It's gorgeous, the world is pretty beautifully seamless. I can see myself wandering this reimagined zone for *years*. This game will go crazy in a few months when the full modding toolkit is out & the game is no longer in it's tender toddler state (talking about the launch bugs, optimization issues & memory leaks).
Love your content! And thank you so much for making "Full Lore & Story" video - i think it's the best one out there. I Gave it a looksie just before starting stalker2 and it made all the difference. Now the plot of previous games makes sense. I have already sent link of it to two of my best friends, because i am sure they will feel the same appreciation as i do. Keep up the good work and enjoy "the zone"
Loving your playthough man! But do whats best for you. If the commentary is draining you & you're not enjoying the game as much as you would be otherwise, then I'd prefer that you take things at your own pace. I will say though I've enjoyed hearing your opinions on things & reactions to events/locations!
@@JoeyMills-y3v Did you even watch his last episode you dumbarse? It's his "social battery" thats draining him & the need to commentate. It has literally nothing to do with the game. He's enjoying it.
@@sesad5035 gamma is way better than stalker 2 lol. All the original games are too, cos stalker 2 is not a stalker game. It's a scam, made by scammers, & every og stalker fan will agree soon.
I find switching to semi-auto when leaning is really helpful. The recoil when leaning is diagonal, making you miss a lot. But with semi auto, it's a lot easier to hit them.
Anomalous Dugout I will warn you again; do not progress past the point of the story where you go to SIRCAA. there is a game breaking quest after that segment that will ruin your playthrough if you continue on. most people who have gotten to “just like the good old days” and “on the edge” have reached a point of being soft locked due to a variety of bugs during the same segment. I don’t think they playtested past the halfway point of the game because this is ridiculous with how many people are soft locked during these quests. it’s a variety of bugs causing it too not just one single bug edit: i’ve reached an official softlock to where I can’t even process the main quest any further. Richeter will have you hunt a mutant with a collar at a certain point, and it seems like if you have interacted with one earlier in the game, then the quest completely bugs out even if you manage to find a different collared mutant. some people are having luck with hunting an additional mutant even if he doesn’t give you the coordinates (which is part of the bug, the other half is him being uninteractable even with a collar)
@@anomalousdugout9557I would wait until they release the first patch this upcoming week to progress the story quests, and until then do some of the side content and exploration or artifact hunting. you can do as you want to obviously, but I am warning you now about the poor experience you may have by following the story up to that point
Search at daytime the poppy field, there is one little thing different in the field, at night it is hard to see visual, greetings from a fellow Stalker
Personally I think it's overkill. It should not take more than a couple headshots to kill most mutants. A fight with a bloodsucker should not eat up half my inventory only to catch it stuck on a corner or glitched onto something in order to win.
As good as Skifs Makarov performs, i think i will never part with it. Also, it's cheap to maintain and ammo for it is literally everywhere. IRL i would swap it out inmediately for a full size 9x19mm, as it is too small for my hands and the slide is biting into my shooting hand.
Thanks for the playthrough Anomalous - if giving commentary while playing is hurting your experience of the game, why not do a voice-over of the game footage? Either way, I'm enjoying the game from your perspective since I don't have the hardware to play it myself yet.
After seeing this, I realize that I am actually good at this game. 😂 This is the game for me. Fallout is for kids, Stalker is for grown-ups. Imagine a co-op mode. Here's to hoping they are fixing all the critical bugs 🍺
when i ran into 4 bloodsuckers at once i decided to get a mod to modify mutant health pools to my own liking, not going to deal with that bs, they are fuckin tanks by default. fighting the burer was epic and fun but the bloodsuckers are just wrong
@Anomalus Dugout PLIZ TURN OF THE RADAR AND TEXT YOU WILL SEE HOW BETTER IT LOOKS PLUS IT WOUD LOOK LIKE OLD SCHOOL GAME,ALSO WITH TREATH INDICATOR ! I play like that it is so imersive only diference is you have to remember the direciont of your movment after you open PDA-map.(old school)-IMERSION +
Im absolutely loving the playthrough so far im liking how the game looks but some people in the comments saying that the game is a scam are being idots if they dont like it dont watch simple as that this is not the place for negativity at all
Paar things to make playing and watching a bit better: 1. Turn up the brightness, gamma or do it in post edit. Due to YT conversion we as viewers don't see anything during night time. 2. Turn off the radar (the bar on top of the screen) and threat markers (the ones near crosshair that indicate enemies spotting you) - They are really annoying and make gaming as well as viewing a less enjoyable experiance. 3. Lower the difficulty settings. You really are struggling to play the game and not in a good sense. It isn't interesting to watch dying again and again due to playing on too high of a difficulty compared to personal skill. It's not to condemn you or insult in any way, but nobody will judge if you drop the difficulty so playing and watching would be more enjoyable. More is sub-comment
4. Install mods to lower mutants HP. It's just anticlimactic to watch one of the weakest mutants in the Zone take 4-5 buckshots to kill. Not even talking about Bloodsuckers and their HP... Gameplay-wise: 5. Do not loot corpses during fights. It really hurts the paste of fights, cuts the action and leads to getting shot or dying to get... 3-5 bullets... Being more concentrated on fights and then looting all the corpses would be more interesting to watch. 6. Maybe try cutting out the segments where you just walk? 50% of the video is walking without anything happening. It just isn't interesting to listen nor watch. 6. Try commenting less but putting more thoughts into your words. I love your theories videos, because you have a very good script and voice for those. It could be very cool for gameplay, but try to speak less about small things. 7. Instead of overanalyzing everything that you see all the time make stops and then explain the current thing. That would be more interesting. Open for discussion with others. Let's help our boy Anomalous be the best he can!
Okay I think some of these are unneccessary, although okay as a suggestion but for example the difficulty level and the radar are not an issue at all. The veteran difficulty is a challenge, it’s expected to have a hard time - so him sharing his struggles with it is as real as it can get. A middle ground could be including the first encounters, then only couple notable tries if any + the last (winning encounter). I don’t have an issue with nighttime but I am on a good screen so can’t comment on that. Agree on adding mod to lower mutant HP, they are unbalanced now completely. Corpse looting pace is optional. I don’t mind him looting mid fight if that’s how he plays. I also agree on cutting walk segments. If there is nothing happenning and no commentary made these segments are not really needed. And finally, I enjoy the commentary as it is right now. I know this is opposing to your comment but I think this just shows that a lot of it is personal preference. I think the main takeaway is that he should create the videos as he enjoys it, and that will rub off to the audience too.
@@ruzski6384 I agree with most of your points, except turning off the compass, that's a cool utility. Now, if there was a way to disable head bobbing and I could watch this in fullscreen, that'd be neat.
@@montygoode ``And finally, I enjoy the commentary as it is right now.´´I agree with you, the comments he makes are very good, and compared to other youtubers and streamers, they are much more truthful and really convey the feeling that he really is a stalker fan.
@alexhobbs1208 yeah I been following this channel a long time & it's obvious he doesn't like the game. It's absolute trash, a scam, not stalker. So yes I will watch & yes I will give my opinion lol 😆
No real og stalker fan will like this game. Give it a few weeks & you'll see. It's not a stalker game, no matter how many fake shill comments say it is lol
She anomalous my dugout til I stalker
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Magnificent
It's a nice touch to see the dead snorks that Strelok killed while infiltrating X-18.
Im glad you continued your playthrough! Can’t wait to see the lore videos once, you have finished playing!
It is super nice to see the areas betwen levels
It's gorgeous, the world is pretty beautifully seamless. I can see myself wandering this reimagined zone for *years*. This game will go crazy in a few months when the full modding toolkit is out & the game is no longer in it's tender toddler state (talking about the launch bugs, optimization issues & memory leaks).
It's getting hard to be a loot goblin in Stalker 2 XD
Love your content! And thank you so much for making "Full Lore & Story" video - i think it's the best one out there. I Gave it a looksie just before starting stalker2 and it made all the difference. Now the plot of previous games makes sense. I have already sent link of it to two of my best friends, because i am sure they will feel the same appreciation as i do. Keep up the good work and enjoy "the zone"
Loving your playthough man! But do whats best for you. If the commentary is draining you & you're not enjoying the game as much as you would be otherwise, then I'd prefer that you take things at your own pace. I will say though I've enjoyed hearing your opinions on things & reactions to events/locations!
Told you this game was a scam made by scammers & you banned me. But I was right, it is cheap, boring trash & not a stalker game at all.
@@JoeyMills-y3v Did you even watch his last episode you dumbarse? It's his "social battery" thats draining him & the need to commentate. It has literally nothing to do with the game. He's enjoying it.
@@JoeyMills-y3vok, gamma player
@@sesad5035 gamma is way better than stalker 2 lol. All the original games are too, cos stalker 2 is not a stalker game. It's a scam, made by scammers, & every og stalker fan will agree soon.
@@JoeyMills-y3v well, you had the opposite effect of what you intended, I'll *never* play neither gamma nor anomaly.
Just woke up from a nap those dogs woke me up again glad to see you playing this we have to keep it alive and keep the stalker vibe here
I find switching to semi-auto when leaning is really helpful. The recoil when leaning is diagonal, making you miss a lot. But with semi auto, it's a lot easier to hit them.
Anomalous Dugout I will warn you again; do not progress past the point of the story where you go to SIRCAA. there is a game breaking quest after that segment that will ruin your playthrough if you continue on. most people who have gotten to “just like the good old days” and “on the edge” have reached a point of being soft locked due to a variety of bugs during the same segment. I don’t think they playtested past the halfway point of the game because this is ridiculous with how many people are soft locked during these quests. it’s a variety of bugs causing it too not just one single bug
edit: i’ve reached an official softlock to where I can’t even process the main quest any further. Richeter will have you hunt a mutant with a collar at a certain point, and it seems like if you have interacted with one earlier in the game, then the quest completely bugs out even if you manage to find a different collared mutant. some people are having luck with hunting an additional mutant even if he doesn’t give you the coordinates (which is part of the bug, the other half is him being uninteractable even with a collar)
What do you suggest I do instead?
@@anomalousdugout9557I would wait until they release the first patch this upcoming week to progress the story quests, and until then do some of the side content and exploration or artifact hunting. you can do as you want to obviously, but I am warning you now about the poor experience you may have by following the story up to that point
The game is broken trash, just give up lol. No A-life = not stalker. You know it 😂
@@JoeyMills-y3v are you mentally well?
@@candideoptimism8775 I'm not trying to justify this broken trash scam game, so I am better than you lol.
You’re my favorite TH-camr now
Too bad we don't get to romance Agatha.
It was love at first sight when I saw her.
Dude she's 50 at least!
@@subhajit1128 even better
@@subhajit1128 She doesn't look her age.
1:45:51 it said interact for a second
Curious what your feelings are about the game's story, world & characters thus far!
Search at daytime the poppy field, there is one little thing different in the field, at night it is hard to see visual, greetings from a fellow Stalker
17:20 THIS IS WHY I LOVE STALER 😆
40:16 That’s what she says (me when you upload new episode)
40:44 Insert Toy Story "I dont need you anymore meme"
what do you think about the juggernaut like mutants do you think its overkill or fair ?
Personally I think it's overkill. It should not take more than a couple headshots to kill most mutants. A fight with a bloodsucker should not eat up half my inventory only to catch it stuck on a corner or glitched onto something in order to win.
shooting over an entire mag with an AK to take down a single bloodsucker is way overkill. Especially when you fight multiple at once
day 4 of asking how to join the monolith
you should do a video comparing the location placement compared to the original games, like look for an area you enter an exit map from in stalker 2
As good as Skifs Makarov performs, i think i will never part with it. Also, it's cheap to maintain and ammo for it is literally everywhere.
IRL i would swap it out inmediately for a full size 9x19mm, as it is too small for my hands and the slide is biting into my shooting hand.
Hello....BAM!!!
Thanks for the playthrough Anomalous - if giving commentary while playing is hurting your experience of the game, why not do a voice-over of the game footage? Either way, I'm enjoying the game from your perspective since I don't have the hardware to play it myself yet.
After seeing this, I realize that I am actually good at this game. 😂 This is the game for me. Fallout is for kids, Stalker is for grown-ups. Imagine a co-op mode. Here's to hoping they are fixing all the critical bugs 🍺
Stalker 2 looks amazing and I'm still playing Clear Sky and CoP and roleplaying in whespers of the zone. ):
Why dont you heal when u approach leshy? U know that u sont have any health
2:25 monalithaaaa
Anomalous you should stick more with the ak. The shotgun doesnt seem enough gun for this instance of the game, even at close quarters
bruh those fps are worse than CoP on dx11 💀💀💀
when i ran into 4 bloodsuckers at once i decided to get a mod to modify mutant health pools to my own liking, not going to deal with that bs, they are fuckin tanks by default. fighting the burer was epic and fun but the bloodsuckers are just wrong
@Anomalus Dugout PLIZ TURN OF THE RADAR AND TEXT YOU WILL SEE HOW BETTER IT LOOKS PLUS IT WOUD LOOK LIKE OLD SCHOOL GAME,ALSO WITH TREATH INDICATOR ! I play like that it is so imersive only diference is you have to remember the direciont of your movment after you open PDA-map.(old school)-IMERSION +
Bro stop looting in the middle of the fights 😂😂😅😅
Tis the stalker way
@TheGhost-cw3qm I'm getting nervous 😅😂
@@EL-Masry The inner loot-goblin is off the leash for good.
@@FazekasPK I can tell 😂 I'm a loot goblin myself but bro is on another level
Im absolutely loving the playthrough so far im liking how the game looks but some people in the comments saying that the game is a scam are being idots if they dont like it dont watch simple as that this is not the place for negativity at all
you keep wasting a lot of medkits when you could just use a bandage a minute or two beforehand.
Your in-game sound is too low compared to your voice. Can't hear anything the NPCs say.
I can play the video with mpv, over-amplify the audio and have PulseEffects' autogain take care of it, but that's not an option for most people.
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Paar things to make playing and watching a bit better:
1. Turn up the brightness, gamma or do it in post edit. Due to YT conversion we as viewers don't see anything during night time.
2. Turn off the radar (the bar on top of the screen) and threat markers (the ones near crosshair that indicate enemies spotting you) - They are really annoying and make gaming as well as viewing a less enjoyable experiance.
3. Lower the difficulty settings. You really are struggling to play the game and not in a good sense. It isn't interesting to watch dying again and again due to playing on too high of a difficulty compared to personal skill. It's not to condemn you or insult in any way, but nobody will judge if you drop the difficulty so playing and watching would be more enjoyable.
More is sub-comment
4. Install mods to lower mutants HP. It's just anticlimactic to watch one of the weakest mutants in the Zone take 4-5 buckshots to kill. Not even talking about Bloodsuckers and their HP...
Gameplay-wise:
5. Do not loot corpses during fights. It really hurts the paste of fights, cuts the action and leads to getting shot or dying to get... 3-5 bullets... Being more concentrated on fights and then looting all the corpses would be more interesting to watch.
6. Maybe try cutting out the segments where you just walk? 50% of the video is walking without anything happening. It just isn't interesting to listen nor watch.
6. Try commenting less but putting more thoughts into your words. I love your theories videos, because you have a very good script and voice for those. It could be very cool for gameplay, but try to speak less about small things.
7. Instead of overanalyzing everything that you see all the time make stops and then explain the current thing. That would be more interesting.
Open for discussion with others. Let's help our boy Anomalous be the best he can!
Okay I think some of these are unneccessary, although okay as a suggestion but for example the difficulty level and the radar are not an issue at all. The veteran difficulty is a challenge, it’s expected to have a hard time - so him sharing his struggles with it is as real as it can get.
A middle ground could be including the first encounters, then only couple notable tries if any + the last (winning encounter).
I don’t have an issue with nighttime but I am on a good screen so can’t comment on that.
Agree on adding mod to lower mutant HP, they are unbalanced now completely.
Corpse looting pace is optional. I don’t mind him looting mid fight if that’s how he plays.
I also agree on cutting walk segments. If there is nothing happenning and no commentary made these segments are not really needed.
And finally, I enjoy the commentary as it is right now.
I know this is opposing to your comment but I think this just shows that a lot of it is personal preference. I think the main takeaway is that he should create the videos as he enjoys it, and that will rub off to the audience too.
@@ruzski6384 I agree with most of your points, except turning off the compass, that's a cool utility. Now, if there was a way to disable head bobbing and I could watch this in fullscreen, that'd be neat.
@@montygoode ``And finally, I enjoy the commentary as it is right now.´´I agree with you, the comments he makes are very good, and compared to other youtubers and streamers, they are much more truthful and really convey the feeling that he really is a stalker fan.
Just give up, its not a real stalker game & boring af.😂
No one is forcing you to be here or to play the game Joe
do something else with your life
@alexhobbs1208 yeah I been following this channel a long time & it's obvious he doesn't like the game. It's absolute trash, a scam, not stalker. So yes I will watch & yes I will give my opinion lol 😆
cry about that
Ok and?
No real og stalker fan will like this game. Give it a few weeks & you'll see. It's not a stalker game, no matter how many fake shill comments say it is lol