weapons on a corpse's inv, so they don't clutter the ground, since the corpses dissapears faster. -Removing ammo before you pic up the weapon is more convinient , especially if playing on console.
If you do the poppy field mission and you're using a AK-74u, you should store it. I chose the option to help the man nearby and collect AK's for him. I had 5 in my inventory (you need 4) and when I turned it in, it also gifted the AK-74u that I was using and had upgrades on. Don't be like me and put that AK in your footlocker before doing this mission.
collecting 2 artifacts with weak radiation protection early on is equal to 1 medium protection, which is useful when you find an artifact in the mid game that increases your weight by a medium amount ( 6 KG ) at the cost of medium radiation, so the three will balance themselves out.
@ idk .. new Vegas is my top 10 favourite game of all time but stalker 2 is up there especially the weather constantly changing . Very beautiful game on my LG oled tv !
So in my experience the MP5 platform (Viper-5) is super underrated. Pretty early on I threw a holographic optic on it and it is a beast. When I found Shah's drum mag variant I immediately switched it up and it is my constant close quarters/backup long gun.
I've decided to take a break until they fix the game. I am not super upset about. It's clearly a good game but needs some work for a consistent gameplay experience.
Same. I played for about 8 hours with mostly no problems but going through the story missions, I reached a military base where almost all the textures in the base were flickering like what you see at 7:30 in the video. It took me right out of the experience. I can't find I fix so I will come back once there are more patches.
Patch incoming some time next week (25-30Nov.) They wanna improve performance, do bugfixing, fix some animations, etc. Next patch is fixing the A-Life system (don't know when that is yet)
Weapons in the red durability can still be sold to Ragman in Rostok. I like to use the weird water for the anti radiation and huge weight increase. The constant drunkenness is worth the tradeoff. 2 lead lined artifact slots for the compass and hypercube. Weird water offsets thunderberry radiation. I have max physical protection, bleed resistance, thermal resistance, and endurance with zero radiation exposure.
Funny you mention farcry, this game is literally farcry2 had a baby with fall out, also the prologue was super hard to navigate in those dark tunnels,i had to walk backwards to keep an eye on the light and keep my orientation, i figured i didnt have a flashlight yet, i was wrong lol
Yep Far Cry 2 was one of the best open world games made but the casual audiences hated it and we got the casualized Far Cry 3 sequel and that was the beginning of the end for that franchise
One thing people need to know is that the Spitter/S2 is the best gun in the early/mid game. Laser accurate, uses cheap 9x18 and has higher penetration and damage than most ARs while weighing 1.6kg. You can get Spitter by doing a side quest involving Zakar Babay or an S2 from the Budmo quest, both starting in Slag Heap.
There's a mod to get rid of the difference between the mouse X and Y axes, too. A must-have (and proof they focused too much on consoles for development).
They def didn't, it has the same problems you complain about so don't speak without knowing. The x and y is the same sense on console too, and it FUCKS with me consistently, and there is no options for aim acceleration, smoothing, and deadzone.
@@SL4PSH0CK Dude yall pc players always so pampered and whiny. WE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS, no option to change controls at all, Y sense is wayy to high and you cant change it, no option for changing deadzone.
@@SL4PSH0CK and why would they not? Its on game pass, meaning the GRAND MAJORITY of people playing will be on console, so obviously they are like swear people cant think these days.
When fighting mutants, dogs, boars, bloodsuckers even, always know where you can jump up onto something like a car or a roof. They just run around and try to hide from you but then you can pick them off without worrying about being damaged and worse: your suit getting damaged.
I found a way to get a lot of money. *possible bug or glitch* but when you go to sell an item to a trader, you can put the item in the sell bin and select all, then drag the item back down to your Inventory, but before selecting anything, you'll see where the amount that it sells for goes wayyyyy up. Just click confirm sell while the little menu to place the items back in your inventory is open and you'll get the money and your items as well. I haven't really used it much since finding it out because it's kind of an exploit but if you're super hard on money it comes in use.
One more tip, folks playing now probably pre-ordered so the preorder staller suit you find in the maze in garbage can have a lead lined container upgrade. You can put any artifact in it and forget about rads...
Honestly, the best way to experience Stalker, is to wait 2 years and get into it with all the bug fixes, gameplay improvements by the devs, DLCs/Addons and modds.
Yes, but 2 years - nah, next patch is this upcoming week. 2nd patch aims to fix A-Life. Give it 2-4 weeks, you'll see :) Even completely broken Last of Us Remake only took 4 weeks to fix, and that was *very* broken. Cyberpunk was *even worse,* but still after 2 months 90% of the fixes we're there.
Been watching for a long time and played Call of Pripyat religiously. I am pretty sure the start area trick is an exploit, but it doesn't change much. Upgrade your armors artifact slot so that you can have 3 artifacts. This means you can counter a "Strong" radiation artifact with two "weak" artifacts that eat radiation. Get a carry weight artifact. Don't sell all of your artifacts, they may be useful. Sell ammo that you don't use, it boosts your econ and unless it's a rare ammo it's not worth keeping. Once you have a stronger econ, don't lug weapons around. Here's what I do: Pick up an enemy's gun, unload it, grab their ammo, then sell just the ammo. Get "Drowned" weapon, you encounter it naturally... There are mods to balance in game mechanics better: Ammo weight, bullet sponges, stamina, repair cost, etc. Always check weird places for stashes. Medkits mid fight will save your life, just fight through the bleed. Have no mercy. The zone has no mercy either. See you in the Zone, Stalker.
I dont know if this patched or not, but there is a glitch that lets you sell an item for almost 5x the price. You put the ONE item you want to sell and then drag and drop a stack of 5 or more of another item, this can be anything like ammo. This will make the quantity slider window pop up. do not click anything on that pop up instead you have to use your mouse to confirm the sale. This will leave the popup which you can now cancel because you already sold the one item for 5x the price.
some armor pieces have an upgrade to get pockets with a layer of lead/plumb (i'm french, idk which word you english speaking people use for this ahah) in order to store artefacts in it. I have not tried it yet 'cus i'm not far into the game but it says it will protect the carrier from rads emited by the artefacts. I hope this is a full protection
Safe only partially works. Don't buy the debut suit; buy the mask. You can find the debut suit for free in the houses east of the camp (part of the main quest, I think).
This game is annoyingly hard…I don’t know what the dudes who can turn invisible are called but screw them🤣. I’m gonna keep trying to complete the first mission tonight
the poltergeist is even more anoying i'd say xD you take damage from nothing sometimes 🤷 it's like they hit you with air ! No visual clue... Sometimes you see an object flying and being projected onto you, but most of the time there is nothing around.. Just air x) f**k that !
@@starloose9467 I actually find the "Wolves" and "Cat" Mutants more annoying with all their illusionary clones wasting ammo shooting them to get the real one killed they drive me insane and then the Chimera on the main mission which I decided after putting three clips of buckshot into it's head was unkillable and you are supposed to run away from it their is even an achievement for doing so.
Economy is broken. There’s a workaround all over Reddit how to actually get more coupons for stuff you sell and not just peanuts. Game becomes more manageable for more cash to spend on upgrades. I believe they will fix it so it doesn’t have to be worked around.
@ talking about yourself? If you’ve got time to grind 2 hours to repair an item that will wear down after 2 gunfights because you’ve got no life it doesn’t mean it’s not broken.
@@dreamrunner4680 I literally go do a mission or whatever, come back, sell sht and repair. Thats like what, 10 to 30min per mission? Its that easy. What is so hard for your brain to process?
@dreamrunner4680 not really much of a grind when selling one artefact covers repair costs and ammo. It's only rough if you don't go artefact hunting and rely on selling gear.
I wish the compass showed NSEW and could remove the objectives but keep your direction enabled. Enjoyong the hell out of it though. Impressive what they achieved considering the environment they worked in. Credit to the devs.
Wait you can upgrade and repair your guns? How ? I’ve seen the upgrade tree but not sure how it works ? After watching this vid I’m 12 hours into the game and missed so much 😢
I'm just going around saying this - don't watch these videos honestly. Figuring things out (even the bugs), is part of the Stalker experience. Anyone who's sunk hours and hours into the first game would know this immediately. Original audio, english subs, no guide, no tips and tricks, you just figure things out. That's like half the experience of the game!!
I'm glad you said this. I haven't played the originals and was thinking I want to play with no outside influence, just an intimate experience with me and the game. I won't be watching any guides 🙂
This. Listen to this advice. You can play a game for the first time only once and if the game is good or legendary youll remember it like youre remember your 1st XXX. I feel like i got the grasp of a lot of tips and thats why i came here, in case i missed something. And miss i did. I missed the option to turn gay yellow ubisoft paint off.
Some mutants, are in fact, armored. I hope they change it. You have to use AP rounds unless you want to get modular mutants mod or dump 3 full regular ammo mags in a mutant.
@@chriskulig Just use your knife, the devs patched and increased the melee distance. I learned it the hard way that melee box still cost gun's durability.
I love scavenging but I wish there was a way that you could tell if a gun was either yellow or red before you pick it up off the ground. The way it is now I have to pick up every gun if I want to try to sell it but more than half of them are red and so I just have to drop them again. You can easily skip a few steps if you knew what condition the gun was on the ground before you pick it up.
Even better, the expansive shot gun rounds (yellow) obliterate bloodsuckers and other mutants, it’s a rare ammo type that is usually only found in hard to reach stashes, but is worth searching for.
Thats just for the noobs without skills. I maxed out everything, got all the gear and items and always had my gear at 100% without any mods or exploits.
@@prezlamen7906 Dude u literally go through comments section, at multiple comments, to boost your ego, that you manage to do X in a video game. If you are not a troll, understand that most people play video game to enjoy it, play it, not grind it and dedicate LIFE to grind a video game. It is sick some people make games their life achievment. Please, rethink some things and get ur shit together bro
I'm using my wolverine controller, no stick drift. But with Microsoft stock controller there is stick drift because the game has no dead zone settings. But I did not know the game supports mouse and keyboard, I'll definitely try this out because the aiming in this game is a bit weird
My stick drift isn't that bad game is still playable just annoying to have to constantly reset where the crosshair is pointing if I am not being attentive enough
Tip: Economy is probably broken. There is no way to make enough money to buy ammo, upgrades, guns and then also repair your stuff. It's unsustainable. So people already using a sell glitch. More like a feature if you ask me. When selling stuff to a vendor, take a stackable item like a bunch of grenades and add them to what you are selling. BUT don't touch anything about the amount instead click the main sell button below. That way you will sell everything at full value, as they should be. (you won't be selling your stackable item no need to worry)
Was playing on Series X, grabbed the mouse from my computer to be able to sell. On console with controller it’s (not?) possible to do the glitch since the return menu is prioritized. The mouse will ensure that you can bypass it.
Seriously ? You dont have money ? In this Stalker is SO EASY to earn money. Right now I have fully repaired and upgraded Dragunov , VSS , AR416 and few other guns and armours and 90 000 in pocket. You dont need to do anything just pickup valuable things and sell them. Most of the time I just take all medkits and bandage and sell them for really good value. Same with ammo. And remember never sell anything to bartender. Only to "gun" guys
The pistol is the best. At least the starter one. Free repairs, high damage, can get an extended mag and suppressor, and has alot of capabilities. Killing Bloodsucker in rapid 5 shots. *Side step to avoid it attack.
Are there any tips I missed?
Don't play unless you're a rich kid 😅
Not even richkid pc will enjoy this game atm
You can change the artifact spawning in an anomaly by reloading a save some distance away from the anomaly. Repeat until you get an uncommon or legendary artifact (or play the game normally if you feel it takes away from the game). Anomalies take a few days before another artifact can be collected. But in my opinion, after "farming" for more than an hour using that method, some artifacts are so rare that you might never see them playing normally. They are also kind of game breaking once you get the really good ones.
@@LevelCapGaming yes, don’t sell the SVD!
My 3070 and i7 does pretty good with frame gen on. Honestly, the game looks pretty good on low settings.
Bonus tip: There is no weight limit for carrying corpses, load them up with loot you wanna sell and you will move the same speed regardless of how much is in it.
Edit: this has been patched out
haha
This is brilliant
Holy RPG strat.
But do know that the corpse has a limit though :D so it's like an added backpack
That's actually smart af
Clicking mouse wheel toggles the flashlight
oh my god...thx
wooooow damn!!! thanks lol!!! i had to leave mouse or keyboard to push "L" all the time :DDDDD
Broooo that’s a god send
bless you
bro thank you!
I definitely didn't play the first 10 hours with 2 artifacts constantly equipped...
I definitely didn't think the entire zone was irradiated... I also definitely didn't drink 250 beer/250 vodkas in that first 10 hours...
So many drunken firefights for no reason lol
wait What.. the artefacts radiate you. i see. i was like, where does everyone fulfill their vodka supply..
My first time playing stalker SoC I didn’t really understand how to find artifacts. So I played the whole game without any. The ending was a huge a pain, constantly getting radiation.
Same.
I mean come one the moment you put it in the slot you get rads, and you didn't think to immediately take it out but continued to walk around with it! Haha. Like damn I ain't no og stalker but I figured that out in milliseconds.🤣 also stash is infinite just keep adding to it, as that seemed as obvious as the artifacts but ya never know, keep stalking stalkers
@@skeeter3969if you equip artifact with low radiation - u could notice later , that was happened to me
Another useful tip: You can crouch and walk through the glass shard anomalies without taking bleeding damage
Brother thank you
I somehow discovered this by myself
Thanks!
So much money wasted on my shredded suit ;-;
Yeah, slowly. Noticed this epic anomaly yesterday. But even while crouching you have to be slow, otherwise you'll start bleeding
Tip - The pistol you start with can be repaired for free and is pretty effective against people if you aim for heads, even on veteran difficulty.
Edit: Once you upgrade the pistol then the repairs are not free, but still super cheap - It takes only a few hundred coupons to repair vs rifles that take thousands
good to know!
It does, but on certain conditions. I tried repairing at slag heap today and it did cost. Not sure if it’s based on progression, location, rep, etc
@@jkudasai104 did you upgrade it?
It usually costs me 150 coupons to repair it and I hace it fully upgraded, it's a great gun
it does not repair for free
F5 is your friend
F5 sometimes lies. Ive had it say its saving and then I die and Im back like 10mins before that save. lol
it takes a couple of seconds for it to even save, sometimes saving makes the game shit itself and go to like 10 fps
Anyone have the bug where it doesn't save the world? I mean it does, you can still open doors etc but everything is pitch black?
@@Warrior_IIfor me I turned off the automatic frame generation and it stops the fps stutter... but works only if you are using an RTX
No kidding.
20 years ago fighting those telekinesis basturds was pure pain. 20 years later in the new game it's still pain.
There is a dungeon with 3 burers in it and that is a truly a painful experience. I was even killed with my own shotgun once.
That's funny because in the classic games I never had trouble with them. It was the damn controllers, snores, and chimera that got me
What, the poltergeists? Pro-tip, that little ball flying around throwing shit at you? That's not the poltergeist, that's just its psychokinetic limb, the real one is way larger, way more obvious, and is hiding in a corner probably away from you.
@@BottomOfTheDumpsterFireprobably burers, there's a bunch in main quest line (search labyrynth or other place of interest which is mentioned earlier cave)
What i like though is how brutal bloodsuckers are.
Lore wise they are supposed to be so tanky their skin can stop ordinary ak bullets but get damaged from AP ak bullets and stronger.
If you meet 1, ok allright, you can deal with it.
If you meet 2 you have like 10% survival rate. Meet 3 and meet your maker.
I want to add: don't hesitate to explore. Yes, there are some main/secondary quests that will lead you to a location with a nice loot, but there are also some tiny locations with, unexpectedly, good habar. I am talking low level armors in pristine condition (bandits jackets are still sell for thousands, they are my main point of income so far), guns and rare ammo.
This specifically picks up big time from garbage zone and onwards
Agreed. I'm all about exploring and collecting and making the game last a LOT longer.
Calm down nerd
Yeah i love to immerse myself in stalker and play it slowly. After 2 days im only 50% into the lesser zone area.
@@manwithballsonarm6775what the sigma
Iv died 93 times so far since it released 😂😂😂 first time player... im addicted to it. The freedom.
Few bug here n there but damn its nice to have a great game to play again.
Even with the nunerous bugs it's great
Welcome to the zone brother
Yeah the gameplay cycle is really fun, I'm at 80k coupons just from selling ammo, combat is great.
Tip for bloodsuckers, use the remington pump action shotgun, they go down in like 6 shots
@@somebodyelse2192 i got the m860 cracker with slugs... it send him flying after a few shot... if there more then two i run 🤣 seeing them is the problem haha
@@somebodyelse2192 by any chance when your looking for artifacts, does your detector get to 5 and then go no lower? Itl beep like crazy but its hit and miss on an artifact showing up.
bonus tip: the chests in the market zones are like ender chests, and if you travel to another market zone the items will carry over.
OMG I was just thinking to myself that I hope the loot stash functions like in Dragons Dogma, where they're all connected.
You can unload ammo from weapons by right clicking them in the inventory. You can get lots more ammo over time, idk if you mentioned. Means you get some value from red (broken) weapons. Can also unload them from the floor by holding interact button
Just press G
Can also press g while hovering over the item without need to open your contextual menu (right click)
You can shoot away "weird ball" artifact and grab it with no gravitation damage.
200 iq
What are you an ecologist that's genius
Farm the mercenaries to the west of Laryssia. They respawn frequently and drop body armor to sell, which sells for a lot. I made 40k really fast.
NIce tip!
Lame
@@charlesfrazier2371 imagine farming in stalker lmao
@@Dalziel45 imagine doing whatever the fk u want in stalker lol
Brings back good memories of farming mercenaries in the Army warehouse region in Stalker SOC good times.
Flashlight on middle mouse button,
Quick save and load on F5 and F8,
V-Sync on then off again to get rid of mouse lag.
All weapons and items are on 1-9 keys, never open the stupid wheel again.
With no gun equipped, hold RMB to zoom.
Shotguns most useful for mutants - best for ammo conservation / cost.
He pretty much hits all the other points.
Edit - remember to smash medical, ammo, and food boxes for loot.
Before you pick up a weapon, hover over it to see a tiny condition indicator (so you don't need to put it in your inventory to check). Remember to unload all the weapons you find.
Wait, I can bring detector with number key???
@Z3rgatul yep. "7"
How the heck did you rebind the flashlight?
@@happydappyman wow, thanks man
@@peaches365 mmb is default controls
The AKS-74N that you find in a bag on the water tower is very good, especially the AK has a sight on it which is more of a sniper scope, but the weapon is very easy to shoot. The AKS-74U, which is actually an AKMSU with the 5.45x39mm caliber and an AK-74U muzzle brake, is very effective as mentioned in the video and the recoil is very low! I have played with both weapons for 4 hours so far and they have become my favorite weapons along with the USP-45 and the USP-45 Compact! The performance is debatable, but the gunfights, especially in indoor rooms, sound and feel just great!
There’s an extended mag for the AKS-74N in the loot bag in the tunnel with acid by the Sphere and the merchant in the Slag Heap sells suppressors for it after a mission or two in that area. I’ve been running it with those and had it fully upgraded since I got it. Easily my favourite semi auto, it makes headshots so easy.
about 50 hours into my play through. about to make my first excursion into the cooling towers and greater power plant area. wish me luck brothers.
How'd it go?
@ i died
@@WrangleMcDangle💀
Weight...weight is my enemy
Same
easy fix with a mod
difficutly playing a difficult game? Just cheat
Since i started using stashes it made my weight problem go away. When i move out i leaving a room for looted stuff i can sell after i back from mission
@@jkob8955 There's nothing difficult about managing weight. It's literally just an annoyance and if people want to use the tools that the devs allow them to use to play the game the way they want to play it then who gives a fuck?
Holding “T” with a weapon allows you to attach or detach scopes/suppressors 👍
Wow didn't know, thanks mate
Stalker veteran here.. me very happy.
Also a Stalker vet who bought Stalker 1 on day one of relase ... me not so very happy. It looks better than Stalker 1. But that's about it as far as improvements goes.
@@isthatyoursomnomnom i noticed the AI is scripted.
@@CrniWuk too me its vastly improved. Makes it feel like how the original was supposed to be. Minus the obvious scripted AI and spawns.
@@lexmaximaguy8788 Each to his own. Different people have different expectations and experiences. Glad you like it.
What has improved in your oppinion?
@@CrniWuk I sure hope he is trolling because AI is really bad.A-life was the only thing I wanted to be right,all other things mods can fix but the fundamental part of the game?Maybe,I hope so
Tip - if you have done some quests for characters in a hub, later the icons of the repair technician and the trader will turn green. This means that the prices for their respective services will become cheaper for you. In some cases it can make 1.5-2x difference in price vs non-green settlements
Thanks for that tip I wondered why they had changed colour presumed it was a reputation gain shame there is no stat screen to check reputations with all the factions :(
Does the prices they give you for gear you sell them ALSO get better?
@ yes, that’s right
I love this game but I feel like the enemies take wayy too long to kill. two buckshot at point blank should be enough to kill just about anything that walks on two legs!
Download Grok's (the modder that put a ton of work into STALKER GAMMA) "Grok's Modular Mutants Health" mod so the damn mutants don't eat ALL YOUR DAMN AMMO.
I like how GAMMA was balanced in that regard. I agree with you on unarmored targets. But i didnt play long enough to know if there are different ammo types. Buckshot should be useless against heavy armor.
But i feel like the spread is way too much.
@@Khrenanthere is different types bullets within the same calibre. Like the 9mm x18 up to now, ive seen a fmj version of it
Download "Grok's Modular Mutants Health" mod
Aim for the head. It’s a instant kill
real stalkers dont have hurry its all about the trip
I’m really trying to take my time with this game….but I’m struggling seeing enemies 🙈🙈
Best way to play
THANK YOU for the tip on that relic near the "breathing" anomaly. I passed that thing like "oh hell no" having no idea what was lying there
LOL, same
Lol yup. I kept wanting to see what might had been hidden in the area but it NEVER occurred to me to use objects as an anchor.
Instead I died 4 times to the breathing ball of doom. The last 2 times were hilarious though. I kept trying to sprint away just to get an inch or 2 from it then get sucked been in till I died.
Game is peak despite the bugs. It’s literally resident evil meets metal gear solid meets half life. Only the open world aspect is like fallout and the mutants.
In what aspect do you think it has mgs elements? Stealth or story? I am not familiar with the Stalker game, but it piqued my interest when you mentioned MGS.
What are you talking about? The stealth mechanics are broken AF. Enemies instantly spot you if you're in their line of sight, crouching does nothing, and have 100% X-ray vision through all world objects.
@@IceNinja2007 Yeah to be fair this needs fixing ASAP (think the devs have commented on it) .
@ yesterday I was tasked to infiltrate a place called the sphere. I crouched and was able to get head shots with a silenced pistol. And I was also able to use my knife to stealth kill enemies. Another element is using rooftops and higher positions to snipe and sneaking into certain places undetected. It was a known base that held a military force that would shoot on site and of course you could go guns blazing but as I explored I found there was definitely more stealth ways of approaching it. Especially inside the compound I went total stealth mode only crouching, using the knife and silences pistol. It was so amazing that I recalled I haven’t experienced anything like that since metal gear solid and metal gear solid is my favorite series of all time. Mgs3 in particular is my favorite.
@@Mementomoriani It doesn't it have that many,
atm games' stealth doesn't work 90% of time, and the story is meh, only thing remotely looks like MGS is the military theme meets sci-fi superpowers/anomalies.
Edit: but if you are really a MGS fans or miliary shooters fans in general, you gonna like the game imo, but not now, the bugs are just far too many, wait another month or two
0:25 you don't really need to store it in the safe you can just drop the items on the ground remember where you drop it and after you respawn the items will still be there.
Ive lost gear this way, it works until it doesnt, I was really sore to see my extra armor despawned off the floor. I didnt realize at the time your personal stash is infinite, i thought it was rediculously small for the first 10 hours or more of play (why else would the stash window be so tiny with all that extra room on screen?) It's little things like that, not having a faction tab on the PDA as well as a log tab, and more that bug me. But all in all im loving this game despite its imperfections.
I used to do this same action in Elderscrolls.
Forgot to mention walking into whiterun house, in my early first adventures made my 360 do 720's lol
02:26 This is one of the best advice out there for beginners of the franchise,
always keep an eye on ammo avail, repair cost, weight, wear and tear if you want an easy time, dps is not exactly the most important metric in this game
Love a good levelcapgaming video I used to watch your themed battlefield load out videos all the time back in the day. Great video just got stalker 2 and your video was the first to come up in the search.
Upgrade weapons. Don't upgrade armor. You get better and better. Do it end game. OR! Get the armor upgrade that you don't get radiation of a artefact slot. That way you can be a tank early on
1# tip needs to be SAVE SAVE SAVE your game often as possible this game is Brutal 😂
I'm playing on rookie after attempting to do stalker, and even in this mode it's insanely tense sometimes.
people hated the bright nights when dying light 2 came out, so devs put in an update to make it darker.
here the nights are dark, everyone hates that.
i like the dark nights! only thing i think would help is a flashlight buff, sometimes its actually easier to see without it lol 😭
@plusixty8992 same I'm hoping for some sort of nvg's late game for stealth raids
Noobs and ubisoft fans hate dark night.
The night is almost perfectly dark and it should be even darker.
The torch is the problem. Its garbage.
Who is everyone lol
I was fine with dying light 2 nights, I don't care about realism, I'd rather just be able to see
Use F5 alot
Every anamoly will have a trick/downtime for you to cross it safely. U just gotta figure it out
Many armors can have 1 or 2, maybe more upgradable artifact containers to nullify radiation from said item.
A well placed shotgun hit will stop a charging stealthed bloodsucker from charging. Shotguns are also goto killer wep for most mutants i would say.
Sell everything u wanna sell to the local weapon trader. NOT a medic or barkeep. Wep trader has the best prices for every type pf item.
Activate fsr frame generation in settings
Recommend finding a online tread about turning Off ray tracing as it seems to be on by default with no options for it ingame.
I tested with every frame generation and upscaling method and the one u mentioned gave me the lowest frametimes which felt best even tho the nvidia frame generation gave me like 40-50 frames more
Compas is just minimap from old games in different form, it also has a "detectability" meter built into it, again just like old games.
To quote an in-game NPC "Don't fight mutants, you'll just waste ammo and they don't have any loot". But if you do, a tip from me - take te high ground, even if the high ground in question is 2 feet high, it still confuses the frick out of malee mutants
Tip- Dont play until spawns are fixed... multiple instances on veteran difficulty where bandits will spawn and are immediately followed up by a bloodsucker that will 2 tap you early game. Devs have already confirmed they will be adjusting things.
I know, but.....I can't help playing anyway.
damn im glad this didnt happen to me yet
Yeah but in not gonna let that stop me from having some fun roaming around seeing the zone in a new fashion. If I die from a bug it's real just an anomaly
Had an instance where i was stuck reloading a save for 30 minutes straight. A group of enemy gunmen,and TWO bloodsuckers all loaded in at the same time. Kept trying to get one group to take out the other,but they all kept targeting me specifically for some reason,as the bloodsuckers would just run away any time i got to my perch,completely ignoring the enemy humans. Finally decided to just lure them all into the same lil area and nade spam them will all the grenades i had at the time😭. I later learned...just run away,it aint worth it💀.
@@gabetheguy1 yea running is a legitimate option sometimes.
-You should place the broken weapons on a corpse's inv,
so they don't clutter the ground, since the corpses dissapears faster.
-Removing ammo before you pic up the weapon is more convinient ,
especially if playing on console.
If you do the poppy field mission and you're using a AK-74u, you should store it. I chose the option to help the man nearby and collect AK's for him. I had 5 in my inventory (you need 4) and when I turned it in, it also gifted the AK-74u that I was using and had upgrades on. Don't be like me and put that AK in your footlocker before doing this mission.
Add-on tip: you can just kill him and get your stuff back, while also getting quest items to give to original quest giver in zalissya. Double rewards
collecting 2 artifacts with weak radiation protection early on is equal to 1 medium protection, which is useful when you find an artifact in the mid game that increases your weight by a medium amount ( 6 KG ) at the cost of medium radiation, so the three will balance themselves out.
Thanks man
I found a nice legendary one that gives me maximum radio AND chem protection. Just need to find a good carry weight increase one now
This game is brutal . Reminds me of a better version of Fallout New Vegas . I love it ❤️
Nah, it's a good game, but It's not comparable to me. New Vegas was a lot better.
@ idk .. new Vegas is my top 10 favourite game of all time but stalker 2 is up there especially the weather constantly changing . Very beautiful game on my LG oled tv !
Im a hard core stalker fan but new vegas is in a league of its own.
I love Stalker, but let's get one thing straight: nothing compares to Fallout New Vegas!
War, war never changes!
So in my experience the MP5 platform (Viper-5) is super underrated. Pretty early on I threw a holographic optic on it and it is a beast. When I found Shah's drum mag variant I immediately switched it up and it is my constant close quarters/backup long gun.
I definitely lost the Shah's Mate to the telekinesis fella on a sidequest and never retreived it ahah
I've decided to take a break until they fix the game. I am not super upset about. It's clearly a good game but needs some work for a consistent gameplay experience.
I don't understand I'm 10 hours in no bugs really. No crashes nothing. Game looks good and feels good. I'm on a rtx 3050 too
Same. I played for about 8 hours with mostly no problems but going through the story missions, I reached a military base where almost all the textures in the base were flickering like what you see at 7:30 in the video. It took me right out of the experience. I can't find I fix so I will come back once there are more patches.
This is the problem with PC gaming. No consistency with the hardware, so everyone's experiences are all over the place.
Patch incoming some time next week (25-30Nov.)
They wanna improve performance, do bugfixing, fix some animations, etc.
Next patch is fixing the A-Life system (don't know when that is yet)
@@markrigg6623i think this guy just has a bad pc
I like that it's so unforgiving!
The day/night cycles need to be far longer, I find it hilarious my character spent over 24 hours trying to find a basement door
Big agree. I wish they made days x2 and nights x1.25 or something
This really lived up to my expectations. I'm playing it maxed out on GFN, runs like native and I've already dumped 20 hours into it.
You have some very low expectations.
@@prezlamen7906why when someone enjoys the game guys like you have urgent need to step in and share opinion no one asked for?
I've been rocking with LevelCap since BF3 times lol top content creator 🔥🔥
Weapons in the red durability can still be sold to Ragman in Rostok.
I like to use the weird water for the anti radiation and huge weight increase. The constant drunkenness is worth the tradeoff. 2 lead lined artifact slots for the compass and hypercube. Weird water offsets thunderberry radiation.
I have max physical protection, bleed resistance, thermal resistance, and endurance with zero radiation exposure.
Last slot changes depending on what I need....electrical resistance or bullet resistance usually
Funny you mention farcry, this game is literally farcry2 had a baby with fall out, also the prologue was super hard to navigate in those dark tunnels,i had to walk backwards to keep an eye on the light and keep my orientation, i figured i didnt have a flashlight yet, i was wrong lol
Yep Far Cry 2 was one of the best open world games made but the casual audiences hated it and we got the casualized Far Cry 3 sequel and that was the beginning of the end for that franchise
Another tip: Repair your weapons and armor as often as possible. Yellow and red will cost you an arm and a leg
It costs you an arm and a leg regardless. You just don't notice the small repairs cost build up as much.
Stalker veteran from Ukraine here. Great video overall, keep it up and good luck in the zone, stalker.
Definitely thought guides were guns for hire. Good to know
Dont forget you can find differnet artifact detectors. That intital one is awful and I had no idea there were multiple.
Oh cool! I was wondering if there were different ones.
I was wondering about this. I remember there being some differnt types from the past
One thing people need to know is that the Spitter/S2 is the best gun in the early/mid game. Laser accurate, uses cheap 9x18 and has higher penetration and damage than most ARs while weighing 1.6kg.
You can get Spitter by doing a side quest involving Zakar Babay or an S2 from the Budmo quest, both starting in Slag Heap.
Another trick to getting the weird ball, shoot it out away from the pulsating orb, just don't lose track of where It goes, save before you try this
I didnt know there was a point to Bulba, lol. Everytime I messed with it I would die. Best tip ever, gonna have to figure that puzzle out.
Use the compass! not only does it give you direction but distance and if it's above or below you. You do have to be looking right at it.
Use the compas if youre mobile gamer noob or ubisoft fan.
Thank you for the guide tip, I was already ignoring them for the same reason. Saved me a lot of trouble😂
There's a mod to get rid of the difference between the mouse X and Y axes, too. A must-have (and proof they focused too much on consoles for development).
Ig… but there’s no controller dead one so aiming feels impossible. Wouldn’t say they focused THAT much
They def didn't, it has the same problems you complain about so don't speak without knowing. The x and y is the same sense on console too, and it FUCKS with me consistently, and there is no options for aim acceleration, smoothing, and deadzone.
Make sense, the mouse smoothing, keybinds, and release on PC tells they focus on console. Why the day one patch was a life saver
@@SL4PSH0CK Dude yall pc players always so pampered and whiny. WE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS, no option to change controls at all, Y sense is wayy to high and you cant change it, no option for changing deadzone.
@@SL4PSH0CK and why would they not? Its on game pass, meaning the GRAND MAJORITY of people playing will be on console, so obviously they are like swear people cant think these days.
When fighting mutants, dogs, boars, bloodsuckers even, always know where you can jump up onto something like a car or a roof. They just run around and try to hide from you but then you can pick them off without worrying about being damaged and worse: your suit getting damaged.
I found a way to get a lot of money. *possible bug or glitch* but when you go to sell an item to a trader, you can put the item in the sell bin and select all, then drag the item back down to your Inventory, but before selecting anything, you'll see where the amount that it sells for goes wayyyyy up. Just click confirm sell while the little menu to place the items back in your inventory is open and you'll get the money and your items as well. I haven't really used it much since finding it out because it's kind of an exploit but if you're super hard on money it comes in use.
True, but lack of money is part of the stalker life :D
One more tip, folks playing now probably pre-ordered so the preorder staller suit you find in the maze in garbage can have a lead lined container upgrade. You can put any artifact in it and forget about rads...
Honestly, the best way to experience Stalker, is to wait 2 years and get into it with all the bug fixes, gameplay improvements by the devs, DLCs/Addons and modds.
2 years??? You are very very off with your assumption. More like 6 months the game will be fine. Maybe less time with modding
Yes, but 2 years - nah, next patch is this upcoming week.
2nd patch aims to fix A-Life.
Give it 2-4 weeks, you'll see :)
Even completely broken Last of Us Remake only took 4 weeks to fix, and that was *very* broken.
Cyberpunk was *even worse,* but still after 2 months 90% of the fixes we're there.
2 years in mental institution
@@diztinger I wouldn't have put it quite like that but yeah 😂
The cope is real
Been watching for a long time and played Call of Pripyat religiously.
I am pretty sure the start area trick is an exploit, but it doesn't change much.
Upgrade your armors artifact slot so that you can have 3 artifacts. This means you can counter a "Strong" radiation artifact with two "weak" artifacts that eat radiation.
Get a carry weight artifact. Don't sell all of your artifacts, they may be useful.
Sell ammo that you don't use, it boosts your econ and unless it's a rare ammo it's not worth keeping.
Once you have a stronger econ, don't lug weapons around. Here's what I do: Pick up an enemy's gun, unload it, grab their ammo, then sell just the ammo.
Get "Drowned" weapon, you encounter it naturally...
There are mods to balance in game mechanics better: Ammo weight, bullet sponges, stamina, repair cost, etc.
Always check weird places for stashes.
Medkits mid fight will save your life, just fight through the bleed.
Have no mercy. The zone has no mercy either. See you in the Zone, Stalker.
Something about survival games always makes never touch the automatic switch. I just stay using semi
I dont know if this patched or not, but there is a glitch that lets you sell an item for almost 5x the price. You put the ONE item you want to sell and then drag and drop a stack of 5 or more of another item, this can be anything like ammo. This will make the quantity slider window pop up. do not click anything on that pop up instead you have to use your mouse to confirm the sale. This will leave the popup which you can now cancel because you already sold the one item for 5x the price.
some armor pieces have an upgrade to get pockets with a layer of lead/plumb (i'm french, idk which word you english speaking people use for this ahah) in order to store artefacts in it. I have not tried it yet 'cus i'm not far into the game but it says it will protect the carrier from rads emited by the artefacts. I hope this is a full protection
I should have watched a video like this a couple weeks back. Such useful information that will definitely improve my gameplay and experience.
I hope they buff shotguns sometimes enemies takes so many shots at close is insane
The grenade spam is crazy in this game, but i love it.
Found damaged weapons can be unloaded to farm for ammo. Helped alot in the early game before buying ammo became feasible.
I rarely buy ammo thanks to my loot goblin tendencies xD
Safe only partially works.
Don't buy the debut suit; buy the mask. You can find the debut suit for free in the houses east of the camp (part of the main quest, I think).
This game is annoyingly hard…I don’t know what the dudes who can turn invisible are called but screw them🤣. I’m gonna keep trying to complete the first mission tonight
the poltergeist is even more anoying i'd say xD you take damage from nothing sometimes 🤷 it's like they hit you with air ! No visual clue... Sometimes you see an object flying and being projected onto you, but most of the time there is nothing around.. Just air x) f**k that !
@@starloose9467 I actually find the "Wolves" and "Cat" Mutants more annoying with all their illusionary clones wasting ammo shooting them to get the real one killed they drive me insane and then the Chimera on the main mission which I decided after putting three clips of buckshot into it's head was unkillable and you are supposed to run away from it their is even an achievement for doing so.
40 hours in and you just taught me fast trav🙈
Economy is broken. There’s a workaround all over Reddit how to actually get more coupons for stuff you sell and not just peanuts. Game becomes more manageable for more cash to spend on upgrades. I believe they will fix it so it doesn’t have to be worked around.
I've seen that post, all it changes is the ui number. When he sells it, he still sells for the original amount not the bugged amount.
The economy is fine.
Its a skill issue for you mobile gamers and ubisoft fans.
@ talking about yourself? If you’ve got time to grind 2 hours to repair an item that will wear down after 2 gunfights because you’ve got no life it doesn’t mean it’s not broken.
@@dreamrunner4680 I literally go do a mission or whatever, come back, sell sht and repair. Thats like what, 10 to 30min per mission?
Its that easy.
What is so hard for your brain to process?
@dreamrunner4680 not really much of a grind when selling one artefact covers repair costs and ammo. It's only rough if you don't go artefact hunting and rely on selling gear.
I wish the compass showed NSEW and could remove the objectives but keep your direction enabled.
Enjoyong the hell out of it though. Impressive what they achieved considering the environment they worked in. Credit to the devs.
My mistake, it does actually show north south east west, I just couldn't see it on mine because I had the opacity set too low.
Wait you can upgrade and repair your guns? How ? I’ve seen the upgrade tree but not sure how it works ? After watching this vid I’m 12 hours into the game and missed so much 😢
That's why I'm looking these up right now - I'm just leaving the sewer at the beginning. LOVE this dark vibe 💀
@ Watching a few vids you go and see the technician marked by two wrenches crossed and you can repair and upgrade there 👍
@@LEEROY_UK Thanks 🖐🏼
Fast travel on guides 👋
Good tips. Thanks. I'm waiting a month or two before buying Stalker2. Let some bugs and issues get resolved first.
I'm just going around saying this - don't watch these videos honestly. Figuring things out (even the bugs), is part of the Stalker experience. Anyone who's sunk hours and hours into the first game would know this immediately. Original audio, english subs, no guide, no tips and tricks, you just figure things out. That's like half the experience of the game!!
I need a little hand holding as a casual player, I want the help so I don't have to start over 2-3 times
I'm glad you said this. I haven't played the originals and was thinking I want to play with no outside influence, just an intimate experience with me and the game. I won't be watching any guides 🙂
@@nathang4570 Goodnight and Good Luck
🖐🏼
This.
Listen to this advice.
You can play a game for the first time only once and if the game is good or legendary youll remember it like youre remember your 1st XXX.
I feel like i got the grasp of a lot of tips and thats why i came here, in case i missed something.
And miss i did. I missed the option to turn gay yellow ubisoft paint off.
Go play misery then.
Some mutants, are in fact, armored. I hope they change it. You have to use AP rounds unless you want to get modular mutants mod or dump 3 full regular ammo mags in a mutant.
For lore reasons they likely won't change it.
Real anomaly veterans know that repairing badly damaged gear costs more than buying a new one
Another nice tip to get more ammo, you can drag guns onto the ground from a dead body to unload the mag
or just right click in the inventory :p
@DrMckay991 I knew that....
Don’t melee with your gun, it cost durability
woah, didn't know that! Thanks! Uh can I still open boxes with it and not get durability cost?
@@chriskulig Just use your knife, the devs patched and increased the melee distance. I learned it the hard way that melee box still cost gun's durability.
I love scavenging but I wish there was a way that you could tell if a gun was either yellow or red before you pick it up off the ground. The way it is now I have to pick up every gun if I want to try to sell it but more than half of them are red and so I just have to drop them again. You can easily skip a few steps if you knew what condition the gun was on the ground before you pick it up.
Where's that room at 7:06 !
You will get to it in a mission, its in a locked room down the depot station, a little gift after a heavy heart attack by the way :')
Tip: if you cant find the folder it is a hidden folder that you need to unhide in the view tab of folders.
Wish Rust could have this kind of atmosphere and graphic :D
I know it's awesome!
Man rust with the proper atmosphere would singlehandedly rust 2
Mutants have high armor, it is why they take so long to kill. Use the armor penetration ammo and upgrades for them.
Even better, the expansive shot gun rounds (yellow) obliterate bloodsuckers and other mutants, it’s a rare ammo type that is usually only found in hard to reach stashes, but is worth searching for.
Whats crazy is i completely missed that artifact
This is a good guide, rookies will learn some useful things here
Reduced Repair Cost by 80% mod on Nexus is a true game changer lol! And the Even longer days x4 as well, completely improved my game!!
Thats just for the noobs without skills.
I maxed out everything, got all the gear and items and always had my gear at 100% without any mods or exploits.
@@prezlamen7906 "Boo-Hoo, I want everyone to play a SP game like I do or else they are noobs." Super virgin energy right there...
@@prezlamen7906 Dude u literally go through comments section, at multiple comments, to boost your ego, that you manage to do X in a video game.
If you are not a troll, understand that most people play video game to enjoy it, play it, not grind it and dedicate LIFE to grind a video game. It is sick some people make games their life achievment. Please, rethink some things and get ur shit together bro
This was very informative, I'll definitely be using this video for reference when I get STALKER 2!
i've been loving the game, just a shame the stealth mechanics suck balls.
Just realized some upgrades limit you to certain types of ammo too - and you cannot downgrade
If your on xbox and have the stick drift switch to mouse and keyboard.. was my best tip
I'm using my wolverine controller, no stick drift. But with Microsoft stock controller there is stick drift because the game has no dead zone settings. But I did not know the game supports mouse and keyboard, I'll definitely try this out because the aiming in this game is a bit weird
My stick drift isn't that bad game is still playable just annoying to have to constantly reset where the crosshair is pointing if I am not being attentive enough
I immediately reloaded and stuck my items on that chest in the prologue. Can’t believe it worked lmao.
when are developers gonna understand shooters dont need mouse acc and smoothing
Just play console like me and you won't have to complain about it 😅
@@c4caffeen134 more people are complaining about the console controller deadzones.
@@MelousiPousi hmm, I'm seeing more PC complaints & people quitting till there's more patches 🤷🏼♀
For the yellow painting my logic is that their local tools store uses yellow for everything the same way Truper uses organge, it works hahah
You didn’t just sell the SVD?!
Why not?
you can get one for free from a quest
Very detailed and I made quite a few changes (only 38 mins into the game). Cheers!
Tip: Economy is probably broken. There is no way to make enough money to buy ammo, upgrades, guns and then also repair your stuff. It's unsustainable.
So people already using a sell glitch. More like a feature if you ask me. When selling stuff to a vendor, take a stackable item like a bunch of grenades and add them to what you are selling. BUT don't touch anything about the amount instead click the main sell button below. That way you will sell everything at full value, as they should be. (you won't be selling your stackable item no need to worry)
Was playing on Series X, grabbed the mouse from my computer to be able to sell.
On console with controller it’s (not?) possible to do the glitch since the return menu is prioritized. The mouse will ensure that you can bypass it.
Skill issues I’m rich af after 20 hours without any exploit
I'm gaining money, weapons, ammo, food, meds. How can you become broke? You must have been playing like a bad stalker.
Seriously ? You dont have money ? In this Stalker is SO EASY to earn money. Right now I have fully repaired and upgraded Dragunov , VSS , AR416 and few other guns and armours and 90 000 in pocket. You dont need to do anything just pickup valuable things and sell them. Most of the time I just take all medkits and bandage and sell them for really good value. Same with ammo. And remember never sell anything to bartender. Only to "gun" guys
@oli9720 yeah you are spot on, the economy broken crew is just bad at the game
The pistol is the best. At least the starter one. Free repairs, high damage, can get an extended mag and suppressor, and has alot of capabilities. Killing Bloodsucker in rapid 5 shots.
*Side step to avoid it attack.