Stalker Lost Alpha: Amazing Mod or Walking Simulator? 

Loat Alpha got leaked and that's why it got pushed out early. I worked with Dezowave on the project. It was tough, we tried to get communities involved and had so many issues with the engine. In the end I'm still proud of what we pushed out; an ambitious mess with lots of potential.

Finally someone talking at lost alpha! The maps details are insane but sadly they are empty. If they could merge anomaly with lost alpha like more factions on the map it will be great. Im thinking of the forest map that has 2 bases in it and they are empty, what a shame

If there's one thing I find funny about those S.T.A.L.K.E.R. content restoration mods is that they never try to restore the old A-Life system pre build 2205 or most other things and just take from the concept stage.

What I loved about Lost Alpha, was how they made SIN more..interesting faction. In Cordon you have to save this one guy (was it Nimble? Cannot remember) and if you kill SIN members, you'll get killed when escaping from Dark Valley and taking a shelter in a railway tunnel, ofc it requires to walk deeper into that tunnel. BUT--if you spare those SIN members in Cordon, not only you can take a shelter in that specific tunnel, they'll also give you some stuff to do.

They are two different mod, different one is campaign and story behind (Lost Alpha a mod that comes from 2014) and the other (Anomaly) is a more current freestyle mod and based on other mod such as Call of Chernobyl, Misery, etc. They are two different mod branches or styles. Both enjoyable, each with its pros and cons.

"If you go too far ahead of the NPC..." Normal games: He stops, gets killed or (rarely) the mission fails STALKER: The game straight up crashes

Maps are the main difference. These are based on build 1935.

I loved LA when I played it a few years ago. I played the DC version and I barely had any of the bugs or crashed you speak about. This mod was my best stalker experience ever. But I can see why this is controversial.

Yes, it's better for me, that's for sure. Also install: STALKER Lost Alpha: Revisited Brighter Lost Alpha something like the HD Pack for Lost Alpha and something for better cars, take your pick. I'm 50 years old and I've played a lot of games, but this STALKER is the only game that has caused me physical health problems - the atmosphere of the game.

Finally, I have Lost Alpha DC and was waiting for someone to make a thorough review of the game to see how it compares to Anomaly. Great video.

Lost alpha is way better than anomaly for sure

With the latest advancements in Anomaly modding it might not be too far away to see the Lost Alpha levels IN Anomaly :D

Humm… I never had vehicles de-spawn in my playthrough. Janky physics for sure, but nothing mystically vanishing. There are addons in the launcher which make the vehicles a little more robust and fuel efficient - they help a lot. The game also has a spawn menu. I couldn’t see a car in it, so I went to Sid, spawned a load of suits and sold them to him then bought a car from him with the money I just made. A little cheaty, but I figure that is ok if it overcomes a broken game mechanic.

Oh well... I was in the middle of my ironman run in Anomaly when I got kinda bored and remembered about this mod I haven't heard of since it was even far from beta and I was a schoolboy(like 10 years back). I recall me and my classmates discussing its futures with pure excitement. I downloaded it, tried to play for 10 minutes and got absolutely frustrated with the overall feeling of clunkyness and it got me to this video :) Unfortunately this mod took everything people hate in stalker modding, leaving absolutely no possibility of me getting any satisfaction of playing it. Guess I'll leave it be😅 Nice video man, thank you for saving my time))

I actually have a love-hate relationship with this mod it brings something new to the table (a main quest that isn't go there kill/bring x or a copy paste shadow of Chernobyl campaign) the maps are very interesting although very empty and i liked the sense of progression here than i did in anomaly but it's most horrendous part is the amount of game-breaking hardlocking bugs that exists i actually never managed to finish it because at some point I'd get stuck because of a bug

You have to check mod called "definitive car pack". That's insane! I cant wait for the release.

14:20 "Fought some monolith soldiers that had more RPGs than fan boys have excuses for Halo Infinite" I instantly gave the video a like at that quote.

As with every stalker game and mod for some reason, everyone has unique issues and experiences, the crashes in the limansk hospital for example I never experienced, and man, the jupiter underground was indeed a pain the ass, the cars are manageable if you use the strategy of turning off the engine every time you gain speed, which conserves like half your fuel on a trip, sure as hell beats walking 20 minutes, although I do have a major gripe with the mod that you either haven't experienced or forgot to mention, and that would be the amount of enemies I faced in my playthrough, I swear to god I was getting mentally exhausted shooting so many things, that part where you hunt boars and fleshes in the northern hills for example, 100s of buckshot shells.

I have a mixed opinion about this mod, at times it was very frustrating and I was genuinely astonished by some of the dumb decisions on the part of the devs, at others times it was actually really fun, it most definitely is a unique mod. Hell, it even has working PCs that you can play games like solitaire and puzzles on. My biggest gripes with the mod are the shit gunplay (enemies are extremely accurate and they kill you pretty much instantly until you get good armor, while your guns are horribly inaccurate and weak), the ridiculous amount of mutant spam (in a map called "Countryside" i killed a pack of 30+ boars), the overall instability of the mod (i had a LOT of CTDs at seemingly random points), pripyat underground (horrible maze, absolutely huge, lots of dead ends and a ton of radiation and snorks), and lastly, lack of a sense of direction (being confused where to go, what to do, or which quests are just pointless optional sidequests and which progress the story mode because the game doesn't tell you, and the wiki is incomplete). I also struggled with the economy a lot, until I got my first free shitty car that you get in dark valley during one of the story missions, and proceeded to drive around, murdering every enemy and stuffing their guns into the trunk of my car. Artifact hunting isn't really consistent because there are no designated anomaly fields where artifacts spawn, instead they are spawned by mutants dying in an anomaly, and where that happens can be completely random, artifacts don't respawn after emissions. I found it that the mod gets progressively more enjoyable the later in progression you are, some of the issues still remain but at least when you get an upgraded weapon you're no longer a punching bag for even the most basic types of enemies, as well as not struggling to make money (as much). You're still never gonna farm enough money to buy something like a BTR, 500k RUB for a vehicle is absurd, especially with the way the mod's economy works.

I love LA...and i play it again! I hope the modders work on it, like on Anomaly or Gamma

awful lot of mutants in the start

The biggest problem with Lost Alpha is the levels are empty. Well, there are monsters, some loot (even really unique sometimes), but there are no roaming NPS(is A-life even working?), little quests, and definitely no reason to come back once you've been there

Great video! By the way, does Lost Alpha come with the same gunplay animations as in the video? From other videos the game seems to use the same old models/animations from the original games.

great work also one thing to note for anyone who does not know much about the development history of stalker : lost alpha does not bring back the old version of shadow of Chernobyl's story aka Oblivion lost and also many of it's elements like the kidnapped children or the journalist also at 2:00 i agree as SIN there going to have a lot more involvement in Oblivion Lost's story and even got an ENDING based around the faction 2:35 this is likely because a lot of the cut content for SOC simply does not fit in with Soc's final story and was not made with that in mind of course some stuff was cut for good reason but also a lot it was cut simply because of story changes or other reasons 2:58 i would not say new and overhaled as a big check of the maps are cut maps or original versions of existing maps like cardon or garbage but there are some fan made ones overall lost alpha is not a bad mod but does show it sometimes adding back cut content can hinder the gameplay in some aeras and make some thing less enjoyable so you might what to put in a lot of consideration in too what you add back

I'm just waiting for Lost Alpha Gunslinger to replay it, only annoying part of my playthrough was lab x7 but overall it was a pretty good mod

I watch this after an entire stalker lost alpha playthrough without a guide and using a car, I smiled 😂😂 Also I just got to say in the hospital map bring a striker It makes those blood suckers a lot easier

I have some vague memories of ending being wacky. I feel like changed levels were put in the AREA project, but it's really hardcore one...

I think I got lost trying to find Strelok's stash and 100Rads bar that has it's back door closed for some reason. I did not know that there was a main entrance to it until I played Lost Alpha. What does Revisited change?

there is a mod for lost alpha that really makes your car tank like along with a lot less gas usage

I'd actually enjoyed my playthrough, from what I can recall. It was a fresh, new take on replaying the Shadow of Chernobyl storyline for me. It definitely needed work in places, but I accept that X-Ray is just a piece of shit engine, at the end of it. I wish the new ammo like .44 or #4 buck was in CoC or Anomaly.

Stalker should be called: Walking Simulator :D

if you want a good soc mod go for ogse gunslinger, it works very well, looks oretty and the gunplay is top notch and modern

lost alpha deserves anomaly treatment - i mean improved engine with bunch of options to suit the gameplay to your preferences, option of freeplay without the story, and mods like BaS

LA DC extended is really good. Try it ;)

One thing I hate is that unstatic "empty" feeling that you find in Anomaly

i tried playing Lost Alpha and it always crashed when you meet the Sinners in Cordon and never played it since, since i could not advance

I enjoy Lost Alpha as an exploration game/sandbox sort of thing. The new maps the mod uses are hella insane and I have to agree that it is 90% of the time a walking simulator that's why I roam around killing mutants and human enemies because doing quests are extremely tedious and tiresome at times.

I figured out Jupiter Underground in Lost Alpha fairly easily. The key to me was the pillars with the ladder rungs. My main beefs with the game are janky cutscenes which fail to trigger the next event and how the devs designed many aspects to piss off the player.

so lost alpha for vibe and story, anomaly for gameplay

Well I actually only played the forced 1.30003 release after the leak back in 2014. I know LADC 2017 did improve a lot like adding guides like Clear Sky for fast travel and made the sin quests optional to try and reduce some walking sim. My main issue with LA was that it explains too much through cringeworthy cutscenes that ruin the appeal of the Zone by saying yeah.. everything is man made inside a lab. The original series leaves everything pretty vague and it's for the better. And also it's a shame you have to deal with crashes later on. If you want a better look at the alpha versions of Stalker (with the actual lower rez textures and stock sfx as heard in old trailers) then Oblivion Lost Remake is a better Lost alpha.

Btw, they aren't despawning, they're getting damaged and exploding. If you listen for a random explosion, you will likely learn the fate of your vehicle

"Better than anomaly?" *Proceeds to reload 5+ times due to jammed weapons*

For myself, the worst thing about the mod is it simply doesn't do what it advertises to be doing. It's not a restoration of old Stalker versions, but more of a build-inspired fanfic that quickly lost its track. Dezowave team should've stayed with one of the concepts instead of trying to merge all of them + bits of CS and CoP. None of the ideas got properly implemented, as Dezowave simply put too much on their plate. Which is why I play so much OLR2.5 it pretty much replaced SoC for me canon-wise. It strictly sticks to the 2002-2003 vision and does the job just right.

You should play lost alpha dc extended by Kamtek. By far, best version ever. Stable, scary as fuck, so inmersive, with a good weapon pack that sets the difficulty to higher levels. No cars, no weird cinematics, no bugs. Only the good things the mod have to offer

will you ever make a video about oblivion lost remake

This mod needs an x64 bit version.

Have you tried victor of allineation mod?

Lost alpha was great until the story line took a turn. I read that directors cut fixes it somewhat. And I do love the way they grey out the military. This is something that gets me in games where I see some military and they are executing everyone.....are they the good guys or bad? Anomaly has many of these feelings that throw me off completely. Example is butcher in garbage. You bring him meat and he buys from you and story is he supplies Rostok and is reason for him being there. But when you find out he buys the meat more than Rostok would pay you it throws off the feelings. Or the artifacts selling so much higher to certain traders thing. I understand the concept and where this thinking stems from but it makes no sense destroying the feelings. An artifact sells for say 10k to scientists.....then it makes sense to be able to sell to normal traders you meet in your journeys for 7 or 8K. They earn a living of buying low and selling high and can make the trip to a scientist hangout and reap the markup. LOL I do understand these feelings come from living in the zone for too long and the argument is ITS A GAME and to get over it so I heard it all.

I feel like the A life ist not functional and very Buggy and the maps are just too big and empty.(some maps and areas are rly cool like Rostok factory or the new undergrounds) Could have been so good …

LOST ALPHA is really, really good! But the main character moves as if he weighed 300kg, the interface is reaaaaaly ugly, the gunplay is kinda weird and the models & graphics are … okay. It runs stable with a good amount of fps, the story is great, there're cutscenes and there're a lot of voiceovers in there. The quests are great, the overhaul of the maps is really refreshing and is super! But purely in terms of gameplay, unfortunately it doesn't play that well… :/ Hope to get gunslinger and maybe some texturepacks on it, that would be great! Or take the whole content and drag into Anomaly/GAMMA!

bro where is a 4k quality?

Did you use the Lost Alpha Developers Cut Revisited version? Allegedly this fixes a lot of the bugs.

It's a shame, this mod sounds incredibly promising but the walking simulator and broken vehicles are probably why I won't ever play it. I hate tedium for the sake of tedium.

Are u using some kind of weapon pack?

I was so devastated when the person who created Stalker died in the war against russia.

Сравнивать фриплейный мод с сюжетным это, конечно, надо уметь

This game is messed up. It does not want to be installed and has very dumb launcher that does not need to exist. Is it supposed to have Zaton/Jupiter? I can see them in your video. They aren't in my game.

LA was great until you found out there were no NPCs anywhere, so you just spent your time wandering desolate maps.

Alpha is not bad it's a director cut experience but, can't beat EFP and above all GAMMA 381 mod also in continuous expansion, and spectacular update

when is that call of dookie ghosts video?💩

Lost alpha is beta SoC, with devs salt, dont compare it to anomaly please :D

Воо.. Иностранцы заинтересовались русской игрой, сталкер.

Nope

Everything is better than this cancer Anomaly.There are many really good mods but people like pseudo stalker mod instead of playing really good stalker mods

It's pretty awful. It makes Clear Sky look like GOTY. Very fustrating, cringy, broken excuse of a game. Can't be compared to the vanilla games, let alone Anomaly.