Why aren't you playing the Stalker games for Shadow of Chernobyl's

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>>375914897
Probably because I've put who knows how many 1000s of hours to it ever since 2007, and I got other vidya to play now. Still a magnificent game.

Gonna leave this Stalker starting guide image here, in case there's potential rookies lurking the thread.

What game ?

>>375914897
What mods should I get for a first playthrough of Shadow of Chernobyl?

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>>375915161
See >>375915152

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.

I actually did install SoC recently to replay it but it was all fucked up due to not being in 4:3. I'm sure there are mods and shit to fix all these problems but after playing for about an hour I realized it's not nearly as good as I remembered and just uninstalled it instead.

>>375915234
Thanks for the advice.

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>>375915161
None is REQUIRED, as long as you patch it. Steam & GOG have done that for you.
That being said, you lose nothing & still get very vanilla -experience by grabbing the Zone Reclamation Project mod, which applies many small fixes + has a neat Modifier program to adjust game's parameters further. It's included in the Starter pack too.

>>375915392
>I actually did install SoC recently to replay it but it was all fucked up due to not being in 4:3.
What exactly do you mean? I don't think anyone has played it at 4:3 since 2007 (I sure haven't), and it's been fine.

>after playing an hour
And there's the other common rookie mistake: giving up too early. Assuming you play the game a bit like me, and take your time in the beginning, preparing for upcoming challenges deeper inna Zone, you really don't even LEAVE the rookie village for around couple hours! And if you think the literal Kindergarten of the Zone somehow demonstrates what the game has up for you... lemme tell ya, you're greatly mistaken.

But this is the exact, ages old ""problem"" of STALKER: some love the start's "Hobo phase", while others find it a slog. All in all, these games really aren't meant for run&gun players.

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Finally bought these games 10 years after the first one because /v/ kept shitposting about them, it's honestly one of the most enjoyable experiences I've had over the past few years

Worst problem so far is that the gun spread is insane and you can't hit anything after like 80 metres, and it's a pain in the ass to run back and forth to sell stuff. I only just got to the second area though so yeah

>>375915705
Oh and the other thing I noticed is that the gun choices are very limited, but again, I haven't really explored yet

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>>375915705
>Worst problem so far is that the gun spread is insane and you can't hit anything after like 80 metres
>still carrying an MP5 and lurking Garbage
there is your problems. You haven't even scratched the surface!

Yes, STALKER has quite RPG-like progression when it comes to your arsenal. Your gear at the beginning pales in comparison to the end-game weapons & suits, PLUS you gotta deal with pseudo-realistic bullet physics. Especially pistols and shotguns have VERY short effective range and armor-penetration statistics, so you gotta get close.

Even after getting something "longer than arm", you better learn the sacred mantra of pro-Stalkers:
Low-crouch, Single-Shot, A-T-S.

Are these games fun if I don't like spooky settings? I love post-apoc slav settings but I nope the fuck out of jump-scare/lovecraft shit.

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I am, about to turn off the scorcher soon.

Great game so far,

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Might be a good time to get back into it, put hundreds of hours into it several years ago. How's Lost Alpha coming along?

Played them to death, unfortunately.

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>>375916014

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>>375915917
Yes. Like said, STALKERs aint exactly horror, but they can be even more effective "at it" because of that. The "scares" of STALKER are very dynamic, non-scripted encounters most of the time, and huge majority of the game you're exploring open, radiated landscapes of Chernobyl disaster Zone.

>>375915660
>What exactly do you mean? I don't think anyone has played it at 4:3 since 2007 (I sure haven't), and it's been fine.
UI and shadows were fucked up. FOV seemed off too.

>And there's the other common rookie mistake: giving up too early.
I'm not a rookie, I played the shit out of this game 10 years ago when it was released. I thought it would be fun to dig it out and replay it again. Turned out it wasn't.

>>375915917
There aren't really jump scares, just unexpected enemies that can catch you off guard, and to be honest the setting is actually brighter than most "apocalyptic" genre media since it's just in the area around Chernobyl, in fact a lot of the stalkers you meet say they murdered some bydlo with a broken vodka bottle in sevastapol and they're running from the law

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>>375914897
>10th anniversary
Jesus Christ, what have i done with my life...

I couldn't enjoy stalker. Not sure why. On paper it seems like a game I should love.

How the fuck do I change ammo types?

>>375915917
Most of the spookiness comes from how thick the atmosphere is. There are a few enemies that are genuinely freaky, but I wouldn't call it a horror game. Definitely no scripted jump scares or anything.

>>375915917
Coming from a guy who beat resident evil 1 when I was 8 and watched a shit load of horror it's the only game in recent memory to not only make me afraid but give me anxiety.

You get over that though.

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>no vehicles

>>375916304
You can sprint at like 40 miles an hour though, in an ideal world there would be a fast travel mechanism but it really isn't that bad

>>375915906
A-T-S?

>>375916257
>Definitely no scripted jump scares or anything.

There are scripted jump scares. Not many but they do exist.

>>375916296
Well shit. May not be for me. I don't ever even really progress that far into Souls games because of grimdark horror.

>>375914897
Because I didn't like SoC and didn't play the other two.

>>375916304
Vehicles are a meme, though.

>>375916384
Why would you need fast travel, the maps are tiny as my dick, maybe even smaller. Can't run 5 minutes without running into a map border.

>>375916061
That bad, huh? I thought it looked promising.

2007 was a great year for videogames desu

>Modern Warfare
>Portal
>Bioshock
>Halo 3
>Ass Creed

How did 10 years of disappointment go by so quickly

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=121125400

for new players

>>375916535
maps are dead a fuck

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>there will never be a sequel or even a remaster

J U S T

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>>375916883
>implying one is needed

>>375915161
AMK 1.4 is one of the greatest times I've had

>>375916498
>>375916384

I'm playing Call of Chernobyl. The map is fucking huge and all my assignments are like 50km away from me. This shit needs vehicles.

>>375917106
It really doesn't

>>375915161
none, ZRP for bugs and enb or shader to give those graphics a boost.

All the overhauls change too much

I can still remember getting up on top of the railway bridge with the starter pistol in like 2010 and killing all the army guys because the AI couldn't figure out where I was

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>>375914897
i guess i am now

>>375916883
Well, at least it wont be touched by the greasy hands of western devs

>>375914897
Because I'm playing Escape From Tarkov instead

>>375917241
I always did the tactic of hit and run, I trapped a squad of soldiers then killed them from a long place using the pistol, then picked up the weapons and started to kill all of them, and finally i did the same for the Military outpost at cordon

>>375917584
good times, i had to move around the area though because they went behind me

then the commander in the base came around the corner which i didint expect and i unloaded onto him

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>>375916086
>UI and shadows were fucked up. FOV seemed off too.
use FOV Switcher (found in S.P. as well), and type this to console to fix the shadows:

r2_sun_near 20
r2_sun_near_border 1

>I thought it would be fun to dig it out and replay it again. Turned out it wasn't.
Totally bizarre to me, as I've played all the three games numerous times, with & without mods, annually, since 07

>>375916254
Press the ammo-switching key. Y is the default if I recall correctly.

Don't you people check your key bindings and options?

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>>375916384
>A-T-S?
Aim Through Sights.

>>375916975
>that horrible blur

>>375919104
well now wonder I miss 2/3rds of my shots

Is there anyway to be more accurate besides sights and crouching or do you have to walk up to their face?

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>>375919631
>Is there anyway to be more accurate besides sights and crouching
...what else do you exactly need?

And if you still need to "walk up to their face", you really are still wielding some rookie shit. Get a better rifle + a scope, and the come talking. The NATO & 9x39 rifles especially dominate the Zone.

>>375919631
disable the crosshairs, so you don't even try to live by them. Improves the atmosphere and your playing style a lot.

The only times you should even try to shoot from the hip is when you can literally smell the Vodka or blood-stench breaths of your enemies.

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I wish there was a way to interact with fire in Misery.
You know, use one of the thousand campfires to cook. Instead of wasting 1 liter of kerosene to cook one steak.

>>375919946
>The only times you should even try to shoot from the hip
Actually hip-firing is pretty damn accurate.

>>375914897
I'm waiting for Gunslinger to come out.
Maybe I'll be able to play it to the 20th anniversary.

>>375914897
I must admit, SoC is that one game I played so many times that I can't do it anymore. At least for some years.

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>>375916304
OGSE my man.

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>>375920450
Just keep an eye out on those anomalies.

>>375920089
>Actually hip-firing is pretty damn accurate.
it really ain't. Nor as satisfying.

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>>375920519
seems like nothing has improved since 2008 and its OL days.

>>375920450
what settings my man, it runs like shit for me

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>>375921047
I just maxed everything out and then scaled the most hardware hungry options down one by one, don't have it installed anymore to check.