My team is already extremely versed in UE5. If the SDK is restricted, we should be able to unlock full development fairly easily. If we can port games from Unity to UE5, we can make open world co-op a thing. My Anomaly Conversion focuses on milsim realism, with heavy RTS aspects (fully custom Warfare, not the standard Warfare overhaul) so i also plan on doing the same thing with Stalker 2. Milsim survival, with hints of RTS. I want players to be able to work together, or join different factions and fight for resources, territory, strategic locations, and bases... Might take us a year or two, but we'll have enough multiplayer modes to make sure everyone has a place to call home ❤️
@@breny8915 no, but he created me in his image, just as he did you. I am but a simple developer and modder. I have 20 years experience, started when i was only 8. Uncle got me into Arma Cold War and diablo 2 modding at that age, i went on to Unreal Tournament, Arma 2, Fallout 3/NV, DayZ SA/Arma3, Chernobylite, and now, Stalker Anomaly. I've worked on multiple unreal projects with various teams over the last 10 years, so i feel confident in my ability to jump back into Unreal modding and hit the road running. If i cant figure something out, I know people that can. My goal with S2 will primarily be milsim survival, but given the multiplayer confirmation... I can't help but want to dive into that and provide the playerbase with the modes they want.
stalker coop is a dream that every stalker dreamt of in their sleep at least once. its not about the game being scary. just imagine playing this mod with your friend. your friend does a deal with some bandits, getting trapped. and you get the quest to save him. stuff like this could be put all over the game. just the thought of sitting together at a campfire.... hope a coop mod will come soom
Honestly with the framework of multiplayer there's going to be so many mods. I really think this game is going to blow wide open with the modded community.
My team is already planning on starting a co-op overhaul as soon as the SDK and multiplayer releases. We will increase difficulty and life in the zone to compensate for the extra player. Game dialog can be rewritten slightly to make the second player feel like more than just a side kick.. either way, Skif will be main, and he will have a less important friend. Main Issue will be cutscenes
I'm also curious what multiplayer will be like because if its a generic shooter that is kind of boring but if its like Tarkov or something where NPCs and monsters are involved it could be really good. It could also be like planetside where you choose a faction like Duty, Freedom etc and then you fight for control of areas of the map.
@@pablopablo3834 what medicbobs said. If the framework is there, Unreal5 blueprinting will make expanding and added all sorts of modes fairly easy. Especially with ChatGPT helping
honestly rather than traditional TDM PvP mode, Rust/DayZ type of survival mode in the Zone would be so interesting. you can be a nobody, assigned into one of the factions and try to simulate the Zone with other players
I know we are all tired of extraction shooters BUT a stalker extraction mode would be fire in my opinion. Tarkov but more atmospheric. Tasks from the traders in game, while artifacts would be the profit motivation just like for stalkers. I think it would tie in single player and multiplayer very nicely.
This is a great point. Considering Tarkov devs took MASSIVE inspiration from the Stalker series, it would fit well and could be implemented pretty easily, I'd imagine.
@@miguelangelzapatacampo380I feel like stalcraft isn't popular for it's pvp since pvp isn't rewarding/fun just feels like it's there just to be there. Feel like it's more popular because of it's grindiness and missions
@@dishwater0 I think people try Stalcraft mainly because people wanted the experience of Stalker but with other people living inside the Zone. Stalcraft on a surface level delivers, but the longer you play, you realize that it's not Stalker; that's why you'll only find the same people in the endgame zones.
Calm down edgelord. It’s more that the game is super atmospheric and amazing to both survive and adventure in. Having a buddy along for the ride would be cool.
STALKER co-op makes all the sense in the world to be honest. Sure, not for story content that's supposed to be scary/tense- but for repeatable, free roam side missions? It would add a lot.
PvP play was well implemented in Stalker Call of Pripyat. There were 3 modes - Deathmatch, team against another team and Artifact Hunt. I spent about 200 hours in the PvP game in 2009-10, my favorite map was Fire Station
ALL they need to do is allow coop in the same world. Allow people to join their friends on a map, up to 3 people would be fine, and allow them to progress through the story together. I mean the map is large enough, the world is dense enough and the enemies are hard enough that it would NOT take very much extra work AT ALL. In fact, it MIGHT even make the gameplay HARDER for the player if they then had to SHARE resources between 2 or 3 people.
I think letting mod makers make the Co-Op mode will be good enough, as long as GSC Game World can have the mod tools have access to the multiplayer code. Then mod makers can work with the game and make a "story" that fits the open world with small group of stalkers doing what stalkers do. Hopefully mod makers are able to do what they were with the first games, and build upon each others work.
I'm the first to hate on studios forcing popular game modes onto their games but man, i really think an extraction gamemode would work so well in stalker 2
Lore-wise, Stalker is not "meant to be solo" as the devs say. The whole book that the game is based off has groups of stalkers working together to find artifacts in the exclusion zone. I hope the devs will implement this in the future...
roadside picnic is completely different than stalker. they dont even bring guns into the zone in roadside picnic because they are considered ineffective, you dont want stalker to be like roadside picnic lmao
while older stalker games do have co-op mods, co-op kills the atmosphere. It removes taking risks and the entire survival aspect that stalker is, so it makes perfect sense to not officially make it co-op
Yep like always a random modder will do all the work and add some fun stuff, at this point the company will make a trash or ok game and hope modders will do all the work like Star field.
It's very easy only the host can adjust things in the game the second player just gets the update from what player one did, now you don't have to worry about getting two players controlling one world, which means less code it would be more a exploration feature for the second player however you can still enjoy the world together. I really vote for Coop games it can bring you a other level of joy and since the game support mods, we got a chance to create a multiplayer feature for this game
Stalker pvp will be useless unless its a pvpve style extraction shooter in the current open world, but there s no way they go for that because that s not a thing you just add later on, its the kind of thing you drop at launch as main game mod. The only hope we got for something multiplayer coming are with external mods. And ppl want coop for stalker not pvp. 3:46 bro need an haircut but without the bowl, pls...
It'll be easier to make a co-op mod for Stalker 2 once Multiplayer is added, because the game will already have an infrastructure built that facilitates multiplayer, then it's just a matter of getting the full map/AI to load and be synced among the party.
So long as the multiplayer component is at least part of the game code, im sure modders will come together to create a fantastic coop experience. I do feel like a coop mod in the vein of an open ended anomaly like game world would work best.
The only thing I remember about the OG STALKER multiplayer was only being able to find one busted server consistently, and it was somewhere in South America so I'd just get murdered by dudes skipping all over the map
We used to play the first stalker multiplayer at LAN parties, it was a welcome change to playing CS and COD all day. Especially with the night maps, definitely a good cat and mouse type of shooter.
I think the psy helmet could act as a means to "balance" certain missions. If the calibrated psy helm could only be given to the single player host, but allow the partial calibrated helms for online friends, the devs could allow friends to head to the psy locked zones, but would very likely die if they tried to rush a mission similar to the Scortcher.
If Stalker 2 has multiplayer i hope its going to be like Stalcraft X where different factions has different area to loot and get gears and if you died you dont drop your gears and only drop Supplies and Materials you gather in the zone StalCraft X is a good example for Stalker 2 Multiplayer.
NGL having the whole game being open world multiplayer pvpve experience would be insanely cool. Imagine being part of factions and getting missions to kill players
Honestly having a stalker 2 multiplayer 4 coop mode would be entertaining just to relaxing with your friends and hunt down gear together. They already have a “revive” mechanic system to help teammates. I can see why people would love to have multiplayer but I could also see that the game is still a buggy but fun mess. I would love to see them fix the bugs, add a new game +, a better way to get across the wasteland and make the weight better before they decide to go to multiplayer.
An hunt showdown style mod like a sort of artefact hunt would be good, capture the prized rare artefact in this or this location field with mutants, and extract facing others 2-3 composed stalker team, so some PVE + PVP elements OR some typical braindead arena mod in Rostok when you just face oponents in PVP mod
I just hope they bring co op to xbox. They could make it so you have to beat the base game before accessing it too so you get the full experience before jumping into multi-player. Id love to play with friends.
Emphatically, I am 'only' interest in STALKER for coop but mostly because I enjoy the single player mechanics, especially with recent mods that use diagetic animations for most every action (also seen in STALKER 2) are well suited to making players vulnerable and dependent upon a teammate. Sharing resources naturally balances itself in groups. I have yet to get around and test, but apparently xrMPe now as officially complete support for Call of Pripyat coop mode. No doubt a lot of balance is necessary to get things into the right state, but I think STALKER is the type of game with enough moving parts to accommodate a lot of different balance preferences.
Stalker as a setting is ripe for an extraction shooter. Ik people say its oversaturated but depending on how they do it it could be neat between the anomalies, factions, and possibly not even encouraging pvp just merely having it as an option
There’s a lot they could do with multiplayer to make it stand out from the crowd. Instead of bog-standard basic stuff like Team Deathmatch, maybe go for a PvPvE extraction game mode. Something to compete in the Tarkov vein, but with STALKER’s world. Anomalies, mutants, NPCs, and other players to contend with over missions, loot, and artifacts. I think that would be really cool and it’s a lot more fitting for this type of game than simple and boring COD style multiplayer modes. This would be great streaming content too. As for the co-op thing, I don’t think it would be so bad. The STALKER experience would still be there, only you play the game absent the story mode with generic characters. Could also be great for streaming content. Streaming, of course, is free publicity for the game.
I am glad it's PvP mode. People will mod other multiplayer modes in. Be cool to have self hosted servers too. Allow for some fun plugins and conversions.
If they're not going to make a co-op version of multiplayer to play they need at least make an extraction mode where you can go into the Zone to get like high tear loot and like you can run into other stalkers you know and you have to survive they can make like servers online for that kind of like DayZ has servers
Just going to say it. It would be amazing if it was like dayz or rust but in stalker. I know it won’t ever come true but man it would be stupid fun. Much love dude
@ I said MOD not update. Gsc has no bearing on what 3rd party mods people make and can make work. Co-op mods have been made for games before but they take a REALLY long time to
the official multiplayer is probably gonna be bad, some cod style multiplayer or something like that (perhaps tarkov since thats more "recent"), but mainly because they dont wanna invest time making an actual coop that could end up just disapointing the playerbase so they just provide the tools instead and let the players make the magic which is great, stalker could be arma's 3 brother (in the sense that players really get the best out of it), it could be survival like rust etc, coop like the forest with a story line and keep it "solo" with puzzles, say you are a group of 3, then you do a mission that requiere 3 players, each take a path in that "building" so you arent really gta'ing it blasting everything but rather doing it stalker style, each path with its challenges (different anomalies, mutants or even some "it takes two" style of interaction), some "check points" along the way to trade items or help the other player (say hes being chased by something) with little openings like fences and stuff that you can shoot trough or "revive" a crawling teammate, people could make new mutants that open wounds which only other players can stitch and things like that, even at a bigger scale as to "power # antennas in X parts of the map at the same time" so each player fights its way to the top solo, comunicating with the radio for certain interaction to progress, if they provide all the tools the multiplayer part of it could really shine, it can work in countless ways while still keeping the core aspect of the game intact
there 100% needs to be a DAYZ mod or even an escape from Tarkov mod. both would be absolutely amazing. keep the map for these modes and make normal pvp maps
i hope they make like raid a base with boss battle or special mechanic type not just normal pvp, but underground ranking stalker tourney vs other stalker or mutant is good too
If you see what Stalcraft X does. One it allows co-op. two, when you do a quest mode you go in solo to get that solo feeling you described. This it doesn’t work the experience you spoke about.
Yeah, I doubt a stalker co op campaign would've worked with so much gone into developing a singleplayer experience. It's not as easy as just "allow another 1-3 players to just join your game", they'd have to rethink the entire gameplay loop to account for resource sharing, game difficulty and balancing it for solo/co-op play depending on player count. It'd have to be yet another reason to scrap the current build and start over with yet another 5 years of development with the game not coming out.
Co-op would be cool but it would also be so much easier also less intense and scary. Its not STALKER if you just revive your buddy and don't get your ass handed to you a few times. It would also give you a much larger amount of loot to be gained with two backpacks.
if they make multiplayer just like Stalcraft X it will make them a lot of money as GaaS live service. you know, make Warfare mode from Stalker Anomaly to be mode in Stalker 2 multiplayer could be interesting too, it will be like The Elder Scroll Online PvP zone Cyrodill
it wont be this. it'll be the same as the other stalker games with oldschool CoD type shit with TDMs and what not. i'd be highly surprised if it was anything different. HOWEVER: the game is on unreal, which is very likely to be much much easier to mod so we'll likely see a coop mod or somethin akin to this perhaps
@fortieznoshortiez yeah hopefully since Epic already show us that Unreal Engine games could be modded to be different games, they use Fortnite as example. So we only could hope modders make Stalker 2 to be interesting game like Stalker Anomaly
Honestly, I think this forces such a cool concept with them strictly saying it won't be a Co-op mode. Stick with me.... hear me out. Think about it. As a S.T.A.L.K.E.R you would be forced to always begin and survive by yourself in the lore of the world. But this is the thing, I don't think they will strictly 'stop' or 'restrict' that type of gameplay..... But I think it will force you to have to, quite literally, take a chance in attempting to team up with another player via PvP. In a truly ORGANIC way... we all will have to rely on our gut, on seeing if maybe, just maybe another player out there might not pull the trigger before you call out across the battlefield for a truce, and maybe even a temporary partnership. Amd just like that, two lonely S.T.A.L.K.E.R.'S have formed a random encounter, no green names above their heads, just a mutual, verbal agreement, within the lonely dark world, that is the zone. Who knows how long it could last, and how long it may take before either one of your lives are cut short, and only one of you will have the tale left to tell, at a safe zone fire, among other PvP stalkers, who have had similiar, or maybe not so similiar experiences. I truly, and genuinely believe, that this sort of thesis could work so well, to the point, it just encapsulates the Zone and Surviving elements, of the game so well, that it could just be that little cherry on top. 🍒 Let me know what you think, because I honestly think this could be the only way it can work for multiplayer, in the way that they've specified, and in a way that accommodates the very nature of S.T.A.L.K.E.R to perfection. (That is if they incorporate a Free Roam mode or a server based like DayZ where everybody is just doing their own Online progression mode, that could have its entirely own experience different to Single player with A.I)
I hope they try to do something like Stalcraft it woul be a banger. There s enough factions, map is big enough et there s already enough random quests to make it work with a main Multiplayer quest to be added. Stalcraft makes it really well and it s litteraly Stalker PvP Multi sadly with Minecraft grahics. So yeah i hope they tend to make something like that. Making just Battlegrounds is kind of useless... yeah it ll be fun for couple of hours but there s a lot of PvP FPS games that do this even better.
People might hate me for this but what about just open world muiltiplayer similar to dayz just many people in the zone that could team up or kill anyone who they come in contact with I think that would be dope
I really hope its not tdm or free for all as that would just be pointless. No one wants that anymore. If they released an extraction mode however, I could see it being the most played game on consoles. The environment and gunplay is perfect for an extraction game mode.
I will make it co-op.
Thank you
hero
My team is already extremely versed in UE5. If the SDK is restricted, we should be able to unlock full development fairly easily. If we can port games from Unity to UE5, we can make open world co-op a thing.
My Anomaly Conversion focuses on milsim realism, with heavy RTS aspects (fully custom Warfare, not the standard Warfare overhaul) so i also plan on doing the same thing with Stalker 2. Milsim survival, with hints of RTS. I want players to be able to work together, or join different factions and fight for resources, territory, strategic locations, and bases... Might take us a year or two, but we'll have enough multiplayer modes to make sure everyone has a place to call home ❤️
@@STALKERWarDogs you are God
@@breny8915 no, but he created me in his image, just as he did you.
I am but a simple developer and modder. I have 20 years experience, started when i was only 8. Uncle got me into Arma Cold War and diablo 2 modding at that age, i went on to Unreal Tournament, Arma 2, Fallout 3/NV, DayZ SA/Arma3, Chernobylite, and now, Stalker Anomaly. I've worked on multiple unreal projects with various teams over the last 10 years, so i feel confident in my ability to jump back into Unreal modding and hit the road running. If i cant figure something out, I know people that can. My goal with S2 will primarily be milsim survival, but given the multiplayer confirmation... I can't help but want to dive into that and provide the playerbase with the modes they want.
stalker coop is a dream that every stalker dreamt of in their sleep at least once. its not about the game being scary. just imagine playing this mod with your friend. your friend does a deal with some bandits, getting trapped. and you get the quest to save him. stuff like this could be put all over the game. just the thought of sitting together at a campfire.... hope a coop mod will come soom
I was hoping for a coop story or at least coop based "missions" for the different factions doing stuff relevant to their goals.
Some modders will make this happen
well oh boy do i have news for you
There are coop stalker mods already made
I just wanna kick it with some homies in the 100 rads bar
Honestly with the framework of multiplayer there's going to be so many mods. I really think this game is going to blow wide open with the modded community.
My team is already planning on starting a co-op overhaul as soon as the SDK and multiplayer releases. We will increase difficulty and life in the zone to compensate for the extra player. Game dialog can be rewritten slightly to make the second player feel like more than just a side kick.. either way, Skif will be main, and he will have a less important friend. Main Issue will be cutscenes
@STALKERWarDogs That's awesome to hear!
I'm also curious what multiplayer will be like because if its a generic shooter that is kind of boring but if its like Tarkov or something where NPCs and monsters are involved it could be really good. It could also be like planetside where you choose a faction like Duty, Freedom etc and then you fight for control of areas of the map.
@pablopablo3834 worst case mods will make all kinds of modes as long as the framework is there.
@@pablopablo3834 what medicbobs said. If the framework is there, Unreal5 blueprinting will make expanding and added all sorts of modes fairly easy. Especially with ChatGPT helping
honestly rather than traditional TDM PvP mode, Rust/DayZ type of survival mode in the Zone would be so interesting. you can be a nobody, assigned into one of the factions and try to simulate the Zone with other players
Dayz is the best fit for the game rust is a lot different to dayz i have 30k hours in rust on pc lol
The game reminds me more of dayz than rust
Dude we need dayz with stalker graphics
Just needs an extraction mode like tarkov. It has the perfect environment, gunplay and user interface.
A Rust style stalker would be sick!
I know we are all tired of extraction shooters BUT a stalker extraction mode would be fire in my opinion. Tarkov but more atmospheric. Tasks from the traders in game, while artifacts would be the profit motivation just like for stalkers. I think it would tie in single player and multiplayer very nicely.
This is a great point. Considering Tarkov devs took MASSIVE inspiration from the Stalker series, it would fit well and could be implemented pretty easily, I'd imagine.
I'm more tired of battle royal and overly colorful skins.
they wont sadly
@kinsou3865 why?
@@odys3803 they want a deathmatch
Stalker coop is always wanted that's why stalcraft X is popular for people that love the stalker series.
ive been waiting 10 years and the cheeki breeki gods have finally spoken...
stalcraft is popular bc of pvp mainly not just for coop tho
@@miguelangelzapatacampo380I feel like stalcraft isn't popular for it's pvp since pvp isn't rewarding/fun just feels like it's there just to be there. Feel like it's more popular because of it's grindiness and missions
@@dishwater0 its also free lol
@@dishwater0 I think people try Stalcraft mainly because people wanted the experience of Stalker but with other people living inside the Zone. Stalcraft on a surface level delivers, but the longer you play, you realize that it's not Stalker; that's why you'll only find the same people in the endgame zones.
Modes like extraction, royale, arena, coop, etc. There are so many possibilities. I think the devs gona push a live service after launch
No, just only give us extractions n we don't need all the other crap this isn't cod kid.
@@DHell-n8inot everythig is because of cod. Honesly op has a point this map and style would be amazing for extraction/pvp survival modes
@@dishwater0 it's a trend that's why I'm referring to cod
@@DHell-n8iwe don’t need extraction this isn’t tarkov kid. This game only needs coop nothing else.
@@sweatbag_4209 we don't need co-op this isn't a way out game, this game only needs single player, kid.
The multiplayer should been just a survival mode on the full map
Why? So you don’t get pooped on in pvp?
Calm down edgelord. It’s more that the game is super atmospheric and amazing to both survive and adventure in. Having a buddy along for the ride would be cool.
Nah man i hope multiplayer is extraction style. it would make sense since youre in THE ZONE
@@NakedAvanger Thats what I hope as well. A Hunt-like game with modern weapons.
I can’t wait to see what they do with it. Been playing since 12 am my first stalker game and I can’t wait to see the approach they take
STALKER co-op makes all the sense in the world to be honest. Sure, not for story content that's supposed to be scary/tense- but for repeatable, free roam side missions? It would add a lot.
Stalker has potential to be another Escape From Tarkov but more casual. That would be cool to play.
Just play pve tarkov it’s a lot more casual and enjoyable for people who have a real life other than sit at the game all day without blinking.
PvP play was well implemented in Stalker Call of Pripyat. There were 3 modes - Deathmatch, team against another team and Artifact Hunt. I spent about 200 hours in the PvP game in 2009-10, my favorite map was Fire Station
a different era for sure
ALL they need to do is allow coop in the same world. Allow people to join their friends on a map, up to 3 people would be fine, and allow them to progress through the story together. I mean the map is large enough, the world is dense enough and the enemies are hard enough that it would NOT take very much extra work AT ALL. In fact, it MIGHT even make the gameplay HARDER for the player if they then had to SHARE resources between 2 or 3 people.
I doubt it’s gonna be as hard as gamma,… I’m willing to bet if you played gamma you’ll breeze through this game
I think letting mod makers make the Co-Op mode will be good enough, as long as GSC Game World can have the mod tools have access to the multiplayer code. Then mod makers can work with the game and make a "story" that fits the open world with small group of stalkers doing what stalkers do. Hopefully mod makers are able to do what they were with the first games, and build upon each others work.
would be cool to have a tarkof style game mode
I'm the first to hate on studios forcing popular game modes onto their games but man, i really think an extraction gamemode would work so well in stalker 2
I can see it being much better then Tarkov in some aspects for sure
Lore-wise, Stalker is not "meant to be solo" as the devs say. The whole book that the game is based off has groups of stalkers working together to find artifacts in the exclusion zone. I hope the devs will implement this in the future...
roadside picnic is completely different than stalker. they dont even bring guns into the zone in roadside picnic because they are considered ineffective, you dont want stalker to be like roadside picnic lmao
while older stalker games do have co-op mods, co-op kills the atmosphere. It removes taking risks and the entire survival aspect that stalker is, so it makes perfect sense to not officially make it co-op
It would be really sick if they made the multipalayer like the warfare mode in anomaly
The good news, is that it will have multiplayer net code added and created officialy, making a co-op mod much more of a reality to acheive by modders
Yep like always a random modder will do all the work and add some fun stuff, at this point the company will make a trash or ok game and hope modders will do all the work like Star field.
It's very easy only the host can adjust things in the game the second player just gets the update from what player one did, now you don't have to worry about getting two players controlling one world, which means less code it would be more a exploration feature for the second player however you can still enjoy the world together. I really vote for Coop games it can bring you a other level of joy and since the game support mods, we got a chance to create a multiplayer feature for this game
Stalker pvp will be useless unless its a pvpve style extraction shooter in the current open world, but there s no way they go for that because that s not a thing you just add later on, its the kind of thing you drop at launch as main game mod. The only hope we got for something multiplayer coming are with external mods. And ppl want coop for stalker not pvp. 3:46 bro need an haircut but without the bowl, pls...
It'll be easier to make a co-op mod for Stalker 2 once Multiplayer is added, because the game will already have an infrastructure built that facilitates multiplayer, then it's just a matter of getting the full map/AI to load and be synced among the party.
coop would be amazing. exploring, looting, and getting in intense shootouts with my friends would be amazing.
boy do i have news for you...
making multiplayer with mods would be insane, i could imagine a team of devs making an extraction shooter with mods or even a rust/dayz survival mode
So long as the multiplayer component is at least part of the game code, im sure modders will come together to create a fantastic coop experience. I do feel like a coop mod in the vein of an open ended anomaly like game world would work best.
The only thing I remember about the OG STALKER multiplayer was only being able to find one busted server consistently,
and it was somewhere in South America so I'd just get murdered by dudes skipping all over the map
We used to play the first stalker multiplayer at LAN parties, it was a welcome change to playing CS and COD all day. Especially with the night maps, definitely a good cat and mouse type of shooter.
The death matches in STALKER SoC were some of the most camper enjoyment shooting experiences ever! Stealth is so on point there, all the sounds!..
I think the psy helmet could act as a means to "balance" certain missions. If the calibrated psy helm could only be given to the single player host, but allow the partial calibrated helms for online friends, the devs could allow friends to head to the psy locked zones, but would very likely die if they tried to rush a mission similar to the Scortcher.
If Stalker 2 has multiplayer i hope its going to be like Stalcraft X where different factions has different area to loot and get gears and if you died you dont drop your gears and only drop Supplies and Materials you gather in the zone StalCraft X is a good example for Stalker 2 Multiplayer.
Multiplayer might be fun however i think the bigger picture of MP mode will be the ability for modders to use its base for creating a CO-OP mod.
It wont surprise me when we get a coop mod
NGL having the whole game being open world multiplayer pvpve experience would be insanely cool. Imagine being part of factions and getting missions to kill players
Stalker should not have coop point blank. Only game tourists who know nothing about stalker want coop. Non debatable.
Honestly having a stalker 2 multiplayer 4 coop mode would be entertaining just to relaxing with your friends and hunt down gear together. They already have a “revive” mechanic system to help teammates. I can see why people would love to have multiplayer but I could also see that the game is still a buggy but fun mess. I would love to see them fix the bugs, add a new game +, a better way to get across the wasteland and make the weight better before they decide to go to multiplayer.
An hunt showdown style mod like a sort of artefact hunt would be good, capture the prized rare artefact in this or this location field with mutants, and extract facing others 2-3 composed stalker team, so some PVE + PVP elements
OR some typical braindead arena mod in Rostok when you just face oponents in PVP mod
Co-op mode would be nice. In my opinion it should be a must.
Stalcraft was pretty fun, an actual extraction-like multiplayer mode for stalker 2 would be dope imo
I just hope they bring co op to xbox. They could make it so you have to beat the base game before accessing it too so you get the full experience before jumping into multi-player. Id love to play with friends.
I was looking forward to a co-op mode, even if it was only going to be 2 players. Open-world games are just much more fun with a friend.
I'm guessing the MP for Stalker 2 will be an extraction shooter modeled after EFT.
im waitng for modders to create coop mod, PRAY IN MODDERS
I hope co op could come just make the game more scary
Emphatically, I am 'only' interest in STALKER for coop
but mostly because I enjoy the single player mechanics, especially with recent mods that use diagetic animations for most every action (also seen in STALKER 2) are well suited to making players vulnerable and dependent upon a teammate. Sharing resources naturally balances itself in groups.
I have yet to get around and test, but apparently xrMPe now as officially complete support for Call of Pripyat coop mode. No doubt a lot of balance is necessary to get things into the right state, but I think STALKER is the type of game with enough moving parts to accommodate a lot of different balance preferences.
We should go back normalize multiplayer as it always has been. A little extra game mode, a little bonus.
Stalker having a estraction game mode would be awesome!!
Or maybe a batlle royale mode
Stalker as a setting is ripe for an extraction shooter. Ik people say its oversaturated but depending on how they do it it could be neat between the anomalies, factions, and possibly not even encouraging pvp just merely having it as an option
Co-op gen 0 style would be sick
There’s a lot they could do with multiplayer to make it stand out from the crowd. Instead of bog-standard basic stuff like Team Deathmatch, maybe go for a PvPvE extraction game mode. Something to compete in the Tarkov vein, but with STALKER’s world. Anomalies, mutants, NPCs, and other players to contend with over missions, loot, and artifacts. I think that would be really cool and it’s a lot more fitting for this type of game than simple and boring COD style multiplayer modes. This would be great streaming content too.
As for the co-op thing, I don’t think it would be so bad. The STALKER experience would still be there, only you play the game absent the story mode with generic characters. Could also be great for streaming content. Streaming, of course, is free publicity for the game.
I hope we see a Deadside type of pvp mode
imagine its battle royale makes sense for the environment
Stalker is tough cuz I do love being lone in the the dark with to much gear in my pack, but there is normally squads of 3 roaming the zone
I am glad it's PvP mode. People will mod other multiplayer modes in. Be cool to have self hosted servers too. Allow for some fun plugins and conversions.
sure it may not be the same experience but co-op would be so fun
If they're not going to make a co-op version of multiplayer to play they need at least make an extraction mode where you can go into the Zone to get like high tear loot and like you can run into other stalkers you know and you have to survive they can make like servers online for that kind of like DayZ has servers
Stalker 2 coop would make the game so great
kinda off topic but 2:25 why did they put the charging handle on the wrong side?
Soc was made probably before much viable reference images existed. Plus it wouldve been easier to animate
Pvpve with artifacts would go pretty hard imo
like a mini stalcraft or something like that
Just going to say it. It would be amazing if it was like dayz or rust but in stalker. I know it won’t ever come true but man it would be stupid fun. Much love dude
This game is made to be a extraction looter in MP I hope so much this can be modded if not in the game
I hope modders can get a foot in the door like Cyberpunk 🙏🙏🙏🙏
I can 100% see a co-op mod being released, at least on pc im not sure if or how that could work on console
They literally said they wouldn't add it
@ I said MOD not update. Gsc has no bearing on what 3rd party mods people make and can make work. Co-op mods have been made for games before but they take a REALLY long time to
the official multiplayer is probably gonna be bad, some cod style multiplayer or something like that (perhaps tarkov since thats more "recent"), but mainly because they dont wanna invest time making an actual coop that could end up just disapointing the playerbase so they just provide the tools instead and let the players make the magic which is great, stalker could be arma's 3 brother (in the sense that players really get the best out of it), it could be survival like rust etc, coop like the forest with a story line and keep it "solo" with puzzles, say you are a group of 3, then you do a mission that requiere 3 players, each take a path in that "building" so you arent really gta'ing it blasting everything but rather doing it stalker style, each path with its challenges (different anomalies, mutants or even some "it takes two" style of interaction), some "check points" along the way to trade items or help the other player (say hes being chased by something) with little openings like fences and stuff that you can shoot trough or "revive" a crawling teammate, people could make new mutants that open wounds which only other players can stitch and things like that, even at a bigger scale as to "power # antennas in X parts of the map at the same time" so each player fights its way to the top solo, comunicating with the radio for certain interaction to progress, if they provide all the tools the multiplayer part of it could really shine, it can work in countless ways while still keeping the core aspect of the game intact
Would love to see them emulate hunt: showdown. Small number of players in groups of up to 3 trying to find an artifact or something.
It would be cool if they made it PVP / PVE. Make it a gray Zone Warfare tarkov stalker type thing
I’d make it like the division 2 dark zones. New story with other people on the map with pvpve
there 100% needs to be a DAYZ mod or even an escape from Tarkov mod. both would be absolutely amazing. keep the map for these modes and make normal pvp maps
i hope they make like raid a base with boss battle or special mechanic type not just normal pvp, but underground ranking stalker tourney vs other stalker or mutant is good too
If you see what Stalcraft X does. One it allows co-op. two, when you do a quest mode you go in solo to get that solo feeling you described. This it doesn’t work the experience you spoke about.
I don’t want a squad, I want one friend to roam Pripyat with.
Yeah, I doubt a stalker co op campaign would've worked with so much gone into developing a singleplayer experience. It's not as easy as just "allow another 1-3 players to just join your game", they'd have to rethink the entire gameplay loop to account for resource sharing, game difficulty and balancing it for solo/co-op play depending on player count. It'd have to be yet another reason to scrap the current build and start over with yet another 5 years of development with the game not coming out.
And for the love of God FIX THE NIGHT VISION!!! 😂😂 cannot wait for this game to drop!!!!!
If it has multiplayer, then it has a netcode, and if it has a netcode... A co-op campaign mod can be possible!
Call of Pripyat has multiplayer released a few weeks ago and it's a standalone download like Anomaly.
Co-op would be cool but it would also be so much easier also less intense and scary. Its not STALKER if you just revive your buddy and don't get your ass handed to you a few times. It would also give you a much larger amount of loot to be gained with two backpacks.
It will be scary if the MP is PVP in the zone and survival that is the only way if not is just simple co-op.
multiplayer should have been like tarkov but with pve and pvp would have been amazing
after finishing the game, no
I don’t need a coop campaign but after helldivers and space marine 2; I’d prefer a coop gamemode
im pretty sure its gonna be an extraction shooter with the big map
Stalker had PVP which worked but it was jank bc the gunplay of old stalker was jank so with this game it seems like it could be dope
This would make a great DayZ copy
much much much better
if they make multiplayer just like Stalcraft X it will make them a lot of money as GaaS live service.
you know, make Warfare mode from Stalker Anomaly to be mode in Stalker 2 multiplayer could be interesting too, it will be like The Elder Scroll Online PvP zone Cyrodill
it wont be this. it'll be the same as the other stalker games with oldschool CoD type shit with TDMs and what not. i'd be highly surprised if it was anything different. HOWEVER: the game is on unreal, which is very likely to be much much easier to mod so we'll likely see a coop mod or somethin akin to this perhaps
@fortieznoshortiez yeah hopefully since Epic already show us that Unreal Engine games could be modded to be different games, they use Fortnite as example.
So we only could hope modders make Stalker 2 to be interesting game like Stalker Anomaly
I want a TArkov like gamemode
I wish they would make a mode like Hunt Showdown
I hardly believe that there's "No demand" for it. Because that makes no sense.
Almost everyone i've met wanted COOP in stalker since the first games.
Honestly, I think this forces such a cool concept with them strictly saying it won't be a Co-op mode. Stick with me.... hear me out.
Think about it. As a S.T.A.L.K.E.R you would be forced to always begin and survive by yourself in the lore of the world. But this is the thing, I don't think they will strictly 'stop' or 'restrict' that type of gameplay.....
But I think it will force you to have to, quite literally, take a chance in attempting to team up with another player via PvP. In a truly ORGANIC way... we all will have to rely on our gut, on seeing if maybe, just maybe another player out there might not pull the trigger before you call out across the battlefield for a truce, and maybe even a temporary partnership.
Amd just like that, two lonely S.T.A.L.K.E.R.'S have formed a random encounter, no green names above their heads, just a mutual, verbal agreement, within the lonely dark world, that is the zone.
Who knows how long it could last, and how long it may take before either one of your lives are cut short, and only one of you will have the tale left to tell, at a safe zone fire, among other PvP stalkers, who have had similiar, or maybe not so similiar experiences.
I truly, and genuinely believe, that this sort of thesis could work so well, to the point, it just encapsulates the Zone and Surviving elements, of the game so well, that it could just be that little cherry on top. 🍒
Let me know what you think, because I honestly think this could be the only way it can work for multiplayer, in the way that they've specified, and in a way that accommodates the very nature of S.T.A.L.K.E.R to perfection.
(That is if they incorporate a Free Roam mode or a server based like DayZ where everybody is just doing their own Online progression mode, that could have its entirely own experience different to Single player with A.I)
I hope they try to do something like Stalcraft it woul be a banger. There s enough factions, map is big enough et there s already enough random quests to make it work with a main Multiplayer quest to be added. Stalcraft makes it really well and it s litteraly Stalker PvP Multi sadly with Minecraft grahics. So yeah i hope they tend to make something like that.
Making just Battlegrounds is kind of useless... yeah it ll be fun for couple of hours but there s a lot of PvP FPS games that do this even better.
SCUM-style in STALKER would be awesome.
How cool would it be if there were others player stalkers roaming around in the world,..kinda like dayz or somthing
People might hate me for this but what about just open world muiltiplayer similar to dayz just many people in the zone that could team up or kill anyone who they come in contact with I think that would be dope
THIS IS WHAT IM WONDERING!
That makes me sad I really wish that they did Co-op who the hell would wanna play a pvp mode
Will buy if co-op. Even barebones.
co op would be fucking FIRE in this game.. ive beat the game recently and i swear
The game takes 40 hours and you completed it in a few days? You're either dead or lying
Tbh after "survivium" failer devs shod learn from mistakes even if it just fun little mod.
I really hope its not tdm or free for all as that would just be pointless. No one wants that anymore. If they released an extraction mode however, I could see it being the most played game on consoles. The environment and gunplay is perfect for an extraction game mode.
cant wait for this game. multiplayer will be good.
"they probably never saw a demand for it".... wtf you mean they never saw ? were they freaking BLIND ?
I hope it’s gonna be extraction shooter like better version of escape from tarkov
Need a stalcraft type mode
Someone will definitely mod Co-op in (Hopefully)