>Plays STALKER for the first time
>Uses Complete mod
my first soc playthrough i used oblivion lost and i regret nothing. it was an amazing and intense experience. glad i didnt listen to the people who suggested to play vanilla first
>>339684120
>Plays STALKER for the first time
>Uses Autumn Aurora
>>339684120
>play STALKER first time
>no mods
>game is shit
>uninstall
>never play STALKER again
>>339684238
I always recommend they play vanilla first
That way they enjoy the mods a whole lot better.
>>339684465
this happen
>>339684449
>>339684120
>plays STALKER for the first time, says its shit
>they played on rookie
>>339684449
You're a fucking dickhead and played it half a decade after it came out like a massive faggot.
>>339684120
Of course. Stalker is a rough diamond, and I'd rather experience it in its full glory.
Saying shit like "play vanilla to appreciate mods" is a meme, who cares about first suffering thru the game, then appreciating the newly found atmosphere, AI, combat and content. The first time you play Stalker is magical, don't water it down with vanilla, stuff like difficulty mods arent as challenging if you know whats gonna happen.
Don't use COMPLETE tho, thats garbage. Even MISERY 2.0 is better
>>339684465
Why would you need to appreciate the mods when you could just enjoy a great game
>>339684664
>game is called Stalker
>you don't actually stalk anyone
i mean i do it enough on the internet, but still
>>339685029
Fuck off nigger, my keyboard might be wireless but it's uncomfortable as hell to use it from my bed.
Phone is superior for comfort.
>>339684120
>>Plays STALKER
Why would you subject yourself to that buggy, no animations, disgusting euro-jank mess. If you want a good FPS play Doom or Metro 2033.
>>339685267
Because I want freedom not a cinematic fps tunnel.
I also want to survive in the zone with my MODDED, no bugs, decent animations game
>>339684449
Good, if you don't like vanilla why would you like the mods? They isn't really that much of a diference.
>giving a shit about how someone plays a single player game.
>>339685375
It turns from a bulletspongy, buggy, badly animated shooter into an atmospheric fight for survival.
>>339685357
>no bugs
>decent animations
No. Maybe decent first person gun animations but the NPC animations will always be terrible and janky.
>>339685491
No it doesn't that's the game from the start.
t. I've actually played vanilla stalker instead of modding it from the start like a plebmeister
>>339685491
And the entire base of the game is exactly same regardless of your superficial complaints about shit that isn't even true.
>>339685161
Image.jpg is an IPhone thing you normie, this is a post from an android phone
>>339684465
This is such a fucking stupid recommendation.
You want a person to have a sub-optimal first experience . So later IF they play it again, they will notice how shit has been fixed.
You are banking on a person not hating the mess that is unmodded stalker. Missing out on guns, immersion/atmosphere, mutants gfx, etc.
Then coming back to play it all over again with those things. Why not just recommend them the best experience first time round.
>play stalker for the first time
>uses ZoA
>>339686243
Aside from being an awful user unfriendly piece of shit made by Apple, what's wrong with an iphone?
>Plays STALKER: CoP
>Uses Misery2.0
>>339686262
The game is fucking great for what it is, the mods merely add or improve upon certain things that are already present.
You people make it seem that modded/unmodded is a huge difference to the point where many people start thinking of stalker as "the shit game that gets good with mods" and that's not true at all.
>>339686262
Oh please, you fucking troglodyte
The only vanilla STALKER game that is trainwreck is Clear Sky
The rest are perfectly playable games, if a bit dated
>>339686627
Clear sky isn't that bad either really, If you ignore the faction wars the only truly shit-tier experience is the ending sequence.
>>339684449
This
>shoot at something 30 m away right on target
>miss
>>339686627
I recommend adding Arsenal Overhaul for Clear Sky
Seriously, if you tried to play vanilla CS and quit, try again with AO, it actually makes the game much more fun to play. It rebalances weapon drops and what weapons enemies use
>>339684849
Why do people hate the complete mod so much? I've played SoC both vanilla and with the complete mod and I don't see what all the fuss is about.
I'm genuinely curious.
>>339686773
>waaah my guns at the start of the game are terrible
>uninstalled
Cry more babyman
>>339686262
>mess
Retard
>Missing out
On added shit
>immersion/atmosphere,
Already present
>mutants
already present, see 'Missing out'
>gfx
Cancer
>play for first time
>hated it
>shot at the body with the pistol instead of the head, lack of feedback made me think it was missing every time
>never had enough ammo, felt like the entire game would probably be never ending save scumming every time i miss a fucking shot
>try again, come to same conclusion
>third time, same
>fourth time, now at X-18 testing facility and having a fucking blast
it definitely picks up once you learn how accuracy actually works and get much, much better guns with a shitload of ammo. i really like that aiming down the sights doesn't actually make your weapon fire more accurately than just hipfiring, its really satisfying
>>339687097
>>mess
>Retard
hyperbole
>>Missing out
>On added shit
shit that was originally cut
>>immersion/atmosphere,
>Already present
can be made much better
>>mutants
>already present, see 'Missing out'
a few locked in certain areas compared to random spawns and interaction all over the zone
>>gfx
>Cancer
the better something looks the more immersive it is
>stalker thread
just what I needed
>>339684449
>>339684557
Hang yourself
>>339687612
We get it, you're a child faggot that first played SOC in 2014 and followed those cancerous mod infographics.
You can kill yourself now.
>>339684849
No we say don't use Complete because its shit as in the physics, ballistics, ect, all shit.
I actually am one of the few who advocate skipping vanilla in this day and age since its a really old game and complete overhaul mods are the only way you're going to get people interested.
>>339686812
Made me like CS a lot actually.Never bothered to play vanilla and I am glad
>mfw playing pirated SoC on an ancient fat toshiba laptop with lowest settings using the shitty touchpad during a roadtrip years ago
>mfw no face can describe
>>339687235
the gunplay is what always has me coming back.
>>339687945
>getting mad at people wanting to enjoy a game you like thats almost a decade old
talk about faggotry.
>play fallout 2 for the first time
>use eveey recommended mod, patch and whatever
>it is still a periodically crashing piece of shit with loads of cut content
I just don't know.
Until I completely transition to PC, 30+ keys is too much for me to bother remembering; controllers are too good.
>>339688507
Who the fuck are you quoting and what point are you making?
You're bastardising an already functional and enjoyable product by trying to modernise it with your cancer and perceived subjective-best shit thrown in.
You're functioning as a cancer
>>339691171
Are you seriously implying that original Fallout games had no stability issues or cut content?
Fallout 2 had post release patch larger than the game itself because it was literally unbeatable due to bugs, and this was before widespread broadband internet.
It still crashes more than is acceptable after the patch.
>>339684120
mfw i did exactly that and I liked it
>>339684665
I'm not sure what you're argument here is supposed to be
>>339693112
You're underage.
>>339684120
>people play a game in a different matter
>it makes people upset somewhere on the Internet
I should do it more often.
>>339684120
>not playing with mods the first time
>b-b-but muh vanilla experience
Man, I'll never understan /v/'s passionate need to defend bad games.
>Modding games that aren't Skyrim
>>339693751
why are pc players like his?
>play stalker cop with arsenal overhaul and HD texture mods
>it crashes in the final sequence at random times
>can't beat the game
