An Exercise in MISERY | STALKER GAMMA 

The cigarettes I use in this video ARE PROPS that do not contain any tobacco or nicotine. I do not encourage smoking.

as someone said, STALKER is like kick in the balls, yes people hate it but some people are REALLY into it

"Through the power of chainsmoking and alcoholism, you too can stave off leukemia." Oh boy welcome to the channel.

To be honest it sounds like you would prefer the base game S.T.A.L.K.E.R Anomaly, your able to buy guns/armour from traders reducing the need to repair them until you get ones you like. GAMMA was deisgned to make anomaly harder for people that have played it for years and needed to freshen it up, it compiles the most used and beloved mods together and changes a few things around to make it harder (the storyline is basically the same but technically the events of GAMMA take place about 40 years [I think] after the events of anomaly)

General Sam tried to warn you

if anyone wants to try this modpack, i highly, HIGHLY recommend turning on "NPC's cannot see through foliage" in the mod manager, it makes some scenarios WAY easier to deal with since the AI cant see through the dense foliage however, small warning, it does make certain scenarios cheese-able like if you're hiding behind a certain bush that you can see thru but they cant however so far i have not noticed a significant impact

As a person who really likes GAMMA, I get where you're coming from. It's great fun once you know what you're doing, but its really not friendly towards newer players.

Worth pointing out and Lev points it out himself: if you don’t like something about GAMMA, you can alter and configure more to your liking. I too dislike that every gun you find is held together by the sheer will of John Moses Browning himself, so instead I upped the condition values in the mod configuration menu in the in-game menu so that one’s an easy fix. The default doesn’t make sense either. A Master Stalker, a seasoned resident of the zone, having anything besides guns and gear in the best shape possible is absurd! Crank those numbers up! And for that matter, turn on debug mode. Spawn in the guns and gear you want. Life’s too short to not have fun

The weapon repair kit doesn't use any of it's limited uses if you are replacing the parts with parts you already have (only if you replace a part you don't have). You just have to have the repair kit to do so. That only really applies to the barrel of a gun though as every other part can be removed/replaced without a repair kit. That means if you find a gun with a cleanable barrel (>60%) you can use the cleaning kit of the corresponding class to clean the barrel to 100% and replace the other parts manually without a repair kit. Knowing how the weapon/armor repair and crafting systems work is pretty integral to enjoying Gamma and there are plenty of guides out there. I do hope you give it another shot as there is a pretty solid progression system, but it doesn't feel like there is one if you don't make it past the very first part of it. On the off chance you do try it again, the biggest piece of advice I could give is to just not use a weapon if it has a high chance of jamming (most of those have shit barrels anyways and won't do much damage). You might have to stick with your starting pistol or shotgun for quite a while

The sheer bed wetting, brick shitting fear i felt when the feral cats jumped me and left me bleeding to death is still fresh in my mind

Basically, everything mentioned in this video about GAMMA is what I love about the game: the craft, the healing/limbs system, the weaponry, the atmosphere, the music. All the hardships you go through to eventually fix a gun and then kill someone with it...God, it doesn't get more satisfying than that, trust me! And the progression system is what makes this game good at any level/equipment

A pal once said, "Play the old stalkers before you play anomaly"

Levititcus is making non Tarkov related content, LETS GOOOO

GAMMA is niche for sure, barrier to entry is at the level of the wall in GoT and there's no real way to 'cheat' it unless you adjust the game/mods itself. I will say though there's some things that helped me starting out for anyone that wants to try it out give it another whirl Hoarding is your friend, picking a place like Rostok or Jupiter (if you can get there) that's relatively central and making it a home base to store extra stuff helps alot, have a place to return to and expand out from slowly. Tool Kits and base building are INTEGRAL to the game and is progression, you can replace parts yourself if you've got a workbench or tool kit in its inventory without using the charges of the repair kit. likewise you can use gun oils, kerosene, files, thread and a bunch of other cheaper, charge based tools to repair gun and armour parts you find provided they're not totally busted. if you're buying weapon repair kits and parts all the time you're going to hate the game because they're meant to be a last resort that basically bankrupts you when you can't get that last piece or tool that will push you up an entire tier of gear. Every set number of tasks/stashes you find will be a Green stash, those are where you find the good stuff that helps you take a big step forward like Tool kits, weapon repair kits, armour and weapons. Weapon progression is intentionally slow but equally rewarding, finding a P90 or an M4 Butcher and working away to finally fix it makes that first firefight where you shred 7 mercs like paper hit even harder, long term investment for huge catharsis. That being said, a good shotgun will never go out of style especially when you get used to the ammo types and applying them to the right situation. Guns are also alot easier to maintain once fully repaired and you feel motivated to keep them functioning because you put in the effort to fix it yourself. Gamma doesn't really go out of your way to tell you any of this but the general rule is "if it's expensive at a trader the game wants you to do it yourself, not buy it". None of this really changes the Gameplay loop or the inherent "grindiness" of going out on missions to get rewards to go out for stashes to get tools/parts to fix guns to do harder missions rinse. Repeat. Scream. Drink. Etc. But it takes what felt like a pointless, Sisyphean exercise in futility my first couple of playthroughs to a still slow but genuinely rewarding Tarkov-esque PvE grind from a jabroni with a paper mask and a toz who couldn't kill a boar without crying on a car roof to a radiation chewing monster who could kill a God. GAMMA is like a Rubiks cube that stabs you for trying to solve it, but for the people that consider that a challenge (freaks like me), its more rewarding than anything. Its not for most people, but it feels like home for the people it is made for. Whole lot of rambling, sorry for anyone who actually read this all the way through but i find this game engaging and endearing in a way few others have been ever, especially for free.

Well, I absolutely agree that GAMMA isn't for everyone. That said, I managed to mod it more to my liking, adding a bunch of nice things (namely artefacts, which you gotta find first tho), tweaking a few settings, and so on. Surprisingly, GAMMA is the most stable modpack in my experience. I also tried EFP modpack, but it had much more issues, although it was quite fun too. Idunno, I kinda got used to Gamma, and now know where to look for stuff, or how to do quests etc. Gamma's gameplay and progression loop requires you to do quests, hunt mutants for parts to progress quests, get stash info, loot stash, rinse and repeat. Not everyone likes it, and its totally fair

great video but you got the repair system wrong, you don't need to use a charge from your toolkit if you already have the required part, it's only the maintain feature that uses a charge. The vid was a certified banger. Btw I think there is a setting that allows killed enemies to drop guns that have less wear on them. Great vid though

God this was exactly my experience as well. I almost immediately started cheesing the settings and spawned in decent weapons for myself. That said, the atmosphere is fucking. immaculate. I keep finding myself *almost* drawn back into playing it just so I can feel that lonely spooky vibe again.

Gamma is one of those games that rewards you for investing in it. It doesn’t hand out fun for free, you’ve gotta earn it by actually trying to learn.

I highly recommend also playing the vanilla main games, the story and lore is amazing.

If u find random broken guns, especially c or d tier weapons, and they have a good barrel keep it. You can drop in working parts on the weapon in your inventory without the repair kit. Just make sure that the gun is clean as the process takes away some points of durability. Also always pick up the .357 revolver, it has only two parts so you can clean them with the handgun repair kit and still have a charge left to repair other class A guns. .357 is a beast of a round early game and Butcher has it for cheaper

My favorite Tarkov content creator diving feet-first into the Zone? Oh boy. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. has always given one of the best vibes in all of gaming. The world exists despite you, and while your actions might play a small part in what happens in it, your death is ultimately inconsequential. The immersion factor from this is unparalleled--you feel like you're part of the world, not beyond it. All these modpacks just add on top of that stellar basis. Unfortunately there's only so much these devs can do to fix the absolute jank that is the base game, and most modpacks followed MISERY where they just heap on more unnecessarily complex systems without considering if they SHOULD do it. Base Anomaly has the gunsmith problem too. Took me a whole day to figure it out.

Finally a game where I can tell lev: Skill issue Game is amazing, but not for everyone! Just like souls games, it will turn you inside out but some people are into being turned inside out

I like how it's realistic with how well 1 dude can do against a whole level of enemies, yeah they'll probably die but with hope and a little crack they can do it

3:47 That scream took me out and seeing Nina killed me. God I needed that laugh.

Helmet man said buckshot is the answer to my problems and i believe him

I like these new videos, not because their new all that particularly. But mostly because i like your takes, your voice and the way you edit videos.

I remember doing the Renegades elimination task. It was a three part mission, first one took place at the that stilts house in the swamp. Second was at the junction of Rookie village and Swamp and the last one was in a Village near the Electric Anomaly fields. And I did them as Clear Sky. Mind you Renegades hate Clear Sky more than free Stalkers. The first part I attempted 13 times, shut down the game because after 3 hours of continuous gameplay the inventory starts to bug out, and cried myself to sleep. The next day I attempted it a mere 8 times, succeeding at last, only getting a sporting shotgun which was assembled out of two similar ones because one had better durability and one had better parts. 2nd part was much easier. In that we actually get some backup by our guys, but they get butchered instantly. I had to use an artifact to get through it which stunned the enemy if they struck you. Got an AKS 74 U out of it. Third one just made me become partial Jesus as it had a radioactive Lake. So I smoked a ciggy, and ran over the lake to get into the encampment only to do what I had done in the second part of the mission. The total reward of this task is 12k roubles, a better A1 medkit (Blue cheese kit), and some rep. So yeah it was fun. Remember, the mission might kick your nuts out of your mouth, but when its done all the loot is yours till you start the next one. Oh and being overweight with loot kills you. So try to find a remember an empty stash. Sorry for the long rant.

I just told my friend I installed G.A.M.M.A literally 1 minute before this video was posted

I just woke up to new Leviticus content, today's gonna be a great day 😎

idk if you know but there is another modpack called EFP, escape from pripyat and it focuses more un gunplay n' shit whereas GAMMA focuses on survival and exploration

Great video watched the whole thing!

As a smoker, the fistful of ciggies sent me 😂

I mean, GAMMA is specifically a modpack for people who want to interact with the weapon repair systems and stuff... The Escape from Pripyat modpack would likely fit a weak-lunged, noodle armed tarkov PMC who isn't used to chainsmoking while holding a KS-23 with one hand in case a mutant jumps out much better

A really good video. And yes, I'm one of the specific people that GAMMA appeals to. You have to work and be smart to stay alive in GAMMA, it's a pain in the ass and that's why I love it so much. Any tangible progression either it be crafting a new backpack, fixing up an AK, or finally having access to a proper toolkit is a big deal and it feels so good. So many games these days have you chase after lofty goals and bombard you with unlocks and player power that trivializes difficulty. GAMMA pulls me back and makes me appreciate the daily struggle and achievements again. Being forced to take it slow and walk around the zone (with amazing atmosphere and background music) put me in a calm and meditated state that no other game does.

Awesome video man, had me chuckling a lot and as a big stalker fan, you covered the goods and bads quite well. I hope you continue making videos across other games because you're still smashing it

9:00 Everybody else is living the ork life. "It juz wörkz"

the worst part of anomaly, not so much gamma as I feel this is less common, is the way body health system interacts with and anomalies and mutants, in gamma anomalies are very visible but if you play vanilla anomaly or something like EFP, they are almost invisible, and if you run body health system that and the mutants will ensure that whenever you take damage that damage, 90% of the time will go to your ducking legs and then you either have to spend all of your cash and inventory weight on meds or crawl around the zone for most of the game at a snail pace again, in gamma anomalies are a lot more visible so you don't run into the as often and even when I ran into them they sometimes don't hit the legs, same with the mutties, they don't always munch on the legs

This vid is beautiful and you are really bringing something new in terms of entertainment and comedy. Everything was on point

Really loved the quality of the video, It was worth the wait :)

Thank you for another great vid levi , would love to see more gamma in the future! Saw the full video , sad you didnt love gamma but i understand , it can get really tedius , either way love the vids!

Imagine stalker but in Florida

lol good review. I’m glad you able to explain the Stalker factions in simple terms. And the world around it. A lot fans would make a paragraphs for each factions and I would get lost or confused about the factions.

I figured out how your character jammed the shotgun: *He loaded the shells backwards in the heat of the moment*

this comment is dedicated to u giving this game another go the part about the repair system can be extremely frustrating to grasp at first but once you figure it out guns suddenly become more available to you earlier in the game as well tip for u every time you kill a poor soul strip their gun of every part and when you dump them in your stash if you have one throw out the ones under 50% then when you get a gun that you want to use you already have the parts that are also repairable for ur new gun you just need the tools for it that you can find in stashes( get coords from quests keep mutant parts for this specific case)same with armor although not as evident cause you rarely will find a better than ur already existing one

Firstly id like to say, Thankyou for trying it! And it's entirely reasonable why you dont like it. The gun repair mechanic is complicated contrived and only explained through a PDA or youtube. The whole "NPC's using guns fine but when i use it, its broke as shit" IS BULLSHIT, I agree personally with most of what you've said. Personally? I love the repair system, I did *NOT* initially but now within 1-3 in game days i can get up to advanced tools with a fully functioning AK. There *is* an element of skill to it in knowing what items to use for what and how to stretch all your meds, repair kits, ammo n everything as far as you can. And I LOVE that. But not everyone *will* grow to like it, most people dont like it intially, some like it after they learn it. Not everyone will. I've dumped hundreds of hours into this game, and to be clear i do make small tweaks to the modpack to make it feel better. Which i feel is one of the big advantages it has. Dont like that you cant buy guns of traders? *Theres 1 mod to turn off to add them back*. I wouldn't forget about just stalker anomaly itself, GAMMA is an incredibly specific overly hardcore offshoot of anomaly, if you dont like GAMMA you may like anomaly. They are borderline entirely different games. Stalker GAMMA is the biggest one because it blew up, and admittedly for the gameplay it tries to give, it does it well. But alot of people like you, dont like that and thats *FINE*. Also alot of people say "go to the GAMMA discord if you have issues" which is partially true, but uh- (and i hope i dont get in trouble for saying this) unironically some of the people on there are kinda toxic. Some of the MAIN people i mean, long story short i got my entire save soft-locked at one point because i didnt understand how a quest worked. Regardless of what i did or how i did it, because i failed the quest and didnt reload a save, it soft-locked my ENTIRE campaign quest series thingy. The ONLY way i could fix it was by going back to a save 30 hours ago. That. Is bullshit. No game should have any way to soft-lock you out of content unintentionally, if it's a "you failed you dont get to do this quest" it'd be different. Thats not what this was. I asked people on the discord about it and got bombarded with "get good, skill issue" and i said "skill issue on the game soft-locking me out of the rest of the game? Because a quest timer doesnt reset?" and they said "yeah, skill issue we aint gonn fix it". Unironically I dont really like most of the stalker GAMMA community. The save lock issue hasnt been the only thing, and even some of the main stalker content creators have talked about how...... hostile and gate-keepy and toxic they can be. If you wanna enjoy stalker gamma, use the discord for technical/installation issues only, modify the GAMMA modpack if you dont enjoy the base game. Understand that some of the mechanics LIKE game's like Tarkov, you might grow to like even if you intially dislike them (not everyone will tho). And always remember that stalker anomaly....... exists? and there are other modpack offshoots of it that are less extreme?

hey man, love the vid, its nice to see you expand into different things other than tarkov, and doing it so well! Good job! I cant wait for some new vids.

Actually field stripping weapon parts and putting them on your gun is a lot better for repair, sure it slightly reduces overall weapon durability, but that’s why you use the weapon repair kit once cause they can repair a weapon even at 10% durability and then use weapon cleaning kits afterward.

Wooo yea baby, was waiting for a video from you today :D thanks

A big reason I love stalker gamma is its customization. I too was frustrated on my initial run where I couldn’t buy guns and every enemy gun was 0 durability. Luckily, 1 mod enabled and a couple settings later, I can pick up a 100% durability gun off an enemy and either use it or sell it. I also recommend tweaking loot so there is a small chance to find random stuff in an otherwise empty stash

I just started playing this and you upload this? The stars are aligned in ways i never imagined

Just from the editing and sound design this is one of your best videos ever, keep it up!

Btw they have a guide in the discord to disable the mod that removes weapons and armor from traders if you want it, and mods to tweak the weapon durability from corpses (Idk how compatible it is with gamma)

anomaly is what you wanna play, GAMMA is a hardmode Anomaly effectively

great video man! good to see u talking about other games too. keep the great work my dude

Due to the nature of the zone, every gun you loot in the zone becomes a bolt action till you repair them

skill issue tbh

posting this while someone updated their mod and broke the ENTIRE modpack COMPLETELY and there still is no fix is vile

The weapon repair system is why I love gamma, it takes forever to find all the parts and finally get your weapon of choice to 100% but once you do its feels so good.

ah yes stalker gamma. the game where i learned the phrase "you never escape the zone stalker" is quite literal. ive played gamma since nearly the beginning and still play it today its sometimes on fair and brutally challenging but to me its home. its taught me a lot, my 2 favorite things being always bring a geiger counter and to swear at people who i dont like in russian

Not shitting on you bro, buts is hella funny to see you conplain about the stalker ai when you re a twrkov youtuber

Skill issue

I had so much fun tackling that exact camp of renegades, I had nothing but a makarov with like 20 bullets and a bandage and I managed to slowly but surely pick them out a couple at a time, when they locked onto me I would run like hell to the clear sky base, outside of it were a couple houses I used as cover and to run around when they tried to flank me, I died like 6 times doing all this song and dance but eventually killed some of them, sold their loot and got more ammo and meds so I could keep thinning them out until eventually raiding the 2 guys left in the base, the loot was great, even got a cool gun that looked kinda like an aug that had a functional barrel I stashed to repair eventually The game IS brutal but it pushes you to be better and create stories of every single little encounter, most people probably know him but Drewski really showcases these aspects of GAMMA, no hate on anyone who doesn't like it tho, it is very niche but it's also freaking FREE so trying it out to see if it's your next obsession doesn't hurt, if anything the atmosphere is worth giving it a shot

Love to see you branch out with your content!

A good way to "prepare" yourself for GAMMA is to do the following: 1. Play in this order: Shadow of Chernobyl, Clear Sky, Call of Prypiat, Anomaly, Anomaly with different mods (toy a lot with different mods so you learn how they behave in-game), then GAMMA 2. Do a first playthrough as a Loner at a lower difficulty, just so the game doesn't feel as punishing and slow. Use the opportunity to understand how the mod menu works, as some settings require you to start a new game (if you don't do so, your game may start crashing a lot - it's an engine limitation) 3. Feeling cozy in-game? Bump up the mutant/enemy population gradually 4. Finish at least the "Lost in the Zone" questline. Then, create a new savefile at highest difficulty and thoughest progression. Also check out for any new mods that might interest you

The real fun is in Escape From Prypiat. Nice video.

Love this format of the funny helmet man

Download GAMMA, de-check all hard progression addons, mabye have fun. Chad option: Unistall GAMMA, download old world modpack, Master difficulty HUD off, max mutant and stalker spawns, emmisions every 6 hours, Monolith faction with only a knife in Pripyat Outskirts, Kill for the rock.

in summary: dont play gamma, play anomaly

After playing "vanilla" STALKER anomaly this video makes me want to play Gamma lmao.

Honestly, as miserable as it is, I love it. Games have become so easy over time to cater to the masses, I am just happy to see the opposite for once. No colorful numbers and letters flashing on your screen to tell you how amazing you are for simply picking something up. Just suffering which makes it very rewarding.

See this is one of the reasons why we always say you should start with the 3 main games first straight from steam then try vanilla Stalker Anomaly a bit, maybe play one or two more mods and then try Gamma. The thing with STALKER mods and modpacks is that they all kinda just assume you have played the mainline games and know the basic gameplay loop of them hence their ''tutorials'' are kinda hard.

I love GAMMA but it's definitely an acquired taste.

This video can be summed up by: newbie started GAMMA in Hard Survivalist and simply got handled. Play in Easy Tourist, read your PDA guide as mentioned when spawning the first time. The game is *not* made so you can directly loot and use other enemies gear, because it would basically make you geared up in 30 minutes. And Hard Survivalist progression requires that you know ALL the game mechanics. In Easy Tourist, everything is made simpler so that you can discover the game systems. The repair system is easy in the sense that you just need a repair kit, right click gun, maintain, replace parts, done. You don't need to find all the parts, it consumes uses of the expensives repair kits though so it's more of a joker. Good parts naturally come while playing, just press Left Alt to auto loot the enemies, it will strip the green parts automatically. You can swap parts by drag and dropping parts on a gun, you don't need a repair kit for that, but it consumes a bit of the gun condition. Swapping parts in the bench with a repair kit doesn't consume repair kit uses, and it doesn't consume gun condition upon doing so (cleaner than the field swap). Parts in green can be cleaned while inside the gun, as stated by the cleaning kit description... Loot a gun with a green barrel, it will be prestine in no time. By the end of day 1 you can have a repaired AK without having any repair kit nor any toolkit. To get repair kits you need toolkits that you will naturally find by looting rare stashes (yellow ones) which you get naturally by doing tasks. Early on most pistols and SMGs can be repaired. You can buy SMG rounds for cheap and the A type repair kit is only 13k roubles. SMGs easily kill most enemies in 1 or 2 headshots down south. Some are tankier and need AP rounds, which you can also buy. Seeing that you have 30k roubles early on also shows something symptomatic of newbies: keeping for *whatever*. Roubles don't make you survive, ammo, better gear and healings do. Early on you should usually end up with 17 roubles in your pocket every time you visit an allied base by slowly building up your supplies. About your SVU comment: if you looted it in usable condition, you could have used it until the end of the game and one shotting most enemies with the correct ammo. Even so, you can be lucky and find such a gun with a green barrel and use it. Healing system ? Bandage + Yadulin = done. During fight bandages and medkits usually give you enough temp HP to hold on during the fights, it just puts pressure on you to not stay idle for too long and camping (the temp HP vanishes and you need to reapply a bandage to have limb temp HP again to not suffer from the many debuffs). But again, all your issues are coming up from: 1) Playing in Hard Survivalist. 2) Not learning the game mechanics (in game tutorials will be made at some point, meanwhile the PDA is a good source of information).

I can understand that you don´t like it. But for anyone who wants to enjoy the atmosphere but limit the struggle, it is single player, so tweak your experience how you like. MCM and debug menu is your friend. I fell in love with the zone as a kid when i secretly watched my dad play the original Games from behind his back. And the love for the Zone never dwindled, no matter how often i got mauled by boars or ran into a controller in the dark, with no cover. And having played the original Gamesmany times, i really enjoy the sandbox experience GAMMA offers.

Back as a growing teen, I beat a mod for stalker called MISERY, Gamma is sunshine and rainbows but for a newcomer it feels like the apocalypse 😂

play originals first, heretic!

Well, maybe a try in STALKER AREA would make it more noticeable the ways of GAMMA of making a less painful experience. Tip: Always bring the GP9 to the run, and the hatchet.

Thank you funny helmet boy for teaching me to smoke

The good thing about gamma (or anomaly more especifically) is that you can mix and match what ever mods you want for the perfect experience I personally gave up trying to make gamma work and downloaded vanilla anomaly with some AI, inmersion, gun and QoL mods and im having the time of me life (and yeh, i also think the gun economy of gamma is kinda yikes, i never got to use the SV98 i wanted to use bcos i couldnt find the parts to repair it :c)

I know it seems annoying at first but the more you play the easier it gets to get started. As long as you find a gun with a 100% barrel you can fix it without a tool kit just by dragging the good condition parts on to the weapon.

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The machine spirit? Praise be to The Omnissiah

i love this game, because eventually you get soo rich, have everything unlocked, and have good gear. Then finally everything gets super duper easy

I've never seen anyone come up with that strategy in the swamps. I wonder what your first complete run would look like😂 Great vid!

Good content man, love to see it

the second you learn the weapon system your golden, gettingmultiple parts from multiple weapons and partkits is crazy

3 seconds of the video already got me laughing. deserves a like

Clear sky gang, we're nerds packin heat

leviticus making a stalker gamma video and making a warhammer reference?!

The three uses of the repair kits are only when REPLACING parts via Mouse 2 on the weapon itself, you can use it as much as you want to swap parts around inside that menu in the workbench, the trader only sell them when you give them better toolkits, the game pushes you more towards crafting stuff yourself, and any other mechanic/feature someone may not understand can be explained in the built-in Wiki your PDA has under "Guide" tab.

Mate, nobody's angry, throughout the video i was just nodding and saying "yeah, yeah" the mod is ball busting if you go at it blindly, but it is very fun if you get a hold of it, similarly the way tarkov works(or at least should work) cool video

BABE WAKE UP LEVIVI DROPPED A STALKER VIDEO

You discover a new game and you decide to play to his hardest difficult, you half-read the tutorial step-by-step on your PDA and complain how hard the game is... Well, i'm sorry for you if you didn't are into reading stuff, but if you did more effort about it and play for your first try in a less difficult (like med-med) your experience on it could be different in a good way, but today you learned in the hard way. nice video :)

Considering Gamma and many mod packs are just sandboxes, I tend to RP my characters considerably by giving them extra money or equipment at the start. Makes for a much smoother start. You can call that cheating, but this is a modular pack where people turn off the economy, make it so enemies drop high condition guns and armor, and always drop a stash, so I could care less.

I started with base Anomaly and worked my way up to GAMMA. Gamma is no joke with the progression and general difficulty. definitely not for everyone but definitely for me. Scraping my nutsack across a cheese grater is my favorite hobby

The problem is that if you remove all the tedium, youre left with a very empty sandbox. There is a questline, but a large amount of playing GAMMA is just gearing, making small upgrades, working towards smaller things (like getting night vision).

GAMMA is for cultured gentlemen who like CBT

Cool to see you doing other stuff. I like your video style but tarkov has lost it's luster for me so this was a nice suprise.

The problems in this game can be changed, its a modded game with a config menu, the second I changed the loot values I was able to get months of progression in weeks, i was able to find all repair kits C class and below in the areas south of the red forest and Pripyat, absolutely changed my experience.

I have play gamma and i think the same about the weapons system, but the game is really awesome. I think that coming from EFT you should try Escape From Pripyat, this mod along with some ingame tweaks, eliminates almost all the tedium.