First game that comes to mind when you say “Night Vision” is Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory. I can hear that iconic high-pitched whirling followed by Michael Ironside’s smooth ASF voice saying something sardonic.
@@lmcg9904the original 2033 release had some seriously cool NVGs. They made using scopes basically impossible but they looked cool and had really cool functionality.
Came here to say the same. The iconic Splinter Cell (2002) on PS2 was my first game with with the NVG sound. We played that game so much, it's an absolute classic for me.
When you said the stuff about nightvision in games, the first game that popped back in my head after many years is Delta Force: Black Hawk Down. I used to play it back in '08 and '09 while my dad was in Afghanistan and i used to pretend i was playing as my dad. Just wanted to put that out there, thanks for reminding me of a childhood memory! :)
There's an addon in the Gamma addons menu called "Mag redux" or something like that, and it adds magazines to the game so you actually have to carry mags and load bullets and such in them! I love it for the added extra bit of realism! You might enjoy it!
I used to run mag redux with a custom Anomaly modlist before I knew about GAMMA. Is it the one that's buried in the ZCP menu, or is there something else I'm missing? I enabled that but it doesn't seem to have done anything.
@@ugrena7419 - IIRC for GAMMA you have to enable mag redux in the MO2 instance, disable the "unjam on reload key" mod in MO2, launch the game and then configure as needed.
@@SeamusCameron Yeah, i actually figured it out a couple of days ago, I had forgotten that some of the stuff in gamma is disabled in MO2. Thanks though!
the first game that makes me think of night vision, is when I played COD 4 MW, and it just felt super cool cutting the power out back and clearing a house in the dark, seeing the AI enemies scrambling around trying to see
Night raids in Escape From Tarkov has been one of my favorite things to do in gaming since they've made changes to IR lasers + Illuminators. It feels so dope playing it slow and just sweeping an area with a kitted out USP.
@@carlitosskater89 Airsoft is DEFINITELY not a toy lol. You really don't want a kid using it without proper instructions. Unless you hate having eyeballs.
My favorite game with nightvision was Halo ODST. I always loved how it just highlighted things so you still had your natural NV of your dilated eyes. Sometimes NV tries to do too much, especially in video games. Sometimes it ambient light level just makes in not necessary or often the NV is just day time with a green filter over it. I like the NVs that you need, Arma comes to mind but mostly because those nights get really damn dark
I had the first 2 Delta Force games and then I either got Black Hawk Down or the demo for it. The first thing I saw when I entered a multiplayer match was a US soldier in full gear doing somersaults. I never played it again.
I just discovered this mod from one of your videos popping up in my youtube feed.... I played shadow of the chernobyl like CRAZY back in 2007/2008 but didnt end up getting any xpacs since the game didnt live up to the hype back then ... GAMMA feels like the game this was meant to be. I am so grateful to be experiencing this now. Game is now 16 years later and it's been so incredible
I've always found the dark relaxing. I used to walk home the darkest ways I could find when I was a kid, through some dangerous places. You'd never see anyone though, I think most people are pretty scared of it they just don't admit it. I'm from a long line of people who worked underground, maybe its genetic because I see real good and I like caves and old mines too. Be interesting to study how generations of people adapt to unusual conditions like that
not an older game but Clean House in MW19 was the first thing that came to mind when i thought of a night vision based section/mission. Also night raids in Escape From Tarkov have such an ambiance, somewhere between tense, covert movements, and the calming presence of the shroud of darkness concealing you makes them very appealing to me.
nothing is more of a vibe than walking through the darkness in stalker, ak74u in hand, retelling goofy airsoft stories hahaha. Love the stalker content.
I started a little over a month ago and I just recently gotten geared enough to actually do stuff without immediately dying. I did a few of the main missions and explored up to pripryat, then headed back to my base at the farmstead to sleep. When I woke up it was a lot more quiet than usual. I went out side to look for the usual stalkers around the campfire, but I was met with 10+ monolith expert-legendary exo-soldiers outside the door stacked tactically against the wall. All of the other stalkers were dead or attempting to fight back. One of the most ass clenching firefights ensured. It was fucking insane, top 15 gaming experiences of my life. If I could compare the world play to anything it would have to be Fallout NV, but even then it does some things better than even FNV. If you haven’t already, I really recommend the GAMMA mod. It’s a real challenge even on the easiest modes and a real breath of fresh air from the hand holding of todays games.
I've always liked the night vision in the Metro games, although buggy at times its cool to see PNV 57e(or similar) in use even if its not realistic. Soviet night vision is something that's not really explored in video games or at all and I'm always interested whenever it dose pop up.
@@sneakyassassin8517 Yeah, bro, I hope STALKER 2 is as amazing as we hope it will be. As for Anomaly and GAMMA... Sadly I don't see console players getting their hands on that stuff because they're total conversion mods and homegrown games. You can't sell 'em or certify them, which means sadly they aren't coming to console.
@_masko_1329 nope. All we can hope is the people at stalker 2 studio have watched and played these mods amd love the way they looks and play as much as we all do and put it all in the new game
@@maskoblackfyre stalker 2 wont be anything like anomaly or gamma though it'll most likely have a very simplified crafting system and no food/sleep drainage
@@CPhero82 they’ve placed December as the holding date as they have too in order to have preorders according to their twitter, I think it might and I really hope it comes out before then tho😭
I just started playing stalker for the first time about a week and a half ago. Thank you for showing me this drewski. It’s been the type of game I’ve been looking for, I’m just sad I never knew about this world before
@@smokeyson436 oh awesome! Hope you enjoy it. Try to learn as much as possible. But beware stalker 2 is much different. Anomaly is kind of a. Hybrid game
@@LuisC7 how will stalker 2 differ from anomaly if you don’t mind me asking? I’ve only gotten to the part of disabling the brain scorcher last night so I feel I still have quite a bit to go.
@@smokeyson436 yes indeed you have! Try to learn as much as you can. Stalker 2 will be less complex than anomaly. Mods nowadays contain thousands of items, crafting, hundreds of guns etc. Stalker 2 isn't like that. It's more simple which I prefer. Mods will do the rest later
The first game that comes to mind when you mention night vision is, of course, Splinter Cell. Most other games I can think of like MW2019 and Ghost Recon Wildlands use it as an optional supplemental feature, but not as a core mechanic. And I absolutely love this format of video, the storytelling aspect makes it feel like you're walking through the Zone with someone and making small talk with them the whole way. Really selling me on this game. I've been wanting to get into S.T.A.L.K.E.R. for a while and I'm finally getting a PC soon, when that does happen I think this might wind up at the top of my games to play list.
For me, Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory. First stealth game I played as a child growing up, I got it for one of my birthdays and I was hooked. I can still remember the iconic sound of turning on your NVGs. I always really loved the atmosphere in that game sneaking around
I love your Stalker Content Bro! Just chillin‘ and listen to your stories feels almost like hangin‘ out with a friend ✌🏻 Unless some Mutant jumpscares the crap out of me though 😂
Maaaan I really love these chill GAMMA videos I feel like I could fall asleep to them they’re so soothing. Edit: My earliest NVG memory would probably be watching my mom play the first Splinter Cell game on our PS2
Yo who remembers Syphon Filter on the PS1 and that night vision sniper mission in the park? Shit was dope. And not to mention the completely BASED taser 😂
I'm personally a big fan of the visor system from Halo 3 ODST. To me it made understanding ambient light better and the faux thermal outline is awesome. I come from a background of strong pvs-14 usage, your comments about them are spot on.
I loved the ODST visor system. Speaking of thermal outlines, Holosun is making an optic with this technology now. Only a matter of time before they stuff it into a helmet and we see the real deal.
@Falcon On PC it actually exists with nvgs now. The clip on E-COTI and the new ENVG-B has it built in. I've gotten to see live footage through an E-COTI on white phosphor tubes and man it's so cool. We just need digital night vision to evolve. I'm so pumped.
I can still remember his whimpers when he first encountered a chimera, now he just goes "A chimera". CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT PEOPLE! CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT!
Delta Force, the 1998 game by NovaLogic was the first time that I ever saw NVGs used in a game. I played so much of that game, but all I can remember of it is using those NVGs to attack an enemy compound located in a valley.
Yeah, that was my first thought too. Delta Force 2 was the one I played, and to this day I remember nailing kilometer sniper shots. So far away the enemies were little dots running around lol.
When I think of night vision goggles it comes to mind my first experience with ARMA 2 DayZ mod. Sitting around NWAF with a nightvision and a DMR. I was a crack shot. Looking forward to the next video !
from someone who's mostly been playing f2p games as a child, the first time I've had nvgs in a game was warthunder :/ most games I've played didn't have night vision as a feature in the game. Stalker gamma was actually the first fps game with nvgs so thanks for making all the stalker videos that got me into it
Game with nigh vision is actually a series: Splinter Cell. When I think of that game, I think of a frontal view of Sam Fisher pulling down his nods with the iconic sound. Not saying the game did night vision the best, but it's etched into my brain! Edit: now you actually mentioned Splinter Cell right after, but it's my answer and I stay with it!
Halo 3 ODST had one of my most favorite nvg features in any video game by far, the sound it makes when you turn it on is so nice and just the overall ui for it is crisp imo.
The night vision in the first original non redux Metro 2033 game. Buying the stealth suit before the bridge "frontline" level and having to charge your batteries to power the night vision goggles throughout the sequence was crazy to experience the first time around. Top 10 gaming memories is clearing that level meticulously on the first try without a single alert.
@@therealamon I have completed all the achievements in that game, and I'm pretty sure I unlocked both the no killing achievement and the true ending on my first ever play-though on ranger.
@@therealamon Dang, a 360 full clear certainly beats my pc one, I don't think I have ever got all achievements on a 360 game because there are always online ones and I didn't have that growing up.
DayZ is the game I think of for NVGs. Nothing beat chasing helicopter crashes looking for a set of NVGs especially when playing on a server with vanilla darkness. Getting NVGs instantly made you more confident in moving around after dark
Although I also was scared of darkness as a child, after I started going orienteering at night in forests quite often, even with spooky noises I liked to just turn of the flashlight and embrace the feeling of dark night forest. It's very relaxing for me
Please don't stop making stalker content, there's so much to do, to be creative, with factions, different gameplay styles, etc. Just love watching you immersed in the zone while chating about random stuff. cheers
Hour long Stalker video, hell yeah! I know it takes a long time to make these videos but I really wish we'd get more Stalker content. I've been hooked on the franchise since 2007 and can't get enough of it. GIVE ME MORE PLEASE. :) Edit: Invictus run when??
It was the Splinter Cell, I don’t really remember which one it was, but it was the mission in Georgia including some sort of diplomat or politic. Not really sure what exactly it was about, but there was NVG and ability to hang over the balcony on your arms. Also when I think about NVG in the games my favorite series came to my mind - it is Metal Gear Solid, especially the last one. And Metro of course.
The first NVG i can remember of is the old Delta Force: Land Warrior back in the 2000's. The way you could aim and NV changed to scope only in a different poisition on the screen felt amazing back then :)
The first game to come to my mind that has night vision in it is probably the Delta Force series, specifically Delta Force: Black Hawk Down. The night vision wasn't anything special for the time but the missions that had them were pretty fun.
Halo ODST had my favorite night-vision mode. I love the way it outlined things. That game is one of my favorites of the series, always has been. Still incredibly fun.
Chaos Theory was, I think, my first game with NVGs. I know it’s not the most realistic implementation, but it got the job done. I do, however, love how a lot of newer games are using a much more realistic implementation for immersion.
Syphon Filter for the PS1 was the first time i used those NVGs. The demo was in a magazine along with Spyro, and Crash Bandicoot i believe. Man what a time to be alive.
Man, this video was amazing. I hope you make more of these! It really made my day. I love when it actually feels like I'm going on an adventure, it helps with the boredom 😂
I’m in texas too. I pretty much only canoe at night. If you want to see alligators and other wild animals, you have to go out at night. With a good head lamp you can see any animal 100 - 200 m away by their eye shine. Love the stalker vids.
Literally was thinking "Oh. Perfect Dark!" and then you said it and then told me not to write it down because you mentioned it so here we are... Thanks for all of the STALKER content - you have been a fantastic contributor to the community that has grown around the game series and related mods.
I like this kind of video, with this kind of stories and chatting, this reminds me of my airsoft experience as well) I've played big week long games with vehicles and night fights, where only a few of us had NVGs, and all were supposed to use trasser attachments - participating this was a strange mix of fear and glory, even if it was just a game.
Was busy working and got the video running on my other screen, got a nice jump from that jump scare and I wasn't even looking at that moment, the sounds in this game are incredible...
Tom Clancys Splinter Cell. Iconic night vision imo and first thing that comes to mind. Chaos theory for night time. They were all night missions I think.
The actual first game that comes to mind when I think of night vision is the first Ghost Recon. I remember seeing my uncle playing the game when I was a kid and one of the first levels is at night and you need NV goggles. I remember the unusual look the game took and how quiet and creepy the level was. There where buildings with lights on and when you took the nvs off you really saw the difference, how dark it was outside and stuff. Good times.
First games that come to mind when thinking of NVGs are Stalker shadow of chernobyl, BF2 Special Forces addon, the Metro series and Insurgency Sandstorm. Have fond memories of all of those games. Edit: Needed to mention Soldier of fortune 2 too.
The way that a dude says about a psysucker AFTER you stumble on it is just gold. Also my first memory of NV goggles comes back to CS 1.6, a first ever game for me.
Renegades are basically bandits who left the bandit organization because they don't like how they are run. Renegades act on their own accord with their own ideals, only neutral to bandits. I kind of see them as the main characters of the bandit faction.
My first memory of NVG was one of the sniper rifles in Red Faction 2 on PS2, i can't recall the exact weapon name anymore. I wasn't overwhelmed by that one, but my favourite was for sure the first Splinter Cell, where it was genuinely useful in gameplay, and well-integrated. Once they also gave you thermal vision, i was over the moon.
For night vision the first game that comes to mind is Rainbow Six Vegas 2. Simply because of how often I played it with my older brother and the memories. Wasn't impressive night vision by any means as it was just a green circle put over your 3rd person camera. But it felt so cool to be "tactical" clearing terrorists with my brother, man I often tell my brother we have to get together and replay vegas 2, army of 2 and a few other games again. Those were such great times
Medal of Honor from 2010 is what I think of immediately when I think about a game I played a lot that has night vision. I played it a lot as a kid, even if I don't really understand the story at all, and I played the game several times over. It had several levels with NVGs and Thermals and I remember specifically it had interactions in one mission where the enemy sends up flares or something along those lines and it blinds you while you're using your NVGs. I doubt they're very realistic though.
Love this game. It can be so serene and relaxing, especially with the nighttime and the rain. The aesthetic of this game just pushes all the right buttons.
Favorite game with night vision was (and I swear I thought of it before you mentioned it) was Splinter Cell! Love that series so much and Michael Ironside as the VO for Sam Fisher was so badass!
I've played very little of the series but for some reason Splinter Cell's NV feels like *the* iconic form of night vision in video games to me, from the sound to the visuals to even the design of the headset and its three green glowing lenses.
First exposure to NVGs in video games was this old PS2 game called "Conflict: Desert Storm", following games were SOCOM 4, and CoD MW 2007. Injecting my own Night story: The only thing that got me scared shitless was waking up around 2 in the morning and listening to moose trudging through the camp.
Splinter Cell is the game that I instantly think of for night vision goggles. The sound and grainy look was just iconic. Call of Duty 4 was my runner up for the same reasons
I'd have to say my favorite and first introduction to night vision was Splinter cell Blacklist. Super fun to just hide in a dark hall dangling off a pipe right above someone and no one knows you're there.
The game that comes to my mind when i think of night vision and have vivid memories of is Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2, the distinct noise it made when you just put them on and the typical green hue that came with it just brings back memories
Half Life Opposing Force, the pitch black sewers infested with them Voltigore's always freaked me out as a kid, the night vision only illuminated like a few meters in front and them big mf's were always around the next corner, and always aggroed out of your vision. And their galloping sound was always terrifying, but the sounds they made when taking damaged reminded my brother and I of a constipated cow, we joked about it, but still freaked us out. The only part of the game I didn't enjoy. I always just impulse101ed for displacer cannon ammo, could 2 shot them. Fond memories for sure.
When I hear "night vision goggles" Splinter Cell obviously pops up but Escape from Tarkov has the best implementation of night vision goggles I have seen. I have probably not played enough titles to give a better answer
The very first game that pops into mind when I think of NVGs is Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007). I never knew much about NVGs until I started watching your channel, so I remember being very confused at the difference in quality in the NVGs in the first three Modern Warfare games.
The first game I remember with iconic night vision was splinter cell chaos theory. My dad, brother, and I would play the co op mode on the first xbox, and continued all the way up to blacklist. But chaos theory we would always go back to.
First game that came to mind for NVGs would be ground branch, they've done very well with their design, though they lean into the "Grit" of NVGs. The oldest game I remember playing with NVGs would Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, I remember being absolutely wowed by the thermal highlight goggles, and absolutely falling in love with the shooter milsim genre. God I miss that game, still to this day by far one of my favorite games
For the games featuring night vision: The oldest one: Return to Castle Wolfenstein - Paderborn Village mission with the "Snooper Rifle" (suppressed and had a built-in NV scope) The favorite: Hard to choose but any Splinter Cell or Metro series games, probably.
I remember being blown away in 2010 when the Medal of Honor reboot came out. I thought the graphics and night vision was so realistic bc i only ever really knew COD. To me it was so groundbreaking at the time haha i’m pretty sure it was the first modern Medal of Honor based on the war of Afghanistan. This was the first thought that popped in my head when you said “favorite game with night vision” id actually like to go back and see if the game still holds up EDIT: also the OG Ghost Recons come to mind as well. those where the first mil sim type games i ever played as a kid and i think the first game i ever played with NV
8:07 The most iconic is definitely Modern Warfare. Don't remember if the first one already had such a level, but the entire series is absolutely iconic in regards to NVGs, especially the reboot from 2019. But when you said, "older games", I did actually immediately think of Splinter Cell. A reboot of this series would be so incredibly awesome! But whatever they were cooking seems to be mostly dead now.
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YES MORE STALKER PLEASE START ANOTHER PLAY THROUGH FROM START TO FINISH
Raising my both snork hands up
+1
Yes please.
please daddy drewski i can't live without another stalker video
PLEASE YES
First game that comes to mind when you say “Night Vision” is Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory. I can hear that iconic high-pitched whirling followed by Michael Ironside’s smooth ASF voice saying something sardonic.
I was about to say, sound, definitely spinter cell, function metro any metro.
Thought the exact same thing, especially the merc vs spy multiplayer.
Glad to see someone else also had Splinter Cell as their iconic NVG game, it was my first thought too.
@@lmcg9904the original 2033 release had some seriously cool NVGs. They made using scopes basically impossible but they looked cool and had really cool functionality.
Came here to say the same. The iconic Splinter Cell (2002) on PS2 was my first game with with the NVG sound. We played that game so much, it's an absolute classic for me.
Drewski doesn't fail to surprise me with another S.T.A.L.K.E.R GAMMA video
When you said the stuff about nightvision in games, the first game that popped back in my head after many years is Delta Force: Black Hawk Down. I used to play it back in '08 and '09 while my dad was in Afghanistan and i used to pretend i was playing as my dad. Just wanted to put that out there, thanks for reminding me of a childhood memory! :)
This is the most wholesome thing I have ever read, thank you.
@@mopeymuzzo5151 glad to hear that man
delta force 1
Oh dude holy shit literally the same childhood
Did the same while my dad was deployed
“BI-CH! YOU WOKE ME FROM MY SLUMBER!” Is probably just in general the best way to wake up
This series should never end. We need this series several times a week. Keep up the awesome work Drewski!
There's an addon in the Gamma addons menu called "Mag redux" or something like that, and it adds magazines to the game so you actually have to carry mags and load bullets and such in them! I love it for the added extra bit of realism! You might enjoy it!
I used to run mag redux with a custom Anomaly modlist before I knew about GAMMA. Is it the one that's buried in the ZCP menu, or is there something else I'm missing? I enabled that but it doesn't seem to have done anything.
@@ugrena7419 - IIRC for GAMMA you have to enable mag redux in the MO2 instance, disable the "unjam on reload key" mod in MO2, launch the game and then configure as needed.
@@SeamusCameron Yeah, i actually figured it out a couple of days ago, I had forgotten that some of the stuff in gamma is disabled in MO2. Thanks though!
I like it except for the incredible tedium involved in loading and unloading mags
the first game that makes me think of night vision, is when I played COD 4 MW, and it just felt super cool cutting the power out back and clearing a house in the dark, seeing the AI enemies scrambling around trying to see
Same here
Night raids in Escape From Tarkov has been one of my favorite things to do in gaming since they've made changes to IR lasers + Illuminators. It feels so dope playing it slow and just sweeping an area with a kitted out USP.
You nailed me, I absolutely am watching this on my big TV in my living room late at night and that psysucker jump scare was absolutely glorious
i love hearing drewski share core memories from airsoft
Makes me want to get into it, sadly where I live you have to be eighteen so I have to wait a few more months.
@@daanoffline5716 meanwhile you can always practice dry fires, even with aa sick or a gun toy (what airsoft guns are basically)
@@carlitosskater89 Airsoft is DEFINITELY not a toy lol. You really don't want a kid using it without proper instructions. Unless you hate having eyeballs.
My favorite game with nightvision was Halo ODST. I always loved how it just highlighted things so you still had your natural NV of your dilated eyes. Sometimes NV tries to do too much, especially in video games. Sometimes it ambient light level just makes in not necessary or often the NV is just day time with a green filter over it. I like the NVs that you need, Arma comes to mind but mostly because those nights get really damn dark
+1 for ODST, first game I can remember playing with NV and they pulled it off so well
Love ODST!!
this one. ODST by itself was such an amazing game, and especially the NV
ODST was so immersive and VISR just added to it loved that game, still do
i loved the night vision missions in delta force: black hawk down, they were decently realistic for the time at least
Definitely black hawk down miss that classic
Oh wow, to think I just remembered this game a couple days ago, it was always so awesome to play those missions
I had the first 2 Delta Force games and then I either got Black Hawk Down or the demo for it. The first thing I saw when I entered a multiplayer match was a US soldier in full gear doing somersaults. I never played it again.
legit one of my favorite games. used to play that a lot back in the day.
Blackhawk Down! Ah man, the peak of the Delta Force series, I loved MP in that game.
I just discovered this mod from one of your videos popping up in my youtube feed.... I played shadow of the chernobyl like CRAZY back in 2007/2008 but didnt end up getting any xpacs since the game didnt live up to the hype back then
... GAMMA feels like the game this was meant to be. I am so grateful to be experiencing this now. Game is now 16 years later and it's been so incredible
I've always found the dark relaxing. I used to walk home the darkest ways I could find when I was a kid, through some dangerous places. You'd never see anyone though, I think most people are pretty scared of it they just don't admit it. I'm from a long line of people who worked underground, maybe its genetic because I see real good and I like caves and old mines too. Be interesting to study how generations of people adapt to unusual conditions like that
thats really cool ngl
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory was the first game I ever played with night vision. It blew my mind how good it looked at the time!
+1
Yep. It was awesome.
The 3 lenses and that sound are iconic.
The original Splinter Cell's night vision really blew my mind on the OG Xbox back in the day when it first came out
not an older game but Clean House in MW19 was the first thing that came to mind when i thought of a night vision based section/mission. Also night raids in Escape From Tarkov have such an ambiance, somewhere between tense, covert movements, and the calming presence of the shroud of darkness concealing you makes them very appealing to me.
nothing is more of a vibe than walking through the darkness in stalker, ak74u in hand, retelling goofy airsoft stories hahaha. Love the stalker content.
I love how used to the Zone Drewskie got. There's a full on firefight going on not to far away but for the zone it's just another Tuesday
I started a little over a month ago and I just recently gotten geared enough to actually do stuff without immediately dying.
I did a few of the main missions and explored up to pripryat, then headed back to my base at the farmstead to sleep. When I woke up it was a lot more quiet than usual. I went out side to look for the usual stalkers around the campfire, but I was met with 10+ monolith expert-legendary exo-soldiers outside the door stacked tactically against the wall. All of the other stalkers were dead or attempting to fight back. One of the most ass clenching firefights ensured. It was fucking insane, top 15 gaming experiences of my life.
If I could compare the world play to anything it would have to be Fallout NV, but even then it does some things better than even FNV. If you haven’t already, I really recommend the GAMMA mod. It’s a real challenge even on the easiest modes and a real breath of fresh air from the hand holding of todays games.
That's a good story for the campfire
I've always liked the night vision in the Metro games, although buggy at times its cool to see PNV 57e(or similar) in use even if its not realistic. Soviet night vision is something that's not really explored in video games or at all and I'm always interested whenever it dose pop up.
Even after 1000+ hours this game amazes me with how beautiful and amazing it looks and plays.
I wish more gamers knew about it.
Not that a lot of people know, but many of us are on console. We are patiently waiting, although more than eager.
@@sneakyassassin8517 Yeah, bro, I hope STALKER 2 is as amazing as we hope it will be.
As for Anomaly and GAMMA... Sadly I don't see console players getting their hands on that stuff because they're total conversion mods and homegrown games.
You can't sell 'em or certify them, which means sadly they aren't coming to console.
@_masko_1329 nope.
All we can hope is the people at stalker 2 studio have watched and played these mods amd love the way they looks and play as much as we all do and put it all in the new game
how do you download it?
@@maskoblackfyre stalker 2 wont be anything like anomaly or gamma though
it'll most likely have a very simplified crafting system and no food/sleep drainage
This game is insane. The environment is possibly the best I’ve ever seen, there is something inherently realistic about it.
lets hope stalker 2 makes us feel the same
absolutely
@@kiritimatiswan1986 release date of stalker 2
@@CPhero82 december
@@CPhero82 they’ve placed December as the holding date as they have too in order to have preorders according to their twitter, I think it might and I really hope it comes out before then tho😭
I love how this game can be so chill and in a split second completely flip.
Your STALKER content is easily your most intriguing solo content. Hope you keep making more!
Drewski makes another stalker video
Me: Now this puts a smile on my face.
+1 : D
Same
I just started playing stalker for the first time about a week and a half ago. Thank you for showing me this drewski. It’s been the type of game I’ve been looking for, I’m just sad I never knew about this world before
Welcome to the club! Now play gamma and the trilogy! Have fun
@@LuisC7 playing anomaly story right now. Plan to do gamma once I feel comfortable with the world
@@smokeyson436 oh awesome! Hope you enjoy it. Try to learn as much as possible. But beware stalker 2 is much different. Anomaly is kind of a. Hybrid game
@@LuisC7 how will stalker 2 differ from anomaly if you don’t mind me asking? I’ve only gotten to the part of disabling the brain scorcher last night so I feel I still have quite a bit to go.
@@smokeyson436 yes indeed you have! Try to learn as much as you can. Stalker 2 will be less complex than anomaly. Mods nowadays contain thousands of items, crafting, hundreds of guns etc. Stalker 2 isn't like that. It's more simple which I prefer. Mods will do the rest later
The first game that comes to mind when you mention night vision is, of course, Splinter Cell. Most other games I can think of like MW2019 and Ghost Recon Wildlands use it as an optional supplemental feature, but not as a core mechanic.
And I absolutely love this format of video, the storytelling aspect makes it feel like you're walking through the Zone with someone and making small talk with them the whole way. Really selling me on this game. I've been wanting to get into S.T.A.L.K.E.R. for a while and I'm finally getting a PC soon, when that does happen I think this might wind up at the top of my games to play list.
For me, Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory. First stealth game I played as a child growing up, I got it for one of my birthdays and I was hooked. I can still remember the iconic sound of turning on your NVGs. I always really loved the atmosphere in that game sneaking around
I love your Stalker Content Bro!
Just chillin‘ and listen to your stories feels almost like hangin‘ out with a friend ✌🏻
Unless some Mutant jumpscares the crap out of me though 😂
Maaaan I really love these chill GAMMA videos I feel like I could fall asleep to them they’re so soothing.
Edit: My earliest NVG memory would probably be watching my mom play the first Splinter Cell game on our PS2
I do remember the Splinter Cell NV not looking as good on the PS2 as it did on the OG Xbox, but that game had the first amazing NVG for sure.
Your mom is cool.
I remember getting my mum to do the lockpicking section in the tutorial. 4 year old me had no clue how to do it
Yo who remembers Syphon Filter on the PS1 and that night vision sniper mission in the park? Shit was dope. And not to mention the completely BASED taser 😂
Holy crap, you just sparked some major forgotten memories of mine with that game syphon filter! Good call on that one man
Bro, I loved lighting people on fire with the tazer!
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Syphon Filter was the real shit on PSX, man I remember the taser burning enemies when you were letting it work for too long 😂
Agreed
I'm personally a big fan of the visor system from Halo 3 ODST. To me it made understanding ambient light better and the faux thermal outline is awesome. I come from a background of strong pvs-14 usage, your comments about them are spot on.
I loved the ODST visor system. Speaking of thermal outlines, Holosun is making an optic with this technology now. Only a matter of time before they stuff it into a helmet and we see the real deal.
@Falcon On PC it actually exists with nvgs now. The clip on E-COTI and the new ENVG-B has it built in. I've gotten to see live footage through an E-COTI on white phosphor tubes and man it's so cool. We just need digital night vision to evolve. I'm so pumped.
Splinter Cell is the game that immediately comes to mind when I think of NVGs being used in video games. It's a core game mechanic of the series.
I can still remember his whimpers when he first encountered a chimera, now he just goes "A chimera".
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT PEOPLE! CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT!
No longer a rookie.
Delta Force, the 1998 game by NovaLogic was the first time that I ever saw NVGs used in a game. I played so much of that game, but all I can remember of it is using those NVGs to attack an enemy compound located in a valley.
yes, for me its land force warrior, another delta force gamme
Yeah, that was my first thought too. Delta Force 2 was the one I played, and to this day I remember nailing kilometer sniper shots. So far away the enemies were little dots running around lol.
When I think of night vision goggles it comes to mind my first experience with ARMA 2 DayZ mod. Sitting around NWAF with a nightvision and a DMR. I was a crack shot. Looking forward to the next video !
Ground branch nvgs are amazing. The latest update brought in quad nods n they're the most realistic nvgs I've seen in a game
from someone who's mostly been playing f2p games as a child, the first time I've had nvgs in a game was warthunder :/
most games I've played didn't have night vision as a feature in the game. Stalker gamma was actually the first fps game with nvgs so thanks for making all the stalker videos that got me into it
Game with nigh vision is actually a series: Splinter Cell. When I think of that game, I think of a frontal view of Sam Fisher pulling down his nods with the iconic sound.
Not saying the game did night vision the best, but it's etched into my brain!
Edit: now you actually mentioned Splinter Cell right after, but it's my answer and I stay with it!
We definitely need more stalker content. What else am I supposed to fall asleep to at night
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Halo 3 ODST had one of my most favorite nvg features in any video game by far, the sound it makes when you turn it on is so nice and just the overall ui for it is crisp imo.
Holy crap, The intro to the video was insane, Can't wait to see the rest.
The night vision in the first original non redux Metro 2033 game. Buying the stealth suit before the bridge "frontline" level and having to charge your batteries to power the night vision goggles throughout the sequence was crazy to experience the first time around. Top 10 gaming memories is clearing that level meticulously on the first try without a single alert.
Lol i did frontline no killing for the achievement did u?
@@therealamon I have completed all the achievements in that game, and I'm pretty sure I unlocked both the no killing achievement and the true ending on my first ever play-though on ranger.
@@janjastrzebski1897 hell yeah i think on 360 version i got all achievements me and my brother collectively got em all
@@therealamon Dang, a 360 full clear certainly beats my pc one, I don't think I have ever got all achievements on a 360 game because there are always online ones and I didn't have that growing up.
@@janjastrzebski1897 i think all the 360 achievements are around the same as pc version for the non redux version not sure tho i dont have it on steam
DayZ is the game I think of for NVGs. Nothing beat chasing helicopter crashes looking for a set of NVGs especially when playing on a server with vanilla darkness. Getting NVGs instantly made you more confident in moving around after dark
Although I also was scared of darkness as a child, after I started going orienteering at night in forests quite often, even with spooky noises I liked to just turn of the flashlight and embrace the feeling of dark night forest. It's very relaxing for me
Please don't stop making stalker content, there's so much to do, to be creative, with factions, different gameplay styles, etc.
Just love watching you immersed in the zone while chating about random stuff.
cheers
Hour long Stalker video, hell yeah! I know it takes a long time to make these videos but I really wish we'd get more Stalker content. I've been hooked on the franchise since 2007 and can't get enough of it. GIVE ME MORE PLEASE. :)
Edit: Invictus run when??
It was the Splinter Cell, I don’t really remember which one it was, but it was the mission in Georgia including some sort of diplomat or politic. Not really sure what exactly it was about, but there was NVG and ability to hang over the balcony on your arms. Also when I think about NVG in the games my favorite series came to my mind - it is Metal Gear Solid, especially the last one. And Metro of course.
The first NVG i can remember of is the old Delta Force: Land Warrior back in the 2000's. The way you could aim and NV changed to scope only in a different poisition on the screen felt amazing back then :)
Keep doing GAMMA content! You're amazing at it!!!
The first game to come to my mind that has night vision in it is probably the Delta Force series, specifically Delta Force: Black Hawk Down. The night vision wasn't anything special for the time but the missions that had them were pretty fun.
I can’t stop being impressed by the gun sounds in Gamma. That mechsuit fight was great
Shrike did an amazing job on guns sounds !
Halo ODST had my favorite night-vision mode. I love the way it outlined things. That game is one of my favorites of the series, always has been. Still incredibly fun.
Chaos Theory was, I think, my first game with NVGs. I know it’s not the most realistic implementation, but it got the job done. I do, however, love how a lot of newer games are using a much more realistic implementation for immersion.
every stalker vid I just feel like I'm watching a stalker recounting his stories to a camera to try to stay sane
Dreski you really called my ass out with that “I bet your up at 2 in the morning” I’m dyinggggg
Syphon Filter for the PS1 was the first time i used those NVGs. The demo was in a magazine along with Spyro, and Crash Bandicoot i believe. Man what a time to be alive.
Man, this video was amazing. I hope you make more of these! It really made my day. I love when it actually feels like I'm going on an adventure, it helps with the boredom 😂
The first video game NVG that left a memory for me was Operation Cold Thunder in the 96' Rainbow Six.
Stalking towards the outpost as Domingo Chavez.
I’m in texas too. I pretty much only canoe at night. If you want to see alligators and other wild animals, you have to go out at night. With a good head lamp you can see any animal 100 - 200 m away by their eye shine. Love the stalker vids.
Literally was thinking "Oh. Perfect Dark!" and then you said it and then told me not to write it down because you mentioned it so here we are...
Thanks for all of the STALKER content - you have been a fantastic contributor to the community that has grown around the game series and related mods.
Syphon Filter was my fav Night vision esc game i can remember night vision in.
Iconic night vision goggles game has to be the Splinter Cell series
I like this kind of video, with this kind of stories and chatting, this reminds me of my airsoft experience as well)
I've played big week long games with vehicles and night fights, where only a few of us had NVGs, and all were supposed to use trasser attachments - participating this was a strange mix of fear and glory, even if it was just a game.
Was busy working and got the video running on my other screen, got a nice jump from that jump scare and I wasn't even looking at that moment, the sounds in this game are incredible...
Tom Clancys Splinter Cell. Iconic night vision imo and first thing that comes to mind. Chaos theory for night time. They were all night missions I think.
The actual first game that comes to mind when I think of night vision is the first Ghost Recon. I remember seeing my uncle playing the game when I was a kid and one of the first levels is at night and you need NV goggles. I remember the unusual look the game took and how quiet and creepy the level was. There where buildings with lights on and when you took the nvs off you really saw the difference, how dark it was outside and stuff. Good times.
Delta Force - Blackhawk Down, is the first old FPS that I remember with semi-good nightvision
First games that come to mind when thinking of NVGs are Stalker shadow of chernobyl, BF2 Special Forces addon, the Metro series and Insurgency Sandstorm. Have fond memories of all of those games. Edit: Needed to mention Soldier of fortune 2 too.
The way that a dude says about a psysucker AFTER you stumble on it is just gold.
Also my first memory of NV goggles comes back to CS 1.6, a first ever game for me.
Renegades are basically bandits who left the bandit organization because they don't like how they are run. Renegades act on their own accord with their own ideals, only neutral to bandits. I kind of see them as the main characters of the bandit faction.
My first memory of NVG was one of the sniper rifles in Red Faction 2 on PS2, i can't recall the exact weapon name anymore. I wasn't overwhelmed by that one, but my favourite was for sure the first Splinter Cell, where it was genuinely useful in gameplay, and well-integrated. Once they also gave you thermal vision, i was over the moon.
For night vision the first game that comes to mind is Rainbow Six Vegas 2. Simply because of how often I played it with my older brother and the memories. Wasn't impressive night vision by any means as it was just a green circle put over your 3rd person camera. But it felt so cool to be "tactical" clearing terrorists with my brother, man I often tell my brother we have to get together and replay vegas 2, army of 2 and a few other games again. Those were such great times
Medal of Honor from 2010 is what I think of immediately when I think about a game I played a lot that has night vision. I played it a lot as a kid, even if I don't really understand the story at all, and I played the game several times over. It had several levels with NVGs and Thermals and I remember specifically it had interactions in one mission where the enemy sends up flares or something along those lines and it blinds you while you're using your NVGs. I doubt they're very realistic though.
35:09 dude littraly just walked by a PsydoGigant xD
Love this game. It can be so serene and relaxing, especially with the nighttime and the rain. The aesthetic of this game just pushes all the right buttons.
Favorite game with night vision was (and I swear I thought of it before you mentioned it) was Splinter Cell! Love that series so much and Michael Ironside as the VO for Sam Fisher was so badass!
I've played very little of the series but for some reason Splinter Cell's NV feels like *the* iconic form of night vision in video games to me, from the sound to the visuals to even the design of the headset and its three green glowing lenses.
First exposure to NVGs in video games was this old PS2 game called "Conflict: Desert Storm", following games were SOCOM 4, and CoD MW 2007.
Injecting my own Night story: The only thing that got me scared shitless was waking up around 2 in the morning and listening to moose trudging through the camp.
You know you've played too much s.t.a.l.k.e.r. when you hear a detector and no matter what you're doing you freeze and look around.
Splinter Cell is the game that I instantly think of for night vision goggles. The sound and grainy look was just iconic. Call of Duty 4 was my runner up for the same reasons
I'd have to say my favorite and first introduction to night vision was Splinter cell Blacklist. Super fun to just hide in a dark hall dangling off a pipe right above someone and no one knows you're there.
The game that comes to my mind when i think of night vision and have vivid memories of is Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2, the distinct noise it made when you just put them on and the typical green hue that came with it just brings back memories
Half Life Opposing Force, the pitch black sewers infested with them Voltigore's always freaked me out as a kid, the night vision only illuminated like a few meters in front and them big mf's were always around the next corner, and always aggroed out of your vision. And their galloping sound was always terrifying, but the sounds they made when taking damaged reminded my brother and I of a constipated cow, we joked about it, but still freaked us out. The only part of the game I didn't enjoy. I always just impulse101ed for displacer cannon ammo, could 2 shot them. Fond memories for sure.
19:30 there's two bloodsuckers up that hill. spent about an hour save-loading trying to get them.
When I hear "night vision goggles" Splinter Cell obviously pops up but Escape from Tarkov has the best implementation of night vision goggles I have seen. I have probably not played enough titles to give a better answer
hmmm. note to mod makers. add music like this to make mutant fights more scary
The very first game that pops into mind when I think of NVGs is Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007). I never knew much about NVGs until I started watching your channel, so I remember being very confused at the difference in quality in the NVGs in the first three Modern Warfare games.
Listening to these while playing is like having a pro stalker showing you the ropes and telling stories, very comfy vibes. Great vids man!
The first game I remember with iconic night vision was splinter cell chaos theory. My dad, brother, and I would play the co op mode on the first xbox, and continued all the way up to blacklist. But chaos theory we would always go back to.
What a nice night walk, listening to Drewski's wisdo OH MY FUCKING GOD MY HEART!!!
What a moment of pure gaming
"Siphon Filter" for the original Play Station.
First game that came to mind for NVGs would be ground branch, they've done very well with their design, though they lean into the "Grit" of NVGs.
The oldest game I remember playing with NVGs would Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, I remember being absolutely wowed by the thermal highlight goggles, and absolutely falling in love with the shooter milsim genre. God I miss that game, still to this day by far one of my favorite games
Love the Stalker Gamma videos!
America's Army was my first contact with NVGs
I recently had an encounter with 2 Chimeras in Red Forest. Scariest gaming experience i ever had.
For the games featuring night vision:
The oldest one: Return to Castle Wolfenstein - Paderborn Village mission with the "Snooper Rifle" (suppressed and had a built-in NV scope)
The favorite: Hard to choose but any Splinter Cell or Metro series games, probably.
I remember being blown away in 2010 when the Medal of Honor reboot came out. I thought the graphics and night vision was so realistic bc i only ever really knew COD. To me it was so groundbreaking at the time haha i’m pretty sure it was the first modern Medal of Honor based on the war of Afghanistan. This was the first thought that popped in my head when you said “favorite game with night vision” id actually like to go back and see if the game still holds up
EDIT: also the OG Ghost Recons come to mind as well. those where the first mil sim type games i ever played as a kid and i think the first game i ever played with NV
8:07 The most iconic is definitely Modern Warfare. Don't remember if the first one already had such a level, but the entire series is absolutely iconic in regards to NVGs, especially the reboot from 2019. But when you said, "older games", I did actually immediately think of Splinter Cell. A reboot of this series would be so incredibly awesome! But whatever they were cooking seems to be mostly dead now.