STALKER Anomaly Old World addon - Gameplay Demo 

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Yeah I can’t remember myself, but THAT was downright insane compared to how quickly we ran through everything up to that point

yep this is SoC experience

Looks legit

It's a regular tour de force structured on a tight regime of quicksaves after each kill. It's been so long playing vanilla Soc that I can't remember but in Anomaly which I am currently playing I have not even once made it through the Brainscorcher mission without having to resort to dropped degraded weaponry and what little ammo I can scavenge for them on the go. It's *so* insane just how many monolith can be crammed into that relatively small base. And they do respawn at a fair pace, you basically have no time for looting other than what's within easy reach if you want to stay clear of the respawns jumping you from behind. And after the mission is completed, Freedom doesn't step in to fight them in Radar like they did in SoC. It'll be fighting 8-12 monoliths every single time you pass through the area. So thank goodness for fast-travel and the ability to set up your own hideouts on maps. Also, Switching off the brainscorcher with mmore than three minutes of the countdown to go says a lot about the general difficulty of this mod. It's Stalker having been made into an empowerment game.

@@WormholeJim fast travel? Nah man just sniff some coke and leg it to and through Red Forest.

Me too. I havent played all the story lines for each faction, but the ironman mode and generally messing around with different factions have so much replay value, i wouldnt care about stalker until ANOMALY came out. So between this and Gamma, it would be fun to play

Yeah the economy can be all over the place, especially with how much can be configured

By the time you reach Rostok as a loner, you have low tier weapons. But everyone else is packing top tier weapons with expensive ammunition, bulletproof armors that rendering your weapons basically useless. That’s anomaly.

100% makes sense for the traders and repairmen to wanna rip you off, but why do you get like 5% back on your returns when selling an item vs. buying it? Why does a single bottle of bottom-shelf vodka cost the equivalent of $60 USD? I know there'd be some inflation in the Zone to account for transport costs, checkpoint bribes, etc. but take it too far and it's a very cheap, videogamey way of pacing the player's progress.

Oh for sure

Thanks Blondie!! Yeah I kept getting told about it, had to check it out

I play with direct x8 with those 2 mods and god damn it looks like the good old days

True!

Lol you got it

That would be crazy!

Well, you're in luck, cuz there literally is a mod that does that exactly that, and it's called Legend Returns (version 0.9.2)! Takes the look and feel from Oblivion Lost and old SoC builds, has a brand new story for each faction, has an in-depth leveling system, and a lot more. Version 1.0 is still in development, but one thing that you can expect that no other mod has ever done before (as far as I know) is that you'll be able to sit down and play the guitar. Almost in the same way you can in the Last of Us Part II. :)

​@@LevdrekinnI've played this year, full storyline. I loved, played as a "Slime".

They should create a sandbox mod for lost alpha like anomaly, and if they add gunslinger with those giant maps. Man, that would be gooold!

Wait was it actually because i got shot? That’s so messed up lol

​@@WaveysGamingAdventureEven the loners rejected you. Damn.

Yeah it’s surprising how much it modifies!

The P90 is a cut weapon from SoC, I believe

It's a 5.56 gun in Lost Alpha iirc, "Zone Gunsmiths" is the excuse

Who in the zone is printing money?

Not anymore!!!

Aahhhh okay, i remember reading about changes but couldn’t remember exactly

@@WaveysGamingAdventure No big deal, I was curious when I saw the original GSC maps and not the LA versions so I looked it up on ModDB. SarisKhan's story mod is quite popular for Call of Chernobyl (my STALKER jam) as well! 😃

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Hahaha okay so it’s just like SoC, except I was able to go within a hour of gameplay lol

Heh i bought a house lol Plus had to deal with a lot of family stuff last month

I mean.. if you want Anomaly gameplay, Dark Signal. If you want Anomaly to play like Shadow of Chernobyl, then Old world.

Lol yeah that’s why i don’t think i will

Probably not, since the animations are built for anomaly, not heavily modified versions

@@WaveysGamingAdventure Alright thanks

The song is Summit by Ruzer

@@WaveysGamingAdventure Thanks!

That's why you have to use MO2

I don't think the mod itself does, but there's a bunch of texture mods that give you better FPS, one of which restores the original textures from the STALKER Trilogy, goes great with this mod, improves FPS too!

Yeah no quite It modifies the gameplay, doesn’t change much visually i dont think

Those Monolith area just gets worse, was always one of my favorite raids in Lost Alpha.

I have Lost Alpha on my list of things to make videos on, it may have jumped up the list recently though

@panzerfk06 I don't think I get your point. Justifying what item bloat with what game? Idk if you are saying LA is "bloated" with items, but of that is the case, I prefer that than extremely narrowed choices and bloated with voice acting which was paid for by reducing content. If there are a lot of items, you don't have to use them, but it creates a lot more options. Kinda like PC vs Mac. Also I never got into Tarkov but I have been playing STALKER for like 17 years, sorry if I want to branch off from Vanilla.

@panzerfk06 🥴 think we are having a bad communication experience maybe? I was saying that if someone wants a streamlined game experience without too much to worry about in a "post apocalyptic" open world game, then Fallout is the game they should play. I guess it does kind of read like "if you want that pu$$y a$$ $hit then go play that stupid fallout game". That was not the tone I was going for. I guess I suppose it was an attempt to illustrate that if someone doesn't lile the game, that doesnt mean there is something wrong with IT....albiet not a great attempt in retrospect. I took my forat "vacation" in over 2 years based around the launch of FO4. I was disappointed in many ways, but I still played the crap out of it. Thatnwas only because I wanted something that wasn't what they wanted to make or in some cases what "corporate" thought they should make based off of "market research". There are lots of things that I actually really liked. I didn't care for the cartoony look and felt the decision tree was barely a variable and was seemingly trimmed back(possibly along with other content/options)to accommodate full PC & NPC voice acting.....including real PC names. It's novel, but not worth sacrificing depth imo.(🤞🏼please don't do that STALKER 2!!) Anyway, sorry about misunderstanding/any confusion. My point, although badly put apparently, was that I didn't think that particular aspect (MANY variables/options/items) was a valid "attack surface" regarding the quailty of the mod. Especially since there are many different options out there. Even within STALKER. If someone can install Anomoly they can install any other of the countless mods/mod packs out there to make the game however anyone could want it to be. I have been really excited about the fact that they went with UE5 for S2. Of course I would have MUCH rather have seen an "X-Ray2" engine! I also know that is not realistic unfortunately....yet. UE5 is REALLY nice and easy to work with. There is a huge community and it has a dedicated support staff etc. That frees the team up A LOT of time and resources to invest in atmosphere, content, and depth. It also means that any changes we may personally like to see made can be applied rather easily with beautiful results. That makes for a better overall reception and perhaps a path to the means to make a new X-ray engine. I think we will see an explosion of "AAA" quailty indie games coming out relatively soon because of engines like UE5. That along with the consumer level availability of new tech like AI that is able to help create content/scripts(ie procedurally generated "quests" with unique story lines and AI voiced dialog based off of the game's lore, and what you have/have not done while playing etc. Lots of potential out there! It will be nice to get out from the big conglomerate of "sequel w/ 3 DLCs a year or bust" studios/franchises. It will also be funny to watch MS and Sony losses their a$$es on the tens of billions of studios/franchises they have been gobling up. Their consoles have maybe one more generation before a $500 PC with a desktop APU will beat a console on price and power. They are already selling them at a loss hoping to make up for it in licensing. Licensing that adds HIGE roadblocks to new game devs getting funding. If they don't plan on putting it out on at least Xbox and PS, investors don't think they will make enough of a return. However if they do, then they have obscene licensing fees on top of the extra dev time and testing for each. That could be upwards of like 40% of the budget depending on the title I would imagine. That means once those barriers are removed it will be easier to get funding and they would require less of it or could at least spend more on the game! It would also remove the hardware limitations it can impose. MS and Sony don't want the PC versions to be too much better than console and probably make their licensing contingent on it knowing they will have to to get funding. Most of all though, I'm looking forward to the innovation that comes out as more risks can be taken. I'm just droning on and will finally stop. I clearly don't get to talk about such things often. I see few that give a damn at all in person. I guess I just puked up a bunch of build-up Blayt!

@panzerfk06 it really is difficult to explain! However now that you mention it, I think I may agree in a sense. At least as far as the "emptiness". It's not nearly as bad as the CoC mod. I loved the expanded world, but there was no drive to do anything. Anomoly does suffer from the same issues. I often find myself starting over because I am hoping.....for something. I think that is why I'm so excited about them not having to mess around with the engine so much on S2 and can focus on making interesting stories and side quest lines. If they can't get what what I am hoping for(not their job to pander to me), I have an idea for a mod collaboration project. The way I see it there are lots of people that are good at doing the modding work, but their ideas, like anyone, are limited to just their imagination. However there are also many people that may have excellent ideas for content and can write, but can't do the modding. My idea is to get groups of those kinds of people together so the modders can help the writers/"idea people" make their ideas happen and they can help the modders elaborate on their ideas etc. I have heard that they have like 500 people many of which are apparently hardcore STALKER modders, perhaps doing just that! I hope so! Atmosphere is great, but without substance it can get old fast. I appreciate the craftsmanship and effort put into Anomoly A LOT, it's beautiful! I just want there to be more to explore, learn, and experience. I think one of the reasons I find myself chasing those initial feelings of playing games like STALKER SoC, Morrowind, and FO3 is because when they were new, you had to learn it from experience. Now when you play there are instances of "oh yeah that thing probably does this and I can use ____ to ____" etc. That visceral feeling of discovery and figuring things out is often missing in sequels. Hopefully they allowed the Zone to evolve in a way that opens new things to discover and is not just a prettier version of the older games. If it isn't, then it's up to us! Another benefit of having so many different people working on it is that each part thwy add will feel different. I think about skyrim/ FO4 and how you could tell that only a couple people were designing "dungeons" and side quests as thwy all felt and looked the same. Incorporating thw ideas of different people and maybe even AI like I mentioned before, could really take care of that issue. I have been a "gamer" for over 35 years. I have been building and playing PCs for about 30 of those years. I have a rather nice build currently but hardly ever use it. I can't find a game I actually like that can utilize it. I can play Anomoly at native 4k jacked all the way up at 70fps, but besides looking beautiful AF, it doesn't change the fact that I have tapped those games out. I have been basically waiting for STALKER 2 for years. I actually built my current build in preparation for it, but then it got pushed back. I'm not sore at them for that(puck futon though). I wpuld rather have a finished game later than a not finished game then. I even wrote them to tell them as much. At least by the time it os out, fast DDR5, RDNA3 GPUs, and 7k3D series CPUs will be much cheaper and have better drivers. I currently have an Sapphire AMD 6900XT Toxic Extreme Edition w/ the AIO liquid cooler. The thing is beast! I would have to get a liquid cooled 7900xtx to make an upgrade worth it, it runs so well. I'm still internally debating weather to go AM5 w/DDR5 or just get the 5800x3D and faster DDR4 with a new GPU, but I will need to see more data/benchmarks for UE5 first. I'm rather "anti" Intel/Nvidia, but I won't go down that rabbit hole now. I have seen that the new x3D CPUs are not much more effective than the 5800x3D, but UE5 may leverage it better eventually. "Luckily" there is no rush.

personally i prefer it this way, of course the traders would scalp people the same or near same amount as corporations irl, paying less for hard labour and asking more for basic supplies n such, gives it that grounded vibe

Well in the Zone itself artifacts even in novels were NOT that expensive. It was hard to smuggle them outside, and only there they were expensive. The more you push from Cordon the more expensive things should be in terms of ammo, supplies and food as most of it is smuggled from the outside. But guns should be cheaper (influx of them) same as the artifacts to buy/sell.

Gets op in 3 seconds. *GREAT GAME GUISE*. Lmfao.

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It definitely changes the progression dramatically

do you consider this addon a good place for someone who hasn't played anomaly to start learning all the new mechanics that come with it?

@@w4lkingc4t4 It should serve you fine. Though at that point the game is just COP with more areas, and a weaker story. The sandbox is still mad fun tho, but anomaly on higher progression difficulties is a whole different beast

@panzerfk06 SHOC fans when they can't get the best Assault Rifle in the game before leaving Cordon "wasn't like real stalker"

@panzerfk06 Tunder 5.45 *mic drop*

It does change the progression dramatically