I bought this yesterday for a ridiculous price on steam by /v/'s reccomendation.
>2 hours in
>OH MY GOD THIS IS THE COMFIEST GAME EVER.jpg
I loved it already, im currently in the second area hoping to find some new place to sell my things because running back to the first camp is a long way. But man, thats what i call atmosphere. Got some serious dark souls vibes in The Zone, the loneliness, the sky, the noises in the dark, those campfires under the bridges with the guys just chilling after a rough day. Man this is good! its GREAT!
Can we have a comfy stalker thread, and also give this fresh Marked one a couple of tips to get the most of this nice vidya?
Great to hear you powered past the problematic Farm mission OP.
Make sure when you meet your first Bloodsucker to drop your gun. They only attack when provoked so just play it cool and wait for them to pass
And don't forget toPAPALI PAPALI SUKA
>>342987393
"+X% Health" artifacts actually improve your health regeneration rate, not health pool.
Get as many electricity based artifacts as soon as possible and run Sanic fast.
You'll get a really good gun soon so don't try to buy anything yet.Also play it in Ukrainian like a real patrician.
>STALKER
>comfy
I ain't gonna argue I guess. This thread doesn't seem like it's got much life left so I suggest you head over to STALKER general.
>>342987393
Glad to see someone new actually ENJOY STALKER for exchange. It's usually all about rookies coming here after 20 or so MINUTES, and complaining how the game's "2boring" or "2hard, halp!". Thus, I congratulate and salute you, brother. Good hunting out there!
Anyway, in case there's other potential rookies lurking ITT, thinking of starting this magnificent series, here's a neat Stalker Starting Guide for you!
Consult this Starting Guide,
then see the /vg/'s huge Stalker General for more tips and links: >>>/vg/stalker
Play in the release order. Start with no mods - only latest patch, OR get the full "Starter Pack" first; these contain bug-fixers and light visual mods that can help performance as well.
Leave big overhauls for later playthrougs. Avoid the "Complete" -mods. Always play on MASTER difficulty for best realism and atmosphere, and disable crosshair.
Don't give up in the beginning! The starting gear sucks ass and first area can be a bit boring.
>>342987393
There are tons of ways to make the game easier in the beginning but just tough it out, that's the real stalker experience. You'll replay it anyway, so save the tricks for later.
REMEMBER TO PLAY ON THE HIGHEST DIFFICULTY! Difficulty settings scale for both the player and the AI, on the lowest difficulty you can survive a couple of headshots from small arms and even AKs right, but so can the enemy. That's why the stalker threads of old were full of "shit game bandits take 4 shotgun slugs to the face without dying". Higher difficulty makes you die easier but it lets you kill better as well. Go slow, go crouching, get to stalking and win with stealth and strategy.
>>342988071
>STALKER
>not comfy
way to show your summer-faggotry, broski.
There's nothing comfier than sitting down at the camp fire and listening to those hot guitar solos through the dark night.
>>342987393
>and also give this fresh Marked one a couple of tips to get the most of this nice vidya?
-Do low-crouch, use single-shot firing mode, and AIM with sights for best accuracy.
-Remember that the game has proper Bullet Physics! No hitscan guns here.
-Master difficulty + no crosshair = only way to Stalk.
-Get a scope on your rifle, ASAP.
>>342988314
Seconding this, turn off the crosshair. Crosshair makes you want to run and gun and you will never, ever hit anything that way. Turn them off and use the iron sights, it's the only way you'll get past the areas after the bar.
Is this game first person shooter? Or third person shooter? Or an RPG? Or what the fuck is it.
>>342989047
FPS with lite-RPG and survival elements
Is there a point to using shotguns beyond early game or should I just rush for trusty kalash?
>>342989209
shotguns are great against mutants, its always worth having one with like 30 shells until late game
>>342989047
First person squatting simulator
>>342989209
Shotguns are for the most part pretty pointless outside of hunting game. Unless you get mods and use automatics like the Saiga
What order should these be played in? Just bought the bundle today, have been meaning to pick up the stalker games for a few sales now.
>>342989584
release order
>>342989209
Don't ditch the shotgun, you absolutely need it when you're bum rushed by dogs, boars and flesh out in the field. The sawed off shotgun is pretty shit but the long barreled hunting shotgun is pure sex, load it with slugs and you can murder anything at close and mid range even with body shots.
>>342989584
In production order. Clear Sky is a prequel, but don't let that fool you. It's a completely different experience and you must have played Chernobyl to really appreciate the changes in atmosphere. It doesn't work the other way around.
>>342989584
Shadow of Chernobyl first of course to get an idea of setting and gameplay elements. The most linear.
Clear Sky is the next iteration and least-liked, often skipped but it's worth one playthrough. Introduced some nice faction aspects at least.
Call of Pripyat is an amalgamation of the above but more refined. Set in three large areas as opposed to multiple connecting smaller areas.
Can my pc run it
>>342990313
>No GPU
Probably not. I'm sure any low-end prebuilt could play Stalker moderately well nowadays.
>>342989894
don't like too much when people Fallout-ize Stalker with trashy post-apoc gear and vehicles.
i like when it stays firmly within outdoors/slav hobbo carnage territory. Shitty guns and squating in bare concrete, the life.
>>342990313
Probably, it's 11 years old. As usual, turn off shadows and post processing and it should run fine.
No idea if/how it runs on windows 10 though
>>342987393
I don't see how stalker is comfy
You're in a radiated, hopeless wasteland surrounded by death
>>342990573
>Probably, it's 11 years old.
>tfw you blink your eyes and it's 2018
Does it run on Win 10 or not?
>>342990560
Well there are enough slavshit vehicles like good old UAZ.
>start the game about 3 months ago
>do the first quest where you help out some people
>put the enemy in my crosshair point blank
>shoot
>he doesn't get hit
>I get killed in two seconds
why do people like this game?
>>342990795
shouldn't have a problem outside of the normal engine bugs
>>342990560
Vehicles aren't that bad
Who could have done this?
Bored burer?
>>342991016
TOP FUCKING KEK
SAUCE?
>>342991016
>>342990826
you misunderstand me, it's not vehicles themselves, i mean trashy "post apocalyptic" stuff that no one could have possibly improvised and that has nothing to do with practicality.
stuff like a dune buggy somehow ending up in the forests of Ukraine is a good example.
>>342990909
Not everybody is shit at vidya like you.
Also
>crosshair
Should be turned off asap.
>>342990682
that's exactly what makes sitting in relative safety around a campfire with your bros so comfy
This was the only game/series that made me terrified to enter buildings especially during the night because of the atmosphere.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D65KOzA5tBE
>>342991016
>and then they hit a vortex and fly into outer space
>>342990313
If my mid-low end laptop from 2011 can run it, you sure as hell can.
What are some recommended overhaul mods for these games? Just recently completed all three games in vanilla.
>>342994791
I'm playing OGSE right now, shit's pretty cool.
>>342987393
>COMFIEST
What.
It's immersive and all, but it sure as shit isn't comfy.
>>342995829
sure is comfy to sit around a fire in the rain, sharing bread and vodka to a mellow harmonica.
>>342988071
>>342990682
>>342995829
>I haven't got to Bar yet
GET OUT OF HERE FAGGOTS
>>342990313
Yeah dude, probably. Load times will be ass and you'll have to turn things way down, but my old laptop in 2010 could run it.
I want to get into stalker, what order should I play the games in? Any mods needed or is vanilla good enough for a first playthrough?
>>342987393
Make sure you're using alt fire modes on weapons
>>342987393
>comfy this
>comfy that
fuck off back to r3ddit with your meaningless buzzword retard
>>342997315
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>>342997694
Comfy has been a part of /v/ for eons, you tryhard, fuck off.
>>342997694
Fucking neo/v/
>>>/reddit/
>>>/gaia/
>>342997707
Ok I missed the play order post but nobody's talked about mods ITT.
>>342998146
Play Vanilla first, then mod it.
Trust me, it's better that way.
I've played through SOC a bunch of times vanilla, once with an older Lurk build and once with Oblivion Lost, can you guys recommend a good overhaul to spice it up and give me a fresh challenge for a new playthrough?
>>342998402
fuck off retard.
OP dont listen to him.
no reason to play vanilla first, get a good mod and enjoy it
>>342997806
One year is not eons you memechugging fuck.
>>342998564
I can understand visual and performance upgrading mods, but why wouldn't you want to experience the original game first?
SOC>CS>COP
>>342998827
because not everyone want to play the game 2 times for that good expierence retard.
Vanilla is pretty terrible, there are mods that improve the game alot and should be downloaded for your first playtrough
>>342998564
the only mods anyone should ever play on a first run should be Zone Reclamation Project which actually fixes bugs, glitches and broken stuff.
other than that, the game has a very delicate balance in it's design which mods often break. Many, in fact most mods make the game far more viciously difficult.
>>342999169
this isn't a game you play to get to the end, it's a game you play for the experience, and mods are definitely different experiences, you shouldn't spoil the original with them.
>>342998875
>CS above CoP
Controller fried your brain stalker?
>>342999169
Vanilla is good and fine. The game doesn't need a gazillion guns and gadgets to be a great experience.
It's like >>342999350 said. For a first timer, it's really better to go for vanilla first. Even if they don't finish it with vanilla.
>>342999459
COP is shit, sure CS is buggy but at least it isn't empty aside from scripted stuff
>>342997315
It's highly recommended to play vanilla first before you try out mods that introduce major changes to the experience.
That said there are also mods that aim to only fix bugs and improve the game in minor ways, like Zone Reclamation Project. These are perfectly fine to use if you want a smoother experience that it still true to the original.
Go look at the stalker general for more information.
>>342999648
COP vanilla maybe, but since mods exist it's a moot point, and CoP has fuckloads of them compared to CS.
>>342999754
>>342999350
>>342999573
Thanks anons, will check out the general and bug fix mods.
>>342989584
how about people start reading the thread: >>342988094
>>343000648
Starting with (You).
>>342988314
>>342988519
Guns are actually just as accurate (or inaccurate) when aiming down sights as they are from the hip. ADS only let's you place your shots with greater precision because of the zoom, but adds a buttload of recoil, which makes rapid firing with pistols and automatic fire worse than they would be without aiming.
>>342998564
>>342999169
vanilla is perfectly fine and stable nowadays, bro.
And it's still better balanced and structured experienced than majority of the mods out there.
If you're paranoid of bugs / a huge graphics mod unsatisfied with late 00's DX9 visuals, then grab the starter-packs and use their mods to pimp up the games a tiny bit, without destroying the vanilla-feel and style.
>>342997315
>>343000289
there was a perfectly fine starting guide and general tips posted early on ITT. Start reading at >>342988094
>>342987393
>he fell for the meme
>>343000863
>Guns are actually just as accurate (or inaccurate) when aiming down sights as they are from the hip.
Negative. There's a small but still existing accuracy improvement.
Also, rapid firing in STALKER = full retard.
It's only a valid option when you got some sneeki breeki or 'Sucker literally in your face, at which point you can just unload your AK without aiming anyway.
In 99% of other situations, you better set the guns to semi-auto or burst-fire mode, low crouch, and aim through sights. From behind a solid cover, preferably.
>>342990306
what mod?
>>343001191
Literally in the filename.
>>343001191
>Literally illiterate
>>343001191
read the filename
I just got CoP and it's bretty good so far but did I make a mistake by not playing SoC first? Also is it really worth not playing with mods the first time you play?
>>343001191
Its written in the filename anon.
>>342991587
>using hacks in 2016
sure is summer in here
>>343001321
>>343001360
>>343001390
Deadcity, okay, sorry.
But I only have Call of Pripyat. Should I buy the others or just go with it? What are the biggest differences between SoC and CoP? Are they graphically the same?
>>342989294
Yes. I fiest played it on low with a Intel GMA 3100. 25-30 FPS. Playing it in my new PC feels good.
>>343001527
>>343001565
>radiation levels critical
>>343001404
It's for the story. Mods will most probably kill the feel and progression, so it's better to play through the game unmodded first.
After that you're a full fledged STALKER and should now find interesting ways to dominate the zone. Mods are basically a NG+ of your choosing, hence why you should mod afterwards.
>>343001404
Playing without mods will make everything feel more fresh on the second playthrough.
>>343001565
>Literally illiterate
>>343001565
oh anon, how do i begin
>>342996140
Yeah because I didn't say a game with X18 and The Red Forest wasn't fucking comfy I must be some sort of rookie. Cyka blyat gtfo of here.
>>343001404
>I just got CoP and it's bretty good so far but did I make a mistake by not playing SoC first?
Yes. A huge one.
And yes, you should not use big overhaul mods first time. Fixes and visual stuff like Starter Pack's Shaders Max, Absolute Nature, etc, are OK.
Still waiting for gunslinger...
>>343002749
The existence of those places only emphasizes the comfy moments
i have an old version of arsenal mod from waaaaay back when, is there any way to make it work with AA2?
Monolith did nothing wrong
>>343003964
Back to the NPP, shill.
>>342989921
Additionally, you have to be huffing paint thinner to appreciate anything about Clear Sky.
>>343003964
Nothing at all.
>>342987684
>Make sure when you meet your first Bloodsucker to drop your gun. They only attack when provoked so just play it cool and wait for them to pass
Is this bait or is this real?
>>343003964
>>343003428
Why bother, AA2 has enough new weapons alone, and mod merging is not an easy thing at all nor simple. Either play AMK AE or AA2.1.
>>343006014
Go to the blood sucker village and see for yourself.
>>343006312
Nice one Alex
>>343006784
pls be gentle
