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[GrayChild]

Hello Stalker fans, what should I play in the series? What is the absolute best Stalker experience? I do not have infinite time so please don't tell me to play through the whole thing chronologically and then with mods k thx.

If you want the most essential part, get Shadow of Chernobyl and install the community-made 'Zone Reclamation Project'.

 

[Tripolygon]

So good.

 

[amigastar]

Hello Stalker fans, what should I play in the series? What is the absolute best Stalker experience? I do not have infinite time so please don't tell me to play through the whole thing chronologically and then with mods k thx.

If you wanna try Stalker for free check out the Stalker Lost Alpha standalone game.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Lost Alpha mod

Lost Alpha is a new episode of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series made by dezowave group for free!

www.moddb.com

 

[elliot5]

I'm skeptical it'll actually look like that on release, but it looks good nonetheless. "Free" with game pass so I'll be giving it a look

 

[k_trout]

my most anticipated
looks amazing

 

[Duchess]

This is an Xbox / PC exclusive, right?

Edit: A quick Google suggests it's a timed exclusive, and is launching on Xbox / PC.

 

[TrebleShot]

I know next to nothing about this game but yes this is what I am looking for in graphical fidelity. Amazing

Nice, just seen it comes to PS5 3 months later. Finally a next gen only game!

 

[Roman Empire]

Another game to melt my PC. I loved S.T.A.L.K.E.R back in the day, and this will be no different.

 

[DonJorginho]

I am intrigued to see how good this looks on my Series S come launch, so excited for this.

 

[Hugare]

Yeah well, i'll believe it when I see it

Doesn't look realtime

But I'm more than ready to bit my tongue

 

[SF Kosmo]

Oh yeah, now that is some next gen shit. Been waiting to see what devs can do without worrying about the base PS4 and One S.

I'd be hyped for this one regardless of the graphics; the first game was not an especially pretty title by the time it finally came out. But the fact that it looks this good speaks well for the production overall, and I'm really excited.

 

[SF Kosmo]

Yeah well, i'll believe it when I see it

Doesn't look realtime

But I'm more than ready to bit my tongue

It's Unreal Engine 5, and a 180GB install, so possibly flexing all that nanite shit. This game is only four months away, too, so it's a little late in the game for bullshots.

I think they're just PC shots running very dialed up. Don't count on it running at 60fps on those settings, but I doubt the shots are fake.

 

[kikkis]

Looks good but I am not really looking forward of eating, sleeping and taking a shit in a game.

 

[MisterBrimstone]

Please don't fuck this game up boys
Please don't fuck this game up boys
Please don't fuck this game up boys
Please don't fuck this game up boys
Please don't fuck this game up boys

 

[tmlDan]

Please don’t be 30 fps.

wont be on PC, if you have the option to play it on that you should

Looks beautiful tho, looking forward to it.

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

That's BEAUTIFUL, please be GOOD !

 

[SF Kosmo]

wont be on PC, if you have the option to play it on that you should

Looks beautiful tho, looking forward to it.

I wouldn't count on the PC version running at 60fps unless you have a beast of a machine, especially at those settings.

 

[Ulysses 31]

I wouldn't count on the PC version running at 60fps unless you have a beast of a machine, especially at those settings.

DLSS

 

[tmlDan]

I wouldn't count on the PC version running at 60fps unless you have a beast of a machine, especially at those settings.

especially now, the PC card market is insanely inflated.

it's a rough haul for most people.

 

[ultrazilla]

 

[CheeseCake]

I hope there's more to it than pretty graphics...

I mean, I love some good looking next gen stuff but add some substance, please.

 

[spartan30gr]

Is this with unreal engine 5?
the game looks phenomenon

 

[JackMcGunns]

Is this with unreal engine 5?
the game look phenomenon

Yes

 

[JackMcGunns]

I hope there's more to it than pretty graphics...

I mean, I love some good looking next gen stuff but add some substance, please.

This comment started with Atari 2600. Let it die, burn it, hello Captain Obvious.

 

[SF Kosmo]

especially now, the PC card market is insanely inflated.

it's a rough haul for most people.

Yeah, I am narrowly above recommended spec (and actually in-between minimum and recommended for CPU), I expect to lean on DLSS to carry me over. Upgrading just isn't an option right now.

 

[rapid32.5]

Looks amazing, first new gen looker, makes you appreciate you own Series S,X/PC
I would be impressed if it's 60fps on XSX.

 

[Ulysses 31]

I hope there's more to it than pretty graphics...

I mean, I love some good looking next gen stuff but add some substance, please.

If only there were like 3 other official S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games to look into to get an idea of what substance this new one might have.

 

[Hezekiah]

Looks great, but I won't believe those aren't bullshots until I see some gameplay.

Probably on a rig running a 3090.

We also don't know how large the world is, and how interactive the game is.

 

[Max Payne’s Baretta]

Best looking game I've seen thus far. Will likely remain that way far post launch as well .

 

[fermcr]

Well... for 180gb, that's what we get!

 

[DeepEnigma]

Looks great!

This is about what I would expect, and even greater in the coming years. The atmospheric lighting and effects are not unlike what we already haven't seen in some games now.

 

[sinnergy]

Looks very nice , UE5 doing the heavy lifting .

 

[Calling 911 Melts Beams]

they did it wrong

all good stalker shots involve ladders and spy cams and shoes with mirrors on them

 

[Leyasu]

Will be surprised if the game actually looks like that.

Agreed. Posting shots like these only leads to demented neckbeards sreaming downgraded when the game releases.

 

[Shubh_C63]

All those pics looks like art work and not screenshots

Yeah touched bullshots. but it provides an idea of what they are going for.
Game will look amazing.

 

[VN1X]

Agreed. Posting shots like these only leads to demented neckbeards sreaming downgraded when the game releases.

I remember when those same idiots were drooling over those pre-release BF2042 screenshots, which were clearly bullshots, and lambasted anyone calling this out.

Sometimes I wonder what the age range of the GAF community is as quite a few seemingly haven't learned a thing from the past 10 years of the videogame marketing machine.

 

[Salz01]

It reminds me of metro exodus. It looks great before release, but not really fun to play. Have it on series x.

 

[M1chl]

It reminds me of metro exodus. It looks great before release, but not really fun to play. Have it on series x.

Metro team is mostly consisted of GSC devs.

 

[mansoor1980]

have high hopes for this game since the reveal video


please be great

 

[A.Romero]

That's impressive.

As with the original, it will probably require top of the line hardware. Whatever, this is what this hobby is about.

It's on gamepass, right?

 

[The Skull]

Sweet baby jesus that looks outstanding.

 

[tusharngf]

 

[mortal]

I really hope that's what the actual game looks like running in realtime (even if only a high spec PC), but you never know these days. I need to see some gameplay footage.

 

[RPS37]

I just want to see a teeny bit more gameplay of this.

 

[CitizenZ]

If you want the most essential part, get Shadow of Chernobyl and install the community-made 'Zone Reclamation Project'.

Always Vanilla then mods.

 

[Warablo]

That doesn't look like in game, more like concept art in game play style. I'm sure it will look as close as possible to it though.

 

[CZY]

I'm skeptical it'll actually look like that on release,

A lot of this sentiment in this thread, alongside “don’t expect 60fps” and “this will melt high-end rigs”; I don’t know what you guys are looking at. Playing Metro Exodus on PS5 doesn’t look any worse than this and it’s 4K60. Y’all are easily impressed.

 

[Elysium712]

Hello Stalker fans, what should I play in the series? What is the absolute best Stalker experience? I do not have infinite time so please don't tell me to play through the whole thing chronologically and then with mods k thx.

If you want the best Stalker experience you should download Stalker Anomaly tbh, it's a pretty large open world-ish sandbox. If that doesn't sound appealing you could just play Shadow of Chernobyl and Call of Pripyat, Clear Sky (the 2nd game in the series and a prequel to ShoC) is the black sheep of the franchise so you could skip and wikiread it if you want.

 

[Solarstrike]

That texture detail. Good stuff

 

[elliot5]

A lot of this sentiment in this thread, alongside “don’t expect 60fps” and “this will melt high-end rigs”; I don’t know what you guys are looking at. Playing Metro Exodus on PS5 doesn’t look any worse than this and it’s 4K60. Y’all are easily impressed.

Metro looks fine but not to the same level as this imo. But idk if this has any RT involved unlike Exodus. I was more skeptical of bullshot rather than such graphics not being possible in current year