The only bad thing I can see, is there will be a lot people who will review bomb the game, because they expected it to be like GAMMA. Stalker 2 will be mostly story driven like the unmodded games, and people will be disappointed.
It's open world with multiple ways to complete missions and multiple endings. With one of the devs saying they have played Gamma and anomaly, I'd imagine they are taking some of the good parts from the modded versions.
At this point believe me, people know the difference from how much the community keeps saying it every time, that and can we stop acting like Gamma and Anomoly are a whole different games now and not just a heavily modded stalker with no story at the end of the day
Yeah that’s true! If they come in expecting GAMMA I agree, could be disappointing for some of them but having said that as long as there is stalker vibes most stalkers will be happy! Especially if it’s in unreal engine 5 and 60K to explore!
Subbed.Cannot wait for Stalker 2 got it on preorder so sometime next Wednesday I'll download it and be playing it till the early hours.Great video BTW.
When i first started playing stalker, a few years ago, there was no hope of stalker 2 ever being a thing, but now, its like looking at half life 3 being a few days from releasing...
I'm the exact same as you man. I pretty much stopped playing video games all together for 10 years or so. now I'm counting down the days until this game is released
I have dipped in and out but its been a dam long time since i was this excited! haha yeah this next week is going to be slowww! haha hope the game is everything you hoped for mate!
Subbed, STALKER daddy workin hard out here. Feel ya tho, I'm trying to keep the hype manageable but it feels safe to get excited. Shoutout to the dev's also, polishing this project for a global release when your country is being invaded is wild, here's to their success and yours as well CLIK
Yeah man finally feels like we are allowed to be excited about something for once haha! And yeah mate it’s a massive accomplishment, blew my mind watching war game, you had chance to check that out yet? And thanks for the sub and kind words man appreciate it 🤙
@@CLIKRAD I did! had no idea this game created a LAARP culture lol. pretty heavy stuff otherwise, love that they actually broke into the zone to get footage of what it's really like. and ofc keep up the good work man, wish ya all the best!
This is one of the few times I couldn't careless if this game doesn't meet expectations or not. This game series let alone the developer had to resurrected twice and when they got close to having a finished product, their country gets invaded. The old games filled such a niche we haven't had filled in video game generations and for those reasons, this is the first time since Halo 3 I am allowing myself to hop on a hype train
S.T.A.L.K.E.R gave me a tick to always press F5 before doing stupid things or because it might crash soon. I caught myself doing that even when playing with friends online, even harmless games like Minecraft. After a while I also randomly press it to keep progress since I am used to a game going a little sideways. It's kinda embarrassing for me to do that I also keep pressing X to run or try to double crouch
Yeah I had that very same thing for ahwile! I actually was trying to save my premier pro projects using F5 every few minutes after a long day of STALKER haha!
Really hope they nailed the enemy AI and that feeling of being in a living world like we had in past games. First game I have preordered in a long time and I'm really excited for the release!
давно купив повну версію... залишився тиждень до виходу гри, але планую грати лише після 2-3 патчів - не хочу псувати задоволення обов'язковими для такого великого сввту багами
It's true that stalker 2 ll be different than previous stalkers but it's original stalker :) and it doesn't have to be stalker anomaly or gamma because. :) we do not love stalker because of mods. We love stalker as it is. :) and devs are well aware of it. (We loved stalker that's why we made mod. :). As long as we get stalker vibes from this game... We ll be happy) (good hunting stalkers)
Last time i preordered a game was Cyberpunk, this is me giving GSC a chance since they have a good record and i feel safe in that notion + i am slowly getting obsessed with stalker content 😅
Yeah it's SUPER frustrating, I have it pre-loaded on my Xbox, all 140 or 50 something gigabytes PHYSICALLY there but I can't run it until the 20th uugh! Lol
What do you think about Game pass vs steam release? I was thinking of playing on game pass, but i dont know how mod support and just general acces would be on it. Might it be worth it to just buy it?
Tbh my only worry is AI. In all those years there have been hardly any new games with great and challenging AI. I think we’ll be lucky if the AI feels on par with OG SoC, I would hope for something better ofc, but I’m preparing for disappointment. I just really hope the highest difficulty will be painful but rewarding. After years of Tarkov I just want need be hurt by games to have fun 👉👈
Most of the videos i have seen by people who played the 3hr demo (like radio times gaming) have mentioned how hard the combat is due to AI. A life 2.0 has also been confirmed, so they are well aware of the importance of AI in the games.
Yeah man it’s got its own new story so you’d be fine jumping in after watching a little story recap on TH-cam! Not sure on the stealth side of things but you will for sure be sneaking around the zone! It’s what stalkers do!
"Is This The STALKER 2 We Always Dreamed About?" Listen, they relocated out of Kiev to avoid the war, some of the devs "Went" to war. I'm buying it based on the shitty conditions they had to deal with. Buying it on principle. They didn't have to make the game - hell GSC worlds (the studio) shut down for a period of time. But they came back...they came back when we needed them. That's trust. That's commitment. You need to remind yourself of the human side of all of this. So, if this game is full of bugs, it's fine we'll tell them and they'll work on it. And they'll have open modding support. If there's any game that is deserving of chances it's STALKER 2 - and I support the dev team.
Also on the topic of mods If you guys loved the trilogy here are some mods that in my opinion captured the mysterious feeling of the trilogy(with an actual story. But also all standalone): Made by Jekan(my fav mod author): Return to the Zone(3 story campaigns and a story extraction mode(surprisingly good I normally don't like extraction modes but this one... Loved it)), Goldensphere OGSR(based on Roadside Picnic), OGSR Legacy(pretty much a remake of ShoC with lots of cut content and user made content). Team V.I.V.E.N.T.: Incubator, Dreamcatcher(sequel to Incubator and a lot longer). They have more great mods but they still are hard to understand Machine translations. zaurus' crew: Apocalipsis Trilogy OGSR, Fallen star(also called "Der gefallene Stern" sequel to A-Trilogy), Last STALKER(sequel to Fallen Star) Creators/teams I forgot the name of: True Stalker(if you don't mind cutscene glassjaw), Dollchan infinity, Road to the north(story/free play hybrid, main story starts at Skadovsk), Path in the Mist, Wind of Time(it starts with timetravel from the year 2114 back to 2014 and has some big twists)
LADS TGET ADDED MOD SUPPORT Normally i would say never pre-order {GAME NAME} with a wh40k reference, but the devs went through hell for this game and also they added mod support they know what kept stalker alove they embraced the modders like rockstar Rockstar and GSC are in my nice list (and arrowhead too)
my only criticism thus far is that there doesn't seem to be so much as a surface wound decal when shooting enemies, let alone any level of gore. Not a deal breaker but definitely a missed opportunity for more satisfying combat.
yah but those things can affect the rating from an ESRB of 17+ to 18+ (which was originally a rating for stalker 2) but this limits the sales so most likely they tone it down to get that 17+ (idk I'm just speculating here)
Yeah to be fair I noticed that too and forgot to talk about it in the video. Kind of strange for such a mature game. I’m sure the modders will soon come up with something for that!
@@CLIKRADit's 18 in most of Europe regardless(there is also an adult rating that prohibits public sale but that's only for sex content) but a good move in America.
I'm also excited. Double excited as Gothic Remake is getting closer as well. As a 33 y old gamer I learned to be... lets not say pessimistic, but realistic. And reality is , games these days are cash grabs. Most of the time a letdown.
I mean it's made by Slavs (Ukrainians) who for the most part are very against that community and their ideology so it might get reviewed bombed by the LGBT community
Iv assumed we can turn the entire HUD of until now.. oh no haha didn’t think of that, that would drive me nuts having to keep all that halo shit on my screen.
Your PC is not ready at all if the FPS charts from Nvidia are accurate. Even a 4090 on 1080p can barely breach 80 FPS. What a joke. This game is a HUGE CPU bottleneck due to not being on UE 5.4 which fixes a lot of the CPU-bound issues UE 5 has.
@@zmielov50 dumb person xD don't mind the numbers, I hope the game is great aswell, but don't jump to conclusions when there is no independent gameplay which proves the games mechanics are functional and more importantly, are fun.
I am writing this message from Ukraine. I despise the developers of Stalker 2 for the way they complain about fate and the war in Ukraine. These people bribed border guards and fled the country in the early days of the invasion. They don’t know what war is, but everywhere they talk about how hard it is for them because of it. Pathetic.
@@Regular_Fish_Guy Maybe two out of 100 went to war. But the rest ran away. Although no, they didn’t just run away; during martial law, men between 18 and 60 were prohibited from leaving the country. They broke the law by leaving, they paid bribes to the border guards to let them through. There is no other way to leave. And these people are promoting themselves during the war, telling how hard it is for them. They want to be pitied
@@IgrikShitdude 2 thirds is still working there at home And how would they have made public appearances and curated demo plays without a third leaving?
@ It's not that they left, breaking the law. They were saving their lives, I understand that. But what really pisses me off is that they are trying to evoke pity for themselves, telling how hard it is for them because of the war. Trying to justify with lies all the failures they have done. If they ran away like cowards, then at least let them have the conscience to keep quiet and not complain about their hard life. Especially since their life is going swimmingly.
14 Years.................
14 Years of waiting and we're finally getting it.
Can't F*cking believe it.
We are finally going back into the zone man! 🤙
8 days brother!!
So hyped😆😁
Can not bloody wait mate!!
@@lowkeymanifestingdestiny5480🤙
Punching the air rn
I cant believe it!!! Wow!!! So many hours in the originals and Anomaly and Gamma and Eft. Finally!!!!!!
The only bad thing I can see, is there will be a lot people who will review bomb the game, because they expected it to be like GAMMA. Stalker 2 will be mostly story driven like the unmodded games, and people will be disappointed.
150gb says otherwise
It's open world with multiple ways to complete missions and multiple endings. With one of the devs saying they have played Gamma and anomaly, I'd imagine they are taking some of the good parts from the modded versions.
At this point believe me, people know the difference from how much the community keeps saying it every time, that and can we stop acting like Gamma and Anomoly are a whole different games now and not just a heavily modded stalker with no story at the end of the day
Yeah that’s true! If they come in expecting GAMMA I agree, could be disappointing for some of them but having said that as long as there is stalker vibes most stalkers will be happy! Especially if it’s in unreal engine 5 and 60K to explore!
Just wait few months and let's hope game will be bombed with good mods.
My computer is going to turn into a fire anomaly when I play this! Very excited!
😂
mine definitely did this shit is miserable
Nice job with the video mate. I like the combination of your voice, accent and storytelling. Wish you all the best with your content creating future.
Thanks man! Really appreciate that and glad you enjoyed it!
We're gonna go through the longest week ever bois
It’s taking forever !! Haha
Subbed.Cannot wait for Stalker 2 got it on preorder so sometime next Wednesday I'll download it and be playing it till the early hours.Great video BTW.
Cheers man appreciate that and hell yeah mate, I’ll be doing the same man! 🤙
Lets go lad, fine video you made!
Hyped for STALKER too, can't wait.
Cheers man appreciate it! 🤙
ive taken days off work. 60km to explore!
When i first started playing stalker, a few years ago, there was no hope of stalker 2 ever being a thing, but now, its like looking at half life 3 being a few days from releasing...
Does feel like a big moment! Crazy it’s a week away!
Been subscribed love your videos bruv keep it up 🎉
Hey michael! Cheers dude really appreciate that man 🤙
I’m jacked for this been waiting years . Your opening statement nailed it exactly how I’m feeling about this game !
Hell yeah man we are finally so close!
I'm the exact same as you man. I pretty much stopped playing video games all together for 10 years or so. now I'm counting down the days until this game is released
I have dipped in and out but its been a dam long time since i was this excited! haha yeah this next week is going to be slowww! haha hope the game is everything you hoped for mate!
Subbed, STALKER daddy workin hard out here. Feel ya tho, I'm trying to keep the hype manageable but it feels safe to get excited. Shoutout to the dev's also, polishing this project for a global release when your country is being invaded is wild, here's to their success and yours as well CLIK
Yeah man finally feels like we are allowed to be excited about something for once haha! And yeah mate it’s a massive accomplishment, blew my mind watching war game, you had chance to check that out yet? And thanks for the sub and kind words man appreciate it 🤙
@@CLIKRAD I did! had no idea this game created a LAARP culture lol. pretty heavy stuff otherwise, love that they actually broke into the zone to get footage of what it's really like. and ofc keep up the good work man, wish ya all the best!
8 days, Scar is alive, where is Strelok? Wtf is going on within the Zone? I'm so ready for this!
Keep up the good work. New Sub, LET'S GO!
cheers mate appreciate that!
Did the same thing just whent full deep on the hype train and trust they'll deliver
This is one of the few times I couldn't careless if this game doesn't meet expectations or not. This game series let alone the developer had to resurrected twice and when they got close to having a finished product, their country gets invaded. The old games filled such a niche we haven't had filled in video game generations and for those reasons, this is the first time since Halo 3 I am allowing myself to hop on a hype train
I hope it has some penalty for dying like loss of health,injured,ironman mode,something that is not just die,reload save, continue
S.T.A.L.K.E.R gave me a tick to always press F5 before doing stupid things or because it might crash soon.
I caught myself doing that even when playing with friends online, even harmless games like Minecraft. After a while I also randomly press it to keep progress since I am used to a game going a little sideways. It's kinda embarrassing for me to do that
I also keep pressing X to run or try to double crouch
😂👍
Yeah I had that very same thing for ahwile! I actually was trying to save my premier pro projects using F5 every few minutes after a long day of STALKER haha!
Really hope they nailed the enemy AI and that feeling of being in a living world like we had in past games. First game I have preordered in a long time and I'm really excited for the release!
Yeah thats a big one for me too! Really hoping they nailed that part as its hard to tell from any footage we have at the minute!
wich song is playing at 2:14 ?
I couldn’t agree more, Jedi Survivor was my nail in the coffin for preorders but Stalker 2 made me break.
Aye it’s been a long time since I could justify but this is also my exception! Hopefully we don’t get burned again haha
We got S.TA.L.K.E.R 2 before GTA6
давно купив повну версію...
залишився тиждень до виходу гри, але планую грати лише після 2-3 патчів - не хочу псувати задоволення обов'язковими для такого великого сввту багами
Holyshitttttttttt this is what I was waiting to hear....Tools for modding!!!
Just delete your sve when you die and start again.
It will be better than real life , lads
🤙
I have faith that GSC will deliver an absolute banger. This last week is going to be unbearable lol
Hyped for this game already got it pre installed
It's true that stalker 2 ll be different than previous stalkers but it's original stalker :) and it doesn't have to be stalker anomaly or gamma because. :) we do not love stalker because of mods. We love stalker as it is. :) and devs are well aware of it. (We loved stalker that's why we made mod. :). As long as we get stalker vibes from this game... We ll be happy) (good hunting stalkers)
Last time i preordered a game was Cyberpunk, this is me giving GSC a chance since they have a good record and i feel safe in that notion + i am slowly getting obsessed with stalker content 😅
Yeah it's SUPER frustrating, I have it pre-loaded on my Xbox, all 140 or 50 something gigabytes PHYSICALLY there but I can't run it until the 20th uugh! Lol
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What do you think about Game pass vs steam release? I was thinking of playing on game pass, but i dont know how mod support and just general acces would be on it. Might it be worth it to just buy it?
There is not modding with the Gamepass version so I bought it on Steam
If your on PC then id always go with PC especially for a game like STALKER as like you said mods down the line will be the main reason.
Played anomaly Gamma while back, best fps survival game i've ever played, old ones were too old for me, hyped for stalker 2
You will probably not like stalker 2 if you didnt like the originals.
You ever tried to play the originals with the mods? But hell yeah man hope you enjoy stalker 2!
Maybe, maybe not. The younger generation sometimes find it hard to go back and play stuff that old. Now I feel old typing this.
@ u r right I am 15 and sometimes its hard but stalker hits hard. Ive played stalker for years now. And I also feel old typing that shi 😂
@@itsvalar3643 Probably and definitely are very distant from each other, we'll see
Tbh my only worry is AI. In all those years there have been hardly any new games with great and challenging AI. I think we’ll be lucky if the AI feels on par with OG SoC, I would hope for something better ofc, but I’m preparing for disappointment.
I just really hope the highest difficulty will be painful but rewarding. After years of Tarkov I just want need be hurt by games to have fun 👉👈
навіть якщо цього не буде у базовій грі, воно дуже швидко з'явиться у модах...
чомусь такі модифікації на Сталкер - дуже популярні )
Most of the videos i have seen by people who played the 3hr demo (like radio times gaming) have mentioned how hard the combat is due to AI. A life 2.0 has also been confirmed, so they are well aware of the importance of AI in the games.
Haven't played games for ages, maybe good time to start again.
There has been some really good games come out in recent years and some cool stuff on the horizon! Be a good time to jump back in!
I'm soooo ready
same mate!
i didnt know the lead dev was killed in the war in 2022....was gonna pre order base edition, F that, I ordered Ultimate Edition
Im petting myself get hyped for this game. And then we have MS Flight Simulator and Indiana Jones. Its finally a great time to be an xbox owner.
Would you recommend this game to someone whose never played a Stalker game? Will you have stealth options?
Yeah man it’s got its own new story so you’d be fine jumping in after watching a little story recap on TH-cam! Not sure on the stealth side of things but you will for sure be sneaking around the zone! It’s what stalkers do!
@CLIKRAD Awesome, and thank you for responding!
@@JayDominate 🤙
8 DAYS BOYS!
As an Ukrainian I'm proud that our guys created this game. Hope Stalker 2 will be the game we all want to see
"Is This The STALKER 2 We Always Dreamed About?"
Listen, they relocated out of Kiev to avoid the war, some of the devs "Went" to war. I'm buying it based on the shitty conditions they had to deal with. Buying it on principle.
They didn't have to make the game - hell GSC worlds (the studio) shut down for a period of time. But they came back...they came back when we needed them. That's trust. That's commitment.
You need to remind yourself of the human side of all of this.
So, if this game is full of bugs, it's fine we'll tell them and they'll work on it. And they'll have open modding support.
If there's any game that is deserving of chances it's STALKER 2 - and I support the dev team.
I need to remind myself of the human side of this? I’m confused mate did you think I was criticising the dev team?
@@CLIKRAD I mean if you weren't no harm no foul. Was a general statement really.
Also on the topic of mods
If you guys loved the trilogy here are some mods that in my opinion captured the mysterious feeling of the trilogy(with an actual story. But also all standalone):
Made by Jekan(my fav mod author):
Return to the Zone(3 story campaigns and a story extraction mode(surprisingly good I normally don't like extraction modes but this one... Loved it)), Goldensphere OGSR(based on Roadside Picnic), OGSR Legacy(pretty much a remake of ShoC with lots of cut content and user made content).
Team V.I.V.E.N.T.:
Incubator, Dreamcatcher(sequel to Incubator and a lot longer). They have more great mods but they still are hard to understand Machine translations.
zaurus' crew:
Apocalipsis Trilogy OGSR, Fallen star(also called "Der gefallene Stern" sequel to A-Trilogy), Last STALKER(sequel to Fallen Star)
Creators/teams I forgot the name of:
True Stalker(if you don't mind cutscene glassjaw), Dollchan infinity, Road to the north(story/free play hybrid, main story starts at Skadovsk), Path in the Mist, Wind of Time(it starts with timetravel from the year 2114 back to 2014 and has some big twists)
Just look up the c-consciousness community repack spreadsheet. It has almost all the mods mentioned.
I feel the same way brother
🤙
Nothing is as ever good as what we dream about. However, I do think this will be a good game. Mods will make it great.
Yeah I’m curious to see what the modders can do with it!
This game will be great without mods.
@@Terrince_Tate It will be buggy and broken on release just like SOC.
I m excited too
🤙
I cannot wait to get absofuckinglutely lost in this world again. Earned a sub from me brotha! see you in the zone
Fuck yeah man! See you out there and thanks for the sub mate appreciate it 🤙
Just bought the deluxe edition last night!!
Niiice!
i still remember no man's sky... i don't have any expectations
GSC 💪
LADS TGET ADDED MOD SUPPORT
Normally i would say never pre-order {GAME NAME} with a wh40k reference, but the devs went through hell for this game and also they added mod support they know what kept stalker alove they embraced the modders like rockstar
Rockstar and GSC are in my nice list (and arrowhead too)
Gonna be the longest 8 days ever.
I hope also in STALKER 2 Anomaly
im counting minutes!!!
Im a patient person the last good few years was a breeze but this last week is gunna be slow im sure of it XD
Yeah man it’s got allot harder lately! 😂
my only criticism thus far is that there doesn't seem to be so much as a surface wound decal when shooting enemies, let alone any level of gore. Not a deal breaker but definitely a missed opportunity for more satisfying combat.
yah but those things can affect the rating from an ESRB of 17+ to 18+ (which was originally a rating for stalker 2) but this limits the sales so most likely they tone it down to get that 17+ (idk I'm just speculating here)
Yeah to be fair I noticed that too and forgot to talk about it in the video. Kind of strange for such a mature game. I’m sure the modders will soon come up with something for that!
Ya I’m hoping to see some dismemberment, like red dead redemption. If not I’m sure the modders will come up with something.
@@CLIKRADit's 18 in most of Europe regardless(there is also an adult rating that prohibits public sale but that's only for sex content) but a good move in America.
I'm also excited. Double excited as Gothic Remake is getting closer as well. As a 33 y old gamer I learned to be... lets not say pessimistic, but realistic. And reality is , games these days are cash grabs. Most of the time a letdown.
33 myself dude and I feel your realistic approach! Been a long time since I let myself get this excited haha
The new specs are expensive. Hope I will run it at least on hight with 3060
I hope these voice actors aren't all going to be british
Plz guys don't compare it to gamma compare it to the base game and see the difference
7 DAYS YOOOO!!!
Stay firm. Never preorder. Day One purchase only. I been a stalker fan since 2007, but Ive had enough of this industry.
W vid
Very hyped for the next cancellation
The real question is will any of the characters be gay, trans, or non binary? We all know thats all that really matters with modern games.
I mean it's made by Slavs (Ukrainians) who for the most part are very against that community and their ideology so it might get reviewed bombed by the LGBT community
Grow up
@@BigMamaLilslooking at your weeb profile pic that says strawberry milk while reading that was pretty funny.
@animalmother9143 sure, does not negate what I said.
@@BigMamaLils sure, weeby weeber, it does for me
This game is almost as big as GTA5 or Red Dead Redemption 2. Except there's no vehicles, horses, or fast travel. I love it!
Don't forget how much of GTA5 was empty or water.
Also how there is pretty much only a little epilog content west of blackwater.
it will surprass metro no doubt
Power armor mod gonna go crazy
🤘
I just hope I can turn the dam cross hairs off my screen
Iv assumed we can turn the entire HUD of until now.. oh no haha didn’t think of that, that would drive me nuts having to keep all that halo shit on my screen.
Your PC is not ready at all if the FPS charts from Nvidia are accurate. Even a 4090 on 1080p can barely breach 80 FPS. What a joke. This game is a HUGE CPU bottleneck due to not being on UE 5.4 which fixes a lot of the CPU-bound issues UE 5 has.
guys. calm your fucking socks... there is no independent gameplay yet, the game must likely is full of bugs...
64 кілометри відкритого світу: повному сталкерів, аномалій та зверху ще алайф - звичайно там буде повно багів, але що це змінює?))
@@zmielov50 dumb person xD don't mind the numbers, I hope the game is great aswell, but don't jump to conclusions when there is no independent gameplay which proves the games mechanics are functional and more importantly, are fun.
Hype is for losers
... you lose most times as most games turn out to be shiet
I am writing this message from Ukraine. I despise the developers of Stalker 2 for the way they complain about fate and the war in Ukraine. These people bribed border guards and fled the country in the early days of the invasion. They don’t know what war is, but everywhere they talk about how hard it is for them because of it. Pathetic.
Pretty sure 2 of the devs went to go fight in the war, one of them was sadly KIA
@@Regular_Fish_Guy Maybe two out of 100 went to war. But the rest ran away. Although no, they didn’t just run away; during martial law, men between 18 and 60 were prohibited from leaving the country. They broke the law by leaving, they paid bribes to the border guards to let them through. There is no other way to leave. And these people are promoting themselves during the war, telling how hard it is for them. They want to be pitied
@@IgrikShitdude 2 thirds is still working there at home
And how would they have made public appearances and curated demo plays without a third leaving?
Actually how do you as ukrainian following the development not know that ⅔ are still at home?
@ It's not that they left, breaking the law. They were saving their lives, I understand that. But what really pisses me off is that they are trying to evoke pity for themselves, telling how hard it is for them because of the war. Trying to justify with lies all the failures they have done. If they ran away like cowards, then at least let them have the conscience to keep quiet and not complain about their hard life. Especially since their life is going swimmingly.