S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 won't be like G.A.M.M.A. 

It never was supposed to be like Gamma.

I never really saw things in such a way, but I believe your thoughts make a lot of sense. It's all in GSC's hands now, and I have a feeling that S.T.A.L.K.E.R. will be much more than everything we've been served so far.

>S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 won't be like G.A.M.M.A. Good

people must be deluded if they think it'll play as Anomaly/Gamma lol its gonna play more like Traditional Stalker with QOL and new mechanics

why do people want it like gamma when we have gamma :/

Gamma fans going to be beside themselves when they get a functional weapon off of an enemy they killed and don't have to spent 400 hours stripping box springs down for parts to maintain their gun (it will break after firing 3 bullets)

Played stalker and various mods since it has been out, and it's as simple as this; people can and will mod the game and enjoy it the way they want when it is out. Play it the way you want and be happy with it, rather than force everyone to play the way you play. The whole huge upside of stalker anomaly existing to begin with is that you have so many options you can change to the way you like it and play it. Even with gamma, where it is intended to be kind of difficult it's not hard to change that up and turn into what you want and play it the way you want because it is on anomaly. A lot of friends I have who had never played stalker before started with gamma but with a few small tweaks to make it new-player friendly and they all adored it being able to tweak to their preferences on the fly. One guy even turned off all hostile spawns save for anomalies and had fun for a week or so roleplaying as some explorer that collected artefacts and just relaxed exploring the maps outside of the anomalies planted around here and there in a mostly dead world and atmosphere. Would I ever play that way? Probably not, but that experience meant a lot to him and that's what mattered. His enjoyment. His game. His experience. I think what I'm trying to say is, play your own way, stalkers -- it's your experience. Anyone who judges you for how /you/ have fun in a singleplayer game is an asshole.

All I know is if the bandits dont scream "ANUUUU CHEEKI BREEKI IV DAMKE" while trying to kill me for my bread then Stalker has truly lost its way :( aha

STALKER 2 website confirms the game will have 2 voiced language options, either English or Ukrainian, and subtitles, full mod support, and eventual online co op. Everyone needs to chill

Only real S.T.A.L.K.E.R.s know that the zone is no English or Russian/Ukrainian, but it is it's own language. Personally though I wish it had english voice actors with thicc slav accents xD

A lot of these "haters" Have never played a vanilla stalker game. Most of them just played an Anomaly modpack and never touched the original trilogy. Crying about the game is even more stupid followed by the fact that devs already confirmed mod support. So, anything people won't like can be modded out, and wanted stuff modded in.

People screaming that stalker "is supposed to be a f9 rngfest, with getting everything from weapon parts and armor to tool stashes(and correct tool from that stash) being tied to random chance" are extremely stupid. Stalker was never an easy game, but it was definitely not some smaller, less fleshed out version of anomaly. Anomaly and its modpacks are a fan creation just like any other mod for stalker. Let the devs make the game as they see fit, last thing people want is a group of elitist gatekeepers who try to make you feel bad for enjoying the game "the wrong way" cuz muh difficulty, or even worse, shitting on the stalker 2 just because it does not play like anomaly

Imagine metro without Russian accents.. it would not be the same. The game can still be in English, that’s fine for accessibility reasons, but the accents are key to holding the immersion.

It's a mainline stalker game. It's going to be CoP, but more features. It's not a goofy ah mod that makes you struggle for everything.

nah bro you will not understand, in the italian version sidorovich is voiced by the same dude who voiced fuking GOKU and even fuking SPONGEBOB 💀💀💀

I honestly never expected Stalker 2 to be like Gamma tbh, I like Gamma because of the feeling of risk and reward the modpack revolves around of, and what I expect about Stalker 2 is to have the good things the past 3 games offer.

I... have not seen people like what you are describing. At least not in communities like anomaly, gamma, efp. People are pretty excited actually. Closest thing to concerns that people (me included) have is loss/lack of atmosphere that original games had, because the way from first trailer to latest one, regarding visuals it seemed to go away from original trilogy 'feel'

I'm a 100% certain that when Stalker 2 releases a lot of people will be screaming how GSC "dumbed down" the game for "casuals", because your character doesn't bleed out in 2 seconds from taking 1 damage to the foot and doesn't get stage 4 cancer after touching some irradiated trash for a millisecond. Honestly, some of these fuckers haven't actually played vanilla trilogy and don't know that they're not half as difficult as G.A.M.M.A. or Misery

I don't mind english voice at all. I just want it to be like the cheeky breeky fake accents like the original games had. Not a damn smooth american accent in the trailer, it just feels SO off.

Frankly people speaking English in the zone just made sense to me. We know that there are non-Ukrainian and Russian Stalkers are in the zone, in particular the mercs are mentioned as primarily coming from the west, and because English is already the most common second language in the world, to me it made sense that Stalkers would use English as a lingua franca, especially in regards to traders. The thick slavic accents everyone had just added to the feeling that they're speaking a language that isn't their native one. I'm fine with Stalker 2 giving everyone generic American English accents because then the game will be more accessible to more people, but I'd personally prefer the accented English from the original trilogy.

Dude you made GAMMA bigger than it actually is... True It's a mod pack that helps with making the game better and more grindy in general but in it's heart it's just a mod that improves some graphics and makes the equipment and tool making a bit challenging and worth while. In reality I think the guys who like gamma (me included) are the easiest to please, just give us a great visual experience and a solid equipment management system which is definitely what stalker 2 needs to have anyways, along with the other more important stalker elements.

"It should rather be in, god forbid Russian" - I don't get the hate towards the Russian language because of an invasion caused by Putin, typical western bullshit, just hating on Russian culture because Putin started the Russo-Ukrainian war. What people fail to understand is how widespread the Russian language is in Slavic countries too, and it pisses me off. Loving Russia/Russian culture is not remotely the same as supporting the Russo-Ukrainian war, but people pretend like it is while hiding behind their politics. So please, for the love of god, can we not start a wave of racism towards Russians? I've already seen enough of it in real life, and it's only gonna get worse. Lately I've just seen people disrespecting Russians and Russian culture in general, and when you confront someone about it they will say "they deserve it, look at what those Russians are doing in Ukraine". The war is horrible, but so is disrespect towards a whole culture because of a decision that was made by one person. What you did in your video, is associate the Russian language with a horrible event, which is not okay or justified in any way. It's like me saying "a game can't be in German, because the Germans gassed 6 million Jews during WWII". Shame, just pure shame, have some respect for Russia, like try to get around Putin and see the people of Russia, because they're amazing people, I can guarantee you that.

People need to treat vanilla CoP as the baseline.

Stalker 2 should be like Stalker. Hopefully with big mod support. But if it's just like Shadow of Chernobyl with modern graphics and my savefile not corrupting randomly i will be more than happy.

I mean I don't mind it being in english at all! I just wish they had at least an slavic accent, since its really odd when you're walking into the Zone and everyone sounds like they're from Norfolk UK. The only other "complain" I have is that the lighting feels less gloomy, but eh overall I'm still pretty fuckin hyped.

I just want an atmospheric experience that rewards exploration and has good gunplay. I'm not expecting Gamma. I just hope to enjoy whatever the devs are delivering. I'm sure at some point there will be a spiritual successor to Gamma within Stalker 2's modding community.

At it's core, mods like Gamma, Gunslinger, EFP, Misery... aren't trying to be the definitive S.T.A.L.K.E.R experience.It's about making a game, they fell in love with, more polished and more accessible to a wider audience so new people can come in and enjoy it and be new fans of the franchise. If people are on their ivory tower, let them be. No one can hear them up there.

STALKER 2 is definitely going to be a different beast from all these mods people have become accustomed to. STALKER as a franchise is entirely different from it's stand alone mods.

I never cared much about Stalker's Gameplay, I've always cared about atmosphere, environments because thats what make stalker stalker for me, so I don't really care if its like GAMMA or hardcore in any way.

Am I wrong for wanting to hear a trailer in its native language with objectively better voice acting ? especially after the other crazy good trailers we got.

I actually like hearing it in Ukrainian with English subtitles OR hearing an English dub with an Ukrainian accent. I feel more "connected" to something unique, that way. Hearing it in perfect english like the way we yanks hear it everyday is kinda weird coz the zone don't sound like that. IMHO, only the Merc and UNI faction can get away with perfect english dubs but I'd still prefer they'd have a mix of accents befitting a mixed nationality group.

Honestly my interpretation of the monologue is just, the game is set 10 years after the events of SoC/CoP. With monolith (faction) no longer being the keepers of the center of the zone after being broken / destroyed by the deactivation of c-con. The zone is now in the hands / governed by "everyday" stalkers. However if you believe c-con was telling the truth in SoC and the zone is a scar on the noosphere after mans attempt to tamper with it, it wouldn't simply go away by destroying the gate keepers. As it may just be a fact of the planet, or take extensive time to heal much like how the real Chernobyl disaster has left the area uninhabitable for many hundreds or thousands of years. The last bit just pointing out the futility of all the stalkers who died trying to break through to the center of the zone and when it finally happened it ultimately accomplished nothing. As for do I think it should be as you put it a "fuck you simulator" ... Yes and no. No because ultimately by having a "fuck you simulator" game your gonna appeal to a smaller audience and a smaller audience means fewer sales, and a game that doesn't sell doesn't get even more games. Bills have to be payed, and with the delays caused by the war relocation of staff, loss of property, they are fighting a uphill battle and this could very much sink or swim any future endeavors. Games of this size are fairly expensive to make. I also find that the time dilation tends to make most "survival elements" somewhat too aggressive because 1 minute of play time is 6-ish minutes in game, so stopping every 30 minutes to eat and drink kind gets annoying if I just wanna play the game and do a deep raid or something. Yes, because that's the type of game I'd like to play, I don't think it SHOULD be that, but I'd be happy if it was that. The internet is opinionated, and gamer are even more so, I want them to make the game they want to make... and if it happens to be a bit rough around the edges, if its unapologetic, if its challenging, if it's cthulhu in a tracksuit glassing you in a dark alley way... I think i'd be just fine with that.

its wild how we went from "mods let u tailor the experience to your taste" to "this is how the game should be played and if ur not down with hoarding 15 items to make one functioning weapon you dont deserve to enjoy stalker"

You know what as long as they have options to pick what you want I'm good. Options are good.

Pretty sceptical because the original dev team got fucked over by the ceo, quit the company and then made metro so the people who made og stalker are mostly gone.

won't be like GAMMA and thats OK, thats all.

The problem isn’t it being in English it’s just everyone sounds like their from England 😂

y-you mean the game thats been in development almost as twice as long as gamma wont be the same as the only recently gamma mod!??!?!?! nooooo way *said the new stalker fan*

English with an ukranian accent would've been incredible

About the first one, the dubbing: The original game's English dub had a very clear attempt at a Ukr/Rus accent, which the new one clearly doesn't, it had loads of Rus/Ukr voicelines AND having played it in the late 2000s I can easily tell you mods that allowed you to use the original dub were widely available and some of the most basic ones you got alongside with the mods that fixed the gun's names and bugs/crashes, all three pretty much essential to the game experience. Your argument here that "Oh the vanilla game at the time was like this therefore it's good like this" is bs cause that's the same as arguing for the game to have mirrored gun models, fake gun names and crashing every 5 minutes! Stalker Vanilla experience for you! Even incredibly iconic lines like the the Monolith's ground shaking 'idi ko mne' were never heard by anyone in any other language other than Russian (yes that line is in Russian) and sadly dubbed in this trailer, so like...let people hate things? (Also the subtitles argument lmao >Stupid American much? I personally am literate and have no issues with subtitles) On the second argument although I agree with your observation about mods like G.A.M.M.A. and Misery becoming an egotrip for masochists and the brilliant egocentric x Alocentric design anecdote I also think it's a hell of a stretch to say Stalker wasn't always a F.U. simulator in a way: it always has. Don't believe me (even tho I played the vanilla games back in the day and replayed them recently) just check out contemporary reviews, Yahtzee's Zero Punctuation on Clear Sky pretty much defines it. I think the one thing the games brilliantly translates from the book and the movie is humanity's insignificance and specially YOUR insignificance as a stalker and that is done through a unforgiving and brutal world and gameplay, the wheel of fortune is spinning and you're tied to to it by the neck. Diluting that aspect no matter how much is destroying stalker's essence from its core and it really seems to be the direction they're going from the trailer. Great reading into the trailer speech tho, that meaning went right by me.

When stalker 2 will release a bunch of people will complain that its nothing like anomaly/gamma and its downgraded because dont have this and that, lots of people have never played original trilogy and have no clue that stalker is not hardcore survival game, some of them even think its a game dev released game and have no clue that its standalone mod, what makes it worse that RU-vidrs praise these mods but never mention other great mods like lost alpha, oblivion lost remake and bunch of others witch are great mods, so its automatically make these people think that stalker is hardcore tarkov single player game with mutants, stalker 2 will definitely not play how anomaly/gamma plays its always been story driven game.

Thank you for making this. People need to realize this. Because I swear to God if they give this game bad reviews because "its not like gamma" I am going to be livid. PLAY THE ORIGINALS, NO MODS. Then if you want a more modern taste of what TRUE stalker is like, obviously get True Stalker mod.

i saw a youtuber reacting to the trailer saying “i don’t like the hud. maybe that’s just the stalker purist in me” when every stalker game had hud enabled by default and thought the blind guy could be eidolon… it’s embarrassing. i love gamma but at least play SOC if you’re gonna talk about what stalker is about.

stalker 2 gonna be like "true stalker" end of the story.

I mean Stalker 2 wont be like GAMMA. But Stalker 2 can have a GAMMA 2 mod 🤷‍♂️

its really weird to me people think it will be like modded versions of the first games

very unbiased and non-political video, regarding the topics author clearly understands

it was always a immersive F U simulator. but we, as fans, along these past 10 years, found entire new realms of F U simulation. i just hope its heavily 'moddable'. like, many franchises have such strictly build engines that funnel modding possibilities nowadays, to try to keep the money tied to the content they output themselves, that it will probably trully F the community. so we can transform STALKER 2 in GAMMA, or EFP, or Gunslinger or Last Day, or what ever without having to literally rebuild the engine outside the game, wich is very unlikely to happen again. Stalker is a 1 in 1000 games wich for sure, is only alive to this day because of its fanbase. and i really think that no AAA game can become what years of modding can alone.

Legit all I ask for is a sandbox do whatever you want element like Anomaly, or the ability to start without the story. I love going around the zone doing random shit and not being pushed about by a story overhead.

I think there will be a bunch of people who are gonna be very upset when they find out stalker 2 isnt gonna have 2000 junk items, dozens of repair kits, 60 different healing items and traders tasking rookie stalkers to breach the cnpp to kill a monolith squad with a knife for a 50rubles and a pack of cigarettes while charging 500 for a bottle of water or NPC's only having absolutely trashed gear and weapons that works perfectly for them with infinite ammo till you kill them. Dont get me wrong i dont have problems with anomaly misery and the likes but i dont think the devs intended the world to be that hard.

It's what GSC laid out for us, their visions in the design documents and the various builds along the way that has shaped what S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is, and through the lense of which it should be considered and viewed. I'm glad to say that it was Shadow of Chernobyl (which genuinely has atmosphere and character, but not in the hollow and superficial way that so many parrot on about), umolested and unaltered, not even with bug fixes, that I keep coming back to. And as such I've always considered mods to be secondary, separate, but still inherently linked to the trilogy, and many are just too far from the source for me to enjoy them or find any investment. But as for others, the community has been diluted with hordes of newcomers with wild expectations and often no regard for the original games (thanks to some "tactical" youtube "personalities" and tonnes of buzzword marketing), and have set the modding scene on a course that is exponentially divergent from what S.T.A.L.K.E.R. tangibly is. While we've always had fringe mods, like schizophrenic russian soups to inventory management simulators coated with a load of artificial difficulty and poor machine translations as a cherry on top, but now the people who came for Tarkov mixed with DayZ who often haven't so much as wasted the bandits in the Cordon car park are here in such force that S.T.A.L.K.E.R.'s digital presentation, public perception and the expectations and desires people have of it are now very warped and their opinions especially strong and pretentious. And it's these things which I think are inherently detrimental to the community, the direction of X-ray mods and its playerbase, and ultimately what S.TA.L.K.E.R.'s legacy is shaping up to be. As much as I pray it does, I don't think that this phenomenon and trend of mods will go away or recede, even in the light of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2. in which it might only be exacerbated. And I despise this; I, enjoy many hardcore survival games and hardcore shooters, as well as all sorts of other games, but I don't want to see them mushed together into a grey, soulless goop with no individuality, no uniquity. I want to enjoy each game for what they are and what makes them special, but you cannot taste the special addition in the soup if there's a million other ingredients. Thank you for addressing this - it's very refreshing to find more people who aren't blinded by the curtain of fad mods and buzzwords, who still value S.T.A.L.K.E.R. for what it truly is. Cheers.

Im not really part of the community and only played original vanilla games. I liked them all and I'm looking forward to Stalker 2 but I dislike its visual direction. Not sound like a hipster, but SoC with its low graphics and its atmosphere created perfect feel of utterly alien environment, one that's so uncaring its beyond hostile. CS and CoP felt rather crowded, civilised almost, as if the zone became colonized and humanised. SoC is the only game where it created perfect sense of break off from civilization, true sense of alien wilderness where humans aren't there permanently, more so passing by

this will be a stalker game, not a stalker mod simple as that.

The thing with voiceacting is that in old S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games. You had english, but with slavic accent. But in the trailer.. it was just english.

People seem to forget that the original stalker games were the kind that had you running at incredible speeds, instantly using meds and gunning down dozens of enemies, where guns were easy to get and maintain and there was no crafting. Those were things the community thought of and while they have their place it doesn't mean that Stalker 2 needs them. People didn't originally fall in love with Gamma, they fell in love with Shadow of Chernobyl or in my case Call of Pripyat, but now some people think "Stalker" means "Gamma"

fully voicing all dialogue limits quest design/player interaction. Immersion is a fine tradeoff

Whatever will STALKER 2 look like on release. If someone will be disappointed by some thing, Then just remember that there will be mods to come. To make the zone in our image, after our likenes.

I don't know from playing gamma after all the games, and the Expedition Mod Gamma definitely doesn't feel just challenging to yourself; it feels like it makes the zone more challenging to everyone, AI included. As for Stalker 2, I understand wanting to be able to play in Russian but have English subtitles. I would love that, but as an option, and I hope in the end, Stalker 2 will be all about choices and customization

Your arguments about the voice acting is so off. In Witcher they speak like they are in medieval ages, Metro uses accents. Game of Thrones has accents for made up languages. This is kinda a industry standard in high quality videogames, movies and shows. The choice to use English accents/actors with merits from Hollywood was probably not made by the most passionate people over at GSC, I would bet most people would prefer unknown Ukrainian voice actors with their accents, regardless if S2 was a game, show or movie. Especially since the last decade (2014). So why choose to argue the worst possible strawman version of the arguments ? The reason Super Mario/Dark Souls/Elden Ring GOTY/GAMMA/Tarkov/Warzone/Fortnite, just rogue-like/lites in general exists, is because a lot of people don't want to sit in a rail wagon just enjoying the view. You make it sound like it's a few trolls in a basement looking for pain, again worst possible strawman argument. The real discussion is, look at how modding can make a game last for decades and how it shows what players really want out of a game and SADLY how uncommon it is REGARDLESS of what you like the game to be. I would go so far and argue that Steam, the global leading store for PC gaming and what many would say revived PC gaming would not exists if Half-Life 1 was not moddable.

"Waaaaah the trailer is in english it breaks the immersion wwaaah" mfs when i lock them into a room filled with fruit punch anomalies:

People complain about the trailer being in English? They do realize you can select a language in almost any game including stalker right…

I've played anomaly, but I always get bored and go back to the originals. There's a soul there that I can't find with anomaly.

Wanting Stalker 2 to be in Russian or Ukraine is just plain silly, all you need to do is go into Steam and set your games localization to that country and you're set. What i found odd from the trailer was that (from my ear) i couldn't hear any Ukraine or Russian accents speaking, they all sounded British or maybe American, and if a game is set in a certain place in the world, atleast have the majority of the voice actors have that accent when speaking the localized language. I don't expect GAMMA from Stalker 2, but what i hope is that the devs atleast recognise what didn't work from the OG 3 games, which was scripted sequences, and recognise what did work with those games, which was the A-Life system and dynamic emergent events. and maybe just maybe, in half a decade, thanks to the mod-ability of the Unreal engine that it's running on, Stalker 2 will allow the birth of GAMMA 2 :)

A lot of Gamma is rather tedious, but it all adds to an experience that has had a lot of thought put into it, and you either like it or you don't. One thing that should be beyond dispute is that Gamma has some pretty great gunplay, probably the best of any Stalker mod out there. I don't think it's a stretch to argue that after Gamma's massive spike in popularity, Stalker 2 has to have gunplay that is on par or better than it. From the looks of things from the latest trailer, the gunplay looked a little clunky, though obviously we won't know how it really feels until we get to play it ourselves. At any rate, GSC have promised that the modding tools will be available at launch so however the game is in its default state, within a few months there should be enough mods available for everyone to tailor the experience to their own preferences.

No reason to riff on Gamma like that, otherwise I mostly agree.

As long as modding will allow people to transform Stalker 2 (on PC at least), into their preferred experience like Gamma, I'm hopeful there won't be any major issues beyond how ambitious it'l actually be to mod.

I'm upset about the lack of eastern european accents more than anything.

The problem is there are no slavic accents, it just sounds off going to Ukraine and hearing pristine english

I like the franchise’s setting and atmosphere. But I’m most looking forward to what modders can do.

Cmon man, the "come to me" line would be so cool in russian. Weve all heard it bazillion times, fighting through the cnpps interior. Im pretty sure theres gonna be russian audio option same as in metro. But they could have made atleast that one line as we all know it. Would be a great opening to a great trailer.....

I love the fact that it doesn't is like GAMMA, i love gamma but if i want to play something like gamma i just play gamma

Facts man! I think every Stalker fans needs to hear this before Stalker 2 comes out, because there really is this misconception that Stalker is a super hard core survival game first and foremost in the community and if things don't change Stalker 2 will be bombarded by alot stupid and unreasonable hate... I really do not want Stalker 2 to fail because of dumb reasons like this if it's a bad game (untruthful to the original trilogy), then I'm fine with it getting hate, but I do not want GSC to get hate for making an actual true Stalker game despite all their troubles and the community destroying their hard work with negative reviews

I think and I hope that GAMMA/Anomaly/EFP/insert-hardcore-STALKER-mod,...will NEVER become the benchmark for future development of STALKER. What I, without the lack of a better word, despise about the new generation of STALKER players is that these hardcore FU-simulator have warped their perception of what STALKER is all about: a miserable Slavic survival shooter. While the OG trilogy does have those elements, they were never the focal points of the games. Instead they all tell a story about the insatiable curiosity of man and their efforts to comprehend, study, destroy, escape or profit off of something so unnatural and otherworldly that it breaks reality as we know it. Unfortunately, these concepts have been distorted and "perverted" into "Hurr durr, my immersion, my survival roleplay with my cool-OC-no-steal", evident with how Anomaly treats its story, or the lack thereof. What I'm worried about are the system requirements and some shady rumors about Sergei Grigorovich's business practices but ultimately, I have hope for the sequel and its story, hardcore-survival/immersion or not.

People really think it’s gonna be like gamma??

I like GAMMA but i hope Stalker 2 will be stalker and bring to me same feelings as first ever launch of Shadow of Chornobyl 15 years ago

The only gatekeeping snobs I run across are those who insist you play the originals before you can be considered a stalker fan.

This really summed up a lot of my feelings over mods like GAMMA and put words to exactly why I'm not keen on them - as you said, allocentric vs egocentric challenge / difficulty. I want to spend as much time as possible getting properly immersed in the Zone as a living, breathing place, with its surprisingly complex interactions and ecologies. I don't want to spend 90% of my time slotting armour inserts, or repairing weapons because the spawned weapons are artificially degraded, or dealing with an economy that's deliberately tuned in opposition to the player.

At the end of the day, All I want from Stalker 2 is a fun game, and a solid base that GSC can be proud of. If there is a solid base, then all the mods & additional translations will come in time and everybody can have their tailored Stalker 2 experience's.

Bruh the gameplay reveal trailer year ago was literally in russian or ukrainian VA

The original audio dialog was NOT in english, that was added later by modders.

After playing modded Anomaly for 3 years, im not at all worried about STALKER 2 being good. It will be good. It WILL be very different from what im used too 100% and im very ready for that. Its time for change of feel in the zone. A feel made by the people who gave us the games in the first place. Anomaly wouldnt exist if the og triliogy didnt. Im hyped to see what they have created, no matter how different it is from the world ive tailiored for myself. Again, its time for a change of pace.

Some people were Blinded And expected S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 To be Like Anomaly or Gamma Because most people Have Mostly Played Modded Stalker Such as Anomaly and Never Even Touch The Original Trilogy.

does anyone know a dual render scope mod for anomaly or something to make it look like the min 4:24

I mean all of that aside... My biggest fear and complaint I can see from all of these trailers is... It looks railroaded. Corridors. All of the environments shown looks walled in. Even the outdoor ones look like arenas. Im afraid this is going to be more of a Metro game and not a STALKER game. Thats not bad... but its not what im looking for when I think of a STALKER game. I loved all of the Metro Games. Ill still play it, but if it is a Metro, Ill be pretty disappointed.

Gamers have become so entitled over certain things, just because the game isn’t exactly what You want it to be, doesn’t make it a bad game. The game isn’t even out yet, and you’re already making assumptions of what it’ll be like and casting it aside for no good reason. Anomaly, gunslinger, efp, are all MODPACKS. This means that it’s not the devs original idea or vision for the game. Just because a mod pack performs well, doesn’t mean the devs Have to follow that blueprint, it’s their fucking game man, if you don’t like it, you don’t have to play it, or you can wait for those mods to be released again. Either way, claiming this game is “bad” or “broken” bc You don’t like it is ridiculous and childish, and 99% of people who claim these things are basing their opinions off a trailer

Impressive Ukrainian flex ))

I know its stupid to expect a mainline game to be gamma, but with mod support i hold out hope that we'll one day have gamma in stalker 2

This was a VERY needed video. People have been playing modded stalker for so long they forget that modded stalker and vanilla are completely different experiences. I will do my first playthrough as I always do with no mods, and add mods later.

If it isn’t like gamma, you will def be able to mod it into a new gamma

BUT I WANT CALL OF MISERY WITH WINTER SNOW MOD AND WEAPON PACK #573 IN UNREAL ENGINE DAMNIT WHY WON'T YOU GIVE ME WHAT I REQUEST

Honestly its a good thing that it wont be like Gamma, there are hundreds of Stalker mods out there with varying gameplay and everyone prefers different mods, me personally i dont like Gamma.

Thats why Call Of Chernobyl was the best Free Play Mod, Anomaly, Gamma and EFP are just too hardcore

ugh, i hste this conversation. I played gamma for about 500 hours now and Gamma is a sandbox as it is on top of Anomaly with tons of gameplay optimization/changes. Enjoy Stalker 2 for what it will be and you will enjoy it. If you expect it to be Gamma 2 then you really wil be disappointed

I mean the game will be nothing like gamma but if it gets the same modding support then well, we all know what's going to happen

I'm just excited to see where mods take s.t.a.l.k.e.r. 2. The vanilla experience doesn't have to be the end.

Beautiful analysis! I completely missed the fourth wall breaking reference within the speech, but makes great sense now. Subscribed! 👏👏👏

Yes because G.A.M.M.A is the only mod or version of stalker in existence. There is no other version or mod of stalker that holds a candle to the almighty. G.A.M.M.A 🤓

I just played through STALKER Call of Pripyat recently and something hit me. It played a lot like Metro Exodus. As in you were thrown into a massive open world, but it felt pretty linear because of the story's mission-by-mission structure. From that, I got the feeling that STALKER 2 is going to be COMPLETELY different from the original trilogy. You will still have a massive world to explore, with anomalies, mutants, and item stashes scattered around, but there will also be a much bigger emphasis on telling a more expanded story that explores the lore deeper, and there will be more emphasis on creating various important and memorable characters. I cannot wait for STALKER 2 and how much it will expand the STALKER lore.

As someone who tried playing SOC and couldn't get into it due to some of the bugs and the gunplay feeling off and my own inability to see games through to the end due to depression. I do truly appreciate the original's atmosphere and how it makes the world feel hostile yet beautiful. I picked up Anomaly after someone described it as similar to Tarkov somewhat and I enjoyed and fell in love with the game. I think the combination of not having to follow a story and just leave your own mark in the zone truly felt special to me as I always felt like I could never finish any game during those time and I still have not made it to the north most part of the zone in Anomaly and been just recently playing the GAMMA modpack. I truly believe Stalker is a wonderful franchise and modders can really alter this world into however style we want to experience it. Love the way the video has been put through and I hope Stalker 2 stays true to what it wants to be only for us to tinker with it once more for the decades to come into our own perfect experiences.

Tbf the game has full support of modding, in other words, i believe its only matter of time to somehow "port" the mechanics of GAMMA (weapon parts-repairing for example) to the STALKER 2.